Tears of Guthix (minigame)

Tears of Guthix
Released								4 May 2005 (Update)
Type								Minigame
Members								Yes
Location								Chasm of Tears
League region								Misthalin✓
Participants								1
Skills								All skills (see article)
Reward currency								None
Tutorial								No
Music								Tears of Guthix, The Power of Tears
Map
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Tears of Guthix is a short minigame located in the Chasm of Tears, guarded by the serpent Juna, playable once a week (seven full days). It grants a reward of experience points in the player's lowest skill each time it is played.

To play this minigame, the player must have completed the Tears of Guthix quest and earned at least 100,000 total experience points or one quest point since they last played it, unless they have never played it before. Players may read the Tears of Guthix entry in their Quest Journal to find out how many days and how many quest points or experience points are needed before being allowed to play the minigame again. Players can speak to Juna to toggle whether or not to receive a chatbox message telling them they are eligible as soon as they become eligible.

To teleport directly to Tears of Guthix, players may use a games necklace. Otherwise, players may enter through the dungeon in the Lumbridge Swamp.

Playing the game

The "Tears of Guthix" interface. The bowl shows the number of tears collected and the bar represents time remaining. A personal best can be seen below the number of tears collected.

	Collecting blue tears
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	Collecting green tears
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Warning: Due to Tears of Guthix rewarding experience in the player's lowest skill, it is advised that combat and skill pures do not play this minigame.

Upon telling Juna a story, she will give the player a bowl which requires two free hands to wield, and allow them into the minigame area. While inside, the player must collect as many blue tears flowing from the weeping walls as they can within the time limit, while avoiding the green streams that decrease the number of blue tears collected. The player will automatically leave the area once their time is up.

There are a total of 9 weeping walls within the area, with 3 blue and 3 green streams being active at all times. Each stream of tears will remain in place for 16 game ticks (9.6 seconds) before moving again. The streams will always move in sequence one after another, with each world having its own sequence. Knowing the sequence of colours can make it easier for players to predict where they should move next, which can save time.

The player's time limit depends on the number of quest points they have: the more quest points they have, the longer their time limit will be and thus the more potential tears they can collect. The player is granted one game tick (0.6 seconds) of time inside of the cave for every quest point obtained: with 319 quest points, a theoretical maximum of 315 tears is possible, however due to the way the minigame functions, a realistic maximum would be closer to 262.

Strategy

There are a few things a player can do to maximise their points potential:

• Find a world where the order the streams refresh is Green, Green, Green, Blue, Blue, Blue (GGGBBB). This makes it impossible for a player to accidentally collect green tears once their blue stream has ended as all the green streams would have relocated to a different empty space before the blue streams expire. The rest of these tips will assume the player is using a GGGBBB world.
• Complete Juna's dialogue (to gain entry) when the first green stream is approximately half way through its duration. This will allow them to enter just as the first blue stream refreshes.
• Initially using the first blue stream to refresh will give the player the highest chance of being able to stay in the same spot as there will be a 2/3 chance of one of the other blue streams relocating to the player's current spot.
• If the player's current spot refreshes, they should note whether it is the 2nd or 3rd stream in the cycle. If it is the 2nd, they have a 1/3 chance for their spot to refresh for a 3rd time allowing them to stay in the same spot for a total of 48 game ticks (28.8 seconds). If it is the 3rd, they should move back to the first blue stream as soon as their current stream ends as there is no chance that a stream will refresh in their current spot.
• When there is less than one cycle (16 ticks) remaining before their time is up, and their stream ends, the player should prioritise moving to the closest blue stream rather than the first one since they won't have time to get a back to back stream anyway and moving less will save ticks.

Reward

	Drinking tears
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A player with Juna at the Tears of Guthix minigame entrance.

When the time limit is up, the player will exit the minigame and drink the tears they have collected, granting experience in their lowest skill based on the number of tears collected. The amount of experience per tear increases as the player's level increases. This is 10 experience per tear if their lowest level is 1, or 26.6 experience per tear if their lowest level is 20, capping at 60 experience per tear at level 30. Players will get 10% additional experience if they have completed the hard Lumbridge & Draynor Diary.

