Runescape Dupe - Is there an Active Dupe in RS2007?

Runescape 2007 Gold has been dropping in price quite drastically over the past several months.  Curiously, it has been happening since a few weeks before Mod Reach was fired at Jagex for putting exploits into the Runescape 2007 code, presumably exploits which allowed him to create wealth through a Runescape Dupe.  Although there are no explicit confirmations that Mod Reach was doing this to generate gold in order to sell off later, it has been suggested by many on Reddit and elsewhere.  To read about the Mod Reach situation, click here.

The Mod Reach incident happened all the way back in April 2015, and this blog post is being written in July.  Is it a coincidence that gold prices have dropped constantly since his departure?  Did he leave an active dupe in Runescape?  This is a question that many people are wondering, since the timelines seem to add up perfectly.

What is a Dupe?

Specifically, a "dupe" is a method which allows people to duplicate items in Runescape.  Now, there have been dupes in the past which worked exactly this way.  People duped tons of Party Hats back in Runescape Classic, which completely messed up the economy for a long time.  In 2012, there was a glitch which allowed players to duplicate a max cash stack.  Click here for more details on that.

Today, the issues that generate wealth are not traditional definitions of dupes.  They are instead bugs, which allow players to accumulate wealth at much higher rates than usual.  Furthermore, when experienced bug abusers combine these bugs with scripts, or bots, and multiple accounts, then the results can destabilize the economy.  One of the most recent bugs was the Corporeal Beast glitch, which several different players/groups botted and used to make massive amounts of wealth in RS2007, or OSRS.

This glitch was fixed right around the time of Mod Reach being removed from the team, which has led many to speculate his involvement in abusing the Corp Beast glitch.  Regardless, these days most people include wealth-creating bugs into a broader definition of a Runescape 2007 Dupe.

Active RS2007 Duplication Methods

The most recent dupe method patched in OSRS was the Rat Pits dupe method.  Click here for the details on the fix.  A quote from a major bug abuser, however, hints that there may be much bigger exploits still active:

I personally believe what Quint is saying to be correct.  The RS2007 Gold prices have dropped significantly between the time that Jagex announced the Rat Pits dupe to be fixed.  One would assume that if there were no more active RS2007 dupes, and if Jagex fixed the largest wealth creation exploit remaining in the game, then the price of gold would increase.  At the very least, it would not continue to fall.  However, the prices have indeed continued to fall.

The reality is that these exploits are extremely valuable to the people abusing them.  They can earn bug abusers thousands of dollars by selling their earnings, so they never reveal their methods.  To do so would guarantee them being fixed, and being exploited by the masses.  So, don't expect to hear anything about active Runescape dupes until they are fixed.  Afterwards, people will often come out of the wood work and brag about abusing them.

My personal opinion is that there are still methods being exploited to earn wealth in RS2007.  There is no other reason for the prices to be falling in the market.  The population in-game is not decreasing, and sales are not decreasing for our gold company.  The prices for gold are just simply dropping.  This may be a good time to take advantage and buy cheap RS2007 Gold, our prices are now a staggering $1.69/M.  This is by far the lowest we've ever sold RS2007 Gold, and I can't see these prices continuing once Jagex catches whatever bug is currently being abused.