Korasi's sword



Korasi's sword is a reward item from the Grandmaster quest The Void Stares Back. Although it was officially released with the quest on 6 October 2010, it is also used in the earlier quest Quiet Before the Swarm, but only while in Korasi's mind. As the name suggests, the sword is the personal weapon of Commander Korasi, and is used to defeat the Pest Queen at the conclusion of The Void Stares Back. The sword itself requires 78 Attack and Strength to wield, The Void Stares Back requires other skill requirements, which effectively act as the minimum requirements to wield the sword.

In terms of stats, the sword's offensive bonuses are a bit higher than the dragon longsword's, while the longsword's defensive and Strength bonuses are higher, making the longsword a cheap alternative. Korasi's sword is much better used for Strength training than the dragon scimitar, although it has much higher skill requirements to wield (78 Attack and Strength versus 60 Attack for the scimitar) and it requires completion of a much harder quest than the quest for the dragon scimitar.

If lost during The Void Stares Back, it can be re-obtained by speaking to either Korasi or Jessika, depending on which NPC was saved during the quest. After the quest it can be re-purchased from Commodore Tyr for 250,000 coins. When lost upon death, the sword turns into 245,000 coins.

Many player-killers dislike this weapon due to such a great KO rate and high consistency. Many players aware of the ability to Energy Transfer the user in the wilderness and would team up to get a very high chance to get a kill. A couple friends or hired people would transfer the Korasi's Sword User with more special attack, using the special repeatedly and almost always killing the victim. This has now been changed to only work in Multi-Combat areas of the wilderness, because it was a problem with other weapons as well, like Dragon Claws.

Special attack
Korasi's sword has a special attack, Disrupt, which drains 60% of the special attack bar. The attack is Magic-based and not only automatically hits (even through protection prayers), but in a single-combat area, will deal anywhere between 50% and 150% of the wielder's maximum melee hit in damage. This makes it an extremely popular weapon in PvP combat. In a multicombat area, however, the 50% damage minimum is dropped and Disrupt will damage up to three targets in a chain reaction; the second hit deals half the damage of the first hit, and the third hit deals one quarter the damage of the first. In this instance, the special attack tends to indiscriminately target the nearest enemies, but will fail against targets that cannot be attacked (such as another player in the Wilderness that is outside the allowed combat level range). As the attack is Magic-based, it gives Magic experience.

During the battle with the Pest Queen, Korasi's sword has a different special attack, one which drains only 15% of the special attack bar and is used to counter the Pest Queen's 500+ damage special attack.

Trivia

 * Korasi's sword used to be able to be wielded without completing The Void Stares Back. You could keep the sword when you were fighting with it in A Void Dance. Since it became a useful weapon, all swords that were glitched out of the quest area were removed from all players' possessions.