Two-handed sword

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Slot	2-handed
Style	Slash
Speed	Average (3.6s)

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A player wielding a rune two-handed sword.

The Two-handed sword is one of the slowest but most powerful weapons in any metal set. It is a two-handed slashing weapon, so it cannot be wielded with a shield, although to compensate it gives players access to abilities that cannot be used with one-handed weapons. It is the one of the only Free-to-play melee weapon with this characteristic with the exception of the golden hammer obtained from a golden cracker, the Easter carrot, and the scythe all of which are from special events or holidays.

All players can buy two-handed swords in Gaius' Two Handed Shop in Burthorpe.

History and usage

Two-handed swords were the first choice of weapons in RuneScape Classic because there was no difference in speed between weapons, meaning someone could quickly and easily kill a player with this. After the transition to RuneScape 2, its popularity dropped because of the implementation of the aforementioned speed differences, making a two-handed sword only capable of one strike in the time a scimitar could make two.

It is relatively common in F2P (Free To Play) player killing, where it is used to make finishing blows. Before the Evolution of Combat, Free to play rangers would most often bring a two-handed sword to finish fights as they did not have a ranged weapon efficient in finishing blows. As a "surprise" weapon, it was similar to using the Obsidian maul, Granite maul, or Dragon dagger.

In a game update a while ago, the two-handed sword was given new, realistic, and more fluid animations. Before the major update, the two-handed swords were wielded in one hand leaning on the player's shoulder. About two years before that update they were held in one hand like a normal, right-handed weapon, and the hilts of the two-handed swords looked slightly different. Because of this, the price had increased, especially in the case of the Rune 2h sword, which some players were selling for as much as 90-100k (although the Grand Exchange price is now about 36,735 coins). With this update, the two-handed sword was the only weapon with different animations for every attack option. Wielding any two-handed sword used to make the player's cape (if any) billow in the breeze, a unique animation. NPCs that use two-handed swords in this stance often do not have the cape animation.

Since the Evolution of Combat, two-handed swords are held over the shoulder in a similar stance to how they were at the start of RuneScape 2.

Types of two-handed swords

Item		Level	Main-hand			Off-hand			Attributes			Style bonus			Price
			Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc
	Bronze 2h sword	1	Slash	111	150	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	2,073
	Iron 2h sword	10	Slash	223	202	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	4,100
	Steel 2h sword	20	Slash	447	316	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,825
	Black 2h sword	25	Slash	558	381	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	5,896
	White 2h sword	25	Slash	558	381	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	4,484
	Mithril 2h sword	30	Slash	670	454	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	3,569
	Adamant 2h sword	40	Slash	894	628	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	8,231
	Rune 2h sword	50	Slash	1117	850	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	36,735
	Gravite 2h sword	55	Slash	1229	983	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	40,000
	Dragon 2h sword	60	Slash	1341	1132	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	134,445
	Saradomin sword	75	Crush	1378	1694	-	-	-	0	0	2	-	-	-	320,220
	Godsword	75	Slash	1676	1694	-	-	-	0	0	4	-	-	-	See Godsword
	Zaros godsword	92	Slash	2056	2577	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	1,014,827,801

Special two-handed swords

All of these are members only, with the exception of the Keenblade.

• Shadow sword
• Keenblade
• Golden Katana
• Ornate Katana
• Auspicious Katana
• Dominion sword
• Lost sword of King Raddalin

Dungeoneering two-handed swords

These two-handed swords can only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

Table of 2h swords

Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite 2h sword	1 Attack
2	Bathus 2h sword	10 Attack
3	Marmaros 2h sword	20 Attack
4	Kratonite 2h sword	30 Attack
5	Fractite 2h sword	40 Attack
6	Zephyrium 2h sword	50 Attack
7	Argonite 2h sword	60 Attack
8	Katagon 2h sword	70 Attack
9	Gorgonite 2h sword	80 Attack
10	Promethium 2h sword	90 Attack
11	Primal 2h sword	99 Attack