Draynor Bank Robbery

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Draynor Bank Robbery
The suspect breaks into the bank.
Date
Place			Draynor Village
Outcome			The Wise Old Man steals the blue partyhat of Elfinlocks and money from the Bank.
Combatants
The Robber					Others
Commanders
The Wise Old Man					None
Strength
The Wise Old Man					Market guard, Purepker895, Olivia, three bankers, Elfinlocks, 1337sp34kr, Qutiedoll and the Pillory Guard.
Casualties
None					2 bankers, Purepker895, Elfinlocks, 1337sp34kr, Qutiedoll and the Pillory Guard
Timeline
Next battle					Wizards' Tower Robbery

The Draynor Bank Robbery was crime involving a break-in, theft, and the murders of several bankers and player spoofs at Draynor Village bank. The main source of evidence is a security recording of the bank. The Wise Old Man committed the crime, as he admits to the player during the Love Story quest.

Security recording

Players can watch this recording by talking to the bank guard standing by the broken wall of the bank. The recording can be viewed again by paying the guard 50 coins.

The recording shows Cool Mom227 attempting to steal from the seed stall in the market. This distracts the Market Guard, who moves away from the bank to confront her. The Wise Old Man is then seen leaving his house, killing Purepker895 and teleporting away Olivia. He destroys a section of the bank's wall; enters the bank; kills the two bankers who attack him; and defeats Elfinlocks, 1337sp34kr, and Qutiedoll who are using the bank at the time. He telegrabs the blue partyhat, which has been dropped by Elfinlocks, and puts it on. A pillory guard appears and attempts to detain him, but the Wise Old Man defeats the guard. He then spots and breaks the security camera.

When talking to the guard again after having viewed the footage you can tell him that you know the robber and where he lives. To this the guard says that they know where to find the suspect and are keeping an eye on him. A guard can be found hiding in the tree next to the bank, carrying out surveillance on the Wise Old Man's house.

Love Story

During Love Story the Wise Old Man confirms that he carried out the crime and attempts to commit the Wizards' Tower robbery with Zenevivia. They are prevented from successfully carrying out the robbery when the wizards defeat them using a thingummywut.

After the quest the player can talk to the bank guard and inform him that the Wise Old Man has admitted to carrying out the robbery. The guard replies that the Wise Old Man has been taught a lesson by the wizards of the Wizards' Guild and that the guild is ensuring that he does not cause further issues. He adds that the bank has been compensated for its losses using the revenue generated by players paying to watch the security footage. The player may cut down the tree in which the guard carrying out surveillance is hiding after completing the quest.

Gallery

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  Security footage of the robbery
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• update 23 August 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

The market guard attacking Cool Mom227

• The market guard used to attack Cool Mom227, but no longer does so in recent viewings of the tape. It was possible for the market guard to kill Cool Mom227, although this was rare.
• Originally, Wise Old Man was attacked by the Watchman random event, not the Pillory Guard.
• The blue partyhat dropped by Elfinlocks is a specially made item for the cutscene. There was a glitch that allowed the player to smuggle the partyhat out of the cutscene. However, the partyhat had a different item ID, and if trying to trade the item the player will get a message saying "Please send a bug report to Jagex and tell them how you got that hat."
  • The blue partyhat obtained by using this glitch was worth only 1gp and could not be alchemised.
  • If the blue partyhat obtained via the glitch is in your inventory when you die it will not appear under your gravestone.
  • The blue partyhat obtained via the glitch has no equip model, so even if a player was able to equip the fake partyhat it would not be visible on their character.
• The Wise Old Man still casts Charge and Saradomin Strike after their removal by the Evolution of Combat.
• There is a glitch that causes the "destroyed" section of the wall to shift out of the building instead of disappearing.
• The robbery also features in the court case of Miss Schism v. Draynor Village, where the gossip Miss Schism is on trial for having interfered in the investigation of the crime.
• The Wise Old Man responds to a player's question about the robbery in letter six of the twelfth Postbag from the Hedge.