Rune platebody



The Rune platebody is a platebody made of runite (metal). Statistically, it is the best non-degradable melee chest armour available for non-members. It used to be considered the best platebody made with conventional metals in both free-to-play and pay-to-play, but was surpassed with the release of the While Guthix Sleeps quest and the Dragon platebody. This item can be bought from Oziach after completing the Dragon Slayer quest, the Grand Exchange in Varrock, or from other players. Players can make this item with the Smithing skill at level 99 using five Rune bars thereby gaining 375 experience. Players cannot wear this item until they have completed the Dragon Slayer quest and have 40 Defence or above.

Rune platebodies have the same stats as a sacred clay platebody which can only be used by members. Fractite platebodies, available only while Dungeoneering, have higher stab, slash, and ranged defence bonuses than the Rune Platebody, but have a lower crush bonus. Heroes in East Ardougne have a slightly lighter coloured version of this item which cannot be obtained by players.

The Rune Platebody has fallen in price dramatically after the introduction of Free Trade and the Wilderness on February 1st 2011, dropping from approximately 70,000 to 40,000 coins. This is likely a result of the ability to take your opponents items on death. Other expensive items, such as the abyssal whip, seem to be undergoing a similar drop in price.

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Treasure trails versions
The Rune platebody (g), (t), and all heraldic versions can all be obtained as rewards from Level 3 and Level 4 Treasure trails. They cannot be made through the Smithing skill.

Players can't trim armour. Players throughout Runescape have claimed to be able to trim armour to get the unsuspecting player to hand over their armour for free. This caused many problems and low level players to be devastated.

There are also six versions representing six of the gods of RuneScape, as well as a gold gilded version. These are the Saradomin platebody, the Guthix platebody, the Zamorak platebody, the Ancient platebody, the Bandos platebody, the Armadyl platebody, the Gilded platebody, and the Rune heraldic platebody.

All the Treasure Trails versions have exactly the same stats as the normal version, but are more rare due to the fact they are only obtained from a Treasure Trail, that free players cannot obtain them, and have to buy them from either a member or the Grand Exchange.

Like all platebodies, it gives a crippling negative bonus to the user's Ranged and Magic stats.


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Trivia

 * Before the HD Update, the rune platebody appeared "bulkier" in terms of its shoulder-pads.
 * Prior to the Personalised Shops update, members could make a profit by buying the platebody at the Blast Furnace Armour Store for 45,000 coins and then selling them at the Grand Exchange for around 70,000 coins. Currently, the Armour Store carries no stock of its own.
 * Oziach wears a Rune Platebody, although his is bulkier than the kind that players can obtain.
 * There is currently a glitch where rune and dragon armour go a darker colour when viewed at a certain angle.
 * There is a glitch where the rune platebody and dragon d'hide in Oziach's store look as though they are free samples. However, when trying to buy, you still pay the standard store price.
 * When cutting ivy, the shoulder of the platebody bends inward as though your shoulder is double jointed. This glitch has yet to be fixed.
 * Over 5 years ago, the Rune Platebody image used to also include gloves at the bottoms of both arms.
 * Mod Mark has hinted at a new graphic update for the Rune Platebody, whether this update will occur soon is unknown.
 * You used to be able to buy platebodies from Oziach and sell them for a profit, depending on the going price. However, the price has crashed, so this is no longer possible.
 * The rune platebody is seen amongst free to players as the best platebody and a commonly used item for players with 40+ defence. The only better top armor available for free players is the corrupt dragon chainbody, being a f2p duplicate of the members' dragon chainbody that degrades. It is much more expensive and the only selling point being that it has -1 stab defence bonus but +13 slash, +26 crush and +2 ranged defence bonus when compared to the rune platebody.