Godsword

The Godsword is a two-handed sword and an extremely powerful piece of equipment that can be found in the God Wars Dungeon. This weapon is dropped in pieces, and players must combine the pieces to form the sword. Furthermore, four hilts corresponding to the gods Saradomin, Zamorak, Armadyl, and Bandos can be attached to unlock different special attacks. It is currently the most powerful weapon, when all factors are taken into account. It requires 75 attack to wield. It can be very useful for Bounty Hunter, Duel Arena, Fight Pits, and Castle Wars. The Godsword is dropped in 3 pieces. Fixing it gives the player 100 experience per two pieces joined (200 experience for the entire sword's completion) and requires 80 smithing. The hilts can freely be added or removed with no level requirement.


 * Special attacks:
 * Armadyl Godsword: The Judgment. Inflicts 25% more damage. 50% Special bar drain. Compare with Dharoks and Dragon longsword
 * Saradomin Godsword: Healing Blade. Inflicts normal damage, but restores half of the damage to your hitpoints and a quarter to your prayer. You will receive a minimum of 10 hitpoints and 5 prayer. 50% Special bar drain. Compare with Guthans and Ancient mace
 * Bandos Godsword: Warstrike Attack. Drains your opponent's combat statistics by the damage hit. Statistics are drained in the following order: Defence, strength, prayer, attack, magic, ranged. An extra 10% is added to the inflicted damage. 100% Special bar drain. Compare with Dorgeshuun crossbow
 * Zamorak Godsword: Ice Cleave. Freezes opponent for 20 seconds, but they can still attack. 60% Special bar drain. Compare with Ice BarrageThis special is good for surprising opponents with a magic attack.

Historical Context
In the means of history the last battle of the God Wars was waged for the control of this particular item. Which ever god could control it may have been able to determine the outcome of the war. No god ever claimed this sword as Guthix awoke from its slumber and brought peace back to the world. Now that recent tectonics in RuneScape have released these monsters once more if the sword falls into one of the gods hands, it could mean the beginning of another imbalance in power therefore possibly leading into another devastating war between gods. It is also said the sword was forged by the near-extinct Icyene.

Animations
Each special attack animation can be found at its respective hilt article:


 * Armadyl hilt
 * Bandos hilt
 * Saradomin hilt
 * Zamorak hilt

Reference

 * RuneScape Knowledge Base
 * Melee - Other Items - The godsword (m)
 * Truthscape - TruthScape Special Reports - The Godsword - RuneScape’s Best Weapon Ever? - Detailed description and analysis of the godsword with images