Members?	Only White, Dragon, Chaotic, Vesta's longsword and Dungeoneering longswords zephyrium, Drygore longsword and off-hand variant
Style?	Slash
Speed?	FastInterval: 3.0 seconds

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This article is about longswords. For the article about short swords, see Shortsword.

Longswords are medium speed slashing weapons, with a higher damage bonus than the scimitar. Longswords, like all slashing weapons, are good against cloth and leather armour, many consider them better than two-handed swords because you can equip a shield with it and it attacks faster.

Longswords vs. ScimitarsEdit

While Longswords offer higher damage bonuses, they are one tick slower than scimitars. There is a 3 second delay between blows with a Longsword, whereas with a Scimitar, the delay is only 2.4 seconds. This equates to 20 attacks per minute with a Longsword as compared to 25 attacks per minute with a Scimitar. The extra 5 blows per minute usually outweigh any damage or accuracy boost a longsword will give. However, the extra five hits, due to the lower damage bonus of a scimitar, may be 0s or low hits, as opposed to more accurate or stronger hits with a longsword. Conducting accurate tests to compare the two weapon types, although attempted, have never brought about conclusive evidence of superiority due to the many factors that must be accounted for, such as enemy defence and Attack level. For the most part, it's merely personal preference as to which is a better weapon. However, there are factors to consider in choosing which weapon to use. Those who want attack speed over power should choose a scimitar. Those who want power over speed should choose a longsword.

Price TableEdit

Longsword Grand Exchange Cost
	Bronze longsword	&0000000000000055000000 55 [view]
	Iron longsword	&0000000000000046000000 46 [view]
	Steel longsword	&0000000000000183000000 183 [view]
	Black longsword	&0000000000000432000000 432 [view]
	White longsword	&0000000000002846000000 2,846 [view]
	Mithril longsword	&0000000000000567000000 567 [view]
	Adamant longsword	&0000000000001643000000 1,643 [view]
	Rune longsword	&0000000000018807000000 18,807 [view]
	Gravite longsword	40,000 tokens
	Dragon longsword	&0000000000059235000000 59,235 [view]
	Corrupt dragon longsword	&0000000000256243000000 256,243 [view]
	Corrupt vesta's longsword	&0000000005024600000000 5,024,600 [view]
	Vesta's longsword	&0000000012496756000000 12,496,756 [view]
	Chaotic longsword	200,000 tokens
	Drygore longsword	&0000000088253990000000 88,253,990 [view]

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Off-hand Longsword Grand Exchange Cost
	Off-hand bronze longsword	&0000000000000011000000 11 [view]
	Off-hand iron longsword	&0000000000000047000000 47 [view]
	Off-hand steel longsword	&0000000000000132000000 132 [view]
	Off-hand black longsword	&0000000000004516000000 4,516 [view]
	Off-hand mithril longsword	&0000000000000534000000 534 [view]
	Off-hand adamant longsword	&0000000000001687000000 1,687 [view]
	Off-hand rune longsword	&0000000000019874000000 19,874 [view]
	Off-hand dragon longsword	&0000000000107520000000 107,520 [view]
	Off-hand chaotic longsword	100,000 tokens
	Off-hand drygore longsword	&0000000057777264000000 57,777,264 [view]

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Special longswordsEdit

• Blurite sword
• Darklight
• Decorative swords
• Excalibur
• Silverlight

Dungeoneering longswordsEdit

These longswords could only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

Table of longswords (Dungeoneering)

Tier	Icon	Item	Level to use
1		Novite longsword	1 Attack
2		Bathus longsword	10 Attack
3		Marmaros longsword	20 Attack
4		Kratonite longsword	30 Attack
5		Fractite longsword	40 Attack
6		Zephyrium longsword	50 Attack
7		Argonite longsword	60 Attack
8		Katagon longsword	70 Attack
9		Gorgonite longsword	80 Attack
10		Promethium longsword	90 Attack
11		Primal longsword	99 Attack

TriviaEdit

• Before the graphical update, the longsword was more round, much like today's shortsword.
• A few days before the new longsword look came out, the black knights' swords had changed to the current graphics before it was introduced, Jagex never noticed this error.
• The rune longsword was held upright like a dragon longsword, unlike the rest. This, however, has been changed and the rune Longsword is now held like all other longswords.
• Ice Warriors use the old version of the longsword, this may be an oversight by Jagex.
• The dragon longsword is the only longsword that appears to have a curved point at the tip of the sword.

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