imported>Spineweilder: False; dragon rider items do not weigh 7kg - they weigh 0.4kg.

2012-10-31T17:47:14Z

False; dragon rider items do not weigh 7kg - they weigh 0.4kg.

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[[File:Run.gif|thumb|220px|right|Carrying less weight allows players to run for a longer period of time.]]
''For the weights used in [[While Guthix Sleeps]], see [[Weight (1kg)]]. For the weights used in [[Stolen Hearts]], see [[Weight (Stolen Hearts)]].''

[[File:Weight-icon.png]]The '''weight''' of [[items]] in ''[[RuneScape]]'' refers to how heavy they are, and is measured in [[wikipedia:Kilogram|kilograms]] (kg). Every item has a weight, although it may be zero (for example, [[stackable items]]) or even [[:Category:Items with negative weight|negative]], such as the [[boots of lightness]].

Players can see the total weight of the items they are carrying on the [[Equipment Stats]] screen from the [[Worn Equipment]] [[interface]]. This will include items they have equipped as well as those carried in the [[inventory]]. Many nonstackable items weigh fractions of a kilogram, but the Equipment Stats screen truncates (does not show the decimal portion), so these may appear as zero even though they have some slight weight.

==Effects of weight==
Carrying more weight causes [[energy]] to decrease more quickly, and a higher [[Agility]] level will cause energy to recover at a higher rate. Players who undertake activities requiring a lot of running around would be well advised to minimise the total weight they carry while doing so, since they will be able to run for longer. However, having negative weight has the same effect as weighing 0 kg.

Some activities in ''[[RuneScape]]'' require players to weigh no more/no less than a certain amount. For example, whilst doing the Pirate Pete part of the [[Recipe for Disaster]] quest, players must be carrying no more than 27 kg to dive off [[Port Khazard]]. In the quest Temple of Ikov, players must weigh less than 0 kg to cross a bridge, this is just after having received the boots of lightness. Also, in order to use the [[Balloon transport system]], players must be carrying less than 40 kg. To get into [[Movario]]'s base (during and after [[While Guthix Sleeps]]) you need to weigh more than 1 kg.

==Weight limits==
There is a three way tie for the heaviest item in ''RuneScape''. A [[Barrel of naphtha]], [[Steel girders]] a [[Stone slab]], and [[Big rock]] weighing 32 kgs each. Filling an entire inventory up with stone slabs, or barrels of naptha increases the total inventory weight to 896 kg. You can only have 1 big rock, therefore you cannot fill your inventory with it.

The lowest weight that any player in ''Runescape'' can have is -40.8 kg. To obtain this weight, the following items need to be equipped: [[Gold athlete's hat]] -1.3kg, [[Agile top]] -12 kg, [[Agile legs]] -10 kg, [[Boots of lightness]] -4.5 kg, [[Wicked cape]] -6 kg, and [[Penance gloves]] -7.0 kg.

===Greatest weight===
:{| class="wikitable"
! [[Worn Equipment|Slot]] !! Image !! Item !! Weight (kg)
|-
| Headwear || [[File:Gold helmet.png|Gold helmet]] || [[Gold helmet]] || align=center | 31.7
|-
| Cape || [[File:Diving apparatus.png|Diving apparatus]] || [[Diving apparatus]] || align=center | 10
|-
| Neckwear || [[File:Seal of passage.png|Seal of Passage]] || [[Seal of Passage]] || align=center | 4.5
|-
| Ammunition || || - || align=center |
|-
| Weapon || [[File:Barrelchest anchor.png|Barrelchest anchor]] || [[Barrelchest anchor]] || align=center | 30*
|-
| Body || [[File:Granite body.png|Granite body]] || [[Granite body]] ||align=center | 22
|-
| Shield || || - || align=center |
|-
| Legwear || [[File:Granite legs.png|Granite legs]] || [[Granite legs]] || align=center | 15
|-
| Hand || [[File:Golden mining gloves.png|Golden mining gloves]] || [[Golden mining gloves]] || align=center | 3
|-
| Footwear || [[File:Bandos boots.png|Bandos boots]] || [[Bandos boots]] || align=center | 6
|-
| Ring || [[File:Victor's_bronze_ring.png|Victor's bronze ring]] || [[Victor's bronze ring]] || align=center | 0.4
|-
| Inventory || [[File:Barrel of naphtha.png|Barrel of naphtha]] [[File:Stone slab.png|Stone Slab]] || 28 × [[Barrel of naphtha|Barrels of naphtha]] or [[Stone slab|Stone slabs]] || align=center | 896
|-
| colspan=3 | Total weight || align=center | 1017.9
|}

'''Note:''' The [[Barrelchest anchor]] can be substituted with the [[Stone of Power]] from the [[Fist of Guthix]] activity. The Barrelchest anchor is a 2-handed weapon, therefore the Shield slot will be empty. 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[Barrelchest anchor]] can be substituted with [[Crate with zanik]] or [[Ana in a barrel]]. Both of these weighs 2 kgs more however these items are only available during [[Death to the Dorgeshuun]] and [[The Tourist Trap]] respectively.

[[File:Over1kkg.png|thumb|Someone wearing over 1000 kg.]]

