Skull (status)

This article is about the status. For the item, see Skull (item).A skull is a status effect in RuneScape, where skulled players will lose all items upon death. If the Protect Item prayer is used, players will get to keep their single most valuable item upon death.Contents1 Mechanics1.1 Skull prevention2 Skull types2.1 Legacy skull types3 Skull trickers4 Revenants5 Changes6 Gallery7 Trivia8 See also9 ReferencesMechanics[edit | edit source]A player with a skull status effect loses all items upon death, or all but the most valuable item with the Protect Item prayer. In the high-risk PvP worlds, the prayer effect is prevented.The skull appears above players who attack other players unprovoked in the Wilderness, or who enter the Abyss without an abyssal bracelet equipped. Players can also be skulled by asking the Emblem Trader to skull them or by equipping an amulet of avarice or cape of skulls, by which they will remain skulled until 20 minutes after the amulet or cape is unequipped.The sk...