Pernix equipment

Pernix armour is a three-pieced degradable high level ranged armour set which may be obtained as a drop from Nex in the Zaros themed God Wars Dungeon expansion, first mentioned on 3 January 2011 and released on 10 January 2011. The Pernix ranged armour set has a requirement of level 80 Defence, 80 Constitution, and 80 Ranged to equip.

This armour also has a special effect. Each piece of the set boosts the wearer's maximum life points. In total, the full Pernix set boosts a player's lifepoints by 400. This special effect also increases the amount of life points healed by Saradomin brews and healing scrolls, as the effects of such items depend on a player's maximum number of life points when calculating how much they heal.

All pieces of the armour set are dropped exclusively by Nex, who is by far the highest level boss monster in the game. In addition to their individual effects, having any Pernix, Torva, or Virtus item equipped counts as a god item for all four factions in God Wars Dungeon, causing all members of the warring factions to become passive to the player. However, the armour does not cause the God Wars bosses or their body guards to become docile towards the player.

Degrading and repair
The largest drawback to this armour set is that it degrades after 10 hours of combat. The pieces do not degrade in increments, rather they retain their stats throughout the ten hours and then immediately drop to 0. The amount of time remaining is recorded in-game in increments of 1%. This percentage can be checked by right-clicking the armour piece and selecting 'check-charge' while it is either in your inventory or equipped. Each individual item in the set has a charge value that must be replenished either at Bob's Brilliant Axes or at an armour stand in a player-owned house. Repair costs at an armour stand decrease linearly based on the player's Smithing level. The cost is exactly half with a Smithing level of 100. Boosts such as the Smithing skillcape work.

Grand Exchange Price
Due to the rarity of the armour, the price of each piece on the Grand Exchange is in the hundreds of millions.

Stats

 * Pernix cowl.png || Cowl || -6 || -6 || -6 || -10 || +14 || +10 || +10 || +15 || +9 || +13 || +17 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 6% || 3%||+66
 * Pernix body.png || Body || -8 || -8 || -8 || -15 || +38 || +65 || +50 || +68 || +75 || +60 || +65 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 12% || 6%||+200
 * Pernix chaps.png || Chaps || -6 || -6 || -6 || -15 || +25 || +38 || +27 || +40 || +47 || +38 || +32 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 8% || 4%||+134
 * Pernix body.png || Body || -8 || -8 || -8 || -15 || +38 || +65 || +50 || +68 || +75 || +60 || +65 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 12% || 6%||+200
 * Pernix chaps.png || Chaps || -6 || -6 || -6 || -15 || +25 || +38 || +27 || +40 || +47 || +38 || +32 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 8% || 4%||+134
 * Pernix chaps.png || Chaps || -6 || -6 || -6 || -15 || +25 || +38 || +27 || +40 || +47 || +38 || +32 || 0 || 0 || +1 || 0% || 0% || 8% || 4%||+134


 * -20 || -20 || -20 || -40 || +77 || +113 || +87 || +123 || +131 || +111 || +114 || 0 || 0 || +3 || 0% || 0% || 26% || 13%||+400
 * }



Trivia

 * Pernix is Latin for "swift", "nimble", or "agile".
 * Ancient rangers in the Ancient Prison wear a purple and gold version of this.
 * FightpitPKer, a player spoof, wears a full set of this armour during The Elder Kiln quest.
 * Although Torva was updated with many armours on 6th March 2012, neither Pernix or Virtus were. To the right is an image found on the Jagex website, which shows there is a graphical rework planned.