Protean hide (2024)

Protean hide is a Treasure Hunter reward.

If the associated promotion is not currently active, it may not be obtainable.

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Protean hide



Release																				29 January 2015 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No

Properties

Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				Yes
Disassembly																				No
Destroy																				Are you sure you want to destroy your Treasure Hunter prize? You cannot reclaim it.
Examine																				A stackable hide that can be used to train your Crafting.

Options ^[?]

Backpack																				Craft, Convert, Destroy

Values

Value																				0 coins Cash out: 40 coins
Alchemy																				Not alchemisable
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0kg

Advanced data

Item ID																				33740
Links																				MRID•recipe

Protean hides are used to earn Crafting experience without creating any items, rewarded from Treasure Hunter. Crafting catalysts can be used with protean hides. Protean hides, as with all protean items, can be converted at a 3:2 ratio into other protean items. Each hide takes 3 seconds to process, resulting in a maximum usage of 1,200 hides per hour without protean powerups.

Experience[edit | edit source]

The experience given by each protean hide scales according to the player's Crafting level (unaffected by level boosts), with a marked increase once level 80 is reached. The experience given can be approximated to within 0.1 experience for a given level using the following formula:

${\begin{matrix} x p = 2.44358 \cdot L e v e l + 27.3274 & L e v e l < 80 \\ x p = 2.93187 \cdot L e v e l + 32.7662 & L e v e l \geq 80 \end{matrix}$

The following table lists the amount of experience gained from one protean hide based on a player's Crafting level.

Level	XP	Level	XP	Level	XP	Level	XP
1	29.8	26	90.9	51	151.9	76	213.0
2	32.2	27	93.3	52	154.4	77	215.5
3	34.7	28	95.8	53	156.8	78	217.9
4	37.0	29	98.1	54	159.3	79	220.4
5	39.5	30	100.6	55	161.8	80	267.2
6	42.0	31	103.0	56	164.1	81	270.2
7	44.4	32	105.5	57	166.6	82	273.2
8	46.9	33	108.0	58	169.0	83	276.1
9	49.3	34	110.4	59	171.5	84	279.1
10	51.8	35	112.9	60	174.0	85	281.9
11	54.3	36	115.2	61	176.3	86	285.0
12	56.6	37	117.7	62	178.8	87	287.9
13	59.1	38	120.2	63	181.2	88	290.8
14	61.5	39	122.6	64	183.7	89	293.7
15	64.0	40	125.1	65	186.2	90	296.6
16	66.5	41	127.5	66	188.6	91	299.6
17	68.8	42	130.0	67	191.1	92	302.0
18	71.3	43	132.5	68	193.4	93	305.4
19	73.7	44	134.8	69	195.9	94	308.4
20	76.2	45	137.3	70	198.4	95	311.2
21	78.7	46	139.7	71	200.8	96	314.3
22	81.1	47	142.2	72	203.3	97	317.2
23	83.6	48	144.7	73	205.6	98	320.1
24	85.9	49	147.0	74	208.1	99	323.0
25	88.4	50	149.5	75	210.5

The emphasised XP values are approximations due to missing data.

Note that using protean hides on portable crafters saves some hides from being used, thereby increasing the overall experience output.

Analysis[edit | edit source]

In general, protean hides provide less experience and are not as profitable as alternatives. However, they may be preferred because using proteans is highly AFK.

Level	Protean XP/hr	Alternative	Alternative XP/hr	Alternative GP/XP profit	Alternative AFK?
50	<205,800	Cutting diamonds	430,000	−1.85	Click every 17 seconds
50	<205,800	Craftingwater battlestaffs	220,000	−9.53	Click every 34 seconds
60	<238,080	Cutting dragonstones	550,000	−7.65	Click every 17 seconds
		Crafting air battlestaffs	302,500	17.97	Click every 34 seconds
		Crafting green dragonhide shields	396,800	6.9	Click every 12.6 seconds
70	<320,640	same as previous
80	<355,920	same as previous
90	<387,600	Crafting black dragonhide shields	550,400	1.8	Click every 12.6 seconds
99	387,600	Crafting royal dragonhide bodys	451,200	5.2	Click every 16.2 seconds

