Butler

The Butler is a servant that players may hire once they have level 40 Construction, or higher. They must have at least two bedrooms with beds in order to hire a servant from the Servants' Guild. The Butler can do the following:


 * Welcome guests to the owner's house, lead them to the owner if the owner is in another room, or lead the guest outside.
 * Serve chocolate cake or tea to guests if the owner has a dining room with a dining table along with a kitchen that has the appropriate ingredients.
 * Take up to 20 items to and from the bank faster than the Cook but slower than the Demon Butler, at approximently 15 seconds.
 * Take wood to the Sawmill and get them made into planks faster than the Cook but slower than the Demon Butler, also at 15 seconds.

The Butler charges 5,000 coins for his wage every 8 trips. The fee is reduced to 3,750 coins as a reward for Love Story. This charge also includes serving food or drinks. It takes him around 12 seconds to go to the bank and back. Many players prefer the Butler over the Demon Butler because he is only slightly slower, yet half the cost of the Demon Butler. Also, using the Butler actually provides faster experience than the Demon Butler. A player building oak dungeon doors will find that they can build two doors in the time that the Butler is getting planks from the bank, and finish just as the Butler returns. This allows for constant experience to be gained. However, the Demon Butler is too fast for this, and players will be interrupted if they try to build two oak doors while the Demon Butler is away.

Alternative To Using The Butler
Teleport to your house using the House Teleport and return to the bank in Castle Wars using the Ring of Duelling, use the Ring of Kinship to teleport near the bank in Daemonheim, or the Explorer's ring 3 or Explorer's ring 4 to teleport to the cabbage field between Draynor and Port Sarim. The price for the runes and the ring (assuming you use an air staff) is a little under 5,000 gp for 8 trips. It's faster than the butler and also gives you Magic XP! You can also reduce your costs even more by crafting your own runes and ring. Or you can use the glory in your house for teleporting to Edgeville or Draynor to bank.

Trivia

 * The Butler never pronounces the player's name. He always calls the player Sir or Madam, as he told it in the Servants' Guild.
 * The Butler only smiles when the player gives him his pay.
 * He claims to be the best mortal servant any player can have since the Demon Butler isn't a mortal.
 * None of the servants ever go to the bank to collect their pay if the 'pay from bank' option is chosen.
 * If you tell him to bring back more than 20 items he will only bring back 20, but if you click the first option when you ask him to bring more, he will bring back the number you previously asked him to bring (only the first time after).
 * He will not UN-note or carry bones saying "I have too much respect for the dead to transport these bones."
 * Despite his claims to never address the player in the second person, when requesting his pay, he refers to the player as "you" twice.