Armour/Magic armour

For the most part, a mage's armour provides little to no Ranged and melee Defence bonuses, but instead serves to harness the wearer's magical abilities. Notable exceptions to this rule include splitbark, lunar, and Ahrim's armour sets, which provide a mediocre amount of melee protection, although even these are still absent of Ranged protection. Generally, the magical defence bonus of this type of equipment directly corresponds to its magic attack bonus. Most magical armours cannot be made by players.

Magic Armour sets

Level	Level	Armour	Other skills/ requirements	Members
1	1	Zamorak monk robes	None	0
1	1	Wizard Robes	None	0
1	1	Ghostly Robes	Curse of the Empty Lord	1
1	1	Dark Squall robes	While Guthix Sleeps	1
40	1	Elder chaos druid robes	None	1
20	10	Xerician robes	None	1
40	20	Mystic robes	None	1
40	20	Enchanted robes	None	1
40	20	Robes of darkness	None	1
40	40	Skeletal armour	The Fremennik Trials	1
40	40	Splitbark armour	None	1
42	42	Void Knight equipment	42 , 22	1
50	50	Swampbark armour	None	1
50	25	Infinity robes	None	1
60	60	Bloodbark armour	None	1
65	30	3rd age mage equipment	None	1
65	40	Lunar armour	Lunar Diplomacy	1
70	40	Dagon'hai robes	None	1
70	70	Ahrim the Blighted's equipment^[1]	None	1
75	50	Blue moon armour^[1]	None	1
75	65	Ancestral robes	None	1
78	75	Virtus robes	None	1

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Degrades with use in combat.

Magic Armour pieces

Level	Level		Other skills/ requirements
1	1	Elemental shield	Elemental Workshop I
1	1	Elemental helmet	Elemental Workshop II
1	1	Mind shield	Elemental Workshop II
1	1	Mind helmet	Elemental Workshop II
1	1	Amulet of magic	None
1	1	Beacon ring	What Lies Below
1	1	Seers ring	None
1	1	Seers ring (i)	650,000 Nightmare Zone points or 260 Soul Wars Zeal Tokens
1	1	Brimstone ring	None
1	1	Magus ring	Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire
1	1	Tormented bracelet	75 Hitpoints
1	1	Book of darkness	Treasure Trails, Horror from the Deep
1	1	Book of the dead	A Kingdom Divided
1	1	Ring of shadows	Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire
25	25	Broodoo shield	None
1	35	Barrows gloves	Recipe for Disaster
1	45	Farseer helm	The Fremennik Trials
1	45	Healer hat	275 Honour points in all four roles of Barbarian Assault.
1	60	Malediction ward	None
50	1	Tome of fire	None
50	1	Tome of water	None
50	1	Tome of earth	None
40	1	Mitre	40 Prayer
60	1	God capes	Mage Arena I
75	1	God capes#Imbuing	Mage Arena II
60	1	Mage's book	None
65	75	Spectral spirit shield	70 Prayer
65	75	Arcane spirit shield	70 Prayer
70	1	Occult necklace	70 Magic
70	75	Ancient wyvern shield	Started Dragon Slayer I
75	75	Eternal boots	None
80	80	Elidinis' ward	80 Prayer

Set items

Wizard robes

A player wearing blue wizard robes.

Blue, Blue (gold), Blue (trimmed), Black, Black (gold), Black (trimmed)
Hat, Robe Top, Boots (Blue only)

Wizards' robes are the most common robes in free-to-play. They have no requirements to wield. Wizard robes consist of a hat and a robe-top, but many players combine them with a blue or black skirt, to match. However, the skirts provide no combat bonuses. A better alternative is the Zamorak monk bottoms, as they give +2 magic. Wizard boots can be obtained from Treasure Trails, for members.

Dark Squall robes

Dark Squall robes are obtained in the Black Knight Catacombs during the While Guthix Sleeps quest. After completion, they can be reobtained for free from Silif. They have stats slightly better than wizard robes.

A player wearing Xerician robes.

Dark Squall hood

Dark Squall robe top

Dark Squall robe bottom

Xerician robes

Xerician robes have slightly better stats than wizard robes. They require 20 Magic and 10 Defence and are members only. They are crafted from Xerician fabric, which is dropped by lizardman. They can be stored in the armour case.

A player wearing Xerician robes.

Xerician hat

Xerician top

Xerician robe

Mystic robes

Mystic robes are a popular medium-level Magic armour. Mystic robes give a comparatively high Magic Attack and Defence bonus, but nothing else. They require level 40 Magic and 20 Defence and are members only. They are popular for safespot maging, and in Player versus Player combat due to their relatively low cost. There are a total of five different variations of standard mystic robes, differing only cosmetically. They include the blue, light, dark, dusk, and shattered mystic robes. Enchanted robes and robes of darkness share the same stats as mystic robes, and can also be considered variations of mystic robes. The easiest set to acquire for beginner players are the blue mystic robes, which can be bought in the Wizards' Guild.

