Granite maul

The Granite maul is a granite weapon that requires level 50 Strength and level 50 Attack to wield. It is 2-handed, so no shield can be wielded at the same time as it is being used. It is dropped by Gargoyles, which are Slayer monsters, and can only be used in combat. The granite maul has a special attack, Quick Smash, which causes the player to attack instantly, even if they just attacked, and uses 50% of a player's special attack energy. This allows the granite maul to execute 4 potentially very damaging hits in extremely short succession if a player has good timing. It was usually used for a player killing weapon before the December 10th updates. This weapon cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

The granite maul attacks solely with crush-type attacks. It can train accurately, aggressively, or defensively. It is slow - the same speed as a two-handed sword or halberd.

In early March 2007, a glitch that allowed infinite iterations of its Special attack was discovered and abused by many players. The glitch was later fixed by Jagex.

This was a popular scamming item because it resembles the Rock hammer. Some people advertised Rock hammers as Granite mauls to inexperienced players who did not know the difference.

With the recent release of PvP worlds, the price of the Granite Maul has gone up from around 50,000 to its current price, which is coins.



Trivia

 * Many new members tend to use the granite maul because it does not need any quest requirements and also its low requirement on Attack. (50Attack and 50 Strength)