Special Effects

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Special Effects

Special effects are another way of enhancing the player like perks, but are tied to equippable rather than consumable items. They may increase the chance of getting a critical strike, increase damage against a certain enemy type, or increase XP gained from a certain skill.

The vestige and masterwork weapons, shields, and armour can be upgraded to the current highest power level via ascension cores at the mystic forge, so their differences come down to their special effects.

One-handed Melee Weapons

Item	Special effect	Description
Goblin "Swingslash"	-15% Durability	Increased damage but reduced durability.
Skullsplitter	+15% Crit Hit Chance	Increased chance of landing critical strikes.
Dragonbone Dagger	+15% Crit Hit Chance but -15% Durability	Increased chance of landing critical strikes but reduced durability.
Abyssal Whip	Abyssal Snare	Causes Bleed buildup and the special action sends out a shockwave that knocks down enemies.
Zombie Arm	Special effect	This weapon has electrifying properties.
Wolfbane Dagger	Special effect	Increased damage against wolves.
Zombie Axe	Special effect	Deals both crush and slash damage at the same time.
Imaru's Talon	Soul Feast	Grants a portion of health when killing an enemy.
Black Sword	Special effect	Deals 1.15x damage against mages.
Keris	Special effect	Increased damage against kalphites.
Toktz-Xil-Ak	Special effect	Increased chance of landing critical hits, but reduced durability.

Two-handed Melee Weapons

Item	Special effect	Description
Granite Maul	Battering Ram	This weapon's special action can break the block of certain foes.
Thane's Authority	+15% Stamina Cost	This weapon has slightly higher base damage for +15% more stamina cost.
Shadow Sword	Special effect	Deals 25% bonus damage against spectral enemies.
Black Greataxe	Special effect	Increased damage but increased stamina cost.
Titan's Wrath	Baptism of Fire Burning Execution Enchanted Weapon	The special action triggers a fire AoE around you, dealing damage to all enemies and triggering Burning on them. Kills with Baptism of Fire cuase this weapon to become enchanted with fire magic. Kills refresh the fire enchantment effect. You cannot cast additional Enchant Weapon: Fire on this weapon.
Tzhaar-Ket-Om	Special effect	Hits cause Bleed build up on targets, but has reduced durability.

↑ This weapon only works when playing on a server you host yourself.

Shields

Item	Special effect	Description
Anti-Dragon Shield	Dragon Breath Resistance	This shield is able to block incoming dragon fire.
Dragonblight Shield	Dragon Breath Resistance Special effect	This shield is able to block incoming dragon fire. Parrying releases a cloud of Poison.
Fallen Hoplite's Aspis	Special effect	Has a higher block than other comparable shields.
Dragoncurse Shield	Dragon Breath Resistance Special effect	This shield is able to block incoming dragon fire. Parrying sends a ghostly claw forwards and damages enemies.
TokTz-Ket-Xil	Special effect	Increased melee crit damage but reduced block.
Dragonfire Shield	Fuzan's Fury	Parrying launches a burst of lava forwards. This will detonate on impact dealing damage and Burning buildup.

Staves

Item	Special effect	Description
Grieving Moonstaff	-15% Crit Hit chance	Has a lower chance to crit as well as lower base damage as other staves.
Draconic Staff	+15% Crit Hit chance but -15% Durability	Increased chance of landing critical strikes but decreased durability.
Staff of Light	Special effect	Has a higher base rune damage than other comparable staves.
Necromancer's Staff	Special effect	Increased damage but reduced durability.
Subjugation Staff	Special effect	Increased damage against demons.
Zamorak Staff	Flames of Zamorak Burning Ambition Elemental Imbalance	The special action burns your enemies with Chaos fire, damaging and causing Burning to build up to any enemies around you. Increases Burning damage[confirmation needed] from fire spells. Air, Water, and Earth spell damage reduced.
Toktz-Mej-Tal	Special effect	Increased chance of landing critical hits but reduced durability.
Pharaoh's Sceptre	Sworn Servant Royal Mandate Hollow Vessel	Summon a friendly kalphite to attack and distract enemies in combat. Resummoning while your summon is still active will resummon it with the same HP as when dispelled. While holding the sceptre, the wielder is able to use the Confuse spell without consuming runes. While a summon is active, you regain stamina slower than normal.

Shortbows

Item	Special effect	Description
Wild Scout's Shortbow	Increased Draw Speed	This weapon has a faster draw speed than other shortbows.
Crystal Bow	Shattershot	This weapon's special action fires a cone of crystals that does not cost arrows, can go through walls, and, after impacting an enemy, explode after a short time.
Undead Ranger's Bow	Special effect	Increased damage but reduced durability

↑ When ascended, this weapon only has reduced durability.

Longbows

Item	Special effect	Description
Hunter Stagbow	+10% Draw Time	This weapon has a faster draw speed and higher base damage than other longbows.
Ulv's Longbow	Special effect	Increased damage to Unsuspecting targets.
Bow of Elidinis	Lunar Rain Blessing of Elidinis Purity of the Moon	Call down a barrage of arrows that fall like rain and deal damage over the targeted area, with a chance of spawning a Water Orb. Arrows deal water damage. Kills with water arrows have a chance to drop water orbs that provide health and hydration when picked up. Elidinis's virtues prevent the use of poisoned, barbed, or fire arrows when using this bow.

↑ This previously said "+10% Draw Time Reduction" which is more accurate.

Crossbows

Item	Special effect	Description
Blurite Crossbow	Reload Duration -25% Durability -25%	This weapon has a shorter reload duration but reduced durability.
Dorgeshuun Crossbow	Special effect	This weapon lists a comparatively higher base damage than other crossbows but only fires bone bolts which provide no additional damage like other bolts but cause Bleed buildup. It also has a hidden -25% Reload Duration.
Shadow Crossbow	Special effect	Deals 15% increased weak point damage but slower fire rate.

