Chronotes

Chronotes
Release	30 March 2020 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Add to currency pouch
Values
Value	50 coins
High alch	30 coins
Low alch	20 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0 kg
Examine
A representation of time used by members of the Archaeology Guild.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	188 coins (info)
Buy limit	20,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	49430
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Chronotes are the currency used in the Archaeology skill. Players can spend chronotes in the Archaeology Guild Shop, when sending researchers on expeditions, and when activating a relic with the mysterious monolith.

Players can trade in the completed artefacts for chronotes at various collectors who will exchange them for chronotes. When a full collection is completed, additional chronotes are awarded, and the log is reset so that players may bring back the same artefact sets for more chronotes.

Players also can trade in extra completed artefacts to the museum donation bin next to the museum guard, who can be found just west of the archaeologist's workbench at the Archaeology Campus, for 40% of chronotes that would be normally received from a collector. However, the donation bin accepts artefacts without limits or restrictions. This is similar to Baby Shakes from the player-owned farm.

Chronotes can be stored in, and withdrawn from, the currency pouch.

Sources

Players may obtain chronotes by handing in restored artefacts to collectors. All collectors offer chronotes for each artefact handed in, as well as a set bonus. Velucia offers a slightly larger set bonus for completed collections. Collections can be completed an unlimited number of times and always reward the same amount of chronotes. Completing each collection exactly once awards the player with a total of 554,464 chronotes, which is about half the amount required to buy all items in the Archaeology Guild Shop. The following table lists the collections, the level required to complete them, as well as cost calculations:

