Duel Arena — Staking

The Duel Arena is where you back yourself with your bank. Challenge another player, both of you

put up a stake — items, coins, whatever you dare — and fight to the death. **The winner takes the

whole pot.** This is the old-school stake, and it doesn't hold back.

It shares the arena with the PK Training Arena: train there until you're

sharp, then stake here.

How a stake works

1. Challenge — right-click another player at the Duel Arena and choose Challenge. When they

challenge you back, you pick the rules.

2. Set the rules — choose how the fight is fought (see below).

3. Put up your stake — add items and coins exactly like a trade. Both sides see each other's

stake and its total value.

4. Confirm — a second screen shows both locked stakes. Accept it and the fight is on.

5. Fight to the death — you're teleported in, a short countdown, then it's live. First to fall

loses.

6. Payout — the winner receives both stakes (banked if their inventory is full).

It can't be scammed

Duel Arena staking in RSPS history is a notorious scam pit. This one is built so it simply can't be:

• The stakes go into escrow the moment you both confirm — not into your opponent's hands. The

classic "remove your item at the last second" trick is impossible; the confirm screen shows both

locked stakes and their value.

• Your worn gear and the rest of your bank are never at risk — only what you explicitly staked.

Dying in the arena drops nothing of your own.

• Crash-safe — if the server ever goes down mid-duel, the duel is voided and **every stake is

returned** to its owner on the next login. Staked wealth cannot vanish.

• Every duel is logged.

The rules

When you close the challenge, you set the rules over two quick menus.

Supplies & movement:

• Anything goes — no supply limits.
• No prayer — prayers are disabled for the fight.
• No food & drinks — no eating, no potions. Pure DPS.
• No prayer, food & drinks — the classic supplies-off brawl.
• No movement — both fighters are rooted in place.

Combat & gear:

• Any gear — bring what you like.
• Melee only — no ranged, no magic.
• Boxing — no weapons or armour; bare fists.
• Whip only — the only weapon allowed is the whip.
• DDS only — dragon dagger only.
• Fun weapons only — joke weapons (rubber chicken and friends) only.

Banned gear is stripped off before the fight and can't be re-equipped during it.

Companions:

• No companions (the default) — a pure 1v1. Your companions stand down for the whole duel;

nobody's bodyguards can interfere.

• Allow companions — both sides' companions fight too, defending their owner and battling

each other. With a full roster that's up to a 4v4 party brawl. A companion that falls is

out for the rest of the duel — no respawning reinforcements. (Companions are never part of

the stake and drop nothing.)

Always in effect:

• Forfeit or log out during a fight and you lose your stake to your opponent. Don't run.
• The duel is sealed — outsiders (players, bots, anyone) can't touch either fighter while it runs.
• You can't stake a training bot — bots are for practice, players are for stakes.
• You can only challenge someone inside the Duel Arena.

Coming soon

The faithful clickable rules screen — with per-slot equipment disables, fun-weapons, obstacles

and the rest of the classic grid — is on the way, to sit in place of the quick rules menus.