Head/Body/Leg

Item	Special effect	Description
Melee Armour	Set bonus	1/3: -33% Block Stamina Cost 2/3: +50% Crit Chance After Blocking 3/3: +25% Damage to Staggered Targets
Magic Armour	Set bonus	1/3: -50% Stamina Regen Delay 2/3: +10% Magic Attack Speed 3/3: +15% Magic Crit Chance
Ranged Armour	Set bonus	1/3: +40% Stealth Speed 2/3: -33% Ranged Attack Stamina Cost 3/3: +25% Weak point Damage
Leggings Of Lightness	Lightness	Increases carry weight by 50 and reduces fall speed.
Angler's Hat	Experienced Angler	+10% chance to not deplete Fishing spots on catch.
Desert Hood Desert Robes Desert Robe Legs	Resist Scorch Buildup	Provides Scorch resistance while worn. Additional pieces further increase Scorch resistance.

Backpacks/Capes

Item	Special effect	Description
Lumber Backpack	-10% Wood Weight Reduction +10% Woodcutting XP +10% Wood from Woodcutting +15% Special item drop chance	Lowers the weight of wood by 10%. Increases Woodcutting XP by 10%. Increases wood gained from Woodcutting by 10%. Increases the chance of getting seeds and bird nests from Woodcutting by 15%.
Ava's Accumulator	Ammo recovery chance and ammo attraction	10% Increased chance to recover ranged ammo and automatically picks up ranged ammo from a distance.
Zamorak Cape	Special effect	Afterimage explodes and causes Burning when it expires
Obsidian Cape	Special effect	Provides a small boost to defense.
Fire Cape	Burning Endurance	Receiving or blocking damage has a chance to trigger Burning on your attacker. Melee kills on Burning enemies refills stamina. Also provides as much defense as the obsidian cape.
Attack Cape	Special effect	Melee attacks have a 10% chance of costing no stamina when used.
Magic Cape	Special effect	Magic attacks have a 10% chance of costing no stamina when used.
Ranged Cape	Special effect	Ranged attacks have a 10% chance of costing no stamina when used.
Mining Cape	Special effect	You have a small chance to instantly finish mining an ore rock.
Woodcutting Cape	Special effect	You have a small chance to instantly finish chopping a tree.
Artisan Cape	Special effect	Repairing gear costs no resources when this cape is worn.
Construction Cape	Special effect	You have a small chance to not use Building materials when placing a build piece.
Cooking Cape	Special effect	You cannot burn food while wearing this cape.
Runecrafting Cape	Special effect	You siphon double the amount of runes from anima vents.
Farming Cape	Special effect	The cape acts as an infinite source of plant cure potions for Farming.
Fishing Cape		This cape does not have a special effect for Fishing.
Agility Cape	Special effect	You have a small chance to not consume stamina for the following actions: Jump, Dash, and Evade.

↑ This effect is only listed on the Trimmed version and does not work.
↑ This effect does not work.
↑ This effect is useless, as the player already cannot unintentionally burn food at 99 Cooking.
↑ This effect is only listed on the trimmed version, but works on both.

Rings

Item	Special effect	Description
Inspiring Ring of Mining	Special effect	+5% increased Mining XP.
Inspiring Ring of Woodcutting	Special effect	+5% increased Woodcutting XP.
Inspiring Ring of Artisan	Special effect	+5% increased Artisan XP.
Inspiring Ring of Construction	Special effect	+5% increased Construction XP.
Inspiring Ring of Cooking	Special effect	+5% increased Cooking XP.
Inspiring Ring of Runecrafting	Special effect	+5% increased Runecrafting XP.
Inspiring Ring of Farming	Special effect	+5% increased Farming XP.
Inspiring Ring of Fishing	Special effect	+5% increased Fishing XP.
Inspiring Ring of Agility	Special effect	+5% increased Agility XP.
Ring of Pursuit	Special effect	Animals are less aware of your presence.
Ring of Recoil	Special effect	50% of damage received is dealt back to attackers.
Ring of Life	Special effect	When close to death, teleports you to your current bed.
Abraxus Ring	Special effect	Has a low chance to reduce the rune cost of utility spells when cast.
Ravanna's Ring	Special effect	After killing an enemy, there is a chance for a corpse cotton flower to grow where they fell.

Amulets

Item	Special effect	Description
Inspiring Amulet of Attack	Special effect	+5% increased Attack XP.
Inspiring Amulet of Magic	Special effect	+5% increased Magic XP.
Inspiring Amulet of Ranged	Special effect	+5% increased Ranged XP.
Amulet of Strength	Special effect	12.5% increased melee damage.
Amulet of Defence	Special effect	Increased armour value by 5 for each type.
Amulet of Accuracy	Special effect	15% increased weak point damage with ranged weapons.
Amulet of Magic	Special effect	12.5% increased Magic damage.
Salve Amulet	Special effect	17% increased damage to undead enemies.
Unholy Symbol	Special effect	Increases all types of damage by 15% but reduces health by 15 while worn.
Amulet of Glory	Special effect	Increased melee, magic, and ranged crit damage by 25%, and increases defence by 5 for each type.
Skills Necklace	Special effect	Whilst Mining or Woodcutting there is a chance to double the received resources.
Gyrhawk Amulet	Special effect	Warped feathers are consumed to provide +100% increased Agility XP when running every 600m. This amount is increased with Agility passives.
Gilded Gyrhawk Amulet	Special effect	Warped feathers are consumed to provide +100% increased Agility XP when running every 600m. This amount is increased with Agility passives. +25% increased Agility XP from Agility Courses.

↑ This special effect is present despite not being explicity listed.