A rare item (for the purposes of this guide), is an item that cannot be normally obtained.
An item can be normally attained if:
- it drops as chest loot,
- any monster drops it,
- it is a quest item (used to complete a quest),
- it is a quest reward,
- it is sold by any merchant (including those in the adamantium coin shop, but excluding the "eggmceye's gear / moar soon" merchant),
- it can be created via crafting (including blueprints),
- it can be obtained via polypiling,
- it can be obtained via deconstruction,
- it can be harvested (i.e., mining, lumberjacking, fishing, water from wells, ash from burnt logs, etc).
Essentially, a rare item is one that you can't get via normal gameplay, and tends to be an old item that is no longer obtainable or an item from a special event.
List of rare items:
xmas presents:
- Santa's ring 2003
- Christmas Cheese 2004?
- Eggnog 2004, reissued as 5th bday present inside stocking
- Lump of Coal 2005
- BoN Guildhall key 2006
- Xmas Bonbon 2007
- Mistletoe 2010
- Four-by-two (crystal) 2013
- Troll axethrower troll (red/green hybrid) av scroll 2015
- Voodoo Doll 2018
- Xmas Fishing Lure 2020
- Santa's Other Ring 2021
- Xmas Training Dummy 2022
- Scented Candle 2023
birthday presents:
- Birthday Stocking there were 2: 5th and 10th - 10th has hidden code to differentiate it from 5th
- Birthday Stocking (thorium) 15th bday
- Birthday Cheese 5th bday
- improved Birthday Cheese 10th bday
- Fontana del Montor 15th bday (varying tints)
- EUOBD-17 17th bday
other purples (excluding named weapons):
- Sandalwood Box
- Newbieweight Champ's Belt
- Featherweight Champ's Belt
- Lightweight Champ's Belt
- Mediumweight Champ's Belt
- Heavyweight Champ's Belt
- Eliteweight Champ's Belt
- Uberweight Champ's Belt
- Blood Moss (lore item extrem) thorium
- Tang (orange)
- Magic Mirror
- flaming carved skull
- pet avatar wand
- fountain (radioactive)
- nether carved skull
- tile scroll (barrel)
- tile scroll (chest of drawers)
- tile scroll (shelf)
- tile scroll (dresser)
- tile scroll (dead tree)
- brazier (glass)
- brazier (vampyric)
- christmas tree
- egg (glass)
- flower (crystal)
- fountain (brass)
- fountain (copper)
- fountain (gold)
- gift
- mana pylon
- skull spawner
- snake idol (glass)
- snowman
- snowman (blackrock)
- stone gargoyle (blue)
- stone gargoyle (green)
- stone gargoyle (orange)
- stone gargoyle (purple)
- stone gargoyle (red)
- stone gargoyle (yellow)
- wonderous egg - (not to be confused with the magic wonderous egg, which is a quest reward)
- radioactive corpse
- bile spear
- vintage musket (plain or any weapon tint)
- repair scroll
- improved repair scroll
- amethyst of blindness
- amethyst of charm
- amethyst of confusion
- amethyst of paralysis
- amethyst of sleep
- onyx of blindness
- onyx of charm
- onyx of confusion
- onyx of paralysis
- onyx of sleep
- sapphire of blindness
- sapphire of charm
- sapphire of confusion
- sapphire of paralysis
- sapphire of sleep
- topaz of blindness
- topaz of charm
- topaz of confusion
- topax of paralysis
- topaz of sleep
- zircon of blindness
- zircon of charm
- zircon of confusion
- zircon of paralysis
- zircon of sleep
- blackrock saw
- ingot (vampyric)
- log (steel)
special treatment gifts by unfair DMs:
- book of power
- ring of power
- statue of power
- plate boots of quivering (glass) - (given out to certain players on PD)
- magic bone skull
- magic gold tooth
- ring of blindness
- crystal quill INT+73 ?
- shadow dust (IVPY)
- Treasure map (level 16)
- Sin'Vraal's Sceptre (crystal) [not soulbound]
other sources unknown/forgotten (feel free to post help keep this accurate):
- box
- brazier (plain) [unlit]
- strange ingot
- gem (blue?)
- gem fragment
- greater wand of petrification
- tile scroll (ladder down)
- tile scroll (altar)
there are tons of weird statues, for various reasons. Is this list exhaustive?
- statue (box)
- statue (chest)
- statue (deformed bunny)
- statue (NOTHING)
- statue (small barrel)
- statue (tomato)
- statue of unknown origin (unidentified) [various types]
some of these are dm gifts, some were prizes, some are really old, some are in museum
- log (steel) [with (i) DEF +1 to +4 or (ii) STR / DEX / INT +1 to +15]
- buckler (steel) [+DEF / +VIG / +NV / +MR / +STR / +DEX / +INT]
- small shield (steel) [+DEF / +VIG / +NV / +MR / +STR / +DEX / +INT]
- any armour [non-artifact] (crystal / crystalhide / silk) [ +VIG / +NV / +MR / +STR / +DEX / +INT]
- amulet (plain or with any weapon tint) [+LCH]
- ankh (plain or with any weapon tint) [+LCH]
- necklace (all 4 versions - plain or with any weapon tint) [+LCH]
- spiked collar (plain or with any weapon tint) [+LCH]
- leather gloves (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous)
- chain gloves (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous)
- gauntlets (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous)
- leather gloves (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous) [with an magical bonus]
- chain gloves (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous) [with an magical bonus]
- gauntlets (addled / barbed / diamond / glass / runed / vampyric / venomous) [with an magical bonus]
- items with ATK +10 or higher
- items with STR / DEX / INT +37 or higher
- items with VIG +16 or higher
- enchanted weapons (excluding: AM / VAM / XMP / IVPY / OG / VOG / KXQ / XJ / AEP / IJO)
- ring (all versions - plain or with any weapon tint) [ AM / VAM / XMP / OG / VOG / KXQ / IVPY / XJ / AEP / IJO ]
- blackrock claymore AC
- goldweave gi (torso) of VIG +16
- goldweave robe INT +110
- ring KXQ
- any weapon of +30 something (an item wear wipe survivor)
- vampyric rondel IFH
- venomous long sword INH
other misc rarities:
- tinted tools
- old enchanting scrolls
- old tomes (including non-soulbound VOG)
- zinc/iron weapons/armour
- fancy keys: often I would make a special key for a home buyer, when you actually needed a special key to get in. eg iron key cut=77