Ring of Skullduggery
| Ring of Skullduggery | |
|---|---|
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| Effect | Increases damage dealt when attacking foes from behind. |
| Weight | 0.01 |
| Buy Price | 10000 |
| Sell Price | 2500 |
| Type | Ring |
| Vocation | All Vocations |
Ring of Skullduggery is a ring that every vocation can wear. It is one of the best rings for the Thief and Archer vocations, because it raises the damage dealt when attacking foes from behind.
Everard gives it in Checkpoint Rest Town for the Jadeite Orb in Hunt for the Jadeite Orb.
A ring imbued with power. Increases damage dealt when attacking foes from behind.
Ring of Skullduggery Gameplay Effect
Damage Effects:
- Increases damage by 20% when attacking enemies from behind.
- Two rings of Skullduggery can be worn to increase the damage boost to 40%
Determining Back Attacks: In the game, whether you're behind an enemy is determined by an invisible plane (like a sheet of glass) that goes through their centre of mass. If you're behind this plane and hit the enemy, you get the damage bonus. However, some enemies have body parts that stick out in front of this plane, making it tricky to perform back attacks in certain situations. For example, with the Cyclops, if you try to attack its head from behind, you won't get the back attack bonus because the game forces you towards the front of the plane. But ranged attacks from behind the Cyclops can still count as back attacks.
Specific Cases: Four-legged Enemies (like Gryffins and Drakes): The axis is still centered on their midsection and vertically aligned. When standing on their back, melee back attacks are only possible from the tail to the lower back. Ranged attackers standing on the lower back can still perform back attacks on the rest of the monster.
Knocked Down Monsters: Even when a monster is knocked down, the plane remains in the same position and orientation. Standing on the shoulders of a knocked-down Cyclops won't allow for back attacks. The positioning follows the same rules as for four-legged monsters.
How to Get Ring of Skullduggery
- Speak to Everard and Offulve in Checkpoint Rest Town to start Hunt for the Jadeite Orb.
- Buy the Jadeite Orb at Ibrahim's Scrap Store.
- Give the orb to Everard to receive the ring.
- Can be purchased from the wandering merchant Folkes in the Ancient Battleground, north east from the Checkpoint Rest Town.
- Towards the end of the game the ring can be looted from a chest hidden in tall grass on the Volcanic Island. The chest is located south west from the Volcanic Island Camp
- Has a 2% chance to drop from the Dullahan.
Ring of Skullduggery Map Location and Quest Guide
Hunt for the Jadeite Orb is a side quest given by Everard or Offulve in Checkpoint Rest Town. Both men want the same treasure, and the quest starts on speaking to either of them. Everard pays with the Ring of Skullduggery for the genuine orb.
- Speak to Offulve, who approaches soon after arrival in town, and to Everard outside Celeste's Smithy.
- Find Ibrahim's Scrap Store, tucked behind a thick bush behind Everard's spot. Buy the Jadeite Orb from Ibrahim.
- Get a second orb for Offulve. Ask Ibrahim to forge one and pass time until it is ready, or let the Sphinx copy the genuine orb in the Riddle of Conviction during A Game of Wits.
- Hand the genuine orb to Everard. He takes it to Ibrahim to check, so wait for him to come back, then collect the gold and the Ring of Skullduggery.
- Give the second orb to Offulve by the oxcart station outside the inn. He hands over gold and an Elite Camping Kit, and the quest completes.
Rewards: 2,000 XP, 15,000 G, Ring of Skullduggery and Elite Camping Kit.
Outcomes:
- Give Everard a forgery: he has Ibrahim check it. Bribing Ibrahim to vouch for it still earns the Ring of Skullduggery, and failing lets Everard learn of the deceit.
- Give the only orb to Offulve: the reward is his gold and the Elite Camping Kit.
- Tell Offulve the orb was nowhere to be found: he leaves town and the quest ends with Everard's reward alone.
Ring of Skullduggery map location:
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