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Showing 100 out of 201 sources.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Celebration Lamps	N/A	10	520,000/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	1,000	10,400/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	150	130,000/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	300	36,400/57,702,400
Celebration Lamps	N/A	75	260,000/57,702,400
Contagion	N/A	10	900,000/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	100	112,500/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	200	31,500/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	50	270,000/162,048,600
Contagion	N/A	750	9,000/162,048,600
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	10	1,000,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	100	125,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	200	35,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	50	300,000/162,000,000
Double Dragon Chests	N/A	750	10,000/162,000,000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	1,000	150/200,000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	150	6,150/200,000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	25	73,250/400,000
Dragon's Dozen	N/A	50	20,425/300,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	10	8,272,500/1,465,000,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	100	767,040/573,600,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	200	326,400/578,600,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	50	6,360,000/2,310,000,000
Egg Hunt	N/A	750	107,900/582,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	10	4,450,000/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	100	556,250/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	200	155,750/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	50	1,335,000/486,000,000
Foresight To Train	N/A	750	44,500/486,000,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	1,000	15,000/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	150	187,500/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	300	52,500/44,100,000
Foresight To Train/Archive	N/A	75	375,000/44,100,000
Gemfall	N/A	10	900,000/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	100	112,500/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	200	31,500/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	50	270,000/162,000,000
Gemfall	N/A	50	Unknown
Gemfall	N/A	750	9,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	10	1,500,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	100	187,500/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	200	52,500/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	50	450,000/162,000,000
Genie's Wishes	N/A	750	15,000/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	10	1,258,000/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	100	157,250/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	200	44,030/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	50	377,400/162,000,000
Gifts from the Harvest	N/A	750	12,580/162,000,000
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	10	625,000/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	1,000	12,500/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	150	156,250/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	300	43,750/62,133,120
Gifts from the Heart	N/A	75	312,500/62,133,120
Grim Harvest	N/A	10	950,000/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	100	118,750/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	200	33,250/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	50	285,000/162,000,000
Grim Harvest	N/A	750	9,500/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	10	1,350,000/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	100	168,750/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	200	47,250/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds Yellow Window	N/A	30	70/1,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	50	405,000/162,000,000
Hall of Heralds	N/A	750	13,500/162,000,000
Huge protean pack	N/A	1,000	Always
Large protean pack	N/A	300	Always
Loot Duels	N/A	10	630,000/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	1,000	12,600/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	150	157,500/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	300	44,100/64,393,560
Loot Duels	N/A	75	315,000/64,393,560
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	10	1,260,000/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	100	157,500/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	200	44,100/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	50	378,000/162,000,000
Loot Rooms Regular and multiplier chests	N/A	750	12,600/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	10	1,350,000/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	100	168,750/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	200	47,250/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	50	405,000/162,000,000
Looting Range	N/A	750	13,500/162,000,000
Medium protean pack	N/A	150	Always
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	10	500,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	1,000	10,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	150	125,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	300	35,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Lamps	N/A	75	250,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	10	500,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	1,000	10,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	150	125,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	300	35,000/64,400,000
Phoenix Rising	N/A	75	250,000/64,400,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	10	1,100,000/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	100	137,500/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	200	38,500/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	50	330,000/162,000,000
Potion Pandemonium	N/A	750	11,000/162,000,000
Protean Memories (Treasure Hunter promotion)	N/A	180	Uncommon
Protean Memories (Treasure Hunter promotion)	N/A	360	Rare

Update history[edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

patch 8 June 2015(Update):
- It is no longer possible to cast Alchemy spells or craft protean hides while balancing on a Hefin serenity post.

update 29 January 2015(Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

With a rate of 3 seconds per action, protean hides are the fastest protean item.

v•d•e Protean items
Standard	Bar Cog Essence Hide Logs Memory Plank Protein Trap Shake
Unstable	Bar Cog Essence Hide Logs Memory Plank Protein Trap Shake
Packs	Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
Other	Chest Powerup Prolonger Processor Box of processors

v•d•e Hides
Ranged armour	Cow Snake Swamp snake Carapace Green dragon Blue dragon Red dragon Black dragon Royal dragon Dinosaur ^(Damaged)
Dagannoth	Circular Dagannoth Flattened Stretched
Magic armour	Imp Spider silk Batwing Mystic cloth
Dungeoneering	Protomastyx Submastyx Paramastyx Archaemastyx Dromomastyx Spinomastyx Gallimastyx Stegomastyx Megamastyx Tyrannomastyx
Other	Mudskipper Penance Protean Suqah Yak

v•d•e

Clothing materials

Hide

Leather

Dagannoth

Magic armour

Necromancy armour

Ensouled cloth ^{(Lesser, Greater)}

Scale

Flake

Thread

Dungeoneering

Thread
Ranged	Protomastyx Submastyx Paramastyx Archaemastyx Dromomastyx Spinomastyx Gallimastyx Stegomastyx Megamastyx Tyrannomastyx
Magic	Salve Wildercress Blightleaf Roseblood Bryll Duskweed Soulbell Ectocloth Runic Spiritbloom

Other

Protean hide

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FAQs

How to use Protean hides? ›

Protean hides are used to earn Crafting experience without creating any items, rewarded from Treasure Hunter. Crafting catalysts can be used with protean hides. Protean hides, as with all protean items, can be converted at a 3:2 ratio into other protean items.

