| Uncharged trident | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 30 January 2014 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest item | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wield, Check, Drop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Worn options | Check | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | It needs to be charged with death runes, chaos runes, fire runes and coins. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Values | |||||||||||||||||||
| Value | 68,000 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| High alch | 40,800 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Low alch | 27,200 coins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 1.814 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exchange | 40,034 coins (info) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Buy limit | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daily volume | 184 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID | 11908 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||



The trident of the seas is a one-handed powered staff requiring 75 Magic to wield. Once charged with runes and coins, it can be used to attack with a built-in magic spell regardless of the player’s current spellbook.
It is available as a task-only drop from cave krakens (or the kraken boss) with level 87 Slayer; normal cave krakens can drop an uncharged trident, whereas the kraken boss can drop a fully charged one. Similar to Barrows equipment, the trident is only tradeable when either uncharged or fully charged.
The trident of the seas has the same effect in drift net fishing as the merfolk trident,[1] though it does not have the ability to hold pufferfish charges (convenient for breathing underwater).
The staff's charge cannot be used against another player in dangerous PvP, only safe minigames.

Combat stats
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| +0 | +0 | +0 | +15 | +0 | ||
| +2 | +3 | +1 | +15 | +0 | ||
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| +0 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
| Combat style | Attack type | Weapon style | Attack speed | Range | Experience | Level boost | |
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| Accurate | Magic | Accurate | 4 ticks (2.4s) | 7 tiles | +3 Magic | ||
| Accurate | Magic | Accurate | 7 tiles | +3 Magic | |||
| Longrange | Magic | Longrange | 9 tiles | +1 Magic, +3 Defence | |||
Charging

To use the trident's magic spell, it must be charged with various runes, holding up to 2,500 charges when fully charged. One charge is consumed each time you cast the built-in spell. Charging the trident requires level 75 Magic, and the following items are required for a single charge:
| Resource | Cost per charge |
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| 1 x |
188 |
| 1 x |
105 |
| 5 x |
25 |
| 10 x |
10 |
| Total cost per charge | 328 |
To charge the trident, use the runes or coins on the trident. Assuming non-stop use (one cast every 2.4 seconds, 1,500 casts per hour), the trident costs 492,000 coins per hour to use.
Fully charging an uncharged staff costs 820,000 coins total: 2,500 death runes, 2,500 chaos runes, 12,500 fire runes, and 25,000 coins. Players can configure the charges while the weapon is in their bank by right-clicking on Configure-Charges, as long as players have the required materials.
Any remaining charges within the trident can be removed at any time using the 'uncharge' option. This will recover only the runes; any coins used to charge it will be permanently lost when the trident is uncharged.
If lost on death, only the uncharged trident will appear on the floor.
Rune substitutes, such as elemental staves or the Fountain of Rune cannot be used to charge the trident. Combination runes. such as lava runes, as well as runes stored in a rune pouch can be used. However, a trident charged with combination runes will always return fire runes when uncharged. This may lead to a potential loss of up to −470 per charge, when using steam runes.
| Members | Ticks | ? (edit) |
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| Item | Quantity | Cost | |
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| Death rune | 2,500 | 470,000 | |
| Chaos rune | 2,500 | 262,500 | |
| Fire rune | 12,500 | 62,500 | |
| Coins | 25,000 | 25,000 | |
| Uncharged trident | 1 | 40,034 | |
| Total cost | 860,034 | ||
| Trident of the Seas (full) | 1 | 855,176 | |
| Profit | −4,858 | ||
| Profit after GE Tax | −21,961 | ||
Upgrading
Players with level 59 Crafting can attach a magic fang to the trident using a chisel, creating a trident of the swamp. In addition to a +10 magic attack bonus and a +3 bonus to the max hit, it also gains the ability to inflict venom on a target. However, the trident of the swamp requires using 1 Zulrah's scale (with a cost of 158 coins) instead of just 10 coins for each charge.
| Item | Attack Bonuses | Defence Bonuses | Other | ||||||||||||||
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| Trident of the Seas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1.814 | ||
| Trident of the Swamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1.814 | ||
Players can also give an uncharged trident of the seas and 10 kraken tentacles to Lieve McCracken to create an enhanced trident of the seas, which holds 20,000 charges instead of 2,500. The same can be done with an uncharged trident of the swamp, which turns it into an enhanced trident of the swamp.
