Gravestone
Gravestones are generated when a player dies through any means except in the wilderness and safe activities (whereby no items are lost, hence rendering a gravestone useless) and exits Death's office without reclaiming them. Players must also have dropped at least one item upon death in order to receive a gravestone. All of the player's items are kept safe under the gravestone until it collapses. This can occur either due to the gravestone timer expiring or demolition by the player.
Some items cannot be recovered from a gravestone, such as those listed here. If a gravestone collapses fully before a player retrieves their items, the items can be recovered from Death in Death's office for a fee based on the items' values within 24 hours of gameplay.
Without repairs or blessing, a gravestone will collapse after a certain period of time, depending on the type of gravestone purchased. One minute before collapse a gravestone will become broken, and 30 seconds prior to collapse it will become a collapsing gravestone. Although a gravestone will remain intact if the player logs out or loses connection, the timer will continue to count down and the gravestone will collapse at its regular time.
Gravestones can last from 1 minute and 45 seconds to 3 minutes, depending on the type purchased. The time remaining before the collapse of a player's gravestone will be displayed on their screen if they have a gravestone active. Once a type of gravestone has been selected and/or purchased, the player will continue to use that type of gravestone until they choose to change it.
The active gravestone can be chosen independently from the gravestone visible in the world. The active gravestone is represented by a red background, while the visible gravestone is represented by a yellow background.
A player's gravestone is only present in one world. This means that if the game crashes or your internet is down while you try to return to your gravestone, you must return to the world you died in to retrieve your items. If you die in one world and go into another, upon entry you will be asked if you want to go back to the world you died in. However, if the grave collapses the player can reclaim their items from Death regardless of the world they died on.
If you die in a King Black Dragon instance then your gravestone will spawn in the regular encounter, not the instance. A King Black Dragon will probably be active so antifire protection should be used to avoid a second death.
Multiple deaths[edit | edit source]
If one dies a second time before the items from their previous grave are retrieved, assuming one was carrying more than the protected amount of items, the rules are as follows:
- The first gravestone disappears and the items Death had are now replaced with those of the most recent death.
- The timer of the first grave disappears and is replaced with the new grave's timer plus the five minutes in Death's Office until leaving the office.
- The arrow pointing to your grave will only point to the most recent grave as the previous has been destroyed.
- If a player has an active gravestone, and then dies in the Wilderness while opted-in to PvP, either from a player or monster, the gravestone will remain active regardless and items can still be reclaimed at Death's Office before and after the grave collapses.
Options[edit | edit source]

Gravestones have a number of options when right clicked. These options are Read, Repair, and Bless.
- Read: Reveals the name of the player who died and, in some cases, how long ago. If a player reads their own gravestone, there will be a different message, stating "It looks like it'll survive another X minutes. Isn't there something a bit odd about reading your own gravestone?". If when reading a gravestone the message "The inscription is too unclear to read." is displayed, the player who owns the gravestone has already retrieved their items and no items will appear when the gravestone collapses. This message is also displayed if the player has logged out.
- Repair: Allows a player to extend the longevity of the gravestone only once by two minutes. This option is available only after the gravestone has deteriorated.
- Bless: Allows a player with level 70 Prayer to extend the longevity of the gravestone to a maximum amount of five minutes. Players cannot bless their own gravestones; attempting this will yield the message "The gods don't seem to approve of people attempting to bless their own gravestones." Blessing is the highest level Prayer ability for free players. If a player dies and then logs out after their death, that player's gravestone cannot be blessed unless they log back in.
Types of gravestones[edit | edit source]
Players can choose a number of different gravestones for use by their character. In addition to having different appearances, some will also last longer before collapsing and provide discounts to reclaiming items from Death. Gravestones do not downgrade if the player dies or their membership expires. However, setting a gravestone as active does not unlock it for unlimited future use. For example, if a player selects a small gravestone for 500 coins and later decides to switch to a Font of Life, then choosing the small gravestone again will cost another 500 coins.
Gravestones can be purchased from Father Aereck in the Lumbridge church after completion of The Restless Ghost quest, and from Blasidar the sculptor in East Keldagrim by members who have completed the The Giant Dwarf quest. Both shops offer the same options, depending on which prerequisites are met.
Additional gravestones can be purchased after completing the The Giant Dwarf, as well as any of the specific prerequisites listed next to each gravestone type.
