Bronze sword

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:Bronze swordThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Bronze Short Sword

This article is about the shortsword. For the longsword, see Bronze longsword.

For this item's off-hand variant, see off-hand bronze sword.

Bronze sword
Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				Yes
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions
Backpack																				Wield
Values
Value																				168 coins
High alch																				100 coins
Low alch																				67 coins
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				1.814 kg
Examine
A razor-sharp sword.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				3,137 coins (info)
Buy limit																				100
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Advanced data
Item ID																				1277
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A bronze sword is a tier 1 melee main-hand weapon. It requires level 1 Attack to wield.

It can be made at a forge and anvil using 2 bronze bars, requiring 200 progress to complete, granting a total of 30 Smithing experience.

Combat stats

Requirements
1
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier
5
		Auto		Ability
Damage		48.0		48
Accuracy		150
Style		Stab
Range		1
Speed		Fastest (2.4s)
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				0.0		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Creation

Bronze sword

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30 XP	-	Varies		3,137
Requirements
Smithing level				1
You must use a normal Anvil or Forge
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Bronze bar	2	1,136	2,272
Profit				865

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
New Varrock guard captain	104	1	Rare
Rusty sword POH repair	N/A	1	17/100
Rusty sword Tindel Marchant	N/A	1	17/96
Zombie (New Varrock)	1	1	1/1024
Zombie (New Varrock)		1	Unknown

Store locations

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

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Bronze sword. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Beefy Bill's Supplies	North of Lumbridge	1,680	Coins	10
New Varrock Sword Shop	New Varrock	Free sample	-	1
New Varrock Sword Shop	New Varrock	1,680	Zemomark	10
Varrock Sword Shop	Varrock	Free sample	-	1
Warriors' Guild Armoury	1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US] of Warriors' Guild	1,680	Coins	10
Corporal Boothe's Armoury †	Burthorpe	Free sample	-	1
Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury †	Burthorpe	? (edit)	Coins	0
Gnome Shopkeeper's Armoury †	Burthorpe	Free sample	-	1

Disassembly

Bronze sword
Disassembly category	Swords
Disassembly XP	0.3
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  98.9% 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 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Base parts	35/100
Blade parts	30/100
Metallic parts	30/100
Rare materials
Precise components	3/100
Dextrous components	2/100

Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Bronze sword after 4 January 2001 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 20 November 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Bronze sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 20 November 2012 (update)

Equipped

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  Bronze sword after 29 March 2004 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 17 September 2009 (update)

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  Bronze sword after 20 November 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 3 February 2020 (Update):
  • Adjusted disassembly to give 4 materials per bar used in creating the item from scratch

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Graphical improvements to bronze weapons, previously only available in the Evolution of Combat Beta, are now live in the game.

• hidden 17 September 2009 (Update):
  • Animations and model of bronze sword have been updated.

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.