Shady stranger

Shady strangers are attackable NPCs that can be found in Draynor Village. The ones without hoods are Suspicious outsiders. Shady strangers were released, along with Suspicious outsiders, for the While Guthix Sleeps quest. They play a role in the quest, as the player must capture one for questioning.

When a player attacks them, and they are going to die, they will teleport and say "Uh oh time to go!" The fact that they teleport at below 200 lifepoints is a myth; they will teleport whenever they are about to die, and if a player uses a special attack that will hit high (E.g. Zanik's crossbow special attack), they will teleport even at full lifepoints. The known ways of killing them are by getting behind the path fence and using range or mage (if using dark bow, or smoke spells from the ancient spellbook) also by poisoning them using a poisoned weapon, by using Smoke spells from the Ancient Magicks spellbook, using a Godsword on them, or by using a Summoning familiar.

Strategy
The most common method of killing the Shady strangers is by poisoning them with a poisoned weapon, like a Dragon Dagger. In order to do this effectively, players have to attack them until they are poisoned, then just stand by and let them die. Players have to make sure that Auto retaliate is turned off, or they will end up attacking the strangers more than needed, making them teleport away. (The location to which they teleport to is unknown) The Dragon claws special attack can also be used to kill them. The Dark Bow's special attack is another special that can kill them.

Another effective method is by using a summoning familiar to kill the strangers. The method is similar to the poisoning method, but with a familiar summoned.

Shady Strangers CANNOT be teleport blocked.

The knock-out aura does not work on shady strangers if they're in low health.

Dialogue
When you speak to the Shady stranger or Suspicious outsider, he will make up excuses to cover up the real reason he is stationed in Draynor.

Shady stranger
 * Player: Hello, what are you doing here?
 * Shady Stranger/Suspicious Outsider: Err, nothing much, just in here on business. Heard Draynor's a nice place to visit.

Drops
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