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Ava's device

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Ava's devices are a series of backpacks that attract a percentage of the ammunition fired during Ranged combat. They can be obtained from Ava, requiring the quest Animal Magnetism, as well as a minimum ranged level. There are three devices, each attracting a higher percentage of fired ammunition:

These ammunition recovery benefits can be received in Castle Wars and Soul Wars by using the appropriate Ava's device or Max cape variant on Lanthus and on Nomad, respectively.

All the devices are able to recover arrows, bolts, darts, javelins, throwing knives, thrownaxes, and toktz-xil-ul. However, they cannot recover the following:

  • Ranged ammunition that is always consumed upon use (e.g. chinchompas, holy water)
  • Charges used by Ranged weapons (e.g. Zulrah's scales used by the toxic blowpipe, revenant ether used by the webweaver bow)
  • Cannonballs used in boat combat
    • The ballistic attractor can recover ship cannonballs, but it must be built on the ship instead of being worn by the player

Effectiveness

Comparison of Recovery Rates
Device Recovery Rate[n 1] Fail Rate[n 2] Effectiveness[n 3]
Ava's attractor 60% 20% 2.5
Ava's accumulator 72% 8% 3.57
Ava's assembler 80% 0% 5
  1. ^ The percentage of fired ammunition that is retrieved automatically.
  2. ^ The percentage of ammunition that is dropped to the ground. 20% of ammunition is broken upon impact, so this percentage is 80% minus the Recovery Rate.
  3. ^ The amount of times a given piece of ammunition can be used, on average, before being broken or dropped, when not picking up ammunition.

Metallic interference

Note that the ammunition recovery effect does not work if the player is wearing metallic torso armour (most melee armour, Ahrim's robetop, etc.) due to the metal causing interference with the magnet. Certain body slot items, despite appearing to be made out of metal, do not interfere with Ava's devices. The following table shows which items interfere with Ava's devices, and which items are compatible:

