Ancient Wizard

MageRangerMelee

Ancient Wizard
Released						6 July 2016 (Update)
Members						Yes
Combat level						98
Always drops						Bones
Examine
He may be old, but you made him mad.
Combat info
Hitpoints						80
Max hit						18
Aggressive						Yes
Poison						No
Weakness						Melee, Ranged
Attack style						Magic
Slayer info
Not assigned
Combat stats
50				30				20				150				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Defensive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Other bonuses												Immunities
+0			+0			+0			+0%			Not immune				Not immune
Attack speed

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Ancient Wizards appear when doing master clue scrolls when the player digs for a clue directed by the strange device or coordinates, in multicombat areas. Each wizard uses a different attack style and can hit fairly high, requiring players to be prepared for a three-on-one fight.

Strategy

The wizards are much stronger than their combat levels suggest, as most of their combat levels are due to their offensive stat levels. Together, they are comparable in damage output to a God Wars Dungeon main boss. The goal should be to kill them as quickly as possible. Especially if there are no obstacles to get two of three wizards stuck behind, super sets, bossing food such as sharks or tuna potatoes, and food for tick-eating such as karambwan and/or pineapple pizza are highly advisable.

Ancient Wizards have low Defence, so melee or Ranged is advised. Magic is not advised as they are resistant due to their high Magic level. It is worth noting the melee-using wizard has a significantly higher maximum hit than the rest of the wizards, so activating Protect from Melee is highly recommended while under attack by this wizard. Armour such as dragonhide armour is recommended.

If available, the player should make use of nearby obstacles to limit the number of wizards able to attack the player at once. The other wizards cannot be used to safespot the melee wizard, he will simply walk through them. It is advised to kill the wizards in this order: Melee (if he cannot be safespotted), Ranged, and finally Magic, using the equivalent protection Prayer matching the style of the target wizard each time.

A form of antipoison is recommended as the melee-using wizard is capable of poisoning the player.

For Ancient Wizards fought in the Wilderness, bring items you are prepared to lose.

Zarosian wizards ambush the player.

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Bones	1	Always	72

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Air rune	5–24	Common	25–120
	Fire rune	15–21	Common	75–105
	Death rune	5–23	Uncommon	1,195–5,497
	Runite bolts	1–5	Uncommon	322–1,610

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Grimy guam leaf	1	Uncommon	17
	Grimy marrentill	1	Uncommon	14
	Grimy harralander	1	Uncommon	706
	Grimy irit leaf	1	Uncommon	897
	Grimy ranarr weed	1	Uncommon	7,938
	Grimy cadantine	1	Uncommon	1,298

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	71–225	Common	Not sold
	Prayer potion(4)	1	Common	10,755
	Pure essence	25 (noted)	Common	100
	Potato seed	1	Common	1
	Strawberry seed	1	Common	26
	Staff of fire	1	Uncommon	992
	Fire battlestaff	1	Uncommon	9,048
	Runite crossbow (u)	1	Uncommon	9,433
	Looting bag	1	Uncommon (1/30)	Not sold

Trivia

• Interestingly, the poison inflicted by the melee-using Ancient Wizard who uses a poisoned dragon dagger starts at 8, which is more than a dragon dagger (p++) available to players, which starts at 6.