Insect repellent

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Insect repellent
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	3 coins
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.028 kg
Examine
Drives away all known 6 legged creatures.
Advanced data
Item ID	28
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Insect repellent is a bottle of bug spray used to deter aggressive insects. Some can be found on a table in the most eastern house of Catherby, near Hickton's Archery Emporium. It can also be obtained by talking to the beekeeper in his apiary west of Catherby.

It can be used to drive bees out of their hives. Once they are out, players can collect wax from the hive using a bucket to obtain a bucket of wax, or alternatively, take the honey out itself to obtain a honeycomb which is used to create a honey badger pouch. This works similarly for player-owned farm hives to take out special honey. Additionally, insect repellent can be used to weaken mosquito swarms and large mosquitoes in combat during Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup.

You're able to add the insect repellent to your tool belt, so it can easily be used anywhere.

Locations

Item spawns

• In the easternmost house in Catherby

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

defaultdefaultDefault disassembly itemstabletabletabletable1? (edit)0.198.9?  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

11table? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)notable{"mat_quantity":1,"xp":0.1,"rarely":[{"name":"Variable components","chance":1}],"category":"default","junk":[98.9,97.911,95.933,93.955,91.977,89.99900000000001,87.03200000000001,85.054,82.087,79.12],"level":1,"item_quantity":1,"often":[{"name":"Simple parts","chance":99}]}

Update history

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• patch 1 October 2018 (Update):
  • Insect Repellent can now be added to the toolbelt.