Rock Golem

**Rock Golem**
Release date	2 February 2004 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	14, 49, 79, 120, 159, 170
Life points	Varies
Experience for killing	Unknown edit
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune; to poison?	No
Attack style	Ranged, Melee
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	40 (approx)
Weakness	Pickaxe attacks
Always drops	Big Bones
Examine text	Rock with attitude.

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A Rock Golem can be found in the Enchanted Valley, by mining the rocks in the South-Western corner, as many discontinued random event monsters have been placed here. The Enchanted Valley is the only place where you can still find the Rock Golem and, as it only drops big bones and Long bone, the only purpose for killing them is for the bones.

The Rock Golem was a Mining random event, but is now discontinued. Like the River Troll and the tree spirit, the Rock Golem would randomly attack a player that gathers the resource that it guards; in this case, ores from rocks. The Rock Golem's level, like all other random guardians, was relative to the player. Their cry was: "Raarrrgghh! Flee human!"

Combat style

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A player fighting a rock golem

Rock Golems use purely Ranged, which hits up to 40. However, if you use Protect from Ranged prayer, it will switch to a melee attack.

Before the update, the golem used to be purely melee combat. In an update, it gained a weaker but more accurate ranged ability, rock throwing, making it harder to avoid or escape from. If a player cannot fight and win, they need to run far enough away to avoid its ranged attack. Rock golems are vulnerable to pickaxe attacks.