Steel battleaxe

Steel battleaxe is a tier 20 free-to-play main-hand weapon for melee, with a high alchemy value of 200 coins. The simplest way for an Ironman to get Steel battleaxe is to buy it: Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge sells it for 3,340 coins, and 5 other shops stock it too.

“A steel battleaxe.”

Free-to-playTradeable (not for Ironmen)High alch 200 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

2 monsters drop it, and the best one is also the easiest: Brokeface (level 7), at 1/16 (about one every 16 kills). You can also make it yourself: it takes 20 Smithing and gives 150 Smithing XP, using 2 × Steel bar. Making ten takes 20 × Steel bar and gives 1,500 Smithing XP. Reaching level 20 Smithing takes 4,470 XP in total; the Smithing calculator counts the actions and materials to any target, and the Smithing guide has the Ironman training route. One recipe uses Steel battleaxe: Steel battleaxe + 1. It is worn in the main-hand weapon slot at tier 20 as melee gear; compare it with every other piece on the Main-hand weapons list. Steel battleaxe is available on free-to-play worlds too. 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 200 coins, which is 3,140 less than the shop price, so buying it to alch does not pay.