Items Kept on Death

Items Kept on Death is a menu accessed from the Worn Equipment on the Interface that shows which items players will keep when they die. Generally, only keep the three most valuable items will be kept, and items will shown in this menu.

The value of items are not based on market value or Grand Exchange prices, but is based on the store (or alchemy) value of the items. Rare items such as party hats may NOT be kept on death, even if the market value of a Blue partyhat is 0 coins.

In addition, stackable items are considered as individual items, and the value of those items is based on a single item, even if the combined total worth of the items is far greater than any other item. For example, if the player is only carrying 400 coins, only 3 coins is retained upon death as each coin is valued individually.

Skulled
If players are skulled by entering the Abyss or Bounty Hunter, they will lose all of their items when they die. This is regardless of value, or if the Protect Item prayer is used. The duration of being skulled lasts for 10 minutes of playing time, and may be avoided by wearing an Forinthry bracelet when entering the Abyss.

Protect Item prayer
The Protect Item prayer will allow players to keep an additional item when they die (which brings the total of items kept to four). However, if the player is skulled, and do not have a Bounter Hunter pick-up penalty, they will only keep the single most valuable item.

Pick-up penalty
A pick-up penalty is imposed on the player during the Bounty Hunter minigame, when the player goes "rogue". This penalty lasts for 3 minutes, and resets if an item is picked up by the player during the penalty period. During this period, no items will be retained upon death.

Safe minigames
The term "safe" refer to the fact that it is safe to die within the minigame. Safe minigames, such as Clan Wars or Fist of Guthix, allow players to keep all their items upon death.

Staked duels
In the Duel Arena, players may challenge other players to a staked duel. This means that items (or coins) are put at stake during the duel, and the winner is awarded with the staked items.

However, since Duel Arena is a safe minigame, players will not lose any items (except the staked items) if they die during the duel.

"Unkeepable" Items Not Kept on Death
Certain untradeable items, like the Ectophial and Essence pouches, cannot be kept upon death. This is regardless of whether the item is the most valuable item, or if Protect Item prayer is used. When player dies, the item is lost forever, cannot be retrieved from the gravestone of the player, and will not appear to other players.

Caught Hunter items, such as Chinchompas will be released when a player dies.

Gravestones
When players die, gravestones may appear on the spot where the player dies. (However, this is not the case in safe minigames and the Bounty Hunter minigame.) Gravestones may last for 2-5 minutes, depending on the type of the gravestone. During this period, a dead player will be able to respawn and retrieve any remaining items that are not kept on death from the gravestone. (As noted above, "unkeepable" and untradeable items cannot be retrieved from the gravestone.)