Waste-paper basket

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Waste-paper basket
Release								26 November 2008 (Update)
Members								Yes
Quest								No
Location								Movario's base
Options								Pick-up, Investigate, Examine
Examine								A receptacle for rubbish.
Map
Advanced data
Object ID								40944
Links								MROD40944

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Waste-paper basket
Release																				26 November 2008 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				While Guthix Sleeps
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				You found this basket in Movario's base.
Examine																				A receptacle for rubbish.
Options
Backpack																				Look-at, Search, Destroy
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.5 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				14461
Links																				MRID • recipe

The waste-paper basket is found in Movario's base during the quest While Guthix Sleeps. After picking it up to the backpack, players can search it to obtain a ruby key. This destroys the basket. Both the basket and key can still be obtained after the quest.

Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ruby key	1	Always	1	1

Disassembly

Waste-paper basket
Disassembly category					Default
Disassembly XP					0.1
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
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%
Material count					1
Simple parts					99/100
Variable components					1/100
Advanced data
Raw category					default
Item level (for junk chance)					1

Update history

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• patch 14 July 2025 (Update):
  • Various player experience fixes for the following quests, including moving critical path interactions to the left-click option and removing unnecessary random pass/fail stat checks. The While Guthix Sleeps quest was affected.
    • "Look-at" option changed to "Investigate"
    • Moved "Pick-up" option to the left-click option instead of requiring a right click/long-press on it.

• update 26 November 2008 (Update):
  • Added to game.