Commander Zilyana

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Commander Zilyana
Released	17 October 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	596
Size	2x2
Examine	Commander of Saradomin's forces.
Combat info
XP bonus	+37.5%
Max hit	27 (melee); 20 (magic)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Crush, Magic
Attack speed
Respawn time	150 ticks (90 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	350 xp
Category	Bosses
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	2205

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Commander Zilyana is the appointed leader of Saradomin's forces in the God Wars Dungeon and one of only two living representatives of the Icyene race in Old School RuneScape, the other being the half-human half-Icyene Safalaan.

To gain access to her chamber within the Saradomin Encampment, players must have killed 40 of Saradomin's followers throughout the dungeon. Furthermore, in addition to an Agility level of 70 (cannot be boosted), players must bring two ropes on their first visit in order to navigate obstacles in the encampment. Note, if this is your first time entering the God Wars Dungeon, you will need a total of three ropes.

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
God Wars Dungeon (Saradomin boss room)	596		1	Maplink

Fight overview[edit | edit source]

Like other God Wars Dungeon bosses, Zilyana roams around a rectangular room with her bodyguards until a player enters, attacking them on sight. She attacks with very accurate and rapid melee and magic attacks, and her bodyguards use a different combat style each. She will only use her magic attacks at melee distance, which has a minimum hit of 10 should it successfully hit the player^[1]. If all players leave, her health and stats will be reset.

Bodyguards[edit | edit source]

A group of players fighting Commander Zilyana and her bodyguards.

Quotes[edit | edit source]

The Commander can be seen yelling several battle cries whether or not she is in combat with any players:

Death to the enemies of the light!
Slay the evil ones!
Saradomin lend me strength!
By the power of Saradomin!
May Saradomin be my sword!
Good will always triumph!
Forward! Our allies are with us!
Saradomin is with us!
In the name of Saradomin!
All praise Saradomin!
Attack! Find the Godsword!

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 23,068 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Commander Zilyana kill, including its unique drops, is worth either 151,563, or, excluding the unique drops, 28,857. Furthermore killing the three minions yields an additional 6,277 on average (including uniques), bringing the total to 157,841 per kill.

100%[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	65	0
	Frozen key piece (saradomin)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A

^ Frozen key pieces are only dropped during The Frozen Door miniquest.

Uniques[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Saradomin sword	1	1/127^[2]	304,312	78,000
Saradomin's light	1	1/254^[2]	71,604	20,760
Armadyl crossbow	1	1/508^[2]	35,696,633	594,000
Saradomin hilt	1	1/508^[2]	24,970,392	300,000
Godsword shard 1	1	1/762^{[d 1]}^[3]	152,665	150,000
Godsword shard 2	1	1/762^{[d 1]}^[3]	154,968	150,000
Godsword shard 3	1	1/762^{[d 1]}^[3]	152,878	150,000

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate is 1/762 for a specific Godsword Shard piece, or 1/254 for any piece.

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Adamant platebody	1	8/127	9,418	9,984
Rune dart	35–40	8/127	12,040–13,760	7,350–8,400
Rune kiteshield	1	8/127	32,048	32,640
Rune plateskirt	1	8/127	37,866	38,400

Potions[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Prayer potion(4)	3	8/127^[4]	36,483	342
Saradomin brew(3)	3	6/127^{[d 1]}^[4]	15,810	315
Super restore(4)	3	6/127^{[d 1]}^[4]	46,251	540
Super defence(3)	3	8/127^{[d 2]}	2,547	474
Magic potion(3)	3	8/127^{[d 2]}	198	450

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Saradomin brews and Super restore potions are dropped together
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Super defence potions and magic potions are dropped together

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	19,500–20,000	31.2/127^{[d 1]}	19,500–20,000	19,500–20,000
Diamond	6 (noted)	8/127	11,472	7,200
Law rune	95–100	8/127	12,540–13,200	13,680–14,400
Grimy ranarr weed	5 (noted)	8/127	43,995	90
Ranarr seed	2	8/127	109,252	60
Magic seed	1	1/127^[5]	135,187	253

^ Coins come from rolls on all loot tables, including the unique table, GDT and RDT.

Rare drop table[edit | edit source]

There is an 8/127 chance of rolling the God Wars Dungeon-variant rare drop table and a 2/127 chance of rolling the God Wars Dungeon-variant gem drop table.^[6] This table differs from the regular rare drop table and gem drop table in a few ways. This table is unaffected by the Ring of wealth.^[7] The Runite bar drop is replaced by a Rune sword. The quantity range of some items differs. All empty rolls (1/2.70) are replaced by a coin drop of 19,500-20,000; however the chance of rolling these coins is included in the monster's main drop table and is not displayed here for the sake of clarity.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Loop half of key	1	1/94.93	9,616	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/99.58	9,784	60
Uncut sapphire	1	1/156.31	386	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/312.62	577	30
Rune sword	1	1/406.4	11,899	12,480
Uncut ruby	1	1/625.23	1,236	60
Nature rune	62–67	1/677.33	11,966–12,931	6,696–7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/677.33	37,929	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/677.33	24,477	24,960
Law rune	40–45	1/1,016	5,280–5,940	5,760–6,480
Death rune	40–45	1/1,016	7,640–8,595	4,320–4,860
Steel arrow	145–150	1/1,016	1,595–1,650	1,015–1,050
Rune arrow	38–43	1/1,016	1,900–2,150	9,120–10,320
Adamant javelin	15–20	1/1,016	885–1,180	1,440–1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/1,016	22,509	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/1,016	11,784	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/1,016	5,300	4,500
Chaos talisman	1	1/1,667.28	80	2
Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,032	32,048	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/2,032	59,009	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/2,110.31	11,956	12,480
Uncut diamond	1	1/2,500.92	3,007	120
Shield left half	1	1/4,220.62	65,610	66,000
Rune javelin	5	1/5,001.85	935	1,200
Dragon spear	1	1/5,627.5	36,623	37,440

