Granite body

A Granite body is a members-only piece of armour and the third piece of granite armour to be released. To wear a Granite body, the player must have at least level 50 Strength and level 50 Defence. It is the only item from the Barbarian Assault activity that cannot be obtained with points; it can only be obtained after a Penance Queen kill (if the player also pays 95,000 coins), by trading with another player, or through the Grand Exchange in Varrock.

The Grand Exchange price is about 0 coins more than it costs in Barbarian Assault so every time you kill the Penance Queen it may be a good idea to bring along 95,000 coins with you to buy the granite body. This will earn you an easy 0 coins.

The Granite body's stats are higher than a Rune platebody's. As it is a relatively cheap item with low requirements, it has become a popular piece of equipment for medium level members who want higher stats than Rune Armour but do not want to purchase Dragon Armour because of its price. It is also popular among players that do not wish to do the quest Dragon Slayer, or obtain a Fighter torso or a Bandos chestplate.

The Granite body does not interfere with Ava's accumulator and is the heaviest item worn on the chest in the game.

It received a graphical update on 19 October 2010.

Usefulness
Even though the Granite body has been labelled a noob item, the armour piece provides great stats and value for those who cannot afford dishing out millions for a Dragon chainbody, Dragon platebody or a Bandos chestplate.

As can be seen from stat comparison, the Granite body's stats excel over a Rune platebody's in all aspects, thus making a Granite body the favourable choice when choosing which one of these two to wear.

As for choosing between the Granite body and the Fighter torso (which according to many players is the better choice), the Granite body gives +21 more stab, -1 less slash, +17 more crush and an impressive +30 more ranged defence than the torso. The stab, slash and ranged bonuses of the Granite body can be compared to the torso's Strength bonus of +4, making a Granite body arguably the better choice when encountering enemies using said means of attacking. However, against slashing opponents the torso is slightly better (by +1 slash and +4 Strength), and the same can be said of opponents that only deal the player a small amount of damage that can be virtually ignored, as in this case the Strength bonus will help the player kill said enemies faster.

It has to be noted though that the Granite body weighs much more than the other armour pieces mentioned here, though this is rarely a problem as not many players need to run that often when training melee (or in other purposes where proper melee armour is needed).

Due to facts mentioned above, the Granite body is an excellent armour piece to use if the player can't afford the better and at least 50 times more expensive body armour pieces.

Note: Stat wise, this is just an upgraded rune platebody and is still beaten in all aspects by the Dragon chainbody, Dragon platebody and Bandos chestplate. Thus, if you want to go boss fighting, a better option with cost still in mind is either a Dharok's platebody or a Guthan's platebody.

Trivia

 * The Granite body is the most common piece of armour used by fighting bots, along with the Dragon medium helmet, Dragon platelegs and Toktz-ket-xil.