Godsword



The Godsword is the most powerful weapon in Runescape. It has the highest slash and strength bonus of any weapon, both being +132, and requires 75 Attack to wield. The Godsword consists of two parts: a Godsword blade and a Godsword hilt. There are four different godsword hilts, each representing a god that participated in the God Wars (Armadyl, Bandos, Saradomin, and Zamorak). All godswords have the same stats, however each hilt gives the sword a different powerful Special attack. The hilts differ in appearance, and price.

The Godsword blade is broken into 3 Godsword shards. Joining the shards together at an anvil requires level 80 Smithing, but the Assist System can be used. Attaching a hilt to a completed blade requires no skill levels. The shards are an uncommon drop from any of the God Wars Dungeon generals or bodyguards, while the hilts are dropped only by their respective generals and are the rarest drop for each of them, as the generals require a high level to kill these hilts are considered extremely valuable.

The Godswords require level 75 Attack to wield and are highly noted for their frequent high hits. (the Armadyl godsword's and Bandos godsword's special attacks increase damage even further by 25% and 10%, respectively.) They are also very accurate, making Godswords a very potent player-killing weapon, although their lack of Attack speed makes them unappealing for training and fighting NPCs; an Abyssal whip or Saradomin sword will end up dealing more damage per minute.



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Armadyl godsword
The Armadyl godsword is most effectively used in Player killing situations and against boss monsters due to its high-hitting special attacks that makes killing easier and faster. It is the most commonly desired Godsword and as such, is the most expensive, as many Player killers seek it to have a greater chance of success at PvP combat. Despite its popularity, its special attack tends to be more unsuccessful than those of the other Godswords unless the user has high attack, strength, and luck. Where as the other versions have secondary effects (lowering defence, healing, and freezing) to make any successful attack useful, the Armadyl Godsword is only beneficial if it hits over the ordinary maximum hit (although it will also boost damage of weaker attacks, the lack of a secondary effect makes this damage redundant).

Bandos godsword
The Bandos godsword has similar uses to the Armadyl godsword, in that they are used in PvP, albeit more commonly due to the lower price, and to kill boss monsters with no particular strategy required. The Bandos godsword is the cheapest Godsword, as well as the most common, because more players can access General Graardor than other bosses, and because Graardor is recognized by most players as the easiest boss to kill.

Saradomin godsword
The Saradomin godsword is most effectively used in monster-killing situations due to its helpful special attack. Its Prayer and Life Points boosts are often used by players training Slayer, doing the Barrows minigame, and general monster killing. It is also very useful when attempting the Fight Caves minigame. Using this along with the Curses, allows for ultimate camping, especially when used with a regen bracelet, Bunyip and/or a Guthans set.

Zamorak godsword
The Zamorak godsword is not particularly useful for general monster killing, but is very effective in specialized cases. Some of the most popular uses are freezing Commander Zilyana, who can kill players extremely quickly if she can reach them. It is also useful for freezing players in Player killing situations, to prevent them from escaping or to hold them out of melee attack range while they are attacked with ranged or Magic. It is also a very useful weapon in the minigame Castle Wars, to freeze the flagbearer, or someone trying to get the flag since many high levelled players have very high magic defence, and cannot be frozen with magic as easily. Also, it can prevent mages from escaping to farcast, and if facing a frozen melee opponent, the player can walk close to attack, then step away while their turn to attack comes back, meaning even a fast weapon like the Abyssal whip will not get any extra attacks on him.