General Graardor

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General Graardor
Released	17 October 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	624
Size	4x4
Examine	A huge war chief.
Combat info
XP bonus	+32.5%
Max hit	60 (melee); 35 (ranged)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Crush, Ranged
Attack speed
Respawn time	150 ticks (90 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	338 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	2215

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General Graardor is the leader of Bandos' forces within the God Wars Dungeon. He is the only known living member of the Ourg race in Old School RuneScape.

He is found in Bandos' Stronghold, which requires a Strength level of 70 and a hammer to access. To enter his quarters, players must have an ecumenical key in their inventory or have killed 40 of Bandos' followers throughout the dungeon, with goblins being the easiest of the followers to kill.

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
God Wars Dungeon (Bandos boss room)	624		1	Maplink

Fight overview[edit | edit source]

A group of players fighting General Graardor and his minions.

Like other God Wars Dungeon bosses, Graardor roams around a rectangular room with his bodyguards until a player enters, attacking them on sight. He attacks primarily with melee (2/3 chance^[1]), and his bodyguards use a different combat style each. Graardor may also use a ranged attack (1/3 chance^[1]) where he slams the ground, hitting all players in the room which has an equal chance to hit between 15-35 upon successfully hitting the player^[2]. If there are no players in his chamber, his health and stats will be reset.

Bodyguards[edit | edit source]

Quotes[edit | edit source]

General Graardor will yell out the following whether or not he is in combat with any players:

"Death to our enemies!"
"Brargh!"
"Break their bones!"
"Split their skulls!"
"We feast on the bones of our enemies tonight!"
"CHAAARGE!"
"Crush them underfoot!"
"All glory to Bandos!"
"GRRRAAAAAR!"
"For the glory of the Big High War God!"

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 57,107 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average General Graardor kill, including its unique drops, is worth 198,392.00. Excluding the unique drops, the average kill is worth 21,910.00. Furthermore killing the three minions yields an additional 15,311.00 on average (including uniques), bringing the total to 213,702.00 per kill.

100%[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	210	0
	Frozen key piece (bandos)	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
Bandos chestplate	1	1/381^{[d 1]}	28,016,242	174,006
Bandos tassets	1	1/381^{[d 1]}	23,158,163	173,946
Bandos boots	1	1/381^{[d 1]}	182,591	173,406
Bandos hilt	1	1/508	20,873,845	300,000
Godsword shard 1	1	1/762^{[d 2]}	150,019	150,000
Godsword shard 2	1	1/762^{[d 2]}	152,471	150,000
Godsword shard 3	1	1/762^{[d 2]}	151,804	150,000

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate is 1/381 for a specific Bandos armour piece, or 1/127 for any piece.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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
Rune longsword	1	8/127	18,679	19,200
Rune 2h sword	1	8/127	37,954	38,400
Rune platebody	1	8/127	38,490	39,000
Rune pickaxe	1	6/127	18,701	19,200

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	19,500–20,000	31.7/127^{[d 1]}	19,500–20,000	19,500–20,000
Grimy snapdragon	3 (noted)	8/127	28,278	36
Snapdragon seed	1	8/127	51,716	36
Super restore(4)	3	8/127	39,021	540
Adamantite ore	15–20 (noted)	8/127	17,010–22,680	3,600–4,800
Coal	115–120 (noted)	8/127	17,020–17,760	3,105–3,240
Magic logs	15–20 (noted)	8/127	15,675–20,900	2,880–3,840
Nature rune	65–70	8/127	9,685–10,430	7,020–7,560
Coins	20,100–20,600	1.25/127^{[d 2]}	20,100–20,600	20,100–20,600

^ Coins come from rolls on multiple loot tables, including GDT and RDT.
^ Coins come from rolls on the unique tables, including the hilt table and the godsword shard table.

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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	9,909	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/99.58	11,297	60
Uncut sapphire	1	1/156.31	264	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/312.62	473	30
Rune sword	1	1/406.4	12,186	12,480
Uncut ruby	1	1/625.23	1,074	60
Nature rune	62–67	1/677.33	9,238–9,983	6,696–7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/677.33	37,954	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/677.33	24,543	24,960
Law rune	40–45	1/1,016	5,040–5,670	5,760–6,480
Death rune	40–45	1/1,016	6,480–7,290	4,320–4,860
Steel arrow	145–150	1/1,016	1,015–1,050	1,015–1,050
Rune arrow	38–43	1/1,016	4,446–5,031	9,120–10,320
Adamant javelin	15–20	1/1,016	1,035–1,380	1,440–1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/1,016	22,628	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/1,016	11,451	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/1,016	5,500	4,500
Chaos talisman	1	1/1,667.28	131	2
Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,032	32,105	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/2,032	58,050	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/2,110.31	11,841	12,480
Uncut diamond	1	1/2,500.92	2,848	120
Shield left half	1	1/4,220.62	65,586	66,000
Rune javelin	5	1/5,001.85	780	1,200
Dragon spear	1	1/5,627.5	37,832	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]}	Not sold	12
Long bone	1	1/400	Not sold	3
Pet general graardor	1	1/5,000	Not sold	N/A
Curved bone	1	1/5,012.5	Not sold	4

^ 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.

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

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Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

Name	Description	Type	Tier
General Showdown	Finish off General Graardor whilst all of his bodyguards are dead.	Mechanical	Hard
General Graardor Adept	Kill General Graardor 50 times.	Kill Count	Hard
Ourg Freezer	Kill General Graardor whilst he is immobilized.	Mechanical	Hard
Ourg Freezer II	Kill General Graardor without him attacking any players.	Mechanical	Elite
General Graardor Veteran	Kill General Graardor 100 times.	Kill Count	Elite
Defence Matters	Kill General Graardor 2 times consecutively in a private instance without taking any damage from his bodyguards.	Perfection	Grandmaster
Keep Away	Kill General Graardor in a private instance without taking any damage from the boss or bodyguards.	Perfection	Grandmaster
Ourg Killer	Kill General Graardor 15 times in a private instance without leaving the room.	Stamina	Grandmaster

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.
20 January 2017	Hotfix Graardor's magic defense was further increased.
19 January 2017 (update)	General Graardor's Magic level was reduced from 280 to 80 and magic defense increased from +65 to +201 to reduce twisted bow's effectiveness on it.
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.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Although he is an ourg, General Graardor does not drop Ourg bones.
General Graardor had a festive override wearing the wise old man's santa hat during the 2018 Christmas event.

References[edit | edit source]

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 17 January 2016. (Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "2/3 melee, 1/3 "ranged"."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "[Graardor's ranged attack is] rolling 15-35 inclusive, with equal chances for each of those 21 numbers."
^ 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."

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

[armourdrop-4] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The drop rate is 1/381 for a specific Bandos armour piece, or 1/127 for any piece.

[sharddrop-5] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The drop rate is 1/762 for a specific Godsword Shard piece, or 1/254 for any piece.

[6] Coins come from rolls on multiple loot tables, including GDT and RDT.

[7] Coins come from rolls on the unique tables, including the hilt table and the godsword shard table.

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

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

[attack_chance-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 17 January 2016. (Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.) Mod Ash: "2/3 melee, 1/3 "ranged"."

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 October 2018. (Archived from the original on 26 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "[Graardor's ranged attack is] rolling 15-35 inclusive, with equal chances for each of those 21 numbers."

[RDTGDT-8] 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-9] 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."

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