Relic power

This article is about relic powers. For a guide on the best PvM relic powers, see Optimal PvM Relic Power Setup.

Relic powers can be unlocked by offering various relics at the mysterious monolith. They are the principal benefit of the Archaeology skill.

Players are able to have up to 3 of their unlocked relic powers active at one time. None of the members relic powers work on free-to-play worlds. If playing on a free-to-play world with members-only relic powers active, they have no effect.

Harnessing relic powers costs chronotes and monolith energy, and is done via the interface at the mysterious monolith. Relic powers have no upkeep cost and are permanently active if selected. The chronotes cost to harness a relic power will always be the required monolith energy times 20.

Wearing the Archaeology cape or the Archaeology master cape allows the player to modify their relic powers at banks, eliminating the need to visit the mysterious monolith.

Unharnessing a relic power has a confirmation prompt, but overriding an existing relic power with a new one does not.

Monolith energy limit

The Relic Powers interface at the mysterious monolith.

Monolith energy has a maximum limit of 650 which is unlocked at level 120 (can be boosted from level 112). The monolith energy is not permanently consumed in the process of harnessing a relic power, and is merely a mechanic put in place to restrict certain relic power combinations from being used.

The maximum monolith energy can be upgraded several times by completing special research, each of them requiring specific qualifications. These upgrades are listed in the following table. Furthermore, solving Mysterious City, requiring level 120 Archaeology, increases the energy by 150 for a maximum of 650 with all of the above research completed.

Level	Qualification required	Research/mystery required	Monolith energy limit change	Monolith energy limit if all of the above completed
5	Intern	N/A	+150	150
40	Assistant	Mysterious Monolith: Existence	+100	250
70	Associate	Mysterious Monolith: Architecture	+150	400
90	Professor	Mysterious Monolith: Symbology	+100	500
120 [B]	Professor	Mysterious City	+150	650

List of relic powers

Combat powers

Relic power		Effect	Level	Required relic(s)	Monolith energy	Activation Cost	Activation Cost	Creation Cost
	Font of Life	Increases maximum health by 500.	5	The Mortal Cup	50	1,000	260,000	N/A
	Berserker's Fury	Deal up to +5.5% damage (all styles) the lower your current life points are below max. (Doesn't stack with Dharok's set effect.)	56	Dharok's Memento (lock of hair + amulet of the forsaken)	250	5,000	1,300,000	15,093,606
	Shadow's Grace	Reduces the cooldown of Surge, Escape, Bladed Dive, Dive and Barge by 50%, but these abilities no longer generate adrenaline.	67	Aurelius's Mask	50	1,000	260,000	N/A
	Blessing of Het	Food and potions heal 10% more lifepoints.	74	Eye of Het (broken)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Death Ward	5% damage reduction when your life points are below 50%; 10% damage reduction when they are below 25%.	81	Ring of Solomon (give a restored Aviansie dreamcoat to Armadyl)	150	3,000	780,000	N/A
	Fury of the Small	All adrenaline generating basic abilities generate +1% adrenaline.	97	Goblin Warpaints (combine the red hand cave painting with the green skull cave painting)	150	3,000	780,000	N/A
	Persistent Rage	Your adrenaline now generates outside of combat at a rate of 5% every 1.2 seconds, instead of having it drained.	98	The Rings of Razulei (give two restored hellfire katars to Dagon the Gatekeeper)	150	3,000	780,000	N/A
	Heightened Senses	Increases maximum adrenaline by 10%.	105	Cup of Nectar (use a restored kantharos cup on Everlight at the Everlight Dig Site)	350	7,000	1,820,000	N/A
	Conservation of Energy	After using an ultimate ability, you will regain 10% adrenaline.	118	Experimental Aether Reactor	350	7,000	1,820,000	N/A

