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Black armour set (lg) equipped

A player with black armour equipped.

Black equipment are items made from black metal. Black equipment is stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As the name suggests, the equipment is black in colour. Black armour requires 10 Defence to wield, weapons require 10 Attack. Black equipment is almost identical to white equipment, unlocked after the Wanted! quest, however, white equipment is member's only and has a slight Prayer bonus.

A set of black armour is used in the King's Ransom quest and in Heroes' Quest (helmet, platebody and platelegs). In Heroes' Quest, you will only need the black armour if you're part of the Black Arm Gang. For King's Ransom, a black plateskirt will also suffice instead of the platelegs.

Black items cannot be smithed.

Weapons[]

Black weapons require an Attack level of 10 to wield.

Note: Attack speeds are given as numbers, where higher is faster, meaning that higher numbers constitute shorter time-intervals between each hit. An attack speed of 6 has a 2.4-second interval, 5 has a 3-second interval, 4 has a 3.6-second interval, and 3 has a 4.2-second interval between hits.

One-handed melee weapons[]

Item Attack Bonuses Defence Bonuses Other
White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon Strength icon Ranged Strength icon Magic Damage icon Prayer icon
Black dagger Black dagger +10 +5 -4 +1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 +7 0 0% 0
Black axe Black axe -2 +10 +8 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +12 0 0% 0
Black mace Black mace +8 -2 +16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +13 0 0% +2
Black sword Black sword +14 +10 -2 0 0 0 +2 +1 0 0 +12 0 0% 0
Black longsword Black longsword +13 +18 -2 0 0 0 +3 +2 0 0 +16 0 0% 0
Black scimitar Black scimitar +4 +19 -2 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +14 0 0% 0
Black warhammer Black warhammer -4 -4 +22 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 +19 0 0% 0
Black battleaxe Black battleaxe -2 +20 +15 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 +24 0 0% 0
Black pickaxe Black pickaxe +10 -2 +8 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +11 0 0% 0

Two-handed melee weapons[]

Item Attack Bonuses Defence Bonuses Other
White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon Strength icon Ranged Strength icon Magic Damage icon Prayer icon
Black claws Black claws +10 +14 -4 0 0 +4 +7 +2 0 0 +14 0 0% 0
Black spear Black spear +15 +15 +15 0 0 +1 +1 0 0 0 +16 0 0% 0
Black 2h sword Black 2h sword -4 +27 +21 -4 0 0 0 0 0 -1 +26 0 0% 0
Black halberd Black halberd +19 +25 0 -4 0 -1 +2 +3 0 0 +20 0 0% 0

Ranged weapons[]

Name Members Only Ranged iconRanged BonusRanged icon
Ranged icon Ranged Strength icon
Black brutal

Black brutal

Yes 0 +22
Black darts

Black dart

Yes +7 +6
Black knife

Black knife

Yes +10 +8

Armour[]

Black armour is the fourth-lowest quality armour in the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear.

Item Attack Bonuses Defence Bonuses Other
White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon White dagger White scimitar White warhammer Magic icon Ranged icon Strength icon Ranged Strength icon Magic Damage icon Prayer icon
Black med helm Black med helm 0 0 0 -3 -1 +9 +10 +8 -1 +9 0 0 0% 0
Black full helm Black full helm 0 0 0 -6 -2 +12 +13 +10 -1 +12 0 0 0% 0
Black chainbody Black chainbody 0 0 0 -15 0 +22 +32 +39 -3 +24 0 0 0% 0
Black platebody Black platebody 0 0 0 -30 -10 +41 +40 +30 -6 +40 0 0 0% 0
Black platelegs Black platelegs 0 0 0 -21 -7 +21 +20 +19 -4 +20 0 0 0% 0
Black plateskirt Black plateskirt 0 0 0 -21 -7 +21 +20 +19 -4 +20 0 0 0% 0
Black sq shield Black sq shield 0 0 0 -6 -2 +15 +16 +14 0 +15 0 0 0% 0
Black kiteshield Black kiteshield 0 0 0 -8 -2 +17 +19 +18 -1 +18 0 0 0% 0
Black boots Black boots 0 0 0 -3 -1 +7 +8 +9 0 0 0 0 0% 0
Black gloves Black gloves +5 +5 +5 +3 +5 +5 +5 +5 +3 +5 +5 0 0% 0
Black defender Black defender +9 +8 +7 -3 -2 +9 +8 +7 -3 -2 +2 0 0% 0

Other[]

Ornamental black armour, such as heraldic and trimmed, have the same bonuses as standard black armour. These can be obtained from the member's only Treasure Trails minigame.

Note: Other players cannot trim or bless armour. Players claiming to do so are scammers.

Trimmed

Black trimmed set (lg) equipped

A player wearing a full set of black (t)

Image Type
Black full helm (t) Black full helm (t)
Black platebody (t) Black platebody (t)
Black platelegs (t) Black platelegs (t)
Black plateskirt (t) Black plateskirt (t)
Black kiteshield (t) Black kiteshield (t)

Gold-trimmed

Black gold-trimmed set (lg) equipped

A player wearing a full set of black (g)

Image Type
Black full helm (g) Black full helm (g)
Black platebody (g) Black platebody (g)
Black platelegs (g) Black platelegs (g)
Black plateskirt (g) Black plateskirt (g)
Black kiteshield (g) Black kiteshield (g)

Black heraldic armour

Image Type
Black helm (h1) Black helm (h1)
Black shield (h1) Black shield (h1)
Image Type
Black helm (h2) Black helm (h2)
Black shield (h2) Black shield (h2)
Image Type
Black helm (h3) Black helm (h3)
Black shield (h3) Black shield (h3)
Image Type
Black helm (h4) Black helm (h4)
Black shield (h4) Black shield (h4)
Image Type
Black helm (h5) Black helm (h5)
Black shield (h5) Black shield (h5)

Trivia[]

  • A number of monsters drop black armour. Regular Black Knights, however, do not drop any black items at all.
  • Black armour is an occasional reward from Level 1 Treasure Trails.

See also[]


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