Masterwork armour

"Masterwork" redirects here. For the masterwork variant of the Spear of Annihilation, see Masterwork Spear of Annihilation. For the Solomon's General Store item, see masterwork music box.

For other variants of this item, see trimmed.

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Masterwork armour
Release								7 January 2019 (Update)
Members items								Yes
Quest items								No
Tradeable								Yes
Values
Head								15,446,804
Torso								39,313,127
Legs								22,901,631
Hands								7,003,438
Feet								7,223,670
Total								91,888,670
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Masterwork armour is a full set of degradable power armour that requires 90 Defence to be worn. It requires 99 Smithing and completion of the It Should Have Been Called Aetherium achievement to create. It is the second-strongest smithable melee armour outside of Daemonheim.

Each piece of masterwork armour has 100,000 charges of combat, which lasts approximately 55 hours in average combat. Once augmented, Masterwork equipment does not degrade and can be used infinitely unlike trimmed masterwork armour. It is used as a component to create Trimmed masterwork armour.

New armour is tradable. When first equipped a warning popup window opens: Equipping this armour will mean you can no longer trade it. It will become tradable when degraded completely to a broken state; also if completely repaired. The Exchange price is different for new and broken armour. Augmented armour is also not tradable.

Masterwork armour is superior to Torva armour as it offers tier 90 bonuses over Torva's tier 80, and is cheaper and far superior in terms of both defence and attack bonuses.

Sirenic armour is the ranged equivalent, and tectonic armour is the magic equivalent. Masterwork armour cannot be dyed. It can be fixed by Repair NPCs, such as Bob in Lumbridge, or at an armour stand in a player-owned house.

Components

Item		Attribute			Style bonus				Price
	Masterwork helm	435.6	-	2	23.2	-	-	-	15,446,804
	Masterwork platebody	500.9	-	3	34.8	-	-	-	39,313,127
	Masterwork platelegs	479.1	-	2	29	-	-	-	22,901,631
Totals		1415.6	-	7	87	-	-	-	77,661,562
	Masterwork gloves	108.9	-	2	14.5	-	-	-	7,003,438
	Masterwork boots	108.9	-	2	14.5	-	-	-	7,223,670
Totals		1633.4	-	11	116	-	-	-	91,888,670

Augmented

The masterwork platebody and platelegs can be augmented by adding an augmentor. When augmented, they can be used infinitely without degradation, unlike trimmed masterwork armour.

The creation cost for augmented masterwork equipment is as follows:

Item	Augmentor	Material price	Item price	Augmented price
Masterwork helm	N/A	N/A	15,446,804	N/A
Augmented Masterwork platebody	1	518,250	39,313,127	39,831,377
Augmented Masterwork platelegs	1	518,250	22,901,631	23,419,881
Masterwork gloves	N/A	N/A	7,003,438	N/A
Masterwork boots	N/A	N/A	7,223,670	N/A
Totals	2	1,036,500	91,888,670	92,925,170

Creation

Total items required

Making the full set requires:

Item	Amount	Cost each	Cost for all
Steel bar	12	1,935	23,220
Leather	12	1,234	14,808
Glorious bar	12	7,939,578	95,274,936

Ironmen:

This table shows the required materials to make the entire Masterwork set from scratch. Item Amount Cowhides 12 Copper ore 600 Tin ore 600 Iron ore 1812 Coal 1812 Mithril ore 600 Adamantite ore 600 Luminite 2184 Runite ore 1584 Orichalcite ore 600 Drakolith 600 Necrite ore 600 Phasmatite 600 Banite ore 1200 Light animica 984 Dark animica 984

Unlocking masterwork

Masterwork armour can only be made after completing the achievement It Should Have Been Called Aetherium - making a full set of elder rune equipment + 5. Upgrading all single pieces from +4 to +5 will unlock this achievement. The achievement is a requirement for the completionist cape.

