Black equipment

A player wearing the regular Full Black armour set (lg)

Black equipment consists of weapons and armour stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As with all things black, they have a black colour. Black, along with its counterpart White, is a coloured form of Steel as a result from specialised forging techniques which also slightly increase its defensive capability.<ref>Jagex. Postbag 41 - "Anarchy in the KGP", Letter 4. Postbags from the Hedge. *</ref>

Weapons

Black weapons give medium attack bonuses. Players require an Attack level of 10 to wield them (with the exception of the black cane, which only requires an attack level of 8). Black in general is much more expensive than steel as many players like the dark black colour as well as some black items cannot be bought from stores. Because of this, some high-level players may still be seen wielding black weapons and armour. All black items cannot be smithed. Black armour is comparable to white armour, unlocked after the Wanted! quest. However, white armour is member's only and has a slight Prayer bonus. Players wishing to fight the Tormented wraith after the Summer's End quest must equip black armour and weapons

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Black weapons as seen in RuneScape Classic.

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Black armour as seen in RuneScape Classic.

Image	Name	GE Price
	Black dagger	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black hatchet	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black mace	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black claws	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black sword	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black longsword	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black scimitar	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black spear	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black warhammer	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black battleaxe	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black two-handed sword	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black halberd	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black defender	Not sold
	Black cane	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black crossbow	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black knife	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black dart	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins

Armour

Black armour is currently the fifth-highest quality armour on the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear. Regular full black costs around 20,000 coins. Black, along with dragon and white, are the only three metals that cannot be smithed into weapons or armour (except for the Dragon platebody and Dragon square shield).

In the March 2012 Behind the scenes it was announced that this armour, along with various others, would be given a graphical overhaul.

Regular black armour

Image	Name	GE Price
	Black helm	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black full helm	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black sq shield	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black kiteshield	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black chainbody	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black platebody	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black platelegs	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black plateskirt	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black boots	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Black gloves	1000 coins
	Black gauntlets	75 Fist of guthix tokens

Elite black armour

Players can obtain special items of black armour, called Elite black armour, during and after the While Guthix Sleeps quest. Elite black armour requires 40 Defence to wear and is roughly the equivalent of Rune armour. Players can wear this armour without having started the quest (and can purchase it on the Grand Exchange, although it is somewhat expensive). This armour is members only.

Image	Name	GE Price
	Elite black full helm	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Elite black platebody	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins
	Elite black platelegs	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". coins

Other black armour

Trimmed armour has the same bonuses as standard black armour, however it is more expensive. These can be obtained by members from Treasure Trails or for free players by buying in Grand Exchange. Template:TrimScam

Trimmed

Gold Trimmed

Heraldic

Black items that don't exist

Black arrows
Black javelins
Black pickaxe
Black thrownaxe
Black hasta
Black ore
Black bar

Variants

A player wearing the Elite Black Armour Set
A player wearing the Black (silver) trimmed armour set (lg)
A player wearing the Black gold-trimmed armour set (lg)

References

Black equipment

Contents

Weapons