### **Occultist's Ring: Summary, Rarity, and Insights** The **Occultist's Ring** in RuneScape 3 is a highly sought-after piece of endgame gear catered to magic users, focusing on enhancing critical strike chance and overall damage output. It was released with the **Sanctum of Rebirth update** on **July 22, 2024**, as a drop from specific high-level content encountered in this dungeon. Its rarity is tied to mid-tier drop rates for players engaging in high-difficulty mechanics, making it both desirable and somewhat scarce without heavy grinding or direct purchase via the Grand Exchange. Notably, its price history reflects a pattern consistent with rare, high-demand PvM items: its value correlates strongly with its effectiveness in a high-end PvM meta. It is particularly impactful in coordinated group encounters, where it synergizes with abilities that benefit from critical hits. --- ### **Price Analysis and Historical Trends** #### **Key Price Points Review** 1. **Explosive Spikes (May 28-29, 2024):** The price skyrocketed to an absurd **103M GP** on May 28, 2024, coinciding with two critical events: - The **Max Cash update exploit (May 15, 2024):** Introduced trillions of GP into the economy, leading to hyperinflation across high-end items. - **Lead-up to Sanctum Release (July 22, 2024):** Speculation on high-end item utility caused pre-release buying frenzies. This highly exaggerated value quickly corrected. - Subsequent **gradual inflation to the RM price cap (~43-44M GP)** the same week before falling as utility stabilized. 2. **Dip and Stagnation (June 2024):** As prices approached 10M GP by **late June**, initial over-saturation hit following widespread player grinding and reduced novelty post-dungeon hype. High-end PvMers no longer inflated its prices past necessity as the broader magicians hitting Dungeon-L one **inflation saw pure end gimmicking** Limits: Event막%s beds.***