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{{Infobox Currency
|name = Ecto-tokens
|image = [[File:Ectotoken 1.png]] [[File:Ectotoken 2.png]] [[File:Ectotoken 3.png]]
|AKA = Ectos, Ectotokens
|members = Yes
|tradeable = No
|xrate = 5
|examine = A token with ectoplasm on it.
}}
'''Ecto-tokens''' (sometimes written '''Ectotokens''') are the currency of [[Port Phasmatys]]. Players need two of them to purchase access to the city if they have not completed the [[Ghosts Ahoy]] quest. However, you can still [[Charter ship|charter]] a ship to Port Phasmatys, for a variable fee depending on the port of origin. During or after the quest, they can be used to pay for a fare (25 ecto-tokens, 10 if the [[Ring of charos|Ring of charos (a)]] is worn) to [[Dragontooth Island]], or to buy [[ale yeast]] (takes 5 ecto-tokens). During or after the [[Animal Magnetism]] quest, they can also be used to purchase an [[Undead chicken (weapon)|undead chicken]] (10 ecto-tokens).

== Obtaining Ecto-tokens ==
Players can earn ecto-tokens by worshipping the [[Ectofuntus]]; five tokens are granted per worship. Players can worship as many as 53 times before having to claim their earned ecto-tokens. To redeem the ecto-tokens, players must talk to a [[ghost disciple]] or right-click a ghost disciple and choose the Collect option.

To worship the Ectofuntus, you must have bones, empty pots, and buckets. On the east side of the Ectofuntus there are stairs, which will take you to the bone grinder. Use the bones on the hopper. (You can set to manual or automatic, automatic is easier.) On the west side of the Ectofuntus there is a trap door. Go down, and follow the path all the way to the bottom. You will need to use your buckets on the slime to obtain [[Ectoplasm]]. You will need a pot of [[Bonemeal]] (or [[Demon ashes|Demonic ashes]]) for every bucket of [[Ectoplasm]]. Now you can worship the Ectofuntus.

== Valuing Ecto-tokens ==
Although ecto-tokens are not tradeable, it is still possible to equate their value to ordinary coins via [[ale yeast]], which costs 25 coins per pot in [[Keldagrim]], and 5 ecto-tokens per pot in Port Phasmatys (and sells for {{GEP|Ale yeast}} on the G.E.). In both cases, as the player must provide an [[empty pot]] to be filled with the yeast, there is no "convenience" factor inflating the price of either source, since players buy it from a [[non-player character]] right next to the brewing vat in either case. Also, the cost of 2 ecto-tokens to enter [[Port Phasmatys]] can be compared to the cost of 10 coins to pass the [[Al Kharid]] gate, which would support the suggested value of 5 coins each token.

Thus, ecto-tokens have an equivalent value of 5 coins each. Nevertheless, they are never directly interchangeable with coins, and are criticised for having such limited uses. Even [[Ak-Haranu]] and the [[general store]] in Port Phasmatys deal only in [[coins]], and not ecto-tokens.

In [[Update:Postbag from the Hedge 31|issue 31]] of [[Postbag from the Hedge]] (dated [[29 May]] [[2008]]), there was a hint that the uses for ecto-tokens may have been due for expansion. [[Necrovarus]] is quoted as saying: "The citizens of Port Phasmatys have been considering offering more wares in return for ectotokens for some time now. They may not need recycling, but there's no reason not to reward those corporeals that help us. Initially we were considering ghost pets - ex parrots, for instance - but there was an issue with a vet that I don't want to go into. The thing is, we just don't know what else you corporeals would want from us ghost-folk - some ghost-wear, perhaps?"{{CitePostbag |url=http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Postbag_31 |issue=31 |letter=Letter 4 |title= Ectofuntically friendly|date=03:00, September 30, 2011 (UTC) |name= postbag31}}. The fact that nothing new has appeared so far may indicate that there have been no convincing ideas on the [[RuneScape Forums]].

[[Necrovarus]] also revealed that ecto-tokens are made from "the ghost of [[parchment]]"{{NamedRef|postbag31}}

==Quests==
Some [[quests]] require ecto-tokens:
*[[Animal Magnetism]] - 20
*[[Creature of Fenkenstrain]] - 2 (if [[Ghosts Ahoy]] is not complete)
*[[Ghosts Ahoy]] - 31+ (16+ if wearing the [[Ring of charos]])
*[[Making History]] - 2+ (if [[Ghosts Ahoy]] is not complete)
*[[Rocking Out]] - 25 (10 if wearing the [[Ring of Charos]] )

==References==
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