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
Poison										No
Attack style										Crush, Ranged
Attack speed
Slayer info
Slayer level										None
Slayer XP										338 xp
Category										Boss
Assigned by
Combat stats
255					280					350					250					80					350
Aggressive stats
+120					+43					+0					+0					+100					+40
Defensive stats
+90						+90						+90						+298						+90
Immunities
Immune to poison															Immune to venom
Advanced data
Monster ID												2215,6494

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 killed 40 of Bandos' followers throughout the dungeon, with goblins being the easiest of the followers to kill.

Location

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

Fight overview

A group of players fighting General Graardor and his minions.

Main article: General Graardor/Strategies

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), and his bodyguards use a different combat style each. Graardor may also use a ranged attack (1/3 chance) where he slams the ground, hitting all players in the room and has a minimum hit of 15 should it successfully hit the player. If there are no players in his chamber, his health and stats will be reset.

Bodyguards

• Sergeant Strongstack (Melee)
• Sergeant Steelwill (Magic)
• Sergeant Grimspike (Ranged)

Quotes

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!"
• "For the glory of Bandos!"
• "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

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 159,307. Excluding the unique drops, the average kill is worth 24,011. Furthermore killing the three minions yields an additional 14,734 on average (including uniques), bringing the total to 174,040 per kill.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	178	0

Uniques

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bandos chestplate	1	1/381	18,457,168	174,006
	Bandos tassets	1	1/381	26,442,333	173,946
	Bandos boots	1	1/381	178,699	173,406
	Bandos hilt	1	1/508	8,308,931	300,000
	Godsword shard 1	1	1/762	159,108	150,000
	Godsword shard 2	1	1/762	160,544	150,000
	Godsword shard 3	1	1/762	156,330	150,000

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Rune longsword	1	8/127	18,574	19,200
	Rune 2h sword	1	8/127	37,848	38,400
	Rune platebody	1	8/127	38,349	39,000
	Rune pickaxe	1	6/127	18,725	19,200

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	19,500–20,000	31.7/127	19,500–20,000	19,500–20,000
	Grimy snapdragon	3 (noted)	8/127	26,343	36
	Snapdragon seed	1	8/127	57,471	36
	Super restore(4)	3	8/127	34,206	540
	Adamantite ore	15–20 (noted)	8/127	13,935–18,580	3,600–4,800
	Coal	115–120 (noted)	8/127	23,230–24,240	3,105–3,240
	Magic logs	15–20 (noted)	8/127	15,015–20,020	2,880–3,840
	Nature rune	65–70	8/127	11,635–12,530	7,020–7,560
	Coins	20,100–20,600	1.25/127	20,100–20,600	20,100–20,600

Rare drop table

There is a 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. 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. 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	10,426	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/99.58	11,357	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/156.31	410	15
	Uncut emerald	1	1/312.62	606	30
	Rune sword	1	1/406.4	12,177	12,480
	Uncut ruby	1	1/625.23	1,190	60
	Nature rune	62–67	1/677.33	11,098–11,993	6,696–7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/677.33	37,848	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/677.33	24,459	24,960
	Law rune	40–45	1/1,016	4,960–5,580	5,760–6,480
	Death rune	40–45	1/1,016	8,120–9,135	4,320–4,860
	Steel arrow	145–150	1/1,016	1,450–1,500	1,015–1,050
	Rune arrow	38–43	1/1,016	1,862–2,107	9,120–10,320
	Adamant javelin	15–20	1/1,016	1,020–1,360	1,440–1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/1,016	22,556	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/1,016	11,901	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/1,016	3,800	4,500
	Chaos talisman	1	1/1,667.28	627	2
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,032	32,071	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/2,032	59,095	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/2,110.31	11,877	12,480
	Uncut diamond	1	1/2,500.92	2,518	120
	Shield left half	1	1/4,220.62	65,360	66,000
	Rune javelin	5	1/5,001.85	845	1,200
	Dragon spear	1	1/5,627.5	37,172	37,440

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Brimstone key	1	1/50	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/250	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

Dialogue

This article on an NPC has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this NPC.

Changes

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.
25 June 2015 (update | poll)	Added a 'peek' option to the entrance of this boss.
17 July 2014 (update | poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.

Trivia

• Prior to the 19 January 2017 update, Graardor had a Magic level of 280; this was reduced to 80 in order to prevent the Twisted bow from dealing massive damage on him, and to compensate for the decreased Magic level, his magic defence bonus was increased from +65 to +201. However, this ultimately resulted in Graardor being much easier to kill with magic attacks, and a hotfix was applied the following day in order to rebalance his magic resistance.
• Although he is an ourg, General Graardor does not drop Ourg bones.