Thieving Menaphos market guards
Note: a Table of Contents can be found in the pins.
#AFK Pickpocketing Menaphos market guards
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Introduction (courtesy of @upbeat garnet)
This guide provides everything you need to efficiently gather both hard 
and elite 
clues from Thieving Menaphos market guards in the Merchant District of Menaphos. This method requires interacting every 15 minutes to prevent logout by using a combination of the Ring of Vitur 
and Magpie Pouches 
Clue Rates
Baseline rates are approximately 17.5 elite and 21.0 hard per hour, with Prosper adding roughly ~0.4 elite and ~0.6 hard per hour. This brings the totals to about 17.9 elite and 21.6 hard clues per hour, not including Bik 
Requirements
⬥ 
104 Thieving
• A higher Thieving level greatly reduces the risk of stuns or damage
⬥ 
The Jack of Spades quest to access Menaphos
⬥ 
Thieving skillcape to automatically note all Thieving loot from pickpocketing
⬥ 
Master Camouflage Outfit
• Inherits the Trahaearn exoskeleton set's effects if owned 
⬥ 
Ardougne Cloak 3+ (not worn)
⬥ 
Sticky Fingers relic
⬥ Magpie pouches
⬥ Ring of Vitur
Useful Items and Information
Long AFK (15 minutes)
⬥ 
Mushroomy pickpocketing bag
• Perked with Prosper & Oblivious
⬥ 
Luck of the Dwarves relic
⬥ 
Totem of Summoning active
⬥ 
Leela's Favour or 
Menaphos journal for quick access to the Merchant District
⬥ 
Grasping pouch with runes 
for Prism of Restoration 
• Casting Prism of Restoration replenishes familiar spell points, allowing you to resummon your magpie
⬥ 
Necklace of Shadows
• While equipped, Summoning familiars will not drain a player's summoning points after they have been initially summoned.
Location and How to Get there
Use Leela's Favour or Menaphos journal for quick access to the Merchant District.
Presets and Afkwarden
Preset Notes
⬥ If your Thieving level isn’t enough to guarantee 100% success rate, consider using the Five-Finger Discount Aura 
.
⬥ Activating a God banner 
temporarily boosts your Agility by 5 for 30 minutes of in-game time, increasing your chances of double looting for that duration.