Bone brooch



The Bone Brooch was the winning item in the Guaranteed Content poll on the RuneScape website for the 2010 Hallowe'en event. It also appeared as an option in the Guaranteed Content poll of Halloween 2007; however, it lost to the Grim reaper hood. When worn, it does not occupy any equipment slots.

The Bone Brooch was released to players on 18 October 2010, upon the completion of the Halloween event. The reward was chosen by players in a "Guaranteed Content Poll". It allows the player to morph into a pile of bones when worn, although these bones appear different from a real pile. If a player is attacked while wearing it, they will automatically unmorph. As it is an untradable holiday item, if lost it can be recovered by speaking to Diango.

Trivia

 * There is currently a glitch where if you have a champion follower you can summon it whilst running and then you transform and the bones will slide along the ground.
 * The log-out cross in the top-right hand corner of the screen does not show when you have morphed into the bones.


 * When you try to wear the brooch whilst using an emote there's a message saying "You're a little busy showing off right now."


 * While wearing the bed sheets of ghost ahoy. It will say "You can't wear the brooch and the bedsheet at the same time."
 * When you try to wear the brooch during agility performance in the Balthazar Beauregard's Big Top Bonanza, there's a message saying: "Bones don't balance well on tightropes."


 * When you are stunned while thieving and attempt to activate the bone brooch while you are stunned, a message appears in your chatbox stating that you cannot transform while being bound by magic.


 * If trying to morph into a pile of bones during a game of the Great Orb Project, the chatbox will say "You're here to collect orbs, not turn into bones."
 * The brooch may not be taken into the Fist of Guthix arena.
 * If a player approaches a non-aggressive NPC, attacks it, then immediately morphs, the player appears to have bones falling out of them. This glitch can also be performed by "whacking" another player (with the rubber chicken or easter carrot) and quickly morphing.
 * Unlike the ring of stone, which has a similar transformation effect, the brooch cannot be used from the Worn Equipment interface.
 * If you try to turn to bones while pedaling at blast furnace, a message appears in your chatbox saying you don't think you could pedal effectively if you were just bones.
 * It is possible to teleport as a pile of bones if the player quickly morphs, switches to the worn equipment tab, and right clicks any teleport jewelry. The jewelry's right click menu should stay open even while the player is in bone form. This works for most teleport jewelry - e.g. cabbage-port, the amulet of glory, etc.
 * If one transforms into a pile of bones, then rapidly clicks an emote, they turn back into a human without the long transformation back.
 * If a player is wielding a Toy Kite and morphs into a pile of bones, the kite will be temporarily still and hanging in the air without a wielder, before disappearing. The kite will also appear hanging in the air during the reverse animation.
 * On the day of the event, every emote that has something spawn out of nowhere (Freeze Puppet Master Zombie Hand etc) has a white flash before it, it is unknown whether this will be fixed, or if its a graphics glitch in the game for processing all the spiders and everything in Grim's House. (This has been happening ever since Z-Buffereing came out, and it happens with other things too like teleport spells and fires.)
 * While wielding a staff or other long weapon, like a halberd, while switching back, it appears to go through the player.
 * If one tries to report another player while using the brooch, the message "Please close the interface you opened before activating 'Report Abuse'" will appear.
 * When opening the equipment screen, although the Bone brooch is worn-and there is the option to wear it, you get a message in your chat box saying that the Bone brooch can't be worn. This is because the Bone brooch is never actually worn, clicking on wear simply transforms you.
 * There is a glitch when you cabbage port and repeatedly click the bone brooch, you will turn into bones instead of coming out of the cabbage.
 * Many have claimed that it is impossible to turn into a pile of bones whilst having squirrel followers. This has now been proven untrue.
 * Although the main option for the brooch is to wear it, quickly changing to your worn items after activating doesn't show the brooch. Also, if you "Wear" it, no other item is swapped out if completely equipped.
 * On whichever angle you are facing, sometimes the skull's mouth appears to be open.
 * While in bone form you will not die of desert thirst untill changed back which if left for awhile you will be immediataly effected by thirst. This can be used to heal some lifepoints.
 * While in Bone form vyrewatches will not notice you and demand a tithe (only the non-aggresive ones, not the ones near Burgh de Rott.)
 * While in the circus on the agility tight rope if you attempt to wear the brooch is says "Bones don't balance on ropes well."
 * If you morph in the dorgeshuun caves without a light source, the message about the bugs biting you comes up in your chat box, but no damage is done until you unmorph.
 * If one transforms back into human, then tap clicks the ground, then tap clicks the bone brooch again, they will move as a pile of bones.
 * If you morph, using the Bone Brooch, while wielding a sling, the sling points diagonally and seems to defy gravity, the same happens when you unmorph.
 * The bones you turn into look very similar to regular bones droped by most npcs, expect you also drop with a skull.