Item		Elder rune bars required
	Elder rune full helm + 5	64
	Elder rune platebody + 5	160
	Elder rune platelegs + 5	96
	Elder rune gauntlets + 5	32
	Elder rune armoured boots + 5	32
Total bars required		384
Cost of bars		8,348,160
Value of full set		9,415,149
Profit after selling back to GE		1,066,989

Alloy bars

The first step in the creation of masterwork armour is smelting concentrated alloy bars. It takes one bronze, iron, steel, mithril, adamant, rune, orikalkum, necronium, bane, and elder rune bar to produce one concentrated alloy bar. A total of 600 of each are required to make a set of masterwork armour. If smelting bars from scratch, 1,200 rune bars are needed as 600 of those are a required ingredient for elder rune bars.

The next step is creating enriched alloy bars. Five concentrated alloy bars are required to produce one enriched alloy bar. Once ten enriched alloy bars are made, they can be used to forge an immaculate alloy bar. Twelve immaculate alloy bars are required to make the masterwork armour set.

Input	Ticks	Output
1 Bronze 1 Iron 1 Steel 1 Mithril 1 Adamant 1 Rune 1 Orikalkum 1 Necronium 1 Bane 1 Elder rune	4	1 Concentrated alloy bar
5 Concentrated alloy bars	4	1 Enriched alloy bar
10 Enriched alloy bars	4	1 Immaculate alloy bar

After smithing an immaculate alloy bar, it must be folded at any anvil to start a partially folded alloy bar which must be folded 1,001 times. The bar appears in the inventory and may be stored in the bank or dropped; it cannot be deposited in the metal bank. Moving the mouse pointer over the bar shows the folding progress: number/1,001. The smithing process does only 60 folds at a time at two game ticks per fold. Once the alloy bar has been folded 1,001 times, it turns into a glorious bar.

Input	Ticks	Output
Immaculate alloy bar	2	Folded alloy bar (0)
Folded alloy bar (X)	2	Folded alloy bar (X+1)
Folded alloy bar (0)	2,000	Folded alloy bar (1000)
Folded alloy bar (1000)	2	Glorious bar
Total	2,004	20.04 (minutes)
Total for set	24,048	4.008 (hours)

Masterwork materials

Glorious bars then go through five more smithing processes to make a lined masterwork armour piece needed to make the final armour item.

Armour piece	Steps per piece
Masterwork plate	10,000
Curved masterwork plate	10,000
Untempered masterwork armour piece	10,000
Masterwork armour piece	1,000
Lined masterwork armour piece (requiring one leather)	1

If the unfinished smithing item is at 100% heat, each hammer strike adds 20 progress. As heat is lost at 66% and 33%, your progress reduces to 16 or 13 per strike, respectively. At 0% heat each strike adds 10 progress; see heat mechanics.

Unfinished masterwork

One or more lined masterwork armour pieces are needed to make any single piece of masterwork armour. Once the process is started, an unfinished masterwork armour piece is made for the respective slot. Once an unfinished masterwork armour piece is made, it must be riveted with masterwork rivets (requiring 120 rivets for a full set), made from steel bars. Once riveted, it can be made into the final masterwork armour piece.

Trimmed masterwork

Main article: Trimmed masterwork armour

Masterwork equipment can be upgraded into trimmed masterwork equipment, which is tier 92 power armour. This is done by combining masterwork equipment parts with masterwork armour trim, made from elder rune bars, malevolent essence, (made from malevolent armour) and praesulic essence (melee) (made from Torva armour).

A full set of trimmed masterwork consumes 12 trim, which requires the equivalent of a set of torva and a set of malevolent.

Trimmed masterwork is repaired using a piece of untrimmed masterwork. It additionally has a set effect (turning some incoming damage into a damage-over-time effect instead of a lump sum) and the ability to custom-fit (making the armour permanently untradeable but degrade much more slowly).

