Penance Runner
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| Release date | January 4, 2007 (Update) |
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| Members? | Yes |
| Combat level | Non-combat |
| Life points | 50 |
| Experience for killing | 20 (7 Constitution experience) |
| Slayer level | Not assigned |
| Aggressive? | No |
| Poisonous? | No |
| Immune to poison? |
No |
| Attack style | Non-combat |
| Attack speed | Unknown edit |
| Max hit | Non-combat |
| Weakness | Food (as bait) |
| Always drops | Red eggs, Blue eggs, Green eggs |
| Examine text | He's making a run for it! |
Penance Runners are monsters encountered during the Barbarian Assault minigame. They have no combat level, do not attack, and cannot be attacked. However, they must be killed before they reach the cave on the south side of the battlefield, or the Defender will lose the team points. To do this, the Defender must either lure the runners onto traps with bait (Tofu, Crackers or Worms) or lure them enough so other players may use the Cannon to dispatch of the Runners themselves.
At the traps, if the Runner says Blurghh, this means that the wrong bait has been placed, and the trap has failed and it will then run North. And if the Runner says Chomp chomp, this means that the Runner has taken the bait, and the trap will go off, which will kill it immediately.
Runners can also be damaged, stunned, or poisoned with eggs fired from the Egg launcher. When using the launcher to kill Penance runners, Red eggs are the most useful to fire since they can deal 35 life points each, thus killing the runner in two hits. However, to save Red eggs, a Green egg may be used in conjunction with a Red egg, which will still kill it in two hits.
Trivia
- The Penance Runner resembles the Flood Carrier organism from the Halo series. There are other monsters in RuneScape that resemble aliens of the Flood.
- The Runner's legs resemble those of player-character's legs before the graphical update. The stance and shape are exactly the same.
- It is possible for multiple runners to be killed in one go, and when timed correctly up to five could also be killed with one trap, luring them on the trap the exact same moment.
- Contrary to popular belief, using the Cannon to dispatch of Runners does not lose the team points, nor does it prevent the Defender from gaining any from killing it themselves. The Defender does not gain points for the team in their role directly, the points earned are from the entire team's efforts.