Loop half of a key

Loop half of a key

Release date	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	No
High Alch	0 coins
Low Alch	0 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	The loop end of the mysterious Crystal key. Can you find the other half?
Weight	0 kg

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The Loop half of a key is an item dropped by numerous NPCs. It is also a reward from various random events, and can be found in the chest in Taverley, the Barrows chest, the gnome restaurant, an evil tree reward, from cremating Vyrewatch, from Kingdom Management and from caskets. The loop half of key may be looted from magpie implings as well as its other half, the tooth half of a key.

The loop half of a key is used with a tooth half of a key to make a crystal key. This is used to unlock the Crystal chest, which contains a dragonstone, and other items.

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. Prices for both key halves later equalized, but now again tooth half is more expensive than the loop half.

The Loop half of a key is confirmed to be on the rare drop table, so a large number of monsters can drop it (a list can be found on the rare drop table article).

Trivia

• When confirming the Loop half of a key from a random event box, it says, "Confirm: Gems" instead something similar (such as a key).
• The loop looks extremely similar to an ankh in Egyptian culture, the symbol of life.
• In rare cases, you can find another Loop Half of a Key inside the Crystal chest