Rune equipment are items made from the runite metal, it is the second best (but best non-degradable) equipment in free to play worlds. It is stronger than adamant equipment but weaker than corrupt dragon equipment. In the past, rune equipment was often criticised as being "too expensive", especially to free players. The price of rune equipment was controversial, as non-combat skillers with a decently high level in their speciality and therefore make good money have no problem purchasing such items. However, in recent times, due to rapidly falling prices, the vast majority of players can afford a full set of rune by the time they reach the requirements to use said equipment. Many players have enough money to afford much more expensive variations of rune armour, such as trimmed, gold-trimmed, gilded, heraldic, or armour in the colour of the gods.

Contents 1 Rune Weapons 1.1 Note 1.2 Melee weapons 1.3 Off-hand weapons 1.4 Ranged weapons 2 Armour 2.1 Obtaining from the Champions' Guild 2.2 Others 2.2.1 God Armour 3 Rune Armour in RSC 4 Trivia

Rune WeaponsEdit

Rune weapons are cyan and require an Attack level of 50 (apart from the rune cane, which requires only 38) to wield. They were formerly the best weapons available to free players until the introduction of Corrupted dragon equipment and the Gravite weapons. However, they are still regarded as the best weapons in F2P, as they do not disappear like corrupt dragon, and do not degrade like gravite. As with all runite items, rune weapons tend to exhibit a colour that could be considered a darker form of steel.

NoteEdit

Attack Bonuses are not the only factor a player should consider when choosing a weapon, speed is essential to combat! (especially when training along side other players) As a general rule, smaller/lighter weapons are faster than the larger/heavier ones. (ex. A rune longsword is faster than a rune battleaxe) Always remember this when reviewing these weapons:

Melee weaponsEdit

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Rune dagger	4,357 coins (update)	No
	Rune claw	6,725 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune hatchet	7,417 coins (update)	No
	Rune mace	8,095 coins (update)	No
	Rune sword	12,202 coins (update)	No
	Rune longsword	18,488 coins (update)	No
	Rune scimitar	15,170 coins (update)	No
	Rune spear	12,048 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune hasta	12,059 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune warhammer	24,645 coins (update)	No
	Rune battleaxe	24,627 coins (update)	No
	Rune two-handed sword	37,952 coins (update)	No
	Rune halberd	77,153 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune pickaxe	18,935 coins (update)	No
	Rune defender	N/A	Yes
	Rune cane	21,180 coins (update)	Yes

Off-hand weaponsEdit

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Off-hand rune battleaxe	27,444 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune crossbow	9,797 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune dagger	4,645 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune knife	1,911 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune longsword	18,862 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune mace	8,365 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune scimitar	16,693 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune sword	12,018 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune throwing axe	800 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune warhammer	24,915 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune claw	3,390 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune dart	726 coins (update)	Yes

Ranged weaponsEdit

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Rune crossbow	9,423 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune 2h crossbow	9,470 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune bolts	400 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune arrow	199 coins (update)	No
	Rune brutal arrows	544 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune darts	101 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune javelin	254 coins (update)	No
	Rune thrownaxe	200 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune knife	105 coins (update)	Yes

Armour Edit

Rune armour is the highest-quality non-degradable armour that free-to-play players can wear, and the second-highest quality armour on the standard metallic armour spectrum (bronze to dragon). Rune armour requires 50 Defence to wear, though the rune platebody also requires completion of Dragon Slayer. With a full set costing around 137,500 coins, the armour provides excellent defence for its price.

Name	Image	Exchange Price	Store Price
Rune helm		10,893	N/A
Rune full helm		20,681	N/A
Rune chainbody		29,504	50,000
Rune platebody		38,924	65,500
Rune platelegs		37,947	64,000
Rune plateskirt		37,859	64,000
Rune square shield		22,731	N/A
Rune kiteshield		32,145	N/A
Rune spikeshield		61,945 (in uncharged form)	200 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune berserker shield		44,074 (in uncharged form)	300 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune boots(m)		7,280	N/A
Rune gloves(m)		N/A	5,000
Rune gauntlets		130,767 (in worn-out form)	200 FoG tokens

Obtaining from the Champions' Guild Edit

Rune armour is the best type of armour for a non-member; the only armour that's better statistically is the corrupt dragon armour, which crumbles to dust after 30 minutes and is very expensive. For this reason, Rune armour is more popular among non-members. The rune platebody can only be worn after the completion of the Dragon Slayer quest, though all other pieces of rune armour can be worn without its completion - rune platelegs, rune plateskirts, rune chainbodies, rune swords, rune maces, etc. can be bought in Scavvo's Rune Store on the second floor of the Champions' Guild just south of Varrock or the Grand Exchange.

