Scar essence mine

Scar essence mine
Released		27 September 2023 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		The Scar (Abyssal Space)
League region		Misthalin✓
Requirements		66
Map
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Advanced data
Type		mine

The Scar essence mine is an area within the Scar where amalgamations can be found. During and after Desert Treasure II, the mine can be reached by entering the Scar via the Catalytic Guardian in the Temple of the Eye, then heading east and jumping past the two stepping stones, and then jumping past a third stepping stone to the south-east and entering the passage.

Players with level 64 Mining can mine amalgamations for tainted essence chunks, which are taken to and processed by the Ventriculus, an abyssal extractor, to receive various types of extracts that give extra runes of a certain type for each normal essence used.

The mine primarily caters to high-levelled ironmen players, as no profit is made from high-level extracts. The extracts created by the Ventriculus allow players to craft runes in even greater amounts, making it very ideal for said ironmen to accumulate large stacks of commonly used runes such as chaos, death, blood, and soul runes.

In order to unlock the third stepping stone, players must have completed Desert Treasure II up to the point where players visit the Scar and disturb all three passages.

Using the Ventriculus

Players can deposit tainted essence chunks into Ventriculus openings, with each chunk providing five tainted essence, which can then be processed in two ways: the first is to clean it via the essence orifice, converting two tainted essence into one noted pure essence. Acquiring pure essence in this manner can yield up to 10,000 essence per hour if fully focused, and has no cost associated with it.

However, the second way - acquiring runic extracts from the extract orifice - requires having deposited a certain amount of coins into Hagus' coffer, depending on the type of extract they wish to acquire. Each extract requires one tainted essence stored in the Ventriculus.

Extract		Cost (coins)	Cost per rune	Bonus runes (per essence)	Craftable runes
	Warped	1,250	5	250	Air, Mind, Water, Earth, Fire, Body
	Twisted	6,000	100	60	Mist, Dust, Mud, Smoke, Steam, Lava, Cosmic, Chaos, Sunfire
	Mangled	12,000	200	60	Nature, Law, Astral, Death
	Scarred	24,000	400	60	Blood, Soul, Wrath

Rune costs compared to shops

The table below compares the cost of crafting runes via the Scar essence mine to the cost of purchasing runes from shops. The table assumes purchasing rune packs when available, and buying the full shop stock.

Rune	Avg. cost per rune (shops)	Cost per rune (Scar)
Air, Water, Earth, Fire	4.47	5
Mind	3.36	5
Body	10.00	5
Cosmic	55.76	100
Chaos	101.19	100
Nature	201.92	200
Law	269.40	200
Astral	55.76	200
Death	201.92	200
Blood	449.40	400
Soul	336.90	400
Wrath	Not Sold	400

Gallery

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  Concept art for various features of the Scar essence mine, by Mod Jerv.