Holy Cithara

The Holy cithara is an object that can be found within the holy reliquary in the basement of the Abbey of St. Elspeth Citharede after meeting several of Saint Elspeth's requirements. Receiving the Holy cithara for the first time rewards the player with 50,000 prayer experience. The Holy cithara has a right-click play option which, upon clicking, will make the player play the cithara energetically for a few seconds. Other players are able to hear the cithara as you play it. "Cithara" is Greek for guitar.


 * Note that this will NOT provide protection from Saradomin followers in the God Wars Dungeon.

Attempting to take the Cithara may result in receiving damage equal to the player's current life points minus one. This means that the player will not die, even if the player is not at full health.

'''Warning: Do NOT use Saradomin brews, Rocktails, the Thermal bath, or any other method to temporarily boost your Life Points to over your maximum. If you attempt to take the cithara without the requirements and your life points go down by one at the exact moment, you will die.'''

You will need to at least get to the point in Desert Treasure when you need the Ring of visibility to kill Damis.



Obtaining the Holy Cithara
To obtain the Holy Cithara a player must wear a variety of equipment and meet certain "Holy" requirements:


 * Equip a Ring of visibility + Ghostspeak amulet/Cramulet, and 6 pieces of Saradomin Equipment.

These items are acceptable pieces of Saradomin Equipment:

If you don't obtain it on your first try, but the ghost appears and you don't get dealt any damage, keep trying until you get it. It can take upwards of 15 tries to successfully grab the cithara. Note that if you are wearing 5 items, you won't take damage but the ghost will appear and tell you that you're not yet worthy. You won't be able to pick it up regardless of how many times you try.

Any of the following prevents players from obtaining the cithara:
 * Less than 100% run Energy
 * Being on Ancient Curses
 * More or less than maximum prayer points (i.e., boosted above maximum fails to work) - also altar upstairs for recharging your prayer if needed.
 * Ancient Magicks (Normal or Lunar spellbooks only)
 * Wearing/wielding an item not aligned with Saradomin (other than Amulet of ghostspeak and Ring of visibility, i.e., most things in the game). This includes your inventory.

Tips and Misconceptions
'''* You may not claim the Holy Cithara if any of your Saradomin aligned items are borrowed. All the items must belong to you.'''
 * Players only need 6 items worn to obtain the Cithara. Wearing more items than necessary does work, but is not required.
 * The Citharede robes are not required, they are simply free and readily available after completing the quest.
 * A majority of the items affiliated with Saradomin listed on the Saradomin page do not work. The White gloves and White Boots are prime examples.
 * An inexpensive way to achieve the 6 worn Saradomin items is using the 3 Citharede robes available from the quest, 1 Saradomin arrow, a Saradomin crozier and a Damaged holy book.
 * Because all four of the Falador shields have a symbol that closely resembles the Saradomin symbol, it is sometimes mistaken for a Saradomin aligned item. However, this is not the case.
 * Although the Saradomin Owl counts as a Saradomin item for Godwars dungeon, it does not count as a Saradomin item for the Cithara.
 * If players receive the message that states them as unworthy of obtaining the Holy cithara, before moving forward in the conversation and being struck by current LP - 1, exit to the lobby, log back in, and try again.
 * If you have an item not aligned with Saradomin in your inventory (Zamorak's unholy book), try dropping it and then quickly try obtaining the Cithara.