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. 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 an extinct race of ogres (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 Big High War God!"
 * "Split their skulls!"
 * "We feast on the bones of our enemies tonight!"
 * "CHAAARGE!"
 * "Crush them underfoot!"

Team Strategy
The General should never be underestimated. Not only does he have very high defence, he can hit up to 60 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.



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

A player attempting this should be wearing armour that gives high range attack and defence bonuses (if fighting with range) or high melee attack and high range defence bonuses (if fighting with melee).

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


 * 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


 * 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


 * Shield: Dragonfire shield/Toktz-ket-xil/Granite shield/Dragon sq shield/Spirit 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
 * Rune pickaxe (Common)
 * Rune two-handed sword (Common)
 * Rune longsword
 * Rune sword
 * Rune spear
 * Dragon spear
 * 12-20 Adamant javelins
 * 6-9 Rune javelins
 * 145-155 Steel arrows

Armour

 * Bandos chestplate
 * Bandos tassets
 * Bandos boots
 * Dragon med helm
 * Shield left half
 * Rune platebody
 * Rune kiteshield
 * Rune square shield (rare)

Other drops

 * Bandos hilt
 * God Sword Shard 1
 * God Sword Shard 2
 * God Sword Shard 3
 * Coins (19,000-21,000) (Common)
 * 16-20 Adamantite ore (Common)
 * 115-120 Coal (noted) (Common)
 * Chaos talisman
 * Uncut sapphire
 * Uncut emerald
 * Uncut ruby
 * Uncut diamond
 * Dragonstone
 * Half key
 * 39-42 Rune arrows
 * 16-20 Magic logs
 * 3 Super restore potions
 * 3 Grimy snapdragons
 * Snapdragon seed (Common)
 * 100 Silver ore
 * Clue scroll (level-3)
 * Curved bone
 * Long bone

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.


 * According to the Runescape card game, Graardor loves fighting so much he would fight with himself if no one was around.


 * 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 godwars dungeon, a Stealing Creation hammer will also work.