White Knight

The White Knights of Falador are a Saradominist Military group, with strong ties to the Temple Knights of Saradomin. A White Knight is a type of NPC found at the White Knights' Castle in Falador. The helmet's plume colour indicates the knight's level.

Partisan white knights can hit up to 70 points of damage; all the lower classes can hit up to 60. They are also an unusually high level for being in a low/medium level player area. They are known to use crushing attacks, so a chainbody will work well against them.

The white knights are arguably the most important political group in Asgarnia, as their leader, Sir Amik Varze, is the effective ruler of the kingdom, save Burthorpe. They have a long rivalry with the Black Knights, and more recently with the Burthorpe Imperial Guard. In general, they are said to stand against evil, being followers of Saradomin. However, players are occasionally cautioned by knowledgeable NPCs like Bob the Jagex Cat and Juna that the white knights may not be as pure as they seem. Also, the BurthorpeImperial Guard believes the white knights have illegally taken control of the Kingdom of Asgarnia when King Vallance disappeared.

Players as white knights
After completing the Recruitment Drive quest, players become members of the Temple Knights, an ancient order with strong ties to the White Knights. Completion of the Wanted! quest gives the player access to White Knight equipment after obtaining a sufficient rank in the order. Players' ranks within the order are different from the ranks suggested by the various plume colours. This is because the ranks suggested by the plume colours are earned by completing quests given out by the Temple Knights, such as Slug Menace, and do not increase your reputation with the White Knights. Players gain in rank by killing Black Knights; however, killing White Knights lowers rank.

Upon entering the order, the player is automatically a White Knight Novice and is credited with 100 black knight kills. Thereafter, killing a regular Black Knight counts as one kill while killing an Elite Black Knight counts as 10 kills. Killing a white knight reduces the player's kill count by one and can result in the player being demoted in rank. Players can check their rank by clicking Wanted! in the Quest Journal control panel; the player's current rank is shown with the wording "I am currently a (Rank) white knight."

When the player is promoted to a new rank, the game window displays the promotion: "Congratulations you are now a White Knight (Rank)." There is no announcement, however, for being demoted or being promoted again to a rank the player once held.

Knight rankings can be used to obtain White Knight equipment from Sir Vyvin at the White Knights' Castle in Falador. Each piece of equipment requires a specific knight ranking to buy, but not to wear. Pieces of white knight equipment can be sold back to Sir Vyvin at the same price as they were bought at. When compared to the armour of White Knight NPCs, this equipment has less shine, and the NPC's armour appears to have a black trim on it.

Note: If you kill enough White Knights and have been demoted to "no rank," Sir Vyvin will refuse to sell anything to you.

Note: Gaining ranks doesn't require membership after you have completed Wanted!

Drops
Different levelled knights have slightly different drops. Players killing white knights in the white knight's castle after completing the Wanted! quest will lose favour among the White Knights' order.

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Notable Members

 * Sir Amik Varze
 * Sir Vant
 * Sir Vyvin
 * Sir Renitee
 * Sir Pallas†
 * Sir Erical†
 * Sir Finistere (traitor to the White Knights)

Trivia

 * Most of the White Knights and Temple Knights have names that are a play on words using the honourific Sir. For instance, there is "Sir Vyvin" (surviving), "Sir Renitee" (serenity), "Sir Amik Varze" (ceramic vase when spoken with an English accent), "Sir Tiffy Cashien" (certification), "Sir Vant" (servant) "Sir Gerry" (surgery) "Sir Spishyus" (suspicious) "Sir Tinley" (certainly).
 * There is a lone white knight scout standing outside of Burthorpe (interestingly, he wears the armour of a Partisan with a blue plume, yet he is the level of an Initiate [36]), the only area of Asgarnia controlled by the Imperial Guard rather than the White Knights. Players speaking to him learn that he is watching something, indicating another rivalry between the two factions.
 * When talking to Bob the Jagex Cat, the following dialogue can be triggered: "Well, those white knights are far more complicated than you might imagine. Not the 'goodie goodies' they claim to be. Just watch your back."
 * In RuneScape Classic White Knights would wander all around Falador, not just around the White Knight's Castle, and they wore steel armour.
 * There used to be a glitch in which on a non-member server a white knight would drop a White Full Helmet. This has since been fixed.
 * White Knights are an ideal source of combat xp for medium levelled players. After completing Recruitment Drive, Sir Tiffy Cashien can switch your spawn point to the white knight castle. A player can kill the knights until they die, then walk a couple of squares to their Gravestone, and retrieve their items. There is also an altar in the White Knights' Castle, which is very convenient, since players can keep the protection from melee prayer on while fighting them.
 * The White knights appear to be left-handed. They swing their 2Hs from the left side. This is consistent with a player's 2H swings.
 * These knights are rumoured to drop santa hats around Christmas, but this is a complete myth, of course.
 * The White Knights seem to be outnumbered by the Kinshra or Black Knights, 3 to 1. The Kinshra also have their HQ located in Taverley Dungeon, where their leader Lord Daquarius resides.
 * White Knights appear as a unit of Saradomin in the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor
 * The platebodies worn by the NPC White Knights seem to have a thin black trim.
 * Outside Falador Castle, the White Knights with red plumes are level 36, while the Knights with yellow plumes are level 38.
 * The White Knights seem to be wearing either a white full helmet, a White full helmet with gold trim, green trim and red trim.