• Rune plateskirt: 64,000 coins
• Rune platelegs: 64,000 coins
• Rune chainbody: 50,000 coins
• Rune longsword: 32,000 coins
• Rune sword: 20,800 coins
• Rune mace: 14,400 coins
• Rune 2h: 40,000 coins

OthersEdit

Ornamental rune armour, heraldic rune armour, trimmed rune armour, God armour, and Gilded armour have the same bonuses as standard rune armour. These can be obtained from the member's only Treasure Trails.

Note: Other players cannot trim nor bless armour, no matter what scammers say.

Trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (t)	115,068 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (t)	205,459 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (t)	72,666 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (t)	39,638 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (t)	78,152 coins (update)

Gold-trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (g)	301,224 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (g)	528,590 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (g)	220,847 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (g)	38,628 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (g)	162,159 coins (update)

Gilded

Image	Type	GE Price
	Gilded full helm	719,531 coins (update)
	Gilded platebody	1,730,618 coins (update)
	Gilded platelegs	1,972,853 coins (update)
	Gilded plateskirt	72,045 coins (update)
	Gilded kiteshield	589,216 coins (update)

Rune heraldic armour (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h1)	26,294 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h1)	44,974 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h1)	38,637 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h1)	37,425 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h1)	32,374 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h2)	21,269 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h2)	38,002 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h2)	38,009 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h2)	38,120 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h2)	31,699 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h3)	29,291 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h3)	57,741 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h3)	38,438 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h3)	37,404 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h3)	32,004 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h4)	21,932 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h4)	38,328 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h4)	37,578 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h4)	37,800 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h4)	32,316 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h5)	31,787 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h5)	46,855 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h5)	37,996 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h5)	37,748 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h5)	31,751 coins (update)

God ArmourEdit

Zamorak (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Zamorak full helm	995,806 coins (update)
	Zamorak platebody	1,602,928 coins (update)
	Zamorak platelegs	332,669 coins (update)
	Zamorak plateskirt	38,912 coins (update)
	Zamorak kiteshield	415,746 coins (update)

Guthix (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Guthix full helm	563,909 coins (update)
	Guthix platebody	586,133 coins (update)
	Guthix platelegs	273,995 coins (update)
	Guthix plateskirt	38,631 coins (update)
	Guthix kiteshield	239,487 coins (update)

Saradomin (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Saradomin full helm	1,929,823 coins (update)
	Saradomin platebody	2,510,197 coins (update)
	Saradomin platelegs	646,746 coins (update)
	Saradomin plateskirt	39,723 coins (update)
	Saradomin kiteshield	748,079 coins (update)

Armadyl

Image	Type	GE Price
	Armadyl full helm	126,684 coins (update)
	Armadyl platebody	85,735 coins (update)
	Armadyl platelegs	64,672 coins (update)
	Armadyl plateskirt	97,512 coins (update)
	Armadyl kiteshield	497,473 coins (update)

Bandos

Image	Type	GE Price
	Bandos full helm	171,772 coins (update)
	Bandos platebody	139,293 coins (update)
	Bandos platelegs	60,412 coins (update)
	Bandos plateskirt	39,413 coins (update)
	Bandos kiteshield	215,811 coins (update)

Ancient (Zaros)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Ancient full helm	85,830 coins (update)
	Ancient platebody	113,661 coins (update)
	Ancient platelegs	61,600 coins (update)
	Ancient plateskirt	37,821 coins (update)
	Ancient kiteshield	199,872 coins (update)

Rune Armour in RSC Edit

Long ago, during the early development stages of RuneScape Classic, rune armour didn't exist. Prior to its release in mid-to-late 2001, Jagex planned on making the colour of rune purple. There are images floating around the internet of a Purple Rune 2 Handed Sword in a trade screen from RuneScape Classic. After Rune was released, it was changed to a cyan colour. Once RuneScape 2 was released the cyan colour of Rune armour was toned down into a more shaded colour.

