Saradomin sword


 * For the weapon with a Saradomin hilt, see Saradomin Godsword.

The Saradomin sword is a two-handed sword which can be obtained in the God Wars Dungeon as a drop from Commander Zilyana and her bodyguards. It requires 70 attack to wield. Its special attack, "Saradomin's Lightning," adds 5-16 extra magic-based damage to the standard melee attack and raises the maximum inflicted damage by 1-2. The special attack appears to round up. For example, if the hit is calculated as a 32.61 then it will register as a 33. Players receive magic experience for using this special, but only for the magical hit. Essentially, the special deals two attacks: the melee attack that the player would normally have hit without the special, and an extra magical attack that can deal 5-16 damage. However, both attacks can miss. The special attack drains 100% of the special attack bar. The Saradomin sword's overall stats are the 3rd best for a two-handed sword, surpassed by all four godswords, and the Dragon 2h Sword, although the Saradomin Sword is faster than both the Godsword and the Dragon 2h. Saradomin Swords are very popular for training strength for players because they are faster than Godswords and hit as high as whips.

The Saradomin sword gives the same strength and slash bonus as an Abyssal whip, but offers an additional crush and prayer bonus and the ability to train strength. The sword also attacks at the same speed as the whip. However, since the whip is a one-handed weapon and can be wielded with a shield or a defender, and due to the far cheaper price of the whip some players consider the whip to be the better option.

The sword is also commonly used for slaying waterfiends due to its crush bonus and balance between strength and speed. This balance makes the Saradomin Sword more useful for killing waterfiends than godswords; its faster speed is often more efficient at dealing damage, despite its lower strength bonus. The godswords' higher damage potential is often wasted when attacking waterfiends when they have only small amounts of health remaining. It is a popular lending item that many people try to borrow.

How to obtain the Saradomin sword:

 * Dropped by:
 * Commander Zilyana- The user of the sword.
 * As stated in the God Wars Dungeon FAQ, the three bodyguards (Starlight, Growler, and Bree) also drop the sword.
 * Buying from the Grand Exchange or other players.

Market
On July 15th, 2009 JaGex introduced an update to PVP Worlds and Bounty Hunter Worlds in which player were automatically skulled on entering the world and the Protect Item prayer was disabled on these worlds. The Saradomin Sword, a popular item used by one itemers started to see a rapid drop in price along with other itemer weapons such as Dragon Claws and the Armadyl Godsword. The Saradomin Sword suffered around a 500,000 gold loss the day after the update though some players in World 2 were seen selling them for as low as 5 million gold plus junk. However since the introduction of bounty worlds+1 the price has sky rocketed with people trying to buy them for as much as twelve or fourteen million gold. Following a week or so after the bounty worlds+1 update, the price of the Saradomin Sword has began to stabilize.

Trivia

 * The Saradomin sword has Saradomin's symbol as a hilt, similar to the Saradomin Godsword.
 * The blade of the sword itself seems to resemble a gigantic metallic feather.
 * Despite the fact that they are Zamorakians, Elite Black Knights appear to be carrying a Saradomin Sword.
 * On the 28th July 2009 the Saradomin Sword had a graphical and animation update,the graphical update doesn't seem to be very notable.
 * In the Brazilian worlds,both the Saradomin Sword and the Saradomin Godsword share the same name.
 * In August of 2009, a player tested the effectiveness of the Saradomin Sword versus the Dragon scimitar/Rune defender. As a level 113, the player was disappointed to find that the scimitar actually did better on time trails and DpM (Damage per Minute). He tested both weapons against bloodvelds (which had low slash defense; ideal for the trails). It took the Saradomin sword an average of 23.7 seconds to kill a bloodveld, and it took the scimitar an average of 21.7 seconds per kill. The player concluded that the two-second advantage wasnt worth it's cost of around 8.5m. On the second time trial, both weapons averaged at killing a bloodveld at 20.4 seconds per kill. So, for most higher leveled players, it would be better to stick with the scimitar for it's low cost and good effectiveness.  This player also seemed to have trials and trails confused