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. Although the sword itself has no skill requirements to wield, The Void Stares Back requires 78 Attack and Strength, among other skill requirements, which effectively act as the minimum requirements to wield the sword.

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. In a multicombat area, however, 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 a PvP world that is outside the allowed combat level range). As the attack is Magic-based, it gives Magic and Defence 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.

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 purchased from Commodore Tyr for 250,000 coins.

Trivia

 * The sword most resembles a scimitar due to its high speed rating and its attack styles, with its preference for slash. Unlike most scimitars, however, Korasi's sword has a substantial bonus to stab attacks, enough to rank it as the second most accurate (behind the leaf-bladed sword) and third strongest (behind the dragon longsword and staff of light) one-handed, non-degrading stab melee weapon in RuneScape.
 * Korasi's sword is the third strongest and third most accurate one-handed non-degrading slash weapon in the game, behind the abyssal whip and the staff of light.
 * When combined with a rune defender, the sword's strength bonus equals that of the Zamorakian spear, while its stab attack is only 5 less than the spear's. This, along with its special attack (which can hit well and never misses), may make it a useful, cheap alternative to the spear for stabbing.
 * Korasi's sword protects over weapons like the Abyssal whip and Dragon claws, due to its higher High Level Alchemy value.
 * Because the multi-combat version of the special attack indiscriminately targets the closest enemies regardless of whether or not they are aggressive or tolerant, or even engaged in combat, it can potentially pose a problem in areas with different types of monsters. For example, players fighting baby black dragons in the Chaos Tunnels may wish to be wary of accidentally hitting a nearby green dragon. This can be avoided by engaging three enemies and drawing them close before activating the special attack.
 * Because the special attack is considered a magical attack as opposed to a melee attack, it will not work on monsters in the Warriors' Guild or on Penance fighters and rangers in Barbarian Assault (though it will still do a small amount of damage against Penance monsters).
 * At one point there was a glitch with the quest Quiet Before the Swarm where players could exit Korasi's mind and still possess the sword, albeit a version with no stats. This glitch has since been fixed.
 * The champion character in the members activity "Conquest" wields a two-handed weapon which is identical to Korasi's sword.
 * Some players have been outraged by the strength of the sword, and the low cost to get it again if lost. Many owners of the sword argue about the cost of the level requirements (E.G. Smithing). Some players dismiss players with the sword as "Noobs" whilst some argue that this is not the case.