Watchman

This article is about the former random event. For the watchman at the Yanille watchtower, see Yanille watchman.

Watchman was discontinued from RuneScape after an update.

Watchman

Release date	2 February 2004 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	Varies
Life points	700
Experience for killing	280 (93 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed
Max hit	Varies
Weakness	crush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attackscrush attacks attackscrush attacksCrush attacks
Always drops	Nothing
Examine text	The strong arm of the law.

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The Watchman was a random event that appeared during Thieving, similar to other guardian events such as the Rock Golem. His level differed depending on the player's combat level. He was removed due to players' complaints about being killed too quickly when pickpocketing at a low life point level and wearing no armour. The Watchman would say "(Player's Name), you are under arrest!" before attacking.

Trivia

• There was a bug in free worlds where if the player tried to steal from a stall (such as the tea stall) in south-east Varrock, a watchman would appear. He would attack and the player could fight him. He would not drop any member items on free to play worlds.
• In the Draynor Bank's security recording of the Draynor Bank Robbery, a Watchman appeared but was killed quickly by the Wise Old Man. When the watchman was discontinued, the watchman in the video footage was replaced by the Pillory Guard, even though the bank robbery was an event that had supposedly happened before the Pillory Guard existed.