If the player has multiple skills at the same level, the reward will go to the skill with the least experience. If any skills share the same amount of experience, the first eligible skill in the following list will be given the experience: Cooking, Crafting, Firemaking, Fishing, Magic, Mining, Prayer, Ranged, Runecrafting, Smithing, Woodcutting, Agility, Herblore, Fletching, Thieving, Slayer, Attack, Defence, Strength, Hitpoints, Farming, Construction, and Hunter.

Experience earned from Tears of Guthix will not go towards the Construction, Herblore, or Runecraft skills until the player gains access to the skills by buying a house from an estate agent, completing the Druidic Ritual quest, or completing the Rune Mysteries quest, respectively.

Message

Players receive a message which indicates the skill they received experience for. Additionally, if the player has completed the Lumbridge hard diary, the player will also receive the message You are awarded an additional 10% experience for completing the hard Lumbridge achievement diary.

Skill		Message
	Attack	You feel a brief surge of aggression.
	Strength	Your muscles bulge.
	Defence	You feel more able to defend yourself.
	Ranged	Your aim improves.
	Prayer	You suddenly feel very close to the gods.
	Magic	You feel the power of the runes surging through you.
	Hitpoints	You feel very healthy.
	Agility	You feel very nimble.
	Herblore	You gain a deep understanding of all kinds of strange plants.
	Thieving	You feel your respect for others' property slipping away.
	Crafting	Your fingers feel nimble and suited to delicate work.
	Fletching	You gain a deep understanding of wooden sticks.
	Mining	You gain a deep understanding of the stones of the earth.
	Smithing	You gain a deep understanding of all types of metal.
	Fishing	You gain a deep understanding of the creatures of the sea.
	Cooking	You have a brief urge to cook some food.
	Firemaking	You have a brief urge to set light to something.
	Woodcutting	You gain a deep understanding of the trees in the wood.
	Runecraft	You gain a deep understanding of runes.
	Slayer	You gain a deep understanding of many strange creatures.
	Farming	You gain a deep understanding of the cycles of nature.
	Construction	You feel homesick.
	Hunter	You briefly experience the joy of the hunt.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:23 May 2024| |0}} {{#explode:23 May 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:23 May 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Tears of Guthix now shows the player's Personal Best whilst collecting tears.
[[{{#explode:8 March 2018| |0}} {{#explode:8 March 2018| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 March 2018| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Tears of Guthix streams will now last a minimum of 9 seconds before moving.
[[{{#explode:23 June 2016| |0}} {{#explode:23 June 2016| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:23 June 2016| |2}}]] (update)	A right-click ‘Tell Story’ option was added to Juna for faster access to the Tears of Guthix. Players can now speak to Juna to enable a notification message that appears, once a day, on login, if they are eligible to drink the tears.
[[{{#explode:26 May 2016| |0}} {{#explode:26 May 2016| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 May 2016| |2}}]] (update)	The Tears of Guthix status bar now displays the remaining time more accurately, as it had been slightly misleading for players whose QP was a multiple of 10.
[[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |0}} {{#explode:16 April 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 April 2015| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Juna will now reset at the start of the 7th day after the player last completed Tears of Guthix, instead of allowing players access to the Tears of Guthix 6 days and 23 hours since their previous visit.
[[{{#explode:5 March 2015| |0}} {{#explode:5 March 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:5 March 2015| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The Tears of Guthix minigame now provides 10% increased experience if you have completed the Hard Lumbridge & Draynor Diary.
[[{{#explode:13 November 2014| |0}} {{#explode:13 November 2014| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:13 November 2014| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Players that have completed the quest Tears of Guthix can now teleport to Juna using the games necklace.
[[{{#explode:19 July 2005| |0}} {{#explode:19 July 2005| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:19 July 2005| |2}}]] (update)	Tears of Guthix can now award Farming experience.