Skeleton Mage

Skeleton mages are monsters found in some of the more troubled areas of RuneScape. They use Magic and may cast the spell Vulnerability on a player. Thus, very high Defence and combat level is recommended, as is dragonhide armour.

After completing the Swan Song quest, Skeleton mages can be 'summoned' after a fashion, although this does not involve the Summoning skill. Players can ask Malignius Mortifer for some more bone seeds. When they open the pot they receive, a Skeleton mage appears, performs a random emote, and falls apart.



Locations

 * Piscatoris Fishing Colony
 * Tarn's Lair
 * Waterfall Dungeon (level 16)
 * Rimmington (Unattackable, occasionally called up by Malignius Mortifier)

Drops

 * Ashes (0,0001%)
 * Coins (1m-50m)

Weapons and armour

 * Battlestaff
 * Pink skirt
 * Femur (extremely rare) (after a hidden update by Jagex in May 31, 2010.)

Runes

 * Blood runes (3200-4000)
 * Chaos runes (3-4)
 * Nature runes (2-3)
 * Law runes (2-3)

Gems

 * Uncut dragonstone
 * Cut dragonstone

Herbs

 * Grimy guam
 * Grimy marrentill
 * Grimy irit
 * Grimy kwuarm
 * Grimy ranarr

Other

 * 1 noted Pot of flour
 * 1-2 Iron bars
 * 2-4 Big bones

Trivia

 * Skeleton mages can perform the Zombie dance and Zombie walk emotes, even though they are skeletons.
 * On occasion, Malignius Mortifer may successfully cast one of his necromancy spells, and a Skeleton mage will appear. However, it has no combat level and may only be examined.
 * If you try to open the pot too near Malignius Mortifer he will say 'You should take that pot further away from me before you open it!'.
 * The Skeleton mages occasionally say "I will infect your body with rot..." if you get within melee range. They do not, however, cause Disease.