Serpentine helm

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Serpentine helm (uncharged)
Released							8 January 2015 (Update)
Also called							Serp, Serp helm
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Dismantle, Drop
Worn options							None (?)
Destroy							N/A
Examine							Needs to be charged with Zulrah's scales.
Values
Value							110,000 coins
High alch							66,000 coins
Low alch							44,000 coins
Weight							0.9 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							5,964,957 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							1,052
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Advanced data
Item ID							12929

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SMW Subobject for ChargedHigh Alchemy value: 66000Examine: Protects the wearer from poison and venom, and helps envenom monsters.Is members only: trueIs variant of: Serpentine helmWeight: 0.900Uses infobox: ItemImage: File:Serpentine helm.pngItem name: Serpentine helmValue: 110000Version anchor: ChargedRelease date: 8 January 2015Item ID: 12931

SMW Subobject for UnchargedHigh Alchemy value: 66000Buy limit: 8Examine: Needs to be charged with Zulrah's scales.Is members only: trueIs variant of: Serpentine helmWeight: 0.900Image: File:Serpentine helm (uncharged).pngUses infobox: ItemItem name: Serpentine helm (uncharged)Value: 110000Version anchor: UnchargedRelease date: 8 January 2015Item ID: 12929

The serpentine helm is a degradable helmet made at level 52 Crafting by using a chisel on a serpentine visage, giving the player 120 Crafting experience. The helmet requires 75 Defence to wear. Its defensive bonuses are comparable to those of the Barrows helmets, without the prayer bonus that Verac's helm offers. It has the third highest strength bonus of all helmets, although its high cost of use makes other helmets more convenient for general training.

If a player dies with the helmet in PvP and it is not protected, any scales that were used to charge it will appear on the floor along with the uncharged helmet.

In addition, players can dismantle an uncharged helm to receive 20,000 Zulrah's scales, resulting in a profit of −44,957 coins.

Combat stats

UnchargedCharged

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	-5	-5
Defence bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

+0+0+0+0+0+0-5-5-5-5? (edit)+0+52? (edit)+0+52? (edit)+0+55? (edit)+0+55? (edit)+0+58? (edit)+0+58+0+0? (edit)+0+50? (edit)+0+50? (edit)+0+5? (edit)+0+5+0+0+0+0+0%0headList? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)? (edit)109109? (edit)? (edit)109109Versions: 2

SMW Subobject for ChargedRanged Strength bonus: +0Slash defence bonus: +55Range defence bonus: +50Stab defence bonus: +52Prayer bonus: +0Magic defence bonus: +0Magic attack bonus: -5Is variant of: Serpentine helmSlash attack bonus: +0Magic Damage bonus: 0Crush attack bonus: +0Strength bonus: +5Stab attack bonus: +0Range attack bonus: -5Equipment slot: headCrush defence bonus: +58

SMW Subobject for UnchargedRanged Strength bonus: +0Slash defence bonus: +0Range defence bonus: +0Stab defence bonus: +0Prayer bonus: +0Magic defence bonus: +0Magic attack bonus: -5Is variant of: Serpentine helmSlash attack bonus: +0Magic Damage bonus: 0Crush attack bonus: +0Strength bonus: +0Stab attack bonus: +0Range attack bonus: -5Equipment slot: headCrush defence bonus: +0

Passive effects

The serpentine helm provides two passive effects:

• When charged and equipped, the helmet grants immunity to venom and poison.
• The opponent has a chance to be inflicted with venom for every successful hit the player does, provided that they are not immune to it. This effect only applies to monsters and does not work on other players.

The chances of inflicting venom when the player lands a successful hit on a monster with the helmet equipped are as follows:

• 1 in 6 chance (16.7%) if using a non-poisoned melee weapon (this includes melee hits with the Toxic staff of the dead, since it alone can only apply venom with spells, and unarmed attacks.).
• 1 in 2 chance (50%) if using poisoned weapons (abyssal tentacle and noxious halberd counts).
• 100% chance if using the toxic blowpipe, trident of the swamp, or damaging spells with the toxic staff of the dead.

Creation

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Crafting		52 (b)	120
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	None

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Serpentine visage	1	5,898,551
Total cost			5,898,551
	Serpentine helm (uncharged)	1	5,964,957
Profit			66,406

Charging

The helmet is charged with Zulrah's scales, requiring 11,000 scales to fully charge it at a cost of 3,256,000 coins. It cannot be equipped if it is uncharged, except when it's fully degraded while equipped. In its uncharged form it retains the negative bonuses, but loses all positive bonuses and passive effects. When fully charged, the helmet will last for 16 hours and 30 minutes of combat before returning to its uncharged state. Similar to barrows armour, the helmet will immediately use 10 scales when the player enters combat and will use another 10 if the player is still in combat after 90 ticks (54 seconds) have passed. A continuous hour of combat uses 666.67 scales, costing 197,333.33 coins per hour or 3,288.89 coins per minute.

In comparison, anti-venom+ costs 933.4 coins per minute to use for venom immunity, while an extended anti-venom+ costs 667.78 coins.

When uncharging, players will retrieve all the unused scales that were stored in the helm back to their inventory.

Recolouring

The player can use mutagens dropped by Zulrah to recolour the serpentine helm into one of its two colour variants: using a magma mutagen creates a magma helm, and using a tanzanite mutagen creates a tanzanite helm. These variants do not apply any stat changes and are purely cosmetic. The only way to obtain the recoloured helmets is by killing Zulrah itself, as the mutagens or recoloured helmets cannot be traded.

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Gallery

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  Early work-in-progress serpentine helm.
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  Updated work-in-progress serpentine helm.
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  A magma helm, recoloured with a magma mutagen.
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  A tanzanite helm, recoloured with a tanzanite mutagen.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:28 April 2021| |0}} {{#explode:28 April 2021| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:28 April 2021| |2}}]] (update)	The Serpentine Helm will no longer ask the player how many Scales you want to add to it, as long as no other Scale-using items are in the Inventory. This is in-line with similar items.
[[{{#explode:7 February 2019| |0}} {{#explode:7 February 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 February 2019| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The helmet's strength bonus was restored back to +5 from +3.
[[{{#explode:16 November 2017| |0}} {{#explode:16 November 2017| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 November 2017| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The helmet's envenoming capabilities was improved, giving poisoned weapons a 50% chance to envenom and venom-inflicting weapons a 100% chance when the helmet is worn.
[[{{#explode:26 May 2017| |0}} {{#explode:26 May 2017| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 May 2017| |2}}]] (update)	Due to player complaints about the serpentine helm being left with no offensive benefits in comparison to the much cheaper helm of Neitiznot, the envenoming effect was brought back, but will only work against opponents that the player damages with melee
[[{{#explode:25 May 2017| |0}} {{#explode:25 May 2017| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 May 2017| |2}}]] (update)	The envenoming effect, which gave opponents a 1 in 6 chance (16.7%) of being envenomed if they attacked the player wearing the helmet, was removed. The strength bonus of the helmet was also reduced from +5 to +3.
[[{{#explode:18 February 2016| |0}} {{#explode:18 February 2016| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:18 February 2016| |2}}]] (update | poll)	A serpentine helm can now be dismantled for 20,000 Zulrah scales.
[[{{#explode:30 April 2015| |0}} {{#explode:30 April 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 April 2015| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Zulrah now has a chance of dropping Tanzanite and Magma mutagens.
[[{{#explode:29 January 2015| |0}} {{#explode:29 January 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 January 2015| |2}}]] (update)	The serpentine helm can now envenom NPCs that use only firebreath attacks.