Build Protection Totem

Released

11 September 2025 (Update)

Catalogue

Furniture

Collection

Objects

Description

Prevents other players from building anything within its sphere of influence.

The building protection totem is a constructed object that provides griefing protection when in a multiplayer world. Players can activate the totem, protecting their nearby built objects (up to a 20-metre 3D radius) until they deactivate the totem. Each player can only have up to 8 protection totems and does not require any items. However, building another protection totem after reaching the limit will instead result in receiving a message: "Placement limit reached for this piece."

Recipe

Requirements
Facility	Build Menu
Skill	Experience
Construction	20
Output	Quantity
Build Protection Totem	1

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Update history

This information is based on the changelogs of the game.

update 15 December 2025 (0.10):

Building Protection Totems were renamed to Build Protection Totem.

patch 21 October 2025 (0.9.2):

Building totems no longer lose functionality for clients if placed in a solo world and then opened to the public.

hotfix 22 September 2025 (0.9.0.2):

Activated Building Protection Totems will now be in effect if placed in a single-player world that is then converted into a multiplayer world.

Trivia

The symbols on the side of the totem are Guthixian runes, which spell out the word "behave". This is a recurring message in RuneScape, featuring several objects and quests such as;
- The Sword of Edicts.
- During Zamorak, Lord of Chaos fight,
- The Bow of the Last Guardian.
Additionally, Sliske's scoreboard, a time-limited object that no longer exists in the game, was modeled after the Sword of Edicts, and also as an inscription with the same runic script, but instead of saying "Behave", it said "Misbehave".