Hobgoblin Geomancer

The Hobgoblin Geomancer is a boss monster encountered in the Dungeoneering skill.

Habitat
He appears as a boss when the player has achieved level 23 Dungeoneering, or Floor 12.

Methods
The Hobgoblin Geomancer can use magic to snare the player (lasts 12 seconds), cast earth spells, weaken the player's stats, and temporarily stop the player from praying (lasts 15 seconds). It has a fairly accurate melee attack as well. The hobgoblin can also teleport himself around the room.

If the player has a prayer active when he uses his prayer-disabling attack, he heals himself by a little and the player has some prayer points drained. The only way to prevent this is to fight him without prayer, however with a good prayer level praying can still do limited help. He's weak against stab and ranged, but since he teleports around the room occasionally it is easier to range him. It is most effective to make and wear range armour to fight him. Additionally, he will only teleport far away from the player if the player attacks it with melee. He will teleport right next to the player and melee him/her if the player uses range. Keeping all this in mind an effective method of fighting is to utilise both range and melee while wearing the best range armour you can make, ranging when he teleports far from the player and switching to melee when he gets close. Utilizing this method allows you to remove the need for prayer and minimize the amount of food needed.

Other drops

 * Stegoleather boots
 * Spinoleather boots
 * Protoleather boots
 * Gallileather boots
 * Archleather boots
 * Dromoleather boots
 * Sagittarian boots
 * Tyrannoleather boots
 * Paraleather boots

Trivia

 * It is possible to get the Hobgoblin Geomancer as dungeon boss at level 23 (the first floor with the Abandoned theme), even though you unlock him at level 24...Note that originally he was to be unlocked at level 23, but from a typing error, it was put in as one level extra.
 * This boss is often higher levelled than the player, resulting in some lower levelled and less experienced players being unable to defeat him.
 * The word 'Geomancer' is derived from the Greek word Γῆ (Gea), meaning 'earth'. Therefore, a Geomancer is a person who gains their power from the earth, just like the Necromancer (gaining power from the dead), the Oneiromancer (gaining power from dreams) and the Culinaromancer (gaining power from food).
 * Many players have said that the boss song that you encounter during the Hobgoblin Geomancer sounds very similar to The Chemical Brothers - "Do It Again"