Stealing valuables

This article is about the thieving activity in Civitas illa Fortis. For the thieving activity in Port Piscarilius, see stealing artefacts.

Stealing valuables
Released								20 March 2024 (Update)
Type								Minigame
Members								Yes
Location								Civitas illa Fortis
League region								Varlamore✓
Participants								1
Skills								Thieving
Requirements								50
Reward currency								Valuables

Stealing valuables is a Thieving activity located in Civitas illa Fortis, requiring level 50 Thieving and completion of Children of the Sun to participate. The activity involves obtaining house keys in order to steal valuables from one of three houses inhabited by wealthy citizens. These valuables can then be sold to Oriana for profit.

The activity offers a low intensity training method for medium profit and experience rates. If pickpocketing wealthy citizens for their house keys, easy clue scrolls may also be commonly obtained during the course of the activity. During the burgling portion of the activity, there is an uncommon chance to obtain jewellery up to diamond, as well as a rare chance to obtain a blessed bone statuette, which can be broken down into blessed bone shards that are used in Prayer training.

Overview

House keys

Leo distracting a wealthy citizen.

To steal valuables, players must first acquire house keys. The fastest way to acquire them is through pickpocketing wealthy citizens in the bazaar, where they are received at a rate of around 1/18. Another way to obtain house keys is by Fishing at the fishing spot in the park in east Fortis, at a rate of 1/10.

Around every 84–99 seconds, three street urchins (Leo within the bazaar, Julia east of the bazaar, and Aurelia south of the bazaar) will each distract one of them, indicated by a game message in the chatbox stating You notice an urchin distract a wealthy citizen nearby.. Whilst distracted, the success rate of pickpocketing wealthy citizens becomes 100%, and the player will automatically continue to pickpocket them for up to 24 seconds, after which they will stop being distracted. This distraction happens at the same time on all three locations. Players who wear the full rogue's outfit will receive double the house keys acquired.

Burgling houses

A map showing the relevant areas for the activity.

There are three houses in the city which can be stolen from, each marked with a Thieving activity icon on the minimap:

• Lavinia's house, directly south-west of the bazaar
• Victor's house, in the south-western corner of the city
• Caius' house, directly north-west of the western bank

At any given time, one of the three houses can be burgled; this is indicated by the absence of the owner and the entrance being marked as a "Locked Door". Players can also pay 15 valuables to several urchins around this area - Lucia, Oli, Rufus, and Ava - to learn which house is currently (or about to be) vacant, provided they currently have house keys in their inventory. This information is free for players who have earned the Gladiator rank at the Fortis Colosseum, requiring 8,000 glory to attain.

The next available house is chosen at random: the thieving cycle begins with the homeowner announcing they are leaving to perform various errands. They will exit their house, lock the door, and leave the area. The player must wait outside until the homeowner has left the immediate vicinity of the house before entering, as they will otherwise receive a chat message stating, You notice the owner is still near the door and decide not to enter. If the player was already inside the house whilst the homeowner locked the door, they will be kicked out with the message You are escorted out of the house as the owner has locked the door.

Once inside, there are chests, wardrobes, and jewellery cases which players may search in order to steal valuables. These are stackable, and players may loot each object for up to 50-60 seconds without additional input, gaining 45 Thieving experience per stolen valuable. This timer resets upon switching to loot another object. At least one free inventory space is needed to loot the objects, if your inventory is full you will receive the message, You need at least one free inventory space to steal from that.

At random, a flashing arrow will appear above one of the objects in the house and You notice something shine somewhere else in the house. appears in the chatbox. Searching these objects will net a one-time bonus of 14 valuables and 630 Thieving experience. The arrow will disappear after around 7 seconds if the player has not stolen from it before then. It is recommended to loot the object in the middle of the house to reduce the risk of missing the shiny object.

The following images of the houses highlight the searchable objects in yellow, and the locked door and window exit in green:

• 
  An overview of Caius' house. Ava is found nearby to warn of his imminent return.
• 
  An overview of Victor's house. Rufus is found nearby to warn of his imminent return.
• 
  An overview of Lavinia's house. Lucia is found nearby to warn of her imminent return.

The homeowner will return 180–190 seconds after they left the house; a whistle serves as an audio cue to warn the player, and a game message in the chatbox will state You hear someone outside spot the homeowner coming back! At this point, the player should exit from the open window. Otherwise, the homeowner will spot and throw out the player, causing them to lose around 90% of the valuables stolen from that house. Any previously obtained valuables, however, are not taken away. Note that dropping the valuables just before you are caught will allow you to recollect them from the ground even if the homeowner has thrown out the player, effectively avoiding the penalty if you know you cannot get to the window in time.

Hopping worlds used to result in the message You feel tired and can't quite grab as many valuables as you'd like., which reduced the success rate of thieving. Pickpocketing another house key from wealthy citizens resolved the issue. When a player logs out or hops worlds now, they are placed outside of the home in which they logged out. There is no penalty for changing worlds or logging out anymore.

Players have a 1/206,777 chance to receive Rocky, the thieving pet, whilst thieving from the houses of wealthy citizens.

Rewards

Any valuables obtained may be sold to Oriana (Dodgy Character the first time you meet), standing just outside the Fortis west bank, for 55 coins each; this is increased to 65 for players who have earned the Gladiator rank at the Fortis Colosseum, requiring 8,000 glory to attain. Additionally, whilst stealing valuables, there is an uncommon chance to obtain jewellery up to diamond (excluding semi-precious gems such as red topaz), as well as a rare chance to obtain a blessed bone statuette, which can be broken down into blessed bone shards that are used in Prayer training.

Players can expect to obtain about 1,600–2,300 valuables from 18–19 houses per hour. Excluding jewellery found during the activity, players can expect to gain about 90,000–125,000 coins per hour, or 105,000–150,000 with the Fortis Colosseum Gladiator rank. It is possible to bank the stolen valuables, and players that wish to maximize their resale value might want to hold on to them until they become Gladiator.

Experience

Roughly 70,000–105,000 Thieving experience can be gained per hour exclusively from the burgling portion of this activity, as long as very few to no flashing arrows are missed. The rogue's outfit will double the keys obtained during pickpocketing, resulting in increased house time. However, with a sufficiently high Thieving level (around 80 or higher), sticking to pickpocketing wealthy citizens can actually give more experience due to the lower failure rate.

The following chart represents the overall experience per hour for burgling houses:

Level	Estimated XP/hr
50	72,000
60	80,000
70	93,000
80	95,000
90	100,000
99	105,000

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:16 October 2024| |0}} {{#explode:16 October 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 October 2024| |2}}]] (update)	A pop-up chatbox message when stealing valuables has been replaced with a less intrusive game message that can be spam-filtered.

Trivia

• Training from level 50 to 99 Thieving exclusively through stealing valuables would net a player 287,403 valuables, worth 15,807,165 coins (or 18,681,195 coins with the Fortis Colosseum Gladiator rank).
  • Whilst this does not account for Thieving experience gained from pickpocketing wealthy citizens for house keys (which would reduce the amount valuables obtainable before reaching level 99), it is technically possible to accomplish this by fishing for the keys in the park.
• There is a small timeframe in which the homeowner will spot you and call out, but you are still able to leave through the window without getting caught.
• There are two houses which have a second floor. However, it is blocked from access during this activity.
• Players who are inside the house whilst the owner decides to leave will be automatically teleported outside.