Relic powers

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

Monolith energy has a maximum limit of 650, which is unlocked at level 120 (it can be boosted from level 112 by maintaining an advanced pulse core boost). 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	Requirement	Qualification	Monolith energy limit change
5	Archaeology tutorial	N/A	+150
40	Mysterious Monolith: Existence	Assistant	+100
70	Mysterious Monolith: Architecture	Associate	+150
90	Mysterious Monolith: Symbology	Professor	+100
120 ^(b)	Mysterious City	Associate	+150

The table below shows that the maximum limit is 650, provided all specified requirements are met.

Requirement	Limit change	Cumulative limit
Archaeology tutorial	+150	150
Mysterious Monolith: Existence	+100	250
Mysterious Monolith: Architecture	+150	400
Mysterious Monolith: Symbology	+100	500
Mysterious City	+150	650

Relic presets

Players can create customised relic power loadouts and swap between them while at the Monolith or while using the Archaeology cape at a bank. Two presets are unlocked by default; a third preset can be purchased from the Archaeology Guild Shop for 80,000 chronotes after obtaining the Professor qualification, while a fourth preset is automatically unlocked after obtaining the Guildmaster qualification.

The main benefit of relic presets is that switching loadouts only costs 80% of the total chronote cost to harness relics. If one of the relics in the second loadout is already being harnessed, its cost is deducted from the loadout activation cost. Harnessing a new relic power in an inactive loadout still costs the full price, however — the discounted price is only applied upon activation of the loadout.

List of relic powers

Combat powers

	Effect		Activation cost^{[c 1]}				Creation cost^{[c 2]}
Font of Life	Increases maximum health by 500.	50	1,000	302,000	The Mortal Cup	5	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 the Wretched's equipment set bonus.)	250	5,000	1,510,000	Dharok's Memento (lock of hair + amulet of the forsaken)	56	11,174,814
Shadow's Grace	Reduces the cooldown of Surge, Escape, Bladed Dive, Dive and Barge by 50%. (Doesn't stack with Mobile perk.)	50	1,000	302,000	Aurelius's Mask	67	1,109,532
Blessing of Het	Food and potions heal 10% more life points.	100	2,000	604,000	Eye of Het (broken)	74	N/A
Death Ward	5% damage reduction when your life points are below 50%; 10% damage reduction when they are below 25%.	150	3,000	906,000	Ring of Solomon (give a restored Aviansie dreamcoat to Armadyl)	81	346,394
Fury of the Small	All adrenaline generating basic abilities generate +1% adrenaline.	150	3,000	906,000	Goblin Warpaints (combine the red hand cave painting with the green skull cave painting)	97	639,440
Persistent Rage	Your adrenaline now generates outside combat at a rate of 5% every 1.2 seconds, instead of having it drained.	150	3,000	906,000	The Rings of Razulei (give two restored hellfire katars to Dagon the Gatekeeper)	98	1,078,700
Heightened Senses	Increases maximum adrenaline by 10%.	350	7,000	2,114,000	Cup of Nectar (use a restored kantharos cup on Everlight at the Everlight Dig Site)	105	355,781
Conservation of Energy	After using an ultimate ability, you will regain 10% adrenaline.	350	7,000	2,114,000	Experimental Aether Reactor	118	9,823,366

^ GE price of chronotes required
^ Difference in material and chronotes GE prices ( $P r i c e (materials) - P r i c e (chronotes)$ ) or total GE prices of materials

Skilling powers

	Effect		Activation cost^{[c 1]}				Creation cost^{[c 2]}
Unexpected Diplomacy	10% increase to all reputation gains at the Heart, Farming Guild, Menaphos and Mazcab.	50	1,000	302,000	Seal of the Praefectus Praetorio	25	−121,624
Pouch Protector	When using runecrafting pouches, they will never degrade.	100	2,000	604,000	Threads of Fate (abyssal thread + giant pouch)	36	−289,557^{[c 3]}
Nexus Mod	When entering the Abyss, you will arrive at the centre.	150	3,000	906,000	Abyssal Gatestone (chaotic gatestone + chaos star)	68	481,588 + 25,000
Endurance	When running, you will no longer drain your run energy.	100	2,000	604,000	Oo'glog Wellspring	81	−225,948
Pharm Ecology	Your herb and mushroom patches no longer become diseased.	150	3,000	906,000	Queen Mab's Moonstone (give King Oberon's moonshroom spores to Fairy Queen)	81	−66,524
Always Adze	When woodcutting, you will always burn your cut logs for immediate Firemaking XP.	100	2,000	604,000	Seed of the Charyou Tree (use Seed of the Charyou Tree (inactive) while wearing flame gloves)	83	N/A
Sticky Fingers	Increases the rate of auto-pickpocketing by 50% at the cost of 33% less experience.	100	2,000	604,000	Andvaranaut (give a restored Dominarian device to Reldo)	84	397,173
Deathless	When dungeoneering, you will never receive a penalty for dying.	100	2,000	604,000	Koschei's Death Egg (give the Koschei's needle to Koschei)	91	284,206
Divine Conversion	When converting memories at a rift, you will convert your entire backpack in one go.	100	2,000	604,000	Cres Framework (transfer personality to a golem framework while holding a large memory inside a Guthixian Cache)	98	3,005,625
Bait and Switch	Fishing produce are cooked when caught.	100	2,000	604,000	Evil Bob's Catspaw (bring a death mask to Bob the cat while wearing a catspeak amulet)	99	431,852
Flow State	20% increase to Archaeology excavation precision (at the expense of receiving no soil).	200	4,000	1,208,000	Soma (add a series of ingredients to an orthenglass flask)	102	286,837
Death Note	All guaranteed bone and ash drops are noted.	150	3,000	906,000	Kaladanda	108	−536,960
Abyssal Link	Teleport spells from the spellbook no longer require runes, but award no magic XP.	250	5,000	1,510,000	The Subtle Blade	112	10,277,236
Slayer Introspection	When requesting a new slayer assignment, you will have a choice between the minimum and maximum assignment amounts.	200	4,000	1,208,000	Amascut's Enchanted Gem	119	−822,450

