Ranged armour

Ranged armour is generally crafted from tanned monster hides. Currently, cows, Cockroach soldiers, yaks, snakes, dragons, and dagannoths are the few creatures which drop hides upon death.

It provides great defence against magic attacks but low defence against melee attacks. Ranged armour is considerably lightweight compared to metal or stone melee armour. Low to medium level ranger armour is also cheaper by comparison. Because of this, it is often worn in place of melee armour by 'hybrid' warriors who are fighting against mages.

Types of armour

Leather armour

Main article: Leather armour

Leather armour is good for beginning rangers. They are very cheap and can also be crafted. It comes in 3 types:

Soft leather armour - No level requirements
Hard leather armour - Level 10 Ranged & Defence
Studded leather armour - Level 20 Ranged, and 20 Defence to wear the body
File:Coif.png Coif - Level 20 Ranged (part of the studded leather set, but often used with the higher level sets due to level requirement).

Frog-leather armour

Main article: Frog-leather armour

Frog-leather armour is only available to members. Frog-leather armour is made by the Dorgeshuun goblins. Players must have level 25 Ranged and level 25 Defence to wear this armour. This armour is bought from Reldak in Dorgesh-Kaan.

Carapace armour

Main article: Carapace armour

Carapace armour is ranged armour introduced with the Evolution of Combat that is better than studded leather armour but weaker than green d'hide armour. It requires 30 Defence to equip. Carapace armour can be worn by free players, and represents the level of ranged armour in between leather/hard leather armour and green d'hide armour for free players. The carapace helm is the second best non-degrading ranged armour in the head slot for free players, under the Green d'hide coif 0. The carapace boots are the best ranged armour in the feet slot for free players.

Carapace armour can be made using the Crafting skill by members. Making carapace armour requires carapace, which is always dropped by Cockroach soldiers and less often by Cockroach workers and Cockroach drones.

Snakeskin armour

Main article: Snakeskin armour

Snakeskin armour is only available to members. Snakeskin armour can be made through the Crafting skill from snakeskin, which can be obtained by killing snakes that appear in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup, Temple Trekking minigames or by killing level 35 snakes at Mos Le'Harmless Island.

The whole snakeskin set is hardly worn by rangers due to the huge amount of snakeskin hides needed. However, the Snakeskin boots and bandana offer most rangers a much cheaper alternative to the highly priced Ranger boots and Robin Hood hat.

Void Knight Armour

Main article: Void Knight equipment

The ranger helm grants the player a +10% bonus towards accuracy and damage, if the player is wearing the rest of the Void Knight equipment. It requires 42 Attack, Strength, Defence, Constitution, Ranged, and Magic with 22 Prayer to buy and wear them.

As some players find it more effective to wear full black dragonhide armour than a full set of Void Knight armour, due to the defence and life points bonuses, this item is not frequently bought. However, those who do buy it can see a higher max hit and a higher average hit. Additionally, it classes as a hybrid set (besides the helmet), and as such gives equal magic, ranged and melee defence, making it an alternative choice in minigames where hybriding is common.

Spined armour

Main article: Spined armour

Spined armour is only available for members and is Fremennik armour for rangers. Players must complete The Fremennik Trials in order to equip the body, legs and helm. The helm, body and chaps provide a slight range attack bonus. Spined armour cannot be bought from stores and instead has to be earned from drops by the Dagannoths under Waterbirth Island.

Sacred clay range armour

Main article: Sacred clay equipment

When this armour is used to train range, the user's experience will be doubled, up to 24,450 total. It is buy-able reward from the Stealing Creation minigame. Requires 50 Range and Defence to wear.

Dragonhide armour

Red d'hide blessed set female equipped — Zamorak Dragonhide.

Dragonhide armour is the most popular and the recommended armour players wear when ranging. Free players can wield up to blue dragonhide armour, and must complete the Dragon Slayer quest to wear the blue dragonhide body. Red, black, blessed and royal dragonhide are only available to members. Members can also craft dragonhide armour. Trimmed and Gold-trimmed versions on green and blue dragonhide armour have same stats as normal. Trimmed versions cannot be crafted.

Third age ranger armour

Main article: Third-age ranger armour

Third age ranger armour is high-level ranged armour, and currently the second best non-degradable ranged armour (just like its melee and magic counterparts). Members can obtain a set of third age ranger armour as a possible reward from level 3 treasure trails, however the armour is very rare and extremely expensive (it is the most expensive range gear in the game). Third age ranger armour is reportedly made from white dragonhide. It requires 65 Range and 65 Defence to wear.

