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For the Dominion Tower version, see Blisterwood polearm (Dominion Tower).

Blisterwood polearm detail

The blisterwood polearm is a two-handed melee weapon released as a reward along with the blisterwood staff and the blisterwood stakes from The Branches of Darkmeyer. All three weapons require 70 Fletching to make. The polearm requires 70 Attack. It is made by having two silver sickles and blisterwood logs in your inventory and then fletching the polearm. Blessed silver sickles cannot be used as a substitute for the silver sickles.

Blisterwood polearms, Sunspears and Ivandis flails are the only melee type weapons that can kill the vyrewatch, Vyrelords or ladies, and Vanstrom Klause. These weapons are also more effective against other types of vampyres, like vampyre Juvinates, but these creatures are already at such a low level once blisterwood weapons are unlocked, that killing them isn't worth anything.

The stats are considerably better than the basic Ivandis flail, as it hits both harder and more often than the flail does. On the flip side, the polearm has a shorter reach than the flail and deals crush damage rather than slash, but this doesn't seem to make much of a difference as there are currently no vyrewatch weak to either slashing or crushing weapons (though the juvinates encountered in Temple Trekking are weak against slash).

Though it's meant to be used against the vyrewatch, it is still a rather effective weapon in PvP and PvM situations for those who cannot afford more expensive weapons, equivalent to Barrows melee weapons, and almost matching that of a godsword.

Combat Stats
RequirementsBlisterwood polearm equipped
70 Attack
ClassSlot
Attack Melee2h slot
Tier
70
WeaponsMainOff
Damage1564-
Accuracy1486-
StyleCrush
Range1
Speed
Average (3.6s)
AttributesDamage reduction
DefenceArmour0PvM: 0%PvP: 0%
ConstitutionLife points0Style bonuses
PrayerPrayer0Strength0Ranged0Magic0
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Blisterwood benefits

Blisterwood is fully effective against all vampyres, vyrewatch, and vyrelords/ladies; when fighting them, blisterwood weapons have the following benefits:

  • Able to damage them
  • Prevent juvinates in Darkmeyer (but not elsewhere) from transforming into dust and escaping
  • +50% hit chance
  • Chance to deal up to double the normal damage for that attack (including bleeds like Dismember)
  • Every 50 vyre corpses cremated in the Columbarium grants +10 damage (a maximum of +100)

See Category:Susceptible to blisterwood weapons for a full list of affected monsters.

Creation[]

Blisterwood polearm Blisterwood polearm
Fletching-Make-X GE icon
100 XP--
Requirements
Fletching Fletching level70
Quests Completed The Branches of Darkmeyer
P2P icon Members onlyYes
Materials
ItemQuantityPriceTotal
Blisterwood logsBlisterwood logs1N/A-
Silver sickleSilver sickle21,3912,782

Trivia[]

  • Despite being a polearm, it was once considered to be a maul by some elements of its programming, as it was affected by the Icyenic or Infernal Greathammer overrides. It is also, however, regarded as a spear, as evidenced by its effect on the Corporeal Beast.
  • Prior to the Evolution of Combat, when attacking with the polearm whilst on a free to play world, the player would perform a jumping kick, similar to that of the Staff of Light. Following the EoC, however, players can no longer attack while wielding a members' weapon on a free to play world.
  • It used to be possible to cast High Level Alchemy on noted polearms, giving 15,600 coins, but this was patched in July 2013.

References[]

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