Saradomin godsword



For the weapon without a Saradomin hilt, see Saradomin Sword.

Saradomin Godsword is one of the four Godswords. Like all Godswords, it requires 75 attack to wield. It is created by adding the Saradomin hilt to a completed Godsword blade. This weapon is rather rare as players must have level 70 Agility to enter the Saradomin Encampment in the God Wars Dungeon, where Commander Zilyana drops the hilt.

It has a Special attack, Healing Blade: 50% (or half) of the dealt damage by the sword is restored to the player's Hitpoints and a quarter of the damage is restored to the player's Prayer with a 50% Special bar drain. The sword's special attack must hit to have an effect, a miss (0 damage) either does nothing or heals 10 hitpoints and 5 prayer. However, any hit, even for 1 damage, has a MINIMUM restoration of 10 Hitpoints and 5 Prayer. In other words, the player will always get healed at least 10 Hitpoints and 5 Prayer points if the attack hits. Thus, hits between 1-21 damage have the same healing effect, however a hit of 22 damage will heal 11 Hitpoints and 5 Prayer points, and the effect increases from there.

The sword's special effect is based on the full potential damage of the hit, even if the monster actually has only a few hitpoints remaining. This "bonus" is not always noticed, since the combat splotch only shows damage equal to the monster's remaining hit points, rather than the full potential damage of the hit.
 * Example: A monster has only 10 hit points remaining. A player hits it using the special attack, and the attack would do 40 points of damage. The monster takes 10 points of damage and dies. The player, however, gets the effect of a 40-point attack, with 20 hit points and 10 prayer points being restored.

Recommended uses
The Saradomin Godsword has many uses.its main advantage is that it has the bonus of healing prayer as well as hitpoints, without compromising any attack or strength bonuses that other weapons would sacrifice.

The Godsword has a prayer bonus of +8, making it a good weapon to use while fighting monsters that require prayer to tackle.

The main uses of the sword are shown below.

Slayer
This sword is highly recommended for training Slayer using melee, as its special can save the player plenty of food over time, and for this reason it is recommended as the most useful Godsword for PvE (Player vs environment). The Saradomin Godsword's special is arguably superior to the ability of a full Guthan's set, because it only takes up one inventory space instead of four and doesn't degrade. Despite these advantages, the godsword only heals hitpoints on a 1:2 ratio, comparing to the Guthan's set bonus of 1:1 healing. This means that a hit of 20 damage will heal 10 hitpoints whilst using the Saradomin godsword, however the full 20 points will be healed if using the Guthan's set.

Training
Players may use the godsword to train against monsters. It is a useful weapon, as it will reduce food and prayer usage over time. This is especially useful against higher levelled monsters such as Hellhounds, which can be hard to kill in large numbers without the aid of healing media, such as bunyips, Guthan's set, or Unicorn Stallions.

Bounty Hunter
The Saradomin Godsword offers the advantages of additional healing in the Bounty Hunter minigame. This can be useful while escaping from difficult situations, and used in conjunction with food for fast healing.

TzHaar Fight Caves
See main article: TzHaar Fight Caves for in-detailed guides on how to use the Saradomin Godsword to its maximum potential.

Other areas
Other situations in which the Saradomin godsword is a useful tool are some of the following:

The Saradomin Godsword is also very popular for the later waves of the barbarian assault mini game as one can take a lot of damage as an attacker and a healer is not always available. Players may use the special attack to restore some of their hitpoints until a healer can reach them.
 * Pyramid Plunder
 * Phoenix Lair
 * Bork
 * Certain Slayer tasks, notably Waterfiends, Aberrant spectres and Abyssal demons.
 * Hunting the Chaos Elemental
 * Hunting the Kalphite Queen
 * God Wars Dungeon by healing on the sergeants in between fights with the generals, or using the special to restore prayer when camping on a Spiritual mage.
 * Barrows, especially in the tunnels when a player may need some health and prayer.
 * Using a combination of Saradomin godsword specials with the Guthan set effect while having a Bunyip summoned, Regen bracelet on, and the prayers Rapid Heal and Piety while having drunk Super strength potion and Super attack potion (to increase chances of hitting higher and more accurately with Saradomin godsword and Guthan) on will save a lot of food over time.