OSRS Must-Have Items for 2026: 12 Underrated Picks, With Prices

Rewritten 4 October 2026: rebuilt as a dated list of 12 items with prices from Grand Exchange data as of 4 October 2026.

These 12 OSRS items each earn their place for one stated reason. This is not a complete must-have list. It is 12 underrated items, and each one passed the rules below. Some give a similar result for far less GP than the usual pick. Some fill a niche the usual pick does not. One is a free quest reward. Ten are mid-game items, from a free quest reward up to about 10M. Two are end-game picks at about 96M and 236M.

Most prices below are 7-day Grand Exchange medians to 4 October 2026. Two comparison prices, for the Kodai wand and the blessed d'hide 4-piece, are single price points from 4 October 2026, and they are labelled where they appear.

The list used to have 15 items. Three no longer pass our rules, so the list is now 12. The items are in price order, cheapest first. The order is not a ranking.

How an item makes this list

Each item must pass both rules:

1. Easy to get. It is tradeable on the Grand Exchange, or cheap to obtain.
2. A stated reason to own it. A documented stat or effect backs one of these three reasons:
   • Value: a similar result for far less GP than the usual pick, on 4 October 2026 prices.
   • Niche: a job the usual pick does not do as well, even when the item is not cheaper.
   • Free: it costs no GP to obtain, and it has a stated use.

Every section names its reason. Three items are not cheaper than the usual pick, and their sections say so. A cooked dashing kebbit costs about the same as a manta ray. Mixed hide top and legs cost about four times as much as a black d'hide body and chaps. Moonlight moth mix costs more per Prayer point than a Prayer potion once you reach 92 Prayer. Two other items match the usual pick rather than beat it. Bloodbark matches Ahrim's magic damage bonus, and burning claws are not shown to out-damage dragon claws.

Summary table (prices as of 4 October 2026)

Every price in this table is the median Grand Exchange mid price over the 7 days to 4 October 2026. Prices move every day, so treat them as the cost on that date.

Mid-game items

1. Arkan blade

Why it makes the list (free): The Arkan blade is a one-handed sword with a special attack, and it costs no GP. Its special attack uses 30% of your special energy. It lands one hit with 50% more accuracy and 50% more damage. A successful hit also applies a burn of 10 damage over 24 seconds, and burns stack. The usual cheap special-attack weapon is the dragon dagger, which uses 25% energy for two hits with 15% more accuracy and damage. The two attacks work differently, and neither is shown to deal more damage. Its strength bonus is 64, close to the dragon scimitar's 66, with slash 70 against 67 and stab 55 against 8.

Tip: The special attack rolls against slash defence, so it suits targets with weak slash defence.

2. Cooked dashing kebbit

Why it makes the list (niche, not cheaper): A cooked dashing kebbit heals 23 Hitpoints. It heals 13 at once and 10 more after 7 ticks (4.2 seconds). A manta ray heals 22 at once. On 4 October 2026 the kebbit cost 1,305 and the manta ray cost 1,317, so you get one more Hitpoint per slot for about the same price. The edge is healing per inventory slot, not healing per coin. A shark cost 960 and heals 20, so sharks still give more healing per coin.

Tip: If you eat another hunter meat before the delayed heal lands, you lose the delayed heal. Normal food and potions do not cancel it. If you need more healing per slot, a moonlight antelope heals 26 (14 at once, 12 after 7 ticks) and cures poison, at about 1.9 times a manta ray's price.

3. Moonlight moth mix

Why it makes the list (value, below 92 Prayer): Each dose restores a flat 22 Prayer points. A 2-dose mix cost 3,546, which is about 80.6 GP per Prayer point. A Prayer potion(4) cost 9,582. A Prayer potion dose restores 7 plus a quarter of your Prayer level, so its cost per point depends on your level:

• At 60 to 63 Prayer, a dose restores 22 points, about 108.9 GP per point.
• At 92 Prayer, a dose restores 30 points, about 79.8 GP per point.
• At 99 Prayer, a dose restores 31 points, about 77.3 GP per point.

