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**Ancient mage**
Release date	10 January 2011 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	148
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Always drops	N/A
Examine text	A mage well practiced in the art of ancient spellcasting.
Combat stats
3700	207
Other
No	Unknown edit
Attack Speed	Speed varies (Interval: random)
Yes	Yes (88)
Magic;	<img alt="Arrow weakness icon" src="http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121202015510/runescape/images/9/9c/Arrow_weakness_icon.png" width="30" height="30" data-image-name="Arrow weakness icon.png" data-image-key="Arrow_weakness_icon.png" /> Arrows;

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Ancient mages are monsters found in the Ancient Prison. There is no Slayer requirement to kill them.

They attack with blood, ice, shadow and smoke spells like those in the Ancient Magicks, effectively being able to freeze you, heal themselves, lower your stats and poison you. Using Protect from Magic is highly recommended, although it won't stop any of the secondary effects, such as freezing or poison. The poison starts at 88 damage.

They can drain a small amount of prayer points with their attacks, as well.

They are often near Ancient rangers, who will attack if the player gets too close.

It should be noted that there are only three ancient mages in the Ancient Prison. Ancient rangers, Blood reavers, and Ancient warriors far outnumber the ancient mages.

Unlike the other inhabitants of the Ancient Prison, ancient mages will remain stationary on their spawn location unless attacking a player. They have some of the lowest wander radiuses for an NPC.

Habitat(s)Edit

God Wars Dungeon

DropsEdit

ArmourEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Ancient ceremonial mask	1	4 Rare	28,923
Ancient ceremonial top	1	4 Rare	72,680
Ancient ceremonial legs	1	4 Rare	47,939
Ancient ceremonial gloves	1	4 Rare	103,696
Ancient ceremonial boots	1	4 Rare	29,646

HerbsEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Grimy guam	1	3 Uncommon	539
Grimy marrentill	1	3 Uncommon	44
Grimy tarromin	1	3 Uncommon	249
Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	652
Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,160
Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,743
Grimy torstol	1 (noted)	3 Uncommon	10,640
Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	2,507
Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	7,733

Runes and essenceEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Pure essence	46(noted)	3 Uncommon	3,910
Chaos rune	30	3 Uncommon	1,230
Death rune	25	3 Uncommon	2,325
Blood rune	25	3 Uncommon	4,075
Soul rune	25	3 Uncommon	3,025
Astral rune	25	2 Common	3,350
Air rune	150,250	2 Common	1,950–3,250
Mud rune	15	2 Common	2,085

PotionsEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Super magic potion (3)	1	2 Common	5,427
Super restore (3)	1	3 Uncommon	1,249
Super defence (3)	1	3 Uncommon	99

Gems, ore, and barsEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Uncut sapphire	1	4 Rare	1,143
Uncut emerald	1	4 Rare	1,783
Uncut ruby	1	4 Rare	3,576
Coal	1–10(noted)	2 Common	278–2,780
Adamant bar	1–4(noted)	3 Uncommon	3,168–12,672

OtherEdit

	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Coins	500,1,334,1,337,4,958	2 Common	Not sold
Shark	1	3 Uncommon	849
Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold

Rare drop table dropsEdit

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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	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Coins	250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000	2 Common	Not sold
Uncut sapphire	1	2 Common	1,143
Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,783
Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,576
Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	8,548
Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	12,668
Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,160
Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	14,935
Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	9,966
Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	17,221
Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,627
Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,270
Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	920
Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	12,048
Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,856
Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	861,050
Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,145
Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,188
Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,636
Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	17,400
Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,303,050
Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,665,400
Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,418,000
Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,612,000
Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	133,474
Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	4,721
Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,825–27,755
Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	50,450–70,630
Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	227
Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	270
Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	42,500–1,275,000
Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,217–8,547
Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,420
Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	93
Blood rune	50	4 Rare	8,150
Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	37,250–298
Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	246,500–493,000
Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	41,700–2,085,000
Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	227,700–1,214,400
Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	10,500
Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	3,168,000–22,176,000
Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,041,900
Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,002–1,950,300
Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	74,448
Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	95,050–950,500
Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,530–426,120
Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	118,420–1,184,200
Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	172,000
Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	6,030
Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	71,385–3,569,250
Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	160,602–963,612
Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,064,590
Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,196
Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	78,509–2,433,779
Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	932
Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	56,100–11,220,000

TriviaEdit

Their most common drop is 25 astral runes, however, they use ancient magics, which don't require astral runes.
Ancient mages can drop coins in quantities of 1337, which means "leet".
They have an irregular attack speed, much like Cave horrors. Sometimes they will attack at a speed of 6, sometimes at a speed of 5.