Mage Arena

The Mage Arena is a member's activity in which the player must travel to the Mage Arena in the deep Wilderness and fight Kolodion, the master of battle magic. To fight in the arena requires level 60 Magic, and the ability to kill increasingly difficult monsters using only magic. It is also strongly recommended you have 37+ prayer, so you can use Protect from magic. Its bank is a hotspot for Player Killers to restock their foods and drinks.

The Mage Arena itself is not safe from player killers, although the banking area is.



The Mage Arena bank is very useful for restocking on food when you're training agility at the Wilderness Agility Course.

Beginning the Mage Arena
Players with level 60 or higher Magic can begin the Mage Arena. Head out into level 56 Wilderness to start, but watch out for player killers (Using the Ardougne Teleport Lever or Edgeville Teleport lever to teleport to the Deserted Keep is recommended to minimise the time taken getting there).

Just north of the Mage Arena is a little broken down house. Players should approach this house warily, as there might be player killers waiting.

Use a knife or a weapon which has the 'slash' attack style to cut down the webs in the house. When the two webs have been cut, pull the lever on the wall of the house to be teleported into a small cave.

In here is a rune store run by Lundail, a bank run by Gundai, and Kolodion, the non-player character who must be talked to in order to start the Mage Arena activity. Kolodion will also be fought during the activity, so just talk to him to begin. After a long dialogue, you will end up fighting him. Remember that this place is not considered the wilderness, and you may teleport. Should you teleport with the lever out of here, you can be attacked by player killers. If player killers start attacking, immediately teleport back by pulling the lever. Stock on food if you lost health, switch worlds and try again.

When you are out, quickly slash the two webs and slash the web at the entrance. Pull the lever and you will be teleported inside. You are now safe, as other players cannot attack you in here. You are also free from the mages, unless you decide to cross the bridge into the centre. Whenever you try to unlock a god spell, if you have very low prayer try to bring a prayer potion, if you have very low defence around 2 pieces of high-healing food (such as sharks) and the rest should be medium-healing food (such as salmons/trout/tuna) and runes for about 50 casts.

Before going out of the arena, make sure no Pk'ers are nearby. If you seem like a good target to them, go to the bank lever as quick as you can. Be sure to pray against whatever attack style they use against you.

Battling Kolodion
Kolodion changes into 4 different forms as the fight progresses, and will always attack with magic and therefore the Protect from Magic prayer should be activated for all of his forms and will prevent any damage. As each form changes, the Life points of the form increases, but the battles are fairly easy to win.

At the start he appears in human form, and should not be challenging to defeat. After defeating this form, he will transform into an ogre. He will then transform into a troll. Then a dark beast and finally a black demon.

If the battle turns bad you can escape the arena and restock at the nearby bank, use the bridge from the centre of the arena, on the west side of the arena, to the outer ring. (It looks like a rock.) Circle the ring until you find a lever and pull it. You will be teleported outside the arena, in a small cave with a web. There is a knife spawn in case you need one. Talking to Kolodion again will resume your battle at the point you left it, although his life points will be fully restored.

Equipment

 * Good magic defence armour such as Dragonhide armour, preferably Black dragonhide armour if possible.
 * A super restore or a few prayer potions are highly recommended to maintain Protect from Magic, just in case you run out of prayer points or Falador Shield to restore your prayer.
 * 15-20 pieces of good food such as Lobsters or Monkfish.
 * Runes for the spells you will cast.
 * A Ring of Recoil (Esp for Pures without prayer)

Note: For all of these battles it is recommended to use the strongest spell possible. Spells that are popular include:
 * Fire Blast
 * Wind Wave
 * Iban Blast
 * Magic Dart
 * (Any other spell that is stronger is better.)

