Black equipment

Black equipment consists of weapons and armour stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As with all things black, they have a black colour. Black, along with its counterpart White, is a coloured form of Steel as a result from specialised forging techniques which also slightly increase its defensive capability.

Weapons
Black weapons give medium attack bonuses. Players require an Attack level of 10 to wield them (with the exception of the black cane, which only requires an attack level of 8). 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. Because of this, some high-level players may still be seen wielding black weapons and armour. 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. Players wishing to fight the Tormented wraith after the Summer's End quest must equip black armour and weapons



Armour
Black armour (also known as Blk armour) is currently the fifth-lowest quality armour on the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear. Regular full black costs around 20,000 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 shield).

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 members only.


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

Other black armour
Trimmed armour has the same bonuses as standard black armour, however it is more expensive. These can be obtained by members from Treasure Trails or for free players by buying in Grand Exchange.

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)

Heraldic

 * Black helm (h1-h5)
 * Black platebody (h1-h5)
 * Black plateskirt (h1-h5)
 * Black platelegs (h1-h5)
 * Black shield (h1-h5)

Black items that don't exist

 * Black arrows
 * Black javelins
 * Black pickaxe
 * Black thrownaxe
 * Black hasta
 * Black ore
 * Black bar

Trivia

 * A number of monsters drop black armour. Elite Black Knights do drop elite black armour. Regular Black Knights, however, drop only the Black full helm.
 * 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.
 * After the release of RuneScape 2 through around 2006, if you opened up the Smithing guide from your skill tab it would display a "Black" section where it appeared that you could make Black items, though it was never possible.
 * Some players believe that it is possible to make black armour out of coal (most likely because of coal's black colouring), but this is not true, because coal is not an ore, but a fuel source.