| Ring of suffering (i) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 30 June 2016 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wear, Uncharge, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worn options | None (?) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | An extremely deep sense of suffering burns within this powerful ring. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 201,100 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 120,660 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 80,440 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.006 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 19710 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ring of suffering (i) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 6 January 2021 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wear, Uncharge, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worn options | None (?) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | An extremely deep sense of suffering burns within this powerful ring. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 201,100 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 120,660 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 80,440 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.006 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 25246 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ring of suffering (i) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 6 July 2022 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wear, Uncharge, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worn options | None (?) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | An extremely deep sense of suffering burns within this powerful ring. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 201,100 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 120,660 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 80,440 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.006 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 26761 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||






The ring of suffering (i) is an upgraded version of the regular ring of suffering. It can be imbued as a reward from the Nightmare Zone, costing 725,000 reward points or 362,500 with the hard tier of Combat Achievements, at Soul Wars for 300 Zeal Tokens, or by using a scroll of imbuing purchased from Emir's Arena for 200 points. Its stats are double those of the ring of suffering.
The ring can also be charged with rings of recoil to give it the recoil effect, renaming the item to ring of suffering (ri). Each ring of recoil provides 40 charges, assuming the ring of recoil has not been drained prior. A maximum of 100,000 charges can be stored, equivalent to 2,500 rings, at a cost of 2,140,000 coins. Players can configure the charges while the ring is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials. If a player uncharged the ring, the recoil rings stored will not be refunded. The ring of recoil effect is toggle-able, so players may disable it as to not waste it during training and instead use it in activities such as fighting Zulrah, or in PvP combat, where the effect may prove more useful. Charges are not lost upon death.
If not protected, dying to another player will cause the imbued ring to lose its imbued status, however the player will be reimbursed the Nightmare Zone points, Zeal Tokens or Scroll of imbuing to re-imbue it via the aforementioned methods. Dying to a monster will not remove its imbued effect.
Combat stats
| +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 |
| +20 | +20 | +20 | +20 | +20 |
| Slot | ||||
| +0 | +0 | +0% | +4 | List |
Immune monsters
The following monsters are known to be immune to recoil effects:
- Artio
- Callisto
- Calvar'ion
- Skeletal Hellhound
- Greater Skeletal Hellhound
- Champion of Scabaras
- Fragment of Seren
- Galvek
- Hespori
- Judge of Yama (A Kingdom Divided)
- Lowerniel Drakan
- Menaphite Akh
- Nex
- The Nightmare
- Husks
- Parasite
- Phosani's Nightmare
- Husks
- Parasite
- Ranis Drakan
- Skotizo
- Slug Prince
- Spindel
- Spindel's Spiderling
- Undead tree
- Vanstrom Klause
- Venenatis
- Venenatis' Spiderling
- Vet'ion
- Skeleton Hellhound
- Greater Skeletal Hellhound
- Vorkath
- Wighted Leech
- Xamphur
Creation
| Members | Ticks | 1 (0.6s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tools | None | Facilities | Dom Onion's Reward Shop |
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring of suffering | 1 | 19,655,524 | |
| Nightmare Zone points[r 1] | 725,000[r 2] | 725,000 | |
| Total cost | 20,380,524 | ||
| Ring of suffering (i) | 1 | N/A | |
- ^ Value based on the expected average value of spending Nightmare Zone points on herb boxes.
- ^ The cost is reduced to 362,500 points if the player has completed the hard tier of Combat Achievements.
| Members | Ticks | 1 (0.6s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tools | None | Facilities | Soul Wars Reward Shop |
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring of suffering | 1 | 19,655,524 | |
| Zeal Tokens[r 1] | 300 | 246,000 | |
| Total cost | 19,901,524 | ||
| Ring of suffering (i) | 1 | N/A | |
| Members | Ticks | 1 (0.6s) |
|---|
| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ring of suffering | 1 | 19,655,524 | |
| Scroll of Imbuing[r 1] | 1 | N/A | |
| Total cost | 19,655,524 | ||
| Ring of suffering (i) | 1 | N/A | |
- ^ When uncharged, the scroll of imbuing is returned.
Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 2 | Pay-to-play Prayer training (High Magic defence) |
| 2 | Pay-to-play Prayer training (Dinh's bulwark) |
| 3 | Slayer training (Ranged) |
| 1 | Hunter training (Staff of the Dead) |
| 1 | Hunter training (Dinh's bulwark) |
| 4 | K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Solo Melee) |
| 1 | K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Melee Tank) |
| 2 | K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Commander Zilyana/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Tribrid (All Kings)) |
| 1 | Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Magic (Rex only)) |
| 4 | Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 5 | TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Pure) |
| 3 | Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Melee) |
| 5 | Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 5 | Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Ranged (Void)) |
| 4 | Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee) |
| 4 | Mithril dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee tank) |
| 1 | Kalphite Queen/Strategies (High level melee) |
| 1 | Kalphite Queen/Strategies (High level ranged) |
| 3 | Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Max Mage (0 switches)) |
| 2 | Kree'arra/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Kree'arra/Strategies (Chinchompas) |
| 1 | Kree'arra/Strategies (Ranged Tank) |
| 1 | Kree'arra/Strategies (Tbow / Bowfa) |
| 3 | Kree'arra/Strategies (Melee (soulflame horn)) |
| 2 | General Graardor/Strategies (Melee (Solo)) |
| 3 | General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Solo)) |
| 1 | General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged (Solo)) |
| 1 | General Graardor/Strategies (Advanced Tank) |
| 1 | General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged Tank) |
| 3 | General Graardor/Strategies (Melee Attacker) |
| 5 | General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged Attacker) |
| 3 | General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Group)) |
| 1 | Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Quick pool) |
| 3 | Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Dolo) |
| 1 | Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Fewer stat drains) |
| 3 | Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Melee (Absorption, AFK)) |
| 2 | Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Ranged (Absorption, AFK)) |
| 5 | Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Melee) |
| 2 | Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Zulrah/Strategies (Magic) |
| 1 | Zulrah/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Zulrah/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Zulrah/Strategies (Magic (Diary kill)) |
| 4 | Metal dragons/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Metal dragons/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Barbarian Assault/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 2 | Kraken/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Cerberus/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Cerberus/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Demonic gorilla/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Demonic gorilla/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 5 | Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Other Melee Weapons) |
| 3 | Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Ranged) |
| 2 | Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee) |
| 4 | Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Lizardman shaman/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | Lizardman shaman/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Chaos Elemental/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Chaos Elemental/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Green dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Burst) |
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Barrage) |
| 2 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Melee with Hallowfell) |
| 3 | Volcanic Mine (Group) |
| 3 | Volcanic Mine (Solo) |
| 2 | Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Prayer) |
| 5 | Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | Sulliuscep/Strategies |
| 3 | Sulliuscep/Strategies |
| 4 | Grotesque Guardians/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Revenants/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 5 | Giant Mole/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Vorkath/Strategies (Ranged (crossbow)) |
| 4 | Rune dragon/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Rune dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Rune dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Aviansie/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | Deranged archaeologist/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Skotizo/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 1 | Inferno/Strategies (First cape) |
| 2 | Inferno/Strategies (Mage tank) |
| 3 | Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (High level)) |
| 3 | Sarachnis/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Zalcano/Strategies (Mining) |
| 4 | Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment |
| 4 | Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment |
| 5 | Basilisk Knight/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Dust devils (Ranged) |
| 5 | Slayer task/Drakes (Melee) |
| 5 | Slayer task/Drakes (Ranged) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Drakes (Magic) |
| 4 | The Mimic/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | The Mimic/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 2 | The Mimic/Strategies (Melee) |
| 1 | Gout tuber/Strategies (Tank) |
| 2 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Melee) |
| 1 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Prayer) |
| 5 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Magic) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Ranged) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Magic) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Ranged) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Jellies (Magic) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Skeletons (Ranged) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Skeletons (Magic) |
| 4 | Adamant dragon/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Adamant dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 3 | Adamant dragon/Strategies (Magic - Tumeken's Shadow) |
| 2 | Adamant dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | Galvek Speed-Trialist (Melee and Ranged) |
| 2 | Why Fletch? (Redemption strategy at Wintertodt) |
| 4 | Glough Speed-Trialist (Melee) |
| 2 | The Bane of Demons (Magic) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Waterfiends (Melee) |
| 3 | Chompington (Melee) |
| 3 | Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | The Whisperer/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | The Leviathan/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Duke Sucellus/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Vardorvis/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Moons of Peril/Strategies (Moons of Peril armour) |
| 4 | Brutal black dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Nechryael (Magic) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Nechryael (Melee) |
| 3 | Yama/Strategies (Mage) |
| 3 | Doom of Mokhaiotl/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Ranged) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Magic) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Melee) |
| 2 | Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Ranged (low level)) |
| 3 | Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Ranged (high level)) |
| 3 | Slayer task/Kurasks (Mage) |
| 4 | Frost dragon/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Frost dragon/Strategies (Ranged) |
| 5 | Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee) |
| 3 | Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee (Low level)) |
| 3 | Mad Angel/Strategies (Melee (1 Defence Pure)) |
| 2 | Chaos Temple (church)/Strategies (High Magic defence) |
| 2 | Chaos Temple (church)/Strategies (Dinh's bulwark) |
Changes
| Date | Changes |
|---|---|
| 19 November 2025 (Update) |
The ring of suffering no longer loses charges when the recoil effect is disabled. |
| 5 March 2025 (Update) |
The Ring of suffering supports a bank item option for changing charges. |
| 10 April 2024 (Update | poll) |
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| 16 March 2022 (Update) |
The uncharged versions' inventory sprites were rotated. |
| 25 August 2016 (Update | poll) |
The ring of suffering and ring of suffering (i) can now be charged using rings of recoil to provide a recoil effect. |
| 6 July 2016 (Update) |
The item was recoloured. |
Gallery (historical)
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| 30 June 2016 – 6 July 2016 |
6 July 2016 – 16 March 2022 |
16 March 2022 – present |






