Hybrid armour

File:Hybrid armour.png

Hybrid armour is a type of armour requiring level 85 defence, along with other requirements such as Strength, Ranged, and Magic (depending on the kind of armour) to wear. Currently you only need to be 85 defence to wear the armour, if you do not meet this requirement you can still acquire it but you won't be able to wear it until you reach 85 defence.

Hybrid armour is purely cosmetic except when worn in the following PvP activities:

• Castle Wars
• Soul Wars
• Fist of Guthix
• TzHaar Fight Pit

Note that while you obtain hybrid armour from Pest Control, inside of Pest Control they provide no bonuses.

When playing the above listed activities, you will deal extra damage against other players. For each piece you have on, you will deal an extra 3% of damage. Only the set with the most pieces will account for the damage boost meaning you cannot mix sets for the bonus damage. This means if you are wearing 3 pieces of battle-mage and 2 pieces of vanguard you will only get 9% damage boost instead of 15%. While wearing the full set of hybrid armour, a total of 15% extra damage is dealt on other players. In Castle Wars this damage bonus does not stack with the Castle Wars armour sets. The hybrid helmet does not need to be worn in Castle Wars to gain the 15% extra damage, but you must have the item in your bank.

Hybrid armour pieces are untradeable.

The three types of hybrid armour are as follows:

• Battle-mage armour (requiring level 85 Defence, level 85 Strength and level 85 Magic to wear.)
• Trickster armour (requiring level 85 Defence, level 85 Ranged and level 85 Magic to wear.)
• Vanguard armour (requiring level 85 Defence, level 85 Ranged and level 85 Strength to wear.)

File:Hybrid inference.png

The Body Selection Screen

Armour pieces are obtained after winning in the activities stated below. An interface will appear from which you can choose which set you would like the item to be. This item will then appear in your inventory. If your inventory is full when the interface pops up, you are allowed to drop an item without the hybrid drop interface closing. The random chance of getting a piece improves as you win more games. Therefore the more games you win, the better chance you have of obtaining a piece of armour. The items can be received as follows:

Images	Item Slot	Activity
	Helm	Castle Wars
	Body	TzHaar Fight Pit
File:Trickster legs.png File:Battle-mage legs.png	Legs	Soul Wars
	Gloves	Fist of Guthix
	Boots	Pest Control

Rarity Notes

Body from TzHaar Fight Pit - it is unknown how many games are needed to be played in order to receive this armour, but reports show that most people acquire their first piece at around 200 wins. All 3 can take approximately 300 wins. If boosting, it will take around 90 seconds per win. You must click the "click here to continue" button in the textbox after you win for a chance for the drop interface. For faster boosting, if your opponent leaves the arena after the "FIGHT!" message appears, it will count as a win for you just like if you killed them. Leaving before the fight signal will not count as a victory for the other person.

Helmet from Castle Wars - On average, over 60 wins is the number at which most people start getting them. An upwards of 150-250 games might be needed for all 3. Drop interface appears after you close the end game interface.

Gloves from Fist of Guthix - On average, 150 wins is the number at which most people start getting them. In terms of rating, it has been reported that an average increase of 1500 to 1600 rating accompanies getting all 3 pairs. World 115 used to be the unofficial boosting world, in which whoever started as the hunter would forfeit the game, while the hunted would win. Boosting as stated above would take about 250-300 tokens for your first gloves, but your rating would decrease dramatically (expect to lose around 2000 rating until your first gloves). While playing Fist of Guthix in a F2P world, it is not possible to obtain the gloves; however, games won in free to play will count towards increasing the chance to obtaining them.

Boots from Pest Control - On average, 500 wins is the number at which most people start getting them. However, in order to get all 3 you must play an upwards of 600 to 800 games. You must click through the text from the void knight and points count box before the drop interface appears. For faster wins, take the Novice boat and take a group of high levels for maximum efficiency.

Bottom from Soul Wars - On average, 100 wins or 500-600 zeal is the number at which most people start getting them. Getting all 3 hybrid bottoms may also require considerably more wins. It is NOT required to click through Nomad/Zimberfizz's end game dialogue to get the drop interface to appear. If the game is completed and you are in "Ghost-Form", the click to continue dialogue at the end of the game may close from lag, though it is not known if this prevents the interface from appearing.

