Examine

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Examine is a function available on Items, Non-player characters, Scenery, and Wall scenery. When something is right-clicked and the "examine" option is selected from the drop-down menu, a short description will appear in the chat box. For example, if goblin armour is examined, the examine text reads: "Armour Designed to fit Goblins."

Many examine texts simply describe the object in slightly more detail. However, some descriptions may prove useful to the player by describing the purpose of an object or Non-player character. Merchants often have exmaine texts that describe the goods that they sell. For example, Nurmof's examine text reads "He sells pickaxes". Similarly, examining signs above the entrances of some buildings may also tell the player the building's name and/or nature, which is especially useful in the case of pubs.

Trivia

• Between 28 February 2001 (Update) and 1 May 2001, it was possible to examine players who had changed their Options to be a "Non Player-Killer". According to Andrew Gower, the examine text for a player was "It's player". He remarked that "It wasn't very useful :-)".
  • It would not be possible to examine players again until 17 November 2014, in RuneScape 3.
• Sometimes, an examine option exists, even though no examine text is defined. When this happens, an empty line is output to the chat box.
  • Book (Shield of Arrav) is the only item in RuneScape Classic without an examine text.
  • largespear is the only scenery in RuneScape Classic without an examine text.
  • Only 75.2% of wall scenery have an examine text defined.
  • All non-player characters have an examine text, however, the text "human" seems to have been a default examine text. It used to describe Brother Jered, chemist (unused), Irena, tourist, and Shantay.