Copernicus Glyph

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Copernicus Glyph
Release								3 January 2013 (Update)
Also called								Ernie
Members								Yes
Race								Gnome
Quest								No
Location								Falador, Taverley, Canifis, Gu'Tanoth, and Prifddinas
Gender								Male
Options								Talk to, Build scaffold, Examine
Examine								His raspy voice and sputtering cough suggest a lifetime of carelessly breathing in stone dust.
Advanced data
NPC ID								16678, 16679
Links								MRND

Copernicus Glyph is a gnome master sculptor travelling around Gielinor. He is in charge of rebuilding vandalised statues in the God Statues Distraction and Diversion. He requires the player's assistance to decide which statue to build in which region, as he has apparently forgotten. The player's decisions while helping him decide whether they gain Prayer or Slayer experience in addition to their Construction experience.

The statues last for a calendar month, resetting on the 1st.

Dedicating 4 months to building statues to at least one god and talking to Copernicus will reward the player with a sculpting chisel. The chisel will boost your ability at construction and help you gain experience faster.

Locations

Location	Locally desired god statue
	Saradomin's Zilyana
	Zamorak's K'ril Tsutsaroth
	Bandos' Graardor
	Guthix's Juna
	Seren's Glarial

Achievement

• Reverent Sculptor ( 30) – Unlock all 5 of the god chisels from sculpting god statues and then talk to Copernicus Glyph.

Dialogue

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Gallery

• 
  Concept art for Copernicus
• 
  Glyph featured in the Lumbridge Rebuildathon head banner.

Update history

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• patch 17 November 2025 (Update):
  • The God statue east of Lumbridge has moved to north-east of Falador, in view of the crossroads overlook.
    • Copernicus' dialogue has been suitably adjusted.
  • Copernicus' repeatable content headicon is no longer visible in god statue scaffolding puzzles and Slayer instances.

• patch 19 November 2018 (Update):
  • Players will now receive the 'Reverent Sculptor' achievement when talking to Copernicus Glyph with all five God chisels in their inventory.

• update 10 November 2014 (Update):
  • Prifddinas has been added as a fifth location where players can build a god statue. Players also have the option to build the statue of Queen Glarial in all locations.

• patch 10 September 2013 (Update):
  • Copernicus Glyph will now only appear in one place during the Lumbridge god statue building cutscene.

• patch 20 May 2013 (Update):
  • A small typo in Copernicus Glyph's dialogue has been fixed.

• update 3 January 2013 (Update):
  • God Statues D&D added to game.
    • In this new Construction distraction and diversion, you'll help Copernicus Glyph - master sculptor - to build up to four statues each month at sites around Gielinor.

Trivia

• His name is likely a reference to Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
• He is the maker of the statues that were stolen by the player during Garden of Tranquillity.
• Copernicus holds no belief in any of the gods of Gielinor; even as a gnome he does not care much about Guthix. His quote about "Evil winning because good men do nothing." is a reference to Edmund Burke.
• Copernicus never reacted to the aftermath of the Battle of Lumbridge while he was located there, both during and after the battle, calling it "quiet".
• Prior to the release of batch two of Prifddinas, attempting to destroy a sculpting chisel lists Prifddinas as a possible location to reclaim the chisel from Copernicus, even though he was not currently present in the city.
• His examine text suggests he suffers with silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease resulting from breathing in stone dust. The mean life expectancy for humans after diagnosis is 56 years old; however, there have been no studies into its effects on gnomes.
• He refers to Saradomin as "Big Boy Blue", a reference to the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue".