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Commander Zilyana

Also called	Saint Zilyana
Release date	28 August 2007 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	596
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Slayer level	Unknown edit
Slayer XP	Unknown edit
Assigned by	Unknown edit
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	Commander of Saradomin's forces.
Combat stats LP Max hit 2,550 315 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? Yes Unknown edit Attack Speed Speed 8 (Interval: 1.2 seconds) Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes No Attack style Weakness Unknown edit Crush

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Commander Zilyana, Keeper of 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 315 life points and they are both very rapid (approximately the speed of throwing knives on rapid mode), so players should be careful fighting her. An interesting note is that her magic attack can only be used in melee range. This is possibly due to the fact that it is part of the special attack of a Saradomin Sword, which does not have the ability to farcast when used by players.

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 extremely dangerous and should not be underestimated. She is the tenth strongest monster that can be fought with conventional means in RuneScape, after General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth, Nomad, TzTok-Jad, Tokhaar-Jad, Corporeal Beast, Har'Aken, Nex and the Queen Black Dragon.

Bodyguards

• Starlight
• Growler
• Bree

Quotes

All praise Saradomin! (link)

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!"
• "All praise Saradomin!"

Strategy

Main article: Commander Zilyana/Strategies

Drops

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune longsword	1	3 Uncommon	18,902
	Rune 2h sword	1	4 Rare	37,933
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,537
	Rune sword	1	4 Rare	12,154
	Saradomin sword	1	4 Rare	902,081
	Armadyl crossbow	1	4 Rare	6,235,917

Runes and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune dart	36–40	2 Common	3,564–3,960
	Law rune	45–105	2 Common	8,550–19,950
	Rune arrow	40–43	3 Uncommon	7,960–8,557
	Nature rune	62–66	4 Rare	7,192–7,656
	Steel arrow	150	4 Rare	1,950
	Adamant javelin	18–20	4 Rare	1,134–1,260
	Death rune	41–50	4 Rare	6,847–8,350

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune plateskirt	1	2 Common	37,988
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,662
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	32,404
	Saradomin's murmur	1	4 Rare	1,141,562
	Saradomin's hiss	1	4 Rare	606,669
	Saradomin's whisper	1	4 Rare	4,173,498

Herbs, Potions and Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Magic potion (3)	3	3 Uncommon	5,868
	Prayer potion (4)	3	3 Uncommon	5,298
	Saradomin brew (3)	3	3 Uncommon	582
	Super defence (4)	3	3 Uncommon	396
	Super restore (4)	3	3 Uncommon	5,718
	Grimy ranarr	5	3 Uncommon	10,935
	Ranarr seed	2	3 Uncommon	1,742

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

Gems and Ores

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Emerald	1	3 Uncommon	732
	Sapphire	1	3 Uncommon	403
	Diamond	1, 6 (noted)	3 Uncommon	2,256–13,536
	Ruby	1	4 Rare	1,189

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	19,000–20,300	2 Common	Not sold
	Godsword shard 1	1	4 Rare	151,902
	Godsword shard 2	1	4 Rare	151,198
	Godsword shard 3	1	4 Rare	151,532
	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	25,909,034
	Zilyana's notes	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

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	1,082
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,034
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	11,742
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	19,052
	Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	12,885
	Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	10,585
	Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	16,976
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,215
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,260
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,933
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	11,988
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,917
	Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	848,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,404
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,284
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,501
	Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	19,800
	Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,305,000
	Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
	Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,680,000
	Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,587,000
	Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,723,000
	Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	92,454
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,311
	Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,025–26,635
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	47,950–67,130
	Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	177
	Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	193
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,452–8,932
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,480
	Law rune	45	4 Rare	8,550
	Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	167
	Blood rune	50	4 Rare	13,900
	Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	36,000–288
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	257,000–514,000
	Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
	Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	38,250–1,912,500
	Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	214,650–1,144,800
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	11,100
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,000
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,876,000–20,132,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,069–1,960,350
	Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	75,900
	Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	88,175–881,750
	Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,230–424,920
	Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	94,140–941,400
	Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	64,750
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	5,859
	Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	60,155–3,007,750
	Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	164,810–988,860
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,058,660
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,127
	Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	50,268–1,558,308
	Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	1,000
	Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	53,600–10,720,000

Trivia

• 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, Commander 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 the Titan, Terrorbird, and War Tortoise are now causing Commander Zilyana to target and attack players at a random rate. This happens because if a player's familiar attacks the Commander, 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 Commander 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 can see an inaccessible watery area. This area is unique and not found anywhere ingame, however 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 swim across 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.^[1]
• Commander Zilyana is voiced by Mod Ana, the creator of The Branches of Darkmeyer.
• Commander Zilyana features in the flashback during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat Quest. She also received a graphical update with the release of this quest.
• The Wise Old Man refers to her as "Commander Zilyana, Keeper of the Faith".

References

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