Nitroglycerin

Nitroglycerin is a members-only quest item. It is used in Digsite Quest to make Chemical compound along with ammonium nitrate, ground charcoal and arcenia root to blow up bricks blocking the path below digsite. It is obtained by using a vial on the barrel with a skull mark on it near the panning point, and is brought to archeology expert to learn that it's nitroglycerin. If the barrel is not already opened a trowel can be used on the barrel to open it. After finishing the dialogue following filling the vial, the barrel will become resealed, so it is recommended that you skip the dialogue by using more vials on it, assuming you're filling more than one vial. When you're done with the barrel, step or teleport away without going through the dialogue so you won't have to worry about reopening the barrel on your next visit.

Before the archaeology expert identifies it, nitroglycerin is known as unidentified liquid. Identification of the liquid increases the damage to 35.



'''Beware! Players will take 25 damage, if the vial is unidentified, or 35 damage, if the vial is identified, if they drop the vial!''' You can rid of the item safely by alching it, asking the Wise Old Man in Draynor Village to rid your bank of useless quests items, or by dropping them in a free-to-play world. Players can no longer place it on a table. Many players using the Dharok set use this effect to lower their hitpoints in order to activate the effect and hit higher. They may also use nitroglycerin to kill themselves as a free teleport to Lumbridge (assuming Lumbridge Home Teleport has not recharged yet) or Falador/Camelot, if that is their respawn point. When a player drops this they say ''Ow! The liquid exploded!'' and will receive 25 or 35 damage.

Mass production
Players may produce nitroglycerin for self-injury. To do this as fast as possible, players should do the following steps: Note: Step five may be omitted to save time. However, the damage dealt is reduced to 25.
 * 1) Withdraw 28 vials in Al Kharid. If this is your first trip, leave one empty space for a trowel.
 * 2) Run to the gnome glider and take a glider to the Digsite (via Grand Tree).
 * 3) Run south to the barrel(s) containing nitroglycerin. If the barrel is shut, speak to an Examiner for a trowel.
 * 4) Use the vials on the opened barrel. Do NOT click the "click here to continue" in the chatbox or the barrel will be closed.
 * 5) Run south to the Exam Centre and find the Archaeological expert. Use all unidentified liquids on him (going through the conversation is required).
 * 6) Teleport to Al Kharid with an Amulet of glory or Ring of duelling, or alternatively, run.
 * 7) Deposit the nitroglycerin into bank and repeat from step one.

Trivia

 * Nitroglycerin has been abused to cause a bug in the Kennith's Concerns quest to "Ninja Walk" or "Rogue Walk".


 * "Nitroglycerin" uses the U.S. spelling of the word, despite Jagex being a British company. "Nitroglycerine" is the British spelling.


 * On Earth, nitroglycerin is a colourless liquid, but on Gielinor it is orange. Interestingly, on Earth at least, nitroglycerin is sometimes mixed with dinitrotolulene to make it more stable, and dinitrotolulene is yellow-orange in colour. Gielinor's nitroglycerin seems to be similarly stabler as actually only dropping it causes it to spontanesouly explode, so it seems likely it too is mixed with dinitrotolulene.


 * Players who come to regret spending 230,000 coins for the Barrelchest anchor sometimes use nitroglycerin to recover the cost of the anchor. The anchor cannot be traded and can only be high alchemied for much less than 230,000. However, if the player dies with the anchor, and the anchor is not one of the items the player keeps on death, 230,000 coins appear at the player's Gravestone instead of the anchor. Some players thus use nitroglycerin to kill themselves and then retreive the coins. It is advised that players do this near their Respawn point, to reduce chances that something will interrupt them from getting back to the gravestone.
 * Once the liquid is identified as nitroglycerin, you can no longer empty it.