Granite body

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Granite body
Release	4 January 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Lendable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Wear
Values
Value	80,000 coins
High alch	48,000 coins
Low alch	32,000 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 5,140 Sacrifice: 20,560
Weight	22.679 kg
Examine
Provides excellent protection.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	46,405 coins (info)
Buy limit	10
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Advanced data
Item ID	10564
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A granite body is a members-only piece of armour and the third piece of granite armour to be released. To wear a Granite body, the player must have at least level 55 Strength and level 55 Defence. It is the only item from the Barbarian Assault minigame that cannot be obtained with points; it costs 95,000 coins or can alternatively be bought from Stanley Limelight for 120 thaler.

The granite body's stats are higher than a rune platebody's. As it is a relatively cheap item with low requirements, it has become a popular piece of equipment for medium level members who want higher stats than rune armour but do not want to purchase dragon armour (namely dragon chainbody and dragon platebody) because of its price. It is also popular among players that do not wish to obtain a fighter torso or a Bandos chestplate.

Granite equipment cannot be carved from granite that can be mined from the quarry.

The Granite body does not interfere with Ava's accumulator and is the heaviest item worn on the chest in the game.

Usefulness

Even though it is the heaviest armour piece in the game, it provides great stats and value for those who cannot afford stronger alternatives like a dragon chainbody, dragon platebody, or a Bandos chestplate.

The granite body's stats excel over a rune platebody's in all aspects (except weight), thus making a granite body the favourable choice when choosing which one of these two to wear.

As for choosing between the granite body and the fighter torso, the granite body has 31 more armour, but lacks the +18 strength bonus.

It has to be noted though that the granite body weighs much more than the other armour pieces mentioned here (for instance, the granite body weighs more than 2 times the rune platebody does, 22 kg vs 9 kg), though this is rarely a problem as not many players need to run that often when training melee (or in other purposes where proper melee armour is needed). However, it really slows the player down if the player needs to run into remote location for slayer assignments, questing or doing Wilderness Warbands.

Combat stats

Requirements						Tier			Type
55 , 55						55			Tank armour
Class			Slot			Attributes
Melee						Armour				226.0
						Life points				0
Weapons		Main		Off		Prayer				0
Damage		-		-		Damage reduction
Accuracy		-		-		PvM: 1.1%			PvP: 3.3%
Style		-				Style bonuses
Range		-				0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Melee armour
Disassembly XP	16.5
Item quantity required	1
Material count	8
Base junk chance	?  39.5% 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 39.5% 1 34 39.2 2 49 38.4 3 64 37.6 4 69 36.8 5 78 36.0 6 83 34.8 7 91 34.0 8 95 32.8 9 105 31.6
Possible materials
Often
Cover parts	35/100
Plated parts	30/100
Deflecting parts	30/100
Rarely
Strong components	3/100
Protective components	2/100

Update history

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• patch 6 October 2010 (Update):
  • Fixed problems with the cape of legends and granite body.

• patch 12 May 2009 (Update):
  • Wearing the 10th Squad Sigil and a granite platebody should no longer cause graphical issues.

• patch 29 September 2008 (Update):
  • The range of items that one can lend to other players has been expanded. These include a small amount of newer Treasure Trail items as well as some old ones, dragon spears and most rune and granite armour and weapons.

• update 4 January 2007 (Update):
  • Added to game.