Bandos boots

Bandos boots
Released							17 October 2013 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Asgarnia✓
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wear, Drop
Examine							Some sturdy boots.
Values
Value							289,010 coins
High alch							173,406 coins
Low alch							115,604 coins
Weight							6 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							938,522 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							379
View real-time prices
Loading...
Advanced data
Item ID							11836
Link							MOID

Bandos boots are part of the Bandos armour set, which requires 65 Defence to wear. They have the second highest ranged defence bonus for boots (beaten only by its upgraded variants, the guardian boots and the echo boots).

Bandos boots can be combined with a black tourmaline core to create a pair of guardian boots, which have increased stats. The process cannot be reversed.

Attack bonuses
+0	+0	+0	-5	-3
Defence bonuses
+17	+18	+19	+0	+15
Other bonuses				Slot
+0	+0	+0%	+1	List

Bandos boots are often considered the "odd one out" of the Bandos armour set as they emphasise defensive bonuses, unlike the chestplate and tassets which sacrifice melee defence (albeit a small amount) to give Strength bonus while the boots do not. This is the reason why most players, even while wearing Bandos armour, will usually opt for a different pair of boots in order to maximise their strength bonus. As a result, Bandos boots are significantly cheaper than the rest of the armour, despite being equally rare, due to their lack of demand.

However, their high ranged defence bonus makes them desirable for players trying to maximise their defensive bonuses. They are occasionally seen being used by ranged tanks due to their low cost and substantial defence bonus. Furthermore, they are effective when combined with the rest of the Bandos armour when trying to achieve an extremely high ranged defence bonus.

They are commonly used for protection against Bandos followers; wearing these boots will render followers of Bandos unaggressive to the wearer in the God Wars Dungeon. This makes them a good option for players hunting General Graardor, as they have the added benefit of prayer bonus and good tanking performance.

It should be noted that Bandos boots are, along with their successor guardian boots, several times heavier than any other pair of boots in the game, with a weight of 6 kg. This makes them impractical for travel and dangerous skilling activities such as Pyramid Plunder or ZMI.

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Guardian boots		None	None	1 × Bandos boots 1 × Black tourmaline core

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Master	Jump for Joy	West of the pier in Zul-Andra, next to a tree		1,585,051

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
General Graardor	624	1	1/381
Sergeant Strongstack	141	1	1/16,256
Sergeant Steelwill	142	1	1/16,256
Sergeant Grimspike	142	1	1/16,256
Bandosian guard	125	1	1/2,000,000
Armadylean guard	97	1	1/2,000,000

• The full Bandos armour set on body type A.
• The full Bandos armour set on body type B.

• On the 16th of April 2014 it was polled that a +20 ranged defence bonus be added to Bandos boots, and this poll failed by only 33 votes, getting 74.8% yes votes instead of the 75% needed. It was re-polled with a +15 ranged defence bonus instead, and passed.
• "Full Bandos" commonly refers to the Bandos chestplate and Bandos tassets and not the boots, as the boots' lack of strength bonus makes them undesirable for many activities.