Mugger

Muggers are level 6 humans that can be found throughout RuneScape. They can be a potentially fatal threat to unaware new players. They use only crush attacks, which are quick and accurate.

Muggers are aggressive, which means that they attack players who are two times the mugger's combat level or less. Thus, muggers are aggressive against players from level 3 through 12. Caught by surprise and unprepared, a new player can fairly easily die at their hands. They can assault players even inside buildings, but are incapable of following them down or up the stairs, or opening shut doors, whether they be within the building or outside it. Other NPCs do not appear to even notice their presence, nor to they attempt to aid or resist them. Ways to repel or escape the threat of muggers include simply closing the door, engaging them in direct combat (inadvisable for inexperienced fighters), or simply teleporting away. Easy and quick ways of teleporting away include teleporting to the rune essence mine through Aubury (which requires the completion of Rune Mysteries) or enter mysterious ruins, though the ruins are accessible only with talismans or altars.

Locations

 * 1) Behind Lumbridge castle, near the swamp.
 * 2) The entrance to the Blurite cave (in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon).
 * 3) Port Sarim Jail Locked up in the 4th cell.
 * 4) Stronghold of Player Safety (not aggressive).
 * 5) West Varrock mine.
 * 6) Near the Sawmill.

Varrock Mugger
Prior to the updates of 17 September 2009, a mugger wandered the area around Aubury's Rune Shop in south-eastern Varrock. The mugger was infamous for his attacks on low-leveled players entering the store, including, until late 2007, many macroers. The mugger became something of an inside-joke amongst the RuneScape community and was often referred to as "Mugger (level-6)." Jagex hinted at this in the Varrock Census, in which the mugger is named as "Phearthee Levalsyx" (or fear the level six). During early testing of the Court Cases Distractions and Diversions game, the mugger was used by Jagex as a test case. A shirt with a headshot of the mugger is also available in the Jagex Store.

With the updates on 17 September, Jagex removed the mugger from Varrock, to preserve the cushion of safety around Varrock and Lumbridge.

100% Drops

 * Bones

Free-to-play drops

 * Cabbage
 * Coins (5-15)
 * Rope (most common)
 * Copper ore
 * Bronze med helm (rare)
 * Fishing bait
 * Knife (rare)
 * Bronze Bolts (6)
 * Water runes (6)
 * Earth runes (5)
 * Mind runes

Members only drops

 * Level 1 Clue scroll
 * Grimy guam
 * Grimy marrentill
 * Grimy tarromin
 * Grimy harralander
 * Grimy ranarr
 * Grimy irit
 * Grimy avantoe
 * Grimy kwuarm
 * Grimy cadantine
 * Grimy lantadyme
 * Grimy dwarf weed
 * Bronze Bolts

Trivia

 * The mugger in Port Sarim Jail, like the Black Knight also in the jail, was not affected by the update which changed the muggers' appearances.
 * It appears that some muggers were created in certain places to prevent the use of Bots. Two examples would be at the mine south-west of Varrock, near the Sawmill and by the Rune shop in Varrock. Other monsters share this use.
 * Muggers can be a good source of rope, for players too impoverished to purchase the item.
 * Muggers were used in scams before the drop trade update, and players would scam lower level players into losing their items, since muggers are aggressive to level 12 and down.
 * The Varrock mugger was also known as a checkpoint in a player's life. When a player was killed by the mugger, they would be taught the dangers of the world and to be vigilant.
 * The Varrock mugger has become almost like a celebrity among the Runescape player community.