Bond

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For other bonds, see Bond (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Bonde family or bind.
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Bond
Release25 September 2013 (Update)
MembersNo
Quest itemNo
Properties
TradeableYes
EquipableNo
StackableNo
DisassemblyNo
DestroyThis object cannot be dropped or destroyed.
Values
Value15,000,000 coins
AlchemyNot alchemisable
On deathAlways kept
Weight0.003 kg
Examine
Help your friends by trading them bonds so they can get membership, Treasure Hunter keys or RuneCoins for free.
Grand Exchange
Exchange21,256,117 coins (info)
Buy limit150
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Advanced data
Item ID29492
LinksMRID • recipe
FAQ • doc
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Bond (untradeable) detail.png

A bond is an in-game item that allows a player to pay for selected account-related and out-of-game benefits such as membership, RuneCoins and Treasure hunter keys with in-game resources. Bonds bought with real money start off as tradeable.

Tradeable bonds may be traded to other players and sold on the Grand Exchange. However, when the transaction is complete, the bond will become untradeable. A bond is always bound to a player when it has not been redeemed or traded to another player. It is always kept on death, even when inside the Wilderness. Both tradeable and untradeable versions may be stored in a player's currency pouch, up to a total of 500. Players can only put an offer for one bond per Grand Exchange slot.

Uses[edit source]

When purchased using real life currency, bonds are tradeable. Once traded to another player for an in-game sum of money or items, they become untradeable. Bonds can be made tradeable again for a payment of 10% of their Grand Exchange value (10% currently being 2,149,021 coins).

Right click options for the untradeable bond in inventory are: Redeem, Convert, Deposit, Use, Drop, Examine. Redeem allows you to spend the bond. Convert allows you to make the bond tradeable again (for a fee). Deposit places the bond (or bonds) in your bond pouch.

Redeeming[edit source]

At any time, whether tradeable or untradeable, bonds can be redeemed for one of the following:

If the player has both tradeable and untradeable bonds, the latter will be used first.

Other uses[edit source]

Bonds can be:

  • Traded with other players
  • Sold for in-game money
  • Used to rent or buy up to five additional preset slots from the Gear interface (3 bonds each - note, you can alternatively buy 585 RuneCoins with 3 bonds, use 480 to buy the slot, and have 105 left over)
  • Used to buy RuneFest tickets (when tickets are eligible to be purchased during the year)
  • Used to buy Premier Club membership (when eligible to be purchased during the year)
  • Used to buy Summer Special membership (when eligible to be purchased during the year)
  • Used to buy Top Trumps
  • Used to change your character name more than once a month
  • Used to rent or buy the Wealth evaluator (3 bonds to buy—note, you can alternatively buy 585 RuneCoins with 3 bonds, use 480 to buy the slot, and have 105 left over)
  • Used to buy a Block N Load Steam key[1]
  • Used to unlock all of the rewards from the Treasure map (Summer Beach Party) during the Summer Beach Party

Charitable donations[edit source]

Jagex donated approximately $4.70 per bond put into the Well of Goodwill. A selection of charities have benefited from the donations.

Costs[edit source]

Real-life currencies[edit source]

Currency Bonds Price per
million coins
1 3 5 10
GBP £3.99 £11.99 £19.99 £39.99 £0.19
USD $6.99 $20.99 $34.99 $69.99 $0.33
CAD $7.39 $22.19 $36.99 $73.99 $0.34
EUR €5.69 €17.09 €28.49 €56.99 €0.26
AUD $7.99 $23.99 $39.99 $79.99 $0.37
BRL R$13.99 R$41.99 R$69.99 R$139.99 R$0.65
MXN $76.99 $230.99 $384.99 $769.99 $3.21
MYR MYR19.99 MYR59.99 MYR99.99 MYR199.99 MYR0.93
DKK KR35.49 KR106.49 KR177.49 KR354.99 KR1.44
NOK KR43.99 KR131.99 KR219.99 KR439.99 KR2.05
JPY 800円 2400円 4000円 8000円 円37.23
CHF CHF6.49 CHF19.49 CHF32.49 CHF64.99 CHF0.3

In-game money[edit source]

