Penance trident

The Penance trident is a staff from Barbarian Assault. It requires level 70 Magic to wield and it is a 2-handed weapon. The trident comes with a special effect and can be upgraded to the Penance master trident by speaking to Commander Connad.

When wielded, it will attempt to 'save' runes used in any spell. This is how it does so:


 * The trident finds out how many different rune types you are using for your spell.
 * For each rune type the trident makes a 1 in 60 roll.
 * If successful it will save all runes of that type.

So for example, the spell Earth blast requires 1 death rune, 3 air runes and 4 earth runes; there is a 1 in 60 chance that once cast, your penance trident will save either 1 death rune, 3 air runes or 4 earth runes. The Penance trident cannot save only some of the runes of any rune type, it will either save none or all of any rune type.

This rune saving ability is not as cost effective as using an elemental staff in most cases, but a number of spells do not use any elemental runes.

These are:


 * Teleport Block
 * Blood Rush
 * Blood Burst
 * Blood Blitz
 * Blood Barrage
 * Senntisten Teleport
 * Kharyrll Teleport
 * Carrallangar Teleport
 * Annakarl Teleport
 * Monster Examine
 * Cure Me
 * Cure Group
 * Stat spy
 * Dream
 * Energy Transfer
 * Heal Other
 * Heal Group
 * Spellbook Swap

Of course, for some spells, the 1/60 saving might outweigh the cost of elemental runes (such is the case in shadow spells occasionally), but the grand exchange prices change such that this is never permanent. Also, combat spells are often better not cast with this staff as it is both two handed and does not give a damage bonus. The rune saving ability works for all spells.

Special Attack
The Penance trident also has a special attack called Reap, which gives a chance of instantly killing an enemy with a combat level less than 50 (not including players, bosses, summoning familiars, or creatures that must be killed in a specific way). In PvP, 'Reap' has the same chance of removing a third of the opponent's current life points. To use the Reap special attack, it consumes 50% of the players special attack bar.

The special attack cannot even be attempted on NPCs above level 50. The chat box says "The Penance Trident only works on foes with a Combat Level less than 50." and no special attack energy is drained.



Trivia

 * Despite being a trident, the penance trident is considered a staff.
 * Even though this weapon's magic bonus exceeds that of the Ancient staff by 2, many people prefer to use the Ancient staff because of the 10% bonus damage, its relative ease to acquire, and the ability to equip an item in the shield slot.
 * The max recorded hit with the trident is 1050. This is possible by using the special attack on a Wall beast while it is at full health.
 * If the special attack 'Reap' successfully hits one of the humans in Canifis (level 24) it will not kill the NPC as it will transform into a werewolf before the damage can take effect, but once it has transformed into a werewolf (level 84) the NPC will be hit 600 life points (the human form's LP), hence not completely killing it.
 * On 1 February 2010 Jagex released the upgraded version of the Penance Trident.
 * Requiring only 70 magic to wield, it can be used as a damaging special attack weapon to pures who do not want to train attack.