Black helm

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:Black med helmThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Medium black Helmet

Black helm
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wear
Values
Value	576 coins
High alch	345 coins
Low alch	230 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 329 Sacrifice: 1,316
Weight	1.814 kg
Examine
A medium sized helmet.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	2,199 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	1151
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A black helm is the sixth-strongest medium helmet. It is less commonly used than its full helm counterpart when combating the tormented wraith as it provides less protection.

As with all black equipment, this item cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.

Combat stats

Requirements						Tier			Type
25						23			Tank armour
Class			Slot			Attributes
Melee						Armour				70.8
						Life points				0
Weapons		Main		Off		Prayer				0
Damage		-		-		Damage reduction
Accuracy		-		-		PvM: 0.5%			PvP: 0.9375%
Style		-				Style bonuses
Range		-				0.0		0.0		0.0
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Drop sources

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For all sources of this item, see here (include RDT). For help, see the FAQ.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Dark warrior	16	1	Unknown
Level 3 grid	1	1	Common	N/A
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Varies	N/A
Steel key black	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Steel key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Steel key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Steel key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Steel key red	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Tormented wraith	42	1	Common

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Horvik's Armour Shop	Varrock	576	Coins	8
Peksa's Helmet Shop	Gunnarsgrunn	576	Coins	8
Quality Armour Shop	Keldagrim	576	Coins	8
Seddu's Adventurers' Store	Nardah	576	Coins	10

Disassembly

Black helm
Disassembly category	Melee armour
Disassembly XP	7.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	6
Base junk chance	?  72.5% 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 72.5% 1 34 71.8 2 49 70.4 3 64 68.9 4 69 67.5 5 78 66.0 6 83 63.8 7 91 62.4 8 95 60.2 9 105 58.0
Special materials
1 × Knightly components	Always
Common materials
Cover parts	35/100
Plated parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rare materials
Strong components	3/100
Protective components	2/100

Graphical updates

• 

  Initial in-game appearance of Black helm from 29 March 2004 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Black helm after 6 March 2012 (update)

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!

• update 27 February 2002 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Prior to an update, the red band of the black helm was purple, unlike others that have a red band. The band has been removed in the graphical update of the helmet.