Attack speed

The attack speed of a weapon or monster determines the rate of attack of a player wielding that weapon. This is a factor which is often considered by players when forming strategies for activities such as player-killing.

Attack speeds are represented by a bar on which there are several possible values ranging from 9 (fastest) to 1 (slowest). The bar is separated into ten squares of lightening shades of blue. The value represents the number of squares shown, with 10 displaying a full bar and 0 displaying an empty bar. The delay time in seconds between each attack is equal to $$6 - 0.6S$$. The 0.6 second tick is the basic unit of time that RuneScape runs on. All attack speeds are an integer multiple of this tick time.

Weapons
The speed of each weapon is represented by a bar by which are categorized as either an average, fast or fastest speed weapon.