Warriors' Guild

The Warriors' Guild was released on 12 June 2006. To enter, a player must either have Attack and Strength levels that add up to at least 130, or have an Attack or Strength level of 99. Currently the minimum XP one must have to enter the guild is 898,856, or two times 449,428 XP (in both Strength and Attack, to reach Level 65 in both). Strength potions or Attack potions cannot be used to reach the level requirement.

The guild is owned by Harrallak Menarous and is located just west of Burthorpe. Inside the Warriors' Guild, players have the option of participating in various Activities related to melee combat. As players complete these activities, they are rewarded with Warrior Guild Points. These are used to gain entry to the top floor of the guild, where players can fight a number of Cyclopes. These Cyclopes will sometimes drop Defenders, off-hand weapons that are wielded in the shield slot and provide Attack bonuses, and in the case of steel Defenders and above, a Strength bonus. The unofficial world for the Warriors Guild is world 9.

Travel
The Warriors' Guild is located in Burthorpe and can be accessed in a number of ways:
 * Combat Bracelet, which will teleport players to a location directly outside the guild
 * Games necklace, which will teleport players to Burthope Troll Invasion, just north of the guild.
 * Falador Teleport and Camelot Teleport, after which a player can walk to the guild.
 * House teleport, if a player's house is in Taverley ( Or if Quest "Love Story" is complete, players can use a chisel on a House Tablet and turn it into a Taverley Tab )
 * Balloon transport system, which goes to Taverley (at least partial completion of the Enlightened Journey quest is required)

The floors
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Ground Floor
The ground floor contains:
 * The animation room activity.
 * The dummy room activity.
 * The bank (with Jade).
 * Lidio's food shop.
 * Lilly's potion shop.
 * Ajjat (Attack Master)

First Floor
The first floor contains:
 * The catapult room activity.
 * The shot put room activity (with Sloane, the strength master).
 * Jimmy's challenge (keg balance) activity.
 * The armoury (with Anton).

Second Floor

 * Warning: The prayers of the Ancient Curses cannot be used in the Cyclopes' room. Attempting to use one causes a message to appear that Kamfreena frowns on using curses, and the prayer will not activate. The standard Prayers can be used. Ancient-curse users who normally would use Deflect Melee must change to the standard prayers and use Protect from Melee instead.



The second floor contains Kamfreena and a large room of Cyclopes. Players can kill the monsters in this room in order to obtain different types of defenders. The large room contains around fifteen Cyclopes, levels 56 and 76. Players may also encounter a Cyclossus, a level 156, which appears randomly and can only be hurt with a Rune or Dragon Defender.

When entering the Cyclopes' room, players have the option of using all the tokens from a single skill, or using all type of tokens. They must have earned at least 200 Warriors' Guild Tokens of any one type, or 30 Tokens of all five types. Every minute a player spends in the Cyclopes' room results in the loss of 20 Tokens if using a single type of token, or 3 tokens of all 5 types. Once a player has entered the room, they may kill as many cyclopes as time allows. Players may not set up a Dwarf multicannon or use Ancient Curses while in the Cyclopes' room. The benefits of multi token mode:

• Use fewer tokens per minute

• Small damage Bonus

• Some drops noted

• Increased chance of Defender drop

• Increased chance of confronting a Cyclossus

Players who kill the Cyclopes will eventually receive a Bronze defender as a drop. After receiving a bronze defender, players can earn subsequently stronger defenders up to a Dragon defender. Other than dragon, the first time a player receives a defender of a given type, they must exit the room and let Kamfreena know that they have acquired a certain type of defender in order to receive the next type of defender. If the player does not leave and re-enter they can only receive the same defender drop again. Players do not have to have a defender equipped to receive a drop of the next type.

If the player remains in the room after they have run out of tokens Kamfreena will teleport the player to the door after an additional minute and tell them that next time they run out of tokens they should leave immediately. It is possible to obtain a defender after you have run out of tokens.

Activities
Players can participate in a number of activities while inside the Warriors' Guild in order to collect Warrior guild tokens. All of these activities are somewhat combat oriented, so players should prepare themselves appropriately. Ancient curses can not be used inside the Warriors' Guild.



Before the Dragon defender update, most players acquired their tokens solely through the animation room, because they yielded the fastest rate of tokens. To encourage players to participate in other activities, tokens are now unique to each activity, and the multi-token mode in the cyclops room drains tokens from every activity. It drains less total tokens than single-token mode, and comes with benefits relating to the player's drops. However, getting tokens in some activities is extremely slow and, for some players, may not be worth the time. Those players choose single-token mode (which lacks the benefits of multi-token) with animation room tokens.

