Defence

Defence
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The Defence skill increases the player's chance of completely ignoring oncoming attacks. Experience can be gained by fighting in the Defensive attack style.

Players can equip better armour as their Defence level increases. At level 70 Defence, Barrows armour is the highest tier armour. Armour can be seen as a continuation to the Defence skill as it also increases the player's chance of completely ignoring oncoming attacks.

See the Combat Triangle for more information on armour bonuses and weaknesses.

Defence Level Up Sound.

Armour[]

When fighting with monsters and NPC's, it is recommended that you protect yourself from taking damage. These are the main metals.

Metal	Defence Level	Smithing Level
Bronze	1	1-18
Iron	1	15-33
Steel	5	30-48
Black	10	Not smithed
Mithril	20	50-68
Adamant	30	70-88
Rune	40	85-99
Dragon	60	Not smithed

Armour types[]

There are many different types of armour worn on different slots.

Helmets []

Articles: Medium helms, Full helms.

Medium (med) and full helms are worn on the head slot. Full helmets offer better protection than medium helmets.

Chainmail []

Article: Chainmails.

Chainmail protects well from slashing and crushing attacks, as well as from magic attacks. Chainmail is weak towards ranged attacks.

Platemail []

Articles: Platebodies ,Platelegs, Plateskirts.

This is the heaviest piece of armour. Not recommended to wear if ranging or casting spells. Platebodys, plateskirts and platelegs are good against Slash and Stab attacks.

Shields []

Articles: Kiteshields and Square shields.

Square shields are weaker than kiteshields. Both shields are good against Slash attacks, but they have different weaknesses: Square shields are weak against Crush and kiteshields are weak against Stab. Worn on left hand.

Dragon armour[]

Dragon armour is not like all of the other metals. The armor pieces are rare and some of them have high requirements and are obtained only from rare monster drops. All of them require at least 60 defence to wear.