Runite

Runite (aka. rune) is the strongest workable metal in and can only be smithed by players with level 85Smithing. The ores, bars, and finishing products are all a bright cyan colour. Wearing runite armour, wielding runite weapons and becoming proficient in mining and smithing the material are among some of the highest achievements possible in.

Smithing runite
Runite ore can be mined at level 85 Mining and then smelted into a runite bar at level 85 smithing. Runite bars can then be used with to create rune armour and weapons for players to use in combat. Rune weapons require 40 attack to wield and rune armour requires 40 Defense to wield. The rune pickaxe requires level 41 Mining to use while a rune axe has no level requirement for use in Woodcutting. It should be noted that the rune Axe must be bought from a player or gotten from a drop. The pickaxe may be be bought from Nurmof's Pickaxe Shop.

Use in armour
Rune armour provided the best armour for non-members and the rune plate mail body and rune plate mail legs were also used by members as these pieces have the leading bonuses in members. However some players prefer to sacrifice armour rating to gain weapon power by wearing a rune chain mail body and the gauntlets obtained as a reward for completing the Family Crest quest or Klank's gauntlets. The Rune plate mail body requires completion of the Dragon Slayer quest to wear.

Forging runite bars
Runite bars can be used for forging as part of the smithing skill. By using a runite bar on an anvil with a hammer in the player's inventory, runite armour and weapons can be created. Each runite bar gives 75 smithing experience when consumed to make an item.

History
Rune was eventually outdone as the most powerful armour in the game by the dragon medium helmet, dragon longsword, dragon battleaxe, and the dragon square shield. These member only items offer better bonuses than the large rune helmet, rune 2-handed sword, and rune kiteshield, but come with higher stat and quest point requirements.


 * When partyhats were first introduced into the game, many players preferred to obtain runite armour over the party hat.
 * Originally, it was believed that rune equipment was going to be purple like the runite rock, but it turned out to be violet in the early days. This was later changed to cyan.
 * The best runite weapons were planned to be rewards from early members' quests such as Lost City and Hero's Quest according to Latest RuneScape News (29 January 2002).
 * In, runite smithing is the only activity that extends to 99.