Dawnbringer | OSRS Index

Dawnbringer



Released							7 June 2018 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							A weapon of light to hold back the darkness.

Values

Value							1 coin
Alchemy							Not alchemisable
Weight							1.5 kg

Advanced data

Item ID							22516
Link							MOID

The Dawnbringer is a powered staff obtained from the skeleton next to the entrance to Verzik Vitur's throne room in the Theatre of Blood. When a player takes the staff from the skeleton, a chatbox message will state You find the Dawnbringer; you feel a pulse of energy burst through it.

Used to break Verzik Vitur's shield during the first phase of the final fight against her, the Dawnbringer ignores accuracy rolls, meaning the player will always deal successful hits, even when at or below -64 Magic attack bonus.

After her shield is destroyed, the Dawnbringer will crumble to dust. When this occurs, a message in the chatbox will state The weapon falls apart in your hand as Verzik's shield is destroyed.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+0	+0	+25	+0

Defence bonuses


+2	+3	+1	+15	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+0	+0	+0%	+0	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Accurate	Magic	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	7 tiles	+3 Magic
Accurate	Magic	Accurate		7 tiles	+3 Magic
Longrange	Magic	Longrange		9 tiles	+1 Magic, +3 Defence

Special attack

A player using the Dawnbringer's special attack, Pulsate.

The staff's special attack, Pulsate, fires a powerful blast towards Verzik Vitur, inflicting 75-150 hitpoints of damage towards her and consuming 35% of the wielder's special attack energy.

As players must deplete her health quickly before all the pillars in her throne room collapses, it is mandatory for teammates to drop the staff for another player to perform the special attack once they have depleted their own special attack energy.

Magic damage gear bonuses, prayer and base magic level/boosts do not affect the damage inflicted by the Dawnbringer's special attack, and it is guaranteed to be a successful hit.^[1]

Maximum hit

The following formula may be used to describe the maximum hit of the Dawnbringer:

This formula is the same as the trident of the swamp, then divided by 2 and floored. Both magic damage bonuses and visible stat boosts will modify the max hit of the spell; likewise, stat-reductions will lower the damage. Invisible boosts, such as from the Dawnbringer's attack styles, do not affect the max hit. The staff always has a max hit of at least 2, even when reduced to 0 magic.

Calculator

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Maximum hit
Level	Base max hit	Prayer used
Level	Base max hit	None
60-62	18	9	9	9	9	9
63-65	19	9	9	9	9	9
66-68	20	10	10	10	10	10
69-71	21	10	10	10	10	10
72-74	22	11	11	11	11	11
75-77	23	11	11	11	11	11
78-80	24	12	12	12	12	12
81-83	25	12	12	12	12	13
84-86	26	13	13	13	13	13
87-89	27	13	13	13	13	14
90-92	28	14	14	14	14	14
93-95	29	14	14	14	14	15
96-98	30	15	15	15	15	15
99-101	31	15	15	15	15	16
102-104	32	16	16	16	16	16
105-107	33	16	16	16	16	17
108-110	34	17	17	17	17	17
111-113	35	17	17	17	18	18

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	League region
Skeleton (Theatre of Blood, Dawnbringer)	N/A	1	Always

Changes

Date	Changes
3 March 2021 (Update)	The Dawnbringer should now drop to the floor if a player uses Verzik's crystal shard to exit the raid.

Gallery

The previous possessor of the Dawnbringer, lying in front of the entrance to Verzik's throne room.
A player using the Dawnbringer's built in spell.

