Primal equipment

A player wearing Primal equipment.

Primal equipment (tier 11) is a members only weapon and armour set found while training the Dungeoneering skill. It is the strongest melee equipment found within Daemonheim, and requires level 99 Attack, Strength and Defence for the weapons and armour respectively. It is also the strongest melee equipment in RuneScape.

This is the only Dungeoneering melee equipment that cannot be smithed, as no matching ore exists. Primal equipment can only be obtained by receiving it as a drop from the bosses within Daemonheim as the monsters can only drop up to Promethium. It is not recommended to bind the gauntlets and boots because there is only a small difference to the promethium gauntlets/boots and since you can bind 10 items at a time, but you can only use a maximum of 5 bound items at a time (and since the set altogether is hard to obtain), the weapons and more benefiting armour (platebody, platelegs) are better off than with the gauntlets and boots. When performing the Dungeoneering cape's emote you are seen to be wearing full primal armour (with the exception of a primal kiteshield) and wielding a primal longsword.

Players trying to obtain primal equipment should activate hard mode if they have completed the elite Daemonheim tasks, as their chance of receiving tier 99 gear is significantly higher with hard mode active.

Weapons

Melee weapons

Main hand weapons

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Primal battleaxe	Slash	1475	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal dagger	Stab	950	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal hatchet	Slash	711	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal longsword	Slash	1212	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal pickaxe	Crush	711	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal rapier	Stab	1212	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal warhammer	Crush	1475	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-

Off-hand weapons

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Off-hand primal battleaxe	-	-	-	Slash	737	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Off-hand primal dagger	-	-	-	Stab	475	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Off-hand primal longsword	-	-	-	Slash	606	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Off-hand primal rapier	-	-	-	Stab	606	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Off-hand primal warhammer	-	-	-	Crush	737	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-

Two-handed weapons

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Primal 2h sword	Slash	2212	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal maul	Crush	2212	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal spear	Stab	2212	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-

Ranged weapons

Main hand weapons

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Primal knife	Thrown	950	3031	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-

Off-hand weapons

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attribute			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Off-hand primal knife	-	-	-	Thrown	475	3031	0	0	0	-	-	-

How to get

Item	Dropped by	Floors	Dungeoneering level required
Primal dagger	Luminescent icefiend	3-11	5
Primal warhammer	Bal'lak the Pummeller	33-35	65
Primal rapier	Har'Lakk the Riftsplitter	18-29	35
Primal longsword	Blink	48-60	95
Primal battleaxe	Yk'Lagor the Thunderous	45-47	89
Primal spear	World-gorger Shukarhazh	54-60	107
Primal maul	Rammernaut	18-29	35
Primal two-handed sword	Kal'Ger the Warmonger	57-60	113
Primal knife	Icy Bones	1-11	1
Off-hand primal knife	Necrolord	39-47	77
Primal hatchet	Bulwark beast	12-17, 30-35	23
Primal pickaxe	Bulwark beast	12-17, 30-35	23

Armour

Components and bonuses

Item		Attribute			Style bonus
	Primal full helm	606	600	0	-	-	-
	Primal platebody	697	1200	0	-	-	-
	Primal chainbody	665	1120	0	-	-	-
	Primal kiteshield	606	1050	0	-	-	-
	Primal gauntlets	151	0	0	-	-	-
	Primal platelegs	666	900	0	-	-	-
	Primal plateskirt	666	900	0	-	-	-
	Primal boots	151	0	0	-	-	-

How to get

Item	Dropped by	Floors	Dungeoneering Level Required
Primal full helm	Skeletal Horde	12-17, 30-35	23
Primal platebody	Dreadnaut	48-60	95
Primal chainbody	Gravecreeper	36-47	71
Primal platelegs	Flesh-spoiler Haasghenahk	42-47	83
Primal plateskirt	Night-gazer Khighorahk	26-29	51
Primal gauntlets	Plane-freezer Lakhrahnaz	6-11	11
Primal kiteshield	Shadow-forger Ihlakhizan	30-35	59
Primal boots	Gluttonous behemoth	1-11	1

Gallery

A forgotten warrior wearing primal equipment.

A player wearing a primal chainbody and primal plateskirt.

Concept art for the primal armour.

Sir Owen wearing primal armour.

More primal armour concept art.

Runefest 2011 banner.

Trivia

• 'Primal' is derived from the Latin primus meaning 'the first'.
• A warrior with primal armour and two primal battleaxes can be seen on the RuneFest 2011 banner.