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What is the unstable protean hide? ›

Unstable protean hide is a Treasure Hunter reward from the Cerberus Rush promotion. It can be used in the same ways as protean hide and grants 10% more experience than the stable version, but does not benefit from Double XP Live or knowledge bombs.

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How many proteans per hour? ›

60 protean protein can be used at once in the Make-X interface. Each protein takes 4.8 seconds to process (4.2 seconds with a protean powerup). Thus, a maximum of 750 protein can be used per hour without protean powerups, or 857 per hour with powerups.

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How to use Protean? ›

Protean logs and unstable protean logs can be fletched, burnt, or both, for experience. They can be burnt singularly (creating a fire), added to a bonfire or portable brazier for Firemaking experience alone – after 60 logs added a bonfire/brazier, you pause and must click again to continue.

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Do urns work with Protean? ›

Protean traps can be won from Treasure Hunter. The traps can be used as a stackable substitute for bird snares, box traps, and marasamaw plants. The traps do not function as tortle traps, and they do not work with hunter urns or skilling effigies from the Effigy Incubator.

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What is the best use of Protean traps? ›

The traps can be used as a stackable substitute for bird snares, box traps and marasamaw plants. The traps do not function as tortle traps. They offer a higher capture rate as well as increased Hunter experience. Baiting and smoking these traps is unnecessary.

Where to use Protean planks? ›

Protean planks are items won on Treasure Hunter. They can be interacted with either a construction hotspot or a workbench in player-owned house, or a portable workbench, which gives experience but no items. 60 protean planks can be used at once in the Make-X interface.

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What does the hidden ability Protean do? ›

Changes the Pokémon's type to the type of the move it's about to use. This works only once each time the Pokémon enters battle.

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How many protean logs can you burn an hour? ›

Using both, protean logs take six ticks (3.6s) to burn on a bonfire or portable brazier. Without any boosts, approximately 750 protean logs can be burnt per hour. Portable braziers and portable fletchers can occasionally save protean logs. Protean logs are not usable in the All Fired Up minigame.

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How much protein can you use per hour? ›

For example: Whey protein consumed on its own is absorbed at about 8 to 10 grams per hour, so 20 grams of whey protein taken just pre- or post-workout will be available to your body within two hours, but only for about 90 minutes. On the other hand, casein digests much more slowly at only 6.1 grams per hour.

Can a person be protean? ›

The adjective protean describes anyone or anything that is as mutable and adaptable as the mythological sea-shepherd.

How do you beat Protean? ›

Avoiding each Protean's special abilities can be difficult, but dodging the attacks or effects is important to winning the fight. The battle is easier if players can communicate and fight with their friends in Rainbow Six Extraction.

What is the unstable protean shake? ›

Unstable protean shake is a Treasure Hunter reward. If the associated promotion is not currently active, it may not be obtainable. Currently available for BAD DATE. Your item will be destroyed permanently and it may not be reclaimable.

How do you use Protean ability? ›

Immediately before using any move (except Struggle), a Pokémon with Protean as its Ability will change its type to be the same type as the move it is using. Protean always causes the user to become a single-type Pokémon.

How to use protean bars in Runescape? ›

They can be used on an anvil to do Protean smithing, which gives experience but no items. They were previously available to members only, but became available to free players on 24 April 2015. 60 protean bars can be used at once in the Make-X interface.

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How do you use Protean planks in Runescape? ›

Protean planks are items won on Treasure Hunter. They can be interacted with either a construction hotspot or a workbench in player-owned house, or a portable workbench, which gives experience but no items. 60 protean planks can be used at once in the Make-X interface.

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How to use protean logs in Runescape? ›

This is a stackable log that can be used for Firemaking and/or Fletching XP based on your level in the skill(s). Alternatively, convert them into protean planks at a sawmill.

Protean hide (2024)

Contents

Experience[edit | edit source]

Analysis[edit | edit source]

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

Update history[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

FAQs

How to use Protean hides? ›

Can a person be protean? ›

References