Beacon ring

The Beacon ring is a ring that players will initially use in What Lies Below. It is obtained from Zaff, and is used to summon him in the quest. When the player summons him, he would appear in a series of purple rings within a few squares of the player, with the same visual effect with Aubury's rune essence mine teleport or curse. This would not happen if Zaff was just summoned or the player is within a screen's reach of Zaff in his original position in his staff shop. Zaff might appear behind bank desks and Grand Exchange desks. If the player is quick enough, it is possible to have two Zaffs in one place (one is about to disappear and one has just appeared). Other players could see the summoned Zaff, but it is currently unknown whether a second player could summon him again at the same time and place. A player could keep the quest unfinished to summon Zaff infinitely. However, the completion of What Lies Below is a requirement for starting Defender of Varrock, which, in turn, gives access to armoured zombies. These are very effective monsters to train on for power training melee, therefore leaving the quest uncompleted is not advised.

It has no use after the quest, besides its very small magic attack bonus (+2) and magic defence bonus (+1). It was the weakest of rings with magic bonuses, until the release of the Explorer's Ring.

Players can regain this ring for free from Zaff if they lose it, therefore a player needing bank space can drop it and regain it again later from Zaff.

Even the summoning powers of the Beacon Ring has limits: Beyond the boundaries of Varrock, its magic has no effect.

Beacon Ring