Mummy



Mummies are undead creatures found in the Pyramid Plunder activity, during quests such as Desert Treasure and Dealing with Scabaras, and in the Chaos Tunnels.

Mummies are well known for dropping Ancient staves, although this is a quite rare drop. If you've purchased an Ancient staff from Eblis and lost it, and do not want to buy one from another player, this is your only choice.

Strengths and weaknesses
The level 84 mummies are rather weak for their level, hitting a maximum of 60 life points. On the other hand, the level 103 and 125 mummies are far stronger, with a max hit of 240, and can hit consistently even through strong armour (Rune armour and Dragon armour). For this reason, players should consider using the Protect from Melee prayer when meleeing them. This is especially recommended when fighting mummies in desert areas such as Ullek, where many players wear low-defence Desert camouflage gear or Desert robes to reduce water consumption and avoid the effects of desert heat. Mummies have a high melee Defence, which suggests that players use Super set potions. Despite this high melee defence, slashing attacks appear to be quite effective at cutting through their bandages, so an Abyssal whip would be a good choice for melee.

Mummies are Undead, which means that wearing a Salve amulet (e) provides a significant combat boost. Despite being undead, the Magic spell Crumble Undead does not affect mummies, contrary to the beliefs and wishes of some players. Mummies are weak to fire magic spells. When hit by a fire spell, the mummy catches on fire, although this effect does not cause any more damage than the spell itself. (The Mummy Champion actually rises in level when catching on fire.) When a burning mummy is killed by a fire spell, the mummy turns into a level 96 'Mummy ashes' standing, charred corpse, and then collapses and disappears, with the mummy's drops then appearing.

Ice spells and chinchompas


There is an area in the Chaos Tunnels with 12 aggressive mummies, making it a great place to train using Red chinchompas, normal Chinchompas or Ancient Magicks, particularly ice spells like Ice Burst and Ice Barrage. Although these methods of training can be expensive, the Ancient staff and rune items the mummies drop help cover a 65% part of the expense. They frequently drop emerald items, if which are picked up, can cover 90% or all of the expenses.

Players may reach up to approximately 230,000 experience per hour using Red chinchompas at level 99; the second fastest Ranged experience in the game, right after skeleton monkeys on Ape Atoll if done the method of gathering up the mummies and attacking them. There was a newly discovered method giving an average of 550+exp per Red chinchompa at level 85+ range. This could be done by gathering all 12 mummies so that they were aggressive to you and not stuck behind an obstacle, then, walking back and forth in a line, one square to the left and right repeatedly. This would cause the mummies to 'pile' on each other so that they were all standing on the same spot. This method allowed you to attack all 12 mummies at the same time and was the best ranged experience in the game. However, Jagex has fixed this, now you can only hit one mummy (or any monster) per space with red chinchompas. So instead of hitting 12-15 mummies, you can only hit 9 maximum if you hit all of them in the 3x3 area.

Swamp titans
Swamp titans are useful auxiliaries when fighting mummies in Multicombat areas like the Chaos Tunnels or Ullek. Although the swamp titan's normal melee attack is not particularly strong against mummies, its special move, swamp plague, is quite effective as it can poison numerous mummies. The poison starts at 58 damage and decreases over time. The basic strategy is to use a protection prayer, attack the mummies with your preferred style, and frequently use the swamp titan's special move to keep poisoning the mummies. (The special move is a two-step process; see the Swamp titan article for details about how to use the move.)

Locations

 * Pyramid Plunder activity - level 84 mummies.
 * Jaldraocht Pyramid - Level 96 and 103 mummies.
 * The ruins of Ullek - Level 125 mummies.
 * These mummies are killed to obtain Scabarite notes.
 * Chaos Tunnels - Level 103 mummies.

Although the Pyramid Plunder level 84 mummies are weak for their level, most players regard it a waste of time to train on them, as they only drop ashes. Mummies are only found by opening the sarcophagi in the pyramid, and there's a chance there will be no mummy in a sarcophagus. It takes several seconds to open a sarcophagus; there's just one sarcophagus in each of the eight rooms in the pyramid; each room requires a minimum Thieving level to enter (21 for the first room, rising to 91 for the eighth room).

Examine text
Normal:
 * Where's my mummy?
 * But who's the daddy?
 * A tightly-wrapped monster.
 * A spooky, bandaged dead dude.
 * A victim of poor first aid.
 * Warning: Highly flammable.

When on fire:
 * Someone's old flame, perhaps?
 * A victim of poor barbeque skills.
 * This one's on fire!

When turned into 'Mummy ashes':
 * A tightly-wrapped monster.

Champions' Challenge
Mummies are one of the 'races' who have lesser champions in the Champions' Challenge activity. To fight the Mummy Champion, the player must kill mummies until one drops a Champion scroll, which is a very rare drop.

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Trivia

 * The level 96 mummies that come out of the sarcophagi in the Jaldraocht Pyramid have 10 life points, a maximum hit of 170, and can only be killed by fire spells. What's more interesting is that they have the same drops as the level 103 mummies. There are also two or three places in the pyramid where no level 103 mummies will attack the player.
 * While on fire, mummies' examine text changes. This only happens if the player continues to use fire spells. Otherwise, it will change back.
 * When a burning mummy is killed and turns into 'Mummy ashes' as it dies, the mummy ashes are always level 96, despite the original mummy's level. In the brief time they are present, mummy ashes cannot be attacked (but can be examined).
 * RuneScape often uses puns when using the name 'mummy' as this is a term used in the UK similar to America's 'mommy'. This leads some players to believe that all mummies are female, but both male and female mummies exist.