Rise of the Zombie Monkeys!

Rise of the Zombie Monkeys! is an event during the last of the Wild Weekends, where the community team will be spawning invasions of zombie monkeys (level 65) throughout the weekend. If you kill at least 5 on a given day an XP lamp will be rewarded. The XP lamp is a Medium XP lamp. It was originally thought that the event would be repeating Saturday through Monday, but according to the official forum post by Jagex, this is not the case. The event will only be available on Saturday and Sunday, allowing for 2 XP lamps to be earned.

The community team will be posting updates stating what world and location the zombie monkeys will be spawning at on the Forums, as well as Twitter. Be sure to keep an eye on one of these to make sure you are prepared. It should be noted that you can NOT kill monkey zombies at Ape Atoll Dungeon for the 5 kills.

Combating the Monkeys
The zombie monkeys are level 65 and fight using a hand melee attack. They WILL do damage, so lower levelled players should bring food. The locations at which they spawn are sure to be crowded, so it is a good idea to use long range fighting styles (Magic, Ranged). Upon death the monkeys will drop bones and a banana.

After killing 5 monkeys in one day you will be rewarded with a medium xp lamp. The xp lamp can be used on any skill. You can only earn 1 lamp per day, so after you have killed 5 zombie monkeys it is advisable to leave the area out of courtesy towards the other players.

Problems you May Face
Due to the extremely high amount of players and NPCs in a small area, it is advised to lower your graphics setting to the lowest possible option in order to reduce inevitable lag.

Many players use dwarf multicannons in order to maximize the amount of kills earned. This can cause problems for players without cannons due to the fact that the amount of zombie monkeys that spawn is exponentially smaller than the amount of players in the area. To prevent this from ruining the experience for other players, Jagex is now causing zombie monkeys to spawn in locations where Dwarf Multicannons cannot be placed, such as inside buildings and even on Free to Play worlds. It is a good idea to have a weapon that can be used on Free to Play worlds in case you have to face the zombie monkeys on a non-member world. It is still best to use a long range attack and stick to areas that have the least amount of players.

Trivia

 * If a player places a barrel of monkeys, a reward from the Squeal of Fortune, the monkeys will attack the zombie monkeys.
 * The location at which zombie monkeys will spawn can not be determined using any formula. The only way to tell when and where there will be a zombie monkey spawn is by following it on the Forums or Twitter.

Official Friend Chats
There are some Friend Chats relating to this event all being in World 76
 * Monkey Chase
 * Monkey Find


 * Monkey Mania
 * w60monkey

The forum thread about the event is here.

The locations of the zombie monkey outbreaks are also being posted on Runescape's Twitter channel here.