Black Knight

Black Knights, also known as the Kinshra, are medium level humans found mainly in and around their fortress. They are central to the Black Knights' Fortress quest. Most Black Knights have a max hit of 4, but some can hit up to 5.

Black Knights are some of the oldest non-player characters in RuneScape. When the game was first released, Black Knights were the strongest foes in RuneScape at level 46. The boast "I can beat a black knight" was once held to be impressive. There were only three Black Knights in RuneScape at that time.

Players can also kill them for points after beating Wanted!. The points signify players' White knight rank.

During a recent update, the colour of their armour and equipment was darkened, and the colour of their boots was changed from brown to black. Also, the Black Knight players face in the quest Wanted! has not been changed.

Locations

 * Black Knights' Fortress
 * South of Draynor Village
 * North of Varrock in area south of the wilderness ditch.
 * In Taverley Dungeon, in the black knights headquarters
 * Port Sarim's prison, behind the bars of the cell. This Black Knight only drops bones.
 * Southwest area of the Lava Maze in the wilderness.
 * At the Jolly Boar Inn
 * Various locations in the Wilderness



Drops
100% drops
 * Bones

Runes

 * 2 or 9 Mind runes
 * 10 Earth runes
 * 9 Body runes
 * 7 Cosmic runes
 * 4 or 6 Chaos runes
 * 2 Death runes
 * 3 or 4 Law runes
 * Chaos talisman(members only)
 * Nature talisman(members only)

Seeds (members only)

 * 4 Potato seed
 * 4 Onion seed
 * 4 Cabbage seed
 * 3 Tomato seed
 * 3 Sweetcorn seed
 * 3 Strawberry seed
 * 2 Watermelon seed

Weapons and Armour

 * Iron sword
 * Iron full helmet
 * Steel mace
 * 3 Mithril arrows
 * 5 Rune Javelins (members only)
 * 1 Left Half Dragon Shield (members only) (Extremely rare)

Charms (members only)

 * 1 Gold charm
 * 1 Green charm
 * 1 Crimson charm
 * 1 Blue charm

Other

 * Nothing
 * 1, 6, 10, 12, 35, 58, 80, 160 Coins
 * Uncut Gems
 * Herbs - up to Dwarf weed
 * Pot of flour
 * Bread
 * Tin Ore
 * Steel bar
 * Half of a key

Aggressiveness
The aggressiveness of a Black Knight depends on the knight's location.


 * Black Knights in most overworld areas aren't aggressive.


 * Black Knights in most areas of their fortress (battlements, towers) are aggressive unless you are wearing guard uniform (Bronze med helm and Iron chainbody), black knight armour or Elite black knight armour.


 * Black Knights in the wilderness are aggressive.


 * Black Knights in the Taverley dungeon are aggressive unless you are of higher level than they are.


 * Black Knights by the Varrock north entrance are not aggressive.

Trivia

 * The Black Knight's look can be imitated by equipping a set of black armour. A steel/rune heraldic helm with the crest of Zamorak can be used to further duplicate the Black Knight's armour.  The Zamorakian crest can only be adorned by players with 70 Prayer.
 * There are some interesting similarities between the black knights and the Imperial Guard.
 * No one knows whether this was intended or not, the Black Knights' other name, the Kinshra, is an anagram of Krishna, a Hindu god.
 * In RuneScape, Black Knights use black longswords. However, in the RuneScape-based FunOrb game 'Armies of Gielinor', they wield the same swords but use them as two-handed swords.
 * The black knights plume on his helmet is always red,in contrast the white knights plume represent's the knight's rank,red,gold,green,blue
 * Normally, when Black Knights attack, they make the same sound as a longsword. But in the Black Knight's Fortress and the Wilderness, their attack sounds the same as a two-handed sword on Chop or Slash.