Commander Zilyana

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Commander Zilyana

Also called	Saint Zilyana
Release date	28 August 2007 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	596
Life points	2,550
Experience for killing	1020 (340 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Not assigned
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	Yes
Attack style	Melee and Magic
Attack speed	Very slowInterval: 4.8 seconds
Max hit	315
Weakness	crushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrushcrush[[]]crushCrush
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	Commander of Saradomin's forces.

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Commander Zilyana, Keeper of Faith, is the leader of Saradomin's army in the God Wars Dungeon. She is an Icyene, an ancient race of winged beings, chosen by Saradomin to guard his hilt. Commander Zilyana uses a melee attack and a magic attack. She uses them randomly and both attacks are quite accurate. She attacks with her multi-target magic attack when her sword glows with a bright blue aura and she raises it in the air. If the attack hits a player, a small wall of lightning will appear around the player. If her magic attack fails, nothing happens (no 0 life points splat, no splash). She attacks with melee when she simply slashes at the player with her sword. Her melee attack is not multi-target. Both her magic and melee attacks only work at close range.

In addition, both her magic and melee attacks have a max of 315 life points and they are both very rapid (approximately the speed of throwing knives on rapid mode), so players should be careful fighting her. An interesting note is that her magic attack can only be used in melee range. This is possibly due to the fact that it is part of the special attack of a Saradomin Sword, which does not have the ability to farcast when used by players.

Commander Zilyana is located in the back room of Saradomin's Encampment. Players must have 70 Agility and 40 Saradominist kills to reach her. In addition, she has 3 guards: Growler (magic), Bree (ranged) and Starlight (melee).

Note: You can not reach her if you do not have 70 agility (neither summer pies or agility potions will help).

Commander Zilyana is extremely dangerous and should not be underestimated. She is the tenth strongest monster that can be fought with conventional means in RuneScape, after General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth, Nomad, TzTok-Jad, Tokhaar-Jad, Corporeal Beast, Har'Aken, Nex and the Queen Black Dragon.

A group of players fight Commander Zilyana in the God Wars Dungeon.

Bodyguards

Zilyana and her loyal bodyguards.

• Starlight
• Growler
• Bree

Quotes

All praise Saradomin! (link)

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When in battle, the Commander shouts several battle cries while fighting the players that dare to venture into her domain:

• "Death to the enemies of the light!"
• "Slay the evil ones!"
• "Saradomin lend me strength!"
• "By the power of Saradomin!"
• "May Saradomin be my sword."
• "Good will always triumph!"
• "Forward! Our allies are with us!"
• "Saradomin is with us!"
• "In the name of Saradomin!"
• "Attack! Find the Godsword!"
• "All praise Saradomin!"

Strategy

A player wielding a Saradomin sword, dropped by Zilyana and her body guards

Drops

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune longsword	1	3 Uncommon	18,916
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	38,245
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,735
	Rune sword	1	4 Rare	12,395
	Saradomin sword	1	4 Rare <ref>Estimated at 1/79 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	2,864,906
	Armadyl crossbow	1	4 Rare	14,662,518

Runes and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune dart	36–40	2 Common	3,708–4,120
	Law rune	45–105	2 Common	6,705–15,645
	Rune arrow	40–43	3 Uncommon	7,600–8,170
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	62–66	4 Rare	–
	Steel arrow	150	4 Rare	2,100
	Adamant javelin	18–20	4 Rare	720–800
	Death rune	41–50	4 Rare	7,585–9,250

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune plateskirt	1	2 Common	38,028
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,727
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,884
	Rune kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	34,977
	Saradomin's murmur	1	4 Rare	3,781,917
	Saradomin's hiss	1	4 Rare	3,264,872
	Saradomin's whisper	1	4 Rare	11,167,922

Herbs, Potions and Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Exchange:Magic potion (3)	Magic potion (3)	3	3 Uncommon
	Prayer potion (4)	3	3 Uncommon	13,056
Saradomin brew (3)	Saradomin brew (3)	3	3 Uncommon	7,698
	Super defence (4)	3	3 Uncommon	360
	Super restore (4)	3	3 Uncommon	18,552
	Grimy ranarr	5	3 Uncommon	17,540
	Ranarr seed	2	3 Uncommon	5,870

• Saradomin brew (3) and Super restore (4) are always dropped together.
• Magic potion (3) and Super defence (4) are always dropped together.

Gems and Ores

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Emerald	1	3 Uncommon	654
	Sapphire	1	3 Uncommon	391
	Diamond	1, 6 (noted)	3 Uncommon	5,665–33,990
	Ruby	1	4 Rare	1,184

A Godsword donning a Saradomin hilt, one of the drops attainable from Commander Zilyana.

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	19,000–20,300	2 Common	Not sold
	Godsword shard 1	1	4 Rare <ref>Estimated at 1/480 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	163,212
	Godsword shard 2	1	4 Rare <ref>Estimated at 1/654 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	161,648
	Godsword shard 3	1	4 Rare <ref>Estimated at 1/553 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	156,785
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Saradomin hilt	1	4 Rare <ref>Estimated at 1/480 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	15,177,788
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,553
File:Zilyana's notes.png	Zilyana's notes	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

Trivia

• The safe spot for Commander Zilyana was removed on 14 February 2008.
• Although her weapon, the Saradomin Sword, is a two-handed weapon when equipped by a player, Commander Zilyana wields it in one hand. This is because it is designed to be used by an Icyene warrior, who is a great deal larger than a human, and to that individual the sword is proportionally more suited as a one handed weapon.
• Due to the update on August 18 2009, involving combat familiars now being more aggressive, familiars such as the Titan, Terrorbird, and War Tortoise are now causing Commander Zilyana to target and attack players at a random rate. This happens because if a player's familiar attacks the Commander, she will automatically target the owner of that familiar, regardless of whether or not she has just chased them.
• Commander Zilyana is the only boss in the God Wars Dungeon to make a direct reference to the Godsword.
• The art for Commander Zilyana on the RuneScape Cards shows her hair to actually be composed of feathers.
• The Saradomin Sword which Commander Zilyana wields in the RuneScape wallpaper is much shorter than the one she wields in the game.
• Like Graardor and K'ril, Zilyana does not farcast her magical attack, and only uses it if in melee range.
• In the Saradomin Strikes Campaign on Armies of Gielinor, it is revealed that at some point during the God Wars, Zilyana was captured by Zamorak, but then escaped.

A player using the Saradomin godsword special.

• In Zilyana's chamber, players could see an inaccessible watery area. It has been confirmed that it will not be released. It was originally intended to be an entrance to Zamorak's Fortress, but was replaced by the river due to time constraints.
• With the release of The Ancient Prison and Nex in the God Wars Dungeon, Zilyana became voiced, together with the other 3 Generals.<ref>Mod Hohbein. "RS Content Q&A - pt 2". 19 February 2010. News & Announcements Forums. *</ref>
• Commander Zilyana is voiced by Mod Ana.
• Commander Zilyana features in the flashback during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat Quest. She also received a graphical update with the release of this quest.

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