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 | |||||||||||
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Black dagger | +10 | +5 | -4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | +7 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black axe | -2 | +10 | +8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black mace | +8 | -2 | +16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 0 | 0% | +2 |
Black sword | +14 | +10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black longsword | +13 | +18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | +16 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black scimitar | +4 | +19 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black warhammer | -4 | -4 | +22 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +19 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black battleaxe | -2 | +20 | +15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | +24 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
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 | |||||||||||
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Black claws | +10 | +14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +7 | +2 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black spear | +15 | +15 | +15 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black 2h sword | -4 | +27 | +21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | +26 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black halberd | +19 | +25 | 0 | -4 | 0 | -1 | +2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Ranged weapons[]
Name | Members Only | Ranged Bonus | ||
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Black brutal | Yes | 0 | +22 | |
Black darts | Yes | +7 | +6 | |
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 | |||||||||||
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Black med helm | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | +9 | +10 | +8 | -1 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black full helm | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -2 | +12 | +13 | +10 | -1 | +12 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black chainbody | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 | 0 | +22 | +32 | +39 | -3 | +24 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black platebody | 0 | 0 | 0 | -30 | -10 | +41 | +40 | +30 | -6 | +40 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black platelegs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | -7 | +21 | +20 | +19 | -4 | +20 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black plateskirt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | -7 | +21 | +20 | +19 | -4 | +20 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black sq shield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | -2 | +15 | +16 | +14 | 0 | +15 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black kiteshield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | -2 | +17 | +19 | +18 | -1 | +18 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black boots | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -1 | +7 | +8 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
Black gloves | +5 | +5 | +5 | +3 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +3 | +5 | +5 | 0 | 0% | 0 |
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
Image Type Black full helm (t) Black platebody (t) Black platelegs (t) Black plateskirt (t) Black kiteshield (t)
Gold-trimmed
Image Type Black full helm (g) Black platebody (g) Black platelegs (g) Black plateskirt (g) Black kiteshield (g)
Image Type Black helm (h1) Black shield (h1)
Image Type Black helm (h2) Black shield (h2)
Image Type Black helm (h3) Black shield (h3)
Image Type Black helm (h4) Black shield (h4)
Image Type Black helm (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[]
Melee equipment |
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Magic equipment |
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Ranged equipment |
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Other equipment |
Slayer helmet (10)(m) • Samurai (35)(m) • Void Knight (42)(m) • Spirit shield (45)(m) • Fremennik helmet (45/55)(m) • Barrows (70)(m) • Crystal (70)(m) • Blessed spirit shield (70)(m) • Spirit sigil shield (75)(m) • Toxic (75)(m) |
Black equipment | |||||||||||
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Weapons |
Dagger • Axe • Mace • Claws • Sword • Longsword • Scimitar | ||||||||||
Armour |
Medium helm • Full helm (t) (g) • Square shield • Kiteshield (t) (g) | ||||||||||
Black heraldic armour |
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Other |