Black spear

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Black spear
Release	21 - 29 March 2005 (Update unknown)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wield
Values
Value	650 coins
High alch	390 coins
Low alch	260 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 1,697 Sacrifice: 6,788
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
A black tipped spear.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	11,970 coins (info)
Buy limit	1,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	4580
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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The black spear is a two handed melee weapon. It requires an attack level of 25 to wield.

It is a possible reward from looting a chest in the shade catacombs of Mort'ton while participating in the Shades of Mort'ton minigame.

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

During Tai Bwo Wannai Trio, the black spear may be used with poison karambwan paste to create the black spear (kp). The (kp) spear has no use after the quest, but can be cleaned with a cleaning cloth to get back the black spear.

Combat stats

Requirements
25
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
25
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		558.8		-
Accuracy		381		-
Style		Stab
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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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
Black key black	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Black key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Black key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Black key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Black key red	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Bronze key black	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Bronze key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Bronze key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Bronze key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Bronze key red	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Former vampyre	N/A	1 (noted)	Rare	N/A
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Varies	N/A
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Varies	N/A
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Varies	N/A
Shade Catacombs/Rewards	N/A	1	Varies	N/A
Silver key black	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Silver key brown	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Silver key crimson	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Silver key purple	N/A	1	Uncommon	N/A
Silver key red	N/A	1	Uncommon	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
Vampyre Juvinate	N/A	1 (noted)	Rare	N/A

Disassembly

Black spear
Disassembly category	Spears and hastae
Disassembly XP	7.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	12
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
Stave parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Crafted parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precise components	3/100
Direct components	2/100

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

• patch 17 March 2009 (Update):
  • Black spears were wrongly requiring an Attack level of 10 rather than Ranged to wield them.

• patch 21 December 2009 (Update):
  • Adjusted the code so you can use black spears against tormented wraiths.

• update 21 - 29 March 2005:
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• There is no white spear. This makes the black spear one of only a few pieces of black equipment that has no white equivalent.
• There used to be glitch in which if the player didn't have the 10 Attack requirement to wield the spear and attempts to wield it, a message in the chat box would appear saying: 'You need a Ranged level of 10.'
• Originally, although other metal spears had an attack speed of 5, the black spear only had an attack speed of 4. This was most likely an oversight by Jagex that occurred when they first increased the attack speed of spears with the release of Barrows.
  • When poisoned however, the black spear had the correct attack speed of 5.
• Before the Evolution of Combat, this item only required 10 Attack to wield. Now it requires 25 Attack.