Abyssal whip

The Abyssal whip is commonly considered to be the best melee weapon in RuneScape, being rivaled only by weapons in the Barrows sets and the Barrelchest anchor. It has the same attacking speed as daggers or scimitars, but has higher accuracy and strength. Whips are cheaper than barrows, and without the barrows set effects (full set needed) the whip is unrivaled. However, it requires Level 70 Attack to wield, is expensive, has a bad special attack, and cannot train the Strength skill other than by using the Controlled method, thereby training Attack, Strength, and Defence at only one third of the speed.

Whips are dropped by Level 124 Abyssal demons which require Level 85 Slayer to kill.

The whip has a Special Attack, called Energy Drain. When used against a player opponent, it transfers 10% of their run energy to the attacking player. It uses up 50% of the special attack bar.

The most common place for buying and selling Abyssal Whips is at the Falador Market (World 2 at the gardens, past the bridge there is a little space between the fence and the wall) and also some at the combat areas like Pest control or Castle Wars. It can commonly be traded for items such as Full Ahrims. The price is dropping relatively rapidly on these items because more players are achieving level 85 Slayer and defeating the famous Abyssal demon.

Watch out for scams because the abyssal whip is one of the biggest item to scam with. Scammers will usually say Buying Abyssal whip for 1.8mil+ then one might easily recognize it. The scammers also might have a friend buying a warrior ring or even a seers' ring (which is worth the same of warrior ring - 500k) for 2mil and when you trade the one buying whip they might offer the warrior ring. You cannot report this scam so there is nothing you can do, just ignore it. Whips are mostly sold by high leveled players and for a very high price!

The Abyssal Whip has the second most unstable price of any non-discontinued item in RuneScape, only relatively rivaled by the Dark Bow, and the Third age warrior shield, which is more unstable street pricewise than the whip.