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Guardians of the Rift

Guardians of the Rift is played entirely solo. It is a requirement to have 27 Runecrafting to play the minigame. Each game will take 10 minutes, and Tier 3+ Patreon will allow you to do 4 games per trip.

To start a game, use

  • /minigames gotr start

To start a run with combination runes, use

  • /minigames gotr start combination_runes:True

Runecrafting xp scales from mined fragments, runecrafting level and barriers/guardians.
Crafting xp scales with barriers/guardians.
Mining xp scales with mined fragments.

Boosts

Raiments of the eye outfit will boost the number of runes created during the minigame.

  • 10% extra runes for each piece or 60% extra runes for the full outfit (MUSTbe equipped in skilling)
  • This extra runes effect also applies to other runes outside of GOTR

Fragments

  • 33% more fragments if 56 agility
  • 10% extra mined fragments if you own any Varrock armour (does not need to be equipped)
  • 5% more fragments if you own a 99 mining cape (does not need to be equipped)

Barriers & Guardian

  • 2 extra barriers if graceful is equipped (in any setup)
  • 2 extra barriers if you own a runecrafting cape (does not need to be equipped)
  • Abyssal lantern can boost up to max 6 barriers which is dependant on your firemaking level

Rolls

  • Standard is 28 inventory spaces. If you own pouches, it will give you extra rolls. Max rolls is 3 with Colossal Pouch
  • 1 extra roll if you own an Abyssal Lantern
  • 2 extra rolls if you are making combination runes (Requires 82 magic 10 Astral runes, 35 Fire runes, 35 Water runes and 1 binding necklace per game)
  • -1 roll if magic level is lower than 67 or don't have runes for NPC Contact
    (Runes required for NPC contact: 1 Astral, 1 Cosmic and 2 Air runes per game)
PickaxeBoost %
Bronze(Standard)
Iron14%
Steel33%
Black60%
Mithril60%
Adamant100%
Rune266%
Dragon282%
Crystal290%

Rewards

Each game will reward you with runes, talismans, and some untradeable items, alongside a common chance to obtain Abyssal pearls at a rate of 1/6.944. Abyssal pearls are needed to buy rewards from the reward shop. Rewards are bought using the command

/buy

  • You can colour your piece of eye items using the Abyssal Red, Blue and Green dyes with the create command -

    /create item:Hat of the eye (red)

  • The Rift guardian pet can be turned into the Greatish guardian with the command

    /create item:Greatish guardian

    . This requires a Guardians eye which is bought from the reward shop.
  • Abyssal lanterns and dyes can be sold to the shop for 100 and 50 pearls respectively with the

    /sell

    command.
  • You CANNOTtrade one dye colour for another.
Reward Shop ItemsAbyssal Pearl CostAbyssal Pearl Returned
Hat of the eye400-
Robe top of the eye350-
Robe bottoms of the eye350-
Boots of the eye250-
Ring of the elements400-
Guardian's eye3000-
Air talisman10-
Water talisman10-
Earth talisman10-
Fire talisman10-
Mind talisman10-
Body talisman10-
Chaos talisman30-
Cosmic talisman30-
Nature talisman50-
Law talisman50-
Death talisman80-
Blood talisman100-
Abyssal Lantern-100
Abyssal red dye-50
Abyssal green dye-50
Abyssal blue dye-50

Intricate Pouches

These can be opened for a chance at the last 2 items on the GOTR collection log page, these being

  • Tarnished locket (1/40)
  • Lost bag (1/60)

There is also a 1/10 chance to receive a hard clue scroll from the pouches, among other items.