Quake

Quake was removed after an update. The contents of this page no longer exist in RuneScape, and this article is kept for historical purposes.

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Quake
Release								20 November 2012 (Update)
Removal								2 March 2026 (Update)
Members								No
Skill								Strength
Level								37
Type								Threshold
Target								Area-target
Adrenaline								-15%
Equipment								Two-handed
Average damage								145%
Cooldown								20.4 seconds (34 ticks)
Revolution								Yes
Description
Slam the ground with your weapon. 130-160% melee damage to the target and up to 8 additional enemies within 1 tile of you. Reduces the Defence stat of all enemies hit by 5%. Increases the Base Hit Chance against all enemies hit by 2 for 1m.
Animation
Sound effect
Advanced data
Struct ID								14705
Links								Struct14705

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Quake
Release								27 May 2025 (Update)
Removal								2 March 2026 (Update)
Members								Yes
Skill								Strength
Level								37
Type								Threshold
Target								Area-target
Adrenaline								-15%
Equipment								Ek-ZekKil
Average damage								145%
Cooldown								20.4 seconds (34 ticks)
Revolution								Yes
Description
Slam the ground with your weapon. 130-160% melee damage to the target and up to 8 additional enemies within 1 tile of you. Reduces the Defence stat of all enemies hit by 5%. Increases the Base Hit Chance against all enemies hit by 4 for 1m.
Animation
Sound effect
Advanced data
Struct ID								14705
Links								Struct14705

Quake was a two-handed threshold Strength ability. It required level 37 Strength to use. Upon a successful hit, the player dealt 130-160% ability damage to their main target and up to a maximum of eight secondary targets within a 3x3 area around the player, drained the Defence level of all targets by 5%, and applied a debuff that increased their affinity by 2 for 1 minute. It would not drain a target's Defence level if it is equal to or below 90%, but will always apply the affinity debuff. The main enemy targeted and those hit by this ability will become aggressive.

Halberds increased the area of this ability to 5x5 squares. If used with the Ek-ZekKil, the base hit chance debuff on all affected enemies was increased from 2 to 4.

Monsters that use Quake

• Armadylean ambusher
• Armadylean myrmidon
• Armadylean warrior
• Bandit Brawler
• Bandosian ambusher
• Bandosian reaver
• Black Knight (Invasion of Falador)
• Crystal Shapeshifter
• Dragon-hunter warrior
• Eastern soldier
• Godless ambusher
• Hein (Skulls champion)
• Imperial warrior akh
• Iorwerth guard
• Iorwerth scout
• Iorwerth scout (Faction PvP)
• JMod clone
• Jade the Unruly
• Kalphite King
• Monkey warrior
• Ninja cabbage
• Saradominist enforcer
• Saradominist gatherer
• Saradominist minelayer
• Saradominist rogue
• Sir Leye
• Skulls bosun
• Skulls press-ganger
• Skulls scout
• Sotapanna
• Stone clone
• Temple Knight (Battle of the Monolith)
• The Violet Lotus
• Unnatural Trahaearn titan
• Warrior cabbage
• Zamorakian blackguard
• Zamorakian footsoldier
• Zamorakian gatherer
• Zamorakian minelayer
• Zamorakian rogue

Cosmetic overrides

Quake has the following cosmetic overrides:

Name	Animation	Release Date	Source
Blood Ice Quake		5 December 2022	The Winter Trials
Frozen Quake		5 December 2022	The Winter Trials

Gallery

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  Spear animation
• 
  Halberd/Maul animation

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Update history

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• update 2 March 2026 (Update):
  • Removed from game.

• update 27 May 2025 (Update):
  • Quake: Increases the Base Hit Chance debuff on all affected enemies from 2 → 4

• update 4 March 2024 (Update):
  • Damage range: 43-219%/37-188% → 130-160%
  • AoE damage is now the same damage range as the primary target

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • The tool-tip on Quake now correctly states that it reduces the defence of all targets hit.

• ninja 25 September 2017 (Update):
  • The Quake ability description within the Powers interface has been updated to improve clarity.

• patch 10 April 2017 (Update):
  • Quake now triggers an icon for the NPC targeting interface when using a special attack.

• patch 14 December 2015 (Update):
  • The Quake ability will now correctly lower your opponents defence.

• patch 13 July 2015 (Update):
  • Quake now deals 219% damage to the main target.

• update 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The earth spikes that K'ril Tsutsaroth summons while battling him during hard mode resemble those made by Quake.
• Quake may cause the screen to shake, a feature it shares with Pulverise and Meteor Strike.
• Quake was affected by a glitch, fixed on 14 December 2015, that caused it to increase the target's defence.