===Greatest weight (free player)===
:{| class="wikitable"
! [[Worn Equipment|Slot]] !! Image !! Item !! Weight (kg)
|-
| Headwear || [[File:Adamant full helm.png|Adamant full helm]] || [[Adamant full helm]] || align=center | 2.7
|-
| Cape || [[File:Cape (yellow).png|Cape]] || Any F2P cape. || align=center | 1
|-
| Neckwear || || ||
|-
| Ammunition || || || align=center |
|-
| Weapon || [[File:Adamant battleaxe.png]] || [[Adamant battleaxe]] || align=center | 3
|-
| Body || [[File:Adamant platebody.png|Adamant platebody]] || [[Adamant platebody]] ||align=center | 11
|-
| Shield || [[File:Adamant berserker shield 100.png|Adamant berserker shield]] || [[Adamant berserker shield]] || align=center | 7
|-
| Legwear || [[File:Adamant platelegs.png|Admant platelegs]] || [[Adamant platelegs]] || align=center | 10
|-
| Hand || [[File:Green d'hide vambraces.png|Green dragonhide vambraces]] || [[Green d'hide vamb|Green dragonhide vambraces]] || align=center | 1
|-
| Footwear || [[File:Leather boots.png|Leather boots]] || [[Leather boots]] || align=center | 0.3
|-
| Ring || [[File:Victor's_bronze_ring.png|Victor's bronze ring]] || [[Victor's bronze ring]] || align=center | 0.4
|-
| Inventory || [[File:Adamant platebody.png|Adamant platebody]] || 28 × [[Adamant platebody]] || align=center | 308
|-
! colspan=3 | Total weight !! 344.4
|}

===Lowest weight (members)===
:{|class="wikitable"
![[Worn Equipment|Slot]]
!Image
!Item
!Weight (kg)
|-
|Footwear
|[[File:Boots of lightness.png|Boots of lightness]]
|[[Boots of lightness]]
|align="center"| -4.5
|-
|Hand
|[[File:Penance gloves.png|Penance gloves]]
|[[Penance gloves]]
|align="center"| -7
|-
|Cape
|[[File:Wicked cape.png|Wicked cape]]
|[[Wicked cape]]
|align="center"| -6
|-
|Legs
|[[File:Agile legs.png|Agile legs]]
|[[Agile legs]]
|align="center"| -10
|-
|Body
|[[File:Agile top.png|Agile top]]
|[[Agile top]]
|align="center"| -12
|-
|Head
|[[File:Gold athlete's hat.png|Gold athlete's hat]]
|[[Gold athlete's hat]]
|align="center"| -1.3
|-
!colspan="3"|Total weight
! -40.8
|}

'''Note:''' The lowest weight [[F2P|free players]] can achieve is -4 kg by wearing [[Silver athlete's hat]], [[Silver athlete's shirt]], [[Silver athlete's gloves]], [[Silver athlete's legs]], and [[Silver athlete's shoes]]. A small number of free items are with zero weight but some of them are with "fake" zero weight, that will increase energy loss rate while running even if the equipment screen shows 0 kg otherwise.

Another note: There used to be a bug where the Wicked cape would give -6 kg to weight, even if it was in the inventory. Theoretically, an inventory filled with wicked capes would grant an extremely low weight. This bug has been fixed.

== Weighing ==
After a heavy process of elimination and extensive use of a self-made calculator, PlNG devised a key set of items to use to weigh items. These figures are exact, and the toughest challenge was to find RuneScape's lightest item in order to exactly weigh items. Surprisingly, these items aren't difficult to obtain.

:{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! Image !! Weight (kg)
|-
| [[Gnomeball]] || [[File:Gnomeball.png|Gnomeball]] || align=center | 0.5
|-
| [[Ground bat bones]] || [[File:Ground bat bones.png|Ground bat bones]] || align=center | 0.1
|-
| [[Empty oyster]] || [[File:Empty oyster.png|Empty oyster]] || align=center | 0.08
|-
| [[Vial of water]] || [[File:Vial of water.png|Vial of water]] || align=center | 0.02
|-
| [[Miscellaneous key]]* || [[File:Miscellaneous key.png|Miscellaneous key]] || align=center | 0.01
|-
| [[Rock (elemental)]] || [[File:Rock (elemental).png|Rock_(elemental)]] || align=center | 0.001
|}
Note: It does not exactly have to be the Miscellaneous key, any key that looks like this key theoretically weighs the same, but do check it before accepting it.

Viewing the statistics of any item in the [[Equipment_Stats#Bank_Op_And_Equip_Screen_Update|equipment screen]] also shows the weight of any item.

== Trivia ==
* Processing many of the items changes the weight of them not according to the real world, for example: an inventory of 14 [[bowstring]]s and 14 [[yew longbow (u)|yew longbows (u)]] weighs 7 kg more than their combined product of 14 yew longbows (actual stringing of a bow would reduce little to no weight), however some cases follow an actual model, like a [[steel platebody]] weighs less than the five [[steel bar]]s used to make it, as scrap metal is disposed in smithing armour.
* Sometimes ''RuneScape'' item weights are unrealistic - for example, the cannonball, which is stackable, weighs 0 kg, when one would expect it to be quite heavy. This is presumably so that the [[Dwarf multicannon]] is easier to use. There is also another rather amusing factor - no matter how many [[Coins]] you carry in your inventory - which can be very many - you can never increase your weight, which will stay the same. However, this could be due to the very inherent magical nature of [[Gielinor]] itself, or just a measure of exchanging cash into convenient forms like cheques in real world.
* There once was a glitch that activated weight-lowering items without having to wear them. A player could have a full inventory of spottier capes and weigh about -126 kg. The glitch is now fixed.
* Once a group of armour components are compressed as a set at the [[Grand Exchange]], the set weighs 0 kg, instead of the combined weight of the individual pieces. This could be because of the fact that a compressed set acts like a note containing all the items of the set.

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imported>Spineweilder: False; dragon rider items do not weigh 7kg - they weigh 0.4kg.