Guard

There are many Guards in RuneScape, usually in populated, major cities, such as Falador, Varrock, Ardougne, and others. Guards also patrol the area of just south of the Wilderness Ditch at Edgeville. There are also Guards at the mansion in the quest Rat Catchers.

General Information
Their level ranges from 19 to 27, and they are weak for their level. They are quite commonly affected by the NPC Death Glitch. All guards are not aggressive unless they are attacked first or are provoked by players pickpocketing.

Armour and Weaponry
Guards wear an Iron chainbody, Bronze medium helmet, and a Steel square shield as armour. Most wield a Bronze sword or Bronze battleaxe. Other guards wield ranged gear instead of a sword and wear Hard leather armour in the place of Iron chainbody. Still more have a steel mace, iron chainbody or hardleather body, and possibly an iron medium helm.

Thieving
Guards can be thieved at level 40 Thieving, giving 46.5 experience.

Avoiding getting in a fight with the Guard
Guards are the bane of members exercising their Thieving skills, as they attack the player, forcing him or her to interrupt their activity and dispatch the guard. A way to avoid this is to trap the guards in a building or behind a fence.

Extra Hints
Guards should not be confused with the level 9 Al-Kharid Warriors in the Emir's Palace. They should also not be confused with the jail guards of Draynor prison, who are aggressive. Guards are also a popular clue scroll drop monster due to their low level and level 2 clue scrolls.

Drops

 * 1 to 25 Coins (common)
 * Cabbage seeds
 * Potato seeds (common)
 * Onion seeds
 * Tomato seeds
 * sweetcorn seeds
 * Grain
 * Mithril platebody (37 lvls guards in Buthorpe)
 * Steel warhammer
 * body talisman
 * Iron dagger (common)
 * 1 or 2 bronze arrows
 * 1 or 2 Iron arrows
 * 1 to 5 Steel arrows
 * 6 Earth runes
 * 2-12 Iron bolts
 * Fire runes
 * Chaos runes (1)
 * Blood runes (semi-rare)
 * Nature runes
 * Level 2 Clue scrolls which can be used in the Treasure Trails (rare)
 * Iron ore (uncommon)
 * Strawberry seeds
 * 6 Air runes
 * Earth runes
 * 2 watermelon seeds (rare)
 * 1 gold charm
 * 1 crimson charm
 * 1 blue charm
 * Mithril full helmet (level 37 guards in Buthorpe)