Dark wizard

Dark wizard

Dark wizard
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	7, 9, 11, 20, 22, 23
Life points	120, 150, 240, 250, 250
Experience for killing	48, 64
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	Yes (except within the stone circle south of Varrock)
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Magic
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	20 (approx.), 20, 60, 60, 60
Weakness	ranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacks attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksranged attacksRanged attacks
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	He works evil magic.

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Dark wizards are Zamorakian mages that cast strike spells when provoked. Depending on which location the Dark Wizards are, their behaviour towards players will be different. See the Dark Wizard location section for more information on how the NPCs react. There are three types of dark wizards: the ones that wear red and black clothes, the ones that wear green and grey clothes, and the ones that wear green clothes.

They play a small role in the Demon Slayer quest. When it was more common to see macroers south of Draynor Village, it was possible to lure the dark wizards there to them, making the bot run away, or even be killed (there are no longer dark wizards present south of Draynor Village, ever since the "Advisors and Objectives" update). These wizards are also a great way to collect runes for free players. However, they are an inefficient source on member worlds as there are many better ways.

Locations

• Dark Wizards' Tower, levels 11, 22 & 23. (members only)

These Dark Wizards will automatically attack the players whose combat level is less than one plus double the wizards level. For example, the level 22 Dark Wizards will only begin a fight with the players who have a combat level less than 45.

• Level 6 and 7 Wilderness.

Because these Dark Wizards are in the wilderness, they will automatically attack players that come within their attack range, regardless of the player's combat level

• Delrith's domain, outside Varrock's south gate, levels 7 & 20.

Because the Stone Circle is within the "Starting area" of Gielinor, these wizards would make it a very dangerous place to pass by for low combat level players. Jagex has changed their attacking style in a recent update that made them non-aggressive. They are reasonably good profit for low-leveled non-members because of the runes, talismans and staves they drop.

Strategy

Dark wizards attack with magic. The level 7 ones cast Confuse and Water strike spells, hitting effectively through metal armour and continuing to attack while players run. The water strike spells they attack with are weaker than normal, only hitting up to 20 life points instead of the standard 40. The level 20s' main attack spell is Earth Strike, and hence their max hit is 60. They may also cast Weaken against the player, which lowers their strength by 5% if successful. Also note that Dark Wizards cast magic at a slightly faster rate than players normally do. This difference can be observed by autocasting spells on them.

The Dark Wizards in the Stone circle below Varrock used to be aggressive and would attack players below level 15. Many low-levelled players unfortunate to be attacked by the level 20 dark wizards there were usually killed, therefore it was common to see at least one gravestone at the stone circle in Free-to-play worlds. However this no longer occurs, as these certain dark wizards are not aggressive anymore.

Those with decent magic levels may be able to fight the dark wizards for hours without using the bank. This is because the wizards drop all of the runes necessary for Bones to Bananas and Bones to Peaches (members). Dark wizard killers may heal themselves with bananas / peaches after collecting a sum of bones.

Players are strongly advised to wear armour which has a good magic defence bonus, preferably dragonhide, as the wizards always use magic attacks to fight. Warriors attacking in metal armour will not have an effective defence against the wizards' spells. However, rangers with a good supply of arrows will have an advantage. Mage-to-mage duels are also effective.

The level 7 wizards sometimes will constantly cast confuse on a player until the spell is successful. Since their casting is generally inaccurate on players with decent magic defence, they tend to do very little damage for long periods of time.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Earth rune	10, 18, 36	2 Common	60–216
	Air rune	10, 18	2 Common	80–144
	Water rune	10, 18	2 Common	70–126
	Fire rune	10, 18	2 Common	140–252
	Mind rune	10, 18	2 Common	40–72
	Body rune	10, 18	2 Common	50–90
	Chaos rune	4, 5	2 Common	344–430
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	4	2 Common
	Law rune	3	2 Common	447
	Cosmic rune	2, 4	3 Uncommon	220–440
	Blood rune (m)	2	4 Rare	390

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1, 2, 3, 4, 29, 30	2 Common	Not sold
	Staff	1	2 Common	33
	Staff of air	1	2 Common	786
Exchange:Wizard hat (black)	Wizard hat (black)	1	2 Common
Exchange:Black robe top	Black robe top	1	2 Common
Exchange:Sling	Sling	1	3 Uncommon
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	4,485
	Fire talisman	1	2 Common	1,938
	Earth talisman	1	5 Very rare	826
	Mind talisman	1	4 Rare	84
	Staff of water	3	5 Very rare	2,520
Exchange:Black robe skirt	Black robe skirt	1	5 Very rare

Trivia

• Dark wizards were once notorious for harassing and killing most new players on their way to Varrock, and were used in many scams to get players' items in 2007, but these scams are now obsolete due to gravestones and the fact that the wizards in the stone circle south of Varrock are no longer aggressive.
• There is a glitch when fighting Dark wizards that makes the wizards cast spells without moving their arms.
• Dark wizards have the same attack speed as a shortbow (6, non-Rapid), but their range is one square less.
• Once there were two Dark wizards located in Draynor Village, right by the willow trees. Jagex once used these wizards to combat low level autoers. An update removed these wizards due to the fact that the wizards are located in the starting area of Gielinor.
• Despite wearing a black hood, they used to instead drop black wizard hats. This was fixed after an update.