Gleason's Gielinor Guide

Mithril equipment are items made from mithril metal. Mithril equipment is stronger than black equipment, but weaker than adamant equipment. All mithril items are coloured with a dark shade of blue. Mithril armour requires 20 Defence to equip, and mithril weapons require 20 Attack. They are notably popular due to being lighter than equipment made of other conventional metals, while still providing a fair amount of bonuses.

Weapons

Mithril weapons require an Attack level of 20 to wield.

One-handed melee weapons

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mithril dagger	11	5	-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0%	0	0	0.396
	Mithril pickaxe	12	-2	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0%	0	0	1.814
	Mithril axe	-2	12	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	0%	0	0	1.133
	Mithril mace	11	-2	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0%	0	3	1.587
	Mithril sword	16	11	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	17	0%	0	0	1.587
	Mithril hasta	17	17	17	0	0	-5	-5	-4	0	-5	18	0%	0	0	1.814
	Mithril scimitar	5	21	-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	0%	0	0	1.587
	Mithril longsword	15	20	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	22	0%	0	0	1.587
	Mithril warhammer	-4	-4	25	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0%	0	0	1.587
	Mithril battleaxe	-2	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	29	0%	0	0	2.267

Two-handed melee weapons

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mithril claws	11	16	-4	0	0	4	8	2	0	0	17	0%	0	0	0.907
	Mithril spear	17	17	17	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	18	0%	0	0	1.814
	Mithril halberd	22	28	0	-4	0	-1	2	4	0	0	29	0%	0	0	2.721
	Mithril 2h sword	-4	30	24	-4	0	0	0	0	0	-1	31	0%	0	0	3.175

Ranged weapons and ammo

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mithril crossbow	0	0	0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	5.000
	Mithril dart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	9	0	0.000
	Mithril knife	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	10	0	0.000
	Mithril thrownaxe	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	16	0	0.000
	Mithril arrow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22	0	0.000
	Mithril brutal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	0	0.000
	Mithril bolts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	82	0	0.000
	Mithril javelin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	85	0	0.000

Armour

Mithril armour is the fourth-highest quality armour in the standard spectrum of metal armours (bronze to dragon). Mithril armour requires 20 Defence to wear.

Generally, mithril sets are considered fine armour with great protection for players sporting a low defence level. Since they are inexpensive and rather easy to obtain, mithril armour sets are used in the Wilderness even by higher levelled players. It also weighs less than other conventional armour.

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
Item
	Mithril gloves	6	6	6	3	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	0%	0	0	0.226
	Mithril defender	10	9	8	-3	-2	10	9	8	-3	-2	3	0%	0	0	0.453
	Mithril boots	0	0	0	-3	-1	8	9	10	0	0	0	0%	0	0	1.360
	Mithril med helm	0	0	0	-3	0	10	11	9	-1	10	0	0%	0	0	1.360
	Mithril full helm	0	0	0	-6	-3	13	14	11	-1	13	0	0%	0	0	2.267
	Mithril sq shield	0	0	0	-6	0	17	19	15	0	17	0	0%	0	0	3.175
	Mithril plateskirt	0	0	0	-21	-11	24	22	20	-4	22	0	0%	0	0	7.257
	Mithril platelegs	0	0	0	-21	-11	24	22	20	-4	22	0	0%	0	0	7.711
	Mithril kiteshield	0	0	0	-8	-3	18	22	20	-1	20	0	0%	0	0	4.535
	Mithril chainbody	0	0	0	-15	0	25	35	42	-3	27	0	0%	0	0	5.896
	Mithril platebody	0	0	0	-30	-15	46	44	38	-6	44	0	0%	0	0	8.618

Item		GE Price
	Mithril med helm	227
	Mithril full helm	603
	Mithril chainbody	894
	Mithril platebody	2,576
	Mithril platelegs	1,173
	Mithril plateskirt	1,210
	Mithril gloves	1,950^{[n 1]}
	Mithril boots	506
	Mithril defender	Not tradeable
	Mithril sq shield	627
	Mithril kiteshield	1,003

^ Purchased from Culinaromancer's chest

Other

A player wearing a full set of mithril (t) armour.

A player wearing a full set of mithril (g) armour.

Trimmed and gold-trimmed mithril armour have the same bonuses as standard mithril armour. These can be obtained from the member's only Treasure Trails minigame.

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

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm	603
	Mithril platebody	2,576
	Mithril platelegs	1,173
	Mithril kiteshield	1,003
Total		5,355
	Mithril set (lg)	6,146
Difference		791

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm	603
	Mithril platebody	2,576
	Mithril plateskirt	1,210
	Mithril kiteshield	1,003
Total		5,392
	Mithril set (sk)	7,364
Difference		1,972

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm (t)	4,635
	Mithril platebody (t)	7,432
	Mithril platelegs (t)	2,459
	Mithril kiteshield (t)	4,952
Total		19,478
	Mithril trimmed set (lg)	26,650
Difference		7,172

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm (t)	4,635
	Mithril platebody (t)	7,432
	Mithril plateskirt (t)	2,850
	Mithril kiteshield (t)	4,952
Total		19,869
	Mithril trimmed set (sk)	34,191
Difference		14,322

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm (g)	5,191
	Mithril platebody (g)	5,115
	Mithril platelegs (g)	2,850
	Mithril kiteshield (g)	5,919
Total		19,075
	Mithril gold-trimmed set (lg)	26,856
Difference		7,781

Item		GE Price
	Mithril full helm (g)	5,191
	Mithril platebody (g)	5,115
	Mithril plateskirt (g)	2,517
	Mithril kiteshield (g)	5,919
Total		18,742
	Mithril gold-trimmed set (sk)	29,623
Difference		10,881

Gallery

Mithril armour set (lg)
Mithril armour set (sk)
Mithril trimmed set (lg)
Mithril trimmed set (sk)
Mithril gold-trimmed set (lg)
Mithril gold-trimmed set (sk)

Trivia

Mithril (also called "truesilver") is a fictional metal invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for his fantasy writings (Lord of the Rings, etc.). Notable is a mithril chainmail shirt worn by Bilbo and then Frodo, described by the former as "light as a feather, but as hard as dragon scales". This may not be completely accurate in RuneScape, but full mithril is lighter than (for example) steel armour, which weighs 60 kg; because of this, one could conclude that Jagex wished to make a tribute to Tolkien. In Lord of the Rings, Mithril is more like rune, than the dark blue RuneScape variant.
Mithril is similar in defence stats to initiate armour, although they are both different colours.