Zombie


 * For the random event reward, see zombie outfit. For the guardian that used to appearing while burying bones, see Zombie (random event)

Zombies are a very common monster in RuneScape, appearing in several different locations. They have the largest variety of combat levels of all monsters in RuneScape.

Players may kill zombies to obtain the rare Zombie champion scroll in order to fight the Zombie Champion in the Champions Challenge minigame.

As zombies are undead monsters, they are vulnerable to the Crumble undead spell, and also to the effects of a Salve amulet.

Zombies generally have a low defence for their combat level.

'Zombie' can refer to:
 * Any monster whose name is 'zombie'. (This article covers these monsters.)
 * A class of undead creatures: zombies, Armoured zombies, Undead ones, Zogres (zombie ogres), Zombie hands, Zombie monkeys, Zombie pirates, etc. When given a Slayer assignment for zombies, any zombie-class creature can be targeted.
 * Undead human zombies, including zombies, armoured zombies, and pirate zombies but not zogres or zombie monkeys.

Locations

 * Tree Gnome Village (dungeon)
 * Entrana (dungeon)
 * Edgeville Dungeon
 * Chaos Tunnels
 * Graveyard of Shadows (level 20 wilderness)
 * Stronghold of Security (Second floor)
 * Varrock Sewers (level 13 and level 24)
 * In Mr. Mordauts classroom (unattackable)
 * Wizards' Guild
 * Draynor Sewers
 * Lair of Tarn Razorlor (dungeon)

Location by combat level

 * Note: This table may be incomplete, as zombies appear in very many places. Some locations are in members' areas, require quests to enter, require the ability to enter a guild, etc., so consider checking the location's description before going there to hunt zombies.

Many zombie locations are far from banks. For players wishing to slay zombies and bank their drops, consider the following:
 * Low-level zombies - The Draynor Sewers are moderately close to the Draynor Village bank.
 * Medium-level zombies
 * The Lair of Tarn Razorlor (dungeon) has a banker. However, using this dungeon requires the Haunted Mine quest, The Lair of Tarn Razorlor miniquest, and a 100 coin payment to the banker for each access to the bank.
 * The zombie cave in the Chaos Tunnels is easily accessed from entrance #1 to tunnels and is thus moderately close to the Edgeville bank. However, care should be taken in that entrance #1 is in low-level Wilderness and also enters the cave with rather dangerous Gargoyles. Also, the tunnels are a multiway combat area, and aggressive Skeletons in the cave with the zombies may interfere with zombie hunting.
 * High-level Undead ones - Level 68 and 73 undead ones are by the entrance to Shilo Village, which is quite near the bank in the village. However, the Shilo Village quest is required for access to the village. Undead ones count as zombies for slayer tasks. When killed, the undead ones emit a 'green thick mist' that chokes you, doing some minor damage for a couple seconds. This mist is not poison, so anti-poison has no effect. The net effect is that players will take some extra damage killing these undead ones.

Also, player looking for good drops from zombies should instead consider slaying Armoured zombies in the Chaos Temple Dungeon.

100% Drops

 * Bones

Other Drops

 * 1-82 Coins
 * Tinderbox
 * Tile
 * Beer
 * 2 limestone bricks - dropped by zombies in Melzar's maze)
 * Uncut gems
 * Copper ore
 * 6 Iron ore (noted)
 * 5,7 Fishing bait
 * Ashes
 * Eye of Newt
 * Unholy Mould
 * Supercompost potion (1 dose) - Dropped by zombies in the Lair of Tarn Razorlor
 * Blue key (in Melzar's Maze) [[File:Key_%28blue%29.png]]
 * Zombie bone (m) (after completion of the first part and used in the second part of the Rag and Bone Man quest)
 * Blue Charm
 * Body rune

Herbs (members)
Dropped by Level 18, Level 24 and Level 30 Zombies:
 * Grimy guam (only for the level 18 rare)
 * Grimy marrentill (only for the level 18 rare)
 * Grimy tarromin (only for level 18 extremely rare)
 * Grimy harralander
 * Grimy ranarr
 * Grimy irit
 * Grimy avantoe
 * Grimy kwuarm
 * Grimy cadantine
 * Grimy lantadyme
 * Grimy dwarf weed

Weapons

 * Bronze hatchet
 * Bronze longsword
 * Bronze medium helmet
 * Bronze kiteshield
 * Iron Dagger
 * Iron hatchet
 * Iron mace
 * Rune javelin (5)

Runes

 * Chaos runes (4)
 * Air runes (13)
 * Fire runes (7)
 * Mind runes (5-7)
 * Body runes (3-11)
 * Nature runes (6)
 * Law runes (2)
 * Cosmic runes (2)
 * Nature talisman

Arrows

 * Iron arrows (5, 8)
 * Steel arrows (5, 6, 9,10,11,13, 14, 27, 32)
 * Mithril arrows (1-2)

Rare Drops

 * Shield left half
 * Zombie champion scroll

Trivia

 * A Zombie bone, which differs from the usual bones dropped by Zombies, are rare drops after completion of the first part of the Rag and Bone Man quest. It is one of the items in the wish list for the second part of the quest. This bone cannot be buried.
 * Zombies have more graphical diversity (different looking versions) than any other creature in the game.
 * Unlike other zombies, the zombie in the bridge event during Temple Trekking does not drop bones of any kind and has the examine, "I wonder if he'd let me borrow his hatchet?" It also has a guaranteed drop of a bronze hatchet which can be used to complete the event.
 * One of the various examines for a zombie is "Could his name be 'Lurch'?". This may be a reference to the butler in The Addams Family, Lurch.