Image | Gravestone name | Cost | Duration | Claim reduction | Prerequisite | Text |
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Memorial plaque | Default (No charge) | 1:45 minutes | 0% | None | In memory of Player name, who died here. | |
Flag | 50 | 2 minutes | 1% | The Restless Ghost | In memory of Player name, who died here. | |
Small gravestone | 500 | 2 minutes | 1% | The Restless Ghost | In loving memory of our dear friend Player name, who died in this place X minutes ago. | |
Ornate gravestone | 5,000 | 2:15 minutes | 2% | The Restless Ghost | In loving memory of our dear friend Player name, who died in this place X minutes ago. | |
Font of Life | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf | In your travels, pause awhile to remember Player name, who passed away at this spot. | |
Stele | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf | In your travels, pause awhile to remember Player name, who passed away at this spot. | |
Symbol of Saradomin | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf | Player name, an enlightened servant of Saradomin, perished in this place. | |
Symbol of Zamorak | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf | Player name, a most bloodthirsty follower of Zamorak, perished in this place. | |
Symbol of Guthix | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf | Player name, who walked with the Balance of Guthix, perished in this place. | |
Symbol of Bandos | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf Land of the Goblins |
Player name, a vicious warrior dedicated to Bandos, perished in this place. | |
Symbol of Armadyl | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf Temple of Ikov |
Player name, a follower of the Law of Armadyl, perished in this place. | |
Ancient Symbol | 50,000 | 2:30 minutes | 3% | The Giant Dwarf Desert Treasure |
Player name, servant of the Unknown Power, perished in this place. | |
Angel of Death | 500,000 | 2:45 minutes | 4% | The Giant Dwarf | Ye frail mortals who gaze upon this sight, forget not the fate of Player name, once mighty, now surrendered to the inescapable grasp of destiny. Requiescat in pace. | |
Royal dwarven gravestone | 500,000 | 3 minutes | 5% | King of the Dwarves | Here lies Player name, friend of dwarves. Great in life, glorious in death. His/Her name lives on in song and story. |
Halloween[edit | edit source]
These gravestones were available from the 2015 Halloween event for 5,000 Noumenon Favour. They will always show as an option, even when locked. It's not currently possible to unlock them.
Image | Gravestone name | Cost | Duration | Claim reduction |
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Amascut gravestone | (No charge) | 1:45 minutes | 0% | |
Icthlarin gravestone | (No charge) | 1:45 minutes | 0% |
Signs of respite (I, II, III) may be used to increase your gravestone timer by 12, 21 or 30 seconds, respectively. These are made with limestone and divine energy. Simply wield them and they will activate.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Update history[edit | edit source]
- ninja 9 November 2020 (Update):
- Mechanised chinchompas will no longer be lost on death and can be reclaimed from Death or from Gravestones.
- patch 9 December 2019 (Update):
- Trimmed Masterwork armour now gives a degrade warning when unprotected in a gravestone.
- patch 14 November 2016 (Update):
- Reclaiming stackable items from a gravestone will now add to other existing stacks in the backpack.
- ninja 4 July 2016 (Update):
- All types of chinchompa are now reclaimable from a gravestone or from Death in his office.
- patch 27 June 2016 (Update):
- Items which degrade on death now correctly state this in their tooltips in the gravestone interface.
- patch 18 April 2016 (Update):
- Ironmen gravestones now appear outside the instance entrances for King Black Dragon, Kalphite Queen and Corporeal Beast, should Ironmen die within.
- patch 13 October 2014 (Update):
- An issue where player's grave could sometimes end up under the east slope to Prifddinas has been fixed.
- ninja 10 March 2014 (Update):
- Ava's devices will now be found within players' gravestones after death.
- patch 21 January 2014 (Update):
- Signs of respite now consistently add the correct amount of minutes to the gravestone timer.
- hotfix 22 October 2013 (Update):
- Corrected the behaviour of items being dropped when gravestones despawn.
- Fixed a disconnection issue that occurred when players try to take a stackable item from a gravestone with a full inventory.
- patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
- If you die to the Queen Black Dragon, your gravestone will now only appear outside the summoning portal, within Grotworm Lair.
- patch 20 November 2012 (Update):
- It is no longer possible to equip a 2-handed sword and a shield using the "Equip all" function of a gravestone.
- patch 6 September 2011 (Update):
- The ‘purchase gravestone’ interface now states the time that each grave can last.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- If a player is killed by another player but crosses into the strip of safe zone north of the Wilderness Wall as they die, they will get a gravestone as normal.
- "Requiescat in pace" is Latin for "may they rest in peace."
- Jagex Moderators no longer receive a gravestone upon death. [1]
- Prior to the death rework, gravestones would last for 3 to 15 minutes, depending on the gravestone owned. Blessing a gravestone would increase the timer to 60 minutes.
- Father Aereck donates the funds raised from selling his gravestones to the Varrockian Guards' Widows & Orphans Fund.
References[edit | edit source]
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