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Luck is a mechanic that determines the chance for receiving certain rare or special drops and rewards from various sources. Luck was significantly reworked on 27 March 2017 (update) to categorize affected drops and rewards into 4 tiers of luck, each corresponding to one or more luck enhancing items.
Luck Enhancers
The following items will increase the chances of receiving drops and rewards affected by luck. While enhancers for tiers 1–3 only affect the rewards specific to their tier, a tier-4 luck enhancer will increase chances for rewards in all 4 tiers.
| Tier | Items |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ring of luck, Strung rabbit foot |
| 2 | Ring of wealth, Collector's insignia, Luck potion, Leprechaun hat |
| 3 | Ring of fortune, charged Collector's insignia, Enhanced luck potion |
| 4 | Luck of the dwarves |
Drops and Rewards Affected by Luck
The luck mechanic affects various rewards, including drops from slayer monsters and bosses, rewards from certain skilling activities, and clue scroll rewards. Using luck enhancers increases the chance to receive these rewards, as outlined below.
Slayer Monsters
Increased chance of unique drops such as dark bows and abyssal whips, as well as parts of the crystal key and crystal triskelion key. However pets, sirenic scales, Ascension keystones and signets, and Champion's scrolls are not affected by luck.
| Tier | Monsters |
|---|---|
| 1 | Level 1–50 Slayer monsters: Crawling hand, Banshee, Rock slug, Cockatrice, Basilisk, Infernal mage, Desert lizard |
| 2 | Level 51–80 Slayer monsters: Turoth, Aberrant spectre, Dust devil, Kurask, Gargoyle, Nechryael, Cave horror, Muspah, Nihil, Aquanite, Jungle strykewyrm, Desert strykewyrm |
| 3 | Level 80–99 Slayer monsters: Abyssal demon, Mutated jadinko, Ascension creature, Ganodermic beast, Spiritual mage, Airut, Lava strykewyrm, Camel warrior, Mammoths, Ripper demon, Living wyvern, Edimmu, Dark beast, Chaos giant, Tormented demon, Glacor, Nightmare creature |
| 4 | All of the above |
Bosses
Increased chance to receive a unique drop, such as an Armadyl platebody or Clingy mole. The chances to receive boss pets are not affected by luck.
| Tier | Bosses |
|---|---|
| 1 | King Black Dragon, Giant Mole |
| 2 | Dagannoth Kings, Kree'arra, Commander Zilyana, K'ril Tsutsaroth, General Graardor, Barrows, Kalphite Queen, Exiled Kalphite Queen |
| 3 | Queen Black Dragon, Nex, Gregorovic, Vindicta, Twin Furies, Helwyr, Kalphite King, Corporeal Beast, Abomination, WildyWyrm |
| 4 | All of the above plus Nex: Angel of Death, Vorago, Araxxor, Barrows: Rise of the Six, Telos, Beastmaster Durzag, Yakamaru |
Skilling Activites
Certain skilling activities benefit from luck enhancers.
| Tier | Increased Chance of Receiving |
|---|---|
| 1 | No skilling benefits |
| 2 |
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| 3 |
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| 4 | All of the above. |
Clue Scrolls
Luck enhancers provide a +1% chance for rarer clue-specific loot, such as god pages and third-age armour, on the corresponding tier of clue scroll.
| Tier | Clue Scroll Levels |
|---|---|
| 1 | Easy clue scrolls |
| 2 | Medium clue scrolls |
| 3 | Hard clue scrolls |
| 4 | All clue scrolls, including elite |
Rare Drop Table
Luck enhancers can affect chances to access the rare drop table, as well as improve loot obtained from the rare drop table.
| Tier | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1 | Increased chance to access to the rare drop table |
| 2 | Increased chance to access the rare drop table and receive improved loot from it |
| 3 | Further increased chance to access to the rare drop table and receive improved loot from it |
| 4 | Still further increased chance to access the rare drop table and receive improved loot from it, and the ability to receive the vecna skull |
Crystal Chest and Triskelion Treasures
| Tier | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1 | No effect. |
| 2 | 1% increase to rewards |
| 3 | 2% increase to rewards |
| 4 | 3% increase to rewards |
Historical
Prior to the luck rework of 27 March 2017, luck was only improved by the ring of wealth, Collector's insignia, and luck potion, all of which:
- Slightly improved unique drops from some monsters (but not many bosses)
- Improved the rare drop table access chance and clue scroll drop chance
- Increased the chance of mining gems
All of these items’ effects were identical (charging the insignia doubled its effect) and did not stack.
The 2017 update added tiers to luck, and rings to fill those tiers with the existing ring of wealth being moved into tier 2.
References
- Mod Timbo. Game Jam 2017 - Luck Rework. Google Documents. 18 February 2017.*
- The Month Ahead - March. twitch.tv/runescape. 7 March 2017.*
- The RuneScape Game Jam!. twitch.tv/runescape. 19 February 2017.*
- Mod Shauny. [RS3] Luck Rework & Patch Notes teaser with Mod Shauny - 9PM UTC. twitch.tv/runescape. 24 March 2017.*