Trident of the seas

Trident of the seas
Release date	30 January 2014 (Update)
Members only	Yes
High Alchemy	41,400 coins
Low Alchemy	27,600 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Exchange price	uncharged: 42,561 coins fully charged: 895,947 coins
Weight	1 kg
Drop Rate	Unknown
Drops From	Unknown
Examine	Uncharged: It needs to be charged with death runes, chaos runes, fire runes and coins. Charged: A weapon from the deep.
Examine	Uncharged: It needs to be charged with death runes, chaos runes, fire runes and coins. Charged: A weapon from the deep.

The trident of the seas is a trident-class magic weapon requiring 75 Magic to wield. They are obtained as a rare Slayer task drop from cave krakens or krakens with level 87 Slayer. An uncharged trident is dropped by the normal cave krakens, while the boss kraken can drop a fully charged trident. Similar to Barrows equipment, the trident is only tradeable when either uncharged or fully charged.

The staff has a built-in magic spell that can be used regardless of the spellbook the player is using, although it cannot be used to autocast any other combat spells. The spell gives no base experience and grants the player 2 Magic experience per damage dealt.

The spell cannot be used against other players in the Wilderness. The only way that the spell can be used against other players is during the Castle Wars and TzHaar Fight Pit minigames, as well as the Clan Wars minigame if the clan leaders enable it.

A player using the trident of the sea's built in spell.

Bonuses
Attack bonus
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+15
	+15
	+0
	+0
Defence bonus
	+2
	+2
	+3
	+3
	+1
	+1
	+15
	+15
	+0
	+0
Other bonuses
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0%
	+0%
	+0
	+0
Slot	List
Attack speed
Attack speed

Combat styles

	Combat style	Experience	Boosts
	Accurate	Magic and Hitpoints	Accuracy and damage
	Accurate	Magic and Hitpoints	Accuracy and damage
	Longrange	Magic, Hitpoints and Defence	Attack range by 2 squares

Charging

A player charging the trident of the seas.

In order to use the trident's magic spell, it must be charged with various runes, holding up to 2,500 charges when fully charged. Charging the trident requires level 75 Magic.

Each cast requires 1 death rune, 1 chaos rune, 5 fire runes and 10 coins, costing 327 per cast.

A fully charged staff costs 817,500 total: 2,500 death runes, 2,500 chaos runes, 12,500 fire runes and 25,000 coins.

Any remaining charges within the trident can be removed at anytime to recover the runes; however, the coins will not be refunded.

If a player dies with the trident, only the uncharged trident will appear on the floor (if it's not protected on death).

Maximum hit

The max hit dealt by the trident is dependent on the player's current Magic level, starting at 20 with level 75 Magic and increasing by one every three Magic levels, up to a maximum of 31 at level 108 (obtainable only through super magic potions in a Nightmare Zone dream or with the Imbued heart). Both magic damage bonuses and stat boosts will modify the max hit of the spell; likewise, stat-reductions will lower the damage, but the minimum max hit will never fall below 20, even if the player's Magic level is reduced below 75.

Magic levels	Maximum hit	Maximum hit (Occult)	Maximum hit (Fang)	Maximum hit (Occult+Slayer helm)
75-77	20	22	23	25
78-80	21	23	24	26
81-83	22	24	25	27
84-86	23	25	26	28
87-89	24	26	27	29
90-92	25	27	28	30
93-95	26	28	29	31
96-98	27	29	30	33
99-101	28	30	31	34
102-104	29	31	32	35
105-107	30	33	33	36
108+	31	34	34	37

Upgrading

Players can give an uncharged trident and 10 kraken tentacles to Lieve McCracken to create an enhanced trident of the seas, which holds 20,000 charges instead of 2,500.

Players with level 59 Crafting can attach a magic fang to the trident using a chisel, creating a trident of the swamp. This enhances its magic attack bonus, and has the ability to infect a target with venom. However, to take advantage of those benefits requires using Zulrah's scales instead of coins to charge the trident. Players can attach a magic fang to an enhanced trident.

