Armour/Ranged armour

Beta Ranged armour is generally crafted from tanned monster hides. Currently, cows, yaks, snakes, dragons, and dagannoths are the few creatures which drop hides upon death. Following introduction of Evolution of Combat on 20th November 2012 spiders, imps and bats drop items capable of being crafted into magic armour.

It provides great defence against magic attacks but low defence against melee attacks. Ranged armour usually has relatively high attack bonuses for Ranged attacks and can also be used to boost the effect of slayer dart.

Ranged armour is considerably lightweight compared to metal or stone melee armour. Low to medium level ranger armour is also cheaper by comparison and does not affect melee stats. For this, it is often worn in place of melee armour by 'hybrid' warriors who are fighting against mages.

Because some pieces of ranged armour require no defence level but provide large defence bonuses, ranged armour is preferred by pures.

Leather armour
Leather armour is good for beginning rangers. They are very cheap and can also be crafted. It comes in 3 types:
 * Soft leather armour - No level requirements
 * Hard leather armour - Level 10 Range & Defence
 * Studded leather armour - Level 20 Range, and 20 Defense to wear the body
 * [[File:Coif.png]] Coif - Level 20 Range (part of the soft leather set, but often used with the higher level sets due to level requirement).


 * + Soft Leather Armour
 * [[File:Leather cowl.png]]||Leather cowl
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||20||19||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather body.png]]||Leather body
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||23||40||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather chaps.png]]||Leather chaps
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||22||30||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather gloves.png]][[File:Leather vambraces.png]]||Leather gloves/Leather vambraces
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||5||4||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather boots.png]]||Leather boots
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||5||4||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather shield.png]]||Leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||20||14||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather boots.png]]||Leather boots
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||5||4||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Leather shield.png]]||Leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||20||14||0||0%||0%||0%
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||20||14||0||0%||0%||0%


 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||95||111||0||0%||0%||0%
 * }


 * + Hard Leather Armour
 * [[File:Hardleather body.png]]||Hardleather body
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||230||240||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Hard leather boots.png]]||Hard leather boots
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||50||30||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Hard leather gloves.png]]||Hard leather gloves
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||50||30||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Hard leather shield.png]]||Hard leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||200||150||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Hard leather shield.png]]||Hard leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||200||150||0||0%||0%||0%
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||200||150||0||0%||0%||0%


 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||530||450||0||0%||0%||0%
 * }


 * + Studded Leather Armour
 * [[File:Studded body.png]]||Studded body (g)(t)
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||460||480||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Studded chaps.png]]||Studded chaps (g)(t)
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||440||360||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Studded leather gloves.png]]||Studded leather gloves
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||100||60||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Studded leather boots.png]]||Studded leather boots
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||100||60||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Studded leather shield.png]]||Studded leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||300||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Coif.png]]||Coif1
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Studded leather shield.png]]||Studded leather shield
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||300||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Coif.png]]||Coif1
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||0||0%||0%||0%
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||0||0%||0%||0%

1. While a Coif is not studded, it is included here because it requires 20 Ranged to wear and can only be made by members.
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 * }

Frog-leather armour
Frog-leather armour is only available to members. Frog-leather armour is made by the Dorgeshuun goblins. Players must have level 25 Ranged and level 25 Defence to wear this armour. This armour is bought from Reldak in Dorgesh-Kaan.

Snakeskin armour
Snakeskin armour is only available to members. Snakeskin armour can be made through the Crafting skill from snakeskin, which can be obtained by killing snakes that appear in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup, Temple Trekking activities or by killing level 35 snakes at Mos'le Harmless Island.

The whole snakeskin set is hardly worn by rangers due to the huge amount of snakeskin hides needed. However, the Snakeskin boots and bandana offer most rangers a much cheaper alternative to the highly priced Ranger boots and Robin Hood hat.

Spined armour
Spined armour is only available for members and is Fremennik armour for rangers. Players must complete The Fremennik Trials in order to equip the body, legs and helm. The helm, body and chaps provide a slight range attack bonus. Spined armour cannot be bought from stores and instead has to be earned from drops by the Dagannoths under Waterbirth Island.

