Armour/Ranged armour

Rangers have their own sets of armour made out of various materials. Ranger armour is good against magic, though weak against melee. Also, most armour designed for ranging give no Strength or prayer bonuses, and most give no stab, slash, or crush attack bonuses.

Leather armour
Leather armour is good for beginning rangers. They are very cheap and can also be crafted. Leather armour can often be purchased at the general store in Al Kharid, as many crafters often sell leather items there, since they can get leather tanned in the city.

Snakeskin armour
Snakeskin armour is only available to members. Snakeskin armour can be made through the Crafting skill from snakeskin, which can be obtained by killing snakes that appear in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup, Temple Trekking minigames or by killing level 35 snakes at Mos'le Harmless Island.

The whole snakeskin set is hardly worn by rangers due to the huge amount of snakeskin hides needed. However, the Snakeskin boots and bandana offer most rangers a much cheaper alternative to the highly priced Ranger boots and Robin Hood hat.

Spined armour
Spined armour is Fremennik armour armour for rangers, and the spined helm, body, and chaps give a slight range bonus. Spined armour cannot be bought from stores and instead has to be earned from drops by the Dagannoths under Waterbirth Island.

Dragonhide armour
Dragonhide armour is the most popular and the recommended armour players wear when ranging. Free players can only wield green dragonhide armour, and must complete the Dragon Slayer quest to wield the green dragonhide body. Blue, red, and black dragonhide is only available to members. Members can also craft dragonhide armour. Trimmed and Gold-trimmed versions on green and blue dragonhide armour have same stats as normal. Trimmed versions CANNOT be done with crafting.



Third age ranger armour
Members can obtain a set of third age ranger armour as a possible reward from level 3 treasure trails, however the armour is very rare.

Karil the Tainted
Members can obtain a set of ranged barrows equipment, Karil the Tainted's, as a reward from the Barrows minigame. When a player is ranging with the complete set, including Karil's crossbow, some ranged attacks have a chance of reducing the opponent's agility. This helps if your opponent tries to run away from you, as they can't run far with this special attack.

Armadyl armour
Members can obtain this armour as a drop from the Aviantese in the God Wars Dungeon.

Morrigan's armour
Members can obtain these armour pieces as rare drops by killing other players in PVP worlds. There are two versions of this equipment. Corrupted items require only 20 ranged and defence levels, but last only 15 minutes, while the normal items require 78 ranged and defence levels and lasts 1 hour. See Morrigan's Equipment for more info.

Other armour
Members also have access to different kinds of armour. Ranger boots and robin hood hats are rare rewards from treasure trails, Archers' ring can be obtained by killing Dagannoth Supreme under Waterbirth Island, and archer helms can be bought from Rellekka after completing The Fremennik Trials quest.