Black Knight

This article is about the common monster. For other uses, see Black Knight (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Dark warrior.

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Black Knight
Release																				4 January 2001 (Update)
Members																				No
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Human
Examine																				A dark-hearted knight.
Combat info
Combat level																				30
Life points																				1,100
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				55
XP																				18.1
XP																				4 (two-handed) 2 (one-handed and armour)
Offensive
Max hit
110												0												0												0												0
Style																														Rate
																														5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
22															1															1															1
Accuracy
341															0															0															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
341										22
Base hit chance
90															55															45															65
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															178, 179, 18014, 18015, 18016, 18017
Links															bestiary • MRND

Black Knights are medium level humans found mainly in and around their fortress. They are some of the oldest non-player characters in RuneScape. When the game was first released, Black Knights were the strongest foes in RuneScape at level 46. There were only three Black Knights in RuneScape at that time.

They can be killed to increase a player's White knight rank after completing the Wanted! quest. This allows greater access to the White Knight Master Armoury run by Sir Vyvin. The Black Knight location within Taverley Dungeon is ideal for gaining these kills.

An easy method of killing them is to kill them near the Black Knights' Fortress, using a fast and high-hitting weapon, and good melee armour, or use magic and take cover at one of the safespots. When at low life points, you can go to the Monastery and be healed by the monks, then go back. If you have 43 prayer you can also use protect from melee when at low life points, and heal and recharge at the Monastery.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Black Knights' Base	30		None	41	Show map
Taverley Dungeon	30		None	2	Show map
Black Knights' Fortress ground floor[UK]1st floor[US]	30		None	10	Show map
Black Knights' Fortress 1st floor[UK]2nd floor[US]	30		None	2	Show map
Black Knights' Fortress roof	30		None	14	Show map
North of Varrock	30		None	2	Show map
Jolly Boar Inn	30		None	1	Show map
Draynor Village	30		None	1	Show map

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 26,757 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Black Knight kill is worth 1,029 coins.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	221	1

Charms (m)

Nothing	1	1	1	1
94%	3%	1%	0.6–0.8%	0.6–0.8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 16,186 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Black sword	1	1/128	7,386	374
	Off-hand black sword	1	1/128	3,487	374
	Black 2h sword	1	2/128	6,255	1,152
	Black full helm	1	2/128	1,881	823
	Black platebody	1	2/128	2,561	2,304
	Black platelegs	1	2/128	4,386	1,152
	Black gauntlets	1	1/128	12,050	1,200

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Mithril arrow	3	4/128	102	135
	Mind rune	2	1/128	40	6
	Earth rune	10	3/128	200	30
	Body rune	9	3/128	243	27
	Cosmic rune	7	1/128	3,031	322
	Chaos rune	6	3/128	918	168
	Law rune	3	2/128	648	225
	Death rune	2	2/128	420	124

Herbs

There is a 3/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Grimy guam	1	1/170.7	544	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)	1	1/227.6	4,411	1
	Grimy tarromin	1	1/303.4	202	1
	Grimy harralander (m)	1	1/390.1	1,220	1
	Grimy ranarr (m)	1	1/496.5	2,099	1
	Grimy irit (m)	1	1/682.7	420	1
	Grimy avantoe (m)	1	1/910.2	342	1
	Grimy kwuarm (m)	1	1/1,092.3	3,930	1
	Grimy cadantine (m)	1	1/1,365.3	957	1
	Grimy lantadyme (m)	1	1/1,820.4	4,859	1
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)	1	1/1,820.4	5,316	1

Seeds

There is a 18/128 chance of rolling the general seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Potato seed	4	1/19	1,132	16
	Onion seed	4	1/25	1,376	24
	Cabbage seed (m)	4	1/38	1,500	60
	Tomato seed (m)	3	1/77	714	6
	Sweetcorn seed (m)	3	1/154	822	12
	Strawberry seed (m)	2	1/309	822	20
	Watermelon seed (m)	2	1/646	852	66

Salvage

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Tiny spiky iron salvage	1	4/128	109	65
	Small plated iron salvage	1	2/128	571	130
	Tiny blunt steel salvage	1	1/128	1,161	240

Coins

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins	35	19/128	35	35
	Coins	5	18/128	5	5
	Coins	6	9/128	6	6
	Coins	58	8/128	58	58
	Coins	12	7/128	12	12
	Coins	10	3/128	10	10
	Coins	80	2/128	80	80
	Coins	1	13/128; Always	1	1

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Tin stone spirit	1	1/128	542	N/A
	Coal stone spirit	1	6/128	13	N/A
	Pot of flour	1	1/128	922	8
	Bread	1	1/128	1,923	14
	Undercooked mystery meat	1	Uncommon	Not sold	N/A

