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Raid armour

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Raid armour

Raid armour
Type Mechanic
Videos 1 (first 2026-03-05, latest 2026-03-05)
Main source Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS)

Raid armour is a mechanic topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2026-03-05. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Stats and numbers

  • The blog says armor sets occupy the rare reward space from raids, so pieces are seen more often than a mega rare but completing a full set can still see kill count skyrocket; Jagex believes raid armor should be best in slot and not too niche.1
  • The blog says ranged armor feels out of the question given Masori, Dizana's quiver and the Blood Moon Rises rewards, and that melee armor could be too soon for an upgrade since Oathplate is still fresh; Gnomonkey disagrees because Oathplate is used everywhere since slash is so good.2
  • The blog says Ancestral is nine years old, just like the Twisted bow, so an upgrade is not too soon, but Jagex has concerns about upgrade paths for raids.3

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says completing the Ancestral set at Chambers takes about as long as a Twisted bow, and that on his main the only items he is missing are a Twisted bow and the Ancestral hat.1
  • Gnomonkey says he did not think Masori needed to be combined with Armadyl and found it unnecessary; he does not want Inquisitor's armor combined with Justiciar, which would force players to kill Nightmare.4
  • Gnomonkey says better Inquisitor's armor still would not beat Oathplate, and that Oathplate coming from Yama, the first endgame boss, did not fit well as raid-tier armor from a not-so-endgame boss.5
  • Gnomonkey says upgrading armor sets is worse than upgrading weapons because three pieces are needed, and requiring every raid to be done to keep others relevant is arbitrary.6
  • Gnomonkey says a mega rare armor set would not work because getting three mega rare pieces would be annoying and would invalidate three equipment slots at once, cutting off reward space for several years.7

Revision history

Date Video Change
2026-03-05 Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS) Page created: 8 statements (opinion, stat)
## References

  1. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 22:24 ↩↩

  2. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 23:07 ↩

  3. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 25:24 ↩

  4. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 23:28 ↩

  5. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 24:56 ↩

  6. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 25:20 ↩

  7. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 26:24 ↩

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