Black equipment

Black equipment are weapons stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As with all things black, they have a dark black colour.

Weapons
Black weapons give medium attack bonuses. Players require an Attack level of 10 to wield them. Black in general is much more expensive than steel as many players like the dark black colour as well as some black items cannot be bought from stores. Some high-level players also like wearing black weapons and armour for fashion, which has led to some players commenting that 'black is only for looks'. All black items cannot be smithed. Black armour is comparable to white armour, unlocked after the Wanted! quest. However, white armour is member's only and has a slight Prayer bonus.

Armour


Black armour (also known as Blk armour) is currently the fifth-highest quality armour on the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear. Regular full black costs around 8,000 coins. Black, along with dragon and white, are the only three metals that cannot be smithed into weapons or armour (except for the Dragon platebody and Dragon square sheild).

Regular black armour

 * Black med helm: coins
 * Black full helm: coins
 * Black sq shield: coins
 * Black kiteshield: coins
 * Black chainbody: coins
 * Black platebody: coins
 * Black platelegs: coins
 * Black plateskirt: coins
 * Black boots coins
 * Black gloves 1000 coins
 * Black gauntlets: 75 Fist of Guthix tokens

Elite black armour
Players can obtain special items of black armour, called Elite black armour, during and after the While Guthix Sleeps quest. Elite black armour requires 40 Defence to wear and is roughly the equivalent of Rune armour. Players can wear this armour without having started the quest (and can purchase it on the Grand Exchange, although it is somewhat expensive). This armour is member's only.


 * Elite black full helm: coins
 * Elite black platebody: coins
 * Elite black platelegs: coins

Other black armour
Trimmed armours have the same bonuses as standard black armours. These can be obtained by members from Treasure Trails.

Trimmed

 * Black full helm(t)
 * Black platebody (t)
 * Black plateskirt (t)
 * Black platelegs (t)
 * Black kiteshield (t)

Gold Trimmed

 * Black full helm(g)
 * Black platebody (g)
 * Black plateskirt (g)
 * Black platelegs (g)
 * Black kiteshield (g)

Trivia

 * Players wishing to fight the Tormented wraith after the Summer's End quest must equip black armour and weapons. For black armour, players must wear:
 * A full helm or med helm
 * A chainbody or platebody
 * Platelegs or plateskirt
 * A square shield, kite shield, or defender (unless using a two-handed weapon)
 * Players can wear regular or elite black armour to fight the wraith, but trimmed and gold-trimmed black armour does not count.
 * A number of monsters drop black armour. Elite Black Knights do drop elite black armour. Regular Black Knights, however, do not drop any black items at all.
 * Black armour is an occasional reward from Level 1 Treasure Trails.
 * Unlike many items armour of other metals, items of black armour often sell on the Grand Exchange above their High Level Alchemy price, making them worthwhile to sell there. This is in part because black armour cannot be smithed and also because of the demand for black armour by players wishing to slay tormented wraiths.