Rune equipment

Rune equipment are items made from the runite metal, and are the second best (but best non-degradable) equipment in free to play worlds. It is stronger than adamant equipment but weaker than corrupt dragon equipment. In the past, rune equipment was often criticised as being "too expensive", especially to free players. The price of rune equipment was controversial, as non-combat skillers with a decently high level in their specialty and therefore make good money have no problem purchasing such items. However, in recent times, due to rapidly falling prices, the vast majority of players can afford a full set of rune by the time they reach the requirements to use said equipment. Or players can just use bots and have the necessary gold for rune equipment overnight. Many players have enough money to afford much more expensive variations of rune armour, such as trimmed, gold-trimmed, gilded, heraldic, or armour in the colour of the gods.

Rune Weapons

Rune weapons are cyan and require an Attack level of 50 (apart from the rune cane, which requires only 48) to wield. They were formerly the best weapons available to free players until the introduction of Corrupted dragon equipment and the Gravite weapons. However, they are still regarded as the best weapons in F2P, as they do not disappear like corrupt dragon, and do not degrade like gravite. As with all runite items, rune weapons tend to exhibit a colour that could be considered a darker form of steel.

Note

Attack Bonuses are not the only factor a player should consider when choosing a weapon, speed is essential to combat! (especially when training along side other players) As a general rule, smaller/lighter weapons are faster than the larger/heavier ones. (ex. A rune longsword is faster than a rune battleaxe) Always remember this when reviewing these weapons:

File:RS Classic Rune Weapons.png

Rune Weapons as seen in RuneScape Classic.

Melee weapons

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Rune dagger	4,141 coins (update)	No
	Rune claw	4,555 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune hatchet	9,120 coins (update)	No
	Rune mace	7,165 coins (update)	No
	Rune sword	11,135 coins (update)	No
	Rune longsword	17,883 coins (update)	No
	Rune scimitar	14,957 coins (update)	No
	Rune spear	10,185 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune hasta	15,723 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune warhammer	23,218 coins (update)	No
	Rune battleaxe	24,988 coins (update)	No
	Rune two-handed sword	36,735 coins (update)	No
	Rune halberd	9,378 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune pickaxe	22,097 coins (update)	No
	Rune defender	N/A	Yes
	Rune cane	653,641 coins (update)	Yes

Off-hand weapons

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Off-hand rune battleaxe	24,327 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune crossbow	9,536 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune dagger	3,842 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune knife	370 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune longsword	18,210 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune mace	7,202 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune scimitar	14,269 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune sword	11,214 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune throwing axe	326 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune warhammer	23,448 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune claw	3,835 coins (update)	Yes
	Off-hand rune dart	75 coins (update)	Yes

Ranged weapons

Image	Name	GE Price	Members Only
	Rune crossbow	9,573 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune 2h crossbow	4,057 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune bolts	197 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune arrow	151 coins (update)	No
	Rune brutal arrows	647 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune darts	77 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune javelin	181 coins (update)	No
	Rune thrownaxe	341 coins (update)	Yes
	Rune knife	395 coins (update)	Yes

Armour

File:RS Classic Rune Armour.png

Rune Armour as seen in RuneScape Classic.

Rune armour is the highest-quality non-degradable armour that free-to-play players can wear, and the second-highest quality armour on the standard metallic armour spectrum (bronze to dragon). Rune armour requires 50 Defence to wear, though the rune platebody also requires completion of Dragon Slayer. With a full set costing around 137,500 coins, the armour provides excellent defence for its price.

Name	Image	Exchange Price	Store Price
Rune helm		10,533	N/A
Rune full helm		20,892	N/A
Rune chainbody		29,002	50,000
Rune platebody		37,480	65,500
Rune platelegs		37,002	64,000
Rune plateskirt		37,061	64,000
Rune square shield		22,047	N/A
Rune kiteshield		30,650	N/A
Rune spikeshield		58,531 (in uncharged form)	200 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune berserker shield		49,778 (in uncharged form)	300 FoG tokens (in charged form)
Rune boots(m)		7,549	N/A
Rune gloves(m)		N/A	5,000
Rune gauntlets		(in worn-out form)	200 FoG tokens

Obtaining from the Champions' Guild

Rune armour is the best type of armour for a non-member; the only armour that's better statistically is the corrupt dragon armour, which crumbles to dust after 30 minutes and is very expensive. For this reason, Rune armour is more popular among non-members. The rune platebody can only be worn after the completion of the Dragon Slayer quest, though all other pieces of rune armour can be worn without its completion - rune platelegs, rune plateskirts, rune chainbodies, rune swords, rune maces, etc. can be bought in Scavvo's Rune Store on the second floor of the Champions' Guild just south of Varrock or the Grand Exchange.

• Rune plateskirt: 64,000 coins
• Rune platelegs: 64,000 coins
• Rune chainbody: 50,000 coins
• Rune longsword: 32,000 coins
• Rune sword: 20,800 coins
• Rune mace: 14,400 coins

Others

Ornamental rune armour, heraldic rune armour, trimmed rune armour, God armour, and Gilded armour have the same bonuses as standard rune armour. These can be obtained from the member's only Treasure Trails.

A male player wearing full rune trimmed armour.

Trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (t)	18,799 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (t)	37,427 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (t)	35,926 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (t)	34,886 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (t)	30,443 coins (update)

Gold-trimmed (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune full helm (g)	18,591 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (g)	36,598 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (g)	35,182 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (g)	35,828 coins (update)
	Rune kiteshield (g)	29,820 coins (update)

Gilded

Image	Type	GE Price
File:Gilded full helm.png	Gilded full helm	coins (update)
File:Gilded platebody.png	Gilded platebody	coins (update)
File:Gilded platelegs.png	Gilded platelegs	coins (update)
File:Gilded plateskirt.png	Gilded plateskirt	coins (update)
File:Gilded kiteshield.png	Gilded kiteshield	coins (update)

Rune heraldic armour (Free-to-play)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h1)	681,155 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h1)	659,748 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h1)	647,208 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h1)	648,419 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h1)	672,425 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h2)	679,247 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h2)	671,204 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h2)	659,749 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h2)	638,710 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h2)	639,371 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h3)	674,370 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h3)	646,587 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h3)	646,997 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h3)	632,804 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h3)	657,393 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h4)	662,197 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h4)	602,982 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h4)	656,386 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h4)	595,264 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h4)	641,092 coins (update)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Rune helm (h5)	648,979 coins (update)
	Rune platebody (h5)	661,561 coins (update)
	Rune platelegs (h5)	602,896 coins (update)
	Rune plateskirt (h5)	639,390 coins (update)
	Rune shield (h5)	634,063 coins (update)

God Armour (Free-to-Play)

A player wearing Guthixian rune armour.

Zamorak

Image	Type	GE Price
File:Zamorak full helm.png	Zamorak full helm	coins (update)
File:Zamorak platebody.png	Zamorak platebody	coins (update)
File:Zamorak platelegs.png	Zamorak platelegs	coins (update)
File:Zamorak plateskirt.png	Zamorak plateskirt	coins (update)
File:Zamorak kiteshield.png	Zamorak kiteshield	coins (update)

Guthix

Image	Type	GE Price
	Guthix full helm	coins (update)
File:Guthix platebody.png	Guthix platebody	coins (update)
File:Guthix platelegs.png	Guthix platelegs	coins (update)
File:Guthix plateskirt.png	Guthix plateskirt	coins (update)
File:Guthix kiteshield.png	Guthix kiteshield	coins (update)

Saradomin

Image	Type	GE Price
File:Saradomin full helm.png	Saradomin full helm	coins (update)
File:Saradomin platebody.png	Saradomin platebody	coins (update)
File:Saradomin platelegs.png	Saradomin platelegs	coins (update)
File:Saradomin plateskirt.png	Saradomin plateskirt	coins (update)
File:Saradomin kiteshield.png	Saradomin kiteshield	coins (update)

Armadyl

Image	Type	GE Price
	Armadyl full helm	coins (update)
	Armadyl platebody	coins (update)
	Armadyl platelegs	coins (update)
	Armadyl plateskirt	coins (update)
	Armadyl kiteshield	coins (update)

Bandos

Image	Type	GE Price
	Bandos full helm	coins (update)
	Bandos platebody	coins (update)
	Bandos platelegs	coins (update)
	Bandos plateskirt	coins (update)
	Bandos kiteshield	coins (update)

Ancient (Zaros)

Image	Type	GE Price
	Ancient full helm	coins (update)
	Ancient platebody	coins (update)
	Ancient platelegs	coins (update)
	Ancient plateskirt	coins (update)
	Ancient kiteshield	coins (update)

Rune Armour in RSC

Long ago, during the early development stages of RuneScape Classic, rune armour didn't exist. Prior to its release in mid-to-late 2001, Jagex planned on making the colour of rune purple. There are images floating around the internet of a Purple Rune 2 Handed Sword in a trade screen from RuneScape Classic. After Rune was released, it was changed to a cyan colour. Once RuneScape 2 was released the cyan colour of Rune armour was toned down into a more shaded colour.

Trivia

• All the god, trimmed, heraldic, and gilded versions of rune have the same exact stats as regular rune; it is only a different colour.
• Players can't trim rune armour, or any armour for that matter. Players tell others they can trim or gold-trim their armour for them, only to run off with the armour they were given by unsuspecting players. This was a common scamming method before the trading limit update of 2007, and returned as a common scam with the removal of trade limits in 2011.
• When you pulled a Christmas cracker from the 2001 event, you received a partyhat and a random normal object. The partyhats, (now 1500M to 2147M) were often disregarded, as there was a chance to get runite armour, which was worth millions at that time.
• Rune plate armour is the only armour to come in 15 distinct variations (Gilded being P2P) all with the same stats. The second highest are black plate and adamant plate, with 8 variations each. The most popular being Zamorak and Saradomin.
• On 23 May 2010, a glitch appeared in which players with access to the Warriors' Guild could duplicate Rune armour sets. This was done by placing a helmet, platebody, and platelegs on the machine and eating a Rotten apple just before the player died. A Player could say to Shanomi that his or her armour set had disappeared. Shanomi would give him or her another one, with the one on the ground too. This was patched within 24 hours after Jagex discovered it, but it had already been exploited for weeks. None of the accounts that used the bug to duplicate rune armour sets were able to be banned.
• On 6 March 2012, rune armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework.
• Before Runescape 3, it only required 40 attack or 40 defence, attack to wear rune.

Zamorak armour set (l).png

Zamorak armour

Saradomin armour

Guthix armour

Bandos armour

Ancient armour

Armadyl Armour

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