Pontifex shadow ring

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Pontifex shadow ring
Release																				21 June 2021 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				You can reclaim this from Wahisietel in Senntisten cathedral.
Examine																				A modified pontifex observation ring.
Options
Backpack																				Wear, Teleport, Investigate, Use, Imbue, Destroy, Examine
Equipped																				Remove, Teleport, Examine
Bank																				Wear
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.001 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				51678
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A Pontifex shadow ring is an item which can be restored after completing the City of Senntisten quest, by combining a Pontifex observation ring (unlocked after Azzanadra's Quest) with a dragonstone at an archaeologist's workbench, under the Miscellaneous tab. When equipped, the following effects - with the exception of the teleport feature - are provided (viewable by right-clicking the item to Investigate):

• Teleport: Senntisten Cathedral (north wing of the cathedral)
• Luck: Tier 2 luck (improves rare drop chances)
• Divination: +1% XP
• Chronicle fragments: Increased spawn rate (exact rates and effects currently unknown)
• Rockertunity: Increased spawn rate (exact rates and effects currently unknown)
  • Rockertunities cooldown variation of 24–36 seconds decreases to a variation between 24-31.2 seconds. The upcoming rockertunity cooldown variation is updated the moment the player equips the Pontifex shadow ring and mines one xp drop from a core rock, including if that rock had rockertunity active. Afterwards, the Pontifex shadow ring can be unequipped until the upcoming rockertunity is mined. This means players can swap between Ring of Whispers and the Pontifex shadow ring during rockertunity cooldowns to further increase XP.
• Time sprites: Increased active time at hotspots
• Tier [number]: You may obtain Elder Troves (T[number]) from activities within Senntisten

Combat stats

Requirements						Tier
None						1
Class			Slot			Attributes
None						Armour					0.0
						Life points					0
		Auto		Ability		Prayer					2
Damage		-		-		Damage reduction
Accuracy		-				PvM: 0%				PvP: 0%
Style		-				Style bonuses
Range		-				0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0

Upgrades and Overcharging

After the Extinction quest, the ring can be imbued (right-click on item to Imbue) to turn it into an enriched pontifex shadow ring.

The ring can be permanently upgraded to a max tier of 6 by charging it with resonant anima of the Elder Gods (left-click to Charge) that are obtainable through skill and kill activities within the Elder God Wars Dungeon. The anima that drops are untradeable until the ring has been charged with at least 1,000 of the corresponding anima.

After fully upgrading the ring (to tier 6), players can bring 5,000 more of each anima to Wahisietel in the Senntisten cathedral to overcharge the ring. Doing so renders most of the ring's effects - the exceptions being the ring's luck, skilling effects and prayer bonus (+2) - as passive (i.e., they remain active when unequipped or even when not in their inventory).

Players unaware of their ring's upgrade progress can inspect The Elder Ring achievement (under Exploration → Senntisten).

Pontifex shadow ring general upgrades

Ring tier	Required	Trove tier	Max troves per hour		Additional effects
			Regular	Enriched
2 or lower	Azzanadra's Quest completion and either No anima used for ring upgrades Ring upgraded with anima but not overcharged or worn	1	5	5	N/A
3	1,000 anima of one type	2	5	7	N/A
4	1,000 anima of two types	2	8	10	N/A
5	1,000 anima of three types	3	5	7	N/A
6	1,000 anima of four types	3	8	10	Elder Troves (T3) now have a chance to contain Fragments of Pernix's quiver. These are received in place of other potential loot. Senntisten: +2% XP to all activities.
Overcharge	5,000 more anima of each type (for 6,000 of each kind total)	3	8	10	Inherits all of the tier 6 ring's upgrades without the need to be worn while inside Senntisten or any of the Elder God Wars Dungeon bosses. Enriched only: No longer needs to be worn to receive the 2% drop rate buff to unique drops from the bosses in the Elder God Wars Dungeon.

Pontifex shadow ring front specific upgrades

Required	Cost	Effect
1,000 × Resonant anima of Jas (tradeable)	92,000	Kerapac, the bound will no longer be able to stun you under the impact of his Jumping Slam ability.
1,000 × Resonant anima of Wen (tradeable)	3,000	Your protection prayers and deflect curses are 10% stronger against the Arch-Glacor's basic attacks (60% total reduction).
1,000 × Resonant anima of Bik (tradeable)	2,000	Stat drains within the Croesus encounter are reduced by 25%.
1,000 × Resonant anima of Ful (tradeable)	1,000	Incoming damage from geysers in the TzKal-Zuk encounter is reduced by 25%.
Total cost	98,000	N/A
5,000 of each resonant anima	490,000	Overcharge: Ring no longer needs to be worn to receive majority of benefits.
Overcharged total cost	588,000	N/A

If the player uses only tradeable anima, the cost of overcharging is:

Items	Cost
6,000 Resonant anima of Jas	552,000
6,000 Resonant anima of Wen	18,000
6,000 Resonant anima of Bik	12,000
6,000 Resonant anima of Ful	6,000
Total cost	1,176,000

Creation

Requirements
Members			Yes
Ticks			10 (6s) / 8 (4.8s)
Facility			Archaeologist's workbench
Skill			Level	XP
Archaeology			58 ?	2,193.3
Other requirements
Completed City of Senntisten
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Pontifex observation ring		1	N/A
	Dragonstone		1	4,010
Total cost				4,010
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Pontifex shadow ring		1	N/A

Products

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Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials	GE price
	Enriched pontifex shadow ring		None	None	1 × Pontifex shadow ring	N/A

Achievements

• The Elder Ring ( 5) – Fully upgrade the Shadow Pontifex ring.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 25 July 2022 (Update):
  • All variant Pontifex Rings can now be used to pass the Pontifex barriers.

• patch 3 May 2022 (Update):
  • Added the option to teleport to the surface entrance of Senntisten on the Pontifex Shadow Ring, allowing faster access to the quest instance.

• patch 25 April 2022 (Update):
  • The Pontifex Shadow Ring can be now imbued after finishing the Extinction quest.

• hidden 25 April 2022 (Update):
  • The destroy text has been corrected from Azzanadra to Wahisietel.

• patch 25 October 2021 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue with Shadow Pontifex ring passively working in Wen while it is stored in a Bank.

• hidden 31 August 2021 (Update):
  • The pontifex shadow ring must now be worn for its effects to be active.

• patch 9 August 2021 (Update):
  • The Pontifex Shadow Ring can now be reclaimed from Azzanadra in the Senntisten cathedral.

• hidden 26 July 2021 (Update):
  • The Pontifex shadow ring's teleport option now teleports the player into Senntisten cathedral, rather than outside the Senntisten entrance.

• update 21 June 2021 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Prior to the release of the first front, the Nodon Front of the Elder God Wars Dungeon, the ring's teleport would take the player to outside the ancient doors to Senntisten. This would lead to a humorous exchange between Intern Jimmy and the player, where he explained that the wards gathered during the quest blocked the teleport, and that it would take "a few weeks" to allow the ring to teleport into the cathedral instead.