Top hat

Top hats are obtained as rewards from level 3 Treasure Trails. As they were added fairly recently, they are not as common as other Treasure Trail rewards.

This item is commonly worn with a set of Black elegant, with an Amulet of fury, Pirate boots, and a black cane which will make the wearer look like a wealthy gentleman from an old time period.

Trivia

 * The examine info is most likely based of a magic trick done by illusionists which they would pull out a rabbit out from their top hats.


 * After its release, this item has seen an amazing spike in price. During its initial induction to the the game it was set from around 500,000 to 600,000 coins on the Grand Exchange. As the demand of the item grew rapidly with little quantity, prices grew to upwards and excess of 4,000,000 coins. Though, because of an increase in quantity and a decreasing hype; possibly due to how the top hat causes the player to appear bald when the hat is worn, the price has now fallen to less than 820,000 coins. Over a period of 30 days (June 25-July 25) the price of the top hat decreased 76%. However, currently it seems to be rising at a rate of almost 40,000 to 50,000 every two days, rising 38.1% in the past 30 days (July 19th-Aug 18th) as a result of many players adding "junk" to raise the prices. As of 18th August 2008 the price is around 1,250,000gp, a far cry of the peak of the value, however they have sold for as much as 2,000,000 at the Grand Exchange at World 2, with this figure expected to rise. However, as of August 24th, 2008, the price of the top hat plummeted since from 1.4 million gp to a mere 280k. On Tuesday, the 28th of October, top hats started rising again. On Monday, november 24th, the price was only around 180K. Top Hats went steeply up in price only thanks to one person beacuse he bought one everyday, the price of top hats went up to 280k but then he stopped buying them. They shortly descended to 202k


 * Instead of wearing the top hat with the brim resting on the character's ears, it is worn on the very top of the player's head.