Karil the Tainted

Main article: Karil the Tainted's equipment

Members can obtain a set of ranged barrows equipment, Karil the Tainted's set, as a reward from the Barrows minigame. When a player is ranging with the complete set, including Karil's crossbow, some ranged attacks have a chance of reducing the opponent's magic level. This special can be useful against enemies who use magical attacks. It requires 70 Range and Defence to wear.

Armadyl armour

Main article: Armadyl armour

Armadyl armour is high level ranged armour and it gives some of the best defence available to rangers. However, Armadyl armour is rarely seen as it is hard to obtain and is expensive to buy from the Grand Exchange. It is dropped by Kree'arra and his three sergeants in the God Wars Dungeon.

Morrigan's armour

Main article: Morrigan's Equipment

Members can obtain these armour pieces as rare drops by killing Revenants. There are two versions of this equipment. Corrupted items require only 20 ranged and defence levels, but last only 15 minutes, while the normal items require 78 ranged and defence levels and lasts 1 hour.

Pernix armour

Main article: Pernix armour

Pernix armour was the best set of ranged armour in the game, before the Player-Owned Ports, requiring 80 Ranged, Defence, and Constitution to wear. Its parts are obtained from Nex located in the Ancient Prison, and is considered a rare drop. After 10 hours of combat, it must be repaired (similar to Barrows equipment) before it can be used again. This set of armour is very expensive, even to maintain, and requires 80 Ranged, 80 Defence, and 80 Constitution to wear.

Death lotus armour

Main article: Death lotus armour

Members can create this armour by collecting Lacquer in their personal Player-owned port. There are two versions of this equipment. Superior items cannot be traded, are slightly stronger and can be repaired. See Death lotus armour for more info.

Sirenic armour

Sirenic armour is level 90 ranged armour and is the best set of ranged power armour in the game, surpassing Pernix with damage, as well as with armour and life bonus. Death lotus, which is ranged tank armour, is still superior over Sirenic in armour and life bonus. The armour is made out of Sirenic scales, which can be obtained from several monsters.

Armour stats by level

Level 1: Soft Leather Armour

Main article: Soft leather armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Leather cowl	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	0	0	-	-	-
	Leather body	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	0	0	-	-	-
	Leather chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	0	0	-	-	-
	Leather gloves/vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0	-	-	-
	Leather boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0	-	-	-
	Leather shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	117	0	0	-	-	-

Level 10: Hard Leather Armour

Main article: Hard leather armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Hard leather body	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	0	0	-	-	-
	Hard leather boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	0	0	-	-	-
	Hard leather gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	0	0	-	-	-
	Hard leather shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	103	0	0	-	-	-

Level 20: Studded Leather Armour

Main article: Studded leather armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Studded body ^(g)(t)	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	0	0	-	-	-
	Studded chaps ^(g)(t)	-	-	-	-	-	-	69	0	0	-	-	-
	Studded leather gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	0	0	-	-	-
	Studded leather boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	0	0	-	-	-
	Studded leather shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	0	0	-	-	-
File:Coif.png	Coif^[1]	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	297	0	0	-	-	-

^ While a Coif is not studded, it is included here because it requires 20 Ranged to wear and can only be made by members.

Level 25: Frog-leather armour (m)

Main article: Frog-leather armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Frog-leather body	-	-	-	-	-	-	87	0	0	-	-	-
	Frog-leather chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	83	0	0	-	-	-
	Frog-leather boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	189	0	0	-	-	-

Level 30: Carapace armour, F2P

Main article: Carapace armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Carapace helm	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	0	0	-	-	-
	Carapace torso	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	0	0	-	-	-
	Carapace legs	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	0	0	-	-	-
	Carapace gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	0	0	-	-	-
	Carapace boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	207	0	0	-	-	-

Level 30: Snakeskin armour, P2P

Main article: Snakeskin armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Snakeskin bandana	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	0	0	-	-	-
	Snakeskin body	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	0	0	-	-	-
	Snakeskin chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	0	0	-	-	-
	Snakeskin vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	0	0	-	-	-
	Snakeskin boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	207	0	0	-	-	-

Level 40: Green dragonhide, F2P

Main article: Green dragonhide armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	0	0	-	-	-
	Body ^(g)(t)	-	-	-	-	-	-	144	0	0	-	-	-
	Chaps ^(g)(t)	-	-	-	-	-	-	138	0	0	-	-	-
	Vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	0	0	-	-	-
File:Green d'hide shield.png	Shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	563	0	0	-	-	-

