The broken Torva, Bandosian Components and repaired Torva are all tradeable. We did consider Bandos Boots providing components, however this takes away from the potential Bandos Chestplate/Tassets item sink, and those are the items we really want to keep a decent value.Īs detailed above, since the Virtus Armour got generally good feedback, we aren’t scrapping it completely. Here’s how many components you’ll get per armour piece:Īnd here’s how many Components you’ll need to repair the Torva pieces:
There are no skilling requirements to break down the Bandos pieces, but you’ll need level 90 Smithing to attach the Bandosian Components to broken Torva pieces. Combine these with the broken Torva pieces, and you’ll assemble the set! You’ll be able to break down your Bandos pieces in a furnace found within the Ancient Prison and receive tradeable Bandosian Components in return. Pieces of the Torva set are going to drop as broken and unequippable, and must be revitalised using components salvaged from the Bandos set.
We think that a good way to keep it within the ecosystem of the game is to use it as a component to upgrade Torva Armour. Therefore, we think this makes Torva a very appealing offensive armour set upgrade over Bandos, whilst still leaving Justiciar in a solid place for its purpose.Īs we mentioned above about power creep, we don’t want Bandos armour to devalue as that could make General Graardor less worth doing, and we want it to still have a purpose in the game. It offers better offensive and defensive capabilities than Bandos, with slightly worse defensive capabilities and Prayer bonus than Justiciar.
This is a melee armour set, consisting of a Full Helm, Platebody and Platelegs. This doesn’t mean we have no plans for Virtus in the future, and there are more details on these plans below. She still holds on to his powerful armour, and may drop it to those lucky enough. In light of this, we’ll be swapping the Virtus Armour set from Nex for the highly requested Torva Armour! Torva was a powerful warrior who once directly served Nex. We received some great feedback about the Virtus Armour, but it’s clear that it didn’t excite you as much as the prospect of a new best-in-slot melee set. We’ve set a precedent for ‘big ticket’ items, and we want you to feel truly rewarded for taking down the toughest foes!įor this reason, we’re making a number of changes to strike a better balance and better reward you for the risks you’ll take in fighting Nex. Therefore, we’d like to slow the process of powercreep where possible, but we’re aware that we also need to provide powerful incentives to play difficult content. We want to avoid this at all costs: OSRS thrives because old content is kept as relevant as possible! This can result in a number of issues, particularly the devaluation of older content. To ‘fess’ up: we’ve been hesitant to introduce more best-in-slot items, as doing so inevitably creates powercreep. Too many items have remained best-in-slot for ages, and players now expect rewards that will shake up this status quo. It’s become clear from your feedback that many of you feel it’s time for new items to claim the spotlight. Each cycle is equal to 0.6 seconds and is also commonly referred to as a ‘tick’ by the wider community. We’ll be discussing the changes we’re making to the Tombs of Amascut rewards in a separate blog – today, we’re going to focus on Nex!Īs always, we refer to the in-game timings as cycles. The feedback we received was largely positive, although a few changes appear to be required. In the recent Rewards Blogs for Nex and Tombs of Amascut, we revealed the rewards on offer and gave you the chance to try them for yourselves in a special feedback Beta.