Guard

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This article is about the commonly found human NPC. For other types, see Guard (disambiguation).

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Guard

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	26
XP per kill	35 (and 11.5 experience)
Examine text	He tries to keep order around here.
Combat info LP Max hit 650 52 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weaknesses Melee Water spells Fire spells

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Guard

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	26
XP per kill
Examine text	He tries to keep order around here.
Combat info LP Max hit 650 52 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weakness Ranged Stab

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File:Guard Varrock chathead.png

Guard

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	36
XP per kill	56 (and 18.4 experience)
Examine text	He tries to keep order around here. His bizarre uniform isn't helping.
Combat info LP Max hit 900 72 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weakness Melee Air spells

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Guard

Release date	August 13 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	50
XP per kill	55 (and 18.1 experience)
Examine text	He tries to keep order around here.
Combat info LP Max hit 1,250 81 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weakness Melee Water spells

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Guard

Release date	30 April 2002 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	26
XP per kill	37 (and 12.2 experience)
Examine text	Keeps the peace... kind of.
Combat info LP Max hit 650 52 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weakness Melee Fire spells

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Guard

File:Guard (Port Sarim Jail).png
Release date	6 April 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	26
XP per kill	35 (and 11.5 experience)
Examine text	He's guarding the prison.
Combat info LP Max hit 650 52 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No No No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack style Weakness Melee Water spells

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There are many guards in RuneScape, usually in populated, major cities, such as Falador, Varrock, and Ardougne. Guards also patrol the area of just south of the Wilderness wall at Edgeville. There are also guards at the mansion in the quest Ratcatchers and the second level of the Port Sarim Jail.

They are often killed for training due to their proximity to banks, common drop of 3 grapes and the rare drop of level two clue scrolls.

Weapons, armour and weaknesses

Level 36

Falador

All guards in Falador wear an iron chainbody (or steel chainbody), bronze helm (or a steel helm), and a steel square shield as armour. These guards wear no extra leg protection.

The guards wield either a bronze battleaxe, a bronze sword, a shieldbow, or a crossbow. The rangers will wear hard leather armour or studded leather armour in place of an iron chainbody, along with a bronze helm. The guards with melee weapons are weak to water spells or fire spells, and the one with ranged weapons are weak to stab attacks.

East Ardougne

The guards of Ardougne wield a steel mace, iron chainbody, and a helmet that looks like a spiny helm without spikes. They also wear red trousers, and blue shirts under chainmail. They are weak to fire spells.

Port Sarim Jail

The level 26 guards in Port Sarim Jail wear a hardleather body, and attack with melee. The guard wielding a shieldbow is an unattackable NPC found on the rooftop of the jail. These guards are weak to water spells.

Varrock

Guards in Varrock wear a golden/yellow version of the Renegade Knights uniform. They are level 36, and they attack with melee and are weak to air spells. Until late 2007, Varrock guards were identical to Falador guards.

Edgeville

Guards in Edgeville wear some sort of leather armour that bears a resemblance to that of the Lumbridge Guardsmen, except that Lumbridge guards wear blue uniforms, and Edgeville guards wear green uniforms. Edgeville guards are level 50 and attackable, and are good for training at a lower level as players can heal at Edgeville bank). The Edgeville guards are weak to water spells.

Thieving

Guards can be pickpocketed at with level 40 Thieving, giving 46.5 experience and 30-34 Coins. If unsuccessful, the player will be hit for twenty life points and stunned for five seconds. A good place to pickpocket those is at the Ardougne Market, stealing from baker's stalls for food. If someone kills the guard just as you are pickpocketing you will get the message "Too late; they are dead" and you will receive neither experience nor loot.

You can get up to 60 coins per pickpocket after finishing the Lost Her Marbles caper.

Burthorpe guards cannot be pickpocketed.

Respawn

Most guards respawn approximately 50–55 seconds after their bodies disappear on the ground. This is a relatively long time for people who are power training their combat skills; it is advised that players seeking to raise those skills quickly by killing guards find an area with at least four guards, so as to always be able to fight at least one. Some areas good for this are the lobby of Varrock Palace which spawns 6 guards, and the northern entrance to Falador which spawns 5 guards, although are often populated by other players.

Drops

100% drop

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Charms (Members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Bones	1	Always	266

No charm
91–92%	7%	0.7–0.9%	0.4–0.5%	0.1–0.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 17,156 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Seeds

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Runes and talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Potato seed	4–6	Common	976–1,464
	Onion seed	4	Common	968
	Cabbage seed	4	Uncommon	828
	Tomato seed	3–4	Uncommon	612–816
	Sweetcorn seed	3	Rare	894
	Strawberry seed	1–4	Rare	1,075–4,300
	Watermelon seed	2–4	Rare	7,180–14,360

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Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Air rune	6	Common	540
	Earth rune	3–6	Common	54–108
	Fire rune	2	Common	318
	Body talisman	1	Common	407
	Law talisman	1	Uncommon	1,014
	Blood rune	1–4	Rare	678–2,712
	Nature rune	1	Rare	405
	Chaos rune	1–2	Rare	152–304

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Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Iron dagger	1	Common	1,584
	Steel warhammer	1	Rare	1,194

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Herbs (Members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Iron arrow	1; 2	Common	14–28
	Iron bolts	2–18	Common	86–774
	Bronze arrow	1; 2; 5	Uncommon	31–155
	Steel arrow	1; 5; 10; 11	Uncommon	17–187

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1	Rare	709

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Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	1; 2; 3; 4; 12; 25	Common	1–25
	Grapes	3	Common	14,355
	Hammer	1	Uncommon	143
	Wheat	1; 4	Rare	193–772
	Iron ore	1	Rare	449
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Iron platebody	1	Rare	4,669
	Steel bar	1	Rare	959
	Prayer potion (4)	1	Rare	2,910
	Ranging potion (1)	1	Rare	974
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• When worldwide PKing was allowed in RuneScape Classic, guards used to stay in key cities and break up PKers by attacking the aggressor.
• In the Garden of Tranquility quest, the player overhears a guard telling one of his colleagues that the life expectancy of a guard is 30 seconds (they are then killed by PKMaster0036).
• When fighting guards at the Varrock east gate, if the workman walks by while you're killing a guard, the guard yells "I'M BEING SLAUGHTERED!" The workman will then comment "Nothing new here". When all the Varrock guards at eastern gate are dead, when the workman walks by, he will say "Oh, they're all dead."
• Every time you pickpocket a guard in Varrock, a count is added to the signpost in front of the palace entrance.

See also

• Guard (disambiguation)
• Lumbridge guard