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/250^{[d 2]}^[5]	Not sold	12
Pet zilyana	1	1/5,000^[8]	Not sold	N/A

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/237 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

The following Combat Achievement tasks involve Commander Zilyana.

Name	Description	Difficulty	Category
Commander Zilyana Adept	Kill Commander Zilyana 50 times.	Hard	Kill count
Commander Showdown	Finish off Commander Zilyana while all of her bodyguards are dead.	Hard	Mechanical
Commander Zilyana Veteran	Kill Commander Zilyana 100 times.	Elite	Kill count
Reminisce	Kill Commander Zilyana in a privately rented instance with melee only.	Elite	Restriction
Moving Collateral	Kill Commander Zilyana in a privately rented instance without attacking her directly.	Master	Restriction
Animal Whisperer	Kill Commander Zilyana in a privately rented instance without taking any damage from the boss or bodyguards.	Grandmaster	Perfection
Peach Conjurer	Kill Commander Zilyana 50 times in a privately rented instance without leaving the room.	Grandmaster	Stamina

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

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Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
13 January 2021 (update)	Ironmen now have their own shared instance for each God Wars Dungeon general. The "Peek" option on doors will now tell players how many players are in the ironman instance. There is an ancient brazier that was added on the same wall as the final rope. If it is lit it shows there is someone in the Ironman instance.
25 June 2015 (update \| poll)	Added a 'peek' option to the entrance of this boss, allowing players to see the number of other players currently in the boss room.
17 July 2014 (update \| poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.
24 October 2013 (update)	Commander Zilyana is now more vulnerable to the freezing effects of ice spells and the Zamorak godsword.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

While pretending to form an alliance with Armadyl, Commander Zilyana stole the Armadyl crossbow from Kree'arra during the God Wars, keeping it as a trophy of her cunning.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Zilyana has a 10-20 attack and K'ril has a 10-30 attack."
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 23 August 2017. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Kieren: "Here are some numbers! Hilt=1/508, Light=1/254, Sword=1/127, ACB=1/508"
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 November 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "There's a 1/254 chance of it deciding to give you a shard. So the chance of Shard 1 is 1/762, etc."
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 January 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "8/127 [prayer potions] and 6/127 [saradomin brews+super restore potions]."
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." (Archived from the original on 29 Mar 2019.) Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 September 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 Mar 2019.) Mod Ash: "2/127 to go to gems OR 8/127 to go to RDT, from where 20/128 goes to gems. On gems, 3/128 for the talisman."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 Feb 2019. (Archived from the original on 27 Mar 2019.) Mod Ash: "The GWD has its own version of the RDT, one that doesn't respond to rings of wealth as far as I remember."
^ Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 1 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.) Mod JohnC: "Godwars pet drop rates, all 4 are 1 in 5k."

[2] Frozen key pieces are only dropped during The Frozen Door miniquest.

[sharddrop-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate is 1/762 for a specific Godsword Shard piece, or 1/254 for any piece.

[pots1-7] 1.0 ^1.1 Saradomin brews and Super restore potions are dropped together

[pots2-8] 2.0 ^2.1 Super defence potions and magic potions are dropped together

[9] Coins come from rolls on all loot tables, including the unique table, GDT and RDT.

[13] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[14] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/237 with the completion of the elite combat achievements.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "Zilyana has a 10-20 attack and K'ril has a 10-30 attack."

[sara-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 23 August 2017. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Kieren: "Here are some numbers! Hilt=1/508, Light=1/254, Sword=1/127, ACB=1/508"

[GS_shard-5] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 November 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "There's a 1/254 chance of it deciding to give you a shard. So the chance of Shard 1 is 1/762, etc."

[potions_rate-6] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 19 January 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "8/127 [prayer potions] and 6/127 [saradomin brews+super restore potions]."

[Drop_Rates_V2-10] 5.0 ^5.1 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." (Archived from the original on 29 Mar 2019.) Old School RuneScape Forums.

[RDTGDT-11] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 September 2015. (Archived from the original on 26 Mar 2019.) Mod Ash: "2/127 to go to gems OR 8/127 to go to RDT, from where 20/128 goes to gems. On gems, 3/128 for the talisman."

[non-row-12] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 Feb 2019. (Archived from the original on 27 Mar 2019.) Mod Ash: "The GWD has its own version of the RDT, one that doesn't respond to rings of wealth as far as I remember."

[15] Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 1 September 2014. (Archived from the original on 25 March 2019.) Mod JohnC: "Godwars pet drop rates, all 4 are 1 in 5k."

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