Elite Dark Mage
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| Release date | 26 November 2008 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Combat level | 79 |
| Life points | 800 |
| Experience for killing | 320 (107 Constitution experience) |
| Slayer level | Not assigned |
| Aggressive? | Yes (unless wearing Elite Black armour or Dagon'hai robes) |
| Poisonous? | No |
| Immune to poison? |
No |
| Attack style | Magic |
| Attack speed | Unknown edit |
| Max hit | 190 |
| Weakness | Slash, Range |
| Always drops | Nothing |
| Examine text | An elite dark mage with lots of combat experience. |
Elite Dark Mages are magic-based monsters found in the Black Knights' Fortress dungeon. They were released along with the grandmaster quest While Guthix Sleeps. During Nomad's Requiem, a mage, ranger and warrior are sent to kill Nomad, but he defeats all of them with great ease.
Strategy
Elite dark mages attack with a large variety of combat spells, the most powerful of which is Earth Wave. They also have the ability to use prayer, so it is suggested to bring at least 2 forms of attack style to kill them with. Eventually they will run out of prayer so players can kill them. It will just take a little longer to do so. Also, there is a short break between their attacks when they switch their protection prayers. Wearing full Dagon'hai robes or full Elite black armour will make them and others in the dungeon non-aggressive.
- Their prayer is 100% effective, unlike the Kalphite Queen's prayer which only boosts defence. However, Verac's set does penetrate their prayers.
- Smite does not help drain their prayer, and neither does the special attacks of the Ancient mace or Dragon Scimitar.
- They will switch prayer against a particular combat style after taking a total of 100 to 150 life points of damage since the last prayer change, poison excluded.
- They run out of prayer eventually and become vulnerable to every attack style.
- They will only run out of prayer after they have been hit 20 times.
- This monster uses Weaken, Confuse, and Curse to lower stats, so restore potions are advised.
Habitat
Drops
Armour and Weapons
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Exchange:Black robe top Black robe top 1 Uncommon Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 
Battlestaff 1 Rare 8,061 
Mystic air staff 1 Rare 26,084
Potions
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Prayer potion (1) Prayer potion (1) 1 983 Super attack (1) Super attack (1) 2 574
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Runes/Talisman
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price 
Chaos rune 25 2,150 
Dust rune 4–10 32–80 
Air rune 11–40 88–320 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 1–6 Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".–Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". 
Fire rune 5–28 70–392 
Blood rune 1–2 195–390 
Death rune 3–6 555–1,110 
Soul rune 4 1,272 
Fire talisman 2 3,876
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price 
Coins 81–300 Common Not sold 
Apple pie 1 Rare 139 
Big bones 2–4 (noted) 702–1,404 
Earth orb 2 Rare 3,546 
Clue scroll (medium) 1 Very rare Not sold
Charms
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Trivia
- Since they run out of prayer after 20 hits, if you attacked one Elite dark mage once and leave it alone, then the prayer would last forever. This also applies to the other monsters in the dungeon.
- Monster Examine states that Elite dark mages have a max hit of 94. However, their actual max hit is 190, as the strongest spell they use is Earth Wave.
