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For the music track, see Bulwark Beast (music track).
For the shield, see Bulwark of revenge.
For creature encountered during Thok It To 'Em, see armoured cow thing.
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The Bulwark beast is a Dungeoneering boss found on Abandoned and Abandoned 2 floors (12-17, 30-35). It requires 23 Dungeoneering to encounter and is the second of the Behemoths encountered in Daemonheim, with the first being the gluttonous behemoth.

The fight[]

This monster is initially covered in stone armour which completely protects it from melee and ranged attacks, with the exception of crush weapons. The armour can be broken with a pickaxe (equipped in weapons slot or in the tool belt), which you can find in a rock at a corner of the room if you haven't already brought one. If using a tool belt pickaxe, it will look as if your weapon is breaking the armour.

The plating does not block any magic attacks however, so players can directly use magic to fight the beast. This method is highly recommended, as the armour can take a while to break.

The beast roars.

The bulwark beast attacks with all three combat styles: melee, ranged (green breath attack) and magic (electrical attack). It may also make rocks fall from the ceiling, dealing typeless damage, and stomp on players that move under it. The melee attack targets one player, but both the ranged and magic attacks are multi-targeted. The lightning attack is similar to the Kalphite Queen's magic attack. It bounces from player to player, and players behind the bulwark beast will be damaged by this attack.

Bulwark beast ranged

The behemoth's ranged attack.

This boss drains the Prayer of those he is not focused on if they are using the Protect from Magic/Deflect Magic prayers. This only occurs when they get hit by the recoil of a spark attack.

Once the armour has been removed with pickaxes, players should switch to more powerful weapons. The bulwark beast hits often and quite hard, but has surprisingly low defence after its armour is removed.

Drops[]

Bulwark beast magic

The bulwark beast electrifying you.

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Novite hatchetNovite hatchet1RandomNot sold
Novite pickaxeNovite pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Bathus hatchetBathus hatchet1RandomNot sold
Bathus pickaxeBathus pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Marmaros hatchetMarmaros hatchet1RandomNot sold
Marmaros pickaxeMarmaros pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Kratonite hatchetKratonite hatchet1RandomNot sold
Kratonite pickaxeKratonite pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Fractite hatchetFractite hatchet1RandomNot sold
Fractite pickaxeFractite pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Zephyrium hatchetZephyrium hatchet1RandomNot sold
Zephyrium pickaxeZephyrium pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Argonite hatchetArgonite hatchet1RandomNot sold
Argonite pickaxeArgonite pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Katagon hatchetKatagon hatchet1RandomNot sold
Katagon pickaxeKatagon pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Gorgonite hatchetGorgonite hatchet1RandomNot sold
Gorgonite pickaxeGorgonite pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Promethium hatchetPromethium hatchet1RandomNot sold
Promethium pickaxePromethium pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Primal hatchetPrimal hatchet1RandomNot sold
Primal pickaxePrimal pickaxe1RandomNot sold
Behemoth notesBehemoth notes (part 2)1CommonNot sold
Mysterious chronicleMysterious chronicle1CommonNot sold

Pickaxe are dropped in Abandoned 1 while the hatchets are dropped in Abandoned 2.

Bulwark Beast

Players engaging in combat with the Bulwark beast. The blue hitsplat indicates the amount of damage the armour has received, with the total progress being shown in the bar above.

Trivia[]

  • If you hit the beast with melee after the armour has been broken off, it may appear as reflected damage instead of melee damage. It is the bulwark beast hitting himself with his falling rocks attack.
  • The word "bulwark" means the same as "rampart", which is "a wall of earth or other material built for defence".
  • The sound effect for the bulwark beast's lightning attack is the same as the one for a player's 'Idea' emote.
  • There was once a glitch where magic attacks would do no damage unless the armour was removed. This has been fixed.
  • You can occasionally hit through its armour with a crush weapon, but this is very rare, and may be a glitch. In addition, it would still be a better tactic to use a pickaxe to destroy the armour first.
  • After the armour has been destroyed, it will always say "Your pickaxe finally breaks through the armour plates" even if you did not use a pickaxe.
  • Before the introduction of dual wielding in Dungeoneering on 2 April 2013, this was the only Dungeoneering boss who drops more than one type of equipment. It is now one of seven bosses in that category, the other six being Astea Frostweb, Icy Bones, Stomp, Lexicus Runewright, Necrolord, and the Runebound behemoth.
  • Sometimes when using a pickaxe to break its armour, some melee damage would be dealt to the bulwark beast. In addition, after the armour is destroyed, the bulwark beast may also take deflect damage, even if the player is not using Deflect curses or Vengeance. This is because the attack in which he drops a rock on the player injures him too.
  • It appears that the bulwark beast slowly lowers its own defence over time.
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