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Saradomin sword



Released							17 October 2013 (Update)
Also called							Sara sword
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Asgarnia✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							The incredible blade of an Icyene.

Values

Value							130,000 coins
High alch							78,000 coins
Low alch							52,000 coins
Weight							3 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							117,028 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							693

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Advanced data

Item ID							11838
Link							MOID

The Saradomin sword is the personal weapon of Commander Zilyana, the Saradominist general within the God Wars Dungeon. It can be obtained as a rare drop from Commander Zilyana, or as a very rare drop from her bodyguards. It is a two-handed sword which requires 70 Attack to wield.

Unlike most two-handed weapons in the game, it has an attack speed of 4, matching the speed of many commonly used melee weapons, such as scimitars and the abyssal whip.

Wielding this sword in the Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert) will cause the bandits there to become hostile.

Players can attach Saradomin's tear to the Saradomin sword to create Saradomin's blessed sword, which has a +18 higher slash, +6 higher strength bonus, a different special attack, and becomes untradeable. This process, however, will cause the sword to be consumed, and cannot be undone.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+82	+60	+0	+0

Defence bonuses


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Other bonuses				Slot


+82	+0	+0%	+2	List

	Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Level boost
Chop	Slash	Accurate	4 ticks (2.4s)	1 tile	+3 Attack
Slash	Slash	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Smash	Crush	Aggressive			+3 Strength
Block	Slash	Defensive			+3 Defence

Special attack

The Saradomin sword has a special attack, Saradomin's Lightning, that deals 10% more melee damage and 1-16 extra Magic damage. This special attack consumes 100% of the wielder's special attack energy.

The special attack rolls against the opponent's Slash defence bonus using the attack bonus of the stance the player is currently in.^[1] If the melee attack misses, then the Magic attack will also fail. Players receive 2 Magic experience for each point of damage caused by the extra Magic damage.

The magical part of Saradomin's Lightning will always splash when directed at players using Protect from Magic.^[2] The Magic damage will always hit 0 on cyclopes in the Warriors' Guild, as with all non-melee damage there.

Use

The Saradomin sword is identical to the abyssal whip in strength bonus, slash attack bonus and attack speed whilst also offering a secondary crush attack style along with a small prayer bonus.

Notably, the sword can be used to train Strength, as unlike the whip, it has an "aggressive" attack style. However, since the whip is a one-handed weapon and can therefore be used in conjunction with a shield or a defender, the whip is generally the better option unless one wishes to gain Strength experience, or has need for crush attacks.

As several weapons of similar tier were later introduced into Old School RuneScape, the Saradomin sword has since fallen out of popularity as the "best" weapon for training Strength. However, the sword is still comparable in power to other level 70 weapons, especially when cost efficiency is taken into account.

This weapon is a common selection among combat pures, as their lower Defence levels leave little options for strength bonus in off-hand items. Furthermore, the Saradomin sword lacks a "controlled" attack style and features an alternate "defensive" attacking animation, both of which can help players avoid inadvertently gaining Defence experience.

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
5	Revenants/Strategies (Melee)
3	Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (Low level))
3	Slayer task/Gargoyles (Melee)
1	Budget Cutter
4	Amoxliatl/Strategies (Melee)
1	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee (Low level))

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Saradomin's blessed sword		None	None	1 × Saradomin sword 1 × Saradomin's tear

Item sources

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Commander Zilyana	596	1	1/127
Starlight	149	1	3/16,129
Bree	146	1	3/16,129
Growler	139	1	3/16,129

Changes

Date	Changes
29 May 2025 (Update)	The item has been removed from the Grand Exchange's item sink list.
16 April 2023	Hotfix The special attack change was reverted.
12 April 2023 (Update)	The special attack was unintentionally changed to be extremely powerful, where the Magic damage would duplicate the Melee damage inflicted.

Trivia

The Saradomin sword uses the same idle and combat animations as the Godsword.
When wielding the Saradomin sword, capes worn by the player start waving as if there is a 'heroic' wind present.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 April 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[Does sara sword always use your slash bonus or the bonus of the mode you're using? (...)] 1. The one you're using, though it rolls against the target's slash defence. That's fairly common with specs. (...)"
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 April 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022. Mod Ash: "[(...) And why does the special attack magic hit always splash in pvp when the opponent is protecting from magic?] (...) 2. The dev who made it included a specific check to do that if the target was praying against magic. He's no longer around to ask why."

Slash weapons

Scimitar

Longsword

Battleaxe

Claws

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Two-handed sword

Standard	Bronze Iron Steel Black White Mithril Adamant Rune Gilded Dragon ^(cr)
Godswords	Ancient Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or)
Other	Colossal blade Hallowfell Katana Saradomin ^(blessed) Shadow Giant bronze dagger

Other

	Abyssal tentacle ^(or) Abyssal whip ^{(or) (volcanic) (frozen)} Brine sabre Dharok's greataxe Fremennik blade Harry's cutlass Iron sickle Lucky cutlass Salamanders Scythe of vitur ^{(holy) (sanguine)} Silver sickle ^(b) Soulreaper axe ^(o) Sulphur blades Toktz-xil-ek Voidwaker
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Castle Wars	Gold decorative Red decorative White decorative

God Wars Dungeon

Bosses

Armadyl	Kree'arra Flight Kilisa Wingman Skree Flockleader Geerin
Bandos	General Graardor Sergeant Strongstack Sergeant Steelwill Sergeant Grimspike
Saradomin	Commander Zilyana Starlight Growler Bree
Zamorak	K'ril Tsutsaroth Tstanon Karlak Balfrug Kreeyath Zakl'n Gritch
Zaros	Nex Fumus Umbra Cruor Glacies

Items

Godswords

	Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or) Ancient
Shards	1 2 3
Combined shards	1 & 2 2 & 3 1 & 3 Blade
Hilts	Armadyl Bandos Saradomin Zamorak Ancient

Armadyl armour

Bandos armour

Torva armour

Ancient ceremonial robes

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Scenery

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Saradomin sword
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
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