Weapon poison(++)

Weapon poison(++)
Released							11 July 2005 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Empty, Drop
Examine							A vial of super strong weapon poison, for spears and daggers.
Values
Value							432 coins
High alch							259 coins
Low alch							172 coins
Weight							0.035 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							3,680 coins (info)
Buy limit							2,000
Daily volume							20,672
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Advanced data
Item ID							5940

Weapon poison(++), also known as super weapon poison, is made at 82 Herblore by mixing cave nightshade or nightshade with poison ivy berries in a vial of coconut milk, giving 190 Herblore experience. It is the strongest weapon poison in Old School RuneScape.

Melee attacks apply poison at 25% chance, where Ranged attacks apply poison at 12.5% chance. Weapon poison(++) deals 6 damage (4 damage with ranged weapons) every 18 seconds. If it is not reapplied to the target, the poison deals 1 less damage every 5 hits until the target is no longer poisoned. Ranged weapons with Weapon poison(++) applied, however, will only hit 4 once before starting to hit 3s. For melee weapons this means a total of 105 damage will be dealt from the poison, whilst for ranged weapons this will only be 34.

A single vial of weapon poison can poison only 5 bolts, javelins, darts, throwing knives, and arrows. This makes poisoning a substantial amount of ammo quite costly.

Weapon poison can be removed from a weapon with a cleaning cloth.

Total Poison damage

Total Poison damage (Melee: D_M and Ranged: D_R) is calculated by the sum of all numbers (n) up to the max hit (M), times the amount of hits per number (H=5).

${\begin{aligned}D_{M}(M)&=H\cdot \sum _{n=1}^{M}n=H\cdot {\frac {1}{2}}M(M+1)=2.5\cdot 6(6+1)=105\\D_{R}(M)&=H\cdot \sum _{n=1}^{M-1}n+M=H\cdot {\frac {1}{2}}M(M-1)+M=2.5\cdot 4(4-1)+4=34\end{aligned}}$

In conclusion: To defeat something with only poison, melee provides just over triple the amount of poison damage compared to ranged poison damage and additionally has double the chance to be applied (1/4 vs 1/8).

Creation

Unfinished recipe

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Herblore		82 (b)	190
Members		Ticks	2 (1.2s)

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Weapon poison++ (unf)	1	N/A
	Poison ivy berries	1	83
Total cost			83
	Weapon poison(++)	1	3,680
Profit			3,597

Full recipe

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Herblore		82 (b)	190
Members		Ticks	4 (2.4s)

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Coconut milk	1	160
	Cave nightshade	1	N/A
	Poison ivy berries	1	83
Total cost			243
	Weapon poison(++)	1	3,680
Profit			3,437

Requirements

Skill		Level	XP
Herblore		82 (b)	190
Members		Ticks	4 (2.4s)

Materials

Item		Quantity	Cost
	Coconut milk	1	160
File:Nightshade.png	Nightshade	1	N/A
	Poison ivy berries	1	83
Total cost			243
	Weapon poison(++)	1	3,680
Profit			3,437

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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:3 July 2007| |0}} {{#explode:3 July 2007| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:3 July 2007| |2}}]] (update)	The item's value was increased from 14 to 432.
[[{{#explode:22 August 2006| |0}} {{#explode:22 August 2006| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:22 August 2006| |2}}]] (update)	The item was renamed from "Weapon poison(s)" to "Weapon poison(++)".
9 – 23 August 2005	An "Empty" option was added.

Trivia

• The use of the suffixes (+) and (++) to denote increasing strength is unique to weapon poison, antipoison, and anti-venom, as well as the Chambers of Xeric-exclusive Overload (+). Other potions use the prefix "super" to denote an increase in strength.