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MELEE GEAR PROGRESSION

📌 Overview

This guide covers full melee progression from early game to best-in-slot gear.

Keep your Training Amulet equipped — your gear will automatically upgrade as your stats increase until Dragon-tier equipment.

⚔️ WEAPON PROGRESSION

Early Game

Iron Scimitar — starter weapon
Dragon Scimitar — early upgrade

Extreme Start

Training Sword
- 30% increased melee XP rate
- Only available on Extreme difficulty

Mid Game

Catalyst Greatsword
- 5% damage boost
- 25% bonus vs Catalysts
- Drop: Catalyst Brutes (::Catalysts, under 24h accounts)
Zombie Axe
- Drop from Armored Zombies
- Comparable to Osmumten’s Fang
Osmumten’s Fang
- From Theatre of Blood raid
- Strong PvM weapon (Corporeal Beast viable)
Fang of the Hound
- Scales with elemental weaknesses
- Special attack acts like Granite Maul

Late Game

Corrupted Warhammer
- Best-in-slot defence reduction weapon
Corrupted Maul
- Massive defence shred special attack

End Game

Soul Reaper Axe
- Pieces from DT2 bosses (Leviathan, Whisperer, Vardorvis, Duke)
Scythe of Vitur — Theatre of Blood reward
Infernal Tecpatl — ruby moon fragment weapons
Osmumten’s Scythe — crafted at Upgrading Station
Thunder Khopesh — Dominion of Echoes + Balance Elemental combo

🪖 SLAYER HELMETS

Best helmets while on task (does NOT stack with Salve Amulet)

Slayer Helmet
- Black Mask (10), Spiked Helm, Earmuffs, Nosepeg, Facemask
- Unlock: Malevolent Masquerade (400 Slayer Points)
Slayer Helmet (i)
- Imbued using Scroll from Reason Point Shop
Corrupted Slayer Helmet
- All combat styles (Upgrading Station)
  (Obsidian Slayer Helmet)
Radiant Slayer Helmet
- Best-in-slot Slayer helmet (Upgrading Station)

🛡️ SHIELD PROGRESSION

Rune Defender — early offensive shield
Dragon Defender — upgraded accuracy + strength
Corrupted Spirit Shield — strong defensive bonuses
Corrupted Offhand — endgame PvM offhand

🛡️ ARMOR PROGRESSION

Early Game

Iron Armor
Rune Armor

Mid Game

Barrows Armor (Guthans / Veracs / Torag / Dharok)
Bandos Armor — General Graardor
Blood Moon — Perilous Moons

Late Game

Torva Armor — Nex drop (damaged, requires repair)
(Obsidian Armour )

End Game

Oathplate — Yama / Forgotten Lockbox
Blood Torva — Upgrade Station
Radiant Oathplate — best melee strength armor

🧥 CAPE PROGRESSION

Fire Cape
- Fight Caves or 100K Reason Points
Infernal Cape
- Inferno or 300K Reason Points
Max Infernal Cape
- Infernal + Max Cape (cosmetic)
Completionist Cape — full completion reward
Trimmed Completionist Cape — upgraded variant

🧤 GLOVE PROGRESSION

Barrows Gloves — 50K Reason Points shop
Ferocious Gloves
- Hydra Leather + Alchemical Hydra drop (::Lithkren crafting)
Heroic Gloves — Upgrading Station

👢 BOOT PROGRESSION

Rune Boots — ::shops melee store
Dragon Boots — Spirit Mages (Godwars Dungeon)
Primordial Boots — Cerberus + Dragon Boots upgrade
Avernic Treads — Doom of Mokhaiotl
Corrupted Boots — all styles (Upgrading Station)
Avernic Treads (Max) — best-in-slot boots