Gem drop table

There is a 3/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins (m) 250–500 1/86.69 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 1/76.92 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 1/176.17 631 15 Uncut emerald 1 1/341.33 670 30 Uncut ruby 1 1/682.67 502 60 Uncut diamond 1 1/2,730.67 850 120 Rune javelin (m) 5 1/1,365.33 955 1,870 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 1/4,854.52 5,511 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 1/4,993.22 8,285 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 1/4,993.22 8,269 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) 1/69,905.07 38,113 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) 1/87,381.33 49,010–64,090 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 1/87,381.33 21,890–27,860 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/87,381.33 76,510–98,370 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) 1/174,762.67 45,866 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 1/174,762.67 52,465–67,455 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/174,762.67 10,395–12,705 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/174,762.67 72,765–93,555 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 1/155,777.31 57,436 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 1/562,050.79 56,726 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 1/562,050.79 56,357 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/87,381.33 14,535–17,765 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 27–33 1/87,381.33 62,613–76,527 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) 1/87,381.33 40,095–49,005 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 1/2,796,202.67 67,137 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 1/1,597,830.1 34,787 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) 1/3,728,270.22 686,034–838,486 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) 1/2,796,202.67 365,850–447,150 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/1,864,135.11 97,380–119,020 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) 1/1,864,135.11 290,880–355,520 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/2,236,962.13 202,500–247,500 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) 1/3,728,270.22 317,250–387,750 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 1/5,592,405.33 60,306–100,510 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) 1/6,990,506.67 55,420–66,830 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/6,990,506.67 703,260–859,540 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/5,592,405.33 582,300–711,700 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 1/6,990,506.67 898,830–1,098,570 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 1/6,990,506.67 75,987 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 1/3,728,270.22 37,752–49,368 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) 1/2,236,962.13 38,250–46,750 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/5,592,405.33 247,995–303,105 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 1/6,990,506.67 310,950–380,050 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/2,796,202.67 147,690–180,510 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/2,796,202.67 141,750–173,250 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 1/2,663,050.16 2,195,820–3,659,700 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) 1/932,067.56 146,367–178,893 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) 1/3,728,270.22 150,147–190,485 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 1/2,796,202.67 447,120–546,480 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) 1/2,796,202.67 219,147–365,245 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) 1/3,728,270.22 647,196 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) 1/6,990,506.67 347,763–454,767 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 1/2,236,962.13 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 1/5,592,405.33 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 1/5,592,405.33 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 1/5,592,405.33 Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 1/6,990,506.67 466,527 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 ~1/55,924,053.33 728 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 ~1/62,137,837.04 43,883 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 ~1/559,240,533.33 5,888,008,466 300,000

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bloodstained note	1	1/25	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 (m)	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	65,226	N/A

Graphical updates

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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 20 October 2009 (Update):
  • Some code for dark knights has been made more efficient.

• patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
  • Black Knights' swords no longer look white.

• patch 1 April 2009 (Update):
  • All black knights will now correctly update the Falador Achievement Diary task (It's Nothing Personal).

• update 4 January 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Ironically in Armies Of Gielinor they appear on Zaros' side as some of his units, this suggests the black knights may have once served Zaros and split up. Some remaining loyal to Zaros and some joining Zamorak.
• It was once possible to imitate a Black Knight by equipping a set of black armour, substituting the helmet with a heraldic helmet, the boots with mime boots or vyrewatch shoes, and using black gloves, black gauntlets or gloves of silence.
• In RuneScape, Black Knights use black longswords and have red plumes. However, in the RuneScape-based FunOrb game 'Armies of Gielinor', they wield black two handed swords and have different coloured plumes. In Armies of Gielinor, their boots seem to be black snakeskin boots.
• Black Knights used to drop a pile of flour on the ground. This could only be picked up if a player had a pot in their inventory, resulting in the usual Pot of Flour.
• The longsword graphic update has changed the colouring on their swords to look like the new Black Longswords.
• Black Knights are among the few NPCs to have more than one capital letter in their name. If Jagex had followed their common name structure, "Black Knight" would look like "Black knight".
• The Black Knight in Port Sarim jail has a lowercased k in 'knight.' He is also the only black knight not wielding a sword.
• It is said that in the RuneScape Official Handbook, Black Knights weigh over 300 pounds and also says that the 300 pounds is almost all muscle. This is most likely hyperbole.
• All Black Knights and Elite Black Knights received a graphical update when the quest "The Death of Chivalry" was released.
• Along with the aforementioned update, Black Knights use the updated animations that were released with the Evolution of Combat, including entering a combat stance when under attack. They still use the pre-EoC (and current Legacy) death animation, however.
• After the graphical update, there are now male and female black knights.