^ GE price of chronotes required
^ Difference in material and chronotes GE prices ( $P r i c e (materials) - P r i c e (chronotes)$ ) or total GE prices of materials
^ If bought the giant pouch from Wizard Korvak in the Runecrafting Guild

Luck enhancers

	Effect		Activation cost^{[c 1]}				Creation cost^{[c 2]}
Ring of Luck	You will always gain the effect of tier 1 luck.	50	1,000	302,000	Hand of Glory (Ring of Luck) (hand of glory + Ring of Luck)	24	1,633
Ring of Wealth	You will always gain the effect of tier 2 luck.	100	2,000	604,000	Hand of Glory (Ring of Wealth) (hand of glory + Ring of Wealth)	51	14,579
Ring of Fortune	You will always gain the effect of tier 3 luck.	150	3,000	906,000	Hand of Glory (Ring of Fortune) (hand of glory + Ring of Fortune)	58	1,013,460
Luck of the Dwarves	You will always gain the effect of tier 4 luck.	200	4,000	1,208,000	Hand of Glory (Luck of the Dwarves) (hand of glory + Luck of the Dwarves)	83	50,900,655

^ GE price of chronotes required
^ Difference in material and chronotes GE prices ( $P r i c e (materials) - P r i c e (chronotes)$ ) or total GE prices of materials

Experience multipliers

	Effect		Activation cost^{[c 1]}				Creation cost^{[c 2]}
Spirit Weaver	Grant a 50% experience boost when creating Summoning pouches, but pouches are crafted one at a time every 4 ticks (2.4s), instead of all at once.	50	1,000	302,000	Pastkeeper's tapestry	87	−1,053,906
Inspire Love	You will gain 2% more XP when training support skills. (Agility, Dungeoneering, Slayer, and Thieving)	250	5,000	1,510,000	Ariadne's Diadem	116	−436,970
Inspire Effort	You will gain 2% more XP when training gathering skills. (Archaeology, Divination, Farming, Fishing, Hunter, Mining, and Woodcutting)	250	5,000	1,510,000	Petasos	117	80,580
Inspire Genius	You will gain 2% more XP when training artisan skills. (Crafting, Construction, Cooking, Firemaking, Fletching, Herblore, Runecrafting, and Smithing)	250	5,000	1,510,000	Howl's Thinking Cap	118	−920,832
Inspire Awe	You will gain 2% more XP when training combat skills. (Attack, Constitution, Defence, Magic, Prayer, Ranged, Strength, Summoning, and Necromancy)	250	5,000	1,510,000	Helm of Terror (combine Helm of Terror (inside) with Helm of Terror (outside))	119	−1,267,654

^ GE price of chronotes required
^ Difference in material and chronotes GE prices ( $P r i c e (materials) - P r i c e (chronotes)$ ) or total GE prices of materials

Achievements

Monolithic Power ( 20) – Harness the power of three relics at once.
Relic-weary ( 0) – Unlock all relic powers at the monolith.

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!

update 10 February 2025 (Update):
- Archaeology Relics can now be harnessed to two loadouts with three Relics each.
  - To maintain a sink for Chronotes, switching the active loadout costs 80% of the Chronote cost of each Relic harnessed to that loadout.
  - If a relic is harnessed to both the selected and active loadout, the Chronote cost of this Relic is also deducted from the loadout activation cost.
  - An additional loadout tab can be purchased from the Archaeology Guild Shop for 80,000 Chronotes, requiring the Professor qualification. (Added to The Prodigal Spender achievement.)
  - An additional loadout tab is awarded for completing the Guildmaster qualification. (Added to the Guildmaster qualification certificate.)

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.

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