The Pit



The Pit is a Distraction and Diversion released on 12 October 2011. It is Agility-based and gives Agility experience and a Gorilla mask if successfully completed. By completing a lap on an agility course, players may attract the attention of a Talent scout. Remember: it doesn't matter if you fail obstacles (Like the Death Slide in the Werewolf Agility Course), there is always a chance to be attracted after completing a full lap. If a greenish arrow is flashing above the Scout's head, talk to him to be offered the chance to go to The Pit. You will also receive a coloured infobox message when he is interested in you. If he is not spoken to within a minute or so, he will lose interest, and the opportunity will be missed.

Players with an Agility cape can speak to the Talent scout while wearing the cape for free shots at the events. After completing an event, a small amount of experience will be received, but the experience cannot be gambled. The gorilla mask can be attained by talking to the Talent scout after removing the Agility cape.

Once at the pit, players will be set one of the challenges to complete, chosen at random. Completion of the task will give the player a large amount of experience, the chance to gamble it all, and a Gorilla Mask. Failure will result in the player being granted experience similar to completion of a lap of the course they were previously on.

Note: The time a player has to complete each event is limited. As such, it may be beneficial to skip the dialogue at the beginning by clicking on the minimap. This will allow one to maximise their chance of finishing the event before their time is up.

After getting noticed by the talent scout, you cannot get noticed again for one hour.

The courses that the talent scout recruits from are:
 * Gnome Stronghold agility course (basic and advanced)
 * Agility Pyramid
 * Barbarian Outpost (basic and advanced)
 * Ape Atoll Agility Course
 * Wilderness Agility Course
 * Werewolf Agility Course
 * Dorgesh-Kaan agility course

Crate Expectations!
The player must find a key by opening the numerous crates in the arena. However, only five crates can be opened. Once five crates have been opened and no key is found, the player fails the event. There are 16 crates arranged in a 4x4 grid. Some crates may also contain chickens.

Given the player's capacity to choose only five of the crates, they have a 31.25% chance of completing this task successfully.

The Floor is Lava!
The player must cross from one side of the arena to the other by jumping on the crates. However, some of the crates are weak and will break if you jump on them. If you jump on one of the weak crates, the player fails the event.

High-low There!
The player is shown a number between 1 and 10. The player must then guess whether the next number is higher or lower than the number being shown. The player must guess correctly 6 times to win.

Karaoke!
The player must avoid falling rocks for approximately 40 seconds. As with most of the other minigames, this is a game of chance.

Punch the Hungry Sheeps!
A sheep has eaten a key. The player must find the key by punching the numerous sheep in the arena. However, only five of the fourteen sheep can be punched. If the player punches five sheep and no key is found, the player fails the event; otherwise, the player succeeds.

Given the player's capacity to choose only five of the sheep, they have a 35.71% chance of completing this task successfully.

Put the Thing in the Other Thing!
The player must fit three different blocks into each of the three indentations on the ground so that the block matches the indentation. If the time runs out, the player fails the event.

Rewards
Players successfully completing a game will receive experience based on the agility course they were training at and the event they received. This is generally in the range of 1000-7000 experience. Any successful completion of a game will also reward a gorilla mask.

Players failing a game will receive experience based on the agility course that they were training at. This is generally in the range of 500-1500 experience.

Please add individual experience received to the talk page.

Players with an Agility skillcape can access the pit by at any time by talking to a Talent Scout. Doing this will still give a gorilla mask upon succeeding, in addition to reduced experience as follows:

Gambling
Upon completing the event you have a chance to gamble for double experience, normal experience or half experience - each has an equal chance of occurring. Accessing the pit with the use of an Agility skillcape will not give the option to gamble.

The expected value of gambling is 7/6 x the experience without gambling.