Poison chalice

The Poison chalice is a cocktail obtained for free from Stankers, a dwarven miner near the Coal Trucks west of Seers' Village. Its effects are random but include:
 * Temporarily boost Crafting or Thieving by 1 level.
 * Temporarily boost combat ability (Attack, Strength, and Defence) by 4 or reduce it by 3.
 * Heal or damage the player: healing players up to 49 Hitpoints or damaging them from 3 to 60.



Damage seems to be based on a percentage of the player's hitpoints, at two levels: 5% damage and 60%. It also seems that player with high hitpoints levels have lower chances of being damaged by drinking from the poison chalice.

The poison chalice also features in the Seers' Village Diary, in which players complete an easy task by giving one to King Arthur.

The chalice is free to obtain but sells for a moderate price on the Grand Exchange, so players make money by collecting and selling poison chalices. (While the player can get multiple chalices from Stankers, the process can be somewhat tedious, as the player must click through the entire conversation just to get one chalice at a time.) It seems that poison chalices are in demand from players seeking the crafting or thieving boost.

Effects
Stankers hands you a glass of strangely coloured liquid...
 * You drink the strange green liquid.


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Response || Effects
 * You feel a little strange. || Attack, Strength, Defence go down by 1-4; Crafting up 1
 * It has a slight taste of apricot. || No change
 * It heals some health. || Heals Hitpoints
 * You feel a lot better. || Heals Hitpoints. Thieving up by 1
 * Wow! That was amazing! You feel really invigorated. || Attack, Strength, Defence up by 4; Thieving up 0-1
 * That tasted a bit dodgy. You feel a bit ill. || Hitpoints down by 3-5 or up to 60 (5% or 60%); Attack, Strength, Defence down by 0-3
 * }
 * You feel a lot better. || Heals Hitpoints. Thieving up by 1
 * Wow! That was amazing! You feel really invigorated. || Attack, Strength, Defence up by 4; Thieving up 0-1
 * That tasted a bit dodgy. You feel a bit ill. || Hitpoints down by 3-5 or up to 60 (5% or 60%); Attack, Strength, Defence down by 0-3
 * }
 * That tasted a bit dodgy. You feel a bit ill. || Hitpoints down by 3-5 or up to 60 (5% or 60%); Attack, Strength, Defence down by 0-3
 * }

Scamming
This item was sometimes used in scams, since many players do not know how it is obtained. Scammers would claim that it was a rare and valuable item, though it normally goes for coins in the Grand Exchange and can be obtained for free from Stankers. Updates to the trading system have caused this, like many such scams, to die out. However, players should still beware if offered a poison chalice, since scammers may also trick others into drinking it, which could possibly kill a player who is already damaged.