[2021] They actually did it

Yep - I actually did it. 😅

Bonus context:

As you can imagine, RuneScape contains an absolute TON of models from the 20 years of its existence. The number of unique inventory models in our game is probably one of the standouts in MMOs, as in others you'll commonly see the same model used with the additional context in the tooltip (e.g. 1 long sword model with a different colour rarity and then the tooltip includes the identifier information such as name).

Fun fact, assets are commonly re-used throughout games for various reasons (that I won't go into right now, but happy to in the future!) and we've been re-using inventory models for many years. I imagine it's more apparent recently as we're using recently new models (e.g. Leng artefact and Igneous stone both being models that were made for Archaeology), whereas in the past we might have been using models that hadn't been used for a good couple of years.

If you look back through the years you'll find some gems for sure!