Maximum hit
Max Hit=⌊MagicLevel3⌋−5
The base maximum hit dealt by the trident is dependent on the player's current Magic level, starting at 20 with level 75 Magic and increasing by one every three Magic levels, up to a maximum of 36 at level 123+ (obtainable only through smelling salts in Tombs of Amascut). Both magic damage bonuses and visible stat boosts will modify the max hit of the spell; likewise, stat-reductions will lower the damage. Invisible boosts, such as from the trident's attack styles, do not affect the max hit. The trident always has a max hit of at least 1, even when reduced to 0 magic. Compared to the other two powered staves, the trident of the swamp increases the base maximum hit by 3 (max of 23 at level 75), and the Sanguinesti staff increases the base maximum hit by 4 (max of 24 at level 75).
Calculator
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| 75-77 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 78-80 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 81-83 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 84-86 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 87-89 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| 90-92 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| 93-95 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 |
| 96-98 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 28 |
| 99-101 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
| 102-104 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
| 105-107 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| 108-110 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 |
| 111-113 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 |
| 114-116 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| 117-119 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| 120-122 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 | 36 |
| 123-125 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 37 | 37 |
Products
| Item | Members | Skills | XP | Materials | |
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| Trident of the Seas (full) |
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| Trident of the Seas (o) |
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| Uncharged toxic trident |
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| Uncharged trident (e) |
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Item sources
Uncharged trident
Trident of the Seas (full)
Used in recommended equipment
| Rank | Method |
|---|---|
| 2 | Pay-to-play Prayer training (High Magic defence) |
| 4 | Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Tribrid (All Kings)) |
| 2 | Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Magic (Rex only)) |
| 5 | Mithril dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | Zulrah/Strategies (Magic (Diary kill)) |
| 4 | Scorpia/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Crazy archaeologist/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Kraken/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Callisto/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 1 Magic) |
| 5 | Green dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Lava dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Chambers of Xeric/Strategies (Great Olm Right Claw (Magic)) |
| 2 | Krystilia/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | One-defence pure (Magic) |
| 2 | Revenants/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Rune dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | Deranged archaeologist/Strategies (Magic) |
| 3 | Ultimate Ironman Guide/Equipment |
| 5 | The Nightmare/Strategies (Mage) |
| 5 | The Mimic/Strategies (Magic) |
| 4 | Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Magic) |
| 3 | Adamant dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Slayer task/Waterfiends (Magic) |
| 4 | Tombs of Amascut/Strategies (Magic switch) |
| 4 | Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Magic) |
| 5 | Artio/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (mid level)) |
| 5 | Scurrius/Strategies (Magic (high level)) |
| 4 | Frost dragon/Strategies (Magic) |
| 2 | Chaos Temple (church)/Strategies (High Magic defence) |
Comparison between other magic weapons
| Name | Level(s) required | Magic attack | Magic damage | Price | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumeken's shadow | +35 | N/A | 789,606,420 |
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| Eye of Ayak | +30 | N/A | 39,848,949 |
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| Harmonised Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 542,177,636 |
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| Volatile Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 60,440,670 |
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| Eldritch Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 135,332,923 |
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| Sanguinesti staff | +25 | N/A | 17,101,663 |
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| Holy Sanguinesti staff | ||||||
| Kodai wand | +28 | +15% | 55,851,116 |
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| Trident of the Swamp | +25 | N/A | 3,113,831 |
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| Trident of the Swamp (e) | 5,389,295 | |||||
| Purging staff | +37 | +10% | 39,382,649[n 1] |
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| Toxic Staff of the Dead | +25 | +15% | 7,798,449 |
