Rune equipment

Rune equipment are items made from the runite metal, it is the second best (but best non-degradable) equipment in free to play worlds. It is stronger than adamant equipment but weaker than corrupt dragon equipment. In the past, rune equipment was often criticised as being "too expensive", especially to free players. The price of rune equipment was controversial, as non-combat skillers with a decently high level in their speciality and therefore make good money have no problem purchasing such items. However, in recent times, due to rapidly falling prices, the vast majority of players can afford a full set of rune by the time they reach the requirements to use said equipment. Many players have enough money to afford much more expensive variations of rune armour, such as trimmed, gold-trimmed, gilded, heraldic, or armour in the colour of the gods.

Rune Weapons

Rune weapons are cyan and require an Attack level of 40 (apart from the rune cane, which requires only 38) to wield. They were formerly the best weapons available to free players until the introduction of Corrupted dragon equipment and the Gravite weapons. However, they are still regarded as the best weapons in F2P, as they do not disappear like corrupt dragon, and do not degrade like gravite. As with all runite items, rune weapons tend to exhibit a colour that could be considered a darker form of steel.

Note

Attack Bonuses are not the only factor a player should consider when choosing a weapon, speed is essential to combat! (especially when training along side other players) As a general rule, smaller/lighter weapons are faster than the larger/heavier ones. (ex. A rune longsword is faster than a rune battleaxe) Always remember this when reviewing these weapons:

File:RS Classic Rune Weapons.png

Rune Weapons as seen in RuneScape Classic.

Melee weapons

Name	Members Only	Attack Bonus
Rune dagger	No (unless poisoned)	+25	+12	-4
Rune claws	Yes	+26	+38	-4
Rune hatchet	No	-2	+26	+24
Rune mace	No	+20	-2	+39
Rune sword	No	+38	+26	-2
Rune longsword Rune longsword	No	+38	+47	-2
Rune scimitar	No	+7	+45	-2
Rune spear	Yes	+36	+36	+36
Rune hasta	Yes	+36	+36	+36
Rune warhammer	No	-4	-4	+53
Rune battleaxe	No	-2	+48	+43
Rune two-handed sword	No	-4	+69	+50
Rune halberd	Yes	+48	+67	0
Rune pickaxe	No	+26	-2	+24
Rune defender	Yes	+20	+19	+18
Rune cane	Yes	0	-2	+39

Ranged weapons

Name	Members Only	Ranged Bonus
Rune crossbow	Yes	+90	+0
Rune bolts	Yes	0	+115
Rune arrow	Yes	0	+49
Rune brutal arrows	Yes	0	+60
Rune darts	Yes	+15	+14
Rune javelin	Yes	+38	+42
Rune thrownaxe	Yes	+26	+36
Rune knife	Yes	+25	+24

Armour

File:RS Classic Rune Armour.png

Rune Armour as seen in RuneScape Classic.

Rune armour is the highest-quality non-degradable armour that free-to-play players can wear, and the second-highest quality armour on the standard metallic armour spectrum (bronze to dragon). Rune armour requires 40 Defence to wear and Dragon Slayer to wear the rune platebody, but only 40 Defence (45 for rune berserker) to wear all other pieces (thus, Dragon Slayer need not be completed.) With a full set costing around 137,500 coins, the armour provides excellent defence for its price. Rune armour is the best choice for warriors with level 40 defence, or non-members who can't or choose, for various reasons (mainly due to cost), not to wear corrupt dragon armour. Another reason that corrupt dragon is not the best choice, is that it doesn't last very long when you wear it, perhaps making Rune armour the best free-players can wear.

Name	Image	Exchange Price	Store Price
Rune helm			N/A
Rune full helm			N/A
Rune chainbody			50,000
Rune platebody			65,500
Rune platelegs			64,000
Rune plateskirt			64,000
Rune square shield			N/A
Rune kiteshield			N/A
Rune spikeshield		(in uncharged form)	200 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune berserker shield		(in uncharged form)	300 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune boots(m)			12,500
Rune gloves(m)		N/A	5,000 coins
Rune gauntlets		(in worn-out form)	200 FoG tokens

Stats

The full set has the following statistics (however, these stats do not include the gloves and boots shown in the image):

Bonuses

Hover over image for type												A player wearing a full set of Rune equipment
Attack bonus
0	0	0	-30	-10
Defence bonus
+207	+209	+192	-12	+80
Other bonuses				Slot
0	0	0%	0

Obtaining from the Champions' Guild

Rune armour is the best type of armour for a non-member; the only armour that's better statistically is the corrupt dragon armour, which crumbles to dust after 30 minutes and is very expensive. For this reason, Rune armour is more popular among non-members. The rune platebody can only be worn after the completion of the Dragon Slayer quest, though all other pieces of rune armour can be worn without its completion - rune platelegs, rune plateskirts, rune chainbodies, rune swords, rune maces, etc. can be bought in Scavvo's Rune Store on the second floor in the Champions' Guild just south of Varrock or the Grand Exchange.

• Rune plateskirt: 60,000 coins
• Rune platelegs: 60,000 coins
• Rune chainbody: 50,000 coins
• Rune longsword: 32,000 coins
• Rune sword: 20,800 coins
• Rune mace: 14,400 coins
• Rune 2h: 40,000 coins

Others

Ornamental rune armour, heraldic rune armour, trimmed rune armour, God armour, and Gilded armour have the same bonuses as standard rune armour. These can be obtained from the member's only Treasure Trails.

Note: Other players cannot trim nor bless armour, no matter what scammers say.

A male player wearing full rune trimmed armour.

Trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (t)	79,451 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (t)	82,414 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (t)	70,132 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (t)	39,320 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (t)	124,607 coins (update)

Gold-trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (g)	210,166 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (g)	358,098 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (g)	183,047 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (g)	37,948 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (g)	239,832 coins (update)

Gilded

Image	Type	GE Price
	Gilded full helm	Exchange:Gilded full helm coins (update)
	Gilded platebody	Exchange:Gilded platebody coins (update)
	Gilded platelegs	Exchange:Gilded platelegs coins (update)
	Gilded plateskirt	Exchange:Gilded plateskirt coins (update)
	Gilded kiteshield	Exchange:Gilded kiteshield coins (update)

Rune heraldic armour (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h1)	29,568 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h1)	39,279 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h1)	39,843 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h1)	38,376 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h1)	36,713 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h2)	20,749 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h2)	39,630 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h2)	38,364 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h2)	38,234 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h2)	32,748 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h3)	34,378 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h3)	40,302 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h3)	40,711 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h3)	38,333 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h3)	32,909 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h4)	30,758 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h4)	39,658 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h4)	37,457 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h4)	38,359 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h4)	32,556 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h5)	38,973 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h5)	43,053 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h5)	41,867 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h5)	37,479 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h5)	34,674 coins (update)

God Armour

A player wearing Guthixian rune armour.

Zamorak (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Zamorak full helm	Exchange:Zamorak full helm coins (update)
	Zamorak platebody	Exchange:Zamorak platebody coins (update)
	Zamorak platelegs	Exchange:Zamorak platelegs coins (update)
	Zamorak plateskirt	Exchange:Zamorak plateskirt coins (update)
	Zamorak kiteshield	Exchange:Zamorak kiteshield coins (update)

Guthix (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Guthix full helm	Exchange:Guthix full helm coins (update)
	Guthix platebody	Exchange:Guthix platebody coins (update)
	Guthix platelegs	Exchange:Guthix platelegs coins (update)
	Guthix plateskirt	Exchange:Guthix plateskirt coins (update)
	Guthix kiteshield	Exchange:Guthix kiteshield coins (update)

Saradomin (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Saradomin full helm	Exchange:Saradomin full helm coins (update)
	Saradomin platebody	Exchange:Saradomin platebody coins (update)
	Saradomin platelegs	Exchange:Saradomin platelegs coins (update)
	Saradomin plateskirt	Exchange:Saradomin plateskirt coins (update)
	Saradomin kiteshield	Exchange:Saradomin kiteshield coins (update)

Armadyl

Image	Type	GE Price
	Armadyl full helm	Exchange:Armadyl full helm coins (update)
	Armadyl platebody	Exchange:Armadyl platebody coins (update)
	Armadyl platelegs	Exchange:Armadyl platelegs coins (update)
	Armadyl plateskirt	Exchange:Armadyl plateskirt coins (update)
	Armadyl kiteshield	Exchange:Armadyl kiteshield coins (update)

Bandos

Image	Type	GE Price
	Bandos full helm	Exchange:Bandos full helm coins (update)
	Bandos platebody	Exchange:Bandos platebody coins (update)
	Bandos platelegs	Exchange:Bandos platelegs coins (update)
	Bandos plateskirt	Exchange:Bandos plateskirt coins (update)
	Bandos kiteshield	Exchange:Bandos kiteshield coins (update)

Ancient (Zaros)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Ancient full helm	Exchange:Ancient full helm coins (update)
	Ancient platebody	Exchange:Ancient platebody coins (update)
	Ancient platelegs	Exchange:Ancient platelegs coins (update)
	Ancient plateskirt	Exchange:Ancient plateskirt coins (update)
	Ancient kiteshield	Exchange:Ancient kiteshield coins (update)

Rune Armour in RSC

Long ago, during the early development stages of RuneScape Classic, rune armour didn't exist. Prior to its release in mid-to-late 2001, Jagex planned on making the colour of rune purple. There are images floating around the internet of a Purple Rune 2 Handed Sword in a trade screen from RuneScape Classic. After Rune was released, it was changed to a cyan colour. Once RuneScape 2 was released the cyan colour of Rune armour was toned down into a more shaded colour.

Trivia

• All the god, trimmed, heraldic, and gilded versions of rune have the same exact stats as regular rune; it is only a different colour.
• Players can't trim rune armour, or any armour for that matter. Players tell others they can trim or gold-trim their armour for them, only to run off with the armour they were given by unsuspecting players. This was a common scamming method before the trading limit update of 2007, and returned as a common scam with the removal of trade limits in 2011.
• When you pulled a Christmas cracker from the 2001 event, you received a partyhat and a random normal object. The partyhats, (now 1500M+) were often disregarded, as there was a chance to get runite armour, which was worth millions at that time.
• Rune plate armour is the only armour to come in 15 distinct variations (four being P2P) all with the same stats. The second highest are black plate and adamant plate, with 8 variations each. The most popular being Zamorak and Saradomin.
• On 23 May 2010, a glitch appeared in which players with access to the Warriors' Guild could duplicate Rune armour sets. This was done by placing a helmet, platebody, and platelegs on the machine and eating a Rotten apple just before the player died. A Player could say to Shanomi that his or her armour set had disappeared. Shanomi would give him or her another one, with the one on the ground too. This was patched within 24 hours after Jagex discovered it, but it had already been exploited for weeks. None of the accounts that used the bug to duplicate rune armour sets were able to be banned.
• On 6 March 2012, rune armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework.

• Zamorak armour

  Zamorak armour

• Saradomin armour

  Saradomin armour

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  Guthix armour

• Bandos armour

  Bandos armour

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  Ancient armour

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  Armadyl Armour