Crate

This article is about the scenery object found scattered around Gielinor. For other uses, see Crate (disambiguation).

Crates can be found in many buildings in RuneScape. Crates serve almost no purpose, apart from being used during some Treasure Trails. Clues for Treasure Trails are often hidden inside of them. For example, a clue might say something such as "Search the crate in a house in Varrock." Crates are also used in a few quests.

Strangely, crates cannot be shot over using ranged or magic.

Crates have a "search" or "loot" option. Formerly, when searched, crates would give random items, such as damaged armour, broken arrows, broken staffs, broken glass, leather boots, leather gloves, and small amounts of coins. Now searching crates does not have a purpose.

Crates can be found in nearly every city, town, or village in RuneScape. Some areas with a particularly large number of crates include:

• Varrock
• Falador
• Keldagrim
• Nardah

Trivia

• In the Black Knight's Fortress, there are crates with an unimplemented "loot" option. When the player attempts to loot the crate, the game gives the message "Nothing interesting happens." This is a catch-all message for interactions that haven't been programmed into the game.
• If a player is in Karamja, they can pack bananas into a crate next to Luthas's house. This is the only crate in RuneScape a player may pack things into.
• In Death to the Dorgeshuun, the player must pick up the crate Zanik was hiding in. A player could walk around holding the Crate with zanik, creating an awkward walking posture
• In Gertrude's Cat you need to find a kitten in a crate in Varrock lumberyard.
• In the Witch's House in Taverley, a player can search a crate in her cellar and find cabbages, needles, leather items, thread, etc.
• The player can be teleported to a crate in the Ardougne GPDT depot by talking to Wizard Cromperty before partial completion of Tribal Totem. This crate does not have a search option. Investigating gives the text "There is a label on this crate. It says; Senior Patents Clerk, Chamber of Invention, The Wizards' Tower, Misthalin. This crate is securely fastened shut and ready for delivery."
• In the Abandoned Mine of Morytania there exist "crates" with a lower case 'c'. These can be found floating in the swamped area around the lift on Level 5.
• In the Goblin Cave south of the Fishing Guild there are crates which, when searched, may spawn an aggressive rat, chicken, or spider.
• On the Seers' Village rooftop agility course there is a crate that, when examined, gives the text "It's not doing anything wrong... Stop bullying it!" When a player searches this crate, the game gives the message "You search the crate.... ...and find plenty of valuables, but decide to leave it alone; they're not yours."
• In the Goblin Village there are three crates that contain Goblin mail. Only one Goblin mail can be obtained from each crate; searching them afterwards will give the message, "You search the crate, but find nothing of interest."