Monkey Guard

Monkey Guards are level 167 gorillas that live in Ape Atoll's temple.

Biography
Monkey Guards live in on the ground floor and second floor of Ape Atoll's temple. They have a large amount of health and throw vicious punches that can hit up to 18. When they have very low health, they will beat their chest, causing them to heal about 20% of their hitpoints.

There are two kinds of Monkey Guards: the ones with a beard and the ones without a beard. While both Monkey Guards have the same stats, you cannot run through the Monkey Guards with beards, causing them to be a nuisance when they are blocking the ladder to the second floor or the altar.

Benefits
Because the Monkey Guards heal themselves and because there is an altar in the temple, many players train combat of all forms on them by fighting them with Protect from Melee on the whole time. When they are low on Prayer, they pray at the altar and continue their training. Players can also use stat-boosting prayers such as Piety to aid training.

Other information

 * Level 1 Spiders also live in the temple and can poison for up to 4 damage. It is recommended players bring about four antipoisons along with them on the island to prevent being poisoned.
 * Monkey Guards drop larger versions of monkey bones, which give 18 experience points when buried.
 * If you kill a Monkey Guard, you can bring its bones, along with a Monkey Talisman, to Zooknock to create a gorilla greegree. This greegree will allow you to run around on Ape Atoll as a Monkey Guard. If you bring the bones of a bearded Monkey Guard to Zooknock, you will have a greegree that will transform you into a Monkey Guard with a beard. If you bring the bones of a Monkey Guard without a beard to Zooknock, you will have a greegree that will transform you into a Monkey Guard without a beard.