Ring of charos

The Ring of charos is required to complete the Creature of Fenkenstrain quest and the Do No Evil quest.

The Ring of charos was once owned by a human named Charos, whose gift of speech allowed him to bend the wills of the weak-minded. He was aided by his magical ring. It seems that people who are powerful of mind, like Vampyres such as Malak (He says while wearing the ring: "Don't think that silly little ring of yours will fool me") or Drakan are not affected by the ring. The Wise Old Man has also been proven immune to the power of the activated Ring of Charos.

If lost, pickpocket Dr. Fenkenstrain to get another. He is located in the top middle tower in the castle in the Creature of Fenkenstrain quest. The player should note that after The Great Brain Robbery, he moves to the basement of the granary on Harmony Island. The ring cannot be reclaimed from a gravestone.

The ring can be activated at the start of the Garden of Tranquility quest, becoming a Ring of charos (a). Once it's activated, it will stay activated even when lost.

The ring can be imbued as a reward from the Mobilising armies activity to give defence stat bonuses.

Transportation
The Ring of charos (a) has the following uses for Transportation:


 * Free boat trip to and from Karamja from Ardougne and Port Sarim.
 * Free trip to the Piscatoris Fishing Colony (Unnecessary after completion of Swan Song as travel becomes permanently free).
 * Reduced cost for Magic carpets to 100 gp (75 gp once a task is completed for Ali M).
 * Cost of boat trip from Port Phasmatys to Dragontooth Island reduced from 25 to 10 Ectotokens.
 * Reduced Charter Ship costs (the prices are a half of the original price, or a quarter if Cabin Fever is completed).
 * Free boatride from Mort'ton to the middle of Mort Myre.

Quests
It can also be used for the following during quests:


 * Used in The Great Brain Robbery
 * Get the recipe for Asgoldian ale for free during Recipe for Disaster and the ability to do the quest again.(dwarf subquest)
 * Can be used instead of a fish to bribe one of the penguins during Cold War.
 * Cheaper snake charming kit in Pollnivneach for The Feud.
 * Charm farmers to get various unique seeds for Garden of Tranquility.
 * Get the Dirty laundry during While Guthix Sleeps.
 * Obtain the original name of the Pharaoh Queen in Missing My Mummy.
 * Used to travel to Karamja for free as part of the Falador Achievement Diary.

Other
In addition, it can be used for the following:


 * Dwarven Ferryman's fee for taking gold to bank near the Arzinian Mines reduced from 20% of gold ores to 10%
 * Reduced Blast furnace cost (for those with less than 60 smithing)
 * Ability to change your Fremennik name
 * Ability to convince the Fossegrimen south-west of Rellekka into accepting bass in place of shark to charge your Enchanted lyre with 2 teleports
 * Used to access the werewolf agility training arena. (Note: The unactivated version will grant this as well)
 * Sell grey wolf fur for 150 coins instead of 120 coins to the fur trader [[File:Fur trader icon.png]] in Varrock
 * 50% Luke will tell the story of how he lost half of his body
 * During the 2006 Christmas event when speaking to Shanty Claws, he will say something like: "Oh, I didn't think I'd see another werewolf here."
 * Get more information out of Movario and Darve.
 * The residents of Canifis will think you are a werewolf and will be nice to you.(Note: The unactivated version will grant this as well)
 * Choose the colour of your kitten from Gertrude.
 * Wizard Elriss will tell more about her research in the Runecrafting Guild (Note: Any colour of the FULL Runecrafting Guild uniform must also be worn).
 * Beefy Bill will bank your beef, cowhide, and flour for free.
 * Junior Cadet Bertol will inform you of his membership in H.A.M.
 * Can be used for prosecution in Court Cases for people with lower than 65 attack. Also gives insight into jury members' backgrounds and motives on the jury selection screen.

Trivia

 * If you use the Ring of Charos (a) with the customs officer while carrying rum on Karamja, the Customs Officer won't take your rum and you will dance with joy, but in an ironic twist of fate, you will accidentally spill your rum after dancing. This is probably something to prevent players that haven't completed Pirate's Treasure but started Garden of Tranquility from finding an easy way out.
 * When you are charming the customs officer your characters dialogue would be related to the line Ben Kenobi said in Star Wars IV: A New Hope.
 * The name could also be derived from the word charisma, judging by the effect it has on non-player characters, and the similar spelling.
 * As Charos is a person, it is strange that the name is still Ring of charos, not Ring of Charos.

Ring of charos