Serpentine helm
| Serpentine helm | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Properties | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tradeable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equipable | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stackable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noteable | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Wear, Check, Uncharge | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Value | 5,500 Pk Points | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 0.9 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Item ID | 12931 | ||||||||||||||||||
The Serpentine helm is a helmet that needs level 75 Defence to wear. It gives +52 stab, +55 slash, +58 crush and +50 ranged defence and +5 melee strength, with −5 magic and ranged attack. While it is charged with Zulrah's scales it can venom the players and monsters you hit, and it stops you from being poisoned or venomed.
A few helms, such as the Torva full helm, have more defence or strength in the ::bis list, but the Serpentine helm costs far less, and only it and its magma and tanzanite recolours have these venom effects. The charged helm can not be traded; the uncharged helm can.
Combat stats
 Attack bonuses |  |  | ||||
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| +0 | +0 | +0 | -5 | -5 | ||
 Defence bonuses | ||||||
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| +52 | +55 | +58 | +0 | +50 | ||
 Other bonuses | Slot | |||||
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| +5 | +0 | +0% | +0 | List | ||
Charges and effect
- The helm holds up to 11,000 Zulrah's scales. Use scales on the uncharged helm to charge it, or on the charged helm to add more. Check shows how many scales are left.
- You can only own one charged Serpentine helm at a time.
- Every attack you make uses 2–3 scales against monsters or 2–5 against players. Every hit that damages you uses 1–2 scales from a monster or 1–4 from a player. No scales are used in Tournaments or the Clan Cup.
- When the scales run out, the helm turns into the uncharged helm.
- Each damaging melee or ranged hit you deal has a 1 in 6 chance to venom the target, unless it is immune. Venom starts at 6 damage and rises by 2 each time it hits, up to 20. On a monster, venom stops after it has dealt 200 damage.
- While you wear the charged helm you can not be poisoned or venomed. It does not cure poison or venom you already have.
- Uncharge turns it back into the uncharged helm and gives you all of its scales. You need 3 free inventory slots.
- If you die and lose the helm, your killer gets the uncharged helm and all of the scales that were in it.
How to get it
Get a Serpentine helm (uncharged) and use Zulrah's scales on it.
Uncharged helm drops
| Source | Quantity | Rate |
|---|---|---|
 Gemstone Crab
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1 | 1/16 |
 TzTok-Jad (players other than the top damager)
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2 | 1/10 |
 Zulrah
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1 | 1/256 |
Shops
- Pk point shop: Serpentine helm (uncharged) for 5,000 PKP, and Zulrah's scales for 1 PKP each.
Other sources
- Clue scrolls: master caskets.
- Crates and chests: Silver, Gold and Platinum Crates (from player kills and Crate Frenzy), the Treasure Chest from Treasure Hunt (10, noted) and the Bloodlust Chest from Bloodlust (3, noted).
- Boxes: the PvP Mystery Box, the Stardust Mystery Box from the Shooting Star (2), the Vote Mystery Box (Voting) and the Slayer Crate, which is bought with Slayer points (10, noted).
- Players: the uncharged helm can be bought on the Trading post.
- Zulrah's scales: Zulrah drops 500–1,000 with every kill, and the Silver Crate can contain 5,000.
Variants
| Item | How to get it | Value | |
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Serpentine helm (uncharged) | The helm without scales. It can be traded but not worn. | 5,000 |
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Magma helm | Use a magma mutagen on an uncharged Serpentine helm, then charge it with scales. | 36,000 |
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Tanzanite helm | Use a tanzanite mutagen on an uncharged Serpentine helm, then charge it with scales. | 36,000 |
The magma and tanzanite helms have the same stats, scale use and venom effects as the Serpentine helm, and each one has its own one-per-player limit. Their uncharged versions have a Restore option that gives back the uncharged Serpentine helm and the mutagen; a charged recolour has to be uncharged first. Magma and tanzanite mutagens are 1/768 drops from Zulrah, can come from the Monster Crate, and two of each are given for completing the Zulrah collection log.