So the moth mix is the cheaper prayer restore below 92 Prayer. These figures assume you have no holy wrench, Prayer cape or ring of the gods (i), which raise the Prayer potion's restore. In a multicombat area, the mix also restores the same amount for up to three nearby players who have Accept Aid on.

Tip: At 92 Prayer or above, the Prayer potion becomes the cheaper restore per point.

4. Hunters' sunlight crossbow

Why it makes the list (value): It attacks every 4 ticks, or 3 on rapid, which is as fast as a shortbow. Its bolts roll against heavy ranged defence. That ties it with Karil's crossbow and chinchompas as the fastest weapons to do so. Karil's crossbow cost 100,319. The sunlight crossbow cost 4,424, about 4% of that.

Tip: It fires sunlight or moonlight antler bolts only. It cannot fire enchanted bolts, so use it where you do not need a bolt special effect.

5. Mixed hide armour

Why it makes the list (niche, not cheaper): Mixed hide is a ranged set with melee strength bonuses, which suit the hunter's spear. The mixed hide cape is the only tradeable cape with a Strength bonus, and the top gives +2 Strength. Its low cost and fairly high stats make it a popular low-risk set for the Wilderness. It is not cheaper than black d'hide. The mixed hide top and legs cost 44,775, about 4.2 times the 10,764 a black d'hide body and chaps cost. You pay that extra for the Strength bonuses.

Tip: Take this set when you want melee Strength bonuses on a ranged set in the Wilderness, where you may lose it. If you only need ranged armour, black d'hide costs less.

6. Bloodbark armour

Why it makes the list (value): The helm, body and legs each give +1% magic damage, so the three pieces give +3% in total. That is the same total as Ahrim's hood, robetop and robeskirt. On 4 October 2026 the bloodbark pieces cost 498,735 and the Ahrim's pieces cost 3.09M, so bloodbark cost about 16% of Ahrim's. Each bloodbark piece also makes blood spells heal 2% more of the damage dealt. With the full set, blood spells heal 35% of the damage dealt. Ahrim's has a higher magic attack bonus and its own set effect, so bloodbark matches the damage bonus rather than beating Ahrim's overall.

Tip: Wear the full 5-piece set with blood spells to get the 35% healing. For more mage options, see our OSRS magic guide.

7. Burning claws

Why it makes the list (value): Burning claws give you a claw special attack for about 10% of the price of dragon claws. The special attack hits three times. Each hit can inflict a burn of 10 damage over 24 seconds, and up to five burns can stack. The burn chance per hit is 15%, 30% or 45%, depending on which of the special attack's accuracy rolls lands. The claws also get 5% more accuracy and damage against demons. They are not shown to out-damage dragon claws.

Tip: The special attack costs 35% of your special energy. It cost 30% before the 22 July 2026 update, so older guides may show the lower cost.

8. Dual macuahuitl

Why it makes the list (value): Its crush bonus rivals the combined crush bonus of an inquisitor's mace and an avernic defender. The inquisitor's mace alone cost 293.55M. The dual macuahuitl cost 4.91M, about 1.7% of the mace. It hits twice per attack, and it does not degrade.

Tip: If the first hit misses, the second hit also misses. This lowers its expected damage, most against high-Defence targets. Use it against low-Defence targets, and use a different crush weapon against high-Defence targets. Our OSRS melee guide covers more melee options.

9. Eclipse Moon armour and eclipse atlatl

Why it makes the list (value): With the full set, each successful eclipse atlatl hit has a 20% chance to burn the target for 10 damage over 24 seconds. That adds about 1.11 damage per second on rapid, assuming every attack hits. Armadyl armour has no set effect. The Eclipse Moon helm, chestplate and tassets cost 5.03M, about 7% of the 69.38M an Armadyl helmet, chestplate and chainskirt cost.

Tip: The set effect only works with the eclipse atlatl, and the atlatl's max hit uses your melee strength bonus. Since 22 July 2026 the atlatl attacks one tick slower in PvP without the full set. That change does not affect PvM.

