Items

There are many useful items in game, you can use pots to get wheat, buckets to get water and milk, shears to get wool from sheep, tinderboxes on wood logs to start fire, metal bars on anvils to smith items, ore in furnaces to get metal bars. Most items can be found or bought in many shops found around Runescape.

NOTE: This list is not complete and will never be complete as Runescape is dynamic world and items are added very often. If you see any item missing please MAKE A PIC and send it in email with NAME OF ITEM, COST, HOW you get it or location where you can find it.

Rare Items Guide - New

For easier understanding we will divide items in:

Weapons

Quality (Material) of weapon directly influence attack accuracy and damage you inflict in combat. You can see it directly on status screen under Characteristics, under Equipment Weapon Aim and Weapon Power. In January 2002 they introduced Minimum level to be able to use some weapons of better materials.

Weapon Material
Bronze - Iron
Steel
Black
Mithril
Adamantite
Rune
Dragon
Attack/Defence
Skill Min. Lv.
1
5
10
20
30
40
60

Weapon Type Sub-type Notes
Daggers Dagger This weapon is the weakest of its material class (e.g. an iron dagger is the weakest of iron weapons).
Swords

Short Swords
Scimitars
Long Swords
2 Handed Sword

 All these weapons are very similar and have nearly equal Aim and Power values.
Axes Hatchet or Axe
Battle Axe		 The axe is a tool if used on a tree; you can cut down trees and produce logs. With axes, it is more difficult to hit a target than it is with swords but axes inflict more damage. Axes have lower Aim and higher Power.
Maces

Mace

 Maces are blunt weapons which are easy to hit targets with, but will deliver low damage. Maces have higher Aim but lower Power.
Bows

Short Bow
Long Bow
Crosbow

This is Ranged weapons used in Runescape, Bows use arrows and crossbow use bolts. You can attack somone in cage, between iron gates or over fences. Good metod is to help a friend in combat shoting at his target. Damage depends mostly on skill, on bow depend rang, /accuracy and speed. crossbows are slower and do more damage.
Throw Knives Throw Knives Ranged weapon with damage range as for same material arrow. You can poison them (members made)/ not stackable.
Darts Darts Ranged weapon Very accurate/ short range weapon/stackable one hand
Spears Spears Ranged Weapon Accurate/high damage weapon that is not stackable so occupy ton of space.

We had a request to post a table with relative power of weapons of each kind of metal. Here it is:

Weapon Type
Bronze
Iron
Steel
Black
Mithril
Adamantite
Rune
Dragon
Dagger (Aim) 5 6 9 11 12 16 26  
(Power) 5 6 9 9 12 16 26  
Short Sword (Aim) 7 8 14 16 19 25 41  
(Power) 7 8 14 13 19 25 41  
Scimitar (Aim) 7 10 15 19 21 29 45  
(Power) 7 10 15 15 21 29 45  
Long Sword (Aim) 8 10 17 20 23 32 50 71
(Power) 8 10 17 16 23 32 50 71
2 Handed Sword (Aim) 11 15 23 29 32 45 71  
(Power) 11 15 23 23 32 45 71  
Axe (Hatchet) (Aim) 5 6 9 11 13 18 27  
(Power) 6 8 12 15 17 24 37  
Battle Axe (Aim) 8 9 16 19 22 31 48 69
(Power) 10 13 21 26 30 42 65 75
Mace (Aim) 6 8 13 15 17 25 39  
(Power) 5 6 9 11 12 19 29  

See the Smithing Guide for more information on pricing and availability of these items.

Armour

You can wear armor in 6 zones: Head, Torso, Hands, Legs, Shield and Cape. Every piece of armor adds to total armor as seen in stats screen. Also it is possible to convert a male platemail to female and back in Varrock - they have same characteristics.

Note about Dragon square shield: Right half is bought from the legends guild for 750k and the other half is an extremly rare drop from monsters which also drop half keys. After both halves are obtained, they must be smithed together (level 60 smithing required). Legends Quest must be completed to wear, although the left half may still be obtained from monsters even if you havn't completed the quest.

Body Area Armor Type
Head Medium Helmet
Large Helmet
Mask (3 Halloween 2002 masks), bunny ears
Torso Leather Armor
Chain Mail
Plate Mail
Arms/Hands

Leather gloves
Family crest Quest reward

  • Cooking gauntlets + 10 cooking levels
  • Crafting gauntlets + 10 crafting exp when smelting gold
  • Chaos gauntlets + damage on bolt spells

Klank's Gauntlets boost weapon aim power from Underground passage quest

Legs

Leather Boots
Plate leggings
Shield

Wood Shields
Square shields
Kite Shields
Capes

Black, Blue. Yellow, Green, Red, Purple and Orange

We had a request to post a table with relative protection for armor of each kind of metal. Here it is:

In January 2002 are introduced a Minimum level to be able to use some armours made of better materials.