Animation room
The animation room is located on the ground floor, west of the guild entrance. This room is one of the most commonly used rooms in the guild to gain tokens. Players will fight against an animated set of their own armour. To play this activity a player must bring a set of normal metal armour (bronze, iron, steel, black, mithril, adamant, or rune). This set should consist of a Full helm, Platebody, and Platelegs, and must be the same type of metal. Weapons, shields, plateskirts, and special armour (such as trimmed or heraldic) cannot be used with the animation machines.

Players should bring armour and weapons that are appropriate for the level armour that they will be fighting. To begin the activity, players must use one piece of the armour they have brought on one of the animation machines. The armour set will come to life and start attacking the owner of the armour. If a player defeats the animated armour they will be rewarded with Warriors' Guild Tokens for defeating the armour. The higher the armour type a player fights, the more tokens they will receive. There will also be a decreased chance that a piece of the armour is destroyed in the fight. If a player logs out after defeating their armour set and does not pick up the armour it will automatically disappear. Note that if you kill your armour on the square in the middle of the animator, the armour will not show up. You must right-click the square to retrieve your armour.

Tips

 * The armour is vulnerable to crush attacks. However, an Abyssal whip, which lacks a crush attack, is still effective.
 * Turning Auto retaliate on can help. Some of the better armour may be high enough level that a player cannot just click on it to attack it (instead, right clicking is necessary). Auto retaliate ensures that players will fight back when the armour hits them.
 * Consider switching run on when fighting the armour. When the armour's life points are reduced to near zero, the armour sometimes runs away. With run on, players can hunt the armour down quicker.
 * Bringing a Halberd to fight the higher level armour can help. Hide behind the fence enclosing the animating machine for best results. If the armour retreats, switch to a fast melee weapon right away.



Dummy room
The dummy room is located on the ground floor, west of the guild entrance. There are no requirements for this activity. This room will test players' abilities in attack styles with various dummies. To defeat these dummies players must choose the correct attack method to destroy them. Players may look at the poster in the dummy room for more information on what styles to use for each dummy. Each dummy correctly hit will award a player 15 Attack experience and 5 tokens.



There are seven dummy types in the dummy room, covering all four combat styles (defensive, aggressive, accurate and controlled) and all three melee attack styles (slash, crush, and stab). As a result, choosing the right weapons for this activity is important. Players will need at least two weapons to be able to hit every dummy. the attack bonuses for the weapon do not help in this activity so a player will be just as effective with a bronze longsword as they will with a Dragon longsword. If a player does not have the ideal weaponry for this game, they can visit Anton on the first floor of the guild.

Tips for the Dummy room

 * If a player wants to be able to hit all targets they will require two different types of weapons as no weapon exists in game to cover all styles and attack types. A player can use a mace and a battleaxe combo or Scimitar and unarmed to cover all dummies.
 * The dummies switch extremely fast and a player may find it too difficult to switch weapons. It is advantagous to pick one versatile weapon, learn how its 4 styles apply to the dummies, and ignore what you can't hit. Longswords and scimitars can hit 7 of the 8 dummies. A spear can be used to hit 6 dummies with half the attacks in the pound combat style.
 * Always have run turned on in this game. Weight reducing equipment should also be used to maximise run energy.
 * Switching styles, then clicking to move to the dummy is usually too slow. Move to the dummy, and switch styles as you're moving. When you have a choice, pick the farthest "controlled" dummy to give you time.

Catapult room


The catapult room is located on the first floor, west of the Armoury. There are no requirements for this activity. To begin this activity a player must speak with Gamfred, the dwarf outside of the room, to obtain a two handed defensive shield. This shield can only be equipped while standing on the target area. Once a player has equipped the shield, they must pay careful attention to the ammunition that is being shot at them so they can select the appropriate defence style. Each successful defence will award a player 10 Defence experience and 4 tokens. Each missed defence will inflict up to 40 damage. Although this game is arguably the easiest at which to be successful, its token pay-off is relatively slow, at approximately 50 tokens per minute.

Tips for Catapult room

 * It is recommended that players rotate the angle of the camera so that the catapult appears to be in the top-right corner of their screen so they can see what type of ammo is about to hit them more easily.

Shot Put room
The shot put room is located on the first floor, in the north-east corner of the guild. There are no requirements for this activity. To begin players must pick up a shot and select one of the three throwing styles. To pick up a Shot you must have nothing equipped in the weapon slot, shield slot, or glove slot, however you may equip knives in the weapon slot. If a player fails, they will drop the ball on their toe, causing 10 damage in the process. Players may also occasionally throw the shot at the Ref, causing him to shout "Oi! (player's name), don't throw the ball outside the range!". To decrease the chance of failure, players can use a pestle and mortar with ashes to get ground ashes. They may then click on the ash to dust their hands. In a hidden update at an unknown time there was a delay factor put in place, it was to prevent players from speed clicking through the mini game; after a player throws a shot they must wait a second before picking up another. In the case that they attempt to quickly grab another shot the ref will say a variety of phrases ranging from, "Pace yourself" or "Sorry, I'm not ready yet" or "Just a moment, I dropped my hanky". If the player succeeds at a throw, they will gain Strength experience at a rate of 9-12 XP per yard thrown and tokens.

