Armoured zombie

MeleeRangedRitual of the MahjarratThe World WakesDominion TowerDishonour among ThievesDimension of DisasterNew Foundations
Armoured zombie



Release				29 September 2008 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Zombie
Examine				This is a rotten one.

Combat info

Combat level				86
Life points				6,200
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				310
XP				154.4
XP				102.3
XP				27 (two-handed) 13 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				1
Assignment				Zombies, Undead
Master				Jacquelyn: 15–30 The Raptor: 100–140; 130–170 Vannaka: 40–60 Laniakea: 120–160

Offensive
Max hit

297		0			0			0		0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

62			0			0			1
Accuracy

1,197			0			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,197	62
Base hit chance

90			55			45			65
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			8159, 8160, 8161, 8162, 8163, 8164
Links			bestiary • MRND

Defender of VarrockThe Curse of Arrav
Armoured zombie



Release								29 September 2008 (Update)
Combat level								85
Members								Yes
Race								Zombie
Quest								Defender of Varrock
Location								Chaos Temple Dungeon
Gender								Not specified
Options								Examine
Examine								? (edit)

Map
See #Locations below
Advanced data

NPC ID								8154, 8155, 8156, 8157, 8158
Links								MRND

Armoured zombies are undead monsters that are encountered during the Defender of Varrock, The Curse of Arrav, Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The World Wakes, Dishonour among Thieves, Dimension of Disaster and New Foundations quests and other locations, see below. The attack style of the zombie can be identified by the colour of the crest on its helmet. Armoured zombies with yellow crests on their helmets use Melee, and those with blue crests use Ranged. Some of these wield scimitars and the others wield throwing axes.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Since 1 February 2011, armoured zombies can no longer be reached by going through the Wilderness. Instead, one must get Hartwin to teleport them to a safe version of the Wilderness, where armoured zombies can be fought by going down the trapdoor to the Chaos Temple Dungeon. As of March 2016, if you are taken there by Hartwin, the zombies aren't aggressive and it counts as Wilderness again.
Armoured zombies are encountered in Varrock during the Defender of Varrock quest, but these only give 10 experience per kill and have no drops. They do leave behind a "red mist". During the Defender of Varrock quest, this "red mist" must be captured in bottles, making a bottle of mist, used to open doors further into the dungeon, and after this quest they have no use.
There is one Armoured zombie outside of Zemouregal's fort in The North, but this does not have the usual drops.
Sharathteerk summons armoured zombies to aid him during Ritual of the Mahjarrat.
Zemouregal summons armoured zombies to aid him during The World Wakes.
Armoured zombies are encountered underneath Zemouregal's fort during Dimension of Disaster
Armoured zombies can be found on the 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US] of New Varrock palace in Dimension of Disaster, these drop red mist like the ones in Defender of Varrock. This mist can be gathered in regular vials however.
Armoured zombies may be summoned by the Necromancers in The Shadow Reef.

Strategies[edit | edit source]

As armoured zombies are classed as undead creatures, a salve amulet (e) is useful for fighting them. The amulet can also be used alongside a full slayer helmet or its components. Another option is wearing the demon horn necklace with the bonecrusher added to tool belt for infinite Prayer points.

Due to the convenience of an altar above the location of armoured zombies, combat-boosting prayers such as Turmoil may be used to increase the experience yield.

For maximum profit per hour when killing these zombies, players should pick up most of the stackable/noted drops, which include charms, types of planks, pure essence and blood runes, but not eyes of newt.

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 63,651 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Armoured zombie kill is worth 1,592 coins.

100%[edit | edit source]

Charms[edit | edit source]

Nothing	1	1	1	1
82–83%	7–8%	4%	3%	3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 39,194 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Mithril arrow	4	8/128	124	180
Blood rune	3	4/128	1,326	330
Cosmic rune	6	3/128	2,370	276
Nature rune	3	2/128	1,461	222
Chaos rune	12	1/128	1,788	336
Death rune	3	1/128	711	186
Pure essence	3–16 (noted)	12/128	588–3,136	6–32

Herbs[edit | edit source]

