The OSRS Trouver system has been completely revamped for the better

Old School RuneScape has made some pretty major changes to the Trouver Parchment system, and if you’re someone who likes taking incredible risks by traveling with your untradeables in the Wilderness, this is one update you’ll be keen to hear about.

To make things as simple as possible for you, the key fact in the June 17th changelog is that Jagex has reworked how untradeable items behave on death, with the goal of reducing the chances of players losing crucial gear after being PKed.

Previously, Trouver Parchments could be used to lock certain untradeables via Perdu, protecting them from being lost in PvP deaths. The catch was that once you died, the Trouver protection disappeared, meaning you had to remember to reapply another parchment before heading back out.

Naturally, forgetting to do this could be absolutely devastating, especially if you were charging straight back into the Wilderness.

How the new OSRS Trouver system works

The new setup, as you might have expected, is much more forgiving. Jagex has now split untradeables into three rough categories.

Untradeables with no combat benefits should no longer be lost on death at all. This includes items like Graceful, which previously could be lost above Level 20 Wilderness, despite not exactly turning you into a PvP monster.

Items with some combat bonuses will now break instead of being lost, regardless of whether you die below or above Level 20 Wilderness. You’ll receive the broken version and can repair it at Perdu for a fee, without needing a Trouver Parchment.

The biggest change, though, applies to higher-tier untradeables. These still require a Trouver Parchment, but only once. Once an item has been Trouvered, that protection remains permanently and the parchment will no longer vanish when you die.

If you die below Level 20 Wilderness, these items will simply break and can be repaired as normal. If you die above Level 20 Wilderness, they become mangled and cost 500k GP to fix.

While all of the above is great and all, it’s not a completely free pass. If you don’t use a Trouver Parchment on a higher-tier item, it can still be lost above Level 20 Wilderness. Ornament kits will also behave as expected, meaning a tradeable kit can still go to the PKer.

Jagex is also working on a future warning for players entering the Wilderness with risky untradeables, which should save at least a few painful mistake trips.