Mithril equipment

Beta Mithril equipment is equipment stronger than black equipment but weaker than adamant equipment. All Mithril items are coloured a dark shade of blue; they are often mistaken for rune equipment because of the similarity in colour. Because of this, they are used in scams where a player will swap rune armour for mithril armour. They are also notably popular due to being lighter than equipment made of other conventional metals, while still providing decent defensive bonuses.

Weapons
Mithril weapons provides medium attack bonuses. Players require an Attack level of 30 to wield them. Mithril equipment is less expensive than black weapons, is very popular because of the significantly greater bonuses than black equipment and because black equipment cannot be smithed. As a result of their great availability, however, mithril weapons are often easy to sell on the Grand Exchange.

Melee weapons

 * Mithril dagger Mithril dagger.png coins
 * Mithril hatchet Mithril hatchet.png coins
 * Mithril mace Mithril mace.png coins
 * Mithril claw Mithril claw.png coins (members)
 * Mithril sword Mithril sword.png coins
 * Mithril longsword Mithril longsword.png coins
 * Mithril scimitar Mithril scimitar.png coins
 * Mithril spear Mithril spear.png coins (members)
 * Mithril warhammer Mithril warhammer.png coins
 * Mithril battleaxe Mithril battleaxe.png coins
 * Mithril two-handed sword Mithril 2h sword.png coins
 * Mithril halberd Mithril halberd.png coins (members)
 * Mithril pickaxe Mithril pickaxe.png coins
 * Mithril hasta Mithril hasta.png coins (members)

Please note: Defenders do not count as weapons since they are used in the shield slot, although they do provide decent attack and strength bonuses.

Ranged weapons

 * Mithril crossbow (members)
 * Mithril bolts (members)
 * Mithril arrows
 * Mithril brutal arrows (members)
 * Mithril darts (members)
 * Mithril javelin
 * Mithril throwing axe (members)
 * Mithril knife (members)

Armour
Mithril armour (also known as mith armour) is the fourth-highest quality armour in the standard spectrum of metallic armours (from bronze to dragon). Mithril armour requires 30 Defence to wear.

In the March 2012 Behind the Scenes, it was announced that this armour, black-dragon equipment, and various other armours were to be given a graphical overhaul.
 * Mithril helm [[File:Mithril med helm.png]] coins
 * Mithril sq shield [[File:Mithril sq shield.png]] coins
 * Mithril full helmet [[File:Mithril full helm.png]] coins
 * Mithril chainbody [[File:Mithril chainbody.png]] coins
 * Mithril kiteshield [[File:Mithril kiteshield.png]] coins
 * Mithril platelegs [[File:Mithril platelegs.png]] coins
 * Mithril plateskirt [[File:Mithril plateskirt.png]] coins
 * Mithril platebody [[File:Mithril platebody.png]] coins
 * Mithril boots [[File:Mithril boots.png]] coins (members)
 * Mithril gloves [[File:Gloves (mithril).png]] Non-tradeable (members); players can buy a pair from the Culinaromancer's Chest after they completed 5 subquests of Recipe for Disaster for 1,500 coins
 * Mithril gauntlets [[File:Mithril gauntlets.png]] 100 Fist of Guthix tokens


 * Mithril defender [[File:Mithril defender.png]] Non-tradeable (members)

Usage
Generally, mithril sets are considered "fine armour with great protection" for players sporting a low defence level. Since they are inexpensive and rather easy to obtain, mithril armour sets are used in the Wilderness even by higher levelled players. However, this is more uncommon than lower levelled players wearing it. It also weighs less than other conventional armour.



Trivia

 * Mithril (also called "truesilver") is a fictional metal invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for his fantasy writings (Lord of the Rings, etc.). Notable is a mithril chainmail shirt worn by Bilbo and then Frodo, described by the former as "light as a feather, but as hard as dragon scales". This may not be completely accurate in RuneScape, but full mithril is lighter than (for example) steel armour, which weighs 60 kg; because of this, one could conclude that Jagex wished to make a tribute to Tolkien. In Lord of the Rings, Mithril is more like rune, than the dark blue Runescape variant.
 * Mithril is similar in appearance to initiate armour, although they are both different colours.

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