Holy Cithara

The Holy cithara is an object that can be found within the holy reliquary in the basement of the Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede. Receiving the Holy Cithara for the first time rewards the player with 50,000 prayer experience. The Holy Cithara has a right-click play option which, upon clicking, will make the player play the cithara energetically for a few seconds. Other players are able to hear the cithara as you play it.

Attempting to take the Cithara may result in the player getting hit for your current life points -1. This number is reduced if the player is already damaged, and getting hit when not at full health will not result in the player's death.

Obtaining the Holy Cithara
To obtain the Holy Cithara a player must wear a variety of equipment and meet certain "Holy" requirements:


 * Equip a Ring of visibility, AND Ghostspeak amulet OR Cramulet, and 6 pieces of Saradomin Equipment.

These items are acceptable pieces of Saradomin Equipment:

If you don't obtain it on your first try, but the ghost appears and you don't get any damage done to you, keep trying until you get it. It can take upwards of 15 tries to successfully grab the cithara.

The following will prevent you from obtaining the cithara: Saradomin-related items that will NOT count towards your 6:
 * You must be on normal prayers (no curses)
 * You must not have any coins in your inventory.
 * Ancient Magicks is not allowed (Normal or Lunar spellbooks only)
 * You may NOT have any items affiliated with another god in your inventory.
 * Wicked hood
 * Saradomin owl
 * Prosylete/Initiate armour
 * Saradomin sword

Tips and Misconceptions

 * You ONLY need 6 items. Wearing more items than necessary will work, with certain setups. However, they are not required and they simply do not prohibit you from receiving the Holy Cithara.
 * The Citharede robes are not required, they are simply free and readily available after completing the quest. Other Saradomin items, such as the Saradomin Blessed Dragonhide Armour are acceptable replacements.
 * All of the items listed on the Saradomin Items page do NOT work for this application. E.g. White gloves and White Boots will not meet the requirements.
 * Many players are reporting non-saradomin items as "this also works". This comes from the misconception that you need 7 items. Players are simply wearing an item that neither adds nor subtracts from Saradomin's Blessing. Common examples of this are the Cooking Gauntlets, Boots of Lightness, or a Soul Wars cape. It is believed that an incomplete Saradomin's holy book (Damaged Book) also falls into this "doesn't help, doesn't hurt" catagory, but that is currently unproven.
 * Because the Falador Task Shields have a symbol that closely resembles the Saradomin mark it is sometimes called the Saradomin shield. It is not a Saradomin item, not even in God Wars. This Shield is another example of an item that will actually prevent you from receiving the Holy Cithara.
 * The requirements can be met without having to purchase any expensive items. A single arrow is easily obtainable on the G.E. even after the release of the quest. Both the Saradomin Staff (God Staff) and Saradomin Cape (God cape) can be obtained for no more than the cost of the materials needed to complete the Mage Arena activity. Be Advised: The Mage Arena is a dangerous minigame and a player is required to enter the high-level Wilderness to reach the activity.
 * Most Saradomin items can't be lent. Many players are asking for "trust trades". Please bear in mind, if you willingly give an item to another player, regardless of what they promise, you GAVE them the item. Jagex has officially stated that they do not condone trust trades and you will not get your item(s) back.
 * Holding items that are from the quest in your inventory will prevent you from getting the Holy cithara.
 * Having a piece of Void armour will prevent you from obtaining the cithara.
 * The Saradomin Teamcape from Castle Wars does not work.

Proven Setups
ALL setups also require a Ring of Visibility and either the Cramulet or Amulet of Ghostspeak. Hence a Holy symbol, the Citharede symbol, or a Ring of devotion cannot be used. The cheapest/easiest setups can be found below.


 * Citharede robes (3 pieces), 1 Saradomin Arrow, Saradomin Staff, Saradomin Cape. (Level 60 Magic Required)
 * Citharede robes (3 pieces), 1 Saradomin Arrow, Saradomin mjolnir, Saradomin cloak. (40 Prayer required)
 * Citharede robes (3 pieces), 1 Saradomin Arrow, Saradomin mjolnir, Holy Book. (Lighthouse Quest required.)
 * Citharede robes (3 pieces), 1 Saradomin Arrow, Saradomin crozier, Piety. (70 Prayer required)

This is just a few of the possible combination of items that can be used receive the Holy Cithara.