Papa Mambo
| File:Papa Mambo.png | |
| Release date | 24 November 2010 (Update) |
|---|---|
| Race | Human |
| Members NPC? | Yes |
| Quest NPC? | No |
| Location | Herblore Habitat |
| Sells items? | Papa Mambo's Shop |
| Gender | Male |
| Examine | I saw the witchdoctor, he told me what to do. |
| Notable features | Head of the Herblore Habitat |
| File:Papa Mambo's Shop location.png | |
Papa Mambo is the ex-witch doctor of Shilo Village. He is the head of the Herblore Habitat, which is located just south of the Jade vine maze. He also is a necromancer. He was banned from the village for his necromancing.
He owns and operates Papa Mambo's Shop, which specialises in Herblore items.
Players can reach him either by using a Juju teleport spiritbag, teleport option of the Witchdoctor mask or walking.
Papa Mambo will also build different types of habitats for you (for a price). These habitats can also be built by the player, but will require a certain construction level, so paying Mambo to do it for you is the easiest route if you can't build it yourself. The vine enclosed area south of Papa Mambo's house is the habitat. It can only be one of the choices at a time, so don't spend all your gold thinking your making the habitat better. You're not, you're just changing it from one thing to another (e.g. pond, tall grass, abandoned house, etc.). Each choice of habitat has different things in it, so all the choices will most likely come in handy at some point or another.
Ward off Jadinko
A particular Jadinko type can be warded off from appearing to the player for payment of one Striped vine for each 15 minutes. Papa Mambo asks for the amount of spirit vines to be used so it is possible to ward off a particular jadinko for an extended period of time. Typically used to shoo away the Common jadinko.
Trivia
- Papa Mambo was the first human NPC with detailed hands and to have fingers.
- "Mambo" is the Haitian Creole name given to Voodoo Priestesses. In Kiswahili it is a colloquial slang for hello (Jambo is hello), roughly translating as "yo".
- His examine text is based on the 1958 song Witch Doctor by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.