Granite maul

The Granite maul is a granite weapon that requires level 50 Strength and level 50 Attack to wield. It is 2-handed, so no shield can be wielded at the same time as it is being used. It is dropped by Gargoyles, which are Slayer monsters, and can only be used in combat. The granite maul has a special attack, Quick Smash, which causes the player to attack instantly, even if they just attacked. It uses 50% of a player's special attack bar. This allows the granite maul to execute 3 potentially very damaging hits in extremely short succession if a player has good timing. It was usually (and is still used in Bounty Hunter Worlds and PvP worlds) used as a player killing weapon before the 10 December updates. This weapon cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

The granite maul attacks solely with crush-type attacks. It can train accurately, aggressively, or defensively. It is slow - the same speed as a two-handed sword or halberd.

In early March 2007, a glitch that allowed infinite iterations of its Special attack was discovered and abused by many players. The glitch was later fixed by Jagex.

From 2007-2008, the Granite Maul was worth 100,000-120,000.

This was a popular scamming item because it resembles the Rock hammer. Some people advertised Rock hammers as Granite mauls to inexperienced players who did not know the difference; however, after the trading limit update, people could no longer use this scam.

When PvP worlds were released, the price of the Granite Maul went up from around 50,000 to 150,000 coins. Again, when bounty worlds were released, the Granite Maul went up again, to 250,000 coins; resulting in many players making great profits. The price has now stabilized to its current price, which is about coins

The Special is often used in conjunction with a fast weapon. Most people will use this in PvP when the opposing player has low hitpoints and is beginning to eat, causing them to die if hit hard enough. Many Pures (People with stats low in certain skills like defense, and high in others) use this because other players their levels (other pures) will have low defense (usually 1, sometimes 20 or 45).

Trivia

 * Many new members tend to use the granite maul because it does not need any quest requirements and also because it does not require a high Attack level. (50 Attack and 50 Strength)


 * If you use the Granite Maul's Special Attack right after the normal attack, the weapons two sounds seem to blend together.


 * The granite maul's special attack is barely visible, as shown on this web page.


 * The Granite Maul and Granite mace can hit up to 4 times quickly by proper timing.


 * The Granite maul is lighter than its counterpart, the Granite Mace