Elite Black Knight

This article is about the monster. For unattackble guards, see Elite Black Knight (NPC).

Elite Black Knight

Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	138
Life points	1200
Experience for killing	480 (160 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	If not wearing elite black armour or full Dagon'hai robes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	134
Weakness	crush,crush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magiccrush, magic, magiccrush, magicCrush, Magic
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	A Black Knight with lots of combat experience.

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Elite Black Knight are monsters found in the Black Knights' Fortress dungeon or in Lucien's camp after starting the While Guthix Sleeps quest. They drop the exclusive Elite black armour. They 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, allowing players to kill them. There is also a short break between their attacks when they switch their protection prayers. Wearing full Elite black armour or a full Dagon'hai robes set will make them and others in the dungeon tolerant. Note that these count as black knights with regards to a player's ranking as a White knight, with each knight counting for exactly 10 Black knight kills. They are weaker to magic and crushing attacks than other styles, but their defence is poor in general, and the player will not miss often.

Elite black knight's prayer is 100% effective, unlike the Kalphite Queen's prayer which only boosts defence. Elite Black Knights will switch prayer, they do this when the sum of the damage dealt is greater than 150 for a given combat style. When they switch prayers, it will reset the damage count for the other combat style. They will run out of prayer after 20 attacks have been made against them while they are using their prayer, regardless of whether those attacks deal damage or not. Smite does not help drain their prayer, and neither does the Ancient mace or Dragon Scimitar.

An easy way to make the Elite black knight to run out of prayer is to attack it with fast hitting weapons, such as Bronze darts. This will deal 20 attacks as fast as possible, thereby reducing their prayer quickly. Another easy tactic to use against the Elite black knight is the black salamander. When the Black knight changes prayer, it is easy to change your attack style to match. This tactic hits low against the knights, however, as they seem to have very strong defence against the salamander's attacks. Verac's set will penetrate their prayer, and can also be used to take advantage of their weakness to crush attacks, although it is fairly rare for the set to hit through their prayers.

An alternative for higher level players is to use a combination of a Chaotic Crossbow/Zaryte Bow/Hand Cannon and a Chaotic Maul, and attempt to kill the Elite Black Knight in as few hits as possible to avoid excessive weapon switching, a method also commonly used against Tormented Demons for the exact same reason. Using this method, it is possible to kill them in as few as 3 hits. Summoning a combat familiar such as a Spirit kyatt or Steel titan also helps kill them faster.

Drops

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Elite black full helm	1	4 Rare	25,138
	Elite black platebody	1	4 Rare	41,754
	Elite black platelegs	1	4 Rare	42,009
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	282
	Black platelegs	1	2 Common	2,872
	Black 2h sword	1	2 Common	1,044
	Black kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	2,759
	Rune mace	1	3 Uncommon	8,420

Food and Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Chilli potato	1	8	234
	Potato with butter	1	8	571
	Lobster	1–3	8	223–669
Super restore (1)	Super restore (1)	1	8	1,784
	Super restore (2)	1	8	3,261
Prayer mix (1)	Prayer mix (1)	1	8	1,363
Prayer potion (1)	Prayer potion (1)	1	8	983

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Gold bar	1–4	8	126–504
	Mithril bar	1–2	8	1,526–3,052
	Steel bar	1–3	8	882–2,646
	Death rune	1–3	8	185–555
	Chaos rune	1–3	8	86–258
	Blood rune	1–4	8	195–780
	Coins	406–2372	8	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 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

• Elite dark warrior
• Elite dark ranger
• Elite dark mage

Trivia

• When first released, many players doubted the elite black knights would drop elite black armour more than once, however Mod Emilee confirmed that they would on the forums.
• They yell "Curses, Zamorak has abandoned me!" when they run out of prayer.
• Sometimes elite black knights will switch their Prayer just before they die, even though they would receive less than 150 of total damage and hits. This is probably because the attacking player would have inflicted more damage if the knight had more health.
• Players that have not yet started the While Guthix Sleeps quest can still see the elite black knights from the Chaos Temple near Lucien's camp.
• The elite black knight's level is the highest combat level possible for a player to reach, although the knights have 1200 life points instead of 990.
• Elite black knights drop their armour, unlike regular black knights, who only drop their swords and full helms.
• Although elite black knights are followers of Zamorak, they are wielding what looks distinctly like a Saradomin sword.
• Their capes look like team-12 capes but have a black base colour instead of yellow.