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Skullsplitter

Skullsplitter is a power level 3 one-handed weapon that can be crafted using a blacksmith's bench. The recipe is learned by consuming the vestige remnants of a shattered skull, received randomly as a drop from killing garou berserkers at a 1/50 drop rate. It can be ascended at the mystic forge using ascension cores. Its special effect is +15% critical strike chance, which equates to an average 1.0375x damage increase. However, that assumes that the critical strike chance never goes over 100%, which would be wasted. Currently, the base chance is 10%, the 2/3 melee armour set bonus provides 50% after a block, and the lesser Attack potion provides 25%, equaling 85% before adding the Skullsplitter's 15%. This weapon has slightly higher base damage than the goblin "Swingslash" but slightly lower than the zombie axe at equivalent power levels. The zombie axe, however, deals both crush and slash damage, making it worse against enemies weak to crush but resistant to slash (including skeletal hoplites, zogres, black knight warriors, black knight guardians, and the black knight titan). For those enemies specifically, this is the best one-handed crush weapon to ascend.

Updated 2026-09-20Game version 1.0

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Attackstyle
Mace
Basedmg
113 - 200
Block
66
Combo
5
Crafted At
Blacksmith's Bench
Crafting Skill
Artisan
Damagetype
Crush
Durability
1050
Item Type
Melee Weapon
Materials
6 Bronze Bar, 4 Antler, 4 Oak Logs, 2 Hard Leather
Power
7
Recipe Count
1
Release
15 April 2025
Repaircost
1 bronze bar
Specialaction
Special Attack
Specialeffect
+15% Crit Hit Chance
Update
RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out!
Weight
15.0

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What is Skullsplitter?

Skullsplitter is a power level 3 one-handed weapon that can be crafted using a blacksmith's bench. The recipe is learned by consuming the vestige remnants of a shattered skull, received randomly as a drop from killing garou berserkers at a 1/50 drop rate. It can be ascended at the mystic forge using ascension cores. Its special effect is +15% critical strike chance, which equates to an average 1.0375x damage increase. However, that assumes that the critical strike chance never goes over 100%, which would be wasted. Currently, the base chance is 10%, the 2/3 melee armour set bonus provides 50% after a block, and the lesser Attack potion provides 25%, equaling 85% before adding the Skullsplitter's 15%. This weapon has slightly higher base damage than the goblin "Swingslash" but slightly lower than the zombie axe at equivalent power levels. The zombie axe, however, deals both crush and slash damage, making it worse against enemies weak to crush but resistant to slash (including skeletal hoplites, zogres, black knight warriors, black knight guardians, and the black knight titan). For those enemies specifically, this is the best one-handed crush weapon to ascend.

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What is Skullsplitter in RuneScape: Dragonwilds?+

Skullsplitter is a power level 3 one-handed weapon that can be crafted using a blacksmith's bench. The recipe is learned by consuming the vestige remnants of a shattered skull, received randomly as a drop from killing garou berserkers at a 1/50 drop rate. It can be ascended at the mystic forge using ascension cores. Its special effect is +15% critical strike chance, which equates to an average 1.0375x damage increase. However, that assumes that the critical strike chance never goes over 100%, which would be wasted. Currently, the base chance is 10%, the 2/3 melee armour set bonus provides 50% after a block, and the lesser Attack potion provides 25%, equaling 85% before adding the Skullsplitter's 15%. This weapon has slightly higher base damage than the goblin "Swingslash" but slightly lower than the zombie axe at equivalent power levels. The zombie axe, however, deals both crush and slash damage, making it worse against enemies weak to crush but resistant to slash (including skeletal hoplites, zogres, black knight warriors, black knight guardians, and the black knight titan). For those enemies specifically, this is the best one-handed crush weapon to ascend.

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The information on this page was last checked on 2026-09-20.