Metal

In Old School RuneScape, metals are elements that are malleable, hard, and conduct magic in most cases (though metals such as elemental metal do not follow this rule). They are typically found in the weapons, armour, and equipment players use, but also in monsters as well.

Old School Runescape contains standard armour and weapons made out of most metals. Many of them can be made using the smithing skill, but a lot of them can only be bought or found elsewhere. The following is a list of standard weapons and armour:

* indicates that they cannot be made by the player

• Melee weapons
  • One-handed
    • dagger
    • axe
    • sword
    • mace
    • pickaxe
    • scimitar
    • hasta
    • longsword
    • warhammer
    • battleaxe
  • Two-handed
    • claws
    • spear
    • halberd*
    • 2h sword
• Ranged weapons and ammo
  • crossbow
  • dart
  • knife
  • thrownaxe*
  • arrow
  • bolts
  • brutal
  • javelin
• Armour
  • defender*
  • boots*
  • gloves*
  • med helm
  • full helm
  • sq shield
  • kiteshield
  • plateskirt
  • platelegs
  • chainbody
  • platebody

Basic metals

Basic metals are the six most commonly used metals. These metals can be mined, smelted into bars, and smithed by players into weapons, armour, and various other implements.

• Bronze
• Iron
• Steel
• Mithril
• Adamantite
• Runite

Black, white, and dragon metal (see below), while generally unable to be smithed by players, can be viewed as part of this metal hierarchy, with most equipment that exists in the smith-able metal types also existing in these types.

Crafting metals

These metals are used by players in the Crafting skill.

• Silver
• Gold

Other metals

Black

Main article: Black equipment

Black metal is stronger than steel, but weaker than mithril. It is also equal in power to white and is available to free-to-play players. Black, like dragon and white, cannot be smithed. This makes it more valuable, sometimes more than mithril or even adamant weapons and armour. Black weapons and armour can only be obtained by being bought from stores or other players, picked up from monster drops or respawn points, or received from Treasure Trails. As its name suggests, it is black in appearance. Black metal armour and weapons are used by the Black Knights.

White

Main article: White equipment

White metal is used by the white knights. White metal, along with black metal, is made by different forging techniques which slightly increases the defensive capability.

Dragon

Main article: Dragon equipment

Dragon items are members-only and often require completion of a quest to be usable. Dragon metal items are a distinctive dark red in colour, and their shapes differ from similar items of different metals. Dragon metal weapons all have a special attack. Dragon items are generally sold at high prices in shops or dropped by high-levelled monsters.

Note that dragon arrows and darts are not made from dragon metal at all; they are simply fletched from the talons of a dragon.

Blurite

Blurite is a rare metal that plays a role in The Knight's Sword quest and is used in Fletching. All blurite items are untradeable.

Silvthrill

As the name implies, silvthrill is an alloy of silver and mithril in a 1:1 ratio. It is potent against vampyres and therefore plays a role in the Myreque quest series.

Elemental

Elemental metal can only be obtained during and after the Elemental Workshop I quest. It is purple in colour. At Smithing level 20, elemental ore along with four coal can be smelted into an elemental metal using the blast furnace in the Elemental Workshop. This bar is used to smith the elemental shield during and after Elemental Workshop I and the elemental helmet after Elemental Workshop II.

During and after Elemental Workshop II, the bar can be turned into a Primed bar. This Primed version is then ready for conversion into a primed mind bar from Elemental Workshop II.

Lovakite

Lovakite is a metal mined exclusively in the Lovakite Mine in Lovakengj, and must be smelted in the Lovakite Furnace (or via the Superheat Item spell). Its only current use is the smithing of Shayzien Armour.

Chromium

Chromium is a special alloy of adamant and runite in a 1:1 ratio made within a furnace that can regulate air intake. It was discovered during the reign of the Zarosian Empire, and is stated to have been one of their most significant discoveries. Today, the few chromium ingots that remain may be used to upgrade the Fremennik rings into more powerful Ancient rings.

Infernal

Infernal metal is a unique metal from the Infernal Dimensions. Currently, the only being in possession of infernal metal on Gielinor is the demon Yama, who occasionally gives oathplate shards to adventurers who beat him in battle. Through a lengthy process, the shards can be smithed into infernal plates, which can then be forged into oathplate armour.