Weapon

Weapons are items a player can use to inflict damage in combat.

Basic melee weapons
These weapons are more commonly used than the other weapons available. Each type of basic melee weapons comes in six different types of metal.

Most weapons have a primary attack mode in all three attack styles and a secondary mode in the aggressive or controlled style. The secondary mode is normally weaker, but may be more appropriate to your target.

Chainmail armour is weaker against stabbing; platemail is weaker against crushing, while the slash attack is highly effective against cloth, leather or unarmoured targets. Against monster hide, that's one you have to work out. The only absolute defense against a particular attack is a "protect from" prayer, or the occasional NPC that requires something special to kill them, so you will still hit with the "wrong" attack and weapon, just not as often and with less damage.

Weapon groups
The whole idea of having multiple weapon types is that one weapon type should not be all-conquering, or there would be not much point having the others. Overall, though, the best weapon type is:

Stab: Sword or Dagger.

Slash: Scimitar or Longsword, though the Battleaxe and Two-Handed Sword are worth considering.

Crush: Warhammer, though the Battleaxe, Two-Handed Sword or even the Mace (especially for prayer-based warriors) are worth considering.

The various groups of weapons are summarised below:

Weapon metals
Weapons are made of different metals, some stronger and more expensive than others. Higher Attack levels allow wielding weapons of better metals. For example, a player needs an attack level of 10 to wield a black weapon, whereas the player would need level 20 to wield a mithril weapon.

Almost all metal weapons can be smithed, except for pickaxes, spears and halberds, or anything black, White or dragon. The table above shows what level is needed to wield a certain metal.

Advanced melee weapon types
Members have access to more powerful weapons than the basic ones. However, because of their power, they are much more expensive than the basic weapons.

TzHaar

 * Toktz-Xil-Ak
 * TzHaar-Ket-Em
 * TzHaar-Ket-Om
 * Toktz-Xil-Ek

Barrows

 * Dharok's greataxe
 * Guthan's warspear
 * Verac's flail
 * Torag's hammers
 * Ahrim's staff
 * Karil's crossbow

Miscellaneous

 * Granite maul
 * Abyssal whip
 * Bone dagger
 * Void Knight mace
 * Barrelchest anchor
 * Ancient mace

Quest Related Weapons

 * Shadow Sword
 * Silverlight
 * Darklight
 * Wolfbane dagger
 * Dark dagger
 * Blurite sword
 * Bone spear
 * Bone club
 * Gadderhammer
 * Excalibur
 * Keris
 * Brine sabre

BlackJacks

 * Oak blackjack (o)
 * Willow blackjack (o)
 * Maple blackjack (o)
 * Oak blackjack (d)
 * Willow blackjack (d)
 * Maple blackjack (d)
 * Oak blackjack
 * Maple blackjack

Fun Weapons

 * Flowers
 * Rubber Chicken
 * Butterfly Net
 * Mouse Toy

Non-member magic weapons
The weapons listed below can be used by free players. While they can be used in melee, they are best with magic combat.

Staves

 * Staff
 * Magic staff
 * Staff of air
 * Staff of earth
 * Staff of fire
 * Staff of water

Member magic weapons
Members have a wide assortment of magic weapons at their disposal.

Battlestaves

 * Battlestaff
 * Air battlestaff
 * Earth battlestaff
 * Fire battlestaff
 * Water battlestaff
 * Mud battlestaff
 * Lava battlestaff

Mystic staves

 * Mystic air staff
 * Mystic earth staff
 * Mystic fire staff
 * Mystic water staff
 * Mystic mud staff
 * Mystic lava staff

God staves

 * Saradomin staff
 * Guthix staff
 * Zamorak staff

Barrows

 * Ahrim's staff

Slayer

 * Slayer staff

TzHaar

 * Toktz-Mej-Tal

Mage Training Arena wands

 * Beginner wand
 * Apprentice wand
 * Teacher wand
 * Master wand

Miscellaneous

 * Dramen staff
 * Iban staff
 * Ancient staff
 * Lunar staff
 * Pharaoh's Sceptre

Non-member ranged weapons
Free players have a limited amount of weapons they can use for ranged attacks.

Longbows

 * Longbow
 * Oak longbow
 * Willow longbow
 * Maple longbow

Shortbows

 * Shortbow
 * Oak shortbow
 * Willow shortbow
 * Maple shortbow

Crossbows

 * Crossbow
 * Phoenix crossbow

Composite bows

 * Willow composite bow

Member ranged weapons
Members have a wide range of ranged weapons at their disposal.

Longbows

 * Yew longbow
 * Magic longbow

Shortbows

 * Yew shortbow
 * Magic shortbow

Crossbows

 * Bronze crossbow
 * Blurite crossbow
 * Iron crossbow
 * Steel crossbow
 * Mithril crossbow
 * Adamant crossbow
 * Rune crossbow
 * Hunter's crossbow
 * Dorgeshuun crossbow
 * Karil's crossbow

Composite Bows

 * Composite ogre bow
 * Yew composite bow
 * Magic composite bow

Darts
Darts can be forged from Bronze, Iron, Steel, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. Each metal bar yields ten Dart Tips. Darts can be poisoned and are stackable. Black Darts are available but cannot be smithed by players. Darts can only be wielded or made after completing the Tourist Trap quest.


 * Bronze dart
 * Iron dart
 * Steel dart
 * Mithril dart
 * Adamant dart
 * Rune dart

Throwing knives
Throwing knives are poisonable, and can be forged by players from Bronze, Iron, Steel, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. Each metal bar yields five Throwing Knives. Black Throwing Knives are only dropped by Shadow Warriors ,Imperial Guard members, and cyclopes in the warrior's guild.


 * Bronze knife
 * Iron knife
 * Steel knife
 * Mithril knife
 * Adamant knife
 * Rune knife

Thrownaxes
Throwing Axes come in Bronze, Iron, Steel, Black, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. They can only be bought from a shop in the Ranging Guild. The Rune Throwing Axe has a special attack ("Chain Hit") that, when activated in a multicombat zone with multiple enemies nearby, will bounce from enemy to enemy up to 5 times.


 * Bronze Throwing Axe
 * Iron Throwing Axe
 * Steel Throwing Axe
 * Mithril Throwing Axe
 * Adamant Throwing Axe
 * Rune Throwing Axe

Javelins
Javelins are stackable and made out of Bronze, Iron, Steel, Black, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. Javelins can be found as drops from defeated monsters and can also be purchased inside the Ranging Guild. Javelins are notoriously slow and are generally considered to be the most unpopular out of the one-handed Ranging weapons.


 * Bronze javelin
 * Iron javelin
 * Steel javelin
 * Mithril javelin
 * Adamant javelin
 * Rune javelin

Chinchompas

 * Chinchompa
 * Carnivorous Chinchompa

Miscellaneous

 * Seercull
 * Ogre bow
 * Crystal bow
 * Toktz-Xil-Ul
 * Multicannon
 * Holy Water

Salamanders
Can be used as Ranged, Magic or Melee weapons. They are Members only and are obtained using the Hunter skill.
 * Swamp Lizard
 * Orange Salamander
 * Red Salamander
 * Black Salamander