Penance master trident

Penance master trident

Release date	1 February 2010 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	No
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	78,000 coins
Low Alch	52,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	390 Honour points (Commander Connad)
Examine	A mage weapon made from the carcasses of Penance creatures (upgraded)
Weight	3.1 kg

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The Penance master trident is a staff from Barbarian Assault. It is a members only item. It requires 70 Magic and Attack to wield and is 2-handed. This weapon is an upgraded version of the regular Penance trident. The Penance trident can be bought with 390 Barbarian Assault reward points in every role. If the player has 70 Attack, they can upgrade their trident for free into a master trident, which has better attack stats than the normal trident.

When wielded, it will attempt to 'save' runes used in any spell. This is how it does so:

• The trident finds out how many different rune types you are using for your spell.
• For each rune type the trident makes a 1 in 60 roll.
• If successful it will save all runes of that type.

So for example, the spell Earth blast requires 1 death rune, 3 air runes and 4 earth runes; there is a 1 in 60 chance that once cast, your penance trident will save either 1 death rune, 3 air runes or 4 earth runes. The Penance trident cannot save only some of the runes of any rune type, it will either save none or all of any rune type.

Note: the master trident has the same special rune saving ability as a normal penance trident.

Special attack

The master penance trident, and the penance trident, have a special attack called Reap, which gives a chance of instantly killing an enemy with a combat level less than 50 (not including players, bosses, summoning familiars, or creatures that must be killed in a specific way). In PvP, 'Reap' has the same chance of removing a third of the opponent's current lifepoints. The Reap special attack consumes 50% special attack energy.

The special attack cannot be attempted on NPCs above level 50. The chat box says "The Penance Trident only works on foes with a Combat Level less than 50." and no special attack energy is drained.

Note: The master penance trident has the same special attack as a normal penance trident.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wielding the Penance master trident A player wielding the Penance master trident	A player using the trident's special attack, Reap A player using the trident's special attack, Reap
Attack bonus
+63	-1	+28	+17	0
Defence bonus
+2	+3	+1	+17	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+65	0	0%	0
AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds

Trivia

• Despite being a trident, the master penance trident is considered a staff.
• Even though this weapon's magic bonus exceeds that of the Ancient staff by 2, many people prefer to use the Ancient staff because of the 10% bonus damage, its relative ease to acquire, and the ability to equip an item in the shield slot.
• The max recorded hit with the trident is 1050. This is possible by using the special attack on a Wall beast while it is at full health.
• A trident is the weapon/symbol of the Greek/Roman mythological god Poseidon/Neptune.
• If the special attack 'Reap' successfully hits one of the humans in Canifis (level 24) it will not kill the NPC as it will transform into a werewolf before the damage can take effect, but once it has transformed into a werewolf (level 88) the NPC will be hit 600 life points (the human form's LP level), hence not completely killing it. This may be a glitch.
• The instant kill ability of the special attack does not work on players, as this would greatly unbalance certain aspects of PvP combat.
• The popularity of this weapon has dropped since the release of the staff of light.
• In the Dummies room in the Warrior's Guild in Burthorpe, this item is useful because it has a stab, slash, and crush, which use the Accurate, Aggressive, and Defensive styles respectively. This means with this single weapon, you can correctly hit all but the Controlled type of dummy.