Pontifex signet ring

This article is about the restored artefact. For the damaged variant, see Pontifex signet ring (damaged). For the upgraded jewellery items, see pontifex ring.

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Pontifex signet ring
Release																				30 March 2020 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
GIM storage																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				You will have to find another through Archaeology.
Examine																				A fully restored pontifex signet ring.
Options
Backpack																				Wear, Inspect, Use, Add to tool belt, Destroy, Examine
Equipped																				Remove, Examine
Values
Value																				29,000 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.001 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				49902
Links																				MRID • recipe
Calculated value
Parsed																				162,052 coins
bucket																				{{GETotalqty|name1=Third Age iron|qty1=16|name2=Goldrune|qty2=18|name3=Ancient vis|qty3=22|name4=Dragonstone|qty4=1}}
Formatted																				16 × Price(Third Age iron) + 18 × Price(Goldrune) + 22 × Price(Ancient vis) + Price(Dragonstone)

A pontifex signet ring is a Zarosian artefact that is made by restoring its damaged variant at an archaeologist's workbench. The damaged artefact is excavated from the Carcerem debris excavation hotspot at the Kharid-et Dig Site with level 58 Archaeology.

The artefact can be worn, carried in the player's inventory, or added to the tool belt to allow the player to pass through the barrier of the Kharid-et Dig Site chapel giving access to the altar and the two shadow anchors. With a pontifex signet ring, and a legatus pendant, the player is able to walk through the maximum security barrier in the The Vault of Shadows, just north of the entrance from the prison block. Behind the maximum security barrier, players can talk to the strange device.

Completion of Azzanadra's Quest allows the player to upgrade the ring to a pontifex observation ring which provides multiple skilling bonuses. The ring can be upgraded several further times with other quests to provide a series of higher bonuses.

The pontifex signet ring in the journal.

Combat stats

Requirements None Class None Slot Tier None Style attributes   Damage 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accuracy 0 0 0 0 Defensive attributes  Armour 0.0 Reduction  LP 0 PvM 0%  Prayer 0 PvP 0%

Artefact info

Pontifex signet ring
Chronotes																				508 (203)
Culture																				Zarosian
Dig site																				Kharid-et
Excavation																				Carcerem debris
Collections																				Museum - Zarosian II (Velucia) Blingy Fings (Chief Tess) Zarosian II (Soran, Emissary of Zaros)
Description																				These signet rings were used only by high-ranking members of the Church of Zaros, in order to access secure areas of the fort.

Restoration

Requirements
Members			Yes
Ticks			10 (6s) / 8 (4.8s)
Tool			Archaeologist's tools (tb)
Facility			Archaeologist's workbench
Skill			Level	Experience
Archaeology			58 (b)	2,193.3
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Pontifex signet ring (damaged)		1	N/A
	Third Age iron		16	52,768
	Goldrune		18	49,302
	Ancient vis		22	55,308
	Dragonstone		1	4,674
Total cost				162,052
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Pontifex signet ring		1	N/A

Products

For an exhaustive list of all products, see here.

Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Pontifex observation ring		Archaeologist's workbench	58	2,193.3	1 ×  Pontifex signet ring 1 ×  Blank observation 1 ×  Lapis lazuli gem	N/A

Disassembly

Pontifex signet ring
Disassembly category					Jewellery
Disassembly XP					17.4
Item quantity required					1
Special chance
Historic components × 20					80/100
Classic components × 5					18/100
Timeworn components × 1					1/100
Vintage components × 1					1/100
Normal chance
Base junk chance					?  36.2% 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 36.2% 1 34 35.9% 2 49 35.2% 3 64 34.4% 4 69 33.7% 5 78 33.0% 6 83 31.9% 7 91 31.2% 8 95 30.1% 9 105 29.0%
Material count					8
Delicate parts					35/100
Connector parts					30/100
Smooth parts					30/100
Precious components					3/100
Enhancing components					2/100
Advanced data
Raw category					jewellery 8
Item level (for junk chance)					58
Estimated cost
Parsed					162052
recipe

Achievements

• Ponti-Nex ( 30) – Pray at the altar in the Kharid-et chapel while wearing a full set of ancient ceremonial robes.
• The Vault of Shadows ( 25) – Solve this mystery.

Update history

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

• patch 20 April 2020 (Update):
  • Both the pontifex signet ring and the legatus pendant can be added to the tool belt.

• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.