There is a 43/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Grimy guam	1	1/11.9	266	18
Grimy marrentill	1	1/15.9	4,413	1
Grimy tarromin	1	1/21.2	220	1
Grimy harralander	1	1/27.2	1,444	1
Grimy ranarr	1	1/34.6	1,795	1
Grimy irit	1	1/47.6	573	1
Grimy avantoe	1	1/63.5	526	1
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/76.2	4,955	1
Grimy cadantine	1	1/95.3	1,002	1
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/127	5,057	1
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/127	5,225	1

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Tiny blunt steel salvage	1	3/128	1,212	240
Medium plated adamant salvage	1	1/128	4,154	6,000
Coins	10–20	3/128	10–20	10–20
Coins	50–400	31/128	50–400	50–400
Eye of newt	1–4 (noted)	1/128	35–140	1–4
Fishing bait	7	1/128	91	7
Oak plank	5 (noted)	6/128	4,595	750
Plank	9 (noted)	5/128	2,565	540
Teak plank	2 (noted)	2/128	448	600

Gem drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins _(m)	250–500	1/260.06	250–500	250–500
Coins^{[d 1]}	50	1/230.76	50	50
Uncut sapphire	1	1/528.52	738	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/1,024	1,015	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/2,048	537	60
Uncut diamond	1	1/8,192	926	120
Rune javelin _(m)	5	1/4,096	930	1,870
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	1	1/14,563.56–1/14,199.47	5,562	600
Tooth half of a key _(m)	1	1/14,979.66–1/14,689.1	8,992	1
Loop half of a key _(m)	1	1/14,979.66–1/14,689.1	8,982	1
Huge plated rune salvage	1 (noted)	1/209,715.2–1/170,393.6	37,850	40,000
Magic logs _(m)	65–85 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	51,870–67,830	12,480–16,320
Rune arrowheads	110–140	1/262,144–1/212,992	16,390–20,860	660–840
Soft clay _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/262,144–1/212,992	73,990–95,130	35–45
Small bladed orikalkum salvage _(m)	1 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	47,492	50,000
Catalytic anima stone _(m)	35–45	1/524,288–1/425,984	34,580–44,460	6,300–8,100
Teak plank _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	10,080–12,320	13,500–16,500
Dragon bones _(m)	35–45 (noted)	1/524,288–1/425,984	64,505–82,935	35–45
Dragon helm _(m)	1	1/467,331.92–1/379,707.19	57,677	60,000
Dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/1,686,152.36–1/1,369,998.79	56,920	60,000
Off-hand dragon longsword _(m)	1	1/1,686,152.36–1/1,369,998.79	56,964	60,000
Molten glass _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/262,144; 0^{[d 2]}	16,335–19,965	45–55
Runite stone spirit _(m)	27–33	1/262,144; 1/245,760; 0^{[d 3]}	55,998–68,442	N/A
Raw lobster _(m)	135–165 (noted)	1/262,144–1/229,376; 0^{[d 4]}	32,805–40,095	22,950–28,050
Shield left half _(m)	1	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	70,639	66,000
Dragon spear _(m)	1	1/4,793,490.29–1/3,894,710.86	34,242	37,440
Huge plated rune salvage	18–22 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	681,300–832,700	720,000–880,000
Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	492,075–601,425	64,800–79,200
Super restore (4) _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	127,845–156,255	8,100–9,900
Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	1/5,592,405.33–1/4,543,829.33	318,780–389,620	5,130–6,270
Raw rocktail _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	165,420–202,180	64,800–79,200
Mahogany plank _(m)	270–330 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	232,470–284,130	243,000–297,000
Magic seed _(m)	3–5	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	70,308–117,180	759–1,265
Water talisman	68–82 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	47,872–57,728	136–164
Battlestaff _(m)	180–220 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	730,080–892,320	756,000–924,000
Hardened dragon bones _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	596,970–729,630	45–55
Onyx bolt tips _(m)	135–165	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	876,825–1,071,675	729,000–891,000
Ciku seed _(m)	1	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	32,096	300
Golden dragonfruit seed _(m)	13–17	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	19,916–26,044	3,900–5,100
Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	41,670–50,930	5,400–6,600
Uncut dragonstone _(m)	45–55 (noted)	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	250,290–305,910	27,000–33,000
Soul rune _(m)	450–550	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	314,550–384,450	36,900–45,100
Light animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	146,340–178,860	N/A
Dark animica stone spirit _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	142,830–174,570	N/A
Primal stone spirit _(m)	90–150	1/7,989,150.48–1/6,491,184.76	1,593,540–2,655,900	N/A
Crystal key _(m)	9–11 (noted)	1/2,796,202.67–1/2,271,914.67	150,723–184,217	9–11
White berries _(m)	67–85 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	136,345–172,975	402–510
Ectoplasm _(m)	270–330	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	507,060–619,740	1,620–1,980
Medium spiky orikalkum salvage _(m)	3–5 (noted)	1/8,388,608–1/6,815,744	216,693–361,155	225,000–375,000
Large blunt necronium salvage _(m)	2 (noted)	1/11,184,810.67–1/9,087,658.67	644,600	650,000
Wine of Saradomin _(m)	13–17 (noted)	1/20,971,520–1/17,039,360	653,250–854,250	13–17
Aura refresh _(m)	1	1/6,710,886.4–1/5,452,595.2	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) _(m)	1	1/16,777,216–1/13,631,488	Not sold	N/A
Vecna skull _(m)	1	1/17,039,360; 0^{[d 5]}	482,990	6,000
Cheese+tom batta _(m)	1	~1/167,772,160–1/146,800,640; 0^{[d 6]}	728	1
Blurberry Special _(m)	1	~1/151,460,977.78; 0^{[d 7]}	46,021	18
Hazelmere's signet ring _(m)	1	~1/1,363,148,800; 0^{[d 8]}	6,344,705,771	300,000

