Lexicus Runewright

Lexicus Runewright is one of the hardest bosses found in Daemonheim, requiring 39 Dungeoneering. He summons books attacking with Ranged, Magic and Melee. Every once in a while, he will use his special attack "book barrage" to summon two or more glowing books following the player. They will explode and deal up to 600 damage if the player does not run away from the book barrage. He deflects 1/3 of any melee damage you deal, so using range or magic is highly recommended.

Method(s) to defeat
Equipping a full ranged equipment set along with a full inventory of upper-levelled food are ideal in defeating this boss. He has very low range defence. Meleeing him is very ineffective since he has high melee defence and reflects melee damage back towards the player. Lexicus can attack with all three combat styles; however, he mainly attack with magic if the player is not adjacent to him. He should not deal too much damage towards the player if high-level ranged equipment is equipped; however, an exception is his Book Barrage attack, which can deal a lot of damage. The attack can be identified as several glowing books flying from the bookshelves of the walls. The books will converge on the square the player was standing on when the attack began, and explode. The assault can be evaded by moving quickly away from where the player was standing when the Lexicus announces "Book Barrage!".

During the fight, Lexicus will teleport around the room often and summon several 10-life point books; he will stop attacking you during this time until you confront him again. He summons his "Almanac Army" at the start of the fight and every additional time he teleports. The books are at level 20-65 with 10 life points, however hitting them is 100% success with 10 damage, thus out-hit killing. It is assumed that all their levels are in their respective offensive stat, meaning they can hit often and high enough that they will be a very significant nuisance as they grow in number. It is therefore strongly suggested that the time be taken to kill these books as soon as they are summoned, as Lexicus ceases to attack after summoning which gives the player time to confront the books. If this is done correctly, even a solo player will take little damage by using ranged, the protect from magic prayer, and dodging all book barrages successfully. Melee can also be used to defeat Lexicus easily, provided the player's combat level is 95+, with decent armour, Protect from magic, and about 8-10 pieces of moderate healing food; however, as he moves around quite frequently, it may be difficult to stay close enough to land consistent hits.



Quotes

 * "Almanac army, attack!" (Summoning books)


 * "Book barrage!" (Special Attack)

Other drops

 * Salve Hood
 * Roseblood hood
 * Bryll hood
 * Soulbell hood (m)
 * Ectohood (m)
 * Runic hood (m)
 * Spiritbloom hood (m)
 * Celestial hood (m)
 * Parts of the Dungeoneering journals

Trivia

 * Lexicus Runewright's name is likely a play on the words lexicon, rune, and wright. Lexicon stems from the Greek "lexikos," meaning "pertaining to words," while wright is a common suffix meaning "worker."


 * He is also known is game as the Librarimancer. This means that he derives energy from books (Latin liber).


 * He has an interesting death animation in which he falls to his knees, opens his book, and reads it as he keels over.


 * Lexicus seems to have a relationship with Astea Frostweb.
 * Lexicus fights in a similar way to Zexion from the Kingdom Hearts series, using a book and an army of flying books.

Glitches and Errors

 * Occasionally his summoned tomes will remain after he is slain and will continue to attack you, and although they only have 10 life points, they can cause enough damage to finish you unexpectedly after the fight.