Weaponry

**Weapons** are wieldable items that a player can use to inflict damage in Combat.

All players wield weapons in their right hand. If a player is using a two-handed weapon, such as a bow or a two-handed sword, they may not have any items equipped in the Shield slot at the same time, thus two-handed weapons are held in both hands preventing the use of a shield. In the case of thrown weapons, which are stackable, multiples of the same thrown weapon may be equipped in the Weapon slot at once. A player may also equip a pickaxe or a Woodcutting hatchet in the weapon slot so that they may hold more ore or logs, respectively.

## Basic melee weapons

These weapons are more commonly used than the other weapons available because they don't have to be replaced unless upon death, and they do not require ammunition to use unlike most Magic or Ranged weapons. Most types of basic Melee weapons come in eight different kinds of metal.

Most weapons have a primary attack mode in all three attack styles and a secondary mode in the Aggressive or Controlled style. The secondary mode is normally weaker, but it may be more appropriate to your target.

Chainmail armour is weaker against stabbing; platemail is weaker against crushing, while the slash attack is highly effective against cloth, leather or unarmoured targets. Against monster hide, the most effective style varies. The only absolute Defence against a particular attack is the Protect from Melee prayer, or the occasional NPC that requires something special to kill them, so you will still hit with the "wrong" attack and weapon, just not as often and with less damage (or not even at all, in the case of monsters like vampires).

### Weapon groups

The whole idea of having multiple weapon types is that one weapon type should not be all-conquering, or there would be not much point having the others. Overall, there are three attack styles: Stab, Slash, and Crush.

### Weapon characteristics

There are also a variety of 'novelty weapons' available. They deal out very little, if any, damage.

The various groups of weapons are summarised below. The level of Strength in each class is not definitive.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Italics* indicate decent effectiveness in a weapon's secondary style compared to its primary style. (Less than 20% difference in bonuses)

### Weapon requirements

The table above shows what level is needed to wield a certain metal and some specific weapons. The foot notes indicate additional skills and/or requirements as followed:

1. ↑ The Tzhaar-ket-om only requires 60 Strength and can be wielded at 1 Attack.

Weapons are made of different metals, some stronger and more expensive than others. Higher Attack levels allow wielding weapons of better metals. For example, a player needs an Attack level of 10 to wield a black weapon, whereas the player would need level 20 to wield a mithril weapon. Almost all metal weapons can be smithed, except for halberds, and any Black, White, Dragon, or Barrows weapons.

## Other melee weapon types

### TzHaar

* Toktz-xil-ak (Obsidian sword)
* Tzhaar-ket-em (Obsidian mace)
* Tzhaar-ket-om (Obsidian maul)
* Toktz-xil-ek (Obsidian dagger)

### Barrows

* Dharok's greataxe
* Guthan's warspear
* Verac's flail
* Torag's hammers

### Miscellaneous

* Granite maul
* Barrelchest anchor
* Ancient mace
* Mjolnir
* Decorative sword

## Fun weapons

### Fun weapons

* Darklight
* Barrelchest anchor
* Ancient mace
* Rapier

### Fun weapons

* Flowers
* Rubber chicken
* Butterfly net
* Mouse Toy
* Scythe
* Undead chicken

## Magic weapons

The weapons listed below are Magic weapons. While they can be used in Melee, they are more powerful when used to cast spells in Combat.

### Weapon requirements

 40
 50
 75

### Weapon groups

#### Battlestaves

* Battlestaff
* Air battlestaff
* Earth battlestaff
* Fire battlestaff
* Water battlestaff
* Mud battlestaff
* Lava battlestaff
* Steam battlestaff

#### Mystic staves

* Mystic air staff
* Mystic earth staff
* Mystic fire staff
* Mystic water staff
* Mystic mud staff
* Mystic lava staff
* Mystic steam staff

#### God staves

* Guthix staff
* Saradomin staff
* Zamorak staff (Staff of the Dead)

#### Wands

* Beginner wand
* Apprentice wand
* Teacher wand
* Master wand

## Ranged weapons

Ranged weapons are used for Ranged attacks.

### Weapon groups

#### Shortbow

* Shortbow
* Oak shortbow
* Willow shortbow
* Maple shortbow
* Yew shortbow
* Magic shortbow

#### Longbows

* Longbow
* Ogre bow
* Oak longbow
* Willow longbow
* Maple longbow
* Yew longbow
* Magic longbow
* Dark bow

#### Crossbows

* Crossbow
* Phoenix crossbow
* Bronze crossbow
* Iron crossbow
* Steel crossbow
* Mithril crossbow
* Adamant crossbow
* Rune crossbow
* Karil's crossbow
* Armadyl crossbow

#### Composite bows

* Willow composite bow
* Ogre composite bow
* Yew composite bow
* Magic composite bow

All composite bows (excluding the composite ogre bow) has some of the speed of a shortbow and some of the power of a longbow.

#### Thrown weapons

##### Darts

* Bronze dart
* Iron dart
* Steel dart
* Black dart
* Mithril dart
* Adamant dart
* Rune dart
* Dragon dart

##### Throwing knives

Throwing knives are poisonable, and can be forged by players from Bronze, Iron, Steel, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. Each metal bar yields five Throwing Knives. Black Throwing Knives are only dropped by Shadow Warriors, Imperial Guard members, ankous, and cyclopes in the warrior's guild.

* Bronze knife
* Iron knife
* Steel knife
* Black knife
* Mithril knife
* Adamant knife
* Rune knife

##### Thrownaxes

Thrownaxes come in Bronze, Iron, Steel, Black, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. They can only be bought from a shop in the Ranging Guild. The rune thrownaxe has a special attack ("Chain Hit") that, when activated in a multicombat zone with multiple enemies nearby, will bounce from enemy to enemy up to 10 times(10% special bar used per enemy hit).

* Bronze thrownaxe
* Iron thrownaxe
* Steel thrownaxe
* Mithril thrownaxe
* Adamant thrownaxe
* Rune thrownaxe

##### Javelins

Javelins are stackable and made out of Bronze, Iron, Steel, Black, Mithril, Adamantite, and Rune. Javelins can be found as drops from defeated monsters and can also be purchased inside the Ranging Guild. Javelins are notoriously slow and are generally considered to be the most unpopular out of the one-handed Ranging weapons.

* Bronze javelin
* Iron javelin
* Steel javelin
* Mithril javelin
* Adamant javelin
* Rune javelin

##### Chinchompas

* Chinchompas
* Red chinchompas
* Black Chinchompa

### Ammunition

Arrows are used as ammunition for bows, and bolts are used as ammunition for crossbows. The better the arrow/bolt, the higher damage a player can deal. However, players require certain bows to use certain arrows. All arrows except for Training Arrows can be made using the Fletching skill.