Black sword

For this item's off-hand variant, see off-hand black sword.

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Black sword
Release																				8 December 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				A razor-sharp sword.
Options
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				624 coins
High alch																				374 coins
Low alch																				249 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 7,386 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				1.814 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				7,386 coins (info)
Buy limit																				1,000
Volume																				81
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1283
Links																				MRID • recipe

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The black sword is a main hand melee black weapon which requires level 25 Attack to wield.

It can be obtained as a drop or bought from a store.

As with all black equipment, this item cannot be made using the Smithing skill.

Combat stats

Requirements
25
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
25
		Auto		Ability
Damage		306.3		240
Accuracy		381
Style		Stab
Range		1
Speed		5 ticks (3.0s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%				PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Black Knight	30	1	1/128
Cyclops	57; 68	1	1/200
Rusty sword POH repair		1	3/100
Rusty sword Tindel Marchant	N/A	1	3/96
Steel key black	N/A	1	Uncommon
Steel key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon
Steel key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon
Steel key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon
Steel key red	N/A	1	Uncommon

Shop locations

Seller	Location	Number in stock	Price sold at	Price bought at	Members
Quality Weapons Shop	North-west corner of Keldagrim	8	624	187
Varrock Sword Shop	Varrock	8	624	187

Disassembly

Black sword
Disassembly category	Swords
Disassembly XP	7.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  72.5% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 72.5% 1 34 71.8 2 49 70.4 3 64 68.9 4 69 67.5 5 78 66.0 6 83 63.8 7 91 62.4 8 95 60.2 9 105 58.0
Special materials
1 × Knightly components	Always
Common materials
Base parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Metallic parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precise components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100

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Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Black sword after 8 December 2001 (update)

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  Black sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Black sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Black sword after 20 November 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Black sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Black sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Black sword after 20 November 2012 (update)

Equipped

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  Black sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Black sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Black sword after 20 November 2012 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Graphical improvements to black weapons, previously only available in the Evolution of Combat Beta, are now live in the game.

• hidden 17 September 2009 (Update):
  • Animations and model of black sword have been updated.

• update 8 December 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.