Automaton Guardian

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Post-questDuring The World Wakes

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Automaton Guardian
Release																				4 March 2013 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Automaton
Examine																				A tough melee fighter.
Combat info
Combat level																				115
Life points																				20,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				1,000
XP																				624
XP																				330
XP																				90 (two-handed) 45 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				67
Assignment																				Cres's creations
Master																				Sumona: 65–80 Duradel: 65–80 Kuradal: 65–80 Morvran: 80–100 Laniakea: 80–100
Offensive
Max hit
810												0												0												0												1,000
Style																														Rate
																														6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
85															85															85															1
Accuracy
2,178															0															0															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,924										80
Base hit chance
90															45															55															65
Immunities
Immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															16985, 16988
Links															bestiary • MRND

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6 ticks (3.6s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

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Duradel: 65–80
Kuradal: 65–80
Morvran: 80–100
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Automaton Guardians are melee-based opponents created by the Cres, a Guardian of Guthix, to protect Guthix's chamber. They can be found in the central room of Guthix's Cave after the completion of The World Wakes, The Firemaker's Curse, the Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The Chosen Commander, The Branches of Darkmeyer, and The Void Stares Back. They require level 67 Slayer to be harmed and are known for their various mid-priced stackable drops and their very rare glove drop.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Guthixian ruins	115		None	10	Show map

Getting there

1. Use the "Guthix's shrine" teleport on the sixth-age circuit.
2. Right-click the High Druid and select Teleport

Strategies

Main article: Automaton/Strategies

Players should be aware of the monster's special attack, which does a pulsing area of effect damage around the automaton at regular intervals, but roots the monster in place (note it can still perform regular auto attacks while the special is active). This can quickly do 1000+ damage if multiple pulses contact with the player.

The automaton's special attack

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 20,802 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Automaton Guardian kill is worth 27,593 coins.

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
81–83%	5–6%	2–3%	2–3%	7–8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 8,309 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Unique items

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Static gloves	1	1/1,000	24,674,462	12,000
	Cresbot (unpoked)	1	1/1,600	Not sold	N/A

Herbs

There is a 3/256 chance of rolling the herb drop table. There is an additional 22/256 chance to roll for grimy avantoes, a 11/256 chance for grimy snapdragons and a 21/256 chance for grimy dwarf weeds.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Grimy avantoe	2 (noted)	22/256	1,330	2
	Grimy snapdragon	1 (noted)	11/256	1,111	1
	Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	21/256	5,301	1
	Grimy guam	4 (noted)	1/341.3	1,164	72
	Grimy marrentill	4 (noted)	1/455.1	21,484	4
	Grimy tarromin	4 (noted)	1/606.8	968	4
	Grimy harralander	4 (noted)	1/780.2	5,860	4
	Grimy ranarr	4 (noted)	1/993	8,124	4
	Grimy irit	4 (noted)	1/1,365.3	2,692	4
	Grimy avantoe	4 (noted)	1/1,820.4	2,660	4
	Grimy kwuarm	4 (noted)	1/2,184.5	22,280	4
	Grimy cadantine	4 (noted)	1/2,730.7	4,540	4
	Grimy lantadyme	4 (noted)	1/3,640.9	22,412	4
	Grimy dwarf weed	4 (noted)	1/3,640.9	21,204	4

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Avantoe seed	2	22/256	2,598	76
	Kwuarm seed	1	22/256	368	38
	Snapdragon seed	1	11/256	2,332	38
	Lantadyme seed	1	6/256	429	38

Spirits

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coal stone spirit	25	34/256	350	N/A
	Adamantite stone spirit	4	22/256	156	N/A
	Runite stone spirit	1	11/256	1,954	N/A
	Magic wood spirit	10–15	17/256	6,910–10,365	N/A

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Earth talisman	8 (noted)	17/256	2,872	16
	Supercompost	15 (noted)	17/256	12,900	765
	Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,328	2,400

