Sign of the porter

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Signs of the porter are pocket slot items craftable with the Divination skill, which automatically teleport collected items to your bank. Every time an item is teleported to the bank, one charge is used on the active sign. A sign will disappear when its charges have expired. Inactive signs in the inventory will not automatically equip and become active when the active sign expires. Signs of the porter do not stack, taking one inventory slot each.

When equipped to your character, a sign of the porter becomes an "Active sign of the porter". Once active, it can be unequipped but will remain active and no other signs can be equipped until the active one is depleted or destroyed. Signs of the porter function in all levels of the Wilderness, but notably do not function for grimy bloodweed.

Items are sent to the bank when they are obtained from a skilling action, or for items in the 'Other' category (see below), when they are picked up off the ground (which includes combat drops, such as dragon hides). Not only drops from monsters can be banked, but also items that a person was carrying in the Wilderness will be banked if the player picks up the loot while having an active sign.

When an ore is teleported through a sign of the porter, it will be stored in the player's metal bank accessible through any furnace, forge or anvil. When paired with stone spirits, one porter charge is consumed for every one stone spirit consumed, thereby banking two ores.

When archaeological materials are collected, they will be stored in the player's material storage container.

Urns will still be filled while collecting with an active sign. If the Varrock armour ore doubling effect is activated, the second ore is also banked. Shooting Star reward that doubles an ore will also be banked. Mining five ores from a concentrated coal or gold will bank all of them but only use one charge. When fishing shark, if you catch two, both are banked at no additional porter charge. If you do not have any space in your bank, the items you collect remain in your inventory.

New and activated signs can be consumed by a grace of the elves until the necklace reaches 500 charges.

If making porters it is recommended to use Modified diviner's headwear to save some energy supplies. The Elder divination outfit can also be used.

Types of signs

Porter tier	Level	Energy amount	Secondary	Experience	Charges	Energy per charge	Energy cost per charge (without secondary)	Material cost	Material cost per charge	Memory shards	Memory shards per charge
I	6	30 Pale energy	Sapphire necklace	1.7	5	6	1,146	8,382	1,676.4	N/A	N/A
II	28	35 Bright energy	Sapphire necklace	5.9	10	3.5	686	9,512	951.2	N/A	N/A
III	48	40 Sparkling energy	Emerald necklace	9.9	15	2.6	701.33	14,773	984.87	N/A	N/A
IV	68	45 Vibrant energy	Emerald necklace	13.9	20	2.25	636.75	16,988	849.4	16	0.8
V	88	60 Radiant energy	Ruby necklace	20	25	2.4	734.4	21,722	868.88	22	0.88
VI	99	80 Incandescent energy	Diamond necklace	24	30	2.6	834.67	31,572	1,052.4	30	1

