Death guard (tier 80)

Death guard (tier 80) is a tier 80 members main-hand weapon for Necromancy, with a high alchemy value of 15,000 coins. No shop sells Death guard (tier 80) and no monster drops it, so an Ironman makes it: it takes 75 smithing and gives 300 smithing XP, using Death guard (tier 70), 3 × Greater ensouled bar and 25 × Miasma rune.

“A necromancer armguard.”

MembersTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 15,000 gp

Updated 9 October 2026. Sources from the RuneScape Wiki's drop, shop and recipe data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Item sprite © Jagex.

Ironman verdict

Where the materials come from: Death guard (tier 70) (made with 65 smithing); Greater ensouled bar (sold by Thalmund's Wares for 10,000 coins); Miasma rune (sold by Soul Supplies for 80 coins). Making ten takes 10 × Death guard (tier 70), 30 × Greater ensouled bar and 250 × Miasma rune and gives 3,000 smithing XP. Reaching level 75 Smithing takes 1,210,421 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. 2 recipes use Death guard (tier 80), including Augmented Death guard (tier 80) and Death guard (tier 90). It is worn in the main-hand weapon slot at tier 80 as necromancy gear; compare it with every other piece on the Main-hand weapons list. Death guard (tier 80) is members-only. It is tradeable on normal accounts, but an Ironman cannot use the Grand Exchange or trade for it, so the sources on this page are the whole list. High Alchemy turns one into 15,000 coins.