Cow Best in Slot Gear - OSRS Max DPS Setup

Best-in-slot gear

Pick a monster and get the highest-DPS gear for each combat style - computed by searching every item against our exact DPS engine, not a hand-made list. Salve, Slayer helm and Dragon hunter auto-apply from the target. This is max-DPS gear, not fight strategy (no spec cycles or defensive swaps).

Cow(1)Combat 2 · 8 hp

Levels

AttStrRngMagHP

Boosts

Potion

Prayer

Buffs

Best style vs this target: melee (14.74 DPS).

Rune pouch · Greater thrall

10

5

1

DPS14.74incl. thralls +0.625

Max hit85

Accuracy99.51%

Time to kill0.5s

Attack styleSlash · Aggressive

Buffs: Super / divine combatPietyThrallsSlayer helm (on task)

Auto-applied: Slayer helm (on task)

Approx. buy cost: 1.80b(+ untradeables)

weapon

Scythe of vitur

1.27b

head

Slayer helmet (i)

952.0k

body

Oathplate chest

85.45m

legs

Torva platelegs

109.38m

hands

Ferocious gloves

10.29m

feet

Avernic treads (max)

160.41m

cape

Infernal cape

untradeable

neck

Amulet of rancour

53.25m

ring

Ultor ring

114.19m

ammo

Rada's blessing 4

untradeable

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Assumptions & limitations

Shows the highest sustained single-target DPS gear from the exact engine, with the buffs above applied. It does not model:

Attack reach / valid styles - some bosses can't be hit by every style (Zulrah & Kree'arra need halberds for melee), so a listed style may not be usable.
Rare bolt/proc reductions - most per-monster caps & reductions ARE modelled (Corp halving, Zulrah's 50 cap, Kraken's 1/7 to non-magic, Ice demon, Duke), but an enchanted-bolt proc against a reducing monster can be slightly overstated. Never the recommended style anyway.
Boss phases - multi-phase bosses (Zulrah, Vorkath, Alchemical Hydra) are scored one form at a time.
Special attacks, prayer-switching, AoE, or survivability - no spec cycles (DWH/BGS), no protection prayers, no multi-target (chins).
Pure DPS, not practicality - reports the literal highest damage-per-second, so a fast-but-impractical weapon (e.g. Karil's crossbow, which degrades to dust) can top the raw numbers.

Salve and Dragon/demon-bane bonuses auto-apply from the target's type; the other buffs are the toggles above.

Every style vs Cow · at 99 stats with the buffs above

Style	DPS	Max hit	Accuracy	Time to kill	Weapon	Buy cost
Meleebest	14.74	85	99.51%	0.5s	Scythe of vitur	1.80b
Ranged	13.914	32	99.48%	0.6s	Spine	573.26m
Magic	13.103	75	99.79%	0.6s	Tumeken's shadow	1.25b

Full drop table and combat stats on the Cow bestiary page. Roll its loot in the Cow loot simulator.

Best in slot gear for Cow

The highest-DPS setup against Cow (1) in Old School RuneScape is melee, built around the Scythe of vitur, at 14.74 damage per second - about 1 seconds a kill. That beats the best ranged setup by 6%. The tradeable pieces come to roughly 1.8b gp, plus untradeables. Every slot is searched against the same combat engine the DPS calculator uses, at 99 stats with the buffs listed below - drop your own levels in to see what actually changes.

Cow gear - frequently asked questions

What is the best gear for Cow in OSRS?

Melee is the highest-DPS style against Cow, with the Scythe of vitur as the weapon. The full loadout is above, slot by slot, with live Grand Exchange prices totalling about 1.8b gp.

What combat style should I use against Cow?

Melee 14.74 DPS, Ranged 13.914 DPS, Magic 13.103 DPS - so melee wins by 6%. Reach and mechanics still matter: a style listed here may not be usable on every phase.

How long does it take to kill Cow?

About 1 seconds per kill with the best-in-slot loadout at 99 stats, from Cow's 8 hitpoints and the sustained damage of that setup. No spec cycles or prayer switching are modelled.