A player wearing blue mystic robes.

Enchanted robes

Enchanted robes are a three-piece set consisting of a hat, top, and robe, identical to their mystic robes equivalent. Unlike mystic and robes of darkness they do not have matching boots or gloves. They are obtained from Treasure Trails.

A player wearing Enchanted robes.

Enchanted hat

Enchanted top

Enchanted robe

Splitbark armour

Splitbark armour is a members-only item. It requires 40 Magic and 40 Defence to wield. Splitbark armour gives significantly less Magic attack bonus than mystic robes, but does give some Melee Defence bonuses, unlike mystic robes. These defensive bonuses are similar to that of black armour. It is not very common to see players using splitbark, as it can be difficult to make, and many players prefer mystic robes because of their higher Magic attack bonus. Splitbark is the weakest of the bark type magic armours, with the lowest bonuses and no special effects. It is proceeded by swampbark armour and bloodbark armour, respectively.

A player wearing Splitbark armour.

Swampbark armour

Swampbark armour is a members only set. It requires level 50 Magic and 50 Defence to wear. Swampbark armour is variant of splitbark armour that increases the duration of the binding effects of spells like Entangle by 5 ticks (3.0 secs). It has higher Magic Attack bonuses compared to normal Splitbark Armour, but less than Mystic robes, and provide a comparable Melee Defence of mithril armour. It is created by combining the Splitbark armour with nature runes at the Nature Altar after having read the Runescroll of swampbark with level 48 Runecraft. Creating the set costs 1,450 nature runes in total.

A player wearing Swampbark armour.

Bloodbark armour

The complete Bloodbark armour set requires level 60 Magic and 60 Defence to wear and provides an additive 10% increase to the healing effect of blood spells. It has Magic Attack bonuses comparable to mystic robes, and provides a comparable Melee Defence of adamant armour. This makes Bloodbark the highest Melee Defence bonus of any magic armour set, beating both Ahrim's armour and Void Knight equipment (even when only comparing the Bloodbark Helm, Body, and Legs to the Ahrim's or Void Knight sets).

Despite the high level requirements of Bloodbark, it is only comparable to a mystic armour set with better Magic and Melee Defence, thus it is generally passed up for an armour set with a higher Magic Attack bonus. The bloodbark helm does provide higher Melee Defence bonuses than the farseer helm with no negative Range or Melee Attack bonuses, however it provides 1 less Magic Attack than the Farseer helm.

A player wearing Bloodbark armour.

Skeletal armour

Skeletal armour is a medium-level Magic armour. They give slightly less Magic attack and Melee Defence bonuses than splitbark armour. This, combined with the increased cost, make it a very rare sight.

A player wearing skeletal robes.

Farseer helm

A farseer helm is a medium-to-high-level Magic helmet. It is the joint third-best helmet for magical attack (with the infinity hat, healer hat, and Ahrim's hood), and is beaten by the ancestral hat and the 3rd age mage hat. The farseer helm is relatively popular, as it is cheaper than the Infinity, 3rd age mage and ancestral hat, is easier to obtain than the Healer hat, and does not degrade like Ahrim's hood.

The Farseer helm also has significantly higher Defence bonuses and is extremely popular due to the hybrid PvP.

Infinity robes

Infinity robes are a reward purchasable from the Mage Training Arena activity. Infinity robes give a higher Magic Attack and Defence boost than mystic robes. However, infinity robes are uncommon due to the time, effort and money needed to obtain them.

A player wearing infinity robes.

God capes

The God capes are powerful magic boosting capes that can be acquired from the Mage Arena activity. They are available in three variants- the Saradomin cape, Guthix cape and Zamorak cape. Many players use them for their high magical attack and ease of recovering them if lost, or against monsters with Magic or Magic-based attacks. They are also necessary to cast their respective god spells. The standard god capes are the second strongest cape available for magical attack, and fourth, after the fire cape, infernal cape, and imbued god cape in magical Defence. God capes can be imbued after completing Mage Arena II, requiring 75 Magic. These imbued variants are stronger, with the highest magical attack and defence in the game as well as a 2% bonus to magical damage.

Lunar equipment

Lunar equipment is made during the Lunar Diplomacy quest. The full set, including the ring, amulet and staff, give slightly less Magic attack bonus than mystic robes; however, it gives Melee Defence bonuses similar to splitbark armour.

A player wearing lunar robes.