Weapon Material
Bronze - Iron
Steel
Black
Mithril
Adamantite
Rune
Dragon
Defense Skill Min.
1
5
10
20
30
40
60

Armor Type Bronze Iron Steel Black Mithril Adamantite Rune Dragon
Medium Helmet +3 +4 +7 +9 +10 +14 +22 +34
Large Helmet +4 +6 +9 +12 +13 +19 +30 **
Chain Mail +9 +12 +19 +24 +27 +38 +65 **
Plate Mail +14 +20 +31 +40 +44 +63 +80 **
Plate Legs/Skirt +7 +10 +17 +20 +22 +31 +49 **
Square Shield +5 +8 +12 +15 +17 +24 +38 +50
Kite Shield +6 +9 +14 +17 +20 +29 +46 **
Normal Cape (many colors) +2              
The (white) Cape of Legends and costs 675 gp. +7              

Thanks for black items info: DarkPuter, Cjjones, wowza, Lawie(2000), Krall, Silversnakie

See the Smithing Guide for more information on pricing and availability of these items.

BLACK items: All Black items are special as you cannot smith them. They are tradable and are bought from the specialized shops respectively.

bought from shops:

  • Armour: Large Helmet, Chain Mail, Plate Mail, Plated Legs
  • Weapon: Dagger, Short Sword, Long Sword, (members) 2H sword

monster's drops:

Armour:

  • Black Medium Helmet from Black Warriors (somwere else ??)
  • Black Kite & Square from Moss and Ice Giants

Weapons:

  • Black Mace - From Black Warriors
  • Black Hatchet - From Black Demon and King Black Dragon (members)
  • Throwing Knifes - From Shadow warriors (members)
  • Spear ??
  • Scmitihar ??

Foods

  • You can check for Cooked foods at our Cooking Page (pizza, pie, cake etc..)
  • Same is for all Fish foods please check our Fishing Page
  • Cabbage (heals 1 hit point) Pick from the fields and eat. (note: cabbage from Draynor Manor raises defense by +1 temporarily) (thanks to Moo Moo)
  • Raw Meat (heals 3 or more hit points) To make, use raw meat with fire.
  • Bread (heals 5 or more hit points) To make, get flour by grinding grain in the windmill, and collecting it in a pot. Then make dough by combining wheat and water (in a pot or bucket). Finally, cook the dough in a stove or on a fire to make bread.
  • Beer (heals 2 hit points and gives +1 strength, but -2 attack) You can buy it in most bars and inns.
  • Kebab (heals randomly, 1/32 chance to make you lose some HP if you are over 2 hp total. Cannot be fatal.) You know about the dodgy kebabs, but what about the amazing ones? These not only give you a lot of health back (like 11 HP) but also boost your combat skills for a short while (+3 in attack, defense and strength). Thanks to Rodrigo for this information.

See the Pricing and Availability table at the end of this page for buying and selling information for food.

Tools

  • Axe (hatchet) - Used to chop down trees and make logs. Better material needed for higher level trees.
  • Pickaxe - Use on rocks to mine ores. Success depends on your level and ore availability. you can find them in Dwarwen mine. better material means more swings with one click. Rune one is 12 swings on rock!
  • Tinderbox - Use on wood logs to start fire.
  • Shears - Use on sheep to get wool.
  • Hammer - Must be in your inventory to smith metal bars on anvil or to refine ore.
  • Shovel - Used to dig something (for example used in Vampire Slayer quest).
  • Chisel - Used in Gem Cutting.
  • Knife - Used in crafting bows &arrows, cooking, cut webs.
  • Pot - Use on wheat in windmill to get flour (in the pot).
  • Jug - Use on fountain, sink or well to get water (in the jug).
  • Bucket - Use on fountain, sink, or well to get water (in the bucket), or on cow to get milk (in the bucket).

See the Pricing and Availability table at the end of this page for buying and selling information for tools.

Keys

There is many quest keys that are mentioned/explained in quest quides so I will not put every one here only most commonly & looked for ones.

  • Half a Key - teeth and loop part are received as rare random drops from all monsters that can drop gems.
  • Crystal Key - Key to dragonstone chest located in Taverly near druids. You need both a teeth and a loop half of the key to put them together and to get the crystal key.
  • Muddy Key - Key received from Chaos Dwarfs. It opens a treasure chest in wilderness lava maze.
  • Brass key - Shortcut to Giant/hobgoblin part of Edgeville dungeon, entrance is in small hut NW of Varrock. You can find it on floor after mine, in same dungeon.
  • Jail Keys - Used to get access to the explorer in Taverly Dungeon who gives you Dusty Key. He is found near the black knights. You get it by killing a jail guard.
  • Dusty key - Open door to get past lesser demons in Blue Dragons part of Taverly Dungeon. You get it from the explorer.
  • The old key -This key is for the locked door in the waterfall quest.
  • Front door key -Unlocks the door to the witch's house in Taverly.
  • Maze key -open up Melzar's maze. In the maze you will found many colored keys (red, orange, black keys) that are used in the maze too.
  • Shiny key- Opens a cabin north of Mcgrubor's woods.
  • Miscellaneous key- unlocks the backdoor to the mansion in Brimhaven.
  • Key- Unlocks the phoenix gang's armory place.
  • Metal key- opens the front gates in slave area.
  • Wrught iron key-opens the wrought iron gate in slave area.

