Metal
In Old School RuneScape, metals are elements that are malleable, hard, and conduct magic in most cases (though metals such as elemental metal do not follow this rule). They are typically found in the weapons, armour, and equipment players use, but also in monsters as well.
Basic metals
Basic metals are the six most commonly used metals in RuneScape. These metals can be mined, smelted into bars, and smithed by players into weapons, armour, and various other implements.
Crafting metals
These metals are used by players in the Crafting skill.
Other metals
Black
Black metal is stronger than steel, but weaker than mithril. It is also equal in power to white and is available to free-to-play players. Black, like dragon and white, cannot be smithed. This makes it more valuable, sometimes more than mithril or even adamant weapons and armour. Black weapons and armour can only be obtained by being bought from stores or other players, picked up from monster drops or respawn points, or received from Treasure Trails. As its name suggests, it is black in appearance. Black metal armour and weapons are used by the Black Knights.
White
White metal is used by the white knights. White metal, along with black metal, is made by different forging techniques which slightly increases the defensive capability.
Dragon
Dragon items are members-only and often require completion of a quest to be usable. Dragon metal items are a distinctive dark red in colour, and their shapes differ from similar items of different metals. Dragon metal weapons all have a special attack. Dragon items are generally sold at high prices in shops or dropped by high-levelled monsters.
Note that dragon arrows and darts are not made from dragon metal at all; they are simply fletched from the talons of a dragon.
Blurite
Blurite is a rare metal that plays a role in The Knight's Sword quest and is used in Fletching. All blurite items are untradeable.
Silvthrill
As the name implies, silvthrill is an alloy of silver and mithril in a 1:1 ratio. It is potent against vampyres and therefore plays a role in the Myreque quest series.
Elemental
Elemental metal can only be obtained during and after the Elemental Workshop I quest. It is purple in colour. At Smithing level 20, elemental ore along with four coal can be smelted into an elemental metal using the blast furnace in the Elemental Workshop. This bar is used to smith the elemental shield during and after Elemental Workshop I and the elemental helmet after Elemental Workshop II.
During and after Elemental Workshop II, the bar can be turned into a Primed bar. This Primed version is then ready for conversion into a primed mind bar from Elemental Workshop II.
