Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Black equipment is made from black metal. Black equipment is stronger than steel equipment, yet weaker than mithril equipment. As the name suggests, the equipment is black in colour. Black armour requires 10 Defence to wield, melee weapons require 10 Attack to wield and ranged weapons 10 Ranged. Black equipment is almost identical to white equipment, unlocked after the Wanted! quest. However, white equipment is members only and has a slightly higher Prayer bonus than that of black equipment.

Black items cannot be smithed.

Weapons

Black weapons require an Attack level of 10 to wield.

One-handed melee weapons

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Black dagger	10	5	-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0%	0	0	0.453
	Black pickaxe	10	-2	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	0%	0	0	0.010
	Black axe	-2	10	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	0%	0	0	1.360
	Black sword	14	10	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	0%	0	0	1.814
	Black mace	8	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0%	0	2	1.814
	Black scimitar	4	19	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0%	0	0	1.814
	Black longsword	13	18	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	16	0%	0	0	1.814
	Black warhammer	-4	-4	22	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0%	0	0	1.814
	Black battleaxe	-2	20	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	24	0%	0	0	2.721

Two-handed melee weapons

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Black claws	10	14	-4	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	14	0%	0	0	0.907
	Black spear	15	15	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	0%	0	0	2.267
	Black halberd	19	25	0	-4	0	-1	2	3	0	0	20	0%	0	0	3.175
	Black 2h sword	-4	27	21	-4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	26	0%	0	0	3.628

Ranged weapons and ammo

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Black dart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	6	0	0.000
	Black knife	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	8	0	0.000
	Black brutal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22	0	0.000

Armour

Black armour is the fourth-lowest quality armour in the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Black armour requires 10 Defence to wear.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Black gloves	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	0%	0	0	0.226
	Black boots	0	0	0	-3	-1	7	8	9	0	0	0	0%	0	0	1.360
	Black defender	9	8	7	-3	-2	9	8	7	-3	-2	2	0%	0	0	0.453
	Black med helm	0	0	0	-3	0	9	10	8	-1	9	0	0%	0	0	1.814
	Black full helm	0	0	0	-6	-3	12	13	10	-1	12	0	0%	0	0	2.721
	Black sq shield	0	0	0	-6	0	15	16	14	0	15	0	0%	0	0	3.628
	Black kiteshield	0	0	0	-8	-3	17	19	18	-1	18	0	0%	0	0	5.443
	Black plateskirt	0	0	0	-21	-11	21	20	19	-4	20	0	0%	0	0	8.164
	Black platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-11	21	20	19	-4	20	0	0%	0	0	9.071
	Black chainbody	0	0	0	-15	0	22	32	39	-3	24	0	0%	0	0	6.803
	Black platebody	0	0	0	-30	-15	41	40	30	-6	40	0	0%	0	0	9.979

Item		GE Price
	Black med helm	273
	Black full helm	433
	Black chainbody	2,821
	Black platebody	2,300
	Black platelegs	1,079
	Black plateskirt	2,049
	Black gloves	1,300^{[n 1]}
	Black boots	304
	Black defender	Not tradeable
	Black sq shield	405
	Black kiteshield	946

^ Purchased from Culinaromancer's chest

Elite

Elite black armour can obtained by killing Elite Black Knight during and after While Guthix Sleeps. It has slightly higher stats than regular black armour and—when the full set is equipped—will remove the aggressiveness of monsters inside the Black Knight Catacombs.

It has the same prayer bonus as white proselyte armour, but is defensively equivalent to mithril rather than adamant armour.

It is not tradeable.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Elite black full helm	0	0	0	-6	-3	13	14	11	-1	13	0	0%	0	4	2.721
	Elite black platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-11	24	22	20	-4	22	0	0%	0	6	9.071
	Elite black platebody	0	0	0	-30	-15	46	44	38	-6	44	0	0%	0	8	9.979

Other

A player wearing a full set of black (t)

A player wearing a full set of black (g)

Ornamental black armour, such as heraldic and trimmed, have the same bonuses as standard black armour. These can be obtained by completing easy Treasure Trails.

Note: Other players cannot trim or bless armour. Players claiming to do so are scammers.

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm	433
	Black platebody	2,300
	Black platelegs	1,079
	Black kiteshield	946
Total		4,758
	Black set (lg)	6,477
Difference		1,719

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm	433
	Black platebody	2,300
	Black plateskirt	2,049
	Black kiteshield	946
Total		5,728
	Black set (sk)	7,625
Difference		1,897

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm (t)	18,521
	Black platebody (t)	11,740
	Black platelegs (t)	6,189
	Black kiteshield (t)	7,236
Total		43,686
	Black trimmed set (lg)	67,629
Difference		23,943

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm (t)	18,521
	Black platebody (t)	11,740
	Black plateskirt (t)	1,968
	Black kiteshield (t)	7,236
Total		39,465
	Black trimmed set (sk)	90,391
Difference		50,926

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm (g)	77,360
	Black platebody (g)	119,056
	Black platelegs (g)	24,971
	Black kiteshield (g)	100,081
Total		321,468
	Black gold-trimmed set (lg)	343,554
Difference		22,086

Item		GE Price
	Black full helm (g)	77,360
	Black platebody (g)	119,056
	Black plateskirt (g)	5,086
	Black kiteshield (g)	100,081
Total		301,583
	Black gold-trimmed set (sk)	346,165
Difference		44,582

Item		GE Price
	Black helm (h1)	5,059
	Black helm (h2)	5,007
	Black helm (h3)	3,785
	Black helm (h4)	3,944
	Black helm (h5)	6,125

Item		GE Price
	Black platebody (h1)	1,983
	Black platebody (h2)	1,997
	Black platebody (h3)	1,779
	Black platebody (h4)	2,996
	Black platebody (h5)	1,860

Item		GE Price
	Black shield (h1)	1,854
	Black shield (h2)	1,952
	Black shield (h3)	2,002
	Black shield (h4)	1,759
	Black shield (h5)	2,488

Gallery

Black armour set (lg)
Black armour set (sk)
Black trimmed set (lg)
Black trimmed set (sk)
Black gold-trimmed set (lg)
Black gold-trimmed set (sk)
Black armour (h1)
Black armour (h2)
Black armour (h3)
Black armour (h4)
Black armour (h5)

Trivia

In the August 2009 Postbag from the Hedge, Anarchy in the KGP, it is revealed that black equipment is just a coloured version of steel created by a different forging technique.
A number of monsters drop black armour. Regular Black Knights, however, do not drop any black items at all.

Black equipment