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Commander Zilyana, Keeper of the 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 1900 life points and they are both very rapid (same speed as dual-wielded dagger-speed weapons), so players should be careful fighting her. She will also target the player that has currently done the most damage to her.

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 nor agility potions will help).

Commander Zilyana is dangerous and should not be underestimated. She is tied with fellow God Wars Dungeon bosses General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth and Kree'arra for having the fourth highest combat level among monsters that can be fought with conventional means in RuneScape. Only Nex, the Queen Black Dragon, and the Kalphite King are stronger.

Contents 1 Bodyguards 2 Quotes 3 Strategy 4 Drops 4.1 100% 4.2 Weapons 4.3 Runes and Ammunition 4.4 Armour 4.5 Herbs, Potions and Seeds 4.6 Gems and Ores 4.7 Other 4.8 Rare drop table drops 5 The World Wakes 6 Trivia 7 References

BodyguardsEdit

• Starlight
• Growler
• Bree

QuotesEdit

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!"

StrategyEdit

Main article: Commander Zilyana/Strategies

DropsEdit

100%Edit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	83

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Saradomin sword	1	4 Rare [1]	999,411
	Armadyl crossbow	1	4 Rare	4,813,926

Runes and AmmunitionEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune dart	36–40	2 Common	3,636–4,040
	Law rune	96–105	2 Common	17,280–18,900

ArmourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune plateskirt	1	2 Common	37,859
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,748
	Rune kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	32,145
	Saradomin's murmur	1	4 Rare	781,369
	Saradomin's hiss	1	4 Rare	617,569
	Saradomin's whisper	1	4 Rare	4,301,212

Herbs, Potions and SeedsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy ranarr	5	2 Common	10,800
	Ranarr seed	2	2 Common	2,038
	Super magic potion (3)	3	3 Uncommon	16,281
	Prayer potion (4)	3	3 Uncommon	6,063
	Saradomin brew (3)	3	3 Uncommon	1,482
	Super defence (4)	3	3 Uncommon	429
	Super restore (4)	3	3 Uncommon	5,154
	Magic seed	1	4 Rare	160,602

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

Gems and OresEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Diamond	6 (noted)	3 Uncommon	12,948

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	361–20,300	2 Common	Not sold
	Godsword shard 1	1	4 Rare [2]	150,325
	Godsword shard 2	1	4 Rare [3]	149,612
	Godsword shard 3	1	4 Rare [4]	151,052
	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 [5]	23,173,001
	Zilyana's notes	1	4 Rare [6]	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 1,143 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

The World WakesEdit

During the quest The World Wakes, Zilyana, along with many other important followers of other gods discover that the player had found Guthix's home, and gather forces to break in to kill Guthix, ending his edicts and allowing their gods to return. During the quest, Zilyana kills the Guardian of Guthix Cres, believing that he was Guthix in disguise and was the only God Wars Dungeon boss along with Nex to make it to the last room of the Guthix ancient temple.

TriviaEdit

• 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, 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 Titans, Terrorbirds, and War tortoises are now causing Zilyana to target and attack players at a random rate. This happens because if a player's familiar attacks Zilyana, 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 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.
• 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.^[7]
• Commander Zilyana is voiced by Mod Ana.
• Zilyana's attacks have some of the longest animations of any monster in the God Wars Dungeon. This means while she is casting her magic attack, due to the long animation she will also throw in another magic or a melee attack without the animation.
• Despite being a large monster, Zilyana only drops Bones, and not Big bones. This may be an oversight from Jagex.
• Zilyana has her own "custom" specials, made by Mod Chris L because she was the only original God Wars boss not to be fought during The World Wakes.

• Commander Zilyana features in a flashback during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest. She is seen facing K'ril Tsutsaroth in battle. As they battle, K'ril gets the upper hand and blasts Zilyana away, killing her. He takes a final look at her body and departs. Saradomin himself comes to rescue her and takes her to the Fist of Guthix arena, where the Stone of Jas lies, and heals her. She also received a graphical update with the release of this quest.
• Zilyana appears in the quest "The World Wakes". She is hell-bent on killing Guthix so that Saradomin may return to Gielinor.
• Spoilers:* Also in The World Wakes, Sliske mentions to the player that Zilyana is "Saradomin's primary pawn..." It is unknown if this means anything significant yet.

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e God Wars Dungeon Bosses
Saradomin	Commander Zilyana (Starlight • Growler • Bree)
Zamorak	K'ril Tsutsaroth (Tstanon Karlak • Balfrug Kreeyath • Zakl'n Gritch)
Bandos	General Graardor (Sergeant Strongstack • Sergeant Steelwill • Sergeant Grimspike)
Armadyl	Kree'arra (Flight Kilisa • Wingman Skree • Flockleader Geerin)
Zaros	Nex (Fumus • Umbra • Cruor • Glacies)