Gem drop table

There is a 13/256 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins (m) 250–500 1/40.01 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 1/35.5 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 1/81.31 775 15 Uncut emerald 1 1/157.54 1,100 30 Uncut ruby 1 1/315.08 507 60 Uncut diamond 1 1/1,260.31 935 120 Rune javelin (m) 5 1/630.15 940 1,870 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 1/2,240.55–1/2,184.53 5,655 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 1/2,304.56–1/2,259.86 8,612 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 1/2,304.56–1/2,259.86 8,708 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) 1/32,263.88–1/26,214.4 38,527 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) 1/40,329.85–1/32,768 54,795–71,655 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 1/40,329.85–1/32,768 18,700–23,800 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/40,329.85–1/32,768 72,310–92,970 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) 1/80,659.69–1/65,536 47,321 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 1/80,659.69–1/65,536 35,875–46,125 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/80,659.69–1/65,536 9,360–11,440 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/80,659.69–1/65,536 67,200–86,400 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 1/71,897.22–1/58,416.49 57,891 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 1/259,408.06–1/210,769.05 56,901 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 1/259,408.06–1/210,769.05 56,824 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/40,329.85; 0 17,055–20,845 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 27–33 1/40,329.85; 1/37,809.23; 0 52,758–64,482 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) 1/40,329.85–1/35,288.62; 0 34,560–42,240 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 70,119 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 1/737,460.04–1/599,186.29 34,132 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) 1/1,720,740.1–1/1,398,101.33 693,486–847,594 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 529,200–646,800 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/860,370.05–1/699,050.67 118,710–145,090 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) 1/860,370.05–1/699,050.67 283,230–346,170 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/1,032,444.06–1/838,860.8 165,960–202,840 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) 1/1,720,740.1–1/1,398,101.33 248,940–304,260 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 75,141–125,235 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 48,076–57,974 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 763,560–933,240 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 628,200–767,800 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 909,225–1,111,275 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 26,998 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 1/1,720,740.1–1/1,398,101.33 21,294–27,846 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) 1/1,032,444.06–1/838,860.8 42,075–51,425 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 254,475–311,025 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 311,850–381,150 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 144,720–176,880 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 136,080–166,320 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 1/1,229,100.07–1/998,643.81 1,557,450–2,595,750 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) 1/430,185.03–1/349,525.33 151,335–184,965 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) 1/1,720,740.1–1/1,398,101.33 147,467–187,085 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 447,120–546,480 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) 1/1,290,555.08–1/1,048,576 216,807–361,345 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) 1/1,720,740.1–1/1,398,101.33 644,106 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) 1/3,226,387.69–1/2,621,440 808,366–1,057,094 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 1/1,032,444.06–1/838,860.8 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 1/2,581,110.15–1/2,097,152 Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 1/2,621,440; 0 481,299 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 ~1/25,811,101.54–1/22,584,713.85; 0 728 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 ~1/23,301,688.89; 0 45,306 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 ~1/209,715,200; 0 6,344,705,771 300,000

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128	Not sold	N/A
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	297/128,000	Not sold	N/A
	Sealed clue scroll (master)	1	3/128,000	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
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A

Universal drops

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

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token (m)	1	1/10,000	64,102	N/A

Products

Product	Members	Facility	Skills	XP	Materials
1 × Helm of the Automatons		Automaton (monster)	None	None	1 × Mask of the Automatons

Money making guide

The following money making guide is available for Automaton Guardian:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills	Other requirements
Killing Automaton Guardians	4,435,474	67  95  recommended 91  recommended 80  recommended 70  recommended	Most Wanted card (automatons) recommended for an increased chance at rare drops  The World Wakes  Ritual of the Mahjarrat  The Chosen Commander  The Branches of Darkmeyer  The Firemaker's Curse  The Void Stares Back

Achievements

• La Petite Mort ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Kandarin.
  • Static gloves and Cresbot pet drops

Update history

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 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Replaced the magic logs drop with magic wood spirits.

• patch 24 October 2022 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue that prevented automatons from dropping their unique gloves if they were using their special attack.

• patch 2 April 2013 (Update):
  • Automatons can now be stunned.

• patch 25 March 2013 (Update):
  • Players can no longer receive Cres's Automatons as a co-op slayer assignment if they do not have the requirements to fight them. A login check has been added to fix players who already have these as a task and cannot access them.

• update 4 March 2013 (Update):
  • Added to game.