Two-handed swords

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Two-handed swords
Slot	2-handed
Style	Slash
Speed	Average (3.6s)
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A player wielding a rune two-handed sword.

Two-handed swords are slow but powerful melee weapons. They are two-handed slashing weapons, so they cannot be wielded at the same time as a shield or off-hand weapons. To compensate, they give players access to abilities that cannot be used with one-handed weapons, and have damage equivalent to dual wielding. Two-handed swords are the only free-to-play melee weapons with this characteristic (outside of Daemonheim where they can use mauls), other than fun weapons like golden hammer, the Easter carrot, and the scythe, from special events or holidays.

All players can buy two-handed swords in Gaius' Two Handed Shop in Burthorpe.

History and usage

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. 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.

It is relatively common in the Wilderness on free-to-play worlds, where it is used to make finishing blows. 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. As a "surprise" weapon, it was similar to using the Obsidian maul, Granite maul, or Dragon dagger.

In a game update a while ago, the two-handed sword was given new, realistic, and more fluid animations. Before the major update, the two-handed swords were wielded in one hand leaning on the player's shoulder. 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. 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 90,000 to 100,000 (although the Grand Exchange price is now about 36,350 coins). With this update, the two-handed sword was the only weapon with different animations for every attack option. Wielding any two-handed sword used to make the player's cape (if any) billow in the breeze. NPCs that use two-handed swords in this stance often do not have the cape animation.

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.

Types of two-handed swords

Item		Level	Style	Slot	Range	Acc	Damage		Attribute			Style bonus				Price
							Auto	Abil
	Bronze 2h sword	1	Slash		1	150	111.8	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,189
	Iron 2h sword	10	Slash		1	202	223.5	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3,977
	Steel 2h sword	20	Slash		1	316	447	288	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,684
	Black 2h sword	25	Slash		1	381	558.8	360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,025
	White 2h sword	25	Slash		1	381	558.8	360	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,764
	Mithril 2h sword	30	Slash		1	454	670.5	432	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12,637
	Adamant 2h sword	40	Slash		1	628	894	576	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26,445
	Rune 2h sword	50	Slash		1	850	1117.5	720	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36,350
	Gravite 2h sword	55	Slash		1	983	1229.3	792	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40,000
	Dragon 2h sword	60	Slash		1	1132	1341	864	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	135,357
	Saradomin sword	75	Crush		1	1694	1378.1	1080	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1,485,857
	Godsword	75	Slash		1	1694	1676.3	1080	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	See Godsword
	Bane 2h sword	80	Slash		1	1694	1676.3	1080	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56,294
	Elder rune 2h sword	90	Slash		1	1924	1788	1152	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	150,021
	Zaros godsword	92	Slash		1	2577	2056.2	1324.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	234,536,909
	Ek-ZekKil	95	Slash		1	2765	2123.3	1368	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,388,840,046

Special two-handed swords

All of these are members only, with the exception of the Keenblade.

Item		Level	Style	Slot	Range	Acc	Damage		Attribute			Style bonus
							Auto	Abil
	Shadow sword	1	Slash		1	110	22.4	14.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Golden katana	1	Slash		1	150	111.8	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Ornate katana	1	Slash		1	110	111.8	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Keenblade	5	Slash		1	202	223.5	144	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lost sword of King Raddallin (65)	65	Slash		1	1299	1452.8	936	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lost sword of King Raddallin (70)	70	Slash		1	1486	1564.5	1008	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Auspicious Katana	75	Slash		1	1694	1676.3	1080	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lost sword of King Raddallin (75)	75	Slash		1	1694	1676.3	1080	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Dominion sword	90	Slash		1	2458	2011.5	1296	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dungeoneering two-handed swords

These two-handed swords can only be obtained and used during Dungeoneering.

Table of 2h swords

Tier	Item	Levels to use
1	Novite 2h sword	1 Attack
2	Bathus 2h sword	10 Attack
3	Marmaros 2h sword	20 Attack
4	Kratonite 2h sword	30 Attack
5	Fractite 2h sword	40 Attack
6	Zephyrium 2h sword	50 Attack
7	Argonite 2h sword	60 Attack
8	Katagon 2h sword	70 Attack
9	Gorgonite 2h sword	80 Attack
10	Promethium 2h sword	90 Attack
11	Primal 2h sword	99 Attack

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 1 November 2014 (Update):
  • Two-handed weapons will now receive the correct strength bonus compared to one-handed weapons.

patch 22 September 2014 (Update):

• • Some errors in calculating damage values have been fixed with two-handed weapons.

• patch 14 December 2010 (Update):
  • The animation for two-handed swords has been updated.

• patch 7 December 2010 (Update):
  • The animation for two-handed swords has been updated to stop players' hips from contorting.

• patch 11 January 2010 (Update):
  • Some issues when running and standing still with two-handed swords have been corrected.

• patch 17 September 2009 (Update):
  • Animations and model of 2h swords have been updated.