Hanky points

Hanky Points are the form of rewards system in the Thieves' Guild. They can be exchanged for Thieving experience relevant to your current Thieving level by talking to the trainers. Succeeding at a thieving task reveals a blue or red hanky, depending on the difficulty of the task. Blue hankies are worth 1 hanky point; red hankies are worth 4 hanky points. The cap amount of Hanky Points you can earn in a week is relevant to your current Thieving level. They have no image and the only ways to learn how many you have is to ask one of the trainers or check the RuneScape toolbar under the Distraction Reminders section (has to be authorised first). They can be earned from a number of activities, including: pickpocketing trainers, blackjacking volunteers and trainers, cracking safes and stealing from chests. Once the cap amount is reached, the activities can continue but you cannot cash in your hankies until the next week.

You can collect up to your maximum hanky points for the week, hand them in for the reward, and then collect up to your maximum hanky points again but you will have to wait until the next week to claim the reward for them (The option becomes available once more after the seventh 00:00 (UTC) has passed since the last collection). Once you have your maximum amount of hanky points, you can continue the activities to gain more experience but, each time you succeed, you will get a message saying, "You have reached the maximum amount of hanky points you are allowed at your level." To find out how many hanky points you have, or to trade your points in for the experience reward, speak to any of the trainers or volunteers, or right click certain trainers or volunteers and select the 'Check-points' option (not all trainers and volunteers have this right-click option, however).

Note: Hankies are not items that go in your inventory, they are just mentioned in the chat log. For example, in the southern (more challenging) pickable chests: "There is a single red handkerchief inside."

Level	Maximum points	Experience received
99	84	10,080
98	80	9,840
97	80	9,680
96	80	9,440
95	80	9,280
94	80	9,120
93	80	8,880
92	80	8,720
91	80	8,560
90	80	8,320
89	76	8,132
88	76	7,980
87	76	7,828
86	76	7,600
85	76	7,448
84	76	7,296
83	76	7,144
82	76	6,916
81	76	6,764
80	72	6,624
79	72	6,480
78	72	6,336
77	72	6,120
76	72	5,976
75	72	5,832
74	72	5,688
73	72	5,544
72	72	5,400
71	68	5,236
70	68	5,100
69	68	4,964
68	68	4,828
67	68	4,692
66	68	4,556
65	68	4,420
64	68	4,284
63	68	4,148
62	64	4,032
61	64	3,904
60	64	3,776
59	64	3,648
58	64	3,520
57	64	3,456
56	64	3,384
55	64	3,200
54	64	3,072
53	60	3,000
52	60	2,880
51	60	2,760
50	60	2,700
49	60	2,580
48	60	2,460
47	60	2,400
46	60	2,280
45	60	2,160
44	56	2,072
43	56	2,016
42	56
41	56	1,848
40	56	1,736
39	56	1,680
38	56	1,568
37	56	1,512
36	56	1,412
35	52
34	52	1300
33	52	1248
32	52	1092
31	52	1092
30	52	1092
29	52	988
28	52	936
27	52	832
26	48	816
25	48	768
24	48	720
23	48	672
22	48	624
21	48	576
20	48	528
19	48	480
18	48	432
17	44	396
16	44	352
15	44	352
14	44	308
13	44	264
12	44	264
11	44	220
10	44
9	44

Trivia

• Blue and red banners are commonly hung in the Thieves' guild. They might be a reference to the colour-coded hanky point system. This is most notable in the cul-de-sac containing the safes as they seem to mark the difference between the two rows of safes (south safes give red hankies and north ones give blue hankies).