Dawnbringer

Dawnbringer
Released							7 June 2018 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							A weapon of light to hold back the darkness.
Values
Value							1 coin
Alchemy							Not alchemisable
Weight							1.5 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							22516

The previous possessor of the Dawnbringer, laying in front of the entrance to Verzik's throne room.

The Dawnbringer is a powered staff obtained from the skeleton next to the entrance to Verzik Vitur's throne room in the Theatre of Blood. When a player takes the staff from the skeleton, a chatbox message will state You find the Dawnbringer; you feel a pulse of energy burst through it.

It shares the same bonuses as the trident of the swamp and the Sanguinesti staff, and is used to break Verzik Vitur's shield during the first phase of the final fight against her.

Unlike regular powered staves, Dawnbringer's damage or accuracy against Verzik Vitur's first form isn't affected by most accuracy or damage-boosting items. The staff always has 100% accuracy as it ignores accuracy rolls. This means the player will still be able to hit Verzik with Dawnbringer even below -65 magic accuracy.

After her shield is destroyed, the Dawnbringer will crumble to dust. When this occurs, a message in the chatbox will state The weapon falls apart in your hand as Verzik's shield is destroyed.

The Dawnbringer cannot be brought outside of the raid. Should players somehow successfully smuggle it out of the raid, it is automatically destroyed.

Combat stats

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	+25	+0
Defence bonuses
+2	+3	+1	+15	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Experience	Level boost
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	7 tiles		+3 Magic
	Accurate	Magic	Accurate		7 tiles		+3 Magic
	Longrange	Magic	Longrange		9 tiles		+1 Magic, +3 Defence

Special attack

A player using the Dawnbringer's special attack, Pulsate.

The staff's special attack, Pulsate, fires a powerful blast towards Verzik Vitur, inflicting 75-150 hitpoints of damage towards her and consuming 35% of the wielder's special attack energy.

As players must deplete her health quickly before all the pillars in her throne room collapses, it is mandatory for teammates to drop the staff for another player to perform the special attack once they have depleted their own special attack energy.

Magic damage bonuses do not affect the damage inflicted by the Dawnbringer's special attack, nor does it first need to pass an accuracy roll to hit.

Maximum hit

Dawnbringer's max hit is calculated by dividing the player's Magic level by 6, rounding that number down and subtracting 1.

• For example at 112 magic:
• Dividing 112 by 6 would give 18 after rounding down.
• Subtracting 1 from 18 would give a final max hit of 17.
• The Dawnbringer's Special attack max hit is 150, and is not affected by the saturated heart or other magic boosting equipment/levels.

Changes

Date	Changes
3 March 2021 (update)	The Dawnbringer should now drop to the floor if a player uses Verzik's Teleport Crystal to exit the raid.

Trivia

• When the Theatre of Blood was released, there was a bug where players who died would drop another item in their inventory, and they would respawn outside with the Dawnbringer instead. Jagex quickly hotfixed the issue, and as the only player who saw a disadvantage was an ironman whose Armadyl chestplate went to one of their party members, Jagex swapped the item back to its original owner. This hotfix also made it so the Dawnbringer automatically crumbles to dust once it is no longer needed in the fight.