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Bandos godsword

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Bandos godsword

Bandos godsword
Type Item
Videos 2 (first 2021-01-29, latest 2025-06-25)
Main source NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS)

Bandos godsword is an item topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos between 2021-01-29 and 2025-06-25. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Methods

  • The Bandos godsword in the Theatre of Blood drains a boss's defense by the amount of damage the spec just dealt, making it better than the Dragon warhammer when its average hit is higher than the hammer drain.1
  • At Bloat, a BGSer opens with a single BGS spec since Bloat has only 100 defense, mainly for extra damage from the team on the first down.2
  • At Xarpus, the two BGSers hold their specs until at least three hammers have hit, then dump BGS; Xarpus has 250 defense, the highest in the raid.3
  • At Baba, Gnomonkey spams Bandos godsword specs until he has dealt 20 damage, saying 20 is the damage cap in almost every ToA room, and then switches to Burning claws.4
  • At Warden phase 1 Gnomonkey spec with Bandos godsword until he has dealt 40 total BGS damage, using the whole spec bar if needed, and later aims for 60 total damage on the enraged final phase.5

Tips

  • In ToA, Gnomonkey says the Bandos godsword is amazing because boss defence is multiplied off the raid level and starts very low, so a small hit drains defence dramatically.6
  • Gnomonkey uses the Bandos godsword at Baba, Kephri, Zebak, Warden phase 1, phase 3 and phase 4.7
  • The answer to whether to bring a Bandos godsword or Burning claws is to bring both, using the godsword to drain defence and the claws afterwards.7

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-06-25 NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS) Added: 5 statements (method, tip)
2021-01-29 THEATRE OF BLOOD Money Making Guide OSRS (8m+ GP/HR) 2021 Page created: 3 statements (method)
## References

  1. THEATRE OF BLOOD Money Making Guide OSRS (8m+ GP/HR) 2021, 2021-01-29. ▶ 13:40 ↩

  2. THEATRE OF BLOOD Money Making Guide OSRS (8m+ GP/HR) 2021, 2021-01-29. ▶ 29:50 ↩

  3. THEATRE OF BLOOD Money Making Guide OSRS (8m+ GP/HR) 2021, 2021-01-29. ▶ 1:01:37 ↩

  4. NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-06-25. ▶ 11:29 ↩

  5. NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-06-25. ▶ 41:52 ↩

  6. NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-06-25. ▶ 3:56 ↩

  7. NEW 300 TOA BUDGET GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-06-25. ▶ 4:00 ↩↩

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