Gravite rapier



The Gravite rapier is a melee weapon released with the Dungeoneering update, on 12 April 2010. It is currently the third strongest free-to-play stab weapon, behind the Corrupt dragon longsword and the Corrupt dragon spear. It requires 45 Attack and Dungeoneering level.

This item cannot be made by the Smithing skill. It can only be bought as a Dungeoneering reward, costing 40,000 tokens. Realistically, one would need to achieve at least level 63 Dungeoneering before one can accumulate enough tokens to purchase the rapier.

The Gravite rapier is generally used like a shortsword, using both stab and slash to advantage as well as quick attacking. However the combat bonuses are very similar to those of a rune scimitar, except a small bonus is added to some stats and the main style is stab.

Repair costs
When first bought, the weapon is 20% charged. Repair costs come in 1% increments; you can repair them whenever there's at least 1% charge missing.
 * 100% charged (Fully charged) – no cost.
 * 99% charged – 10,000 coins or 1,000 coins and 65 tokens.
 * 90% charged – 100,000 coins or 10,000 coins and 650 tokens.
 * 20% charged (After buying) – 800,000 coins or 80,000 coins and 5,200 tokens
 * 0% charged (No charge) – 1,000,000 coins or 100,000 coins and 6,500 tokens.

Degrading
The gravite rapier is special compared to its other gravite counterparts. While it is true for the ever popular free-to-play weapon, the gravite 2h sword, to degrade after 10 hours of combat, it isn't exactly true for the rapier. Many free-to-play players buy the rapier as a replacement to the rune scimitar for training. In a multicombat situation, the rapier may degrade faster. However, in a 1v1 situation, where the rapier is commonly used for, the rapier is able to last well over 25 hours of combat before degrading due to a possible glitch. Therefore, the cost for the maintenance of the rapier is greatly reduced, it may well be an excellent replacement for the rune scimitar for those willing to save up for it.

Trivia

 * The Gravite Rapier used to cost 90,000 Dungeoneering Tokens before the 21 April 2010 update.

Gravite rapier