Void knight ranger helm

The Void Knight ranger helm is a member's only piece of Void Knight equipment reward in the Pest Control minigame. It can be bought from a Void Knight for 200 commendation points, although a player must have at least 42 Attack, Strength, Defence, Hitpoints, Ranged, and Magic, along with 22 Prayer to buy and wear one. The ranger helm grants the player a +10% bonus towards Range and Ranged damage, if the player is wearing the rest of the Void Knight equipment. However, the Void Knight mace is not required for the bonus.

This item was added in the 16th July 2007 Pest Control update.

As many players find it more effective to wear full black dragonhide than a full set of void knight due to the high ranged accuracy bonus, this item is not frequently bought. However, those who do buy it enjoy a higher max hit and a higher average hit. For example, with 75 ranged one can hit a maximum hit of 15 with full black dragon hide using Crystal bow, while with VK range the max hit is 15. It is known to be better than even the Armadyl set because of hits higher hits, subsequently it is used for prayer ranging (to greatly increase damage) more often than Armadyl armor. The advantage of using void knight armor is not only its higher maximum hit, greater accuracy, or all-around defense, but easiness of being able to switch helmets with the set to get a different bonus, such as a void ranger suddenly switching to the mage helmet to cast ice burst on a foe wearing thick armor, then possibly switching back. This works especially well in minigames such as Fist of Guthix or Clan Wars, where one needs to run a lot.