Most of Runescape’s highest quality armors degrade, taking gradual damage from incoming attacks before breaking down and requiring expensive repair. Fortunately, there are competent late-game armor sets that don’t degrade, letting you attempt difficult PvM challenges on a shoestring budget. This article will include non-degradable armor sets from all three branches of the combat tree — melee, magic, and ranged — giving you inexpensive options as to how you approach bosses.
Best non-degradable melee armorWhen it comes to melee combat, the anima core of Zaros is the best armor set you can get that won’t break down through use. All three pieces of the armor set — the helm, legs, and body — can be created by using a Crest of Zaros on a dormant anima core, with both items obtained as rare drops from bosses in the Heart of Gielinor. While cores drop from all four of the dungeon’s bosses, the Crest of Zaros will only drop from Vindicta, Zaros’s general.
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Requiring level 80 defense to equip, the anima core of Zaros is statistically comparable to another set of tier-80 armor, the Torva set. While Torva armor degrades, it boasts a bonus to both constitution and prayer that the Zaros core lacks. It’s also worth noting that all three pieces of the full Zaros set cost about a third of what the Torva full helm, platebody, and platelegs sell for on the Grand Exchange.
Best non-degradable ranged armorThe Heart of Gielinor also offers the strongest non-degradable ranged gear in the form of the anima core of Zamorak. Like that of Zaros, the anima core of Zamorak requires a dormant core, as well as a Crest of Zamorak that only drops from Zamorak’s Twin Furies,
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