The number of tokens players will receive is calculated as follows:
 * For the 22 lb balls (right pile), you will receive 3 + distance (yards) tokens
 * For the 18 lb balls (left pile), you will receive 1 + distance (yards) tokens

The distance of a throw depends on the stance used.
 * For standing throw, the distance is 12 yards at 100% energy.
 * For step and throw, the distance is 11 yards at 100% energy.
 * For spin and throw, the distance is 10 yards at 100% energy.

Prior to 25 April 2011 this event would use a portion of the players energy. This was changed during an update and now no energy is used.

Jimmy's challenge (keg balance)
Jimmy's Challenge is located on the first floor, south of the Shot Put room. There are no requirements for this activity. To begin players must click on a keg in the room. They will need to balance the keg on their head, and then attempt to balance more kegs on top of this one, up to a maximum of five. If a player does get 5 on their head, Jimmy will say, "Wow! That'sh bery impr....imp...impresh..... good _________! Equalsh my record!" If a player loses balance, the kegs will cause up to 40 damage to the player. Players receive more tokens the more barrels are being balanced and the longer they are balanced. Players can also tag the coloured furniture in the order displayed at the top of the screen for a slight Strength XP reward.

The odds of successfully balancing all 5 barrels is controlled by the player's energy level. Players can drink energy potions while they have kegs balanced on their head, and should do so to keep their energy level as close to 100% as possible. Players with an energy level between 90% and 100% have a low probability of dropping barrels and a high probability of being able to balance an additional barrel successfully. Using the Oo'glog salt water pool for 100% energy is highly recommended, as being at 100% run energy the entire time can yield over a hundred tokens per game. You can use the Explorer Ring 2-3 to raise your run energy when needed. If those options are unavailable, open an interface (armour equipment, Price Checker, etc.) to raise your run energy or talk to Jimmy, although the time in the interface does not add to your score. One may also rest to recover run energy between keg rounds.

Shops
The Warriors' Guild has many shops to aid players in playing the various Activities within the guild or fighting Cyclopes.

Anton (Equipment)
Located on the south wall of the first floor, Anton buys and sells most weapons dropped by Cyclopes. Anton does not buy or sell black knives, which are a very common drop of Cyclopes, or defenders, which are not tradeable. Anton offers the same price as High Level Alchemy yields.

Lidio (Food)
Lidio is located in the north-west corner of the ground floor and sells medium-level foods. Specifically, Lidio sells cooked trout (68 coins), bass (270 coins), plain pizza (200 coins), potato with cheese (350 coins), and stew (100 coins). After the September 2009 shop update, the food vendor in the Warriors' Guild no longer has infinite stock. Thrifty players may want to keep some weapons from slaying cyclopes and sell them to Anton, then buy food.

Lilly (Potions)
Lilly's Warrior Guild Potion Shop is located in the room east of Lidio. Lilly sells 3-dose Strength potions (1,200 coins), Attack potions (560 coins), and Defence potions (880 coins).

Jade (Bank)
Jade is a banker, located in the south-west corner of the ground floor of the guild. Jade gives players full access to their bank accounts.

Trivia

 * When Jagex released the Warriors' guild, they were unable to put the guild in due to crowds of people sitting where it should be. Jagex moved the guild further east than what was displayed in the original map so players were not crushed or stuck inside parts of the guild. Once everyone had moved, they placed the guild where it was originally supposed to be located.
 * In the room with the Cyclopes, on the map is a picture of an eye. Inside the floor pattern is a single stake on fire. This is a reference to the Greek epic poem, "The Odyssey", in which Odysseus blinds the cyclops Polyphemus by thrusting a hot stake into his eye.
 * There was a visual glitch that caused projectiles from the catapult room to appear coming up through the floor in the north-west corner of the cyclops room. This has been recently patched.
 * When players talk to Ajjat on the first floor of the Warriors Guild, after saying goodbye he will say "Farewell, and stay away from the dark side." This is of course a reference to the Star Wars film series.
 * When Jagex changed the tokens from items to the current system, the number of tokens a player had in their bank would be applied to all of the activities. 1000 old tokens would give 1000 tokens in each activity.
 * The name of the man behind that catapult in the Catapult room is Nigall as shown in Postbag from the Hedge 16.
 * It is important to never lose the defender preceding the defender you use. For example, if you lose a dragon defender and have a rune defender in your bank, you can use the rune defender to get the dragon defender again. If you lose your rune defender however, there is no way to get your dragon defender back if you lose it other than starting from bronze again.