Wicked hood

The wicked hood is a members-only item obtained from Tam McGrubor in Varrock. It was released on 17 October 2011 alongside the Halloween Event update.

Members were told, upon logging in, that they can collect their wicked hood from Varrock as a thank-you for continued membership.

Giving small bonuses to magic attack and magic defence, the hood has a range of Runecrafting functions:
 * Free runes (100 for elemental runes or 5 for all other runes once per day). They can be obtained twice per day if an elemental talisman is used on the hood.
 * Un-noted rune essence daily (100 un-noted pure essence daily with omni-talisman).
 * 2 daily teleports to Runecrafting altars, including Lunar Isle.

Once a talisman is "consumed" by the hood, it takes on the same functions. Players can upgrade with other talismans or their corresponding tiaras to expand its repertoire of rune types. Using an omni-talisman or omni-tiara unlocks all the available rune types. This excludes soul runes (as a Soul altar does not exist yet) and the elemental talisman (as this talisman has different properties to begin with).

N.B. Talismans/tiaras will be lost when 'fed' to the wicked hood, although the hood can then subsequently be used in their place.

The hood produces 100 unlocked elemental runes or 5 of any other unlocked rune once per day. Adding an Elemental talisman to the hood unlocks use of this ability twice per day.

If a player is Runecrafting with the hood, it is advisable to withdraw the essence at the altar. This allows the player to craft runes from 100 essence without banking once a day.

Players should be careful when using the teleport abilities of the wicked hood. When teleporting to the Death altar you will appear inside the Temple of Light where shadows can attack you. The same is true with the Astral altar if you wander too close to the Suqahs.

Members can use the teleport to the Astral altar to easily switch to Lunar/Standard spellbooks.



The hood can allow you to get 2331 Runecrafting experience a day (roughly 2368 with Master runecrafter robes minus the hat) if you teleport to the blood altar twice with four full rune pouches, a full inventory of pure essence and an abyssal familiar with essence. Without an abyssal familiar and pouches you will get 1638 Runecrafting experience (roughly 1672 Runecrafting experience with Master runecrafter robes).

The hood can be used to get even more runecrafting exp if used in the great orb project or at the zmi alter to get double exp per a pure essence crafted.



The interface, accessed by clicking the hood, shows you the remaining actions you have for the day. To make a rune, click the 'Make Runes' button followed by the rune you would like to make. You can teleport to a rune altar by clicking 'Teleport' followed by the appropriate rune. Essence can be made by clicking the 'Make Essence' button. Should you lose your hood, you can reclaim it from the booth at any time, retaining any talismans you have added to the hood, but you may only have one hood at a time. The hood does not drop on death.

Trivia

 * Although the Runescape manual states you can get member runes, it is not possible to obtain soul runes from the hood since there isn't a soul talisman or open altar yet.
 * The interface in the Game Guide shows the Soul Icon as being unlocked. This could mean that the altar will be revealed in coming updates.
 * The hood has the same colour pattern as The Raptor 's armour.Halloween_login_message.jpg