Material cost analysis

Ore costs

Ore	Cost/Ore	Ores required (Full set)	Total cost
Tin	761	600	456,600
Copper	928	600	556,800
Iron	750	1812	1,359,000
Coal	406	1212	492,072
Mithril	1,294	600	776,400
Adamantite	2,073	600	1,243,800
Luminite	2,672	1800	4,809,600
Runite	4,583	1200	5,499,600
Orichalcite	4,150	600	2,490,000
Drakolith	5,706	600	3,423,600
Necrite	5,601	600	3,360,600
Phasmatite	5,767	600	3,460,200
Banite	5,457	1200	6,548,400
Light animica	4,704	600	2,822,400
Dark animica	5,435	600	3,261,000
Total ore cost			40,560,072
Full set worth			91,888,670
Profit			51,328,598

Bar costs

Original bars

Item	Helm	Platebody	Platelegs	Gloves	Boots	Full set
Bars required	100	250	150	50	50	600
Bronze	211,500	528,750	317,250	105,750	105,750	1,269,000
Iron	234,500	586,250	351,750	117,250	117,250	1,407,000
Steel	193,500	483,750	290,250	96,750	96,750	1,161,000
Mithril	287,600	719,000	431,400	143,800	143,800	1,725,600
Adamant	609,300	1,523,250	913,950	304,650	304,650	3,655,800
Rune	903,900	2,259,750	1,355,850	451,950	451,950	5,423,400
Orikalkum	1,061,200	2,653,000	1,591,800	530,600	530,600	6,367,200
Necronium	1,128,400	2,821,000	1,692,600	564,200	564,200	6,770,400
Bane	1,112,500	2,781,250	1,668,750	556,250	556,250	6,675,000
Elder rune	2,174,000	5,435,000	3,261,000	1,087,000	1,087,000	13,044,000
Total material cost	7,916,400	19,791,000	11,874,600	3,958,200	3,958,200	47,498,400
Item worth	15,446,804	39,313,127	22,901,631	7,003,438	7,223,670	91,888,670
Profit	7,530,404	19,522,127	11,027,031	3,045,238	3,265,470	44,390,270
Profit per bar	7,530	7,809	7,351	6,090	6,531	7,398

Concentrated alloy bars

Item	Helm	Platebody	Platelegs	Gloves	Boots	Full Set
Bars required	100	250	150	50	50	600
Concentrated alloy bar	8,031,000	20,077,500	12,046,500	4,015,500	4,015,500	48,186,000
Item worth	15,446,804	39,313,127	22,901,631	7,003,438	7,223,670	91,888,670
Profit	7,415,804	19,235,627	10,855,131	2,987,938	3,208,170	43,702,670
Profit per bar	74,158	76,943	72,368	59,759	64,163	72,838

Enriched alloy bars

Item	Helm	Platebody	Platelegs	Gloves	Boots	Full set
Bars required	20	50	30	10	10	120
Enriched alloy bar	7,320,060	18,300,150	10,980,090	3,660,030	3,660,030	43,920,360
Item Worth	15,446,804	39,313,127	22,901,631	7,003,438	7,223,670	91,888,670
Profit	8,126,744	21,012,977	11,921,541	3,343,408	3,563,640	47,968,310
Profit per bar	406,337	420,260	397,385	334,341	356,364	399,736

Immaculate alloy bars

Item	Helm	Platebody	Platelegs	Gloves	Boots	Full set
Bars required	2	5	3	1	1	12
Immaculate alloy bar	6,764,770	16,911,925	10,147,155	3,382,385	3,382,385	40,588,620
Item worth	15,446,804	39,313,127	22,901,631	7,003,438	7,223,670	91,888,670
Profit	8,682,034	22,401,202	12,754,476	3,621,053	3,841,285	51,300,050
Profit per bar	4,341,017	4,480,240	4,251,492	3,621,053	3,841,285	4,275,004

Glorious bars

Item	Helm	Platebody	Platelegs	Gloves	Boots	Full set
Bars required	2	5	3	1	1	12
Glorious bar	15,879,156	39,697,890	23,818,734	7,939,578	7,939,578	95,274,936
Item worth	15,446,804	39,313,127	22,901,631	7,003,438	7,223,670	91,888,670
Profit	−432,352	−384,763	−917,103	−936,140	−715,908	−3,386,266
Profit per bar	−216,176	−76,953	−305,701	−936,140	−715,908	−282,189

Degradation and repair

Augmented masterwork equipment does not degrade and uses the divine charge drain system instead.

