Rusty sword

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Rusty sword
Detailed
Release	9 July 2003 (Update)
Members	Yes
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Disassembly	Yes
Value	1 coin
Value	1 coin
High Alchemy	0 coins
High Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Low Alchemy	0 coins
Destroy	Drop
On death	Reclaimable
On death	Reclaimable
Reclaim	1
Reclaim	1
Sacrifice	4
Sacrifice	4
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine	A decent-enough weapon gone rusty.

Rusty swords are broken swords that need repair. They may be taken to Tindel Marchant at the harbour of Port Khazard in the Antiques Shop Stall to be polished and made into usable swords for 100 coins or repaired on a whetstone or on an armour stand in a player-owned-house. However, using a whetstone holds the risk of the sword breaking. When fixed, you will receive a random sword, from bronze to rune, with iron being the most common. This can be beneficial for lower level players who are low on cash. Successfully repairing a rusty sword gives 25 Smithing experience. The sword can be a sword or longsword.

The type of sword most frequently produced from the whetstone varies according to your Crafting level. Higher Crafting levels result in a higher chance of receiving a higher tier sword. The levels are:

• 1-10 Bronze
• 11-20 Iron
• 21-30 Steel
• 31-40 Black
• 41-50 Mithril
• 51-60 Adamant
• 61-99 Rune

Drop sources

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Source	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Guard (H.A.M.)	19	1	Uncommon
H.A.M. Guard	30	1	Uncommon
H.A.M. Member	N/A	1	Uncommon
Ogre coffin	N/A	1	Uncommon

Alternately they can also be obtained from digging at the Digsite or from Fishing Trawler.

Disassembly

Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% 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 98.9% 1 34 98.0% 2 49 96.0% 3 64 94.0% 4 69 92.0% 5 78 90.0% 6 83 87.1% 7 91 85.1% 8 95 82.1% 9 105 79.2%
Possible materials
Often
Simple parts	99%
Rarely
Variable components	1%

Defined properties:

All Junk chance: 98.9 Junk chance: 98.9

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Trivia

• Before an update in 2006 that removed finding items in random locations such as boxes, hay bales, and chests, they could be found by repeatedly searching boxes, along with other useless junk like buttons, broken armour, needles, and a few coins. This led some players to spend a lot of time searching the boxes by Tindel Marchant for rusty swords, and then having Tindel fix them. However, after the update, this was no longer possible.