Unit Price
1 day of membership (1 bond; 14 days total) 1,535,015
1 day of membership (2 bonds; 29 days total) 1,482,083
1 day of membership (3 bonds; 45 days total) 1,432,681
1 day of RuneMetrics Pro (1 bond for 1 month Package total assuming 30 days) 716,340
1 day of RuneMetrics Pro (5 bonds for 6 months Package total assuming 182 days) 590,390
1 day of RuneMetrics Pro (10 bonds for 12 months Package total assuming 365 days) 588,773
1 day of bronze/silver/gold membership 1,412,088
1 day of summer special membership 1,193,901
1 Treasure Hunter key (15 total) 1,432,681
1 Treasure Hunter Daily Key (1 extra daily key, for 28 days) 767,508
1 RuneCoin (195 total) 110,206

History[edit source]

On 4 June 2018, along with membership, the price of a bond increased[2], as well as the number of keys and RuneCoins awarded when redeemed. Prior to this, bonds could be redeemed for 15 keys or 195 RuneCoins, and cost:

Currency Price (each)
GBP £3.59
USD $5.99
CAD $6.19
EUR €5.09
AUD $6.99
BRL R$13.99
MXN $68.99

Cost analysis[edit source]

Assuming minimum wage in each country, for each of the currencies listed:

Country Min. wage Single Bond price GP/h
UK Varies, see below £3.99 Varies, see below
USA $7.25[3] $6.99 22,289,559
Canada Varies, see below $7.39 Varies, see below
Europe Varies €5.69 Varies
Australia $19.49[4] $7.99 52,421,050
Brazil R$4.54[5] R$13.99 6,973,949
Mexico $102.68[6] $68.99 31,984,559
Malaysia MYR4.42[7] MYR17.99 5,279,973
Japan 823円[8] 800円 22,108,053

UK: Cost of 1 bond: £3.99

"Tier" Min. wage[9] Bonds/h GP/h
Apprentice £3.70 0.93 19,928,264
Under 18 £4.20 1.05 22,621,273
18 to 20 £5.90 1.48 31,777,503
21 to 24 £7.38 1.85 39,748,809
25 and Up £7.83 1.96 42,172,517

The Netherlands: Cost of 1 bond: €5.09, assuming working 40 hours per week.

"Tier" Min. wage[10] Bonds/h GP/h
15 years old €2.84 0.56 11,990,608
16 years old €3.26 0.64 13,763,867
17 years old €3.73 0.73 15,748,228
18 years old €4.72 0.93 19,928,053
19 years old €5.67 1.11 23,938,996
20 years old €7.55 1.48 31,876,441
21 years and older €9.44 1.85 39,856,106

Canada: Cost of 1 bond: $7.39

Province/Territory Min. wage[11] Bonds/h GP/h
Alberta $15.00 2.03 43,620,182
British Columbia $13.85 1.87 40,275,968
Manitoba $11.65 1.58 33,878,341
New Brunswick $11.70 1.58 34,023,742
Newfoundland & Labrador $11.65 1.58 33,878,341
Northwest Territories $13.46 1.82 39,141,843
Nova Scotia $12.55 1.7 36,495,552
Nunavut $13.00 1.76 37,804,158
Ontario $14.00 1.89 40,712,170
Prince Edward Island $12.85 1.74 37,367,956
Québec $12.50 1.69 36,350,152
Saskatchewan $11.32 1.53 32,918,697
Yukon $13.71 1.86 39,868,846

Controversy[edit source]

A section of the RuneScape community found the introduction of bonds hypocritical and destructive to the integrity of the game, claiming that it was real-world trading in the form of gold-selling. This is due to the fact that the bonds can be bought with real-life money and sold for in-game gold.

Jagex has said that despite the controversies, bonds did reduce the amount of other real world trading that occurred on illegitimate sites; within a week of the introduction of bonds, according to Jagex the amount of other real-world trading dropped by 61%, and the amount of coins that was transferred by other real world trading was down by 81%.[12]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

  • Concept art of a bond

  • The official stages for using a bond

  • An ingame popup advertising bonds

  • Email to be eligible to buy Block N Load with bonds.

  • Summer Special for bonds

  • The popup that appears after logging in for the first time following the release of the bonds.

  • The popup that appears that advertises bonds.

Managing Bonds[edit | edit source]

  • The interface for bonds

  • The interface for converting untradeable bonds

  • Managing bonds during summer 2014

  • Managing bonds during summer 2015

  • Managing bonds during summer 2016

  • Manage bonds for Runefest 2015

  • Manage bonds for missing loot from the treasure map

  • Managing bonds during December 2016

  • Managing bonds during the availability of Portable Trader.

