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member badge tiny.pngRune defender
rune defender1.gif
Members Yes
Quest item No
Tradeable No
Equipable Yes
Stacks No
High alchemy Unknown [Edit]
Low alchemy Unknown [Edit]
Destroy Drop
Store price Not sold
Protect on Death No
Examine A defensive weapon.
Weight 0 kg
runedefenderequip.png
A player wearing a Rune defender.

The Rune defender is a defender made of Rune.

It was released on June 12, 2006 along with all the other defenders, except the Dragon defender.

The Rune Defender is the second strongest defender in game, only surpassed by the Dragon Defender, it is held in the shield slot and is commonly used for its high Attack and Strength bonuses.


Requirements

To equip a Rune Defender, you must have:

  • 50 Attack
  • 50 Defence

Please note: In order to gain access to the Warriors' Guild, your Attack and Strength levels must add up to 130 or above. Alternatively, if you have 99 Attack or Strength, you can also get in. This is the only exception.

Obtaining One

To obtain a Rune Defender, you must go to the Warriors' Guild and kill Cyclops.

Gaining access to the top floor of the Warriors' Guild requires tokens, which are acquired on the lower floors.

Once inside the room, you need to kill Cyclops and start getting defenders.

The order of the Defenders is:

Note: You must have a Bronze defender to have a chance at getting an Iron defender, an Iron for getting a chance at Steel defender, and so on.

Stats

Equipment Stats
Details
Equip: 50 Attack skill icon
50 Defence skill icon
Slot: shield slot.jpg
Item level: 25
Item class: Melee skill icon
Attack
Damage type: Unknown [Edit]
Damage: 240
Accuracy: Unknown [Edit]
Speed: speed4.gif
Defence
Armour rating: 50
Armour type: Unknown [Edit]
Bonuses
Life bonus: 375
Prayer bonus: 0
Hit bonus: Unknown [Edit]
attack icon.gif ranged icon.gif magic icon.gif
Critical bonus:
0% 0% 0%


Trivia

  • For a long time, this was the most powerful defender in-game until the release of the Dragon defender.
Rune equipment
Main-hand melee weapons DaggerMaceClawHatchetLongswordScimitarSpearHalberdPickaxeRune battleaxeSwordWarhammerTwo-handed swordHasta
Off-hand melee weapons DaggerMaceClawLongswordScimitarBattleaxeSwordWarhammer
Armour Square shieldHelmFull helmChainbodyPlatebodyPlateskirtPlatelegsGauntletsBootsDefender • Kiteshield • Berserker shieldSpikeshield
Ammo/Main-hand ranged weapons ArrowDartJavelinThrowing axeTwo-handed crossbowPistol crossbowThrowing knifeBolts
Off-hand ranged weapons DartThrowing axePistol crossbowThrowing knife
Miscellaneous OreBarArrowheadsDart tipLimbs


Defenders
BronzeIronSteelBlackMithrilAdamantRuneDragon