Nomad (monster)


 * This article is about the Quest Boss, for the music track, see Nomad (music track), for the NPC, see Nomad.

Nomad is an immensely powerful being with a combat level of 699 and 10,000 life points. He is the most difficult quest monster to date and is fought during the quest Nomad's Requiem. Vengeance can not be used to recoil potentially large amounts of damage back to him. Also, prayers cannot be used to protect against Nomad's attacks (although Protect from Melee or Deflect Melee will partially block out the rapid melee attacks that Nomad uses when he falls to 1/4 of his health). Also, no damage can be recoiled through the use of Deflect curses. Additionally, the dragonfire attack from the Dragonfire shield, the damage reflection from the Ring of recoil, the special attack from Dragon Bolts (e), damage from Chinchompas, and all types of poison have no effect against him.

Nomad is fightable as a class A boss monster in the Dominion Tower minigame if the player has completed Nomad's Requiem.

Trivia

 * A bug existed that allowed Nomad to be killed without retaliating or using any of his special attacks by using a Spirit kyatt. This allowed many low levels that would not have been able to defeat Nomad normally to complete the quest. This has since been fixed.
 * Nomad's appearance may have been based upon Darth Malak, of the "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" game series.
 * Some medium-level Quest Cape owners were disappointed upon release, as Nomad is very difficult to beat even with high combat stats. This has sparked some debate among the forums. Although there has been some complaint, Jagex has mentioned that they will not weaken Nomad.
 * His name derives from the nomads, a community of people who move from one place to another rather than living in the same location.
 * On the 10 January 2010, Jagex issued a hint via their Twitter feed, "Next week in RuneScape: Why did Nomad get updated last week?!"
 * Before the graphical update in association with the quest Nomad's Requiem, he looked similar to an Elite dark mage.
 * Nomad has the highest maximum hit possible by a monster in the game at 1389, but only when fighting a player with 99 Constitution and wearing full Torva armour (This does not work with Pernix armour or Virtus armour as they soak up magic damage) and no magic damage soaking armour: One of his special attacks hits one less than the player's maximum life points. The maximum hit in Dungeoneering is 990, which is done by Yk'Lagor the Thunderous, if you don't avoid his "This is ... TRUE POWER" attack. Kal'Ger the Warmonger is also capable of hitting 990 once he gets out his Primal maul.
 * As of the Damage Soaking and Hitsplat update, the fight against Nomad has become easier. If you are wearing equipment which has magic absorb, you will find his more powerful attacks, such as the Soul blast and Disintegrate attack no longer hit as hard, lowering the difficulty.
 * The Disintegrate attack used to be avoidable. After Nomad's clones had disappeared and he resumed normal attacks, the player would run south towards the exit door. As Nomad was launching his sixth attack, the player would attempt to exit through the door. The player would receive the message "And where do you think you are going?" and was teleported back to the centre of the arena. If this was done correctly, Nomad would say "Face me!" before launching more regular attacks. This restarted the cycle. This was fixed on December 20th of 2010.
 * In the Boss rematch V poll Nomad was chosen by the most number of players to face again.
 * Nomad used to be the second highest levelled monster that required a right click to attack, behind only the TzTok-Jad and ahead of the Decaying avatar. However, this only applied to the quest and not to the Dominion Tower. A hidden update changed this, and he now has a left-click attack option during the quest.