Hand of the Ancients

This article is about the restored variant. For the damaged variant, see Hand of the Ancients (damaged).

Hand of the Ancients
Release																				16 August 2021 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				You will have to find another through Archaeology.
Actions
Backpack																				Inspect, Use, Destroy, Examine
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.001 kg
Examine
A fully restored Hand of the Ancients.
Advanced data
Item ID																				51901
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A Hand of the Ancients is a Zarosian artefact which is made by restoring the damaged variant at an archaeologist's workbench after the damaged variant is excavated from the Cathedral debris excavation hotspot at the Senntisten Dig Site with level 62 Archaeology.

Hand of the Ancients in the journal.

Artefact info

Hand of the Ancients
Chronotes	558 (223)
Alignment	Zarosian
Dig site	Senntisten
Excavation hotspot	Cathedral debris
Collections	Velucia (Museum - Zarosian V) Eblis (Imperial Sorcery)
Description	A strange sculpture representing the ancient elements. The hand of ancients was placed in the homes of citizens to ward off bad spirits that might try and sneak inside to cause mischief.

Restoration

Hand of the Ancients

	-
2,800 XP	-	10 (6s) / 8 (4.8s)		-
Requirements
Archaeology level				62
Must be performed at an archaeologist's workbench
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Hand of the Ancients (damaged)	1	N/A	-
	Blood of Orcus	12	8,804	105,648
	White oak	18	2,112	38,016
	Ancient vis	14	1,953	27,342
	Goldrune	18	2,233	40,194
Total price				211,200

Disassembly

Hand of the Ancients
Disassembly category	Jewellery
Disassembly XP	18.6
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  31.8% 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 31.8% 1 34 31.5 2 49 30.9 3 64 30.3 4 69 29.6 5 78 29.0 6 83 28.0 7 91 27.4 8 95 26.4 9 105 25.5
Special materials
20 × Historic components	80/100
OR
5 × Classic components	18/100
OR
1 × Timeworn components	1/100
OR
1 × Vintage components	1/100
Common materials
Delicate parts	35/100
Connector parts	30/100
Smooth parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precious components	3/100
Enhancing components	2/100

Update history

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• update 16 August 2021 (Update):
  • Added to game.