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OSRS Pyramid Plunder Guide: XP Rates, Strategy & Gear Setup

OSRS Pyramid Plunder Guide: XP Rates, Strategy & Gear Setup

Pyramid Plunder is a thieving minigame located in Jalsavrah Pyramid in the city of Sophanem, which is located south of the Kharidian Desert. This minigame is quite simple, but it can be dangerous, so Hardcore Ironman are advised to take caution, The Player is given 5 minutes to plunder the Jalsavrah Pyramid which consists of eight rooms, each one requiring increasing thieving levels.


Requirements of the Pyramid Plunder

  • 21 thieving: this thieving level only grants access into the first room, every 10 levels after this will grant the player access to a more valuable room, up until level 91 when the final room is unlocked. Boosted thieving levels can not be used to access more valuable rooms.
  • 66b9c009a3f508.16087935.webpStarted the Icthlarin’s Little Helper.


Required items include: 

  • lockpick Lockpick
  • Prayer potion Prayer potions
  • superantipoison Superantipoisons or antidotes++


Gear Setup for the Pyramid Plunder

  • Pharoah’s sceptrePharoah’s Sceptre: this can be used to teleport the player directly to the minigame lobby.


  • 66b9bcb69a5247.38918646.webpArdougne Cloak 1: Prayer-boosting equipment such as the Ardougne Cloak 1 will help the player maintain their prayer and therefore protection.


  • 66b9bcc0b0b247.76262748.webpWeight-reducing gear: A lot of running is required in the Pyramid Plunder, this outfit and stamina potions will help to improve the player’s efficiency. If you don’t have prayer, you should wear defensive armour to provide protection.


  • 66b9bd60e51348.34772591.webpCharged Serpentine helm,66b9bd7bab00e7.42628082.webp Prayer Book, 66b9bd85964642.74835011.webpHoly symbol: any of these items should be brought to help the player heal from poison.



Recommendations of the Pyramid Plunder

  • 66b9bd9bb2f510.98209732.webpCompletion of Contact! Quest: this gives access to the bank in the nearby Sophanem Dungeon
  • 66b9bda597f2e0.32378298.webp43 Prayer for Protect from Melee: this protects against the damage from mummies and scarab swarms. Good melee gear should be used if prayer is not an option for the player.


Official World for the Pyramid Plunder

W493, location = United States (east)


How to get to the Pyramid Plunder

Location of the pyramid plunder

The fastest methods to get to the Jalsavrah Pyramind are shown below:

  • Through Shantay pass, the carpet to Pollnivneach and then ride the magic carpet from Pollnivneach to Sophanem for 400 coins.
  • Fairy ring code AKP and enter the city’s eastern gate. This requires unlocking the Necropolis during Beneath Cursed Sands and 62 agility.
  • Pharoah’s Sceptre: this can take the player directly to the minigame lobby of Jalsavrah.


How to Play the Pyramid Plunder

Finding the Correct Entrance

Players can enter the Jalsavrah Pyramid through one of its four doors, they are supposed to try out all four of the doors to find the one that leads to the Guardian mummy, three of those four doors will lead to an empty room—the correct door changes randomly every 25 minutes. After finding the right door, the player's odds of successfully entering depends on their thieving level. Failing to open the correct door will stun the player and they will take 1-4 damage. Players who have the Pharaoh’s Sceptre can use it on Jalsavrah, and it will place them directly next to the mummy.

guardian mummy

When the player enters through the correct entrance, they have to speak to the Guardian mummy to start the game, at the start of the game, the player will be teleported to the first room and a five-minute timer will begin, at the end of this time, the player will be teleported back outside. Getting the Pharaoh’s Sceptre can also cause your trip to end instantly and teleport you outside.


The rooms

At the start of each room, the player must disarm spear traps to get to the center area. There is a chance the player will fail when attempting to do this, leading to a 1-4 damage however, they will get 10 thieving experience if successful. In the center area, the player will find several containers which can be opened to get artefact and experience. Here is a list of the containers:


urnsUrns: 13 lootable urns are found in every room, Players should be cautious when searching these as it can trigger a snake inside the urn to bite and damage the player for 1-4 damage while also poisoning them. The safe way to search these urns is to first check the urn for snakes and then use the snake charm on them before searching the urns, this significantly increases the chances of success when searching the urns.


