Genie

The Genie is a RuneScape random event. The Genie appears near players and gives them an experience lamp, which may be rubbed to raise a selected skill's experience by 10 times the current level of the particular. For example, if the player has level 30 in Herblore, they would gain 300 Herblore experience if the skill is chosen.

Therefore, a lamp is extremely useful in gaining Prayer and Slayer experience, especially at higher levels, where conventional methods provide very little experience. This is also a good way to level up the Summoning skill without requiring to spend gold coins.

Failure to acknowledge the Genie will result in the player either: being teleported to a random location, or having his/her items scattered around the ground.

Spirits of the Elid
In the Spirits of the Elid quest, the Genie which resides in the cavern is the evil brother of the Random event Genie. This Genie has a craving for human souls. During the quest, he requests an adventurer to give him the "soul" (sole) of Awusah the Mayor. The adventurer agrees, and gives the Genie Awusah's sole (not a pun).

Getting the random event
Many players have theories as to how the random event work. Some known events when the genie appears include:
 * Mining
 * Burying bones
 * Hunting
 * Slaying
 * Woodcutting
 * Crafting
 * Fishing
 * Thieving

Trivia

 * Ever since Jagex had mentioned that Random events are being reviewed, many people have campaigned to save the Genie random event (i.e. not to remove the random event).
 * The examine text from the Genie's cave is a line from Disney's Aladdin, when the Genie mentions about the cramped living space within the lamp.
 * For a time after the release of RuneScape HD, the random event Genie's chat head was still rendered with the old low detail version of character chat heads. However, this has since been fixed.
 * A hidden update on 12 August gave the Genie random event interface a new look.