Trivia

Should players somehow successfully smuggle it out of the raid, it is automatically destroyed.^[2] This is because when the Theatre of Blood was released, there was a bug where players who died would drop another item in their inventory, and they would respawn outside with the Dawnbringer instead.^[3] Jagex quickly hotfixed the issue, and as the only player who saw a disadvantage was an ironman whose Armadyl chestplate went to one of their party members, Jagex swapped the item back to its original owner.^[4] This hotfix also made it so the Dawnbringer automatically crumbles to dust once it is no longer needed in the fight.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Mod Ash: "[When using the Dawnbringer's special attack on Verzik, do items like occult/ancestral help max hits? I know you always hit 75-150, but do the extra damage boosts help you roll over the max hit cap, which would then be reduced to 150? (...)] Looking through its code, it looks like it doesn't respond to that sort of thing. (...) [So if I understand correctly, it seems that your roll would be completely random. Does accuracy help any? (...)] It did indeed look completely random to me, with no accuracy roll either."
^ Mod Ayiza. Just lost my only armadyl chestplate due to a bug in ToB, kept this instead (Reddit). Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. "[The Dawnbringer] has a built in failsafe where it's destroyed when you attempt to do anything with it outside of Verzik's room"
^ Mod Kieren. Just lost my only armadyl chestplate due to a bug in ToB, kept this instead (Reddit). Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. "There was an issue with the staff. The staff is supposed to drop instantly on death so other players can use it should you have died; if it was found in your inventory we inadvertently dropped a different slot to the one the staff was in."
^ Mod Ayiza. Just lost my only armadyl chestplate due to a bug in ToB, kept this instead (Reddit). Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. "This item went to another member of the party. We have since removed that item from them and will be returning it to the player who initially lost the item, as they are an Ironman."

Theatre of Blood

Ver Sinhaza

NPCs (inside)

Nylocas	Athanatos Hagios Ischyros Matomenos Prinkipas Toxobolos Vasilias
Bosses	The Maiden of Sugadinti ^{(Blood spawn)} Pestilent Bloat Nylocas Vasilias Sotetseg Xarpus Verzik Vitur

Items

	Bandages Dawnbringer Message
Books	Serafina's diary The butcher Arachnids of vampyrium The shadow realm The wild hunt Verzik vitur - patient record

Rewards

Potions

Weapons

Justiciar armour

Sinhaza shroud

Other

Lil' zik

Hard Mode

Transforming items	Holy ornament kit Sanguine ornament kit Sanguine dust
Ornamented weapons	Holy sanguinesti staff Holy ghrazi rapier Holy scythe of vitur Sanguine scythe of vitur
Pet transmogs	Lil' Maiden Lil' Bloat Lil' Nylo Lil' Sot Lil' Xarp

Scenery

Music

Magic weapons

Staves

	Staff ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Magic ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Bob the Cat ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Iban's ^(u) ^(o) ^(uo) ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ White ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Slayer's ^(e) ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Twinflame ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Bryophyta's ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Thammaron's (a) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Ahrim's ^(echo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Nightmare ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾ Zuriel's ⁽⁺¹⁸⁾ Accursed (a) ⁽⁺²²⁾ Purging ⁽⁺³⁷⁾
Elemental staves	Air ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Water ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Earth ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Fire ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
God staves	Guthix ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺⁶⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Battlestaves

Battlestaff ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Air ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Mystic staves

Air ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Water ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Earth ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Fire ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Lava ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mud ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Steam ^(or) ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Smoke ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Mist ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾
Dust ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾

Powered staves

	Starter staff ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾ Warped sceptre ⁽⁺¹²⁾ Bone staff ⁽⁺¹⁴⁾ Thammaron's sceptre ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Trident of the seas ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾ Accursed sceptre ⁽⁺²²⁾ Trident of the swamp ^(e) ^(o) ^(eo) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Sanguinesti staff ^(holy) ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Dawnbringer ⁽⁺²⁵⁾ Eye of ayak ⁽⁺³⁰⁾ Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺³⁵⁾
The Gauntlet	Crystal staff (basic) ⁽⁺⁸⁴⁾ Crystal staff (attuned) ⁽⁺¹²⁸⁾ Crystal staff (perfected) ⁽⁺¹⁸⁴⁾

Bladed staves

Staff of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of light ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Staff of balance ⁽⁺¹⁷⁾
Toxic staff of the dead ⁽⁺²⁵⁾
Blue moon ⁽⁺³⁰⁾

Wands

Beginner ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Apprentice ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Teacher ⁽⁺¹⁵⁾
Dragon hunter ⁽⁺¹⁶⁾
Master ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
3rd age ⁽⁺²⁰⁾
Kodai ⁽⁺²⁸⁾

Croziers

Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Armadyl ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Guthix ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Saradomin ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Zamorak ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Other

Cursed goblin staff ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Salamanders ⁽⁺⁰⁾
Rod of ivandis ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Dramen ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Skull sceptre ⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Lunar ⁽⁺¹³⁾
Ancient sceptre _{(smoke) (shadow) (blood) (ice)} ⁽⁺²⁰⁾

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