RuneScape/Armor

Armor is worn to help protect oneself from attacks. Different kinds of armor provide different amounts of protection, but no armor can protect you completely. Some armor can even have disadvantages. For example, metal armor conducts magical energy and makes magic based attacks stronger.

Anything lower than mithril is pretty much useless although low level free players can use them the bonuses are pretty bad.

Spined Armor
Made from dagganoth hide, this armor is mainly used by ranger but it isn’t really worth the cost and isn’t that good.

Rock-Shell Armor
Made from the shell of giant rock crab this armor is a melee armor, its cost a lot for almost nothing, its power is the same as rune but it cost a lot more

Skeletal Armor
An armor for mage, the best of the 3 dagannoth set (skeletal, rockshell and spined armor) it offer a good def bonus and a useful mage bonus but its quite expensive

Quest Armor
KHAZARD ARMOR - This armor is used in Fight Arena. In order to get into the Khazard Battlefield, you must be wearing this armor. However, change into better armor once you begin to fight the Khazard Ogre.

Bronze Armor
The very worst kind, not worth buying because almost immediately you can get full iron. Just about useless.

Iron Armor
The first set of armor that is actually worth buying. Commonly used by pures who can't wear any real armor. Pretty useless.

Steel Armor
The first half useful set of armor for high levels, it's cheap and commonly made strictly for smithing exp. Not yet useful, but getting there.

Mithril Armor
The first set that is respectable, has a good defense and isn't outrageously expensive so it is common for PKers. Useful.

Adamant Armor
Very possibly the bane of the armor market, is barely worse than rune but drastically cheaper. Very useful.

Rune Armor
The best armor available to F2P. A full set costs about 100-150k.

Granite Armor
You can get the Body from Barbarian Assault, the Shield from Gargoyles, and the Legs from Skeletal Wyverns. This armor is an anti range armor, its melee defence stat are a bit worse than rune but it has an excellent range def bonus

Dragon Armor
The second most expensive armor in the game. most of the dragon pieces can be obtained from drops from monsters, the med. helmet, chain, legs, and the two handed sword can be obtained from drops. Although as of the release of barbarian assault the chain can be obtained there. The scimitar needs the completion of the Monkey Madness quest, and the longsword needs the Lost City quest (they can both be bought from stores in the unlocked areas). The mace requires the Heroes Quest.

You can also get the left half of the dragon square shield from drops from monsters, you need to buy the other half at the legends guild for 750k. You need 60 smithing to put them both together.

Barrows (Set) Armor
For info on the Barrows, please see the Barrows Guide.

Barrow's armor is one of the best armors in the game, each set has it's own set effect that can be used when you have a full set of that armor.

Ahrim Armor
The magic set of barrows armor. pieces include:

Ahrim's Hood, Robe (top), robe (bottom), and staff.

When wearing the full set and using magic atk, the set will lower the strength of your opponent

Dharok Armor
Dharok armor is one of the best barrows armor.

Pieces include:
 * Dharok's great axe,
 * body,
 * legs, and
 * helmet.

Dharok's special ability: with full set and under 10% health, will hit high depending on boosts and strength (max hit seen is 110)

This armor main use is for duel and minigame. It’s only good for training at ape atoll near the altar otherwise it’s to risky to use it

Guthan Armor
Guthan armor is one of the most expensive barrows armors.

Pieces include:

Guthan's helmet, warspear, chainskirt, and body.

The set effect of this armor is it drains health from your opponent every once in a while. You can tell when health is drained, because purple ghosts swirl around your enemy.

This armor is used to train because it considerably lower the ammount of food you use, it’s also useful to do fight cave andtrain slayer

Karil Armor
Karil is the ranger of the barrows brothers.

Pieces include:

Karil's coif, crossbow, leathertop, and leatherskirt.

Karil's set effect lowers your opponent's agility.

Torag Armor
Torag's armor set includes:

Torag's hammers, helmet, body, and legs.

Torag as the best defence of the barrow armor but his weapon is very bad. People normally use torag armor and whips to fight when they can’t afford 3rd age or bandos.

Verac Armor
Verac's armor set contains:

Verac's flail, helmet, brassard, and skirt.

Varac's set effect has a 15% chance of hitting through armor/prayer, but it WON'T enable you to hit the Kalphite Queen in the anti-melee form.

Repair Cost

 * Barrows Weapons: 100,000
 * Barrows Bodies: 90,000
 * Barrows Legs: 80,000
 * Barrows Helmets: 60,000

Note: if your have a POH(player owned house) whit a armor stand you can repair you barrow set for less than what it cost at a shop. You can get your armour repaired by Bob in Lumbridge, Dunstan in Burthorpe, Tindel in Port Khazard or the Squire on the Void Knights outpost.

Ranger Armor
Rangers can use leather items along with other hide-based armors (Snakeskin and Dragonhide for example).

Magic Armor (Robes)
Mages are best equipped to use light robe armor.