Leather armour is the ranger's armour. If you want to make leather yourself, see the crafting guide.
Leather armour gives good defence against mages, so if you want to fight mages, wear leather armour. However, warriors have an advantage over leather armour, so if you want to fight warriors, do not wear leather armour. Below is a table with info about leather armour.
If you are a member and your crafting level is high enough, you can make snakeskin, or buy it from fellow players. It has better stats than leather, but requires a range and defence level of 30 to wear it. You also need 46 snakeskins for the full set since snakes are very small and don't have much skin on them. Snake skins can be obtained by killing bush snakes in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame.
Snakeskin Body
Description
Members only. Can be made by members, see crafting guide how.
Weight
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Buy (gp)
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Sell (gp)
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Market (gp)
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Attack Bonuses
Stab
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Slash
??
Crush
??
Magic
-5
Range
+12
Defense Bonuses
Stab
+25
Slash
+28
Crush
+32
Magic
+15
Range
+35
Other Bonuses
Strength
??
Prayer
??
Snakeskin Chaps
Description
Members only. Can be made by members, see crafting guide how.
Weight
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Buy (gp)
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Sell (gp)
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Market (gp)
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Attack Bonuses
Stab
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Slash
??
Crush
??
Magic
-5
Range
+6
Defense Bonuses
Stab
+8
Slash
+8
Crush
+10
Magic
+4
Range
+10
Other Bonuses
Strength
??
Prayer
??
Snakeskin Vambraces
Description
Members only. Can be made by members, see crafting guide how.
Weight
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Buy (gp)
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Sell (gp)
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Market (gp)
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Attack Bonuses
Stab
??
Slash
??
Crush
??
Magic
-5
Range
+6
Defense Bonuses
Stab
+2
Slash
+2
Crush
+2
Magic
+1
Range
??
Other Bonuses
Strength
??
Prayer
??
Snakeskin Bandana
Description
Members only. Can be made by members, see crafting guide how.
Weight
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Buy (gp)
??
Sell (gp)
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Market (gp)
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Attack Bonuses
Stab
??
Slash
??
Crush
??
Magic
-5
Range
+4
Defense Bonuses
Stab
+2
Slash
+4
Crush
+4
Magic
+2
Range
+2
Other Bonuses
Strength
??
Prayer
??
Snakeskin Boots
Description
Members only. Can be made by members, see crafting guide how.
Dragonhide is no doubt the best of all the armour rangers can wear. Members can make dragonhide, see the crafting guide how.
There are four types of dragonhide. There's green dragonhide, blue dragonhide, red dragonhide, and black dragonhide. Free players can only wear green dragonhide. Green dragonhide bodies can be bought from Oziach after finishing Dragon Slayer, and green dragonhide chaps and vambraces can be bought from the Champion's Guild. The other kinds of dragonhide cannot be bought in stores and must be bought from fellow players.
These are the much preferred armours when fighting player mages or NPCs that use magic in some form. Due to its extensive melee bonuses, black dragonhide is often worn by melee fighters since it weighs a lot less than metal armour and provides some defence if the opponent can also use some kind of magic or ranged attack.
