Tooth half of a key

Tooth half of a key
Detailed
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Unknown
Disassembly	Unknown
Noteable	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Value	1 coin
Value	1 coin
High Alchemy	0 coins
High Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
On death	Unknown
Exchange	11,538 coins (info)
Buy limit	100
Weight	0.005 kg
Examine	The tooth end of the mysterious crystal key. Can you find the other half?
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The Tooth half of a key is an item dropped by any NPC that drops gems. They can be found in the chest in Taverley, the barrows chest or the evil tree rewards. It is also a reward from the Gnome Restaurant minigame, although much more infrequently than the loop half. This item can also be obtained through the fishers in Miscellania, which is also quite rare. A tooth half of key may also be looted from magpie implings and fire spirits along with the loop half of key.

The tooth half of a key is used with a loop half of a key to make a crystal key. Doing so will grant you 10 Crafting experience. This is used to unlock the Crystal chest, which contains a dragonstone, and other items.

The Tooth half of a key was subject to a huge increase in price over a period of about seven days, caused by a merchant clan. This peaked on 28 May 2009, when it reached a Grand Exchange market price of 105.9k, more than two times that of the original stable price, which was around 50k. This was caused by an identical rise in the price of uncut dragonstone, which was the result of a merchant clan buying out uncut dragonstones, as uncut dragonstones are most commonly obtained through use of the crystal key, an item in which the Tooth half of a key is a part of. This was arguably one of the most influential merchant clan 'attacks' since the release of the Grand Exchange as many monsters drop the Tooth half of a key. As with most merchant clan buy outs, the item returned to a stable price.

Before the introduction of the Grand Exchange, both halves of the crystal key sold for the same price, at around 20,000-30,000 coins each. However, with the Grand Exchange, the tooth half of the key was perceived to be rarer than the loop half, and it became more expensive.

After the release of Dragonstone armour, the price of the crystal key skyrocketed due to the high price of the armour.

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	? (edit)
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0% 2 49 96.0% 3 64 94.0% 4 69 92.0% 5 78 90.0% 6 83 87.1% 7 91 85.1% 8 95 82.1% 9 105 79.2%
Possible materials

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 98.9 Junk chance: 98.9

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