Masterwork armour degrades as it is used. Equipment smithed is fully repaired and can be used for 100,000 charges of combat until it degrades completely and requires repair before it can be used again; it does not suffer in performance as it degrades from fully repaired to fully degraded. Additionally, Masterwork armour may only be traded if fully repaired or fully degraded. Items lose 20% charge if reclaimed from a gravestone after dying.

There are two ways to repair Masterwork armour. Players can talk to any of the NPCs listed below and they will repair the items for a price, or repair the pieces themselves using an armour stand in any player-owned house for a reduced cost based on their Smithing level. The equipment can be repaired at any stage, and the cost will be adjusted according to how much it has degraded. The repair costs below are as if the equipment has fully degraded.

The following NPCs can repair the armour:

• Bob - the axe seller in Lumbridge
• Tindel Marchant - the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
• Dunstan - the smith in Burthorpe
• Squire - in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Costs to repair Masterwork equipment	NPC	POH Armour Stand
		Level 1 Smithing	Level 99 Smithing
Helm	800,000	796,000	404,000
Body	2,000,000	1,990,000	1,010,000
Legs	1,200,000	1,194,000	606,000
Gloves	400,000	398,000	202,000
Boots	400,000	398,000	202,000
Total	4,800,000	4,776,000	2,424,000
The price is exactly 50% when boosted to 100 Smithing

Money making guide

The following money making guide is available for Masterwork armour:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills	Other requirements
Smithing Masterwork armour	−1,248,083	99  70  recommended for the advanced smithing autoheater 91  for Superheat form 102  if using the Orthen furnace core, strongly recommended for infinite super-heat form	Completion of  It Should Have Been Called Aetherium  Augmented crystal hammer (with the Rapid 4 and Tinker 4 perks) recommended (Advanced)  Smithing autoheater recommended  Luminite injector suggested  Perfect juju smithing potion (4) recommended or  perfect plus potion (6) recommended  Powerburst of masterstroke (4)  Orthen furnace core recommended If you cannot use the Orthen furnace core use these items instead:  Grace of the elves recommended  Ancient elven ritual shard recommended  The Light Within for Superheat form  Plague's End recommended for crystal hammer and perfect plus potion

Gallery

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  Concept art for masterworks armour

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  Equipped masterwork armour teased by Mod Breezy in a tweet

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  Equipped spiked masterwork armour teased by Mod Breezy in a tweet

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  Model for masterwork 2h sword which was unused until the 2024 Mining and Smithing update

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• ninja 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • Changed the Grand Exchange buy limit for all masterwork and trimmed masterwork armour pieces from 1,000 to 2.

• patch 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • The animation played when riveting Masterwork Armour has changed.

• patch 6 July 2020 (Update):
  • Augmenting masterwork armour now correctly states which version of the armour you have augmented.

• update 29 June 2020 (Update):
  • Augmented Masterwork armour will now drop the corresponding broken piece of armour upon death in the Wilderness instead of dropping nothing.

• patch 11 March 2019 (Update):
  • A +2 Prayer bonus has been added to the Masterwork gloves and boots.

• patch 14 January 2019 (Update):
  • An error that allowed Masterwork to be repairable at an anvil was causing issues, this has now been resolved and can no longer be repaired at an anvil - instead you should repair your used masterwork armour at Bob in Lumbridge or at an armour repair stand in your PoH.

• update 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Added to game.
    • At level 99 smithing, smiths can make masterwork armour. This is level 90 power armour which only requires materials from mining to make.