Virtus equipment

For the override, see Replica Virtus Armour.

Virtus equipment is a set of degradable high-level Magic equipment that requires 80 Defence and 80 Constitution to wear, and 80 Magic to wield. It was first mentioned on 3 January 2011^[1] and released into the game on 10 January 2011^[2]. Virtus armour and weapons may only be obtained as rare drops from Nex, the boss of the Zarosian stronghold of the God Wars Dungeon, the Ancient Prison. The armour is the Magic counterpart to Torva armour and Pernix armour, which are respectively Melee and Ranged sets.

As tier 80 equipment, Virtus armour is currently the fourth highest-level Magic armour in the game (behind seasinger's, tectonic, and Primeval equipment), and the second-best Magic power armour. The Virtus wand and book are also tier 80, on par with the similarly dual-wielded Attuned crystal wand and Attuned crystal orb. The two-handed chaotic staff and attuned crystal staff are also of the same tier.

Wearing any piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armours, or wielding virtus wand or virtus book or a zaryte bow or Ascension crossbow, will cause all factions of monsters in the God Wars Dungeon (aside from Zarosians and bosses) to be unaggressive. As of 7 January 2014, the wand and book degrade with use in a similar fashion to other Virtus equipment, and will also protect against the God Wars Dungeon followers.

Degrading and repair[]

Ancient armour degrades as it is used. Equipment received from Nex is fully repaired and can be used for 60,000 charges of combat (though it degrades by 2 charges per hit, making the minimum time 5 hours) until it degrades completely and requires repair before it can be used again; it does not suffer in performance as it degrades from fully repaired to fully degraded. The remaining charges of Ancient armour can be checked by right-clicking it and selecting 'check-charge'. Additionally, Ancient armour may only be traded if fully repaired or fully degraded. Items lose 20% charge if reclaimed from a gravestone after dying.

There are two ways to repair Ancient armour. Players can talk to any of the NPCs listed below and they will repair the items for a price, or repair the pieces themselves using an armour stand in any player-owned house for a reduced cost based on their Smithing level. The equipment can be repaired at any stage, and the cost will be adjusted according to how much it has degraded. The repair costs below are as if the equipment has fully degraded.

The following NPCs can repair the armour:

Bob - the axe seller in Lumbridge
Tindel Marchant - the weapon and armour repairman at Port Khazard
Dunstan - the smith in Burthorpe
Squire - in the workshop area of the Void Knights' Outpost

Costs to repair Ancient equipment	NPC	POH Armour Stand
Costs to repair Ancient equipment	NPC	Level 1 Smithing	Level 99 Smithing
Helm	500,000	497,500	252,500
Body	2,000,000	1,990,000	1,010,000
Legs	1,000,000	995,000	505,000
Gloves	200,000	199,000	101,000
Boots	100,000	99,500	50,500
Total	3,800,000	3,781,000	1,919,000
The price is exactly 50% when operating a Smithing cape.

{{#vardefine:repairPrice|}}Enter your smithing level here to calculate how much it would cost to repair the Virtus equipment on an Armour stand:

template = Barrows repair/calc
form = repairForm
result = repairResult
param = price||{{#var:repairPrice}}|hidden
param = level|Smithing Level (1-105)|1|int|1-105

In addition, the weapons have the following repair costs:

Costs to repair Ancient weaponry	NPC	POH Armour Stand
Costs to repair Ancient weaponry	NPC	Level 1 Smithing	Level 99 Smithing
Virtus wand	2,000,000	1,990,000	1,010,000
Virtus book	1,000,000	995,000	505,000

Components[]

colspan="2"}}\| Item	Mainhand info			Off-hand info			Attributes			Strength bonus			Price{{#vardefine:total\|0}}
colspan="2"}}\| Item	Style	Dmg	Acc	Style	Dmg	Acc		File:Stats.png					Price{{#vardefine:total\|0}}
	Virtus mask	-	-	-	-	-	-	338	110	2	-	-	20	2,828,445 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
	Virtus robe top	-	-	-	-	-	-	389	220	3	-	-	30	8,737,355 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
	Virtus robe legs	-	-	-	-	-	-	372	165	2	-	-	25	7,237,456 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
File:Virtus gloves.png	Virtus gloves	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	-	12	3,848,039 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
File:Virtus boots.png	Virtus boots	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	0	2	-	-	12	12,927,943 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
colspan="2"}}\|Totals	-	-	-	-	-	-	1267	495	11	-	-	99	Lua error: .
	Virtus wand	None	-	1924	-	-	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	10,187,430 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
	Virtus book	-	-	0	None	-	1924	0	0	0	-	-	-	4,031,634 [view]{{#vardefine:total\|Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".}}
colspan="2"}}\|Totals	None	-	1924	None	-	1924	1267	495	11	-	-	99	Lua error: .

Item shards[]

Item shards are obtained from certain monsters while having CoinShare on. When a rare drop is given by the monster, 120 item shards are divided up among the involved players and sent to their banks. 120 shards can then be combined to give the original item.

Icon	Shard	Price	x120 Total
File:Virtus mask shard.png	Virtus mask shard	33,890	4,066,800
File:Virtus robe top shard.png	Virtus robe top shard	85,770	10,292,400
File:Virtus robe legs shard.png	Virtus robe legs shard	86,336	10,360,320
File:Virtus gloves shard.png	Virtus gloves shard	43,732	5,247,840
File:Virtus boots shard.png	Virtus boots shard	104,449	12,533,880
File:Virtus wand shard.png	Virtus wand shard	151,013	18,121,560
File:Virtus book shard.png	Virtus book shard	44,637	5,356,440
Total price			65,979,240

Trivia[]

The word virtus is Latin for "virtue", "bravery", or "courage."
LolthenKILL, a player spoof, wears a full set of this armour during The Elder Kiln.
Whenever Nex drops a piece of Torva, Pernix, or Virtus armour, a server wide announcement is broadcast to all players currently logged into that particular world.
Virtus equipment is named and modelled after Virtus, an elite mage who served in Zaros' army during the Second Age.

References[]

↑ Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - January." 1 January 2010. RuneScape News.
↑ Mod Chris L. "God Wars Dungeon - The Ancient Prison." 10 January 2010. RuneScape News.

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[bts-1] Mod Mark. "Behind the Scenes - January." 1 January 2010. RuneScape News.

[2] Mod Chris L. "God Wars Dungeon - The Ancient Prison." 10 January 2010. RuneScape News.

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