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For the override, see Replica Torva Armour.
A player wearing a full set of Torva armour.

Torva armour is a full set of degradable power armour that requires 80 Defence and 80 Constitution to wear. It was first mentioned on 3 January 2011[1] and released into the game on 10 January 2011[2]. Torva armour pieces are obtained as rare drops from Nex, the boss of the Zarosian stronghold of the God Wars Dungeon, the Ancient Prison. It is the melee counterpart to Virtus armour and Pernix armour, which are respectively Magic and Ranged sets.

A similar set of armour is the Anima Core of Zaros set, which is somewhat cheaper than Torva and has similar stats.

As tier 80 equipment, Torva armour is currently the fifth highest-level melee armour set in the game, behind tetsu, Refined Anima Core of Zaros, malevolent, and Teralith equipment, and the third-best Melee power armour. Torva equipment is the only melee power armour to offer a life points boost.

Wearing any piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armour, or wielding a zaryte bow, will cause all factions of monsters in the God Wars Dungeon (aside from bosses and Zarosian monsters in the Ancient Prison) to be unaggressive.

Degrading and repair[]

Ancient armour degrades as it is used. Equipment received from Nex is fully repaired and can be used for 60,000 charges of combat (though it degrades by 2 charges per hit, making the minimum time 5 hours) until it degrades completely and requires repair before it can be used again; it does not suffer in performance as it degrades from fully repaired to fully degraded. The remaining charges of Ancient armour can be checked by right-clicking it and selecting 'check-charge'. Additionally, Ancient armour may only be traded if fully repaired or fully degraded. Items lose 20% charge if reclaimed from a gravestone after dying.

There are two ways to repair Ancient armour. Players can talk to any of the NPCs listed below and they will repair the items for a price, or repair the pieces themselves using an armour stand in any player-owned house for a reduced cost based on their Smithing level. The equipment can be repaired at any stage, and the cost will be adjusted according to how much it has degraded. The repair costs below are as if the equipment has fully degraded.

The following NPCs can repair the armour:

Costs to repair
Ancient equipment
NPC POH Armour Stand
Level 1 Smithing Level 99 Smithing
Helm 500,000 497,500 252,500
Body 2,000,000 1,990,000 1,010,000
Legs 1,000,000 995,000 505,000
Gloves 200,000 199,000 101,000
Boots 100,000 99,500 50,500
Total 3,800,000 3,781,000 1,919,000
The price is exactly 50% when boosted to 100 Smithing
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Components[]

Grand Exchange set[]

Image Name GE Price
Torva armour set Torva armour set 230,578,468 coins (update)

Melee armour[]

Attack
Item
AttributeStyle bonusPrice
DefenceConstitutionPrayerAttack-iconRanged-iconMagic-icon
Torva full helmTorva full helm338110220--47,538,124
Torva platebodyTorva platebody389220330--119,132,054
Torva glovesTorva gloves840212--23,276,138
Torva platelegsTorva platelegs372165225--71,445,594
Torva bootsTorva boots840212--23,401,559
Totals12674951199--284,793,469

Item shards[]

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
Torva full helm shard Torva full helm shard 10,823 1,298,760
Torva platebody shard Torva platebody shard 207,479 24,897,480
Torva platelegs shard Torva platelegs shard 130,004 15,600,480
Torva gloves shard Torva gloves shard 49,429 5,931,480
Torva boots shard Torva boots shard 80,007 9,600,840
Total price 57,329,040

Trivia[]

  • Torva armour looks quite similar to the armour of Lord Sulla on the cover of the novel Betrayal at Falador.
  • When first released, Torva, Pernix, and Virtus items became untradeable once degraded and repaired. This was flagged as a glitch and soon fixed.
  • Ancient warriors wear a light brown version of this.
  • Max used to wear parts of this armour.
  • In the promotional video for the return of free trade and the wilderness, some players could be seen wearing Torva armour even though it had not been released. The video was uploaded on 10 December 2010 which is about a month before it came out.
  • Torva armour, along with many other armours, received a graphical rework on 6 March 2012. Pernix and Virtus armours were not updated until 5 September 2012.
  • Whenever Nex drops a piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armour (outside of LootShare), a server wide announcement is broadcast to all players currently logged into that particular world.
  • Torva armour is named and modelled after Torva, an elite warrior who served in Nex's army during the Third Age.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - January." 1 January 2010. RuneScape News.
  2. ^ Mod Chris L. "God Wars Dungeon - The Ancient Prison." 10 January 2010. RuneScape News.
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