Serpentine helm

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Serpentine helm (uncharged)
Released							8 January 2015 (Update)
Also called							Serp, Serp helm
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Dismantle, Drop
Worn options							None (?)
Destroy							N/A
Examine							Needs to be charged with Zulrah's scales.
Values
Value							110,000 coins
High alch							66,000 coins
Low alch							44,000 coins
Weight							0.9 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							3,181,580 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							750
View real-time prices
Advanced data
Item ID							12929
Link							MOID

The serpentine helm is a degradable helmet made at level 52 Crafting by using a chisel on a serpentine visage, giving the player 120 Crafting experience. The helmet requires 75 Defence to wear. Its defensive bonuses are comparable to those of the Barrows helmets, without the prayer bonus that Verac's helm offers. It has the fifth highest strength bonus of all helmets, although its high cost of use makes other helmets more feasible for general training.

If a player dies with the helmet in PvP and it is not protected, any scales that were used to charge it will appear on the floor along with the uncharged helmet.

The serpentine helm is only tradeable when uncharged. In addition, players can dismantle an uncharged helm to receive 20,000 Zulrah's scales, resulting in a profit of −21,580 coins.

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Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	-5	-5
Defence bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+0	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

The serpentine helm provides two passive effects:

• When charged and equipped, the helmet grants immunity to venom and poison. Equipping it does not cure existing venom or poison effects.
• The opponent has a chance to be inflicted with venom for every successful hit the player does, provided that they are not immune to it. This effect only applies to monsters and does not work on other players.

The chances of inflicting venom when the player lands a successful hit on a monster with the helmet equipped are as follows:

• 1 in 6 chance (16.7%) if using a non-poisoned melee weapon
• 1 in 2 chance (50%) if using poisoned weapons, or the noxious halberd.
• 100% chance if using the toxic blowpipe, trident of the swamp, or toxic staff of the dead.

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Crafting		52 (b)	120
Members		Ticks	1 (0.6s)
Tools		Facilities	None

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Serpentine visage	1	3,111,813
Total cost			3,111,813
	Serpentine helm (uncharged)	1	3,181,580
Profit			69,767
Profit after GE Tax			6,136

The helmet is charged with Zulrah's scales, requiring 11,000 scales to fully charge it at a cost of 1,738,000 coins. Players can configure the charges while the helm is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials.

It cannot be equipped if it is uncharged, except when it's fully degraded while equipped. In its uncharged form it retains the negative bonuses, but loses all positive bonuses and passive effects.

When fully charged, the helmet will last for 16 hours and 30 minutes of combat before returning to its uncharged state. The helmet will immediately use 10 scales (1,580 coins) when the player enters combat and will use another 10 if the player is still in combat after 90 ticks (54 seconds) have passed.^[1] The helmet uses 666.67 scales per hour of continuous combat, making the usage cost 105,333.33 coins per hour or 1,755.56 coins per minute.

In comparison, anti-venom+ costs 957.36 coins per minute to use for venom immunity, while an extended anti-venom+ costs 726.11 coins.

When uncharging, players will retrieve all the unused scales that were stored in the helm back to their inventory.

The player can use mutagens dropped by Zulrah to recolour the serpentine helm into one of its two colour variants: using a magma mutagen creates a magma helm, and using a tanzanite mutagen creates a tanzanite helm. These variants do not apply any stat changes and are purely cosmetic. The only way to obtain the recoloured helmets is by killing Zulrah itself, as the mutagens or recoloured helmets cannot be traded.

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Zulrah's scales × 20,000		None	None	1 × Serpentine helm (uncharged)

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  Early work-in-progress serpentine helm.
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  Updated work-in-progress serpentine helm.
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  A magma helm, recoloured with a magma mutagen.
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  A tanzanite helm, recoloured with a tanzanite mutagen.