General Graardor


 * General Graardor is a God Wars Dungeon boss and is called the 'Bandos Boss' in RuneScape's Quick Chat feature.

General Graardor is currently the fifth strongest monster in RuneScape after K'ril Tsutsaroth, TzTok-Jad, the Spirit Beast and the Corporeal Beast, and is therefore the fourth highest attackable creature after K'ril Tsutsaroth, TzTok-Jad and the Corporeal Beast. He is the boss of Bandos' Stronghold. To get access to his chamber players must kill 40 of Bandos' followers. The easiest method is killing 40 goblins. General Graardor is the most popular of the four God Wars bosses to kill. World 6 is the unofficial non-lootshare Graardor killing world. To enter his stronghold, players must have at least 70 Strength and a normal hammer.

History
For many centuries, General Graardor was thought to be an ancestor of the ogres, also rumoured to have been the beast that captured the lands of the Feldip Hills and Jiggig for the ogre's use. When the ice of the God Wars Dungeon defrosted, many of the scribes of RuneScape were confused by the reappearance of such an old god and his army. General Graardor was found to be the final survivor of a near-extinct race known as Ourgs that once followed the path of Bandos. The general was chosen specifically by Bandos to guard the Godsword. General Graardor was also trained to use only his fists in combat, as demonstrated when players attempt to kill him.

Bodyguards

 * Sergeant Strongstack (melee)
 * Sergeant Steelwill (magic)
 * Sergeant Grimspike (ranged)

Quotes
When in battle, General Graardor says many quotes to do with defeating the characters that dare to venture deep enough to kill him, these quotes are:


 * "Death to our enemies!"
 * "Brargh!"
 * "Break their bones!"
 * "For the glory of the Big High War God!
 * "Split their skulls!"
 * "We feast on the bones of our enemies tonight!"
 * "CHAAARGE!"
 * "Crush them underfoot!"


 * All glory to Bandos!.

Team Strategy
The General should never be underestimated. Not only does he have very high defence, he can hit up to 64 with melee, and uses a ranged attack that hits everyone in the room, which hits up to 35. A team of at least 3 people as well as a tanker (i.e. a player with high defence and good armour to take Graardor's blows) is highly recommended. All players should use the Protect from Ranged Prayer, except for the player directly being attacked, who should use the Protect from Melee Prayer. The player being directly attacked should watch his or her health very carefully, as he/she can still be hit by Graardor's ranged attack. All players should be careful of Graardor's minions, as one uses melee, one uses ranged, and one uses magic. There is an altar there, but it can only be used every 10 minutes, so it is advised to bring prayer potions or super restores just in case. One good strategy much used before the trade limit update was to trade the tanker more food or Saradomin brews if he/she was to run out. This can be used now after the update as well but you can only trade a certain amount of food/brews now. Some say he is the easiest of the bosses in the God Wars Dungeon, but don't take him too lightly.





Solo Strategy
General Graardor can be soloed with ranged or melee at a very high level.

If one desires to kill General Graardor and get a couple of kills it is advised that their defence level is in excess of 80, and that the offensive stat (either ranged or strength/attack) that they wish to be using is in excess of level 90. However, it is possible to do it at 70 defence, 85 attack and 90 strength, although at these levels you will be just about getting 1 kill per trip, sometimes none.

When soloing Graardor it is advised that you do not risk what you are not willing to lose, because even the most experienced Graardor soloers can find themselves taken to an unsafe hitpoints level in a relatively short period of time.

Bringing a ring of life is highly recommended as even though Graardor hits up to 35 with ranged and 60 with melee there is a reasonable chance that you will be brought down to such a dangerously low hitpoint level that a ring of life becomes your only chance.

The player attempting to solo should keep Protect from Melee prayer on at all times. It is recommended that meleers bring a super set.

Recommended Equipment

 * Head: Verac's helmet/Helmet of neitiznot/Berserker Helmet/Saradomin coif/Zamorak coif /Torag's helmet
 * Neck: Amulet of fury/Saradomin Stole/Zamorak Stole/Amulet of Glory/Amulet of Strength


 * Torso: Bandos Chestplate/Torag's platebody/Karil's leathertop/Saradomin d'hide/Zamorak d'hide


 * Legs: Bandos Tassets/Verac's plateskirt/Torag's platelegs/Dharok's platelegs/Guthan's chainskirt


 * Boots: (Climbing boots if walking to the God Wars Dungeon. Not recommended)Dragon boots/Bandos boots/Rune boots


 * Cape: Fire cape/Skill Cape(trimmed, if possible)/Saradomin cloak/Zamorak cloak/Obsidian cape/Cape of Legends/Saradomin cape/Zamorak cape/Ava's accumulator(only if ranging)


 * Arrows: If ranging, Rune arrows, Dragon arrows, If attempting to use a crossbow, Ruby bolts (e) and Diamond bolts (e) (ruby for first half of health, then diamond for rest), Dragon bolts (e) (very effective spec) and Onyx bolts (e) can do the trick.


