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Mithril armour set (lg) equipped

A player with mithril armour equipped.

Mithril equipment are items made from mithril metal. Mithril equipment is stronger than black equipment, but weaker than adamant equipment. All mithril items are coloured with a dark shade of blue. Mithril armour requires 20 Defence to equip, and mithril weapons require 20 Attack. They are notably popular due to being lighter than equipment made of other conventional metals, while still providing a fair amount of bonuses.

Note: Mithril items are often mistaken for rune equipment because of the similarity in colour, which makes them popular for use in scams where a player will swap rune armour for mithril armour.

Weapons[]

Mithril weapons require an Attack level of 20 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
Mithril dagger Mithril dagger +11 +5 -4 +1 0 0 0 0 +1 0 +10 0 0 0
Mithril axe Mithril axe -2 +12 +10 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +13 0 0 0
Mithril mace Mithril mace +11 -2 +18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +16 0 0 +3
Mithril sword Mithril sword +16 +11 -2 0 0 0 +2 +1 0 0 +17 0 0 0
Mithril longsword Mithril longsword +15 +20 -2 0 0 0 +3 +2 0 0 +22 0 0 0
Mithril scimitar Mithril scimitar +5 +21 -2 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +20 0 0 0
Mithril hasta Mithril hasta +17 +17 +17 0 0 -5 -5 -4 0 -5 +18 0 0 0
Mithril warhammer Mithril warhammer -4 -4 +25 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 +20 0 0 0
Mithril battleaxe Mithril battleaxe -2 +22 +17 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 +29 0 0 0
Mithril pickaxe Mithril pickaxe +12 -2 +10 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 +13 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
Mithril claws Mithril claws +11 +16 -4 0 0 +4 +8 +2 0 0 +17 0 0 0
Mithril spear Mithril spear +17 +17 +17 0 0 +1 +1 0 0 0 +18 0 0 0
Mithril 2h sword Mithril 2h sword -4 +30 +24 -4 0 0 0 0 0 -1 +31 0 0 0
Mithril halberd Mithril halberd +22 +28 0 -4 0 -1 +2 +4 0 0 +29 0 0 0

Ranged weapons[]

Name Members Only Ranged iconRanged BonusRanged icon
Ranged icon Ranged Strength icon
Mithril crossbow

Mithril crossbow

Yes +66 0
Mithril bolts

Mithril bolts

Yes 0 +82
Mithril arrow

Mithril arrow

No 0 +22
Mithril brutal arrows

Mithril brutal

Yes 0 +34
Mithril darts

Mithril dart

Yes +8 +7
Mithril javelin

Mithril javelin

Yes 0 +85
Mithril thrownaxe

Mithril thrownaxe

Yes +12 +16
Mithril knife

Mithril knife

Yes +11 +10

Armour[]

Mithril armour is the fourth-highest quality armour in the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Mithril armour requires 20 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
Mithril med helm Mithril med helm 0 0 0 -3 -1 +10 +11 +9 -1 +10 0 0 0% 0
Mithril full helm Mithril full helm 0 0 0 -6 -2 +13 +14 +11 -1 +13 0 0 0% 0
Mithril chainbody Mithril chainbody 0 0 0 -15 0 +25 +35 +42 -3 +19 0 0 0% 0
Mithril platebody Mithril platebody 0 0 0 -30 -10 +46 +44 +38 -6 +44 0 0 0% 0
Mithril platelegs Mithril platelegs 0 0 0 -21 -7 +24 +22 +20 -4 +22 0 0 0% 0
Mithril plateskirt Mithril plateskirt 0 0 0 -21 -7 +24 +22 +20 -4 +22 0 0 0% 0
Mithril sq shield Mithril sq shield 0 0 0 -6 -2 +17 +19 +15 0 +17 0 0 0% 0
Mithril kiteshield Mithril kiteshield 0 0 0 -8 -2 +18 +22 +20 -1 +20 0 0 0% 0
Mithril boots Mithril boots 0 0 0 -3 -1 +8 +9 +10 0 0 0 0 0% 0
Mithril gloves Mithril gloves +6 +6 +6 +3 +6 +6 +6 +6 +3 +6 +6 0 0% 0
Mithril defender Mithril defender +11 +10 +9 -3 -2 +11 +10 +9 -3 -2 +3 0 0% 0

Usage[]

Generally, mithril sets are considered fine armour with great protection for players sporting a low defence level. Since they are inexpensive and rather easy to obtain, mithril armour sets are used in the Wilderness even by higher levelled players. It also weighs less than other conventional armour.

Other[]

Trimmed and gold-trimmed mithril armour have the same bonuses as standard mithril 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
Mithril full helm (t) Mithril full helm (t)
Mithril platebody (t) Mithril platebody (t)
Mithril platelegs (t) Mithril platelegs (t)
Mithril plateskirt (t) Mithril plateskirt (t)
Mithril kiteshield (t) Mithril kiteshield (t)

Gold-trimmed

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

Trivia[]

  • Mithril (also called "truesilver") is a fictional metal invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for his fantasy writings (Lord of the Rings, etc.). Notable is a mithril chainmail shirt worn by Bilbo and then Frodo, described by the former as "light as a feather, but as hard as dragon scales". This may not be completely accurate in RuneScape, but full mithril is lighter than (for example) steel armour, which weighs 60 kg; because of this, one could conclude that Jagex wished to make a tribute to Tolkien. In Lord of the Rings, Mithril is more like rune, than the dark blue RuneScape variant.
  • Mithril is similar in defence stats to initiate armour, although they are both different colours.


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