Balmung

For the Dominion Tower version, see Balmung (Dominion Tower).

For this item's augmented variant, see augmented balmung.

For other variants of this item, see achromatic, cobalt, crimson, viridian.

Balmung
Release	15 December 2009 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	Blood Runs Deep
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	If you destroy Balmung, perhaps Brundt the Chieftain, Queen Sigrid, or Kharshai can help you.
Actions
Backpack	Wield, Destroy
Values
Value	225,000 coins
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 225,000 Sacrifice: 0
Weight	2.721 kg
Examine
A raiding axe from an island kingdom.
Advanced data
Item ID	15403
Links	MRID • recipe
Calcval parsed	300000
Calcval smw	300000
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Balmung is a two-handed weapon made of banite ore tuned to dagannoths, obtained from Queen Sigrid during the quest Blood Runs Deep. Level 75 Attack is necessary to obtain the weapon as it is required to start the quest. Balmung is obtained relatively early in Blood Runs Deep and does not require any further completion of the quest to use it. Balmung is required to complete the elite Fremennik task Axe'll Grease, chop down the blossoming tree during Koschei's Troubles, and cut the subsequent white jewel.

Balmung deals 25% extra damage against dagannoths and 15% against Dagannoth Supreme with auto-attacks, and 12.5% against dagannoths and 7.5% against Dagannoth Supreme with abilities. It also has a 30% increase in hit chance against them. Because of these buffs, it is considered a good choice when fighting Dagannoth Supreme.

If a player destroys Balmung after Blood Runs Deep, they can retrieve it from Queen Sigrid on the first floor of Miscellania castle. During the quest, it can be retrieved from Brundt the Chieftain. They warn the player that next time Balmung is lost, it costs 300,000 coins to recover.

Upgraded Balmung

After the miniquest Koschei's Troubles, the player receives an upgrade to their Balmung by speaking to Kharshai in Rellekka in the basement of Skulgrimen's Battle Gear, just north of the longhall. This Balmung has increased stats and a passive effect, and has four versions called Achromatic Balmung, Crimson Balmung, Viridian Balmung and Cobalt Balmung.

After the miniquest, Balmung can be recoloured by returning to Kharshai in Rellekka and selecting the fourth chat option ("I want to talk about your identity crisis"), then asking to look at the jewel again. Interacting with the jewel gives the same options from the miniquest:

• If the player decides to try and cut the jewel, it will turn into a blue jewel, and the Balmung will turn cobalt.
• If the player has 90 Prayer, they may search it for curses, which will turn it into a green jewel, and the Balmung will turn viridian.
• If the player attempts to crush the jewel using 90 Strength, the pressure will turn it into a red jewel, and the Balmung will turn crimson.

The Achromatic Balmung can be obtained from any of the three coloured versions with the "Toggle-colour" option, and turned back with the same option. It is impossible to obtain the original Balmung after the miniquest.

Combat stats

Requirements
60
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
60
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		1341.0		-
Accuracy		1132		-
Style		Slash
Range		1
Speed		Average (3.6s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
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Disassembly

Balmung
Disassembly category	Halberds
Disassembly XP	21.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
Base junk chance	?  23.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 23.0% 1 34 22.8 2 49 22.4 3 64 21.9 4 69 21.4 5 78 21.0 6 83 20.3 7 91 19.8 8 95 19.1 9 105 18.5
Common materials
Stave parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rare materials
Sharp components	3/100
Stunning components	2/100

Achievements

• Axe'll Grease ( 25) – Use Balmung to kill a dagannoth.
• Dagannoth Traffic Wardens ( 40) – Defeat the Dagannoth Supreme with each different colour variation of Balmung. Can only be completed in a solo instance.

Update history

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• patch 22 September 2014 (Update):
  • Some errors in calculating damage values have been fixed with two-handed weapons.

• patch 26 August 2014 (Update):
  • The Dagannoth Mother can once again only be killed with the balmung weapon.

• patch 2 October 2013 (Update):
  • Balmung should now gain both bonus damage and accuracy against all dagannoths.

• patch 3 September 2013 (Update):
  • Balmung and the Fremennik seaboots have had their boosted damage against the dagannoth kings reworked.

• patch 12 March 2013 (Update):
  • The level requirements for Balmung have been updated.

• update 15 December 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

The old version of Balmung

• In Norse mythology, Balmung (or Gram) was the magical sword of the hero Sigurd or Siegfried as known in Germany.
• Wallasalkis are affected by the Balmung effect as if they were dagannoth.
• This weapon was previously alchemisable.
• Balmung can be found in Zemouregal's treasure room during Dimension of Disaster.
• Balmung was named after the Fremennik hero Bukalla's greatsword.