Changes: Skull (status)

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Player killing — A clan of players who are skulled killing another player who is also skulled.

The skull is a status effect in RuneScape. The skull appears for players attacking another in the Wilderness, or if they enter the Abyss and they do not have an abyssal bracelet equipped. Players can also get a skull without having to use either method by asking the Emblem Trader to skull them or equip an amulet of avarice, in which they remain skulled until 20 minutes after the amulet is unequipped. When skulled, players will lose all items upon death, unless the Protect Item prayer is used, in which case they will keep their most valuable item upon death.

Players who are attacked by another player in the Wilderness can safely retaliate without getting skulled themselves, so long as they do not attack players who haven't already attacked them initially. Players should be careful to not attack a player on sight that has skulled on them before because it's possible they could have logged out and in meaning if a player attacked them again initially, the player would become skulled.

Players entering the Wilderness should be careful for skull trickers. Skull trickers will attempt to skull players through deception, aggravating and by exploiting in-game mechanics. Skull tricking is a common practice as a lot of players kill monsters or collect resources without the intention of player killing, so they may bring three or four valuable items assuming that they would keep them on death.

Note: In multi-way areas, you can unintentionally skull yourself with multi-target attacks (e.g. burst/barrage spells, chinchompas, special attacks) if you use it against the aggressor and there are other players that haven't attacked you first next or on them.

The "skull" will disappear automatically after 10 or 20 minutes depending on how the player got it; it disappears after 10 minutes after using the Abyss, and 20 after attacking a player. If a player re-enters the Abyss or attack another player that has not attacked them yet, the skull timer will reset. Having the amulet of avarice worn will cause the player to be indefinitely skulled up until 20 minutes after unequipping it.

If a player needs to quickly remove their skull, they can die to other players or monsters, fight in the Duel Arena, or enter the free-for-all portal at Clan Wars and then leave.

Trivia

In RuneScape Classic, getting marked with a skull was officially known as setting one's alignment to Evil^[1].
The skull is said to be the mark of Zamorak during the Enter the Abyss miniquest^[2].
Sir Renitee asks for the player to be skulled for switching to the "Skull" family crest.

References

↑ Jagex. Online Manual: Fighting other players. (Archived from the original on 4 February 2002.)*
↑ Abyssal book, "Enter the Abyss", Old School RuneScape. "Anybody who uses this teleport will inevitably be marked by him - or become ‘skulled’ as the common folk put it."

[1] Jagex. Online Manual: Fighting other players. (Archived from the original on 4 February 2002.)*

[2] Abyssal book, "Enter the Abyss", Old School RuneScape. "Anybody who uses this teleport will inevitably be marked by him - or become ‘skulled’ as the common folk put it."

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+[[File:Player killing.gif|thumb|230px|A clan of players who are skulled killing another player who is also skulled.]]
+The '''skull''' is a status effect in ''RuneScape''. The skull appears for players attacking another in the [[Wilderness]], or if they enter the [[Abyss]] and they do not have an [[abyssal bracelet]] equipped. Players can also get a skull without having to use either method by asking the [[Emblem Trader]] to skull them or equip an [[amulet of avarice]], in which they remain skulled until 20 minutes after the amulet is unequipped. When skulled, players will lose '''all''' [[Items Kept on Death|items upon death]], unless the [[Protect Item]] prayer is used, in which case they will keep their most valuable item upon death.
+Players who are attacked by another player in the Wilderness can safely retaliate without getting skulled themselves, so long as they do not attack players who haven't already attacked them initially. Players should be careful to not attack a player on sight that has skulled on them before because it's possible they could have logged out and in meaning if a player attacked them again initially, the player would become skulled.
-[[File:{{PAGENAME}} icon.png|left]]
-{{Gifresize|Player_killing.gif|200px|caption=A clan of players who are skulled killing another player who is skulled.}}
-The '''skull''' is a status effect in ''RuneScape''. The skull appears for players attacking another in the Wilderness, or if they enter the [[Abyss]] and they do not have an [[abyssal bracelet]] equipped. Players can also get a skull without having to use either method by asking the [[Emblem Trader]] to skull them. When skulled, you will lose '''all''' items upon death, unless the [[Protect Item]] prayer is used, in which case you will keep your most valuable item upon death.
-Players who are attacked by another player in the Wilderness can safely retaliate without getting skulled themselves. However, innocent players entering the Wilderness should be careful for "skull trickers". Skull trickers will attempt to skull you through exploiting in-game mechanics, since most players entering the Wilderness are usually there to kill monsters or collect resources.
+Players entering the Wilderness should be careful for [[Skull trick scam|skull trickers]]. Skull trickers will attempt to skull players through deception, aggravating and by exploiting in-game mechanics. Skull tricking is a common practice as a lot of players kill monsters or collect resources without the intention of [[player killing]], so they may bring three or four valuable items assuming that they would keep them on death.
-'''Note:''' In multi-way areas, you can unintentionally skull yourself with AoE attacks (e.g burst/barrage spells, chinchompas) if you use it against the aggressor and there are other players that haven't attacked you first next or on them.
+'''Note:''' In [[multi-way]] areas, you can unintentionally skull yourself with multi-target attacks (e.g. [[Burst spells|burst]]/[[barrage spells]], [[chinchompas]], [[special attacks]]) if you use it against the aggressor and there are other players that haven't attacked you first next or on them.
-The "skull" will disappear automatically after 10/20 minutes depending on the how the player got it; it disappears after 10 minutes after using the Abyss, and 20 after attacking a player. If you re-enter the Abyss or attack another player that has not attacked you yet, the skull timer will reset.
+The "skull" will disappear automatically after 10 or 20 minutes depending on how the player got it; it disappears after 10 minutes after using the Abyss, and 20 after attacking a player. If a player re-enters the Abyss or attack another player that has not attacked them yet, the skull timer will reset. Having the amulet of avarice worn will cause the player to be indefinitely skulled up until 20 minutes after unequipping it.
-If a player needs to quickly remove their skull, they can either go to monster(s) which will kill them very quickly (such as the [[Corporeal Beast]] or a player can enter the free-for-all portal at [[Clan Wars]] and then leave.
+If a player needs to quickly remove their skull, they can die to other players or monsters, fight in the [[Duel Arena]], or enter the free-for-all portal at [[Clan Wars]] and then leave.
 ==Trivia==
 *In ''[[RuneScape Classic]]'', getting marked with a skull was officially known as setting one's alignment to Evil{{CiteGeneral
 |title = Online Manual: Fighting other players|url = http://www.jagex.com/manual/pk.html|accessdate = 27 January 2013|author = Jagex|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20020204232538/http://www.jagex.com/manual/pk.html|archivedate = 4 February 2002}}.
-*The skull is said to be the mark of [[Zamorak]] during the [[Enter the Abyss]] [[miniquest]]{{CiteNPC |npc=Abyssal book |quote=Anybody who uses this teleport will inevitably be marked by him - or become ‘skulled’ as the common folk put it. |loc=Enter the Abyss |notes= |date=|name= }}.
+*The skull is said to be the mark of [[Zamorak]] during the [[Enter the Abyss]] [[miniquest]]{{CiteNPC |npc = Abyssal book|quote = Anybody who uses this teleport will inevitably be marked by him - or become ‘skulled’ as the common folk put it.|loc = Enter the Abyss|notes = |date = |name = }}.
 *[[Sir Renitee]] asks for the player to be skulled for switching to the "Skull" family crest.
 ==See also==
 *[[Wilderness]]
+*[[Player killing]]
 *[[Items Kept on Death]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Status effects}}
 [[Category:Wilderness]]