Pernix equipment
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Pernix armour is a five-piece degradable high level ranged armour set which may be obtained as a drop from Nex in the Zaros themed God Wars Dungeon expansion, first mentioned on 3 January 2011<ref name="bts">Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - January". 1 January 2010. RuneScape News. *</ref> and released on 10 January 2011<ref>Mod Chris L. "God Wars Dungeon - The Ancient Prison". 10 January 2010. RuneScape News. *</ref>. The Pernix ranged armour set has a requirement of level 80 Defence, 80 Constitution, and 80 Ranged to equip.
This armour also has a special effect. Each piece of the set boosts the wearer's maximum life points. In total, the full Pernix set boosts a player's life points by 450. This special effect also increases the amount of life points healed by Saradomin brews and the healing aura special move of the unicorn stallion, as the effects of such items depend on a player's maximum number of life points when calculating how much they heal.
All pieces of the armour set are dropped exclusively by Nex. In addition to their individual effects, having any Pernix, Torva, or Virtus item equipped counts as a god item for all five factions in God Wars Dungeon, causing all members of the warring factions to become passive to the player. However, the armour does not cause the God Wars bosses or their body guards to become docile towards the player.
Degrading and repair
The largest drawback to this armour set is that it degrades after 10 hours of combat. The pieces do not degrade in increments, rather they retain their stats throughout the ten hours and then immediately drop to 0. The amount of time remaining is recorded in-game in increments of 1%. This percentage can be checked by right-clicking the armour piece and selecting 'check-charge' while it is either in your inventory or equipped. Each individual item in the set has a charge value that must be replenished either at Bob's Brilliant Axes or at an armour stand in a player-owned house. Repair costs at an armour stand decrease linearly based on the player's Smithing level. The cost is exactly half with a Smithing level of 99. Boosts such as the Smithing skillcape work.
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Pernix cowl |  500,000 coins
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250,000 coins
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Pernix body | 2,000,000 coins
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1,000,000 coins
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Pernix chaps | 1,000,000 coins
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500,000 coins
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Grand Exchange Price
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Stats
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Cowl | -6 | -6 | -6 | -10 | +14 | +10 | +10 | +15 | +9 | +13 | +17 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 6% | 3% | +66 |
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Body | -8 | -8 | -8 | -15 | +38 | +65 | +50 | +68 | +75 | +60 | +65 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 12% | 6% | +200 |
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Chaps | -6 | -6 | -6 | -15 | +25 | +38 | +27 | +40 | +47 | +38 | +32 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 4% | +134 |
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Boots | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | +11 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +25 |
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Gloves | 0 | 0 | 0 | -10 | +17 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +10 | +5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +25 |
| Totals | -20 | -20 | -20 | -62 | +105 | +122 | +96 | +132 | +145 | +117 | +114 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0% | 0% | 26% | 13% | +450 | |
Trivia
- Pernix is Latin for "swift", "nimble", or "agile".<ref>Pernix. Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid. University of Notre Dame. 22:05, January 18, 2011 (UTC). “pernix -nicis [swift , nimble, agile].”*</ref>
- Ancient rangers in the Ancient Prison wear a purple and gold version of this.
- FightpitPKer, a player spoof, wears a full set of this armour during The Elder Kiln quest.
- Although Torva was updated with many armours on 6th March 2012, neither Pernix or Virtus were. To the right is an image found on the Jagex website, which is the concept art for the graphical release on the 6th of september, 2012.
- Whenever Nex drops a piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armour, a server-wide announcement is broadcast to all players currently logged into that particular world.