Crazy archaeologist/Strategies

A player fights Bellock, the crazy archaeologist.

Strategy

The Crazy archaeologist is a relatively simple boss, but a simple mistake can cause some damage to you with his area of effect attack.

The most effective way is to use Magic while protecting from ranged and avoiding his area of effect attack. His area of effect attack casts 3 books into the air that slowly land and hit a 3x3 area. This area is centred around where the books land. It is preceded by the Crazy archaeologist yelling "Rain of knowledge!".

It is recommended to bring low value gear such as Monk robes for Prayer bonus as even with the Crazy Archaeologist's somewhat high Magic defence, his Magic level is negligible, and thus is weak to Magic and your own Magic accuracy matters little. This is because Magic defence is calculated primarily based on one's Magic level.

While you can melee him, his defensive stats are very high and you cannot protect from all of his damage as you can with mage.

Suggested skills

• 50 (if using Iban's staff (u))
• 40+
• 75+

Equipment

The setup primarily consists of only taking 3 or 4 expensive items as this boss is located in the Wilderness with the possibility of player killers appearing. Although the Crazy archaeologist is within the teleport range in the Wilderness (up to level 30 Wilderness), you may get teleblocked. Untradeable items such as god capes are lost upon death above level 20 Wilderness. The Crazy archeologist usually wanders around between level 22 and 25 of the wilderness, so be careful.

Recommended equipment for Magic

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i)	God vestment mitre	Helm of neitiznot	Mystic hat	Xerician hat
	Occult necklace	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of magic	Amulet of power
	Imbued god capes	God capes	Ardougne cloak 4	Ardougne cloak 3	Ardougne cloak 2
	Monk's robe top	Mystic robe top	Xerician top	Zamorak monk top	N/A
	Monk's robe	Mystic robe bottom	Xerician robe	Zamorak monk bottom	N/A
	Sanguinesti staff	Trident of the swamp	Trident of the seas	Thammaron's sceptre	Iban's staff (u)
	Book of darkness	Unholy book	Tome of fire	Broodoo shield (blue)	Book of balance
	Tormented bracelet	Barrows gloves	Dragon gloves	Rune gloves	N/A
	Mystic boots	Ghostly boots	Splitbark boots	Moonclan boots	N/A
	Explorer's ring	Beacon ring	Ring of wealth (i)	N/A	N/A

	500	100

Inventory

• 3-4 Prayer potions
• 1 Super energy or Stamina potion (optional)
• Runes to cast Iban Blast if using Iban's staff
• Food (lobsters or better)
• A Looting bag, be aware you will drop any items within the looting bag should you die, regardless of the value of the items
• A teleport that works up to level 30 wilderness, such as a Royal seed pod, charged amulet of glory, and slayer ring.