Monster Examine

Monster Examine
Released		15 May 2007 (Update)
Members		Yes
Level		66
Spellbook		Lunar
Type		Combat
Experience		61
Runes		1 1 1
Quest		Dream Mentor
Description		Detect the combat statistics of a monster
Animation
Sound Effect

Monster Examine is a lunar spell that requires 66 Magic plus the quests Dream Mentor and Lunar Diplomacy to be cast. It costs 1 Mind rune, 1 Cosmic rune, and 1 Astral rune to cast and grants 61 Magic experience per cast. There are a few monsters in the game which can not be examined by this spell.

Information

The interface that appears after casting Monster Examine.

The spell gives a large amount of information about the monster examined in four tabs:

Stats

• Monster's combat level
• Current hitpoints
• Current Attack
• Current Defence
• Current Strength
• Current Magic
• Current Ranged
• Max hit (does not count special attacks)
• Main attack style

Aggressive Stats

If a monster does not have a bonus of any kind, it is omitted from the interface.

• Attack speed
• Attack bonus
  • Applicable to whatever melee style the NPC uses by default. For example, casting the spell on Justiciar Zachariah would display an Attack bonus of 200 under the Aggressive Stats tab. This means that in actuality, he has a Slash bonus of +200, as slash is the only melee style he uses.
• Stab bonus
• Slash bonus
• Crush bonus
• Magic bonus
• Ranged bonus
• Strength bonus
• Ranged strength bonus
• Magic strength bonus (i.e. magic damage)

Defensive Stats

• Stab bonus
• Slash bonus
• Crush bonus
• Magic bonus
• Ranged bonus

Other Attributes

If a monster does not possess a certain criteria, it is omitted from the interface.

• Informs players whether the monster can be killed for a Slayer task.
• Informs players whether the monster is a slayer boss monster that can be killed for a slayer assignment.
• Informs whether the monster can be poisoned or is immune to venom.
• Informs whether the monster can be attacked using a dwarf multicannon.
• Informs whether the monster is immune to thralls.
• Informs the monster's freeze resistance percentage (the duration in which binding/freezing are reduced by )
• Informs whether the monster is demonic.
• Informs whether the monster is draconic.
• Informs whether the monster is vampyric, and the tier of vampyrism it is classified under.
• Informs whether the monster is spectral.
• Informs whether the monster is a golem.

Cost

Spell cost

Input	Cost
1 1 1	136

Changes

Date	Changes
6 January 2021 (update)	The spell now informs whether a monster is classified as a spectral creature.
24 May 2018 (update)	Magic damage and tier of vampyre is now shown.
8 February 2018 (update)	Weaknesses to dragonbane weapons are now shown.
4 January 2018 (update)	The Monster Examine spell can now reflect the true poison immunity of cows.
14 June 2016 (update)	Weaknesses to demonbane weapons are now shown.
11 February 2016 (update)	Ranged strength is now shown.
12 November 2015 (update | poll)	Monster examine now provides the following information: Stats Offensive stats Defensive stats Other attributes (is/isn't a slayer monster, can/can't be poisoned, can/can't be cannoned)

Trivia

• Following Nex's release, bosses may not have their stats visible when Monster Examine is used on them. This was confirmed by Mod Kieren to be intentional to add an element of mystery to the bosses. The spell was re-enabled in the game update two weeks later.
  • The Forgotten Four later had this apply to them, but only partially; their combat levels and offensive bonuses could be examined, but not their defensive ones. A week after their release, their defensive stats could be seen.