TriviaEdit

• All the god, trimmed, heraldic, and gilded versions of rune have the same exact stats as regular rune; it is only a different colour.
• Players can't trim rune armour, or any armour for that matter. Players tell others they can trim or gold-trim their armour for them, only to run off with the armour they were given by unsuspecting players. This was a common scamming method before the trading limit update of 2007, and returned as a common scam with the removal of trade limits in 2011.
• When you pulled a Christmas cracker from the 2001 event, you received a partyhat and a random normal object. The partyhats, (now 1500M+) were often disregarded, as there was a chance to get runite armour, which was worth millions at that time.
• Rune plate armour is the only armour to come in 15 distinct variations (four being P2P) all with the same stats. The second highest are black plate and adamant plate, with 8 variations each. The most popular being Zamorak and Saradomin.
• On 23 May 2010, a glitch appeared in which players with access to the Warriors' Guild could duplicate Rune armour sets. This was done by placing a helmet, platebody, and platelegs on the machine and eating a Rotten apple just before the player died. A Player could say to Shanomi that his or her armour set had disappeared. Shanomi would give him or her another one, with the one on the ground too. This was patched within 24 hours after Jagex discovered it, but it had already been exploited for weeks. None of the accounts that used the bug to duplicate rune armour sets were able to be banned.
• On 6 March 2012, rune armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework.

v • d • e Equipment classes
Normal metal equipment	Bronze • Iron • Steel • Black • White • Mithril • Adamant • Rune • Dragon (corrupt)
Dungeoneering equipment	Novite • Bathus • Marmaros • Kratonite • Fractite • Zephyrium • Argonite • Katagon • Gorgonite • Promethium • Primal
Other	Blurite • Silver • Gold • Elemental • Sacred clay • Barrows • Ancient Warriors' Equipment (corrupt) • Eastern armour

v • d • e Rune equipment
Melee Weapons	Dagger • Hatchet • Mace • Claw(m) • Duradel's Sword • Longsword • Scimitar • Spear(m) • Warhammer • Battleaxe • Two-hander • Halberd(m) • Hasta(m) • Pickaxe
Ranged weapons/ammo	Crossbow(m) • 2h crossbow(m) • Bolts(m) • Arrows • Brutal arrows(m) • Darts(m) • Javelins • Throwing axe(m) • Throwing knife(m)
Off-hand weapons	Battleaxe • Claw • Crossbow • Dagger • Dart • Knife • Longsword • Mace • Scimitar • Sword • Throwing axe • Warhammer
Armour	Helm • Full helmet (t) (g) • Square shield • Kiteshield (t) (g) • Chainbody • Platebody (t) (g) • Plateskirt (t) (g) • Platelegs (t) (g) • Boots(m) • Gloves(m) • Gauntlets • Defender(m) • Spikeshield • Berserker shield
Gilded armour	Full helm(m) • Kiteshield(m) • Platebody(m) • Plateskirt(m) • Platelegs(m)
Rune god armour	Guthix Guthix full helm • Guthix kiteshield • Guthix platebody • Guthix plateskirt • Guthix platelegs Saradomin Saradomin full helm • Saradomin kiteshield • Saradomin platebody • Saradomin plateskirt • Saradomin platelegs Zamorak Zamorak full helm • Zamorak kiteshield • Zamorak platebody • Zamorak plateskirt • Zamorak platelegs Ancient (Zaros) Ancient full helm(m) • Ancient kiteshield(m) • Ancient platebody(m) • Ancient plateskirt(m) • Ancient platelegs(m) Bandos Bandos full helm(m) • Bandos kiteshield(m) • Bandos platebody(m) • Bandos plateskirt(m) • Bandos platelegs(m) Armadyl Armadyl full helm(m) • Armadyl kiteshield(m) • Armadyl platebody(m) • Armadyl plateskirt(m) • Armadyl platelegs(m)
Heraldic armour	Type 1 Rune helm (h1) • Rune shield (h1) • Rune platebody (h1) • Rune plateskirt (h1) • Rune platelegs (h1) Type 2 Rune helm (h2) • Rune shield (h2) • Rune platebody (h2) • Rune plateskirt (h2) • Rune platelegs (h2) Type 3 Rune helm (h3) • Rune shield (h3) • Rune platebody (h3) • Rune plateskirt (h3) • Rune platelegs (h3) Type 4 Rune helm (h4) • Rune shield (h4) • Rune platebody (h4) • Rune plateskirt (h4) • Rune platelegs (h4) Type 5 Rune helm (h5) • Rune shield (h5) • Rune platebody (h5) • Rune plateskirt (h5) • Rune platelegs (h5)
Others	Arrowtips(m) • Ore • Bar • Nails (m)
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