Strange rock

The Strange rock is an item from the Shattered Heart Distraction and Diversion. It may be found randomly while training any non-combat skill. Players may get two strange rocks per skill. When you have received the first rock for a skill, the drop chance for the second will be reduced by half. Each strange rock is a segment of the statue of Dahmaroc, a wizard from the Second Age. After the statue of Dahmaroc has been completed, players may then again get two strange rocks per non-combat skill to once again complete the statue. The first time you complete the statue, you are given a statue plinth to place in your player-owned house.

If you try to add the strange rock to the plinth for the very first time, Barnabus Hurma will stop you. Speak to him and you will show him the strange rock you have found; he will then say that you need to find its twin before you can add it to the plinth. With the update on 19 August 2010, Barnabus Hurma will give you a statue collection bag to store your strange rocks thus freeing up space in your bank or inventory. Strange rocks do not stack in the bank, even if they are paired.

Strange rocks will not appear under a player's gravestone upon death.

When you are doing any skill and you receive the rock while your inventory is full, its message would be: "Something odd happens to the [X] and you are left with a strange rock." While [X] would be the item that was last made or obtained.

(Recent update puts construction strange rocks in your inventory when you train your construction skill.) Example- building in hotspots, or making flatpacks.

Rewards
After using a pair of strange rocks on the Statue plinth, the player gets $$y = x^2 - 2x + 100$$ where $$y$$ = Experience earned and $$x$$ = Skill level of the skill being trained when the rock is added to the statue.

For example, using a level of 50: Exp = 50*50 - (2*50) + 100 = 2500 - 100 + 100 = 2500 experience

The player needs two rocks from each skill to complete the statue. When the player has collected two pieces in one skill, they can be added to the plinth in order to create a section of the Dahmaroc statue. The plinth is located in the Varrock Museum right next to the entrance. Once you complete the statue you get a replica plinth (this is where you will be building your statue) to put in your POH and then you get a replica 'piece of statue' to start building the new statue in your POH. You can then begin to search and collect pieces again which gives you a shot at the extra experience once again.

You can use a Statue list to keep track which rocks you've added to the statue. You need to have two pieces to be able to add to the plinth.

Icons and Descriptions
You can identify what skill a strange rock is by examining it. Also, the different skills' rocks have different appearances. When trying to collect a strange rock by doing any of these, you will hear a small "thud" sound to say you now have a strange rock.

Equipment
Some equipment will be required to collect strange rocks. The equipment needed will be ones you need to train a certain skill. Some examples are a pickaxe for Mining and a hatchet for Woodcutting.

Useful Equipment


You can talk to Barnabus Hurma (or any of the other archaeologists), within Varrock Museum, to receive a Statue collection bag. These bags will automatically store any statue pieces you gain from a skill activity, and can be filled with your library of rocks. When you have two corresponding statue pieces in your bag, simply empty the bag and use the rocks on the statue base. You may also 'Look-in' the bag to check how many you have currently collected. If you lose or drop the statue collection bag, you will also lose its contents. This means that you'll have to complete skill tasks to regain the rocks you lost.

Trivia

 * If you have a Pet Rock in your inventory, a message is displayed showing its excitement when you receive a strange rock.Petrock.png
 * It is possible to talk to the museum workers about the rock (for the first time) without having the rock in your inventory. The museum will talk in a way like you have given the rock and are examining it.
 * Once you start this by getting the first rock, you can also get them on a non-members world. This, of course, only works on non-member available skills, such as smithing and fishing, and can still be put in the containment bag, which is also accessible on a non-member world.
 * If you get a strange rock with no free inventory spaces while smithing knives, the rock will appear on the ground below your feet.