Old School RuneScape: Complete Pyramid Plunder Training Guide

Pyramid Plunder is one of the fastest ways to train Thieving in Old School RuneScape, offering excellent experience rates and the rare chance to obtain the Pharaoh’s Sceptre. This sceptre is especially valuable for Ironmen, as it allows construction of the Ancient spellbook altar in the Player-Owned House. While some players choose to buy OSRS gold to speed up other progression paths, this minigame shines as an authentic and rewarding in-game method to progress your account. The activity takes place inside the pyramid in Sophanem, and requires partial completion of Icthlarin’s Little Helper to access the city.

Requirements & Recommendations

To begin Pyramid Plunder, you need at least 21 Thieving to loot the first room. However, higher levels unlock deeper rooms, which offer better XP. Eight rooms total exist, with each requiring an additional 10 Thieving levels - up to room eight at 91 Thieving.

Recommended Levels & Gear

· 43 Prayer: Use Protect from Melee to minimize damage from enemies that spawn.

· 62 Agility + Beneath Cursed Sands completion (optional): Allows teleport via fairy ring AKP, then run north.

· Anti-poison or Serpentine Helm: Snakes in urns can poison you.

· Food: Small food stack recommended.

· Lockpick (optional): Speeds door opening but halves XP for doors.

· Monk robes: Boost Prayer for overheads.

· Graceful pieces: Reduce weight for faster energy recovery.

Ironmen may bring a Holy Symbol and Prayer Book from The Great Brain Robbery - left-clicking the book cures poison, saving potion supplies.

Getting There

If you don’t have the fairy ring route unlocked, travel by Magic Carpet:

1. Take the carpet from Shantay Pass to Pollnivneach.

2. Run south to the second carpet.

3. Ride to Sophanem (costs 400 coins total).

Inside Sophanem, restore Prayer in the northeastern building, and if you’ve completed Contact!, you can access a bank in the basement for quick resupplies.

Starting the Minigame

The pyramid has four possible entrances, but only one leads to the starting mummy. The correct entrance rotates every 25 minutes and is shared across the game world. On the official Pyramid Plunder world, simply follow other players to find the right door. Right-click the mummy to begin - a five-minute timer will start.

Room Layout & Objectives

Each room contains:

· Entrance trap

· 13 urns

· 1 golden chest 

· 1 sarcophagus

· 4 exits (only one works)

Always disable the trap at the entrance before looting. The urns provide the most Thieving XP, but occasionally release snakes that deal damage and poison. Urns primarily drop artifacts, which can be sold or exchanged later.

The golden chest and sarcophagus can both drop the Pharaoh’s Sceptre, but they also carry a chance to spawn mummies and scarab swarms. Since the sarcophagus has a long animation and awards Strength XP instead of Thieving, players going for maximum XP typically skip it until the final room.

Enable the Pyramid Plunder plugin to highlight interactable objects and traps - this saves time and prevents mistakes.

Efficient Strategy

Your goal each run is to reach your second-highest unlocked room quickly, then fully loot the top two rooms.

Example progression for 91 Thieving:

· Rush to Room 7

· Loot Room 7 fully

· Move to Room 8

· Loot everything, including chest and sarcophagus near the end

Key time rules

· Lower rooms: Only check the golden chest and rush to the exit.

· Ignore urns and sarcophagus until your top rooms - animations waste time.

· With ~2 minutes left, begin searching for the last room’s exit.

· In your final room, loot every urn first for optimal XP, then chest and sarcophagus last for scepter chances.

If struggling to locate the correct door, note that the fourth door will always succeed, guaranteeing progress.

Pharaoh’s Sceptre & Rewards

The Pharaoh’s Sceptre is the most valuable reward and can be:

· Sold for profit on the Grand Exchange

· Used by Ironmen to unlock the Ancient altar in their POH

· Used to teleport directly back to the pyramid after speaking to the Guardian Mummy

To charge the sceptre, bring 6 gold, 12 stone, or 24 pottery artifacts to the Guardian Mummy. The number of charges scales with your Desert Diary tier.

Artifacts can be sold on the GE or to Simon Templeton near the Agility Pyramid for quick cash.

Conclusion

Pyramid Plunder may not rival top money-making methods, and many players looking for fast wealth instead turn to trading or buying cheap RS gold, but this activity shines as one of the fastest Thieving training methods - especially at level 91+. With proper routing, prayer management, and poison protection, you’ll earn incredible XP while chasing the coveted Pharaoh’s Sceptre. Happy plundering, and may the undead be merciful!