3rd age mage equipment

3rd age mage equipment are a high-level Magic armour. 3rd age mage robes are very rare, and therefore very expensive. They give a higher magical attack and Defence bonus than Infinity robes, but a slightly smaller bonus than Ahrim's robes. They give also no other Defence bonuses, unlike Ahrim's robes. 3rd age mage robes can be obtained from Treasure Trails, or by trading with another player. The 3rd age amulet, while having the highest magical attack bonus, is considered a weaker choice than the occult necklace due to the occult necklaces passive effect. Being very rare and thus also expensive, 3rd age mage robes are mainly used as a status symbol, rather than a practical set of robes.

A player wearing 3rd age mage robes.

Dagon'hai robes

Dagon'hai robes offer relatively high magic attack and defence bonuses as well as a prayer bonus, an uncommon trait among mage robes. The overall offensive bonuses are comparable to 3rd age robes and a bit better than infinity, but the defensive magic bonuses are a bit worse than both. They are obtained as a rare reward from Larran's big chest, which itself can be accessed using Larran's key, an uncommon drop from Wilderness slayer. Due to the difficulty of obtaining them and the high bonuses they provide they are quite expensive.

A player wearing Dagon'hai robes.

Dagon'hai hat

Dagon'hai robe top

Dagon'hai robe bottom

Ahrim the Blighted's robes

Ahrim's robes are high-level Magic armour. Ahrim's robetop and robeskirt give a high magic attack bonus while also providing strong Melee and Magic Defence comparable to Bloodbark armour and Virtus robes. Ahrim's robes are very popular, especially amongst more advanced participants in PvP activities. They are comparatively cheap, but require repairing every 15 hours of combat and require a moderately high Magic and Defence level. When wielding all of Ahrim's robes, including the staff, spells have a chance of reducing their target's Strength. Ahrim's robetop and robeskirt are often combined with other pieces of armour to form a high Magic Defence set of armour.

A player wearing Ahrim the Blighted's robes.

Blue moon armour

Blue moon armour is a degradable set of magic armour obtained as rare drops from Lunar Chest after defeating the Moons of Peril. They require 75 Magic and 50 Defence to equip. The blue moon armour is a hybrid Magic/Melee set that provides both a Magic damage bonus and a Strength bonus. When the full set is worn, the player gains the Frostweaver set effect, where after casting a bind spell the blue moon spear has a 20% chance for its next melee attack to be unaffected by action delays. When on the Arceuus spellbook, the chance of the set effect is increased to 50%.

A player wearing Blue moon armour.

Virtus robes

Virtus robes are rare drops from the Forgotten Four (The Leviathan, The Whisperer, Vardorvis, and Duke Sucellus), which can be fought after completion of Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire. They require 78 Magic and 75 Defence to equip. They are one of the few sets of magic armour to provide a magic damage bonus, with each piece providing a 2% bonus. This bonus is increased to 5% per piece if the player is using combat spells from the Ancient Magicks spellbook.

A player wearing Virtus robes.

Virtus mask

Virtus robe top

Virtus robe bottom

Ancestral robes

Ancestral robes are rare drops from Chambers of Xeric requiring 75 Magic and 65 Defence. They are best in slot for magic attack bonus, but have lower defence than Ahrim's robes. Additionally, they are one of the few sets of magic armour to provide a magic damage bonus, with each piece providing a 3% bonus. They do not degrade and can be stored in the costume room of the player-owned house.

A player wearing Ancestral robes.

Ancestral hat

Ancestral robe top

Ancestral robe bottom

Void Knight equipment

Void knight robes give a high Defence bonus for Magic robes, and it gives the highest Ranged Defence bonus of all Magic robes, but it requires 42 Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged, Hitpoints and Magic, and it also requires 22 Prayer. Void mage robes give a 45% accuracy bonus to your spells and while wearing the right ring, staff, amulet, boots, cape and book, it can yield deadly accurate spells. The elite variant furthermore provides a small magic damage bonus. A disadvantage is that the entire set should be equipped, so it cannot be combined with other robe sets or used in conjunction with certain items such as the Tormented bracelet.

A player wearing Void Knight robes.

Best F2P Magic Armour Setup

Notes:

There are no shield, boots, ring, cape, or glove armour pieces that give increased magical stats. The best you can get without getting negative magic stats are leather ranging armour and various other items for defensive stats.
Regular capes, team capes and the cabbage cape have the same stats.
Maximum magical bonus of +32.

Best P2P Magic Armour Setup (most magic damage)

Notes:

The occult necklace gives the highest magic strength bonus but the 3rd age amulet has a +3 higher magical accuracy.
Maximum magical bonus of +486. While the Rada's Blessing 4 does not provide direct magic stats, it can prolong the use of magic-boosting prayers.
Magus Ring offers a 2% Magic damage and +15 Magic bonus, but has no magic defence stats unlike the Seers ring (i).