Dragonhide armour
Dragonhide armour is the most popular and the recommended armour players wear when ranging. Free players can only wield green or blue dragonhide armour, and must complete the Dragon Slayer quest to wear the blue dragonhide body. Red, black, blessed and royal dragonhide are only available to members. Members can also craft dragonhide armour. Trimmed and Gold-trimmed versions on green and blue dragonhide armour have same stats as normal. Trimmed versions CANNOT be done with crafting.



Third age ranger armour
Third age ranger armour is high-level ranged armour, and currently the best non-degradable ranged armour (just like its melee and magic counterparts). Members can obtain a set of third age ranger armour as a possible reward from level 3 treasure trails, however the armour is very rare and extremely expensive (it was the most expensive ranged armour in the game until Pernix was added). Third age ranger armour is reportedly made from white dragonhide. It requires 65 Range and 45 Defence to wear.

Karil the Tainted
Members can obtain a set of ranged barrows equipment, Karil the Tainted's set, as a reward from the Barrows activity. When a player is ranging with the complete set, including Karil's crossbow, some ranged attacks have a chance of reducing the opponent's agility. This helps if your opponent tries to run away from you, as they can't run far with this special attack. It requires 70 Range and Defence to wear.

Armadyl armour
Armadyl armour is high level ranged armour. It gives the some of the highest range attack available. Armadyl armour is often seen, due to its relatively cheap price and its very common around the Grand Exchange. It is dropped by Kree'arra and his three sergeants in the God Wars Dungeon.


 * [[File:Armadyl helmet.png]]||Helmet
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1400||840||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl chestplate.png]]||Chestplate
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1610||1680||1||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl chainskirt.png]]||Chainskirt
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1540||1260||1||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl boots.png]]||Boots
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||350||210||0||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl gloves.png]]||Gloves
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||350||210||1||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl buckler.png]]||Buckler
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1400||1050||1||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl gloves.png]]||Gloves
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||350||210||1||0%||0%||0%
 * [[File:Armadyl buckler.png]]||Buckler
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1400||1050||1||0%||0%||0%
 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1400||1050||1||0%||0%||0%


 * N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||6650||5250||4||0%||0%||0%
 * }

Void Knight Armour
The ranger helm grants the player a +10% bonus towards accuracy and damage, if the player is wearing the rest of the Void Knight equipment. You need 42 Attack, Strength, Defence, Constiution, Ranged, and Magic with 22 Prayer to buy and wear them.

As some players find it more effective to wear full black dragonhide armour than a full set of Void Knight armour, due to the high ranged accuracy bonus, this item is not frequently bought. However, those who do buy it can see a higher max hit and a higher average hit. For example, with 75 Ranged one can hit a maximum hit of 180 with full black dragonhide using a crystal bow, while with Void Knight range the max hit is 210.

Morrigan's armour
Members can obtain these armour pieces as rare drops by killing other Revenants. There are two versions of this equipment. Corrupted items require only 20 ranged and defence levels, but last only 15 minutes, while the normal items require 78 ranged and defence levels and lasts 1 hour. See Morrigan's Equipment for more info.

Pernix armour
Pernix armour is the best set of ranged armour in the game, requiring 80 Ranged, Defence, and Constitution to wear. Its parts are obtained from Nex located in the Ancient Prison, and is considered a rare drop. After 10 hours of combat, it must be repaired (similar to Barrows equipment) before it can be used again. This set of armour is very expensive, even to maintain, and is usually worn by players with a high combat level, as the minimum combat level requirement to wear it is 162.


 * Cowl||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1600||960||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Body||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1840||1920||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Chaps||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||1760||1440||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Boots||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Gloves||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Boots||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Gloves||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Gloves||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%
 * Gloves||N/A||0||0||N/A||0||0||400||240||2||0%||0%||0%


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 * }

Sacred clay range armour
When this armour is used to train range, the user's experience will be doubled, up to 24,450 total. It is buy-able reward form the Stealing Creation minigame. Requires 40 Range and Defense to wear.

Other armour
Members also have access to different kinds of armour. Ranger boots and robin hood hats are rare rewards from Treasure Trails, archers' rings can be obtained by killing Dagannoth Supreme under Waterbirth Island, archer helms can be bought from Rellekka after completing The Fremennik Trials quest and Glaiven Boots can be acquired from Glacors after Ritual of the Mahjarrat. Also, if you have 110 combat, you can enter the Dominion Tower and unlock Swift Gloves, which currently give the highest ranged attack bonus in-game. However, they are degradable and don't last long.

Armour/Ranged armour