Looting bag

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Looting bag
Released	13 March 2014 (Update)
Also called	Swag Bag
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Noteable	No
Options	Open, Check, Deposit, Settings, Destroy
Destroy	Empty: The bag is empty. Are you sure you want to destroy it?; Filled: If you destroy it, the contents will be lost.
Examine	You can store stuff in the bag when you're in the Wilderness.
Values
Value	10 coins
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
Weight	0.01 kg
Advanced data
Item ID	11941

The looting bag is a storage bag that can hold up to 28 stacks of any item. Only one looting bag can be in a player's possession at a time.

Tradeable items can only be stored whilst in the Wilderness, including the Ferox Enclave, by using them on the looting bag or via the looting bag's "Deposit" option. Stackable items like runes, arrows or noted items stack in the looting bag as they would in the inventory. The bag may also be used in certain locations outside the Wilderness on PvP worlds. The contents of a looting bag cannot be recovered outside of a bank without destroying it or dying.

Obtaining

The bag can be obtained as a drop from any monster in the Wilderness, excluding aviansie, abyssal demons and Black chinchompas, and cannot be picked up with Telekinetic Grab. NPCs that spawn in the Wilderness while doing Treasure Trails, such as double agents, can also drop the bag.

It can also be purchased from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing for 1 Last Man Standing point or from any Slayer master's reward shop for 10 Slayer points.

A looting bag note can also be purchased from players, the Grand Exchange, or bought from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing for 1 Last Man Standing point; this note can be exchanged for a looting bag at any bank.

A looting bag may also be obtained at the Wilderness Agility Course when paying the 150,000 coins fee at the agility dispenser to use the Agility Course, provided the player does not already have one in their inventory or bank.

The drop rate of the looting bag depends on the monster's combat level. Monsters with a combat level of 10 or lower have a 1/15 chance of dropping the bag, while those that are level 50 or higher have a 1/3 chance. The drop rate for monsters with combat levels between those two caps is 1/(150/level).^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Usage

The Open option on the bag makes every tradeable item picked up go straight into the looting bag whilst players are in the Wilderness, including inside the Ferox Enclave. Once players have looted their desired items, they can use the Close option to have items go into the inventory instead.

When using items on a closed bag, players will be asked how many they wish to store (one, five, or all). Should players wish to have the bag always store as many as possible when using items on it they may adjust to their preference by clicking Settings.

When accessing a bank, players can click on the looting bag to show its contents. Clicking on the items or the "deposit all" function will bank the items. Unbankable items will be moved to the player's inventory instead.^[3]

Mechanics

If the player with a looting bag dies to another player, it is always lost upon death, even if the dead player does not have anything else that is prioritised over it. When this happens, the player who killed the person holding the looting bag will get everything inside the bag, excluding food and potions.

Upon destroying a looting bag in the Wilderness, or anywhere in the list below on PvP worlds, all items inside are dropped on the ground and are available for everyone to immediately see. Certain un-noted items such as cooked food, potions, or vials of water will be destroyed in the process. Noted potions, cooked or raw food, or vials of water will be dropped to the floor. When on a non-PvP world, destroying a looting bag outside of the Wilderness including while inside the Ferox Enclave, will cause all items inside to be lost.

The bag is popular for monster hunting, as it allows the player to manage their inventory without having to sacrifice slots that would be occupied by food or potions. While player killers can also benefit from the looting bag, this is mostly obsolete for players with loot keys unlocked, as they do not need to spend time looting from their victims. Items in the looting bag do not contribute to weight, which would otherwise rapidly consume the user's run energy.

The bag can be brought onto Entrana, as long as there are no prohibited items in it.

Ultimate Ironmen

The bag is also used by Ultimate Ironman players as extra storage for items they do not currently need but wish to hold onto, although as they cannot use the bank, the only way for them to get the contents inside is to die, or destroy the bag in the Wilderness and pick up the items. If you're in the wilderness, you must be in a PvP area. Destroying the bag within the first two tiles out from the Edgeville ditch or in the Ferox Enclave will delete your items.

PvP worlds

Following an update on 13 June 2019, the looting bag can be used near some of the common Player Killing hotspots inside PvP worlds. The change does not affect Ultimate Ironman. The areas in which the looting bag will work are shown below:

Item sources

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Shop locations

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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:17 April 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	When paying the 150,000 GP fee to use the Wilderness Agility Course, you'll now receive a looting bag if you don't currently own one.
[[{{#explode:3 May 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:3 May 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:3 May 2023\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Players can now purchase looting bags from any Slayer Master for 10 slayer reward points.
[[{{#explode:3 August 2022\| \|0}} {{#explode:3 August 2022\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:3 August 2022\| \|2}}]] (update)	Checking the looting bag's contents while moving no longer makes the game forget the player's destination.
[[{{#explode:30 April 2020\| \|0}} {{#explode:30 April 2020\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 April 2020\| \|2}}]] (update)	The drop rate of looting bags from monsters with a combat level of 10 or lower has been increased from 1/30 to 1/15, while the monster combat level cap to achieve a 1/3 drop rate has been decreased from 100 to 50.
[[{{#explode:2 April 2020\| \|0}} {{#explode:2 April 2020\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:2 April 2020\| \|2}}]] (update)	The looting bag now accepts deposits without an initial delay within the Wilderness on PvP worlds, like it does in the Wilderness on standard worlds. Destroying looting bags now have the same delay as manually dropping items while in PvP combat.
[[{{#explode:13 June 2019\| \|0}} {{#explode:13 June 2019\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:13 June 2019\| \|2}}]] (update)	The looting bag is now useable in certain locations on PvP worlds.
[[{{#explode:9 August 2018\| \|0}} {{#explode:9 August 2018\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:9 August 2018\| \|2}}]] (update)	The looting bag now has an "Open" option which allows items that players pick up to be deposited straight into the bag, while using the "Close" option does the opposite. The "Check" option was made right-click. The cost of a looting bag in the Bounty Hunter Shop has been reduced from 150,000 points to 10,000.
[[{{#explode:5 April 2018\| \|0}} {{#explode:5 April 2018\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:5 April 2018\| \|2}}]] (update)	Destroying a looting bag within the Wilderness now drops the items within it (except food and potions) to the ground to prevent victims from "denying" their killer from getting the items in their looting bag by destroying it. Outside the Wilderness, contents are still destroyed.
[[{{#explode:30 November 2017\| \|0}} {{#explode:30 November 2017\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 November 2017\| \|2}}]] (update)	The "Settings" option was added, allowing players to change how many of an item are stored by default.

Trivia

Attempting to store the looting bag within itself while the storage interface is open produces the message You may be surprised to learn that bagception is not permitted.
Originally, the looting bag was called a "swag bag".^[1]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Dev Blog: Rejuvenating the Wilderness". RuneScape News. Jagex. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Mod Ash: "It's 300 divided by the combat level of the NPC, capped at 1/3 for NPCs with a level of 100 or above, and capped at 1/30 for NPCs with a level of 10 or below."
^ Jagex. JagexAsh's Twitter account. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. JagexAsh: "When you're emptying a looting bag into your bank, if you click on individual items, they call this:"

[Swag-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Dev Blog: Rejuvenating the Wilderness". RuneScape News. Jagex. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original.

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Mod Ash: "It's 300 divided by the combat level of the NPC, capped at 1/3 for NPCs with a level of 100 or above, and capped at 1/30 for NPCs with a level of 10 or below."

[3] Jagex. JagexAsh's Twitter account. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. JagexAsh: "When you're emptying a looting bag into your bank, if you click on individual items, they call this:"

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Looting bag

Contents

Obtaining