Rune scimitar

The Rune scimitar is a scimitar stronger than the adamant scimitar. It is both one of the most preferred rune weapons, and one of the most popular weapons in free-to-play because of its mix of speed and power. It can only be used in combat. It is also the strongest scimitar available to free players. Players can make a rune scimitar with the smithing skill at level 90 using 2 rune bars, giving the player 150 smithing experience. The street price of the rune scimitar has dropped to around 15,000 coins. Before the introduction of the Grand Exchange, it was at about 25,000 to 30,000 coins.

Free players are able to obtain the rune scimitar as a semi-rare drop from Cockroach soldiers in the Stronghold of Player Safety. However these creatures are level 83 and are difficult to kill for low-mid level players. Because of this, many fortunate players who obtained rune scimitars as a drop sold them on the Grand Exchange, and the demand soon fell, causing the price of the scimitar to fall by around 2k after a month since the release of the stronghold.