Excalibur

For other variants of this item, see enhanced.

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Excalibur
Release																				27 February 2002 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				Merlin's Crystal
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				This used to belong to King Arthur.
Options
Backpack																				Wield, Activate
Equipped																				Activate
Values
Value																				200 coins
High alch																				120 coins
Low alch																				80 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 200 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				2.267 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				35
Links																				MRID • recipe
Calculated value
Parsed																				500 coins
SMW																				500
Formatted																				500

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Excalibur is a legendary quest weapon that was wielded by King Arthur. To wield this weapon, the player needs at least level 30 Attack. Its stats are the same as those of a mithril longsword. It also has a special ability activated by right-clicking it, which raises the user's Defence by 8 levels (with a 5-minute cooldown). This weapon cannot be made using the Smithing skill. To receive Excalibur, the player must complete the Merlin's Crystal quest to a certain point. It's seen again in the Holy Grail quest.

It can be displayed in a player-owned house with level 42 Construction.

This item is never retained upon death and players will have to return to The Lady of the Lake to get it back. She will charge 500 coins to return it.

The Lady of the Lake will turn this weapon into the Enhanced Excalibur after completing all achievements up to hard Seers' Village achievements. Players cannot mount the weapon for display in their quest hall after the enhancement. Players may receive another Excalibur for 500 coins by talking with Lady of the Lake, even if they have mounted one in their house.

Combat stats

Requirements
30
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
30
		Auto		Ability
Damage		367.5		288
Accuracy		454
Style		Slash
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

Products

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Product		Members	Using	Skills	Experience	Materials	GE price
	1 × Excalibur (mounted)		Hammer(tb), Saw(tb), Sword space	42	194	2 × Teak plank 1 × Excalibur	N/A

Disassembly

Excalibur
Disassembly category	Longswords
Disassembly XP	9.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  67.0% 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 67.0% 1 34 66.4 2 49 65.0 3 64 63.7 4 69 62.4 5 78 61.0 6 83 59.0 7 91 57.7 8 95 55.7 9 105 53.6
Common materials
Base parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Metallic parts	30/100
Rare materials
Sharp components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100
Calculated value
500

Gallery

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  A player activates Excalibur's special ability

Transcript

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Graphical updates

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  Excalibur after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Excalibur after Unknown date (edit)

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  Excalibur after 29 September 2014 (update)

Update history

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• patch 11 December 2023 (Update):
  • All variants of Excalibur now have "Remove to bank/inventory" options in the worn equipment interface of the bank, irrespective of whether Activate or Wield/Remove has been configured as their default option.

• patch 4 December 2023 (Update):
  • Excalibur, Enhanced Excalibur and Augmented Enhanced Excalibur now have a consistent default action (Activate) when equipped and in the Backpack. This allows Excalibur's healing special to be activated with ease.
    • Players can now use the 'Configure' option to choose whether to instead use Wield/Remove as the default action.
    • After dragging Excalibur from the Backpack to the Action Bar, you can choose which default option the Action Bar uses.
    • The 'Configure' option also lets you choose what you'd like to shout when Excalibur is activated. 'Silent' is the default option.

• ninja 7 August 2017 (Update):
  • The Excalibur special attack will now display healing hitsplat symbols for the duration of its activation.

• ninja 8 May 2017 (Update):.
  • The animation when using the Excalibur and Enhanced Excalibur special attacks has been updated.

• ninja 23 February 2015 (Update):
  • Players can now activate Excalibur and Enhanced Excalibur from their inventories.

• patch 10 November 2014 (Update):
  • Players can no longer use the Excalibur special effect in Duel Arena with the abilities rule toggled off.

• patch 20 October 2014 (Update):
  • Excalibur can now be stored in a keepsake box.

• update 29 September 2014 (Update):
  • Excalibur has been graphically updated.

• patch 4 August 2014 (Update):
  • Excalibur can now be recovered from The Lady of the Lake if the Enhanced Excalibur is keepsaked.

• patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
  • The stated Attack level for Excalibur has been amended in the skill guide.

• patch 11 December 2012 (Update):
  • Players can no longer wield two Enhanced Excaliburs by speaking to the Lady of the Lake with Excalibur equipped.

• patch 4 December 2012 (Update):
  • The Holy Grail quest information reflects the correct stats to wield Excalibur.

• patch 11 April 2012 (Update):
  • Playing the Werewolf Transformation emote alongside Excalibur's special attack no longer turns the player invisible.

• update 14 June 2004 (Update):
  • The item was given a special attack, Sanctuary.

• update 27 February 2002 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• In Arthurian mythology, Excalibur was the magical sword wielded by King Arthur.
• Excalibur's ability was previously a special attack.
• On 20 January 2009, the inventory image for Excalibur was updated to coincide with the release of the Seers' Village Tasks. Players who had Excalibur, or did the quest, before the update still had the old inventory model, even when trying to buy a new one. This was fixed on 29 September 2014.
• Before the Evolution of Combat update, despite having an adamant longsword's stats, it required only level 20 Attack.
• Excalibur, as a main hand weapon, technically has a higher damage rating than Enhanced Excalibur, an off-hand weapon. However, the latter still has a far superior accuracy rating as well as an improved effect.
• In 2017, Excalibur's ability animation was changed to raise the left hand to better suit the more often used Enhanced Excalibur. When using it with Excalibur, the player would raise an empty left hand (any item equipped, even unsheathed, is hidden).
• Previously, players had to be wearing the Seer's headband 3 when speaking with the Lady of the Lake in order to have the Excalibur enchanted.