Hasta

A Hasta is a type of one handed melee long weapons similiar to the two-handed spears, though with negative defence stats. The hastas can be obtained either by trading with another player or using the Smithing skill. Hastas can be poisoned with either normal weapon poisons or Karambwan Poison, which is more potent and can only be used on hastas and the aforementioned spears. Due to their one handed aspect and design hastas are similiar to, but should not be confused with, the mjolnirs.

Although they can only be used to train controlled and defensive attacks, hastas are still arguably the most flexible weapons in the game, as they are the only weapon to use Stab, Crush, and Slash attack styles. However, hastas are not used often as they do not excel in any particular style and other one-handed weapons, such as the scimitar and longsword have higher attack bonuses.

Note: Hasta is Latin for lance or spear.