Vial of stench (a)

Vial of stench (a) is a potion that can be made during and after the caper A Guild of Our Own. It is created by having Chief Thief Robin in the Thieves’ Guild cast a spell on a Vial of stench to activate it. It is used in the caper to distract the people in the Guild Registry from being able to identify the player.

After the caper, players can make a new Vial of stench to be enchanted by Chief Thief Robin. Robin can also re-enchant the Vial of stench (a) from the caper. Players may have only one Vial of stench (a) at a time, whether in inventory or in the bank.

This potion allows the player to steal from stalls and then immediately sell the stolen goods to the stall owners, as the owners will not be able to identify the player as the thief who stole from them. The Vial of stench (a) needs only to be in inventory for its effect to work. Also, there is a slight chance of being able to steal from the stall even when the shopkeeper sees the theft, making the Vial of stench (a) an excellent tool for avoiding guards by standing in the same square with the shopkeeper, who usually stands behind the stall, and stealing from there. It may also be a good idea to have this in the inventory while wearing any of the Ardougne Capes when stealing in Ardougne's stalls, since there is even a less chance (the effects stack) that the guards and other NPCs detect the theft.