Rotten potato

For the 2020 Halloween event item, see rotten potato (2020 Halloween event). For the joke item, see really rotten potato.

The subject of this article can only be used by Jagex Moderators. It cannot be obtained by conventional methods and is not designed for use by players.

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Rotten potato
Release																				11 July 2005 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Stacks in bank																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				Yuk!
Options
Backpack																				Eat, Heal, Jmod-Tools, Commands
Values
Value																				1 coin
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 1 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				1.814 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				5733
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The rotten potato is an item exclusive for Jagex Moderators. It was added as a hidden item next to the release of Farming in 2005, and remained hidden until it was discovered through an exploit in June of 2011.

History

When Farming was being developed in 2005, Jagex Moderators still had to play by the rules of the skill and wait for farming patches to grow during their testing. To speed this process up, an item was developed to grow patches instantly. To hide such a tool from the playerbase, the item was themed to fit alongside the update and other items added through the update.

While the item is intended for Jagex Moderators, there was an incident where it was obtained by a player who had pickpocketed a Jagex Moderator inside of Stealing Creation, who had it in his inventory. Despite a statement claiming that the players were unable to use it, the players who pickpocketed the item appeared to be capable of spawning and wearing a Quest Cape with only 51 quest points. However, in an attempt to transfer the potato to an other account, the player who stole it dropped the item, but on dropping it a message appeared stating 'Too late! It's already gone.' The item then vanished.

Since the incident, Jagex have added safeguards to ensure no ordinary player can use the potato should they ever get one. Jagex have also publicly used the potato on several occasions in public events, livestreams, and videos to showcase its purpose and features.

Known features

• Using the item on a player will print their information to the Developer Console, and print the following message in the chat: Outputting some info about <player> to the console...
• Choosing the "Heal" option will restore the moderator's health.
• Choosing the "JMod-Tools" option allows for the ability to access additional features.
  • It can provide access to information and tools relating to clans and Distractions & Diversions (including Demon Flash Mobs).
  • It can max level the user (setting all of their skills to level 99 or higher).
  • It can allow the user to view debug names, obtain data on penguins, and manipulate/test features of quests (notably The World Wakes) and Fremennik Sagas.
  • Information about non-player characters in the game can be viewed.
  • The user can toggle invisibility for themselves, edit features of their account, equip specific items, and clear their inventory.
• The Star Stuff option is for Shooting Star Distraction & Diversion. The option is used to control when and where a star appears, so the user can check if the star will clip in to any scenery.
• Tools for Farming were added in 2005.
  • Single Cycle progresses the users patches 5 minutes.
  • Catchup is running the login farming code to put in manually minutes passed.
  • Nuke all wipes all patches for the user.
  • Tools gives the usual farming tools to your inventory.
• On occasion, before its removal, it could also give the option to teleport a player to Botany Bay if they are found guilty of macroing in the game. In July 2015, using the option would teleport both the player and the moderator using the default magic teleportation animation. As of October 2015, the option teleported the player only, and the animation was shown to be a claw grabbing them from above. Choosing the "Eat" option of the item would previously allow moderators to teleport players directly to Botany Bay.
  • Using the item on a player that was on the island of Botany Bay would instantly kill them using a unique animation, causing all of their items to be dropped.

Gallery

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  Options rotten potato gives when used.

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  The rotten potato farming options.

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  The rotten potato commands menu.

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  The rotten potato RS HD menu.

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  Balloon animals spawned using a rotten potato.

Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Rotten potato after 11 July 2005

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  Rotten potato after 24 October 2005

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  Rotten potato after Unknown date (edit)

Detailed

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  Rotten potato after 11 July 2005

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  Rotten potato after 24 October 2005

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  Rotten potato after Unknown date (edit)

Update history

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• update 11 July 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• If you choose the "Keep me logged in" option with the rotten potato, a message will appear in your chat-box saying:
  • You not log out LONG time.
  • You not running AME timer either.
• If you use a rotten potato on another item, it will delete the item. Using the rotten potato on another rotten potato will result in the following message:
  • Whee! Rotten potato all gone!