Armoured zombie

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Armoured zombie

Release date	29 September 2008 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	85
Life points	850
Experience for killing	340 (113 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	85
Assigned by	Turael or Spria
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee, Ranged
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	86 (melee and Ranged)
Weakness	salve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, [[]]salve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashsalve amulet (e), crumble undead, slashSalve amulet (e), Crumble Undead, slash
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	This is a rotten one. It hasn't quite got round to dying. He sure looks grave.

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Armoured zombies are level 85 undead monsters that are encountered during the Defender of Varrock quest. The attack style of the zombie can be identified by the colour of the crest on its helmet. Armoured zombies with yellow crests on their helmets use Melee, and those with blue crests use Ranged . Some of these wield scimitars and the others wield thrownaxes. Both types always "drop" red mist. During the Defender of Varrock quest, this mist must be captured in bottles to open doors further into the dungeon, after this quest, they have no use.

Armoured zombies are a commonly used monster for training, as they give a relatively high experience rate for combat stats, ranging from 60,000 to 70,000 experience per hour. Using Sacred Clay armour you will be able to reach 130,000 to 160,000 experience per hour; depending on skills and if any prayers and/or potions are used. Armoured zombies will give Slayer experience when assigned a zombie task by a Slayer Master, as well as giving the player 340 combat experience each kill. Because these zombies frequently drop noted planks and runes, some players may find them a decent source of money, gaining over 150,000 coins per hour.

Locations

• Since 1 February 2011, armoured zombies can no longer be reached by going through the Wilderness. Instead, one must get Hartwin to teleport him or her to a safe version of the wilderness, where armoured zombies can be fought by going down the trapdoor to the Chaos Temple Dungeon.
• Armoured zombies can also be fought in Varrock during the Defender of Varrock quest, but this is not recommended, as these armoured zombies only give 10 experience per kill and have no drops.
• There are also Armoured zombies outside of Zemouregal's fort in The North, but these cannot be attacked, as they are unreachable.

Strategies

As armoured zombies are classed as undead creatures, a salve amulet/(e) is useful for fighting them. The Crumble Undead spell will also work against them. Note that the effects of a Salve amulet do not stack with those of a black mask or slayer helmets (although it does stack with the effects of melee Void equipment).

Due to the convenience of an altar above the location of armoured zombies, combat-boosting prayers such as Turmoil, Leech curses, Chivalry or Piety may be used to increase the experience yield. When using Turmoil with a dragon battleaxe special attack, full Melee Void and a Salve amulet (e), a player can gain a total bonus of +69% Strength, +50% Attack and +25% Defence, along with a +10% damage boost.

To maximize profits when killing these zombies, players should pick up most of the stackable/noted drops which include charms, types of planks, pure essence and Blood Runes, but not mithril arrows or eyes of newt. For maximum experience per hour, players should not bury bones (unless using a Bonecrusher) or bother with herbs, but may pick up the valuable herbs and other worthy drops like key halves (rare).

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Weapons, armour and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril arrow	4	3 Uncommon	92
	Steel mace	1	3 Uncommon	47
	Adamant kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	3,103
	Rune full helm	1	5 Very rare	20,861

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Cosmic rune	6	3 Uncommon	660
	Chaos rune	12	3 Uncommon	1,032
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	3	3 Uncommon
	Blood rune	3	3 Uncommon	585
	Death rune	3	3 Uncommon	555

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	3 Uncommon	521
	Grimy marrentill	1	3 Uncommon	41
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	385
	Grimy tarromin	1	3 Uncommon	56
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	3,508
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,496
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	2,877
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,902
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	1,336
	Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	6,002
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	7,525

Others

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	50–2500	2 Common	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Pure essence	3–16 (noted)	2 Common	321–1,712
	Zombie bone	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Eye of newt	1–4 (noted)	3 Uncommon	9–36
	Plank	9 (noted)	3 Uncommon	1,404
	Oak plank	5 (noted)	3 Uncommon	2,365
Fishing bait	Fishing bait	7	3 Uncommon	63
	Teak plank	2 (noted)	3 Uncommon	1,714
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
File:Champion's scroll (zombie).png	Champion scroll (zombie)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

See also

• Defender of Varrock
• Zombie
• Undead

File:Floating drop.png

A drop floating above the red mist.

Trivia

• "It hasn't quite got round to dying" is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• If you search the other documents in front of the desk you will get the message: "These aren't the documents you're looking for." This is a play at Star Wars A New Hope, where the Jedi Obi-Wan used a mind trick on a stormtrooper to pass through the starport by saying, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
• They seem to be wearing a mangled version of Elite black armour.
• There was a glitch where sometimes the player will kill an Armoured Zombie, and their loot will be floating on top of the red mist.
• Sometimes when a player steps in the same spot as the red mist, they will become slightly transparent, allowing the loot to be seen under them.
• There was once a bug that at most camera angles you weren't able to see dropped items.

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