Level 42: Void Knight Armour, P2P

Main article: Void Knight equipment

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Ranger helm	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	0	0	-	-	-
	Top	-	-	-	-	-	-	115	0	0	-	-	-
	Robe	-	-	-	-	-	-	110	0	0	-	-	-
	Gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	0	0	-	-	-
	Deflector	-	-	-	-	-	-	95	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	445	0	0	-	-	-

Level 50: Spined armour, P2P

Main article: Spined armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Spined helm	-	-	-	-	-	-	170	0	0	-	12	-
	Spined body	-	-	-	-	-	-	195	0	0	-	18	-
	Spined chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	187	0	0	-	15	-
	Spined gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	0	0	-	7	-
	Spined boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	0	0	-	7	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	636	0	0	-	59	-

Level 50: Sacred clay range armour, P2P

Main article: Sacred clay equipment

Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			File:Sacred clay ranged armour equipped.png
	Sacred clay coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	170	0	0	-	-	-
	Sacred clay body	-	-	-	-	-	-	195	0	0	-	-	-
	Sacred clay chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	187	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	552	0	0	-	-	-

Level 50: Blue dragonhide, F2P

Main article: Blue dragonhide armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Blue d'hide coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	140	0	0	-	-	-
	Blue d'hide body	-	-	-	-	-	-	162	0	0	-	-	-
	Blue d'hide chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	154	0	0	-	-	-
	Blue d'hide vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	0	0	-	-	-
	Blue d'hide shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	631	0	0	-	-	-

Level 55: Red dragonhide, P2P

Main article: Red dragonhide armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Red d'hide coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	179	0	0	-	-	-
	Red d'hide body	-	-	-	-	-	-	206	0	0	-	-	-
	Red d'hide chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	197	0	0	-	-	-
	Red d'hide vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	0	0	-	-	-
File:Red d'hide shield.png	Red d'hide shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	179	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	806	0	0	-	-	-

Level 60: Black dragonhide, P2P

Main article: Black dragonhide armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Black d'hide coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	229	0	0	-	-	-
	Black d'hide body	-	-	-	-	-	-	260	0	0	-	-	-
	Black d'hide chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	252	0	0	-	-	-
	Black d'hide vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	0	0	-	-	-
File:Black d'hide shield.png	Black d'hide shield	-	-	-	-	-	-	229	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1030	0	0	-	-	-

Level 60: Blessed dragonhide, P2P

Main article: Blessed dragonhide armour

Item	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item	Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
File:Guthix coif.png File:Saradomin coif.png File:Zamorak coif.png File:Bandos coif.png File:Armadyl coif.png File:Ancient coif.png	-	-	-	-	-	-	226	0	0	-	-	-
File:Guthix body.png File:Saradomin body.png File:Zamorak body.png File:Bandos body.png File:Armadyl body.png File:Ancient body.png	-	-	-	-	-	-	260	0	0	-	-	-
File:Guthix chaps.png File:Saradomin chaps.png File:Zamorak chaps.png File:Bandos chaps.png File:Armadyl chaps.png File:Ancient chaps.png	-	-	-	-	-	-	249	0	0	-	-	-
File:Guthix vambraces.png File:Saradomin vambraces.png File:Zamorak vambraces.png File:Bandos vambraces.png File:Armadyl vambraces.png File:Ancient vambraces.png	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	0	0	-	-	-
Totals	-	-	-	-	-	-	791	0	0	-	-	-

Level 60: Demon slayer armour, P2P

Main article: Demon slayer equipment

This armour provides a bonus to damage and xp when fighting demons.

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Demon slayer circlet	-	-	-	-	-	-	196	0	0	-	14	-
	Demon slayer torso	-	-	-	-	-	-	226	0	0	-	22	-
	Demon slayer skirt	-	-	-	-	-	-	216	0	0	-	18	-
	Demon slayer gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	0	0	-	9	-
	Demon slayer boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	0	0	-	9	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	736	0	0	-	72	-

Also available are Royal spiky vambraces, which match the 64 armour bonus of the normal vambraces but add an additional Ranged Bonus of 10. Royal spiky vambraces therefore roughly match some of the best gloves in the game for relatively cheap, approximately 7k gp as of this edit.

