Tokkul

Tokkul is the only currency of the TzHaar people residing in the underground TzHaar City. It is made from obsidian, a volcanic rock (actually hardened bodies of dead TzHaar); it cannot be created by players. Tokkul is sometimes referred to as TokKul by some of the NPCs in the city. Apparently, Tokkul is made out of corpses of the TzHaar, as said in a Postbag from the Hedge letter, which is why players cannot trade Tokkul with other players.

According to the Wise Old Man in Postbag from the Hedge 12 and 14, the name TokKul means, roughly, rock token or material value.

Obtaining Tokkul
Since Tokkul isn’t tradeable, it is difficult to obtain. There are currently only four ways to obtain Tokkul:
 * Competing in the TzHaar Fight Pit
 * Competing in the TzHaar Fight Cave
 * Killing the TzHaar citizens and guards
 * Received once per day from the TzHaar banker after completing the elite tasks of the Karamja Diary

TzHaar Fight Pits
The TzHaar Fight Pits activity, along with selling to the TzHaar shops (this can no longer be done due to an update by Jagex), was the first way to get Tokkul. Tokkul is only received from the fight pits if you are its champion. The amount of Tokkul you receive as a reward is based on how many participants are in that round.

TzHaar Fight Cave
The Fight Cave is the ultimate gauntlet for players proving themselves worthy of a Fire Cape. Players obtain variable amounts of Tokkul as a consolation prize depending on how far they progress before succumbing. If a player completes the Fight Cave, they will receive 16,064 Tokkul along with a Fire Cape. Obtaining Tokkul with this method is not recommended.

Recommended gear

 * Guthan's Helm> Berserker Helm> Dragon Med Helm
 * Guthan's platebody> Dragon Chainbody> Dragon platebody
 * Guthan's chainskirt> Dragon platelegs> Bandos Tasset
 * Guthan's spear> Abyssal Whip> god sword (not recommended)
 * Amulet of Fury / Amulet of Glory / Amulet of Strength
 * Any Dagannoth Rings> Ring of Recoil x2 or more
 * Best RFD Gloves / Regen Brace / Combat Bracelet
 * Dragon Boots / Bandos Boots / Rune Boots
 * Fire Cape / Any Skillcape (can be trimmed) / Obsidian Cape / god cape / Cape of Legends
 * Dragon Sq Shield / Rune defender for high defense level

Recommended inventory

 * (1) Void spinner pouch, or higher levelled healing familiar pouches
 * (1) Super strength potion
 * (1) Super attack potion
 * (1) Super defence potion
 * (20+) Monkfish (Tip: Don't use anything higher than monkfish, unless sharks are less than 1k, or else you will waste money!)

With Guthan's set, a player may fight the Tzhaar kets for upwards of 50 minutes without banking, using the gear and inventory listed. With the minimum stats, a player can earn between 35 and 45k tokkul an hour, but with stats of over 80 plus and a higher levelled healing familiar, a player may last over 1 hour without banking and earn about 50 to 60k tokkul an hour.

Spending Tokkul
After a player earns a good amount of Tokkul, they have three places to spend it in.

Note: The Tzhaar shops no longer offer a discount if a player is wearing the Karamja gloves 1 after the Personalised Shops update.

Trivia

 * TokKul is spelt 'Tokkul', when in your inventory. But when you attempt to value something at a Tzhaar store it reads 'TokKul'. It is unknown whether this is an error in the coding of the game or there purposely.
 * With the personalised shop update, the price of the uncut onyx gem was increased by a factor of 9. The buying and selling prices of other items were also somewhat increased, thus devaluing the Tokkul currency. This angered some players who were saving up to buy an onyx gem, and had therefore invested substantial funds in Tokkul.
 * With an update in December 2009, Jagex made it so that it is no longer possible to sell items to the Tzhaar shops. It used to be possible to do this, and many people bought onyx gems for much lower than the GE price with very little effort, making millions in the process.
 * The Mi-go, a race from the works of H.P. Lovecraft mine a metal called tok'l. The tok'l is used to create a Mi-go's "brain cylinder". This is remotely similar to the TzHaar in that TokKul comes from a TzHaar when they die. The name is similar, while the use is an opposite.
 * Due to an update, Tzhaar-Xils and Tzhaar-Kets drop up to a couple thousand tokkul now, as opposed to the previous ten or fifteen.

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