  • The option to redeem a physical TShirt for 6 bonds.

  • Redeeming a ticket for RuneFest 2015

  • Selection screen for which membership package to pick

  • Selection screen for which gold membership package to pick

  • Selection screen for which membership package to pick during the summer of 2014

  • Selection screen for which package to pick during the 2014 RuneFest offer

  • Selection screen for which premier club membership package to pick

Confirmation[edit | edit source]

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for RuneCoins

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for Spins

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for Key tokens

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for membership

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for a Runefest 2015 ticket

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for missing loot from the treasure map

  • Confirmation to redeem a physical T-shirt using bonds

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for Portable Trader

  • Confirmation for redeeming a bond for RuneMetrics

  • Redeeming for the 2016 Summer of Adventure

  • Changing your name with bonds.

  • Managing bonds during December 2016

Redeemed[edit | edit source]

  • Redeemed for membership

  • Redeemed for RuneCoins

  • Redeemed for Spins

  • Redeemed for Key tokens

  • Redeemed for a display name change.

  • Redeemed a hotel ticket for RuneFest 2014

  • Redeemed for the 2016 Summer of Adventure

  • Redeemed for the 2018 Summer Special Promotion

  • Redeemed for missing loot from the treasure map

  • Redeemed for the bronze tier Premier Club

  • Redeemed for the silver tier Premier Club

  • Redeemed for the gold tier Premier Club

Update history[edit | edit source]

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!
  • hotfix 30 March 2020 (Update):
    • iOS users are now able to see and interact with Bonds.
  • patch 25 November 2019 (Update):
    • The View T&Cs option on the Redeem Bonds menu will now correctly navigate the player to the Jagex Terms and Conditions webpage.
  • patch 10 June 2019 (Update):.
    • PC terminology has been removed from the bonds interface.
  • patch 12 June 2017 (Update):
    • An issue regarding Ironmen converting untradeable bonds, causing loss of money (as they cannot trade tradeable Bonds), has been fixed.
  • ninja 24 August 2015 (Update):
    • New players with a trade limit can now trade Bonds freely.
  • patch 18 August 2014 (Update):
    • The bonds pouch now correctly opens if you do not have your inventory visible in Legacy mode.
  • patch 14 July 2014 (Update):
    • The close button on the bonds popup interface now works correctly.
  • patch 23 June 2014 (Update):
    • Your bank pin is now checked when redeeming bonds.
  • patch 24 February 2014 (Update):
    • A reference to Treasure Hunter keys has been corrected in a bond’s description.
  • patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
    • The description of Bonds on the Grand Exchange now fits correctly on the interface.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Despite being tradeable, bonds cannot be placed in the party chest at the Party Room, stored in the treasure chest from Carnillean Rising, or in a beast of burden; they may also not be staked at the Duel Arena or in Conquest, nor can they be disassembled or fed to a baby troll.
  • When redeeming bonds for RuneFest, the room number displayed in the example is "#237". This is a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining.
    • Redeeming bonds for RuneFest on an account without a verified email gives: You must have a validated email address to purchase RuneFest packages.
  • alongside not stacking in a bank, there is also no placeholder for a bond within the bank

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ^ Jagex. "Bonds for Block N Load Steam key." RuneScape Customer Support.
  2. ^ https://support.runescape.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360000708269-Price-Increase#_ga=2.229573269.846864383.1528131902-962204832.1525834479
  3. ^ https://www.google.com/webhp#q=min+wage+in+usa
  4. ^ https://www.fairwork.gov.au/how-we-will-help/templates-and-guides/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/minimum-wages#current-national-minimum-wage
  5. ^ http://www.in.gov.br/materia/-/asset_publisher/Kujrw0TZC2Mb/content/id/57510734/do1esp-2019-01-01-decreto-n-9-661-de-1-de-janeiro-de-2019-57510684
  6. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-to-give-minimum-wage-another-boost-11545085238
  7. ^ https://www.minimum-wage.org/international/malaysia
  8. ^ https://www.minimum-wage.org/international/japan
  9. ^ https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
  10. ^ https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/minimumloon/bedragen-minimumloon/bedragen-minimumloon-2019
  11. ^ https://www.retailcouncil.org/resources/quick-facts/minimum-wage-by-province/
  12. ^ Mod Pips. "Bonds – One Week In." 2 October 2013. RuneScape News.
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