Elite Dark Mage

Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	140
XP per kill	440.7 (and 145.4 experience)
Always drops	Big bones
Examine text	An elite dark mage with lots of combat experience.
Combat stats LP Max hit 3500 190 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 52 70 Unknown 70 Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Unknown edit Attack Speed Unknown edit Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes (unless wearing Elite Black armour or Dagon'hai robes) No Attack style Weakness Magic Arrows

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Elite Dark Mages are magic-based monsters found in the Black Knights' Fortress dungeon. They were released along with the grandmaster quest While Guthix Sleeps. During Nomad's Requiem, a mage, ranger and warrior are sent to kill Nomad, but he defeats all of them with great ease.

StrategyEdit

Elite dark mages attack with a large variety of combat spells, the most powerful of which is Earth Wave. They also have the ability to use prayer, so it is suggested to bring at least 2 forms of attack style to kill them with. Eventually they will run out of prayer so players can kill them. It will just take a little longer to do so. Also, there is a short break between their attacks when they switch their protection prayers. Wearing full Dagon'hai robes or full Elite black armour will make them and others in the dungeon non-aggressive.

• Their prayer is 100% effective, unlike the Kalphite Queen's prayer which only boosts defence. However, Verac's set does penetrate their prayers.
• Smite does not help drain their prayer, and neither does the special attacks of the Ancient mace or Dragon Scimitar.
• They will switch prayer against a particular combat style after taking a total of 100 to 150 life points of damage since the last prayer change, poison excluded.
• They run out of prayer eventually and become vulnerable to every attack style.
• They will only run out of prayer after they have been hit 20 times.
• This monster uses Weaken, Confuse, and Curse to lower stats, so restore potions are advised.

HabitatEdit

• Black Knights' Fortress dungeon

DropsEdit

Armour and WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Black robe top	1	3 Uncommon	63
	Battlestaff	1	4 Rare	8,358
	Mystic air staff	1	4 Rare	37,047

PotionsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Prayer potion (1)	1	4 Rare	569
	Super attack (1)	2	3 Uncommon	194

Runes/TalismanEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Chaos rune	25	3 Uncommon	1,025
	Dust rune	4–10	2 Common	40–100
	Air rune	11–40	2 Common	154–560
	Nature rune	1–6	4 Rare	111–666
	Fire rune	5–28	2 Common	50–280
	Blood rune	1–2	4 Rare	164–328
	Death rune	3–6	4 Rare	279–558
	Soul rune	4	5 Very rare	488
	Fire talisman	2	4 Rare	4,078

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	81–300	2 Common	Not sold
	Apple pie	1	4 Rare	103
	Big bones	1	1 Always	439
	Earth orb	2	4 Rare	2,694
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
96–99%	0.1–2.6%	0–1.6%	0.1–2.6%	0.1–2.6%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 167 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

Trivia Edit

• Since they run out of prayer after 20 hits, if you attacked one Elite dark mage once and leave it alone, then the prayer would last forever. This also applies to the other monsters in the dungeon.
• Monster Examine states that Elite dark mages have a max hit of 94. However, their actual max hit is 190, as the strongest spell they use is Earth Wave.

See alsoEdit

• Elite dark ranger
• Elite dark warrior
• Elite black knight
• Nomad