Other item

  • Certificates - used to make trading easier. There are many types, look in the certificates guide.
  • Ore - Clay, Tin, Copper, Iron, Coal, Mithril, Adamantite, Runite
  • Gold Nuggets - Worth 60 gold in general store. Can be smelted in a furnace if your smithing level is high enough (level 40) into gold bars, which are worth 120 gold in the general store.
  • Metal Bars - Bronze, Iron, Steel, Gold, Mithril, Adamantite, Rune
  • Logs - Used to make fire (with tinderbox).
  • Wool - Used to make Wool Balls (use wool on a spinning wheel).
  • Grain - Used in Windmill to make flour.
  • Flour - Use water on it to make dough.
  • Limpwurt Root - Used to make the strength potion, in conjunction with Red Spider Eggs. Take to the Apothecary with the eggs to make the strength potion.
  • Red Spider Eggs - Used to make the strength potion, in conjunction with Limpwurt Root. Take to the Apothecary with the root to make the strength potion.
  • Strength Potion is Yellow. The f2p miniquest Strength pot is a 4 dose. The p2p Strength pot is a 3 dose. Also, you can use p2p strength potions on free version. Formula how it is calculated is not confirmed (10% your strength) + 3) (Thanks to stickman and DarkPuter for this correction!)
  • Spot Potion is green (Visolela supposed to be an acne treatment)
  • Cadava Potion is red and it is used in Romeo & Juliet quest.

See the Pricing and Availability table at the end of this page for buying and selling information for other items.

Pricing and Availability:

Please see the shops guide for more information about where to find specific shops.

Item Buy Price* Sell Price* Sources+
Cabbage Free   Free in fields; Sell in General Store; can also pick and eat from the fields
Meat     Buy and sell from General Store; can also kill chickens and rats and cook for yourself
Bread     Buy and sell from General Store; can also gather your own wheat, mill it in windmill, make dough and cook for yourself
Beer     Buy at bars and inns, sell at general store
Kebab 1 1 Buy at Kebab shop in Al Kharid, sell at General Store
Hatchet (axe)     Buy and sell at Bob's Axe Shop - Prices are for Bronze Hatchet
Pickaxe     Buy and sell at Bob's Axe Shop; free one in Barbarian Village in hut with spinning wheel
Tinderbox 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store
Shears 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store; part of Wool Gather quest; free one in Draynor Manor kitchen -- see quest guides for more info
Hammer 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store
Shovel     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ernest quest; free in Draynor Manor -- see quest guides for more info
Chisel 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store
Knife     Buy and sell from General Store
Pot 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store; free one in farm south of Varrock?
Jug 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store
Bucket 2 0 Buy and sell from General Store
Copper Ore     Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps
Tin Ore 3 1 Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps (Better price in Ore shop - dwarven mine)
Iron Ore 21 6 Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps(Better price in Ore shop - dwarven mine)
Coal Ore 57 18 Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps (Better price in Ore shop - dwarven mine)
Gold Nugget     Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps
Mithril Ore     Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps
Adamantite Ore   160 Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps
Rune Ore     Buy and sell from General Store; free to mine -- see smithing guide for tips and info and atlas locations for maps
Bronze Bar     Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Iron Bar     Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Steel Bar 127 40 Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Gold Bar 318 120

Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info

(Better price in Ore shop - dwarven mine)
Mithril Bar     Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Adamantite Bar     Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Runite Bar     Buy and sell from General Store; free to smelt from ore -- see smithing guide for tips and info
Logs     Buy and sell from General Store; free to cut down trees with hatchet
Wool     Buy and sell from General Store; free to shear from sheep
Ball of Yarn     Buy and sell from General Store; free to spin from wool with spinning wheel
Grain     Buy and sell from General Store; free to pick from wheat fields
Flour     Buy and sell from General Store; free to grind in windmill from flour -- bring a pot!
Garlic 3 1 Buy and sell from General Store; free in village south of Draynor Manor; part of Draynor Manor Vampire quest -- see quest guides for more info
Limpwurt Root 8 2 Buy and sell from General Store; some monsters drop this item -- see bestiary for more info
Red Spider Eggs     Buy and sell from General Store; some monsters drop this item -- see bestiary for more info
Strength Potion     Buy and sell from General Store; can obtain from Apothecary by bringing him proper ingredients; made by herblaw for members; drop from monsters (limpwurt root and red spider eggs)
Spot Potion     Buy and sell from General Store
Cadava Poison Potion     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Romeo and Juliet quest -- see quest guide for more info
Bottle of Poison (green with skull) 1 0 Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ernest quest; free in Draynor Manor -- see quest guide for more info
Fish Food (blue box)     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ernest quest; free in Draynor Manor -- see quest guide for more info
Oil Can (black)     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ernest quest; free in Draynor Manor -- see quest guide for more info
Rubber Tubing (orange)     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ernest quest; free in Draynor Manor -- see quest guide for more info
Amulet of Accuracy     Buy and sell from General Store; part of reward for Imp Quest -- see quest guide for more info
Amulet of Ghost Speak     Buy and sell from General Store; part of Ghost Quest -- see quest guide for more info