This information is updated regularly throughout the day. It is a resource to make informed investment decisions in the world of RuneScape. The GEC can be thought of as a compliment to, or even an alternative, the official Runescape Grand Exchange Database. Since the Evolution of Combat, two-handed swords are held over the shoulder in a similar stance to how they were at the start of RuneScape 2.Īll of these are members only, with the exception of the Keenblade. The Grand Exchange Central is a constantly updated repository of Grand Exchange item pricing. NPCs that use two-handed swords in this stance often do not have the cape animation. Wielding any two-handed sword used to make the player's cape (if any) billow in the breeze, a unique animation. With this update, the two-handed sword was the only weapon with different animations for every attack option. Because of this, the price had increased, especially in the case of the Rune 2h sword, which some players were selling for as much as 90-100k (although the Grand Exchange price is now about 36,735 coins).
About two years before that update they were held in one hand like a normal, right-handed weapon, and the hilts of the two-handed swords looked slightly different. Before the major update, the two-handed swords were wielded in one hand leaning on the player's shoulder. In a game update a while ago, the two-handed sword was given new, realistic, and more fluid animations.
As a "surprise" weapon, it was similar to using the Obsidian maul, Granite maul, or Dragon dagger.
Before the Evolution of Combat, Free to play rangers would most often bring a two-handed sword to finish fights as they did not have a ranged weapon efficient in finishing blows. It is relatively common in F2P (Free To Play) player killing, where it is used to make finishing blows. After the transition to RuneScape 2, its popularity dropped because of the implementation of the aforementioned speed differences, making a two-handed sword only capable of one strike in the time a scimitar could make two. On the 27th of February 2002, members was added, but the month before that on the 29th of January 2002 it was announced that the Rune 2h sword and the Rune battleaxe would be kept free-to-play.Two-handed swords were the first choice of weapons in RuneScape Classic because there was no difference in speed between weapons, meaning someone could quickly and easily kill a player with this. A few months later, Bluerrose13x was the first player to be able to craft the Rune 2h's and battleaxes. The actual release date of the weapons would be on the 26th of July, when Runite ore was added to the champions guild. The rune 2h sword is the second strongest conventional 2-handed weapon available to free to play players, only being surpassed by the tier 55 Gravite 2h. Although the weapons themselves existed in the cache on the 4th of January 2001, players would only be allowed to craft it somewhere mid 2001.Although it is considered one of the best weapons on RuneScape Classic, and the free-to-play part of the main RuneScape game alike, it is not often used in pay-to-play due to the existence of many other, more powerful weapons.This also made it by far the most popular weapon for non-members, and nearly all non-members who could afford it wielded one. When the Rune two-handed sword was put back into the game, this weapon was used by nearly all player killers capable of wielding it, since in RuneScape Classic there were no attack speeds.These include a small amount of newer Treasure Trail items as well as some old ones, dragon spears and most rune and granite armour and weapons. The range of items that one can lend to other players has been expanded.Animations and model of rune 2h sword have been updated.Graphical improvements to rune weapons, previously only available in the Evolution of Combat Beta, are now live in the game.The inventory icons for the noted and un-noted Rune 2h swords have been fixed.Some errors in calculating damage values have been fixed with two-handed weapons.Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch.