Gear progression
Ranged armour
Which ranged armour is worth the upgrade?
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Open gear checklistThe core progression
- Black d'hide chaps
- Armadyl chainskirt
- Masori chaps
- Masori chaps (f)
Ranged armour scales your damage more directly than melee armour does, because top-tier sets add a ranged-strength bonus on top of defence. This ladder moves from cheap Black d'hide — fine for most early and mid-game ranging — through Armadyl to the Masori set used at the hardest content.
When to move up a tier
Black d'hide is enough until the extra ranged strength on Armadyl or Masori translates into meaningfully faster kills or a clear DPS check. Because these upgrades are expensive and offer diminishing returns, they usually make sense only once your ranged weapon and prayer bonuses are already sorted.
Black d'hide chaps
~3.3kThe entry-level ranged legs — the cheap standard before Armadyl/crystal/Masori.
Made via: Crafting (black dragon leather)
Armadyl chainskirt
The standard ranged legs for bossing — a major step over black d'hide chaps until Masori.
Obtained from: Kree'arra
Masori chaps
Best-in-slot ranged legs — the offensive endgame legs above Armadyl chainskirt.
Obtained from: Tombs of Amascut
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Masori chaps (f)
The fortified Masori chaps — a direct upgrade of the base chaps, best-in-slot ranged legs.
Obtained from: Masori chaps + Armadyl plates
Black d'hide body
~7.3kThe entry-level ranged body — cheap and effective until Armadyl/crystal.
Made via: Crafting (black dragon leather)
Armadyl chestplate
The workhorse ranged body for most accounts — a major upgrade over black d'hide until Masori.
Obtained from: Kree'arra
Masori body
Best-in-slot ranged body — the offensive endgame chest that supersedes Armadyl for damage.
Obtained from: Tombs of Amascut
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Masori body (f)
The fortified Masori body — a direct upgrade of the base body, best-in-slot ranged torso.
Obtained from: Masori body + Armadyl plates
Armadyl helmet
~9.1mPart of the standard mid-to-high ranged set — a strong helm short of Masori.
Obtained from: Kree'arra
Masori mask
Best-in-slot ranged helmet with offensive ranged bonuses — the endgame head slot for ranged.
Obtained from: Tombs of Amascut
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Masori mask (f)
The fortified Masori mask — a direct upgrade of the base mask, best-in-slot ranged head.
Obtained from: Masori mask + Armadyl plates
Void knight robe
The legs of the Void set — part of the damage-boosting bonus, a cheap hybrid option across styles.
Obtained from: Pest Control (reward shop)
Elite void robe
The upgraded Void legs — the elite counterpart to the Void robe with an added damage bonus.
Obtained from: Void robe upgrade (needs Hard Western Provinces Diary)
Void knight top
With the matching helm, boosts damage/accuracy in one style — a cheap hybrid body for accounts without best-in-slot sets.
Obtained from: Pest Control (reward shop)
Elite void top
An upgraded Void top adding a magic/ranged damage bonus over regular Void — the better hybrid body once the Hard Western diary is done.
Obtained from: Void top upgrade (needs Hard Western Provinces Diary)
Other body / legs / helm options
Eclipse moon helm
~829.4kPart of the Eclipse moon ranged set — a mid-game ranged set.
Obtained from: Moons of Peril (Lunar Chest)
Karil's leathertop
Degrades~852.3kA Barrows ranged body — a cheap alternative to Armadyl that degrades and needs repair.
Obtained from: Barrows
Eclipse moon chestplate
~1.4mPart of the Eclipse moon ranged set.
Obtained from: Moons of Peril (Lunar Chest)
Eclipse moon tassets
~2.5mPart of the Eclipse moon ranged set.
Obtained from: Moons of Peril (Lunar Chest)
Void ranger helm
UntradeableCompletes the ranged Void bonus — a big damage boost that keeps full Void competitive for ranged.
Obtained from: Pest Control (reward shop)
Pegasian boots
~35.2mBest-in-slot ranged boots with an offensive ranged bonus — the endgame feet slot for ranged.
Obtained from: Ranger boots + Pegasian crystal (Cerberus)
Crystal body
An endgame ranged body unlocked after Song of the Elves. Grants a large damage/accuracy set bonus specifically when paired with the Bow of faerdhinen — the core of the crystal ranged setup. Degrades.
Made via: Sung from crystal armour seed (needs Song of the Elves)
Crystal helm
An endgame ranged helm unlocked after Song of the Elves. Completes the crystal armour set bonus when paired with the Bow of faerdhinen — part of the core crystal ranged setup. Degrades. A SIDEGRADE to Armadyl: it only wins with a crystal weapon, so it is not a universal upgrade.
Made via: Sung from crystal armour seed (needs Song of the Elves)
Crystal legs
An endgame ranged legs slot unlocked after Song of the Elves. Completes the crystal armour set damage/accuracy bonus with the Bow of faerdhinen — core of the crystal ranged setup. Degrades. A SIDEGRADE to Armadyl: it only wins with a crystal weapon, so it is not a universal upgrade.
Made via: Sung from crystal armour seed (needs Song of the Elves)
Avernic treads
~146.1mEndgame hybrid boots that beat the style-specific boots in most stats — one boot for every combat style, or the base for the style-specific upgrades.
Obtained from: Doom of Mokhaiotl (base form)
Strict upgrades stack vertically; sidegrades are shown as branches — one is not simply better than another, they solve different problems. Independent families are kept separate rather than forced into a single ladder. Values are illustrative; composite items are valued from their components.
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How to read this ranged armour progression
ScapePath maps this category as an upgrade graph, not a single price ladder. A strict upgrade replaces the item below it — it does everything the earlier piece did and more, so owning it makes the earlier one redundant. A sidegrade sits beside its peers because it solves a different problem, and independent familiesare kept apart because they aren't on the same line at all.
This page holds 15 separate families. Buy the next rung on the line you're actually on rather than the most expensive item on the page — the goal is the upgrade that changes your kills.