Metallic interference
Armour Interference
3rd Age platebody Compatible
Adamant chainbody Interferes
Adamant platebody Interferes
Adamant platebody (g) Interferes
Adamant platebody (h1) Compatible
Adamant platebody (h2) Compatible
Adamant platebody (h3) Compatible
Adamant platebody (h4) Compatible
Adamant platebody (h5) Compatible
Adamant platebody (t) Interferes
Ahrim's robetop Interferes
Ancient platebody Compatible
Ardougne knight platebody Compatible
Armadyl chestplate Compatible
Armadyl platebody Compatible
Bandos chestplate Compatible
Bandos platebody Compatible
Black chainbody Interferes
Black platebody Interferes
Black platebody (g) Interferes
Black platebody (h1) Compatible
Black platebody (h2) Compatible
Black platebody (h3) Compatible
Black platebody (h4) Compatible
Black platebody (h5) Compatible
Black platebody (t) Interferes
Blood Moon chestplate Compatible
Blue Moon chestplate Compatible
Bronze chainbody Compatible
Bronze platebody Compatible
Bronze platebody (g) Compatible
Bronze platebody (t) Compatible
Carnillean armour Compatible
Corrupted platebody Compatible
Corrupted morrigan's leather body (bh) Compatible
Corrupted statius's platebody (bh) Unknown (edit)
Corrupted vesta's chainbody (bh) Unknown (edit)
Corrupted zuriel's robe top (bh) Unknown (edit)
Deadman's chest Compatible
Deadman's chest Compatible
Decorative platebody (gold) Interferes
Decorative magic top Compatible
Decorative ranged top Compatible
Decorative platebody (red) Interferes
Decorative platebody (white) Interferes
Dharok's platebody Interferes
Dragon chainbody Interferes
Dragon chainbody (g) Compatible
Dragon chainbody (cr) Compatible
Dragon platebody Interferes
Dragon platebody (g) Compatible
Dragonstone platebody Compatible
Eclipse Moon chestplate Compatible
Eggshell platebody Compatible
Elite black platebody Interferes
Elite void top (or) Compatible
Elite void top Compatible
Fighter torso Compatible
Gilded chainbody Compatible
Gilded platebody Interferes
Graahk top Compatible
Granite body Compatible
Group iron platebody (unranked)#II Compatible
Group iron platebody (unranked)#III Compatible
Group iron platebody (unranked)#IV Compatible
Group iron platebody (unranked)#V Compatible
Group iron platebody#II Compatible
Group iron platebody#III Compatible
Group iron platebody#IV Compatible
Group iron platebody#V Compatible
Guthan's platebody Interferes
Guthix platebody Interferes
Hardcore group iron platebody#II Compatible
Hardcore group iron platebody#III Compatible
Hardcore group iron platebody#IV Compatible
Hardcore group iron platebody#V Compatible
Hardcore ironman platebody Compatible
Initiate hauberk Compatible
Inquisitor's hauberk Compatible
Iron chainbody Interferes
Iron platebody Interferes
Iron platebody (g) Compatible
Iron platebody (t) Compatible
Ironman platebody Compatible
Justiciar chestguard Interferes
Karil's leathertop Compatible
Khazard armour Compatible
Lunar torso Compatible
Mithril chainbody Interferes
Mithril platebody Interferes
Mithril platebody (g) Compatible
Mithril platebody (t) Compatible
Moonclan armour Compatible
Morrigan's leather body (bh) Unknown (edit)
Morrigan's leather body (Deadman Mode) Unknown (edit)
Oathplate chest Compatible
Obsidian platebody Compatible
Ornate top Compatible
Proselyte hauberk Compatible
Rock-shell plate Compatible
Rogue top Compatible
Rune chainbody Interferes
Rune platebody Interferes
Rune platebody (g) Interferes
Rune platebody (h1) Compatible
Rune platebody (h2) Compatible
Rune platebody (h3) Compatible
Rune platebody (h4) Compatible
Rune platebody (h5) Compatible
Rune platebody (t) Interferes
Samurai shirt Compatible
Sanguine torva platebody Compatible
Saradomin platebody Interferes
Shayzien body (5) Compatible
Shayzien platebody (1) Compatible
Shayzien platebody (2) Compatible
Shayzien platebody (3) Compatible
Shayzien platebody (4) Compatible
Skeletal top Compatible
Spined body Compatible
Splitbark body Compatible
Statius's platebody (bh) Interferes
Statius's platebody (Deadman Mode) Unknown (edit)
Steel platebody Interferes
Steel platebody (g) Compatible
Steel platebody (t) Compatible
Sunfire fanatic cuirass Compatible
Swampbark body Compatible
Torag's platebody Interferes
Torva platebody Compatible
Ultimate ironman platebody Compatible
Varrock armour 1 Compatible
Varrock armour 2 Compatible
Varrock armour 3 Compatible
Varrock armour 4 Compatible
Verac's brassard Interferes
Vesta's chainbody (bh) Unknown (edit)
Vesta's chainbody (Deadman Mode) Unknown (edit)
Virtus robe top Compatible
Void knight top (or) Compatible
Void knight top Compatible
White chainbody Compatible
White platebody Compatible
Xerician top Compatible
Yak-hide armour (top) Compatible
Zamorak platebody Interferes
Zuriel's robe top (bh) Unknown (edit)
Zuriel's robe top (Deadman Mode) Unknown (edit)

Burping undead fowl

Approximately every 3.5 minutes, an Ava's device can attract a random metallic item, provided that the player has moved at least three tiles since the last pickup.[1] Players may also commune with the device to tell the chicken to stop filling their inventory with metallic junk, by selecting the right-click "Commune" option on the Ava's device.

When left enabled however, this feature can cause a belching reflex to occur inside of the backpack under very specific conditions.[2] If the undead chicken attempts to attract a metallic item while the player's inventory is full; no worn item slots are left open for the item to automatically equip into; and no items may be dropped to the ground in the area the player is currently located; then it will be guzzled up by the undead chicken instead, triggering the following game message to appear in the chatbox:
Ava's contraption makes an odd burping sound.

These conditions can be met in the following locations:

  • In the player-owned house while the building mode is turned on.
  • In the player-owned house while sitting on a chair or bench built in the seating space.
  • Deep underwater off the northern shore of Fossil Island.
  • While swimming amidst the wreck left by a failed Fishing Trawler excursion.
  • The lobby area of the Chambers of Xeric.
  • Concept art of a hypothetical ornament kit for Ava's devices, by Mod Skylark, requested by discord user GrilledCheeseSandwich.
    Concept art of a hypothetical ornament kit for Ava's devices, by Mod Skylark, requested by discord user GrilledCheeseSandwich.

Changes

Date Changes
29 May 2024
(Update)

Javelins are now recoverable by Ava's devices.

Trivia

  • Using items other than a max cape on an Ava's device returns the message That doesn't seem to do what you want it to. as opposed to the usual Nothing interesting happens..

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023.
  2. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022.

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