Rewards
Once Kolodion is defeated, the activity ends and players will be teleported out of the arena, talk to Kolodion and he will congratulate you on a fight well fought. He will then ask players to choose their God. To do this, head into the nearby 'Sparkling pool' and you will come out near a Chamber guardian. Head past him into the room with the 3 god statues. Now choose your God and pray at the relevant statue. Players will then receive one of the God capes, determined by which god is prayed to. After receiving the cape, head back and speak to the chamber guardian to receive one of the God staves, which will be the partner to the cape. To unlock the god spells and use them outside of the arena, they must be cast 100 times inside the arena. To obtain other god staves to cast other god spells outside the arena, talk to the chamber guardian who will charge 80,000 coins as a fee for the staff and cast the spell 100 times in the arena. Note that apparently the spell can miss, but as long as you have spent the runes for 100 casts, you will be granted the spell. God staves cannot be wielded with the cape of another god. For example, the Saradomin cape may not be worn while wielding a Guthix staff, but the Void Knight Mace can be worn with any god cape. The capes are used to cast the Charge spell at level 80+ Magic, and can be changed by praying at the desired god's statue.

Bank
The Mage Arena cave's bank is run by Gundai.

'''It is strongly recommended that a player will bank all of his/her items first, and then travel to the Mage Arena. This way, if a player dies for whatever reason on his way to the arena, he/she won't lose valuable items. '''

Note: You may want to take a knife or a slashing weapon, such as a Dragon Dagger, with you on your way to the arena in order to cut webs.

Shops
When you first enter the Mage Arena Cave, you may want to visit the shop. Lundail's Arena-side Rune Shop is run by Lundail and supplies runes.

After stepping into the Sparkling pool, there is another shop run by the Chamber guardian. He sells the 3 god staves for 80,000 coins each. There is no limit to how many you can buy, so you can obtain more than one of each staff.

In the field
The staves and spells players can cast with them are shown below.

Charging Spells
If you want to charge spells, you have to cast them 100 times inside the arena. During the time that you are fighting Kolodion, you are free from all player killers, but now, you are vulnerable. While in the mage arena casting the spells, you will not be attacked by the battle mage of the God whose cape you are wearing; however, they will retaliate just like the other battle mages. The others will attack you, but it is a single combat zone, so if you are fighting a mage you are safe. It is recommended to bring prayer potions and food, as both you and the opponent will be casting the god spells, which can hit up to 200. Once you have charged a spell (cast it 100 times) you will receive a message saying you are now able to cast the spell outside the arena. You probably won't be able to see the message, as you will be fighting. Congratulations! Note: to get back into the arena pull the lever in the room that is to the north of the arena.

Player Killing and the Mage Arena den
The mage arena Bank is often referred to as the "Mage Bank" by Pk'ers. With the return of Player Killing in the Wilderness on the 1st of February, and the removal of all the other Banks in the area, the Bank is now a refuge for PK'ers, who often kill those trying to reach the arena. Those players often use spells from the Ancient Spellbook, such as Ice Blitz or Ice Barrage, due to the rune shop nearby. (Lundail)

Players training in the arena should be aware of the fact that they can be attacked at any time between leaving the bank and entering the inner part of the arena. One would be wise to bring food such as Monkfish and an extra prayer potion to maintain the protect from magic prayer.

Trivia

 * The lighter coloured ground inside the arena forms a Celtic cross, which is often mistaken for the symbol of Zaros, which has the inner lines on the diagonal.
 * Kolodion, before an update, would transform first into a Jogre, then into a large spider, then a ghost, and finally the demon. This is not the case any more.
 * There is a glitch where when wearing a God cape when jumping into the pool from the mage's cave, the player will appear to get stuck on the water instead of going through it. To do the glitch, wear a Guthix cape, then drop it. Pray at Saradomin's statue to get a Saradomin cape, and wear it as you jump though the pool. To other players, they appear in Kolodion's room, but they cannot move. The player is not visible in the cape cave. Chats from Kolodion's room appear in the Chatbox. This can be solved by logging out and logging in again. The player will appear in Kolodion's room, where he or she was visible to others.
 * If you drop an item it will appear in front of the other pool.
 * Before the wilderness and free trade update, It was possible for revenants to appear inside the actual battlefield.
 * Since the update on 1 February, the Mage arena bank is the only one of its kind inside the wilderness. The Wilderness Volcano and Fist of Guthix bank have been removed and replaced.
 * Before the release of the teleblock spell, the mage bank lever was actually a ladder you could climb down.

Mage Arena