Black equipment

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
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
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
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
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)

Black heraldic armour

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

• White equipment