Rune scimitar

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For this item's off-hand variant, see off-hand rune scimitar.

Rune scimitar
Release	26 July 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	Yes
Tradeable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Value	25,600 coins
Value	25,600 coins
High Alchemy	15,360 coins
High Alchemy	15,360 coins
Low Alchemy	10,240 coins
Low Alchemy	10,240 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	3060
Reclaim	3060
Sacrifice	12240
Sacrifice	12240
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	1.814 kg
Examine	A vicious, curved sword.

The rune scimitar is the strongest non-degradable scimitar available to free players (only the degradable corrupt dragon scimitar is stronger). Like all rune weapons, it requires 50 Attack to wield.

Combat Stats

Requirements
50
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
50
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		480		-
Accuracy		850		-
Style		Slash
Range		1
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0		0		0
[FAQ] • [doc]

Creation

Required materials:
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Production JSON:
{ "product": "Rune scimitar", "image": "[[File:Rune scimitar.png|link=Rune scimitar]]", "mats": [ { "name": "Rune bar", "quantity": "2", "image": "Rune bar.png" } ], "skill": "Smithing", "level": "90" }

Rune scimitar

		-
150 XP		-		14,957
Requirements
Smithing level				90
Members only				No
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Rune bar	2	2,985	5,970

Drop sources

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Adamant dragon	116	1	Common
K'ril Tsutsaroth	98; 650	1	Common
Angry barbarian spirit	106	1	Rare
Berserk barbarian spirit	106	1	Rare
Cockroach soldier	36	1	Rare
Customs evidence files	N/A	1	Rare
Enraged barbarian spirit	106	1	Rare
Ferocious barbarian spirit	106	1	Rare
Fire giant	85	1	Rare
Locust rider	75	1	Rare
Mummy (Jaldraocht Pyramid)	77	1	Rare
Mummy (Ullek)	74	1	Rare
Mutated bloodveld	91; 95	1	Rare
Salawa akh	106	1	Rare
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Rare
Silver key black	N/A	1	Rare
Silver key crimson	N/A	1	Rare
Silver key purple	N/A	1	Rare
Skeleton brute	88	1	Rare
Skeleton hero	74	1	Rare
Skeleton thug	85	1	Rare
Zamorak warrior	61; 65	1	Rare
Chaos Giant	126	1	Uncommon
Dagon'hai Monk	77	1	Uncommon
Ninja impling	N/A	1	Uncommon
Skeleton warlord	91	1	Uncommon
Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	84	1	Unknown
Cockroach worker	30	1	Very rare
Monkey knife fighter	N/A	1	Very rare
Silver key brown	N/A	1	Very rare
Silver key red	N/A	1	Very rare
Skeleton heavy	89	1	Very rare

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	15.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  45.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 45.0% 1 34 44.6% 2 49 43.7% 3 64 42.8% 4 69 41.9% 5 78 41.0% 6 83 39.6% 7 91 38.7% 8 95 37.4% 9 105 36.0%
Possible materials
Often
Base parts	35%
Blade parts	30%
Metallic parts	30%
Rarely
Sharp components	3%
Subtle components	2%

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 45 Junk chance: 45

[FAQ] • [doc]

Trivia

• On 28 July 2009, the Animation Pack 1 update changed the appearance and attack animations of the Rune Scimitar in order to make combat look more realistic. This was done with the godswords, the dragon scimitar, the rune and dragon longswords, and the abyssal whip.
• On 23 July 2009, five days before the scheduled update, the Rune scimitar image in the Grand Exchange database was replaced by the new model. Players found the image and posted about it in the RuneScape Forums, making it widely known before Jagex removed the image a few hours later. Five days later, the image was once again put up along with the official release.
• Before the Evolution of Combat, the rune scimitar was one of the most common, if not the most common, weapons in the F2P game due to its popularity in the F2P PKing community. After the launch of the EoC, however, many F2P PKers began switching to either the rune 2h sword (with its better damage per second) or the rune mace (due to its +4 Prayer bonus, cheaper cost, and identical stats and attack speed to the scimitar). The lack of monsters with a slash weakness in the non-members game is also contributing to its sudden drop in popularity. Nevertheless, due to the reputation it has gained before the EoC, it is still a fairly common sight among free players.