Onyx



Onyx is a rare volcanic gem with a shiny black lustre which is used in the Crafting skill to make jewellery. There are only three ways to obtain an onyx gem.


 * It may be purchased uncut in the TzHaar crafting store for 2,700,000 Tokkul.
 * It may be purchased from another player directly or through the Grand Exchange.
 * It may be obtained uncut as loot from a Kingly Impling jar.

An uncut onyx requires a Crafting level of 67 to cut, granting 167.5 crafting experience. Members can also use the Fletching skill to cut an onyx into Onyx bolt tips by using a chisel on a 'cut' onyx at level 73 Fletching. Cutting an onyx into bolt tips grants the player 9 experience in the Fletching skill and gives the player 24 Onyx bolt tips, although this practice is NOT RECOMMENDED due to the value of the gem and the fact that TzHaar-Ket and TzHaar-Xil both drop Onyx bolt tips rather commonly.

The Personalised shops update on 2 September 2009 raised the price of an Onyx in the TzHaar shops nine-fold, from 300,000 to 2,700,000 Tokkul. In addition to this, on 15 December 2009, an update made it impossible to obtain Tokkul by trading runes and other obsidian items to TzHaar shops. This significantly increased the rarity of Tokkul, causing the gem to greatly increase in price.

Trivia

 * When the TzHaar area was first released, the store price for an uncut Onyx was 300,000 Tokkul.
 * Onyx jewellery looks significantly different from jewellery made from other gems.