Criminal's thread (red)

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Criminal's thread
Release	9 June 2003 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	Murder Mystery
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.002 kg
Examine
Some red thread found at the murder scene.
Advanced data
Item ID	1808
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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The Criminal's thread is a quest item that is found at the murder scene during the Murder Mystery quest. It is used again during King's Ransom. It is used to help identify the murderer in the Murder Mystery Quest.

The colour of the thread is different for each person who does Murder Mystery.

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

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• update 9 June 2003 (Update):
  • Added to game.