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Armoured zombies are undead monsters that are encountered during the Defender of Varrock, The World Wakes, and Ritual of the Mahjarrat quests and other locations, see below. The attack style of the zombie can be identified by the colour of the crest on its helmet. Armoured zombies with yellow crests on their helmets use Melee, and those with blue crests use Ranged . Some of these wield scimitars and the others wield thrownaxes.

Armoured zombies are a commonly used monster for training, as they give a relatively high experience rate for combat stats, ranging from 60,000 to 70,000 experience per hour. Using Sacred Clay armour you will be able to reach 130,000 to 160,000 experience per hour; depending on skills and if any prayers and/or potions are used. Armoured zombies will give Slayer experience when assigned a zombie task by a Slayer Master, as well as giving the player 340 combat experience each kill. Because these zombies frequently drop noted planks and runes, some players may find them a decent source of money, gaining over 150,000 coins per hour.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Strategies 3 Drops 3.1 100% drops 3.2 Charms 3.3 Weapons, armour and ammunition 3.4 Runes 3.5 Herbs 3.6 Others 3.7 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

LocationsEdit

• Since 1 February 2011, armoured zombies can no longer be reached by going through the Wilderness. Instead, one must get Hartwin to teleport him or her to a safe version of the wilderness, where armoured zombies can be fought by going down the trapdoor to the Chaos Temple Dungeon.
• Armoured zombies are encountered in Varrock during the Defender of Varrock quest, but these only give 10 experience per kill and have no drops. They do leave behind a "red mist". During the Defender of Varrock quest, this "red mist" must be captured in bottles, making Bottle of mist, used to open doors further into the dungeon, and after this quest they have no use.
• There is one Armoured zombie outside of Zemouregal's fort in The North, but this does not have the usual drops.
• Sharathteerk summons Armoured zombies to aid him during Ritual of the Mahjarrat.
• Zemouregal summons Armoured zombies to aid him during The World Wakes.

StrategiesEdit

Main article: Armoured zombie/Strategies

As armoured zombies are classed as undead creatures, a salve amulet/(e) is useful for fighting them. The Crumble Undead spell will also work against them. Note that the effects of a Salve amulet do not stack with those of a black mask or slayer helmets (although it does stack with the effects of melee Void equipment).

Due to the convenience of an altar above the location of armoured zombies, combat-boosting prayers such as Turmoil, Leech curses, Chivalry or Piety may be used to increase the experience yield. When using Turmoil, full Melee Void and a Salve amulet (e), a player can gain a total bonus of +69% Strength, +50% Attack and +25% Defence, along with a +10% damage boost.^[obsolete]

To maximize profits when killing these zombies, players should pick up most of the stackable/noted drops which include charms, types of planks, pure essence and Blood Runes, but not mithril arrows or eyes of newt. For maximum experience per hour, players should not bury bones (unless using a Bonecrusher) or bother with herbs (unless using Herbicide), but may pick up the valuable herbs and other worthy drops like key halves (rare).

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	88

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
82–83%	7–8%	4%	3%	3%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 38,574 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

Weapons, armour and ammunitionEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril arrow	4	3 Uncommon	84
	Steel mace	1	3 Uncommon	42
	Adamant kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	2,857
	Rune full helm	1	5 Very rare	20,756

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Cosmic rune	6	3 Uncommon	876
	Chaos rune	12	3 Uncommon	492
	Nature rune	3	3 Uncommon	333
	Blood rune	3	3 Uncommon	492
	Death rune	3	3 Uncommon	279

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	3 Uncommon	568
	Grimy marrentill	1	3 Uncommon	44
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	684
	Grimy tarromin	1	3 Uncommon	258
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,322
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,750
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	4,033
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,518
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	2,563
	Grimy lantadyme	1	3 Uncommon	8,349
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	7,998

OthersEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	50–2,500	2 Common	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Pure essence	3–16 (noted)	2 Common	270–1,440
	Zombie bone	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Eye of newt	1–4 (noted)	3 Uncommon	8–32
	Plank	9 (noted)	3 Uncommon	3,816
	Oak plank	5 (noted)	3 Uncommon	2,780
	Fishing bait	7	3 Uncommon	56
	Teak plank	2 (noted)	3 Uncommon	1,584
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Champion scroll (zombie)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	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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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 1,106 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,749 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,429 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,456 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,074 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,237 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 15,457 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,361 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,181 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,584 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,250 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,043 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,035 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 859,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,394 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 64,765 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,980 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 18,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,306,950 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,671,600 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,525,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,592,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 145,208 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,619 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,425–28,595 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,975–71,365 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 218 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 260 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 45,000–1,350,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,440 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,200 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 38,250–306 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 236,000–472,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 65,850–219,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 237,150–1,264,800 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,900 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,231,000–22,617,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,042,900 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,025–1,953,750 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 78,804 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 96,200–962,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 103,500–414,000 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 116,490–1,164,900 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 165,500 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,276 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 70,571–3,528,550 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 163,332–979,992 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,088,560 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,179 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 84,168–2,609,208 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 872 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 57,600–11,520,000

TriviaEdit

• "It hasn't quite got round to dying" is a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• If you search the other documents in front of the desk you will get the message: "These aren't the documents you're looking for." This is a play at Star Wars A New Hope, where the Jedi Obi-Wan used a mind trick on a stormtrooper to pass through the starport by saying, "These aren't the droids you're looking for."
• They seem to be wearing a mangled version of Elite black armour.