Cyclops

A cyclops (plural cyclopes) is a monster primarily found on the top floor of the Warriors' Guild, and some can also be found in the Ardougne Zoo and the God Wars Dungeon. In the Warriors' Guild, many players fight them in hopes of getting a defender, as they are the only monsters that drop them. Cyclopes come in two varieties in the guild: Level 56 and Level 76. They have low defence and a reasonably high number of lifepoints, making them a very good training monster. However, they are completely impervious to ranged and magic. The level 56 cyclopes are the lowest level monster to drop level 3 Clue scrolls, although, they do not drop them often, the cyclops in the Warriors Guild is the best for clue scrolls due to it being low levelled and having a higher drop rate than most. Many players bring runes for High Level Alchemy because cyclopes, especially the level 76s, drop Steel, Black, Mithril, and some Adamant items. However, this is not entirely necessary, as the shop on the floor just below them buys all the cyclopes' drops at high alch prices. The cyclopes are also aggressive in the warriors guild making them useful for training, despite the token system.

A Ring of Wealth does not increase the chance of getting a defender, which is a drop unique to cyclopes, and thus not on the Rare drop table. Players may spend anywhere from a very few, to thousands of tokens before getting defender drops (though it would appear that the Rune defender drops more frequently than the other defenders).

It is important to note that if you log out while fighting cyclopes, when you log back in you will be outside of the room and have to pay 10 Warrior guild token to get back in.

Cyclopes sometimes summon a Cyclossus in the Warriors Guild. It is a considerable amount more powerful life points-wise, though it only has a max hit of 97. Its special attack knocks the player backwards and stuns them, so it is advisable to be stand against a wall, so that if it does stun you, you can still melee it. A cyclossus will not attack you if you aren't equipped with a rune or dragon defender, and you will not be able to attack it either if that is the case. The chance of encountering a Cyclossus increases if you chose multi-tokening.

On the day of the dragon defender's release, the cyclops room in the Warriors' Guild became extremely crowded by medium to high level players trying to receive one as a drop. Because of the difficulty to find a free cyclops to fight, players threw throwing knifes at one the moment it spawned to be the one that attacked it first and switched to a melee weapon to deal damage to it. This has since been prevented by Jagex and players can no longer range the cyclopes, not even to start a fight.

Location
The two main variations of cyclopes may be found in the Warriors' Guild. To get inside the Warriors' Guild, a player's Attack and Strength levels must add up to a sum of 130 or greater, or either of these stats can be level 99. In order to enter the Cyclops area, located on the third floor, a player must gain at least 75 Warriors' Guild Tokens. 10 tokens are used up immediately upon entering the room, and then 10 more every minute. The player must leave when the tokens run out, and will be forced out if they do not do so.

Level 81 cyclopes inhabit the God Wars Dungeon in Bandos' stronghold, and therefore require a hammer and a Strength level of 70 to access. These level 81 cyclopes do not drop defenders.

Due to the Cyclops area only allowing melee-based attacks, the special attack of Korasi's Sword can not be used. When tried, the game states "You cannot attack Cyclopes from a distance in this room."

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Trivia

 * In Grim Tales, Sylas informs the player that he has a prized possession, the skull of a mutant cyclops with two eyes instead of one. The player suggests that he has a skull of a regular two-eyed giant, but he rejects this idea.
 * Many people believe "cyclops" means "one eye", but the word is actually derived from the Greek for "round eye". In the Greek legend, the Cyclops's single eye was indeed round. The plural of cyclops, "cyclopes" comes from the Ancient Greek plural of Κύκλωψ, which is "Κύκλωπες" (Kyklopes). When you talk to Kamfreena outside the cyclopes' room in the Warriors' Guild, she will correct you when you say "cyclopses".
 * If you receive a slayer task to kill Hill giants, it is possible to kill cyclopes as a substitute. However, the reverse is not true: if you receive a slayer task to kill cyclopes, killing hill giants does not count toward the task.
 * Harrallak Menarous addresses the Cyclopes as "beasts from the east" if you ask how good he is with a sword. Since Cyclopes are not found in any natural habitat (other than God Wars Dungeon, where they were sent to fight for Bandos) on Runescape.
 * It is confirmed that the Cyclops are located from the "Eastern Lands" when asking Kamfreena about where they come from. She also says Slayer Masters Vannaka and Chaeldar are especially interested.
 * The Cyclopes in the God Wars Dungeon have horns growing down on the back of their heads.
 * In the Warriors' Guild, the level 76 Cyclopes have hair, while the level 56 ones do not.
 * As of 7 December 2010, Cyclopes in the Warriors' Guild drop dragon defenders. On every world, the cyclops room became extremely crowded by players looking to acquire them.
 * Although Cyclopes cannot be hurt by Magic or Ranged, they can still be attacked with these styles. On the day of release of the dragon defender, many players used fast Range weapons (such as knives) to quickly take Cyclopes for themselves and away from other players, then proceeded to switch to a melee weapon to inflict damage. This has since been changed by Jagex so players can no longer attack them at all with range or magic as of 7 December 2010.
 * The description of the Cyclops comes from the Greek mythology when Odysseus and his men get trapped Polyphemus' cave.