Vis wax

"Vis" redirects here. For the Archaeology material, see Ancient vis.

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Vis wax
Release																				15 September 2014 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions
Backpack																				Activate
Values
Value																				500 coins
High alch																				300 coins
Low alch																				200 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0 kg
Examine
Goldberg-brand vis wax! Waxiness guaranteed and little else!
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				20,325 coins (info)
Buy limit																				500
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Advanced data
Item ID																				32092
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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Vis wax is a sticky goo created from runes during the Rune Goldberg Machine distraction and diversion. It has a variety of uses, including the ability to double the duration and reward of daily challenges or reroll them for a challenge of a different skill, extend the duration of certain auras, increase divine location gathering limits, or converted into charges for quick lodestone teleports. The player may only use the machine once each day with a maximum possible output of 100 vis wax.

Uses

If you do not have enough vis wax in your inventory when using it, the remaining balance needed will deduct from your bank.

Auras

Resetting

Cost:	40 (813,000 coins)

Only the Jack of trades and Wisdom auras may be reset with vis wax, once per day. For resetting other auras, players must use an aura refresh instead.

Extending

Cost:	Varies (see table below)

Players may extend the duration of an aura's activation time by either 50% or 100%. The aura extension is temporary, affecting only its next activation. The extension must be applied prior to the aura's activation and does not apply to a currently active aura. The costs for extending an aura are outlined in the table below:

Cost	Extension	Aura
5 (101,625 coins)	50%	Resourceful aura Enrichment aura Greenfingers aura Five-finger discount aura Call of the sea aura Lumberjack aura Quarrymaster aura Tracker aura Aegis aura
10 (203,250 coins)	100%
20 (406,500 coins)	50%	Surefooted aura Knock-out aura Reverence aura Poison purge aura Equilibrium aura Corruption aura Harmony aura Salvation aura Maniacal aura Berserker aura Reckless aura Runic accuracy aura Sharpshooter aura Brawler aura
40 (813,000 coins)	100%
50 (1,016,250 coins)	50%	Inspiration aura Vampyrism aura Penance aura Invigorate aura
100 (2,032,500 coins)	100%

Daily challenges

Rerolling

Cost:	10 (203,250 coins)

Players may reroll a daily challenge for a different skill. Each daily challenge may only be rerolled once. When done so, players are prompted with the new challenge which they may choose to either accept or reject, consuming the vis wax regardless. If the prompt is closed, the daily challenge will not be changed.

Extending

Cost:	25 (508,125 coins)

Players may extend daily challenges, doubling the requirement (e.g. brewing 4 potions instead of 2) and receiving double the experience reward and Weekly Progress.

Harmony pillars

Cost:	10 (203,250 coins)

Players with an already-planted harmony pillar may reset it to change the target skill. Doing so is limited to once per day, resets the gained XP to 0 and requires a new seed to be planted to attune a different skill.

Divine locations

Cost:	20 (406,500 coins) for 50% 40 (813,000 coins) for 100%

Players may extend the daily gathering limit of their divine locations once per day, by either 50% or 100%. The limit may only be increased by one choice of either of the aforementioned amounts (e.g. one cannot extend it by 50% twice, or 50% and 100% for 150%).

Alternatively, players may prefer to extend their divine location gathering limit by 100% for free using the Bounty of Crondis from the desert pantheon aura.

Quick-teleport charges

Cost:	1 per 10 charges (20,325 coins)

Use of the Lodestone Network includes a quick-teleport option, allowing teleportation at a faster rate. For every vis wax converted, players may charge 10 quick-teleports.

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Disassembly

Vis wax
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

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 29 November 2021 (Update):
  • Extending a Daily Challenge now costs 25 Vis Wax (down from 30).

• ninja 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • Changed the Grand Exchange buy limit from 200 to 500.

• patch 18 August 2020 (Update):
  • All text related to extending Aura durations is now displayed in the correct fonts.

• ninja 3 April 2018 (Update):
  • An auto extend aura with vis wax feature has been added to the Aura Management interface.

• hotfix 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • Challenges can no longer be rerolled for free with Vis Wax.

• patch 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • Rerolling a daily challenge will now only consume vis wax after confirming the reroll.

• patch 26 June 2017 (Update):
  • Vis wax is now taken after confirming your harmony pillar reset, rather than before.

• ninja 15 May 2017 (Update):
  • When using vis wax, it will now take the wax directly from your bank if you do not have enough in your inventory.

• patch 31 October 2016 (Update):
  • Wizard Goldberg has discovered that Vis Wax is stackable! As such, he'll allow you to use his wondrous machine if you're already holding a stack of wax, even if your inventory is full! Isn't science wonderful?

• patch 15 December 2014 (Update):
  • Players will no longer use up too much vis wax if the buttons are pressed too quickly.

• patch 1 November 2014 (Update):
  • Extending and re-rolling of Daily Challenges with vis wax have had their costs re-balanced.
• update 15 September 2014 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The word vīs (pronounced 'wees[h]') is Latin for "force" or "power." This is in line with the (subtly) stated purpose of the machine itself, which is to find out exactly what makes up the physical rune stones. It can be reasonably inferred that the wax is a physical manifestation of the raw power of rune stones, hence its ability to effectively alter certain gameplay mechanics, albeit temporarily.
• The item is a reference to vis from Ars Magica
• Prior to 3 November 2014, the cost to re-roll daily challenges was 10 wax, while extending a challenge cost 20. This was changed in the interest of "re-balancing" the costs, likely because of widespread sentiment that the low costs had made the challenge system "too easy."
• Seasonal auras (Enlightenment and Festive), Premier Club auras (Dwarven instinct), and other auras that aren't purchased from Solomon's store cannot be reset or extended with vis wax.