^ 50 coins replaces members-only drops in free-to-play.
^ Molten glass removed from the drop table with tier 2 luck.
^ Runite stone spirit removed from the drop table with tier 3 luck.
^ Raw lobster removed from the drop table with tier 4 luck.
^ Vecna skull requires tier 4 luck. Without it, coins are dropped instead.
^ Cheese+tom batta dropped only without tier 4 luck. Indicates a roll for Hazelmere's signet ring and Blurberry Special.
^ Blurberry Special requires tier 4 luck. Indicates a failed 1/10 roll for Hazelmere's signet ring.
^ Hazelmere's signet ring requires tier 4 luck.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Zombie bone	1	1/4^{[d 1]}	1	1
Undercooked mystery meat	1	Uncommon^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Spirit sapphire _(m)	1	5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit emerald _(m)	1	3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit ruby _(m)	1	2/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Zombie Champion's scroll	1	1/5,000	1	1
Court summons	1	Very rare	1	1
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A

^ Only dropped during the Rag and Bone Man wish list.
^ Only when wearing the Asylum doctor's ring.

Universal drops[edit | edit source]

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

Ranged Armoured Zombie after 29 September 2008 (update)
Ranged Armoured Zombie after 6 July 2015 (update)
Melee Armoured Zombie after 29 September 2008 (update)
Melee Armoured Zombie after 6 July 2015 (update)

Update history[edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

patch 11 April 2023 (Update):
- Can be killed as part of the new undead slayer task.

patch 6 January 2020 (Update):
- Players are now able to collect Red Mist from multiple mist clouds in New Varrock if the player defeats multiple armoured zombies at the same time.

patch 6 July 2015 (Update):
- Armoured zombies in the Dominion Tower, Defender of Varrock, The Curse of Arrav, Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The World Wakes and Missing, Presumed Death have been graphically updated.
- The armoured zombies in Dimintheis' chain lightning cutscene at the end of Defender of Varrock have been updated.

update 29 September 2008 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The examine "It hasn't quite got round to dying" is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[1] 50 coins replaces members-only drops in free-to-play.

[removedt2-2] Molten glass removed from the drop table with tier 2 luck.

[removedt3-3] Runite stone spirit removed from the drop table with tier 3 luck.

[removedt4-4] Raw lobster removed from the drop table with tier 4 luck.

[5] Vecna skull requires tier 4 luck. Without it, coins are dropped instead.

[6] Cheese+tom batta dropped only without tier 4 luck. Indicates a roll for Hazelmere's signet ring and Blurberry Special.

[7] Blurberry Special requires tier 4 luck. Indicates a failed 1/10 roll for Hazelmere's signet ring.

[8] Hazelmere's signet ring requires tier 4 luck.

[9] Only dropped during the Rag and Bone Man wish list.

[10] Only when wearing the Asylum doctor's ring.

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Scenery	Rubble
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Music	The Heist Lamistard's Labyrinth Romancing the Crone
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