Dragonkin lamp

Dragonkin lamp

Release date	15 June 2010 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	No
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	No
Alchemy	Cannot be alchemised
Value	10,000 coins
Destroy	Rub this lamp to claim your reward - it will be destroyed in the process. If you choose to destroy it now, you cannot replace it.
On death	Never kept
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Glowing from the raging flame contained within.
Weight	0.3 kg

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Investigating a gorged effigy and receiving the lamp.

A Dragonkin lamp is the final reward from the Ancient Effigies Distraction and Diversion. Its name references the Dragonkin, though their connection to this artefact is currently unknown. It is an easy way for players who only use combat to level non-combat skills. It is received after investigating a gorged ancient effigy and receiving experience from it. This will require a level of at least 97 in one of the two skills that the effigy craves knowledge in, or using an assist from a player who already has the required levels if you do not. The fastest way to get assistance is by posting in the dedicated thread on the official Runescape forums and asking for it. Like most xp lamps, the dragonkin lamp may not be banked.

It is recommended to spend the exp from the lamp on expensive or slow skills, such as Prayer or Construction. Spending the lamp on these skills can potentially save you millions of coins, as Prayer and Herblore can cost up to millions of coins and hours of training. Some examples:

1. If a player uses the lamp on prayer at level 75, it will save them roughly 154,000 coins, assuming the player buys 73 dragon bones for coins and use them in the Ectofuntus.
2. If the player had 81 Herblore, the lamp would save 495,000 coins assuming the player was making 147 Saradomin brews and losing 3,369 coins per potion by buying toadflax potions (unf) and crushed nests.
3. If the player had 90 Construction, the lamp would save 571,000 coins assuming the player used only 258 mahogany planks bought for the GE price of each.

The dragonkin lamp can be used to gain experience in any skill. The amount of experience gained depends on the player's level in that skill (see calculator and chart below). After using a Dragonkin Lamp the player receives the message: "As you focus on your chosen memories, you feel a burning malevolence in the back of your mind. You have gained new insight into [skill]... but at what cost?". The significance of this message is unknown and could hint at a sinister aspect of the lamp's powers.

Note: Should you die with a Dragonkin lamp in your inventory, it WILL appear at your gravestone.

An approximate for the experience gained is calculated by taking the level cubed and dividing that by 20.2 (Level^3/20.2).

The exact experience gained is shown in the following table based on the following equation, where the floor function, $\lfloor x\rfloor$, means to round down to the nearest integer:

${\text{experience}}=\left\lfloor {\frac {{\text{level}}^{3}-2\times {\text{level}}^{2}+100\times {\text{level}}}{20}}\right\rfloor$

For the number of dragonkin lamps needed to get from one level to another level, see the Dragonkin lamp calculator.

 template = Template:Dragonkin lamp calc
 form = dlf
 result = dlr
 param = 1|Level||int|1-120

Dragonkin lamp calculator
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Level	Experience		Level	Experience		Level	Experience		Level	Experience
120	85,560		90	36,090		60	10,740		30	1,410
119	83,436		89	34,901		59	10,215		29	1,280
118	81,349		88	33,739		58	9,709		28	1,159
117	79,296		87	32,603		57	9,219		27	1,046
116	77,279		86	31,493		56	8,747		26	941
115	75,296		85	30,408		55	8,291		25	843
114	73,347		84	29,349		54	7,851		24	753
113	71,432		83	28,315		53	7,427		23	670
112	69,552		82	27,306		52	7,020		22	594
111	67,704		81	26,320		51	6,627		21	523
110	65,890		80	25,360		50	6,250		20	460
109	64,108		79	24,422		49	5,887		19	401
108	62,359		78	23,509		48	5,539		18	349
107	60,642		77	22,618		47	5,205		17	301
106	58,957		76	21,751		46	4,885		16	259
105	57,303		75	20,906		45	4,578		15	221
104	55,681		74	20,083		44	4,285		14	187
103	54,090		73	19,282		43	4,005		13	157
102	52,530		72	18,504		42	3,738		12	132
101	50,999		71	17,746		41	3,482		11	109
100	49,500		70	17,010		40	3,240		10	90
99	48,029		69	16,294		39	3,008		9	73
98	46,589		68	15,599		38	2,789		8	59
97	45,177		67	14,924		37	2,580		7	47
96	43,795		66	14,269		36	2,383		6	37
95	42,441		65	13,633		35	2,196		5	28
94	41,115		64	13,017		34	2,019		4	21
93	39,817		63	12,420		33	1,852		3	15
92	38,548		62	11,842		32	1,696		2	10
91	37,305		61	11,281		31	1,548		1	4

Trivia

• It takes 21 dragonkin lamps to level from 1 to 2, while it only takes 6 more, 27, to level from 98 to 99.