Black knights may be confused with the similarly named Dark warriors.

Black Knight

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	44, 56
XP per kill	51 (and 16.8 experience)
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	A dark-hearted knight.
Combat stats LP Max hit 1100 150 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No No Attack Speed Speed 5 (Interval: 3.0 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? Depends on location No Attack style Weakness Melee Water spells

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'Black Knights are medium level humans found mainly in and around their fortress. They are central to the Black Knights' Fortress. Black Knights are some of the oldest non-player characters in RuneScape. When the game was first released, Black Knights were the strongest foes in RuneScape at level 46. There were only three Black Knights in RuneScape at that time.

That is no longer true, though they remain more difficult opponents than their level suggests. Players who are so inclined can kill them for points after completing the Wanted! quest. Each Black Knight killed raises players' White knight rank, which in turn allows the purchase of additional White Knight Equipment from Sir Vyvin. The black knight location within Taverley Dungeon is ideal for gaining these kills.

An easy method of killing them in F2P and P2P is to kill them near the Black Knights' Fortress, using a fast and high-hitting weapon, and good melee armour, or use magic and take cover at one of the safespots. When at low life you just go to the Monastery, and be healed by the monks, then go back. If you have 43 prayer you can also use protect from melee when at low life, and heal and recharge at the Monastery.

LocationsEdit

• Black Knights' Fortress
• South of Draynor Village (not aggressive)
• North of Varrock in area south of the wilderness wall. (not aggressive)
• In Taverley Dungeon, in the black knights headquarters (members only)
• Port Sarim's prison, behind the bars of the cell. This Black Knight only drops bones. (not aggressive)
• South-west area of the Lava Maze in the wilderness.
• North East of Varrock in the Jolly Boar Inn (not aggressive)
• North Of Edgeville (not aggressive)

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	88

Charms_(m)Edit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
93–94%	3–4%	1–2%	0.6–0.9%	0.6–0.9%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 10,176 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

Weapons and armourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron sword	1	2 Common	17
	Iron full helm	1	2 Common	35
	Steel mace	1	2 Common	42
	Black full helm	1	4 Rare	414
	Mithril arrow	3	3 Uncommon	63
	Black 2h sword	1	4 Rare	995
	Black sword	1	4 Rare	246

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mind rune	2,9	3 Uncommon	8–36
	Earth rune	10	3 Uncommon	110
	Body rune	9	3 Uncommon	36
	Cosmic rune	7	3 Uncommon	1,022
	Chaos rune	4,6	3 Uncommon	164–246
	Death rune	2	3 Uncommon	186
	Law rune	3,4	3 Uncommon	525–700
	Nature rune	6	4 Rare	666

Herbs_(m)Edit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	568
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	44
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	258
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	684
	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

Seeds_(m)Edit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Potato seed	4	3 Uncommon	8
	Onion seed	4	3 Uncommon	4
	Cabbage seed	4	4 Rare	12
	Tomato seed	3	4 Rare	3
	Sweetcorn seed	3	4 Rare	3
	Strawberry seed	2,3	4 Rare	724–1,086
	Watermelon seed	2	4 Rare	4,184

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1–500	2 Common	Not sold
	Steel bar	1	2 Common	761
	Pot of flour	1	2 Common	106
	Bread	1	3 Uncommon	165
	Tin ore	1	3 Uncommon	46
	Uncut emerald	1	4 Rare	1,749
	Uncut ruby	1	4 Rare	3,429
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops_(m)Edit

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.

TriviaEdit

• The organization "Kinshra" may be based off the Hindu god Krishna and the Sanskrit word krsna because they both mean black.
• It was once possible to imitate a Black Knight by equipping a set of black armour, substituting the helmet with a heraldic helmet, the boots with mime boots or vyrewatch shoes, and using black gloves, black gauntlets or gloves of silence.
• After an graphical update, black armours have changed their appearances but not the black knight.
• In RuneScape, Black Knights use black longswords and have red plumes. However, in the RuneScape-based FunOrb game 'Armies of Gielinor', they wield black two handed swords and have different coloured plumes.
• The Black Knight's plume on his helmet is always red; this is in contrast the White Knight's plume which represents the knights rank, but it is said that Elite Black Armour could be the black knight's ranking.
• When non-aggressive Black Knights attack, they make the same sound as a longsword. On the other hand, aggressive knights, such as those in the Black Knights' Fortress and the Wilderness, use the same sound that was formerly used by a two-handed sword on Chop or Slash. A hidden update changed this and they now use the same sound effects regardless of aggression.
• Black Knights used to drop a pile of flour on the ground. This could only be picked up if a player had a pot in their inventory, resulting in the usual Pot of Flour.
• The longsword graphic update has changed the colouring on their swords to look like the new Black Longswords.
• The Black Knights in and near Black Knight's Fortress will not drop charms.
• In Armies of Gielinor, their boots seem to be black snakeskin boots.
• Black Knights are among the few NPCs to have more than one capital letter in their name. If Jagex had followed their common name structure, "Black Knight" would look like "Black knight".
• The Black Knight in Port Sarim jail has a lowercased k in 'knight.'
• It is said that in the RuneScape Official Handbook, Black Knights weigh over 300 pounds and also says that the 300 pounds is almost all muscle. This is most likely hyperbole.
• Black Knights are still aggressive when players disguise themselves as fortress guards, even if they hold the same weapon and shield as one of the guards, suggesting they abuse them for their low rank within the Kinshra organisation.
• Black Knights killed by the Dwarf multicannon may add towards your White Knight rank.

See alsoEdit

• Bestiary:Levels 31 to 40
• Elite Black Knight