Sinister key

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Sinister key
Release	12 December 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	1 coin
High alch	1 coin
Low alch	1 coin
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 2,328 Sacrifice: 9,312
Weight	0.01 kg
Examine
You get a sense of dread from this key.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	18,284 coins (info)
Buy limit	100
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Advanced data
Item ID	993
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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The sinister key is used in Yanille Agility dungeon. It is dropped by Salarin the Twisted but is also a potential loot from catching a magpie impling, as well as a possible reward from the Triskelion Treasures Distraction and Diversion. It is used to open the closed chest that contains 9 grimy herbs: 2 harralander, 3 ranarr, 1 irit, 1 avantoe, 1 kwuarm, and 1 torstol.

The market value of the sinister key is linked to the market value of the herbs that it unlocks.

Herb	Grimy price	Cleaned price
2 Grimy harralander	2,150	3,254
3 Grimy ranarr	14,433	15,672
1 Grimy irit	548	855
1 Grimy avantoe	1,370	1,714
1 Grimy kwuarm	1,087	1,603
1 Grimy torstol	15,707	16,377
Total	35,295	39,475
Sinister key	−18,284
Difference	17,011	21,191

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Magpie impling jar	N/A	1	Uncommon
Magpie impling	65	1	Uncommon
Salarin the Twisted	77	1	Uncommon
Triskelion Treasures	N/A	1	Always

Triskelion Treasures with possibility 11, you are guaranteed to get a Sinister Key.

Disassembly

Sinister key
Disassembly category	Default disassembly items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% 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 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Simple parts	99/100
Rare materials
Variable components	1/100

Update history

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• update 12 December 2002 (Update):
  • Added to game.