Rune scimitar



The Rune scimitar is a scimitar stronger than the adamant scimitar and is widely considered to be stronger than the Rune Longsword, due to its fast attacking speed. It is the most popular non-members weapon in RuneScape. Like all rune weapons, it requires 40 Attack to wield. The scimitar's main attack style is the Slash attack style. It is also the second strongest scimitar available to free players, behind the Corrupt dragon scimitar. Players can make a rune scimitar with a Smithing level of 90 using 2 Rune bars, giving the player 150 Smithing experience. Due to its high damage per second ratio, it is often considered the best training weapon available to free players.

The Grand Exchange price of the rune scimitar is coins. It is the second most expensive scimitar behind the dragon scimitar (members only). After the introduction of the Grand Exchange, it was at about 26,000 coins. However, the price almost doubled after the release of PvP worlds where they are commonly used by free players. Free players are able to obtain the rune scimitar as a semi-rare drop from Cockroach soldiers in the Stronghold of Player Safety. For members, the rune scimitar can be obtained as a fairly common drop by a variety of monsters, such as Zamorak warriors and Fire giants.

When compared to the rune longsword, the scimitar is often viewed as the superior weapon. The scimitar tends to hit more damage over time, as a result of the increased attack speed, making the scimitar stronger than the longsword. This, in addition with the attractive style of the scimitar, have made it the most popular and most used non-members weapon in the game. The gravite 2h sword is confirmed to have the speed of a battle axe, making it more damage/second AND far more accurate if used on crush. Though the rune scimitar may still be very effective as a training weapon, as you may use a shield, does not degrade and does not require 40,000 Dungeoneering tokens. The announced return of [The_Wilderness_and_Free_Trade_Will_Return! The Wilderness and Free Trade] has been the result of the increasing price of the rune scimitar.

Trivia

 * On 28 July 2009, the Animation Pack 1 update changed the appearance and attack animations of the Rune Scimitar to what it currently is today in order to make combat look more realistic, as well as the Godswords, the Dragon scimitar, the Rune and Dragon longsword and the Abyssal whip.
 * On 23 July 2009, five days before the scheduled update, the Rune scimitar image in the Grand Exchange Database was replaced by the new model. Players found the image and posted about it in the RuneScape Forums, making it widely known before Jagex removed the image a few hours later. Five days later the image was once again put up along with the official release.
 * The Rune Scimitar was once the strongest scimitar in the game for non-members, until corrupt dragon weapons were released. However, it is still the most widely used free-to-play weapon, due to the corrupt dragon scimitar falling apart after 30 minutes of use.
 * On 10 August 2009, an update made the blade of the Rune scimitar larger, because many players had complained that it was too small.
 * The Sacred clay scimitar is equal in terms of stats to the Rune Scimitar as well as giving twice as much experience. However, it costs 26 Stealing Creation points, though it can be morphed into it's counterparts, the Sacred clay bow and the Sacred clay staff. When the weapon loses it's charge, however, it cannot be morphed into a counterpart weapon unless recharged for 20 Stealing Creation points. However, even uncharged, the weapon can still be used normally, just without a double experience rate.
 * It is important to note that the Rune scimitar is strikingly different in appearance to all scimitars (Bronze - Adamant). The Rune scimitar has a much larger blade and a rune-coloured handle, while all other scimitars of weaker metal sport a smaller blade with a grayish-brown handle.

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