The Sunspear is a main-hand melee weapon that requires level 75 Attack to wield. It is earned upon completion of The Lord of Vampyrium. Like blisterwood weapons, it can damage all vampyric creatures, though the damage does not increase with the number of vyre corpses cremated.
Vyrewatch, vyrelords, and vyreladies killed with this weapon will automatically have their corpses cremated, granting Prayer and Firemaking experience dependant on the player's levels. In addition, vyres killed this way have a 20% chance of dropping loot similar to that given by shiny columbarium keys. Cremating corpses in this way does not count towards the player's total.
If lost, it can be reclaimed from Ivan Strom for 100,000 coins.
When using abilities, the Sunspear can be combined with a higher-tier off-hand weapon (such as an off-hand drygore mace) to increase ability damage without impacting the ability to damage vampyres. Auto-attacks will require an off-hand blisterwood sickle in order to deal damage.
History
The Sunspear was originally created for and wielded by Queen Efaritay, it is created from blisterwood and blessed silver and is therefore very effective against vampyres. It was meant to be used in the battle against the invading vampyres led by Lord Drakan. But as Queen Efaritay surrendered after Drakan's capture of her husband King Ascertes, it is unknown how much the Sunspear was used in the battle. After the victory over Hallowvale it was taking in possession by Lowerniel Drakan who used it as his weapon of choice - even creating more weapons based on it. He used the Sunspear in the fight against the Myreque when they invaded his home in an assassination attempt. During the fight, his sister Vanescula got hold of the weapon, stabbing him with it and weakening him. After his defeat at the hands of the Myreque, the lieutenant broke the head of the spear off and killed the Lord of Morytania with it.
During River of Blood, the Sunspear is reforged into its former glory by combining it with a blisterwood shaft and the wolfbane dagger making a sunspear (melee). This upgraded weapon can be toggled into a sunspear (magic) or sunspear (ranged).
Should the player speak with Kara-Meir on Tuska's corpse while carrying the Sunspear she claims to still have it, and that it is a dagger, not a sword. She and the player then speculate that both weapons might have originated as parts of the same spear or perhaps being part of another Sunspear.
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Weapons | Main | Off | |||||||||
Damage | 720 | - | |||||||||
Accuracy | 1694 | - | |||||||||
Style | Stab | ||||||||||
Range | ? (edit) | ||||||||||
Speed | Fastest (2.4s) | ||||||||||
Attributes | Damage reduction | ||||||||||
Armour | 0 | PvM: 0% | PvP: 0% | ||||||||
Life points | 0 | Style bonuses | |||||||||
Prayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
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Drops
Charms
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Gold charm | 1 | Rare | Not sold | |
Green charm | 1 | Rare | Not sold | |
Crimson charm | 1 | Rare | Not sold | |
Blue charm | 1 | Rare | Not sold |
Note: charms are a second reward, obtained with other items
Weapons and armour
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Rune helm | 1 | Unknown | 10,533 | |
Rune pickaxe | 1 | Unknown | 22,097 | |
Rune spear | 1 (noted) | Unknown | 10,185 | |
Rune arrow | 50 | Unknown | 7,550 | |
Rune platelegs | 1 | Unknown | 37,002 | |
Adamant platelegs (t) | 1 | Unknown | 5,048 | |
Dragon spear | 1 | Unknown | 35,861 | |
File:Saradomin kiteshield.png | Saradomin kiteshield | 1 | Unknown | Error |
Runes
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Death rune | 15 | Uncommon | 3,480 | |
Blood rune | 15 | Unknown | 10,170 |
Herbs
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Grimy lantadyme | 2 (noted) | Uncommon | 15,102 | |
Grimy kwuarm | 2 (noted) | Uncommon | 23,564 | |
Grimy snapdragon | 2 (noted) | Uncommon | 3,578 | |
Grimy dwarf weed | 2 (noted) | Uncommon | 16,952 | |
Grimy toadflax | 2 (noted) | Uncommon | 22,500 | |
Grimy avantoe | 2 (noted) | Common | 2,086 | |
Grimy torstol | 2 (noted) | Common | 10,778 |
Seeds
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Toadflax seed | 1 | Unknown | 9,872 | |
Irit seed | 1 | Unknown | 1,018 | |
Kwuarm seed | 1 | Unknown | 12,857 | |
Lantadyme seed | 1 | Unknown | 726 | |
Dwarf weed seed | 1 | Unknown | 822 | |
Watermelon seed | 8 | Common | 28,720 | |
Snape grass seed | 8 | Common | 13,320 | |
Morchella mushroom spore | 3 | Unknown | 396 | |
Belladonna seed | 1 | Unknown | 1,007 |
Other
Item | Quantity | Rarity | GE price | |
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Coins | 3,649–4,272 | Unknown | 3,649–4,272 | |
Adamantite ore | 8 | Unknown | 1,816 | |
Uncut ruby | 4 (noted) | Unknown | 7,368 | |
Uncut diamond | 4 (noted) | Unknown | 19,372 | |
Red spiders' eggs | 4 (noted) | Unknown | 5,620 | |
Loop half of a key | 1 (noted) | Unknown | 11,053 | |
Tooth half of a key | 1 (noted) | Unknown | 11,538 | |
Limpwurt root | 8 (noted) | Unknown | 41,520 |
Trivia
- An update was made to the Sunspear on 5 October 2015 that changed the cremation mechanic of the weapon. The chance of receiving loot similar to that of shiny columbarium keys has been lowered to around 20%, from 100%, cremation count will no longer increase while killing Vyrewatch with this weapon, and on the opposite side, will now grant up to 4x more Prayer and Firemaking experience per kill, based on your current levels.
- A blisterwood sickle can have higher damage with sufficient vyre cremations, but the Sunspear will have better overall damage per second than even the maxed blisterwood sickle, due to its higher tier (75 instead of 70).
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