As of the 6 September 2011 update, if you close the interface by accident (like when your familiar re-appears next to you) you will get a second chance and it will open again for you to choose what piece you want. This makes it easier to get certain pieces when having a familiar summoned, as it used to close the interface at the end of the game. Note that the interface will only re-open once.

Stats

Vanguard

Type Unknown edit Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Vanguard helm	+0	+0	+0	-17	+14	+65	+70	+63	-14	+18	+15	+3	+0	+0	0%	3%	0%	3%
	Vanguard gloves	+10	+10	+10	-10	+8	+8	+8	+8	-6	+12	+6	+12	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Vanguard boots	+0	+0	+0	-7	+6	+12	+13	+14	-6	+9	+15	+4	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Vanguard legs	+0	+0	+0	-21	+25	+110	+106	+97	-14	+52	+30	+3	+0	+0	0%	4%	0%	4%
	Vanguard body	+0	+0	+0	-30	+39	+154	+145	+121	-20	+80	+60	+5	+0	+0	0%	6%	0%	6%
Totals		+10	+10	+10	-85	+92	+349	+342	+303	-60	+171	+126	+27	+0	+0	0%	13%	0%	13%

Trickster

Type Unknown edit Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Trickster helm	+0	+0	+0	+8	+14	+0	+0	+0	+12	+18	+15	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	3%	3%
	Trickster gloves	+0	+0	+0	+5	+8	+0	+0	+0	+7	+12	+6	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Trickster boots	+0	+0	+0	+2	+6	+0	+0	+0	+4	+9	+15	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
File:Trickster legs.png	Trickster legs	+0	+0	+0	+25	+27	+0	+0	+0	+36	+52	+30	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	4%	4%
	Trickster robe	+0	+0	+0	+38	+39	+0	+0	+0	+52	+80	+60	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	6%	6%
Totals		+0	+0	+0	+78	+94	+0	+0	+0	+111	+171	+126	+0	+0	+0	0%	0%	13%	13%

Battle-mage

Type Unknown edit Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Battle-mage helm	+0	+0	+0	+8	-17	+65	+70	+63	+12	-8	+15	+3	+0	+0	0%	3%	3%	0%
	Battle-mage gloves	+10	+10	+10	+5	-10	+8	+8	+8	+7	-2	+6	+12	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
	Battle-mage boots	+0	+0	+0	+2	-7	+12	+13	+14	+4	-2	+15	+4	+0	+0	0%	0%	0%	0%
File:Battle-mage legs.png	Battle-mage legs	+0	+0	+0	+25	-21	+110	+106	+97	+36	-12	+30	+3	+0	+0	0%	4%	4%	0%
	Battle-mage robe	+0	+0	+0	+38	-30	+154	+145	+121	+52	-16	+60	+5	+0	+0	0%	6%	6%	0%
Totals		+10	+10	+10	+78	-85	+349	+342	+303	+111	-40	+126	+27	+0	+0	0%	13%	13%	0%

Vanguard.png

A player wearing Vanguard armour.

FullTrickster.png

A player wearing Trickster armour.

Fullbattlemage.png

A player wearing Battle-mage armour.

Hybrid glove selection screen after game of Fist of Guthix

Bootselect.png

Hybrid boot select screen after a game of Pest Control

Swhybridbottom.png

Hybrid bottom select screen after a game of Soul Wars

Hybrid body select screen after a game of TzHaar Fight Pit

Helmselect.png

Hybrid helm selection after a game of Castle Wars

Trivia

• You obtain hybrid helms from Castle Wars, even though helms are not allowed in Castle Wars.

File:Adventure log update.jpg

The Adventurer's Log message after receiving a piece of hybrid equipment.

• Once you have chosen a piece of hybrid equipment, it will be recorded in your Adventure Log.
• On the Items Kept On Death screen, a Battle-mage body, Trickster body, or Vanguard body is worth 100,000,000 gold coins. However, they cannot be alchemised or sold to a store, and if somebody loses one in a PvP zone it will simply be dropped on the floor, and can be picked up by the person losing it, like crystal equipment.

References

• Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - August." 1 August 2011. RuneScape News.