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Apparently, with the new Evolution of Combat update, Runescape now includes the ability to dual wield weapons. However, I have not yet figured out how to accomplish this.
So, what weapons can I wield in the off-hand (shield) slot and how can I equip them that way? Is there any other way it is different from normal combat besides just having another weapon instead of a shield?
Yes. If you are skulled and in the Wilderness, you lose everything. If you are just skulled, but not in the Wilderness, you drop everything in a gravestone, which you then have a limited amount of time to return to in order to retrieve your items.
You can see what you could lose and keep when you die by bringing up the Items Kept on Death screen from the Equipment page. This will show you the items that you automatically keep (some quest items and low level items), as well as the group of items where you will be able to choose three items to keep. Again, any items dropped are stored in a gravestone for a limited amount of time.
You can then click on the What if I entered the Wilderness button to see what would happen if you died in the Wilderness. Note that both of these screens assume you are not skulled.
The game will log you out automatically after a period of time of inactivity. There's no in-game way around that.
You can use a macro to force activity, however, that method is against the rules, and has a decent chance of being detected. I do not advise, endorse, or recommend this method, and as such, I have not included links to any such macro software.
Other than that, though, there is no way to keep you logged in while AFK. Your best bet is just to be patient and let things happen during regular gameplay.
Best Answer
The only way to fight with dual-wielded weapons is by equipping a normal one-hand weapon in the main weapon slot and an "offhand" weapon in the offhand/shield slot. These offhand weapons are separate items from the regular weapons, each corresponding to an existing one-hand weapon. Each offhand weapon can be obtained in the same way as its corresponding regular weapon.
Almost every one-hand weapon has a corresponding offhand weapon. A notable exception is the Abyssal Whip, which apparently had animation issues. One other oddity is that dragon claws, previously two-hand weapons, are now separately obtainable as claw and off-hand claw.
As far as I can tell, the only real difference that comes from the extra weapon is the extra DPS.
Almost all of this information comes from this reddit thread I posted.