10. Dragon hunter wand

Why it makes the list (niche and value): Against draconic creatures, such as wyrms, wyverns and hydras, the wand gives 75% more accuracy and 40% more damage. It can autocast spells from the Standard and Ancient spellbooks. It cost 10.09M. A Kodai wand cost about 49.98M (single price point, 4 Oct 2026), so the dragon hunter wand cost about 20% of that. Its advantage applies only against draconic targets.

Tip: The bonus does not apply to Elvarg or revenant dragons. It stacks with a Slayer helm (i) or Elite Void, but not with a salve amulet (i).

End-game picks

These two items are not mid-game items. They cost about 96M and 236M. They are on the list because each one costs a fraction of the usual end-game pick for the same job.

11. Eye of Ayak and Confliction gauntlets

Why it makes the list (value): The Eye of Ayak is the second-strongest powered staff, between the Sanguinesti staff and Tumeken's shadow. It attacks every 3 ticks, faster than other staves. The Confliction gauntlets add +10 magic attack and +2% magic damage over a tormented bracelet. After a missed magic attack, your next attack on the same target rolls accuracy twice, with one-handed magic weapons. Together they cost 96.11M, about 12% of the 781.21M a Tumeken's shadow cost.

Tip: The Eye is tradeable only when it is fully uncharged. Making the gauntlets cannot be undone and must be done at a bank.

12. Oathplate armour

Why it makes the list (niche and value): Oathplate adds slash accuracy. Torva armour does not. This makes Oathplate ideal against high-Defence enemies that are weak to slash, such as Vardorvis, Duke Sucellus, Verzik Vitur and Yama. There, the extra hit chance can make up for its lower strength bonus. Oathplate has no prayer bonus. The helm, chest and legs cost 236.36M, about 48% of the 492.07M Torva's three pieces cost.

Tip: Choose Oathplate when you fight with slash weapons. Against targets you hit with crush, Inquisitor's armour is better.

How we chose and priced these

Selection. We checked each of the 15 items from the earlier version against the two rules at the top of this page. Twelve passed. Three did not:

• Tyrannical ring (i). It gives +8 crush attack where the Berserker ring gives +8 Strength. The Wiki states no advantage for it, so it has no stated reason to own it.
• Prayer regeneration potion. It cost about 261 GP per Prayer point, against about 77 for a Prayer potion at 99 Prayer. It restores more prayer per inventory slot, but at about 3.4 times the cost per point. Moonlight moth mix already covers cheap prayer on this list.
• Hueycoatl hide armour. It cost about 12.6 to 13.5 times as much as its closest equivalent, blessed d'hide, for a small stat gain. The comparison is below.

We found no new item that passed both rules.

Hueycoatl hide vs blessed d'hide

Apart from the vambraces, which are only lighter, Hueycoatl hide has the same stats as blessed d'hide but higher magic defence and prayer bonus. For example, the body gives +3 prayer against +1 on a blessed d'hide body.

The Hueycoatl hide coif, body, chaps and vambraces cost 3.79M (7-day median). A blessed d'hide 4-piece (coif, body, chaps and bracers, Guthix) cost 279,684 to 300,698 across our single price points on 4 Oct 2026. So Hueycoatl hide cost about 12.6 to 13.5 times as much, depending on the blessed d'hide price at the time of day.

We dropped it because its only gains are magic defence and prayer, and blessed d'hide gives the same ranged stats for under a tenth of the price.

Prices. Most prices are the median of the Grand Exchange mid price, sampled every 6 hours, over the 7 days ending 4 October 2026 at 12:48 UTC. The black d'hide prices use the same window. The data comes from the OSRS Wiki real-time prices API. Set prices add up the pieces named in each section. The Kodai wand and the blessed d'hide 4-piece have no 7-day series in our data, so each of their prices is a single price point taken on 4 October 2026, not a median. Cost per Prayer point is our own calculation from these prices.

Game facts. Stats, requirements, sources and special attacks come from the item and quest pages of the OSRS Wiki, read on 4 October 2026, after the 22 July 2026 game update. The only damage-per-second figure on this page is the Wiki's own figure for the Eclipse Moon burn.

For ways to fund these upgrades, see our OSRS money-making guide. For the other end of the price range, see the most expensive OSRS items.

Item, boss and game images: © Jagex, from the Old School RuneScape Wiki.