Granite maul

"Quick smash" redirects here. For the weapon with a similar special attack, see Granite mace.

Granite maul

Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Lendable?	Yes
Equipable?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	30,000 coins
Low Alch	20,000 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	Simplicity is the best weapon.
Weight	4.5 kg

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The Granite maul is a granite weapon that requires level 50 Strength and level 50 Attack to wield. It is 2-handed, so no shield can be wielded at the same time as it is being used. It is dropped by Gargoyles, Slayer monsters that require 75 Slayer to kill. It is mostly used for its powerful special attack which allows a player to hit 3 times in the combat reel and hit extremely high amounts.

The granite maul has a special attack, Quick Smash, which causes the player to attack instantly, even if they just attacked. It uses 50% of a player's special attack bar. This allows the granite maul to execute 3 potentially very damaging hits in extremely short succession if a player has good timing. Under perfect conditions, It is possible to hit 480+ three times, making it often used as a player killing weapon. This weapon cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

In early March 2007, a glitch that allowed infinite iterations of its Special attack was discovered and abused by many players. The glitch was later fixed by Jagex, and the abusers received bans of varying lengths.

When the granite maul was first released, players were allowed to "pre-set" a Special attack by clicking on the special bar as a npc died or other similar fashion, then recharging the special bar. Using this "glitch," players would then be able to use two consecutive special attacks on top of one another, allowing potentially 4 devastating hits instead of the now 3. At that time, granite mauls were one of the most, if not most, popular form of "3-hitting" enemies in the wilderness (as opposed to, say, a Dragon dagger.) Maul pures were thus born, with 50 attack, 1 defence, and extremely high strength. However, this glitch was patched soon thereafter, leaving many players disappointed.

This was a popular scamming item because it resembles the Rock hammer.

When PvP worlds were released, the price of the granite maul went up from around 50,000 to 150,000 coins. Again, when bounty worlds were released, the granite maul went up again, to 250,000 coins.

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wielding a granite maul A player wielding a granite maul	A player using the special attack
Attack bonus
0	0	+81	0	0
Defence bonus
0	0	0	0	0
Other bonuses				Slot
+79	0	0%	0

Dropping monsters

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Gargoyle	111	1	4Rare

Trivia

• If you select to use the special attack before engaging in combat you will receive the message "Warning: Since the maul's special is an instant attack, it will be wasted when used on a first strike."
• If you use the granite maul's Special Attack following the normal attack, the two weapon sounds seem to blend together.
• The granite maul and granite mace can hit up to 4 times quickly by proper timing. For a high damaging hit, wait two seconds after your regular swing and click the special bar.
• The Gravite 2h despite having lower requirement, (45 attack and dungeoneering compare to 50 attack and strength for the Granite Maul) have higher crush and strength bonus.