 * Side/spec weapon: Dragon halberd/Dragon Mace/Dragon dagger p++ (poison doesn't work, so doesn't matter)


 * Bow: If ranging, A Dark Bow, Rune Crossbow (highly recommended), or Magic Shortbow


 * Weapon: Godsword (Bandos, Saradomin, or Armadyl recommended)/Abyssal Whip/Zamorakian spear


 * Shield: Divine spirit shield/Elysian spirit shield/Dragonfire shield/Toktz-ket-xil/Granite shield/Dragon sq shield/Crystal shield/


 * Gloves: Barrows gloves/Dragon gloves/Rune gloves


 * Ring: Berserker ring/Warrior ring/Explorer's ring 3/Ring of life/Ring of Wealth(only if soloing)

100% drop

 * Ourg bones

Runes

 * 65-70 Nature runes
 * 42-45 Death runes
 * 41-45 Law runes

Charms

 * One of:
 * Blue charm
 * Crimson charm
 * Gold charm
 * Green charm



Weapons

 * Rune battleaxe (semi rare)
 * Rune pickaxe (Common)
 * Rune two-handed sword (Common)
 * Rune longsword
 * Rune sword (semi rare)
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * Dragon spear (semi rare)
 * 12-20 Adamant javelins (uncommon)
 * 6-9 Rune javelins (uncommon)
 * 145-155 Steel arrows (uncommon)

Armour

 * Bandos chestplate(semi rare around 1/70-1/90)
 * Bandos tassets (semi rare around 1/60-1/80)
 * Bandos boots (semi rare)
 * Dragon med helm (uncommon)
 * Shield left half (semi rare)
 * Rune platebody (semi common)
 * Rune kiteshield (rare)
 * Rune square shield (rare)

Other drops

 * Bandos hilt (rare around 1/150)
 * God Sword Shard 1
 * God Sword Shard 2
 * God Sword Shard 3
 * Coins (19,000-20,000) (Common)
 * 16-20 Adamantite ore (Common)
 * 115-120 Coal (noted) (Common)
 * Chaos talisman (rare)
 * Uncut sapphire
 * Uncut emerald
 * Uncut ruby
 * Uncut diamond
 * Dragonstone
 * Half key
 * 39-42 Rune arrows (uncommon)
 * 16-20 Magic logs
 * 3 Super restore potions
 * 3 Grimy snapdragons
 * Snapdragon seed (Common)
 * 100 Silver ore (rare)
 * Clue scroll (level-3)
 * Curved bone (uncommon)
 * Long bone (uncommon)
 * Femur bone (for Fur 'n' Seek extra wishlist, common but not 100%)
 * Nothing (rare)

Trivia

 * General Graardor makes an appearance on the main menu as a picture for the French servers release. He can be also seen in the Members' benefit page.


 * In the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor, in the Bandos army side, it shows an "Ourg" with the image of General Graardor, which might mean that he is an Ourg. This was confirmed in the 39th edition of Postbag from the Hedge.


 * After The Chosen Commander quest release, he now says "Bandos" instead of Big High War God


 * During the 2009 Easter Event while sorting the defected nuts General Graardor makes a cameo as a plushie/figurine.


 * Prior to 6 May 2009, General Graardor dropped Big bones instead of Ourg bones when killed.


 * When entering the Bandos section of the god wars dungeon, a Stealing Creation hammer will also work.
 * Due to a summoning update, tanking at Bandos has been found quite difficult. When a players familiar attacks General Graardor, he will switch to the player and back again several times, making him a dangerous opponent. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a glitch, simply a side effect of the summoning update of the '18th August 2009 - Menagerie, Familiar Controls and Butlers' update.


 * Mod Emilee has confirmed that no changes have been made to the Bandos Godwars Dungeon, and that they will be monitoring the dungeon. See summoning side effect above.

General Graardor