Virtus equipment
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Virtus armour is a set of degradable high level Magic armour that requires 80 Magic, 80 Defence, and 80 Constitution to wear. It was first mentioned on 3 January 2011<ref name="bts">Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - January". 1 January 2010. RuneScape News. *</ref> and released into the game on 10 January 2011<ref>Mod Chris L. "God Wars Dungeon - The Ancient Prison". 10 January 2010. RuneScape News. *</ref>. Virtus armour pieces may only be obtained as rare drops from Nex, the boss of the Zarosian stronghold of the God Wars Dungeon, the Ancient Prison. It is the Magic companion armour set to torva armour and pernix armour, which are melee and Ranged sets, respectively.
Torva, pernix, and virtus armours are currently the only armour sets in the game that boost life points when worn. A full set of virtus boosts the wearer's maximum life points by 450. The life point boost increases the amount of life points restored by Saradomin brews and the healing aura move of unicorn stallions, as the restoration of these methods is based on the user's maximum life points. Some attacks, such as Nomad's Disintegrate attack, will also deal more damage. Furthermore, the life point boost from virtus armour stacks with the life point boost from bonfires. However, equipping virtus armour will not raise the wearer's current life points, only the maximum.
Wearing any piece of torva, pernix, or virtus armours, or wielding a zaryte bow, will cause all factions of monsters in the God Wars Dungeon (aside from bosses) to be unaggressive.
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. 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 100. Boosts such as the Smithing skillcape work.
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Virtus mask |  500,000 coins
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250,000 coins
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Virtus robe top | 2,000,000 coins
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1,000,000 coins
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Virtus robe legs | 1,000,000 coins
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500,000 coins
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Price
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Stats
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Mask | 0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | -3 | +20 | +18 | +20 | +9 | -1 | +17 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 6% | 3% | 0% | +66 |
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Robe top | 0 | 0 | 0 | +36 | -11 | +63 | +50 | +70 | +36 | 0 | +65 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12% | 6% | 0% | +200 |
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Robe legs | 0 | 0 | 0 | +26 | -8 | +38 | +40 | +40 | +28 | 0 | +32 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 8% | 4% | 0% | +134 |
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Boots | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +25 |
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Gloves | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | -4 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | +25 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | +87 | -30 | +127 | +114 | +136 | +89 | -11 | +114 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0% | 26% | 13% | 0% | +450 | |
Trivia
- The word "virtus" is Latin for "virtue", "bravery", or "courage."<ref>Virtus. Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid. University of Notre Dame. 09:18, June 26, 2011 (UTC). “virtus -utis f. [manliness; excellence , goodness, worth, virtue; bravery, courage].”*</ref>
- Virtus armour is the most expensive set of Magic armour in the game, even surpassing third-age mage armour.
- LolthenKILL, a player spoof, wears a full set of this armour during The Elder Kiln.
- The minimum combat level required to wear virtus armour is 79.
- 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.
- Nex's bodyguards seem to be wearing a rather similar armour, especially Umbra's armour.