Gravestone

Gravestones are generated when a player dies via any means except in the wilderness, safe activities (whereby no items are lost, hence rendering a gravestone useless), or the Corporeal Beast. Players must also have dropped at least one item upon death in order to receive a gravestone. All of the player's items are kept safe under the gravestone until it is destroyed. This can occur either due to the gravestone's timer expiring or demolition by the player. Some items cannot be recovered from a gravestone, such as those listed here. If a gravestone collapses fully before a player retrieves his or her items, the items will become visible and picked up by any player.

Without repairs or blessing, a gravestone will collapse after a certain period of time, depending on the type of gravestone purchased. One minute before collapse a gravestone will become broken, and 30 seconds prior to collapse it will become a collapsing gravestone. Although a gravestone will remain intact if the player logs out or loses connection, the timer will continue to count down and the gravestone will collapse at its regular time.

Gravestones can last from 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the type purchased. The time remaining before the collapse of a player's gravestone will be displayed on their screen if they have a gravestone active. Once a type of gravestone has been selected and/or purchased, the player will continue to use that type of gravestone until they choose to change it. 60 seconds after a gravestone collapses on its own (without blessing, repair, or demolition) the items not picked up by the player disappear. Once a gravestone has expired any items that have yet to be retrieved can be seen and picked up by other players. Only tradeable items will appear to other players; untradeable items will not appear. So for example, if a player was to lose a degrading Vesta's chainbody, it will not protect the item and instead turn it into coins. If the player were to drop something untradeable like a part of Void equipment, it will protect the item.

A player's gravestone is only present in one world. This means that if the game crashes or your internet is down while you try to return to your gravestone, you must return to the world you died in to retrieve your items. If you die in one world and go into another, upon entry you will be asked if you want to go back to the world you died in.

Multiple Deaths
If one is to die a second time before the items from their previous grave are retrieved, the rules are as follows:
 * The 1st gravestone disappears, dropping its contents to the floor instantly
 * The VISUAL timer of the 1st grave disappears and is replaced with the new grave's timer
 * The arrow pointing to your grave will only point to the most recent grave
 * The degraded items underneath the 1st grave WILL remain protected as if the timer is still counting down, even if the 2nd grave disappears/collapses/is demolished before the 1st grave's timer runs out
 * This is only possible if someone blesses/repairs the 1st grave and not the 2nd or if the player buys a shorter-lasting grave before dying the second time

Options
Gravestones have a number of options when right clicked. These options are Read, Repair, Bless and Demolish.
 * Read: Reveals the name of the player who died and, in some cases, how long ago. If a player reads their own gravestone, there will be a different message, stating "It looks like it'll survive another X minutes. Isn't there something a bit odd about reading your own gravestone?". If when reading a gravestone the message "The inscription is too unclear to read." is displayed, the player who owns the gravestone has already retrieved their items and no items will appear when the gravestone collapses. This message is also displayed if the player has logged out.
 * Repair: Allows a player to extend the longevity of the gravestone by up to five minutes. There is no known limit to the number of times one gravestone can be repaired, so if nearby players really wanted to they could extend the time of a gravestone indefinitely. This option is available only after the gravestone has deteriorated.
 * Bless: Allows a player with a prayer level of 70+ to extend the longevity of the gravestone by one hour after the gravestone had been set up. Attempting to bless your own gravestone will yield the message "The gods don't seem to approve of people attempting to bless their own gravestones." Blessing is one of the few things free players can do after level 45 Prayer. You cannot bless a gravestone if the player who has died has logged out after their death.

Types of gravestones
Players can choose a number of different gravestones for use by their character. In addition to having different appearances, some will also last longer before collapsing. Also, when upgrading gravestones, it's not a one time thing that you need to keep paying for. You'll keep getting the upgraded one no matter how many times you die.

Available to all players
These gravestones can be purchased by donating to Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church. You must complete The Restless Ghost in order to purchase gravestones.

Available to Members
The following gravestones can be used by members who have completed the The Giant Dwarf quest as well as any of the specific prerequisites listed next to each gravestone type. The gravestones can be bought from Blasidar the sculptor in East Keldagrim.

Note: Even though members gravestones are not available through purchase on free worlds, they still appear on death when in free world as a member and non-member.

Trivia

 * "Requiescat in pace" is Latin for "rest in peace."

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