Challenge gem

Challenge gem
Detailed
Release	8 June 2015 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Value	Unknown
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Destroy	You will not be refunded if you destroy this item.
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	473,886 coins (info)
Buy limit	10
Weight	0 kg
Examine	Inventory: Deploy this to start a skilling or combat competition. Deployed: A combat/skilling competition can be started here. Click for more information.
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Challenge gems are items that can be bought on Solomon's General Store in packs of 1, 3 and 6 for 10, 25 and 45 Runecoins respectively. They can also be bought in the Fun Item Shop and found whilst training or killing Clawdia at the Summer Beach Party.

They allow players to start their own challenges. Winning 10, 25 and 100 challenges gives the titles: the Victor, the MVP and the Real MVP while losing 10, 25, and 100 challenges gives: the Loser, the Struggle and the Real Struggle. Taking part in 10 challenges gives the Contender title. Participating in a challenge gives a challenge shard to keep track of the score.

Mechanics

No more than one challenge gem may be placed within 10 squares of another gem. A player can start a challenge gem at any time by choosing the deploy option. A 4-pin entry code may also be specified to restrict the players who are allowed to enter the challenge.

While the competition is ongoing, players rank 1st, 2nd, and 3rd have their rank visible above their head.

Skilling competiton

For the skilling competition, you're allowed to choose the amount of time for the competition (between 5 and 30 minutes in intervals of 5), the skill (must be a skill as there is no option for overall XP), and the entrance fee (between 5,000 and 1,000,000 or Just For Fun) and the delay time (between 1 and 5 minutes) until the competition automatically starts.

Players who enter the competition earns points based on the base XP they gain (so bonus XP does not give any advantage).

Combat Competition

For the combat competition, one may specify the amount of time for the competition (between 5 and 30 minutes in intervals of 5), the enemy combat level range (0 to 10,000), the player combat level (3 to 138), the entrance fee (between 5,000 and 1,000,000 or Just For Fun) and the delay time (between 1 and 5 minutes) until the competition automatically starts. Additionally, the combat may also be limited to PVP only and/or wilderness areas only.

Criticism

Upon release, the challenge gem received considerable amount of complaints due to the fact that 'The MVP' and 'The Real MVP' were a golden colour - like those won by finishing first in the seasonal hiscores. Due to this, on June 15 the colours of the title where changed to mustard yellow. During a hidden update on 14 July 2015, their original colour was restored. The golden colour was reverted back to pale green colour during the 20 July 2015 update.

Gallery

A deployed challenge gem for a skilling competition

A deployed challenge gem for a combat competition

Select which type of competition

Select what skill to compete on and stake

Enter a competition

Unlucky...

Congratulations!

Rank 2

Rank 3

Trivia

• This item does not appear in any quickchat phrases for buying them, even though they appear in the Grand Exchange.