Protean plank

Protean plank is a Treasure Hunter reward. If the associated promotion is not currently active, it may not be obtainable.

Protean plank
Release																				22 November 2013 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				Are you sure you want to destroy your Treasure Hunter prize? You cannot reclaim it.
Actions
Backpack																				Convert, Destroy
Values
Value																				500 coins Cash out: 40 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside Wild
Weight																				0 kg
Examine
This is a stackable plank that will act like any type of plank you need within the Construction skill.
Advanced data
Item ID																				30037
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Protean planks are stackable planks that are usable in place of any other type of plank in the Construction skill. They can be won from Treasure Hunter or made from protean logs at a sawmill.

When used for flatpacks, each plank takes 4.8 seconds to process (3.6 seconds with a protean powerup).

If protean planks and other plank types (including any planks in a plank box) are in the inventory, the other plank types are used before the protean planks.

They cannot be used:

• in clockwork toys
• to create banners
• to upgrade the pig machine under Falador farm,
• to build rope racks,
• to repair the ladder to the Death Plateau beacon in the All Fired Up minigame.
• nor to rebuild Edgeville in the Rebuilding Edgeville miniquest.

They can be used to construct frames for grapevine seeds.

Protean logs can be turned into protean planks at any sawmill at the cost of 5 coins for each plank.

The most cost-effective use of protean planks is to treat them as stackable mahogany planks, and make items such as mahogany tables, flotsam prawnbrokers or Mahogany armchairs or Mahogany flatpacks. This can be done in front of Advisor Ghrim in Miscellania with a portable workbench and the flatpacks given to him. The coins can then be withdrawn from Advisor Ghrim or used to finance the kingdom activities.

Protean planks, as with all protean items, can be converted at a 3:2 ratio into other protean items.

The xp given per plank is dependent on the type of plank it replaced when used:

Plank		Experience
	Oak	60
	Teak	90
	Mahogany	140

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Showing 100 out of 143 sources.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Assassin's Return	N/A	10	601000/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	1,000	12020/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	150	150250/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	300	42070/64400000
Assassin's Return	N/A	75	300500/64400000
Celebration Lamps	N/A	10	520000/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	1,000	10400/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	150	130000/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	300	36400/57702400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	75	260000/57702400
Contagion	N/A	10	450000/64419320
Contagion	N/A	1,000	9000/64419320
Contagion	N/A	150	112500/64419320
Contagion	N/A	300	31500/64419320
Contagion	N/A	75	225000/64419320
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	75	315000/64393560
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	150	615/20000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	2,000	15/10000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	25	7320/40000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	50	2040/40000
Foresight	N/A	1,000	15000/44100000
Foresight	N/A	150	187500/44100000
Foresight	N/A	300	52500/44100000
Foresight	N/A	75	375000/44100000
Gemfall	N/A	1,000	14000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	150	175000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	300	49000/29097180
Gemfall	N/A	75	350000/29097180
Genie's Wishes	N/A	10	750000/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	1,000	15000/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	150	187500/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	300	52500/64400000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	75	375000/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	10	475000/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	1,000	9500/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	150	118750/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	300	33250/64400000
Grim Harvest	N/A	75	237500/64400000
Huge protean pack	N/A	1,000	Always
Large protean pack	N/A	300	Always
Loot Duels	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Loot Duels	N/A	75	315000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	100	157500/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	200	44100/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	50	315000/64393560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	750	12600/64393560
Medium protean pack	N/A	150	Always
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	10	500000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	1,000	10000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	150	125000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	300	35000/64400000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	75	250000/64400000
Protean chest	N/A	40	Common
Rainbow Trail	N/A	10	375000/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	1,000	7500/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	150	93750/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	300	26250/64400000
Rainbow Trail	N/A	75	187500/64400000
Rainbow's End	N/A	10	500000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	1,000	10000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	150	125000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	300	35000/51520000
Rainbow's End	N/A	75	250000/51520000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	10	5023850000/350000000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	1,000	6539000/7000000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	150	643825000/87500000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	300	67476500/24500000000
Santa's Grotto	N/A	75	2054325000/175000000000
Shining Prismania	N/A	10	500000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	1,000	10000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	150	125000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	300	35000/56672000
Shining Prismania	N/A	75	250000/56672000
Shiny four-leaf clover necklace	N/A	500	Common
Shiny three-leaf clover necklace	N/A	500	Common
Shiny two-leaf clover necklace	N/A	500	Common
Small protean pack	N/A	75	Always
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	10	625000/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	1,000	12500/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	150	156250/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	300	43750/64400000
Smouldering Lamps	N/A	75	312500/64400000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	10	290000/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	1,000	5800/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	150	72500/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	300	20300/32200000
Smouldering vs Supernova	N/A	75	145000/32200000
Solstice Showdown	N/A	10	630000/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	1,000	12600/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	150	157500/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	300	44100/64393560
Solstice Showdown	N/A	75	315000/64393560

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 10 August 2020 (Update):
  • Constructing flatpacks with protean planks will now correctly consider how much Inventory space is left.

• patch 29 May 2018 (Update):
  • Protean planks are now consistently used as crafting materials when using a clockmaker's bench (crafting table) inside a player-owned house.

• patch 24 August 2015 (Update):
  • Protean planks no longer make and drop an extra flatpack when your inventory is full.

• patch 15 June 2015 (Update):
  • Protean planks no longer make and drop an extra flatpack when the player's inventory is full.

• patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • Protean planks may now be used to build grapevine frames.

• patch 31 March 2014 (Update):
  • The destroy message for protean planks has been updated to reference Treasure Hunter.

• update 22 November 2013 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Although there have been multiple patches as late as August 2020 addressing the issue, as of February 2021 if you craft more flatpacks with protean planks than you have inventory space on a portable workbench then one will be dropped on the ground and you will receive a red message that says "Your inventory is full. The flatpack you created has been dropped on the ground."

• Prior to 3 May 2016, protean planks could be produced on portable sawmills.