Weapon

Weapons are items a player can use to inflict damage in combat.

Basic melee weapons
These weapons are more commonly used than the other weapons available. Each type of basic melee weapons comes in six different types of metal.

Most weapons have a primary attack mode in all three attack styles and a secondary mode in the agressive or controlled style. The secondary mode is normally weaker, but may be more appropriate to your target.

Chainmail armour is weaker against stabbing, platemail is weaker against crushing, while the slash attack is highly effective against cloth, leather or unarmoured targets. Against monster hide, that's one you have to work out. The only absolute defence against a particular attack is a "protect from" prayer, or the occasional NPC that requires something special to kill them, so you will still hit with the "wrong" attack and weapon, just not as often and with less damage.

Weapon groups
The whole idea of having multiple weapon types is that one weapon type should not be all-conquering, or there would be not much point having the others. Overall, though, the best weapon type is:
 * Stab: Sword or dragon dagger.
 * Slash: Scimitar, though the Longsword, Battleaxe and Two hander are worth considering.
 * Crush: Warhammer, though the Battleaxe, Two hander or even the Mace (especially for prayer beasts) are worth considering.

The various groups of weapons are summarised below:

Weapon metals
Weapons are made of different metals, some stronger and more expensive than others. Higher attack levels allow wielding weapons of better metals. For example, a player needs an attack level of 10 to wield a black weapon, whereas the player would need level 20 to wield a mithril weapon.

Almost all metal weapons can be smithed, except for pickaxes, halberds, or anything black and dragon. The table to the right shows what level is needed to wield a certain metal.

Advanced melee weapon types
Members have access to more powerful weapons than the basic ones. However, because of their power, they are much more expensive than the basic weapons.

TzHaar

 * Toktz-Xil-Ak
 * Toktz-Ket-Em
 * Toktz-Ket-Om
 * Toktz-Xil-Ek

Barrows

 * Dharok's greataxe
 * Guthan's warspear
 * Torag's hammers
 * Verac's flail

Miscellaneous

 * Granite maul
 * Abyssal whip
 * Bone dagger

Non-member magic weapons
The weapons listed below can be used by free players. While they can be used in melee, they are best with magic combat.

Staves

 * Staff
 * Magic staff
 * Staff of air
 * Staff of earth
 * Staff of fire
 * Staff of water

Member magic weapons
Members have a wide assortment of magic weapons at their disposal.

Battlestaves

 * Battlestaff
 * Air battlestaff
 * Earth battlestaff
 * Fire battlestaff
 * Water battlestaff
 * Mud battlestaff
 * Lava battlestaff

Mystic staves

 * Mystic air staff
 * Mystic earth staff
 * Mystic fire staff
 * Mystic water staff
 * Mystic mud staff
 * Mystic lava staff

God staves

 * Saradomin staff
 * Guthix staff
 * Zamorak staff

Barrows

 * Ahrim's staff

Slayer

 * Slayer staff

TzHaar

 * Toktz-Mej-Tal

Miscellaneous

 * Dramen staff
 * Iban staff
 * Beginner wand
 * Apprentice wand
 * Teacher wand
 * Master wand
 * Ancient staff
 * Lunar staff
 * Pharaoh's Sceptre

Non-member ranged weapons
Free players have a limited amount of weapons they can use for ranged attacks.

Longbows

 * Longbow
 * Oak longbow
 * Willow longbow
 * Maple longbow

Shortbows

 * Shortbow
 * Oak shortbow
 * Willow shortbow
 * Maple shortbow

Crossbows

 * Crossbow
 * Phoenix crossbow

Member ranged weapons
Members have a wide range of ranged weapons at their disposal.

Longbows

 * Yew longbow
 * Magic longbow

Shortbows

 * Yew shortbow
 * Magic shortbow

Crossbows

 * Bronze crossbow
 * Blurite crossbow
 * Iron crossbow
 * Steel crossbow
 * Mithril crossbow
 * Adamant crossbow
 * Rune crossbow
 * Dorgeshuun crossbow
 * Karil's crossbow

Darts

 * Bronze dart
 * Iron dart
 * Steel dart
 * Mithril dart
 * Adamant dart
 * Rune dart

Throwing knives

 * Bronze knife
 * Iron knife
 * Steel knife
 * Mithril knife
 * Adamant knife
 * Rune knife

Thrownaxes

 * Bronze thrownaxe
 * Iron thrownaxe
 * Steel thrownaxe
 * Mithril thrownaxe
 * Adamant thrownaxe
 * Rune thrownaxe

Javelins

 * Bronze javelin
 * Iron javelin
 * Steel javelin
 * Mithril javelin
 * Adamant javelin
 * Rune javelin

Miscellaneous

 * Seercull
 * Ogre bow
 * Composite ogre bow
 * Crystal bow
 * Toktz-Xil-Ul
 * Multicannon