Skilling powers

Relic power		Effect	Level	Required relic(s)	Monolith energy	Activation Cost	Activation Cost	Creation Cost
	Unexpected Diplomacy	10% increase to all reputation gains at the Heart, Farming Guild, Menaphos and Mazcab.	25	Seal of the Praefectus Praetorio	50	1,000	260,000	N/A
	Pouch Protector	When using runecrafting pouches, they will never degrade.	36	Threads of Fate (abyssal thread + giant pouch)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Nexus Mod	When entering the Abyss, you will arrive at the centre.	68	Abyssal Gatestone (chaotic gatestone + chaos star)	150	3,000	780,000	25,000
	Endurance	When running, you will no longer drain your run energy.	81	Oo'glog Wellspring	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Pharm Ecology	Your herb and mushroom patches no longer become diseased.	81	Queen Mab's Moonstone (give King Oberon's moonshroom spores to Fairy Queen)	150	3,000	780,000	N/A
	Always Adze	When woodcutting, you will always burn your cut logs for immediate Firemaking XP.	83	Seed of the Charyou Tree (use Seed of the Charyou Tree (inactive) while wearing flame gloves)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Sticky Fingers	When pickpocketing, you will automatically attempt to pickpocket at a 50% faster rate after a successful attempt, until caught.	84	Andvaranaut (give a restored Dominarian device to Reldo)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Deathless	When dungeoneering, you will never receive a penalty for dying.	91	Koschei's Death Egg (give the Koschei's needle to Koschei)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Divine Conversion	When converting memories at a rift, you will convert your entire backpack in one go.	98	Cres Framework (use a golem framework while holding a large memory inside a Guthixian Cache)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Bait and Switch	Fishing produce are cooked when caught.	99	Evil Bob's Catspaw (bring a death mask to Bob while wearing a catspeak amulet)	100	2,000	520,000	N/A
	Flow State	20% increase to Archaeology excavation precision (at the expense of receiving no soil).	102	Soma (add a series of ingredients to an orthenglass flask)	200	4,000	1,040,000	N/A
	Death Note	All guaranteed bone and ash drops are noted.	108	Kaladanda	150	3,000	780,000	N/A
	Abyssal Link	Teleport spells from the spellbook no longer require runes, but award no magic XP.	112	The Subtle Blade	250	5,000	1,300,000	N/A
	Slayer Introspection	When requesting a new slayer assignment, you will have a choice between the minimum and maximum assignment amounts.	119	Amascut's Enchanted Gem	200	4,000	1,040,000	N/A

Luck Enhancers

Relic power		Effect	Level	Required relic(s)	Monolith energy	Activation Cost	Activation Cost	Creation Cost
	Ring of Luck	You will always gain the effect of tier 1 luck.	24	Hand of Glory (Ring of Luck) (hand of glory + Ring of Luck)	50	1,000	260,000	2,935
	Ring of Wealth	You will always gain the effect of tier 2 luck.	51	Hand of Glory (Ring of Wealth) (hand of glory + Ring of Wealth)	100	2,000	520,000	11,498
	Ring of Fortune	You will always gain the effect of tier 3 luck.	58	Hand of Glory (Ring of Fortune) (hand of glory + Ring of Fortune)	150	3,000	780,000	918,968
	Luck of the Dwarves	You will always gain the effect of tier 4 luck.	83	Hand of Glory (Luck of the Dwarves) (hand of glory + Luck of the Dwarves)	200	4,000	1,040,000	76,881,111

Experience Multipliers

Relic power		Effect	Level	Required relic(s)	Monolith energy	Activation Cost	Activation Cost
	Inspire Love	You will gain 2% more XP when training support skills. (Agility, Dungeoneering, Slayer and Thieving)	116	Ariadne's Diadem	250	5,000	1,300,000
	Inspire Effort	You will gain 2% more XP when training gathering skills. (Archaeology, Divination, Farming, Fishing, Hunter, Mining and Woodcutting)	117	Petasos	250	5,000	1,300,000
	Inspire Genius	You will gain 2% more XP when training artisan skills. (Crafting, Construction, Cooking, Firemaking, Fletching, Herblore, Runecrafting and Smithing)	118	Howl's Thinking Cap	250	5,000	1,300,000
	Inspire Awe	You will gain 2% more XP when training combat skills. (Attack, Constitution, Defence, Magic, Prayer, Ranged, Strength and Summoning)	119	Helm of Terror (combine Helm of Terror (inside) with Helm of Terror (outside))	250	5,000	1,300,000

Achievements

• Relic-weary ( 0) – Unlock all relic powers at the monolith.

Update history

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• patch 14 April 2020 (Update):
  • If you have the Berserker's Fury relic power active while wearing a full Dharok's set, the Dharok's set effect will be applied instead of the relic power.

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

Trivia

• During RuneFest 2019's Archaeology demo, three additional relic powers were shown, which were not released with Archaeology. In addition, Pharm Ecology was called "Healthy Herbs" and only affected herbs, while Luck of the Dwarves was not included as a relic at all.
  • Lingering Death: Stunning the target refreshes the player's bleed effects.
  • Death Note: All guaranteed bones and demonic ashes drops are automatically noted.
    • This relic power was later released as part of the Orthen Dig Site update.
  • Set Reduction: Set effects require 1 less item to activate.