Items affected

List of items
Archaeology		Farming		Fishing		Hunter	Mining		Woodcutting	Other
Aetherium alloy Ancient vis Animal furs Armadylean yellow Blood of Orcus Cadmium red Carbon black Chaotic brimstone Cobalt blue Compass rose Demonhide Dragon metal Everlight silvthril Eye of Dagon Felt Fossilised bone Goldrune Hellfire metal Imperial steel Keramos Leather scraps Malachite green Mark of the Kyzaj Orgone Orthenglass Quintessence Samite silk Soapstone Star of Saradomin	Stormguard steel Third Age iron Tyrian purple Vellum Vulcanised rubber Warforged bronze White marble White oak Wings of War Yu'biusk clay Zarosian insignia	Asgarnian hops Banana Barley Bittercap mushroom Cabbage Cactus spine Cadava berries Calquat fruit Cave nightshade Coconut Cooking apple Curry leaf Dwellberries Grapes of Guthix Grapes of Saradomin Grapes of Zamorak Grimy avantoe Grimy cadantine Grimy dwarf weed Grimy fellstalk Grimy guam Grimy harralander Grimy irit Grimy kwuarm Grimy lantadyme Grimy marrentill Grimy ranarr Grimy snapdragon Grimy spirit weed	Grimy tarromin Grimy toadflax Grimy torstol Grimy wergali Hammerstone hops Jangerberries Jute fibre Krandorian hops Limpwurt root Marigolds Morchella mushroom Nasturtiums Onion Orange Papaya fruit Pineapple Poison ivy berries Raw potato Redberries Rosemary Strawberry Sweet potato Sweetcorn Tomato Watermelon White berries Wildblood hops Woad leaf Yanillian hops	Frog spawn Leaping salmon Leaping sturgeon Leaping trout Raw anchovies Raw bass Raw beltfish Raw blue blubber jellyfish Raw manta ray Raw catfish Raw cave eel Raw cavefish Raw cod Raw crayfish Raw desert sole Raw great white shark Raw green blubber jellyfish Raw herring Raw karambwan Raw karambwanji Raw lava eel Raw lobster Raw mackerel Raw monkfish Raw pike Raw rainbow fish Raw rocktail Raw sailfish Raw salmon	Raw sardine Raw seerfish Raw shark Raw shrimps Raw sillago Raw swordfish Raw tarpon Raw trout Raw tuna Raw wobbegong Slimy eel	Barb-tail harpoon Blue feather Chinchompa Common kebbit fur Dark kebbit fur Dashing kebbit fur Desert devil fur Diseased kebbit fur Feldip weasel fur Green salamander Kebbit claws Kebbit spike Kebbit teeth Long kebbit spike Orange feather Polar kebbit fur Raw beast meat Raw bird meat Raw pawya meat Red chinchompa Red feather Spotted kebbit fur Stripy feather Wimpy feather Yellow feather	Abyssalbanite ore Adamantite ore Banite ore Basiliskbanite ore Blurite ore Clay Coal Copper ore Dark animica Dragonbanite ore Drakolith Elemental ore Gold ore Granite (500g) Granite (2kg) Granite (5kg) Iron ore Light animica Limestone Living minerals Luminite Mithril ore Necrite ore Orichalcite ore Phasmatite Pure essence Red sandstone Rubium Rune essence	Runite ore Sandstone (1kg) Sandstone (2kg) Sandstone (5kg) Sandstone (10kg) Silver ore Tin ore Uncut diamond Uncut emerald Uncut jade Uncut opal Uncut red topaz Uncut ruby Uncut sapphire Wallasalkibanite ore	Acadia logs Achey tree logs Arctic pine logs Bamboo Blisterwood logs Elder logs Eucalyptus logs Golden bamboo Hollow reed Logs Magic logs Mahogany logs Maple logs Oak logs Teak logs Willow logs Yew logs	Ashes Batwing Bear fur Black dragonhide Blue dragonhide Carapace Chocolate bar Clean snake weed Cockatrice egg Cowhide Crushed nest Desert goat horn Egg Eye of newt Fat snail meat Flax Frog spawn Green dragonhide Grimy snake weed Imphide Lean snail meat Magic roots Maple roots Mort myre fungus Muspah spine Oak roots Phoenix feather Potato cactus Raw bear meat	Raw beef Raw chicken Raw chompy Raw jubbly Raw oomlie Raw rabbit Raw rat meat Raw yak meat Red dragonhide Red spiders' eggs Royal dragonhide Snail shell Snake hide Snape grass Spider carcass Spider silk Swamp tar Thin snail meat Toad's legs Ugthanki meat Unicorn horn Willow branch Willow roots Wool Yak-hide Yew roots

Update history

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• patch 16 November 2020 (Update):
  • Loot doubled by the waterfiend familiar is now correctly sent to the Bank by Sign of the Porter.

• ninja 21 September 2020 (Update):
  • Tune Banite Ore can now be cast on banite rocks to mine monster-specific ore directly from the rock.
    • Various boosts and buffs also apply to these ores, including banite stone Spirits, Signs of the Porter and Juju Potions.

• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Archaeology was released, porters now affect materials.

• patch 24 February 2020 (Update):
  • Picking cave nightshade now also works with signs of the porter.

