Pernix equipment

For the override, see Replica Pernix Armour.

A female player wearing full Pernix armour.

Pernix armour is a set of degradable high-level Ranged power armour that requires 80 Defence and 80 Constitution to wear. It was first mentioned on 3 January 2011 and released into the game on 10 January 2011. Pernix armour pieces may only be obtained as rare drops from Nex, the boss of the Zarosian stronghold of the God Wars Dungeon, the Ancient Prison. It is the Ranged counterpart to Virtus armour and Torva armour, which are respectively Magic and Melee sets.

As tier 80 equipment, Pernix armour is currently the third highest-level Ranged armour in the game (behind sirenic and death lotus), and the second-best Ranged power armour.

Wearing any piece of Pernix, Torva, or Virtus armours, or wielding a Zaryte bow, Virtus wand, Virtus book or ascension crossbow, will cause all factions of monsters in the God Wars Dungeon (aside from bosses or the Ancient Prison) to be unaggressive.

Degrading and repair

Pernix armour fully degrades after 10 hours of combat. Its bonuses are not lost as it degrades; they remain constant throughout the ten hours. The percentage of an item's charge can be checked by right-clicking it and selecting 'check-charge'. Each individual item in the set can be repaired either at Bob's Brilliant Axes or at an armour stand in a player-owned house. Repair costs at an armour stand decrease linearly based on the player's Smithing level, which can be boosted, but not assisted.

Pernix armour repair cost
Piece		Bob's Brilliant Axes	Armour stand with 100 Smithing
	Pernix cowl	500,000 coins	250,000 coins
	Pernix body	2,000,000 coins	1,000,000 coins
	Pernix chaps	1,000,000 coins	500,000 coins
	Pernix gloves	200,000 coins	100,000 coins
	Pernix boots	100,000 coins	50,000 coins
Full set		3,800,000 coins	1,900,000 coins

Grand Exchange price

Pernix Grand Exchange cost

	Pernix cowl	9,825,774 [graph]
	Pernix body	26,414,230 [graph]
	Pernix chaps	21,294,190 [graph]
	Pernix gloves	6,428,711 [graph]
	Pernix boots	8,569,677 [graph]
Total price		72,532,582

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Item shards are obtained from certain monsters while having CoinShare on. When a rare drop is given by the monster, 120 item shards are divided up among the involved players and sent to their banks. 120 shards can then be combined to give the original item.

Icon	Shard	Price	x120 Total
	Pernix cowl shard	5,468	656,160
	Pernix body shard	145,106	17,412,720
	Pernix chaps shard	95,541	11,464,920
	Pernix gloves shard	351	42,120
	Pernix boots shard	43,118	5,174,160
Total price			34,750,080

Stats

Item		Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus
		Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Pernix cowl	-	-	-	-	-	-	338	110	2	-	20	-
	Pernix body	-	-	-	-	-	-	389	220	3	-	30	-
	Pernix chaps	-	-	-	-	-	-	372	165	2	-	25	-
Totals		None	-	-	None	-	-	1099	495	7	-	75	-
	Pernix gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	12	-
	Pernix boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	12	-
Totals		-	-	-	-	-	-	1267	495	11	-	99	-

Trivia

Concept art of Pernix armour

• "Pernix" is Latin for "swift", "nimble", or "agile".
• FightpitPKer, a player spoof, wears a full set of this armour, before its graphical update, during The Elder Kiln quest.
• Whenever Nex drops a piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armour, a server wide announcement is broadcast to all players currently logged into that particular world.
• Pernix armour is named and modeled after Pernix, an elite ranger who served in Nex's army during the Third Age.
• With the release of Araxxor, the price of Pernix more than tripled.

References

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