
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:
Ava's attractor, requiring level 30 Ranged
Ava's accumulator, requiring level 50 Ranged
Ava's assembler, requiring level 70 Ranged and a Vorkath's head (obtainable after the quest Dragon Slayer II)
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
| 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 | |
- ^ The percentage of fired ammunition that is retrieved automatically.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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:
| 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.
Gallery
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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
- ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 January 2023. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023.
- ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022.