• patch 6 January 2020 (Update):
  • Sweet Potatoes can now be banked by Sign of the Porter.

• patch 23 September 2019 (Update):
  • Quick Chat now correctly counts the fish caught in Waiko/Whales maw when using porters or the Imp Souled perk.

• patch 17 June 2019 (Update):
  • Signs of porter and Grace of the Elves will now successfully send farming produce to bank when your inventory is full.

• patch 28 January 2019 (Update):
  • When mining with porters, if the mined resource can be stored in the metal bank, it'll be deposited into your metal bank instead of your bank.
  • No longer send stardust to the bank when mining crashed stars.

• patch 14 January 2019 (Update):
  • Sign of the porter now correctly list Muspah spines in the 'other' section.

• patch 28 August 2018 (Update):
  • The buff bar will now display the correct amount of charges when a player is using a 'Sign of the Porter' to collect Mort Myre Fungus.

• patch 17 July 2017 (Update):
  • The sign of the porter buff icon will now display when logging in, if the item is equipped.

• patch 12 June 2017 (Update):
  • You can now track your active Sign of the Porter charges on your buff bar.

• hotfix 12 September 2016 (Update):
  • Juju mining potions and signs of the porter no longer work while mining at Seren stones.

• patch 12 September 2016 (Update):
  • You once again gain corrupted ore in your inventory when mining normal or harmonised Trahaearn rocks with a porter equipped.
  • You also once again get a chance at double ore when mining harmonised rocks with a porter equipped.

• patch 15 August 2016 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter no longer transport sea salt and alaea salt to the bank.

• ninja 4 July 2016 (Update):
  • Removed Grenwall spikes from Sign of the Porter teleports, as they're already stackable.

• patch 7 March 2016 (Update):
  • Replaced an instance of green salamander on the sign of the porter item checklist with swamp lizard.

• patch 3 August 2015 (Update):
  • Corrupted ore can now be gained from harmonised rocks when using a sign of the porter.

• ninja 3 August 2015 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter will now send items to the bank with a full inventory when:
    • Mining regular ores, limestone, granite, bane ore, crystal and red sandstone
    • Fishing
    • Stealing phoenix feathers.

• ninja 29 June 2015 (Update):
  • Signs of porter will now work with a full inventory.

• patch 16 February 2015 (Update):
  • A typo on the Sign of the Porter interface has been fixed.

• patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • Living minerals will now be transported to players' banks in the correct amounts if wearing a sign of the porter instead of only one.

• patch 1 December 2014 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter now bank snake weed when collecting from jungle vines, rather than when picked up.

• ninja 15 September 2014 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter will now inform the player when their bank is full.

• patch 18 August 2014 (Update):
  • Snapegrass is now teleported to your bank by Signs of the Porter when it is picked up rather than when it is harvested from farming patches.

• ninja 14 April 2014 (Update):
  • The text shown when a sign of the porter depletes is now red so it stands out more.

• ninja 27 January 2014 (Update):
  • The sign of the porter will now bank phoenix feathers.

• patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter now teleport snake hides to the bank when skinning swamp snakes during the Temple Trekking/Burgh de Rott Ramble minigame.

• ninja 30 October 2013 (Update):
  • The sign of the porter now gives the correct message when receiving rubies or diamonds from mining ore.

• patch 22 October 2013 (Update):
  • The interface displaying items for signs of the porter no longer covers up information with the borders.

• patch 8 October 2013 (Update):
  • Signs of the Porter now send gems gained from mining ore to the bank.

• patch 10 September 2013 (Update):
  • Signs of the porter will now bank additional ore gained from Varrock Armours.

Trivia

• Though not listed, Crystal-flecked sandstone will be banked by a sign of the porter.
• Though not listed, sweet potatoes, red onions, cannonball cabbages, heirloom tomatoes, rainbow sweetcorn, white strawberries and golden watermelons, produce obtained while under the influence of a harvest potion, will be banked by a sign of the porter.