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Cave kraken	127	1	4; Rare (1/200)
Kraken	291	1	4; Rare (1/512)

Comparison between other magic weapons

Name		Levels to equip	Magic Attack bonus	Notes
	Kodai wand	75	+28	Can autocast Ancient Magicks. Provides unlimited water runes while equipped. Boosts magic damage by 15%. When a combat spell is cast with the staff, there is a 15% chance that the wand will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently offers the highest stat of any magic weapon in both magic attack and defence.
	Sanguinesti staff	75	+25	Slightly stronger than the Trident of the swamp, with the same stats but able to hit one damage higher. Requires 3 per charge of the built-in spell. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 32 at 99 . Has a 1 in 6 chance to heal the wielder by half the damage dealt. Tied with the Toxic staff of the dead and Trident of the swamp for second-highest magic attack bonus.
	Trident of the swamp	75	+25	Has the same benefits as the Trident of the seas, but with +10 more magic attack bonus. Requires 115 and 1 Zulrah scale (instead of coins) per charge of the built-in spell, and can hold up to 2500 charges. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 31 at 99 . Has 25% chance to inflict venom on the target. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and Toxic staff of the dead for second-highest magic attack bonus.
	Toxic staff of the dead	75 75	+25	Has the same benefits as the Staff of the dead, but with +8 more magic attack bonus. Requires Zulrah's scales to recharge (up to 11000). Has 25% chance to inflict venom on an opponent. Tied with the Sanguinesti staff and Trident of the swamp for second-highest magic attack bonus.
	Master wand	60	+20	Can autocast Ancient Magicks. Requires 240 Telekinetic, 240 Alchemist, 2400 Enchantment and 240 Graveyard points, and a teacher wand equipped or in the player's inventory, to purchase from the Mage Training Arena. Thus it does not cost much besides the time and runes spent in the Mage Training Arena.
	Staff of light	75 75	+17	Can autocast Saradomin Strike and Magic Dart. Otherwise possesses identical bonuses to the Staff of the dead
	Staff of the dead	75 75	+17	Can autocast Flames of Zamorak and Magic Dart. Boosts magic damage by 15%. Has a special attack that halves all melee damage the player takes for one minute, which stacks with the PvP damage reduction effect of the Protect from Melee prayer. This consumes 100% of the player's special attack. When a combat spell is cast with the staff, there is a 1/8 (12.5%) chance that the staff will negate the rune cost for that spell. Currently the strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, surpassing the Ancient staff and Iban's staff, and provides +17 magic defence.
	Trident of the seas	75	+15	Has its own built-in spell, requiring charges which cost 115 runes and 10 coins per cast. Can hold up to 2,500 charges. Built-in spell damage scales with the player's Magic level and can hit up to 28 at 99 . Has a weapon speed of 6 (same as scimitars/whip), while all other forms of combat magic only have 5 (same as longswords). Because the spell is built-in, the player does not need to carry its runes in their inventory and can use Lunar spells or Ancient Magicks while wielding this staff.
	Smoke battlestaff	30 (Battlestaff) 40 (Mystic)	+10	Provides unlimited fire and air runes. Grants a 10% accuracy and damage boost for combat spells on the standard spellbook.
	Iban's staff	50 50	+10	Only staff able to cast (and autocast) Iban Blast. Can cast this spell up to 120 (2,500 if upgraded) times before needing to be recharged. Iban Blast has a max hit of 25. Currently the third strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, behind the Ancient staff and the (Toxic) Staff of the dead.
	God staves	60	+6	Required to cast God spells. Those who have 80 and the respective God cape can use the Charge spell, which increases the God spell's damage by 50%.
	Ancient staff	50 50	+15	Can autocast Ancient Magicks. Currently the second strongest staff when used as a melee weapon, behind the (Toxic) Staff of the dead.
	Slayer's staff	50 55	+12	Can autocast Magic Dart and Crumble Undead, in addition to the four Wave spells. Runes required to cast Magic Dart are very cheap compared to spells of a similar level. Maximum hit of Magic Dart is 10 + (player's magic level / 10), rounded down.
	Elemental staves	1 (Basic) 30 (Battlestaff) 40 (Mystic)	+10	Provide unlimited runes of their respective elements. Elemental staves (air, water, earth and fire) provide one type of rune. Combination staves (lava, mud, mist, dust, steam and smoke) provide two types of runes. However, they have a slower attack speed than better staves (3 seconds per cast instead of 2.4)

Trivia

• The trident is a reference to the trident of the Greek god of seas, Poseidon.
• The trident of the seas is the Old School RuneScape equivalent to the polypore staff from RuneScape 3.