The abyssal bludgeon is a two-handed crush weapon built by combining three untradeable Abyssal Sire pieces — the bludgeon axon, bludgeon claw, and bludgeon spine. It needs 70 Attack and 70 Strength to wield, attacks every 2.4 seconds (4-tick), and hits with +102 crush and +85 strength. Every one of its attack styles is aggressive, so it trains Strength only. Its Penance special grows stronger the more prayer points you are missing. The assembled bludgeon trades around 17M on the Grand Exchange.
Equipment bonuses
The abyssal bludgeon is a pure offensive two-hander: +102 crush attack and +85 melee strength are its defining bonuses. It has no stab or slash bonus, so it only attacks on crush.
Attack bonuses
Defence bonuses
Other bonuses
At a 4-tick (2.4s) attack speed — the same speed as the abyssal whip — and only 70 Attack and 70 Strength required, it delivers fast crush hits, but every style is aggressive so it can only train Strength.
Grand Exchange price history
How to get the abyssal bludgeon
The abyssal bludgeon is not a direct drop — it is built by having The Overseer combine three untradeable components: the bludgeon axon, bludgeon claw, and bludgeon spine. Once The Overseer has departed, the same three pieces can be combined on the Overseer's book it leaves behind.
The components come from placing an unsired — dropped by the Abyssal Sire — into the Font of Consumption. On average it takes 619.4 Sire kills to complete a bludgeon (the median is 552 kills), since each unsired only sometimes yields one of the three pieces. If you would rather not grind the Sire, the finished bludgeon is tradeable on the Grand Exchange, where it sits around 17M. See where it ranks among other melee weapons in the boss gear finder.
Penance special attack
The abyssal bludgeon's special attack, Penance, consumes 50% of special energy and increases the damage dealt by 0.5% for every prayer point the wielder is missing. The fewer prayer points you have left, the harder the special hits — so a player with a fully drained prayer pool gets the biggest bonus.
For example, if your Prayer level gives you a maximum prayer pool and you have spent most of it, each missing point adds 0.5% to the special's damage. This rewards setups where you deliberately run your prayer low, and pairs the bludgeon naturally with Strength training and crush-weak monsters where you would not be relying on prayer anyway.
Is the abyssal bludgeon worth it?
The bludgeon is a strong mid-wealth crush weapon. It has the second highest overall damage of any crush weapon, behind only the inquisitor's mace, which makes it an excellent option against monsters weak to crush such as gargoyles and kalphites. It shares the abyssal whip's fast 4-tick attack speed but with much higher melee bonuses.
For pure Strength training it is rated the fifth best weapon, behind the more expensive Ghrazi rapier, blade of Saeldor, Voidwaker and inquisitor's mace. Its damage per second beats every other non-degradable weapon with an aggressive attack style, so it is a popular choice for mid-wealth players who want a powerful weapon that never needs charging. Like the other abyssal weapons it ignores the Tormented Demon's fire shield. Plan the rest of your setup with the melee gear guide, line up crush-weak targets with the slayer guide, and check live pricing on the GE price tracker.
Abyssal bludgeon FAQ
What level do you need for the abyssal bludgeon?
You need 70 Attack and 70 Strength to wield the abyssal bludgeon. There is no other requirement to equip it.
How do you get the abyssal bludgeon?
It is built, not dropped. You combine three untradeable pieces — the bludgeon axon, bludgeon claw, and bludgeon spine — using The Overseer (or the Overseer's book afterwards). Those pieces come from placing an unsired, dropped by the Abyssal Sire, into the Font of Consumption. The finished bludgeon is also tradeable on the Grand Exchange.
What is the abyssal bludgeon's special attack?
Its special is Penance, which uses 50% special energy. It increases the damage dealt by 0.5% for every prayer point you are missing, so it hits harder the more of your prayer pool you have used up.
How many Abyssal Sire kills for a bludgeon?
On average it takes 619.4 Abyssal Sire kills to complete a bludgeon, with a median of 552 kills. The pieces drop from unsired loot placed in the Font of Consumption, so the count varies a lot from player to player.
Is the abyssal bludgeon good?
Yes — it has the second highest overall damage of any crush weapon, behind only the inquisitor's mace, and is the fifth best weapon for training Strength. It is especially strong against crush-weak monsters like gargoyles and kalphites, and as a non-degradable weapon it never needs charging.
How much is the abyssal bludgeon worth?
The abyssal bludgeon trades for around 17M on the Grand Exchange. Live price and history are shown above.
What are the abyssal bludgeon's stats?
It has +102 crush attack and +85 melee strength, with no stab, slash, magic or ranged bonuses. It attacks every 2.4 seconds (4-tick), and all of its attack styles are aggressive and use crush.
Can you train Attack with the abyssal bludgeon?
No. Every one of the abyssal bludgeon's attack styles is aggressive, which means it can only be used to train Strength (and shared Hitpoints). It cannot be set to a controlled or accurate style for Attack experience.
Update history
The special attack of the abyssal bludgeon can once again give its damage increase effect in PvM.
The sound effect when attacking with the abyssal bludgeon was changed from an unarmed punch to the bone club's attacking sound.
The abyssal bludgeon's weight was increased from 0 kg to 6 kg to roughly match the weights of the three components used to create it (each being 2.5 kg).
The abyssal bludgeon's special attack now does 0.5% damage per missing prayer point instead of 0.3%.
Source: OSRS Wiki — Abyssal bludgeon (Changes).