Level 65: Royal dragonhide, P2P

Main article: Royal dragonhide armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Royal d'hide coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	259	0	0	-	-	-
	Royal d'hide body	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	0	0	-	-	-
	Royal d'hide chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	285	0	0	-	-	-
	Royal d'hide vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	906	0	0	-	-	-

Level 65: Third age ranger armour, P2P

Main article: Third-age ranger armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Third-age range coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	259	0	0	-	-	-
	Third-age range top	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	0	0	-	-	-
	Third-age range legs	-	-	-	-	-	-	285	0	0	-	-	-
	Third-age vambraces	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	906	0	0	-	-	-

Level 70: Karil the Tainted, P2P

Main article: Karil the Tainted's equipment

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Karil's coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	297	0	0	-	-	-
	Karil's top	-	-	-	-	-	-	341	0	0	-	-	-
	Karil's skirt	-	-	-	-	-	-	326	0	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	964	0	0	-	-	-

Level 70: Armadyl armour, P2P

Main article: Armadyl armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Armadyl helmet	-	-	-	-	-	-	259	0	1	-	17	-
	Armadyl chestplate	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	0	2	-	26	-
	Armadyl chainskirt	-	-	-	-	-	-	285	0	1	-	22	-
	Armadyl gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	0	1	-	11	-
	Armadyl boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	64	0	1	-	11	-
Totals		-	64	-	-	-	-	970	0	6	-	87	-
	Armadyl buckler	-	-	-	-	-	-	297	35	1	-	-	-
Totals		-	64	-	-	-	-	1296	35	7	-	87	-

Level 78: Morrigan's armour, P2P

Main article: Morrigan's Equipment

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Morrigan's coif	-	-	-	-	-	-	365	0	0	-	20	-
	Morrigan's leather body	-	-	-	-	-	-	420	0	0	-	30	-
	Morrigan's leather chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	402	0	0	-	25	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1187	0	0	-	75	-

Level 80: Pernix armour, P2P

Main article: Pernix armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Pernix cowl	-	-	-	-	-	-	338	110	2	-	20	-
	Pernix body	-	-	-	-	-	-	389	220	3	-	30	-
	Pernix chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	372	165	2	-	25	-
	Pernix gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	12	-
	Pernix boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	12	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1267	495	11	-	99	-

Level 85: Death lotus armour, P2P

Main article: Death lotus armour

Tradeable Version

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Hood	-	-	-	-	-	-	414	280	0	-	-	-
	Chestplate	-	-	-	-	-	-	477	560	0	-	-	-
	Chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	456	420	0	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1347	1260	0	-	-	-

Un-Tradeable "Superior" Version

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Hood	-	-	-	-	-	-	435	320	2	-	-	-
	Chestplate	-	-	-	-	-	-	500	640	3	-	-	-
	Chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	479	480	2	-	-	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1414	1440	7	-	-	-

Level 90: Sirenic armour, P2P

Main article: Sirenic armour

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
Item		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Sirenic mask	-	-	-	-	-	-	435	0	2	-	23	-
	Sirenic hauberk	-	-	-	-	-	-	500	0	3	-	34	-
	Sirenic chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	479	0	2	-	29	-
Totals		-		-	-		-	1414	0	7	-	86	-

Other ranged equipment, P2P

Members also have access to many different kinds of Armour not available for F2p players. Ranger boots and robin hood hats are rare rewards from Treasure Trails, archers' rings can be obtained by killing Dagannoth Supreme under Waterbirth Island, archer helms can be bought from Rellekka after completing The Fremennik Trials quest and Glaiven Boots can be acquired from Glacors after Ritual of the Mahjarrat. Also, if you have 110 combat, you can enter the Dominion Tower and unlock Swift Gloves, which currently give the highest defence bonuses for range gloves in-game. However, they are degradable and don't last long.

Image	Item	Levels	Armour Rating	Life Bonus	Ranged Bonus
	Archers' ring	None	0	0	17
	Archers' ring (i)	None	0	0	25
	Berserker ring	None	5	0	12^[1]
	Berserker ring (i)	None	18	0	17^[1]
Robin hood hat	Robin hood hat	40 Ranged 40 Defence	125	0	9
	Ranger boots	40 Ranged 40 Defence	26	0	6
	Demon slayer boots	60 Ranged 60 Defence	49	0	9
	Saradomin's murmur	70 Ranged	0	0	36
	Amulet of ranging	None	0	0	32
	Amulet of fury	None	0	0	32^[1]
	Archer helm	45 Defence	146	0	11
	Ava's attractor	30 Ranged	13	0	9
	Ava's accumulator	50 Ranged	25	0	17
	Ava's alerter	50 Ranged	33	0	26
	Mercenary's gloves	73 Ranged 73 Dungeoneering	80	0	0
	Ranger hat	45 Defence	86	0	12
	Focus sight	20 Ranged 10 Defence	32	0	0
	Glaiven boots	75 Ranged 85 Defence	108	0	0
	Swift gloves	80 Ranged	96	0	0
	Eagle-eye kiteshield	80 Defence 80 Dungeoneering	384	385	0
	Tracking gloves	85 Ranged 85 Defence	108	0	0