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Headwear	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elemental ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Mind ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺²⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺²⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺²⁾ Mask of ranul ⁽⁺²⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺²⁾ Canifis ⁽⁺³⁾ Fremennik ⁽⁺³⁾ Gnome ⁽⁺³⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺³⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺³⁾ Moonclan hat ⁽⁺³⁾ Moonclan helm ⁽⁺³⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺³⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Slayer helmet (i) ⁽⁺³⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Mitre ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Healer ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Farseer ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Ahrim's ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Third age ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Virtus ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Robe tops	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elite void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Zamorak monk ⁽⁺²⁾ Wizard _(t)(g) ⁽⁺³⁾ Black _(t)(g) ⁽⁺³⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Vestment ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺²¹⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺²²⁾ Third age ⁽⁺²⁴⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Ahrim's ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺³⁵⁾ Virtus ⁽⁺³⁵⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
Robe legs	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Elite void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Blue _(t)(g)⁽⁺⁰⁾ Black _(t)(g) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Zamorak monk ⁽⁺²⁾ Dark squall ⁽⁺³⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Vestment ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Xerician ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Elder chaos _(or) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺⁷⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺⁷⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Enchanted ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Infinity _{(light)(dark)} ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾ Dagon'hai ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Third age ⁽⁺¹⁹⁾ Blue moon ⁽⁺²²⁾ Ahrim's ⁽⁺²²⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Virtus ⁽⁺²⁶⁾ Ancestral _(Twisted) ⁽⁺²⁶⁾
Gloves	Void _(or) ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Skeletal ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Chaos ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Hardleather ⁽⁺¹⁾ Karamja ⁽⁺¹⁾ Bronze ⁽⁺¹⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺²⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺²⁾ Iron ⁽⁺²⁾ Samurai ⁽⁺²⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺²⁾ Steel ⁽⁺²⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺³⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺³⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Black ⁽⁺³⁾ Combat bracelet ⁽⁺³⁾ Mithril ⁽⁺³⁾ Regen bracelet ⁽⁺³⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Adamant ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Rune ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Infinity ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Dragon ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Barrows ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Tormented bracelet _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Boots	Skeletal ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Runner ⁽⁺¹⁾ Fremennik sea 4 ⁽⁺¹⁾ Ghostly ⁽⁺²⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺²⁾ Moonclan ⁽⁺²⁾ Splitbark ⁽⁺²⁾ Mystic ⁽⁺³⁾ Darkness ⁽⁺³⁾ Swampbark ⁽⁺³⁾ Brimstone ⁽⁺³⁾ Wizard ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Bloodbark ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Aranea ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Infinity ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Eternal ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Capes	Vestment cloak ⁽⁺¹⁾ 3rd age druidic cloak ⁽⁺¹⁾ Fire cape _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁾ File:Infernal cape.pngInfernal cape _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁾ Moonclan cape ⁽⁺²⁾ Ardougne cloak 1 ⁽⁺²⁾ Ardougne cloak 2 ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Ghostly cloak ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Ardougne cloak 3 ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Ardougne cloak 4 _(max) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ God capes _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Imbued god capes _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Amulets	Witchwood ⁽⁺¹⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺¹⁾ Beads of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁾ Xeric's talisman (inert) ⁽⁺²⁾ Unholy ⁽⁺²⁾ Stoles ⁽⁺²⁾ Xeric's talisman (charged) ⁽⁺³⁾ Accuracy ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Power _(t) ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Magic _(t) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Dragonbone ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bonecrusher ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Glory _(t) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Eternal glory ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Damned ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Avarice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fury _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Blood fury ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Occult _(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Third age ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Rings	Beacon ⁽⁺²⁾ Lunar ⁽⁺²⁾ Shadows ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Seers ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Brimstone ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Seers (i) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Magus ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Shields	Elemental shield ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Mind shield ⁽⁺⁰⁾ Broodoo shield ⁽⁺³⁾ Book of balance _(or) ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elidinis' ward ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Book of the dead ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Unholy book _(or) ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of fire ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of water ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Tome of earth ⁽⁺⁸⁾ Book of darkness _(or) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Malediction ward _(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Mage's book ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ancient wyvern shield ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Arcane spirit shield ⁽⁺²⁰⁾ Elidinis' ward (f) _(or) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾

Armour/Magic armour

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Magic Armour sets

Magic Armour pieces

Set items

Wizard robes

Dark Squall robes

Xerician robes

Mystic robes

Enchanted robes

Splitbark armour

Swampbark armour

Bloodbark armour

Skeletal armour

Farseer helm

Infinity robes

God capes

Lunar equipment

3rd age mage equipment

Dagon'hai robes

Ahrim the Blighted's robes

Blue moon armour

Virtus robes

Ancestral robes

Void Knight equipment

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