Grand Gold Chest

grand gold chest 

These chests can be found in the center of each room. Players have a chance of receiving the Pharoah’s Sceptre inside these chests however, depending on your thieving level, there is a chance that the player will set off a trap and take 1-4 damage or cause a level 98 scarab swarm to appear, these monsters are dangerous as they can deal one damage every 0.6 seconds and also poison the player.’


SarcophagusSarcophagus: A Sarcophagus can be found in each room, there is also a chance any of these will contain the Pharoah’s Sceptre, Strength is needed to open these, and they generally take longer to open. A level 84 mummy might also begin to attack the player after they open this Sarcophagus, this happens more frequently in higher levels.


Tomb doors

Tomb doors

Each room has four locked tomb doors, three of which are fake and one of which will lead to the next room. Players have to search all doors starting with the one closest to them to find the right door as soon as possible, picking the wrong door has no consequence and will not cause the player to take damage. Since the door is the same for all players, players should look out for other players who might have left the room recently to find the correct exit door. The door leading to a new room will change when a new player starts a round by entering room 1. Players can fail to open the right doors sometimes and they will have to try again without any consequence. Having a lockpick in your inventory increases the player’s chance of opening the door, however, it will halve the experience the player will gain from doing so.



Experience rates in the Pyramid Plunder

The Pyramid Plunder is a good method of training thieving, it provides a less click-intensive alternative method while offering high experience rates as shown below.


Players can expect the following experience rates per hour

  • At 50 thieving, they can get up to 50,000 thieving experience per hour
  • At 61 thieving, they can get up to 90,000 thieving experience per hour
  • At 71 thieving, they can get up to 120,000 thieving experience per hour
  • At 81 thieving, they can get up to 180,000 thieving experience per hour
  • At 91 thieving, players can get up to 270,000 experience per hour.


The experience rates can go higher than this, but when you factor in the failed searches, the experience rates drop significantly. For the player to get the highest experience rates. They should only loot;

  • The golden chests in room 4 and above.
  • All urns are in the player’s second to last and last room.


If the players want to get the Pharaoh's Sceptre, they should search the sarcophagi from room 4 onwards, since they have a higher chance of getting the Pharaoh’s Sceptre from these than in the previous rooms.


Rewards from the Pyramid Plunder

Players can find several artefacts by searching the urns, chests, and sarcophagi. Pharoah’s Sceptre can be charged with these, or they can be sold to Simon Templeton or Grand Exchange for a decent price. Players should sell at the grand exchange since it is significantly faster and players can get a better price.


An ivory combAn ivory comb can be found in rooms 1-2 and can be sold in the GE for 881 coins.

Pottery scarab<Pottery scarab can be found in all rooms and can be sold in the GE for 91 coins.

Pottery statuettePottery statuette can be found in all rooms and can be sold in the GE for 97 coins.

Stone sealStone seal can be found in all rooms and can be sold in the GE for 150 coins.

Stone scarabStone scarab can be found in all rooms and can be sold in the GE for 182 coins.

stone statuetteThe stone statuette can be found in all rooms and can be sold in the GE for 199 coins.

66b8ec02ed2f21.72248268.webpGold seal can be found in rooms 3-8 and can be sold in the GE for 749 coins.

Golden scarabGolden scarab can be found in rooms 4-8 and can be sold in the GE for 999 coins.

Golden statuetteGolden statuette can be found in rooms 7-8 and can be sold in the GE for 1,251 coins.


Pharoah’s SceptrePharoah’s Sceptre: this is a rare drop that can be inside a golden chest or Sarcophagus, when the player finds it, they will be immediately teleported outside as the Guardain mummy will be angry that they found the master’s scepter. The chances of finding the Pharoah sceptre are the same when searching the Sarcophagus and chests in the same room. Here are the drop rates of the Pharoah’s Sceptre depending on the room.


  • In room 1, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/4,200 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 2, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/2,800 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 3, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/1,600 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 4, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/950 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 5, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/800 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 6, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/750 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 7, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/650 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.
  • In room 8, the Pharoah’s sceptre can be obtained at a rate of 1/650 when searching the Sarcophagus and the Chest.




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