Abyssal whip

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Abyssal whip
Released							26 January 2005 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield
Destroy							Drop
Examine							A weapon from the abyss.
Values
Value							120,001 coins
High alch							72,000 coins
Low alch							48,000 coins
Weight							0.453 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							1,882,556 coins (info)
Buy limit							70
Daily volume							10,568
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Advanced data
Item ID							4151
Twisted League							Yes

The abyssal whip is a one-handed Melee weapon which requires an Attack level of 70 to wield. The whip is among the most powerful and popular non-degradable melee weapons and is capable of attacking at the same speed of daggers and scimitars at 2.4 seconds per hit.

A major downside of the abyssal whip is that it is not effective for training Strength; the only attack option available which will provide Strength experience is the "lash" attack option, which is a controlled attack style and provides shared experience. As a result, several slightly weaker weapons are instead ideal for training Strength directly.

Attack bonuses
+0		+82		+0		+0		+0
Defence bonuses
+0		+0		+0		+0		+0
Other bonuses								Slot
+82		+0		+0%		+0		List
Attack speed							Range
							1 square

Combat styles

Combat Options	Combat Style	Attack types	Style	Experience
	Flick	Slash	Accurate	Attack and Hitpoints
	Lash	Slash	Controlled	Shared and Hitpoints
	Deflect	Slash	Defensive	Defence and Hitpoints

Special attack

A player performing the abyssal whip's special attack, Energy drain.

The abyssal whip has a special attack, Energy Drain, which consumes 50% of the player's special attack energy, increases accuracy by 25%, and in PVP, transfers 10% of the target's run energy to the wielder. The target player will receive the message, "You feel drained!" in their chat window.

Upgrading

Players can attach a kraken tentacle to the abyssal whip to create an abyssal tentacle, which requires an Attack level of 75 and has +8 higher slash attack and +4 higher Strength bonus, equating to about 1 higher damage. This process, however, will cause the whip to be consumed, and cannot be undone. Once the abyssal tentacle consumes all of its 10,000 charges, the player will retain the kraken tentacle.

Players can also use either a volcanic or frozen whip mix, obtained from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing to cosmetically enhance the abyssal whip, creating a volcanic abyssal whip or a frozen abyssal whip, respectively. This only alters its appearance, and causes the whip to become untradeable. It can be reverted by using a cleaning cloth on the whip, but the mix will not be returned.

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Abyssal tentacle		None	None	1 × Abyssal whip 1 × Kraken tentacle
	Frozen abyssal whip		None	None	1 × Abyssal whip 1 × Frozen whip mix
	Volcanic abyssal whip		None	None	1 × Abyssal whip 1 × Volcanic whip mix

Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH Location	Items	Cost
Master	Angry	Behind Miss Schism in Draynor Village		1,888,586

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Abyssal demon	124	1	1/512
Greater abyssal demon	342	1	1/512
Unsired	N/A	1	12/128

Changes

Date	Changes
10 April 2014 (update | poll)	The Abyssal whip can now be combined with the Kraken tentacle to create the Abyssal tentacle.
20 February 2006 (update)	The item's value was increased from 100,000 to 100,001.

Trivia

• An abyssal whip can be used in lieu of a knife when slicing bananas despite having no apparent blade. It can also be used to slice through webs.
• The whip has an odd value of 120,001 so that it is always kept on death ahead of a Mystic robe top. Previously, players would scam whip owners by luring them to the Wilderness, giving them three robe tops and then killing them. The victim would keep the robe tops on death as opposed to the much more valuable whip.