Collection	level to complete	Total experience with outfit	Total materials cost	Chronotes received			Total value of chronotes	Profit when selling chronotes	GP/XP with outfit	GP/XP with outfit and selling chronotes
				Collection value	Recurring reward	Total
Anarchic Abstraction	89	15,524.9	435,586	1,574	1,574	3,148	591,824	156,238	-28.06	10.06
Radiant Renaissance	105	77,910	875,820	2,730	2,730	5,460	1,026,480	150,660	-11.24	1.93
Imperial Impressionism	118	52,573.2	684,474	2,086	2,086	4,172	784,336	99,862	-13.02	1.9
Blingy Fings	69	14,740.8	1,022,470	2,484	2,484	4,968	933,984	-88,486	-69.36	-6
Smoky Fings	81	15,554.7	759,999	2,204	2,204	4,408	828,704	68,705	-48.86	4.42
Hitty Fings	89	45,097.1	1,161,666	3,424	5,136	8,560	1,609,280	447,614	-25.76	9.93
Showy Fings	92	31,233.8	1,037,507	3,158	3,158	6,316	1,187,408	149,901	-33.22	4.8
Red Rum Relics I	94	43,931	1,042,388	2,884	2,884	5,768	1,084,384	41,996	-23.73	0.96
Red Rum Relics II	110	86,213.2	1,143,850	3,468	3,468	6,936	1,303,968	160,118	-13.27	1.86
Red Rum Relics III	119	169,599.8	1,600,264	4,540	4,540	9,080	1,707,040	106,776	-9.44	0.63
Green Gobbo Goodies I	83	36,605.5	1,159,226	3,252	3,252	6,504	1,222,752	63,526	-31.67	1.74
Green Gobbo Goodies II	97	64,306.5	1,571,078	3,758	3,758	7,516	1,413,008	-158,070	-24.43	-2.46
Green Gobbo Goodies III	119	197,513.2	2,256,582	6,044	6,044	12,088	2,272,544	15,962	-11.42	0.08
Zamorakian I	36	6,754.2	797,540	2,594	2,594	5,188	975,344	177,804	-118.08	26.32
Zamorakian II	81	42,541.2	1,934,214	5,146	5,146	10,292	1,934,896	682	-45.47	0.02
Zamorakian III	104	149,460	2,659,446	6,608	6,608	13,216	2,484,608	-174,838	-17.79	-1.17
Zamorakian IV	116	192,920	2,056,502	5,434	5,434	10,868	2,043,184	-13,318	-10.66	-0.07
Armadylean I	81	57,628.9	2,106,043	5,688	5,688	11,376	2,138,688	32,645	-36.54	0.57
Armadylean II	98	108,237.8	2,497,134	6,068	6,068	12,136	2,281,568	-215,566	-23.07	-1.99
Armadylean III	118	360,400	4,572,022	10,468	10,468	20,936	3,935,968	-636,054	-12.69	-1.76
Dragonkin I	99	110,534.4	1,933,462	5,524	5,524	11,048	2,077,024	143,562	-17.49	1.3
Dragonkin II	102	86,566.5	1,390,102	3,444	3,444	6,888	1,294,944	-95,158	-16.06	-1.1
Dragonkin III	108	141,686.7	2,093,244	4,652	4,652	9,304	1,749,152	-344,092	-14.77	-2.43
Dragonkin IV	120	268,533.4	3,345,312	6,980	6,980	13,960	2,624,480	-720,832	-12.46	-2.68
Saradominist I	56	15,210.6	1,480,895	3,998	3,998	7,996	1,503,248	22,353	-97.36	1.47
Saradominist II	72	38,583.8	2,257,022	5,202	5,202	10,404	1,955,952	-301,070	-58.5	-7.8
Saradominist III	100	82,444.6	1,863,030	4,548	4,548	9,096	1,710,048	-152,982	-22.6	-1.86
Saradominist IV	117	229,136.8	2,460,658	7,022	7,022	14,044	2,640,272	179,614	-10.74	0.78
Zarosian I	25	4,528.1	704,418	2,108	2,108	4,216	792,608	88,190	-155.57	19.48
Zarosian II	81	48,971.8	1,713,734	5,732	5,732	11,464	2,155,232	441,498	-34.99	9.02
Zarosian III	107	171,720	2,661,733	7,442	7,442	14,884	2,798,192	136,459	-15.5	0.79
Zarosian IV	118	254,400	2,332,344	6,810	6,810	13,620	2,560,560	228,216	-9.17	0.9
Museum - Armadylean I	81	57,628.9	2,106,043	5,688	7,110	12,798	2,406,024	299,981	-36.54	5.21
Museum - Armadylean II	98	108,237.8	2,497,134	6,068	7,585	13,653	2,566,764	69,630	-23.07	0.64
Museum - Armadylean III	118	360,400	4,572,022	10,468	13,085	23,553	4,427,964	-144,058	-12.69	-0.4
Museum - Bandosian I	89	85,659.9	2,569,192	6,756	8,445	15,201	2,857,788	288,596	-29.99	3.37
Museum - Bandosian II	100	132,323.1	2,280,720	6,446	8,057	14,503	2,726,564	445,844	-17.24	3.37
Museum - Bandosian III	119	332,486.4	3,471,458	9,540	11,925	21,465	4,035,420	563,962	-10.44	1.7
Museum - Dragonkin I	99	110,534.4	1,933,462	5,524	6,905	12,429	2,336,652	403,190	-17.49	3.65
Museum - Dragonkin II	102	86,566.5	1,390,102	3,444	4,305	7,749	1,456,812	66,710	-16.06	0.77
Museum - Dragonkin III	108	141,686.7	2,093,244	4,652	5,815	10,467	1,967,796	-125,448	-14.77	-0.89
Museum - Dragonkin IV	120	268,533.4	3,345,312	6,980	8,725	15,705	2,952,540	-392,772	-12.46	-1.46
Museum - Saradominist I	56	15,210.6	1,480,895	3,998	4,997	8,995	1,691,060	210,165	-97.36	13.82
Museum - Saradominist II	72	38,583.8	2,257,022	5,202	6,502	11,704	2,200,352	-56,670	-58.5	-1.47
Museum - Saradominist III	100	82,444.6	1,863,030	4,548	5,685	10,233	1,923,804	60,774	-22.6	0.74
Museum - Saradominist IV	117	229,136.8	2,460,658	7,022	8,778	15,800	2,970,400	509,742	-10.74	2.22
Museum - Zamorakian I	36	6,754.2	797,540	2,594	3,242	5,836	1,097,168	299,628	-118.08	44.36
Museum - Zamorakian II	81	42,541.2	1,934,214	5,146	6,432	11,578	2,176,664	242,450	-45.47	5.7
Museum - Zamorakian III	104	149,460	2,659,446	6,608	8,260	14,868	2,795,184	135,738	-17.79	0.91
Museum - Zamorakian IV	116	192,920	2,056,502	5,434	6,792	12,226	2,298,488	241,986	-10.66	1.25
Museum - Zarosian I	25	4,528.1	704,418	2,108	2,635	4,743	891,684	187,266	-155.57	41.36
Museum - Zarosian II	81	48,971.8	1,713,734	5,732	7,165	12,897	2,424,636	710,902	-34.99	14.52
Museum - Zarosian III	107	171,720	2,661,733	7,442	9,305	16,747	3,148,436	486,703	-15.5	2.83
Museum - Zarosian IV	118	254,400	2,332,344	6,810	8,512	15,322	2,880,536	548,192	-9.17	2.15
Wise Am the Music Man	91	36,663	1,571,902	4,024	4,024	8,048	1,513,024	-58,878	-42.87	-1.61
Hat Problem	114	130,347.3	1,934,004	5,420	6,775	12,195	2,292,660	358,656	-14.84	2.75
Hat Hoarder	116	118,741.8	1,879,932	4,796	5,995	10,791	2,028,708	148,776	-15.83	1.25
Magic Man	118	149,434	2,556,830	6,880	8,600	15,480	2,910,240	353,410	-17.11	2.36
Knowledge is Power	119	143,785	1,958,106	5,584	5,584	11,168	2,099,584	141,478	-13.62	0.98

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Default disassembly items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	99/100
Rarely
Variable components	1/100

Update history

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!

• hidden 1 September 2020 (Update):
  • Memory strands and chronotes can once again be interacted with from the favourites list of the currency pouch.

• patch 4 May 2020 (Update):
  • Chronotes can now be added to, and used from, the Currency Pouch.

• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Chronotes are a portmanteau of "Chronos" (the personification of time in Greek mythology) and "notes" (a British term for money).
• Chronotes could originally only be stored in the inventory or bank. This was changed on 4 May 2020 to allow them to be added to the Currency Pouch as well.
• The 1,000 chronotes received as part of the Archaeology tutorial are not tradeable and cannot be added to the currency pouch.