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| Staff of Light | +17 | +15% | 4,833,084 |
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| Staff of Balance | +17 | +15% | 24,236,215 |
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| Staff of the Dead | +17 | +15% | 4,729,311 |
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| Trident of the Seas | +15 | N/A | 40,034 |
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| Trident of the Seas (e) | 2,614,071 | |||||
| Slayer's staff (e) | +12 | N/A | 24,989[n 2] |
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| Blue Moon spear | +30 | +5% | 336,745 |
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| Nightmare staff | +16 | +15% | 29,843,093 |
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| Ahrim's staff | +15 | +5% | 132,862 |
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| Ancient sceptre | +20 | +10% | 60,993 |
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| Accursed sceptre | +22 | N/A | 2,781,383 |
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| Accursed sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Dragon hunter wand | +16 | +10% | 10,289,010 |
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| Warped sceptre | +12 | N/A | 89,322 |
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| Master wand | +20 | +10% | 5,664,485 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre | +15 | N/A | 2,682,586 |
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| Thammaron's sceptre (a) | ||||||
| Twinflame staff | +12 | +10%[n 3] | 9,486,730 |
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| God staves | +6 | N/A | 80,000 |
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| Iban's staff | +10 | N/A | 200,000[n 4] |
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| Iban's staff (u) | 400,000[n 5] | |||||
| Ancient staff | +15 | N/A | 60,993 |
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| Slayer's staff | +12 | N/A | 23,874 |
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| Void knight mace | +8 | N/A | Untradeable[n 6] |
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| Mystic smoke staff | +14 | +10%[n 3] | 1,962,993 |
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| Smoke battlestaff | +12 | 1,905,086 | ||||
| Salamanders | (Green) |
N/A | N/A | 102 |
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(Orange) |
156 | |||||
(Red) |
40 | |||||
(Black) |
330 | |||||
(Tecu) |
393,893 | |||||
| Croziers | +10 | N/A | 3,598 |
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| Skull sceptre | +10 | N/A | Untradeable |
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| Skull sceptre (i) | ||||||
| Elemental staves | (Basic) |
+10 | N/A | 912 |
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(Battlestaff) |
+12 | 8,857 | ||||
(Mystic staff) |
+14 | 24,890 | ||||
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Transcript
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Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 19 August 2026 (Update) |
The item was renamed from "Trident of the seas" to "Trident of the Seas". |
| 29 May 2025 (Update) |
The trident of the seas (full) has been removed from the Grand Exchange's item sink list. |
| 14 May 2025 (Update) |
The trident of the seas can now be charged with combination runes. |
| 5 March 2025 (Update) |
The Trident of the seas support a bank item option for changing charges. |
| 15 November 2018 (Update) |
The item's inventory sprite was adjusted slightly. |
| 11 October 2018 (Update) |
The item's inventory sprite was rotated. |
| 9 March 2017 (Update) |
The Trident of the Seas now respects stat boosts up to 120. |
| 6 October 2016 (Update) |
The damage cap of the Tridents has been increased by 1 so it can respect the maximum possible Magic stat-boost from the Imbued Heart. |
| 29 January 2016 (Update) |
The trident's model was retopologised to fix a bug that caused the player to turn invisible when equipped alongside Ahrim's robeskirt.[2] |
| 24 September 2015 (Update | poll) |
An additional attack style has been added to the trident to prevent it switching your selected attack style for other weapons. This new attack style has no impact on combat stats. |
| 8 January 2015 (Update) |
The trident of seas can now be upgraded to a trident of the swamp by attaching a magic fang. |
| 14 August 2014 (Update) |
The trident of the seas no longer damages Salarin the Twisted. |
| 27 February 2014 (Update | poll) |
The trident of the seas can now cast its spell on players in Castle Wars and the TzHaar Fight Pit. |
| 6 February 2014 (Update) |
The trident of the seas has had its model adjusted slightly to prevent it sticking to Verac's skirt or the pantaloons. |
Gallery (historical)
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| 30 January 2014 – 11 October 2018 |
11 October 2018 – 15 November 2018 |
15 November 2018 – present |
Trivia
- The trident is a reference to the trident of the Greek god of seas, Poseidon.
- The trident of the seas is the Old School RuneScape equivalent to the polypore staff from RuneScape.
References
- ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 July 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Mod Ash: "[Does the trident of the seas have the same effect in driftnet fishing as the merfolk trident?] Yes."
- ^ Old School RuneScape. "Quality of Life Special - Old School RuneScape Q&A" (in 0:20). YouTube video. 28 January 2016.




















