Black equipment

Black equipment consists of weapons and armour stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As with all things black, they have a black colour. Black, along with its counterpart White, is a coloured form of Steel as a result from specialised forging techniques which also slightly increase its defensive capability.

Weapons
Black weapons give medium attack bonuses. Players require an Attack level of 10 to wield them (with the exception of the black cane, which only requires an attack level of 8). Black in general is much more expensive than steel as many players like the dark black colour as well as some black items cannot be bought from stores. Because of this, some high-level players may still be seen wielding black weapons and armour. All black items cannot be smithed. Black armour is comparable to white armour, unlocked after the Wanted! quest. However, white armour is member's only and has a slight Prayer bonus. Players wishing to fight the Tormented wraith after the Summer's End quest must equip black armour and weapons

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Armour
Black armour is currently the fifth-lowest quality armour on the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear. Regular full black costs around 20,000 coins. Black, along with dragon and white, are the only three metals that cannot be smithed into weapons or armour (except for the Dragon platebody and Dragon square shield).

In the March 2012 Behind the scenes it was announced that this armour, along with various others, would be given a graphical overhaul.

Elite black armour
Players can obtain special items of black armour, called Elite black armour, during and after the While Guthix Sleeps quest. Elite black armour requires 40 Defence to wear and is roughly the equivalent of Rune armour. Players can wear this armour without having started the quest (and can purchase it on the Grand Exchange, although it is somewhat expensive). This armour is members only.

Other black armour
Trimmed armour has the same bonuses as standard black armour, however it is more expensive. These can be obtained by members from Treasure Trails or for free players by buying in Grand Exchange.

Trimmed

 * Black full helm(t)
 * Black platebody (t)
 * Black plateskirt (t)
 * Black platelegs (t)
 * Black kiteshield (t)

Gold Trimmed

 * Black full helm(g)
 * Black platebody (g)
 * Black plateskirt (g)
 * Black platelegs (g)
 * Black kiteshield (g)

Heraldic

 * Black helm (h1-h5)
 * Black platebody (h1-h5)
 * Black plateskirt (h1-h5)
 * Black platelegs (h1-h5)
 * Black shield (h1-h5)

Black items that don't exist

 * Black arrows
 * Black javelins
 * Black pickaxe
 * Black thrownaxe
 * Black hasta
 * Black ore
 * Black bar

Trivia

 * The new black equipment seems to resemble Daedric Armor from the video game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Whether this is intentional or not is unknown.