If I mine a truckload of regular essence on a free server, and then switch to a member's server, does my regular essence get changed into pure essence?

NO!

 

 

 

The only switch was at the introduction, where members and F2P with member items (ex-members) had their essence converted.

... and F2P with member items (ex-members) ...

 

Not all F2P players with member items are ex-members though...

 

 

 

But, yeah, the convert essense thing was a one time event.

How can you get a members item and never have been p2p? Impossible. You COULD be on a f2p server with members items, and be a member, but if you have a members item, then you were AT ONE TIME a member.

How can you get a members item and never have been p2p? Impossible.

 

No, it can easily be done by any free player.

 

 

 

You COULD be on a f2p server with members items, and be a member,

 

True

 

 

 

...but if you have a members item, then you were AT ONE TIME a member.

 

No

 

 

 

A free player needs about 50 gp to be able to do it.

 

 

 

You can read about how to do it in the Jagex knowledge base.

Now I'm intrigued - also, some people were claiming to be mining pure ess on F2P worlds.

My wife accidently made a fish pie when she was making meat pies (she got bored and became a baker for some reason). She couldn't cook it or trade it, because it was a member's item. So yeah, it's pretty easy.

Oh really? They should remove that, as its a members item, and free shouldn't be able to make it.

Here's what the Jagex Knowledge base says about a member item that free players can make

 

... use some Karamjan Rum on a piece of Silk to make a Cleaning Cloth...