Automaton Guardian

Automaton Guardian
Release	4 March 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
	A tough melee fighter.
Combat info
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
	72 / 48 / 24
Slayer
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
	6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
Accuracy
Defensive
Affinities
Immunities

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Automaton Guardians are melee-based opponents created by the Cres, a Guardian of Guthix, to protect Guthix's chamber. They can be found in the central room of Guthix's Cave after the completion of The World Wakes, The Firemaker's Curse, the Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The Chosen Commander, Branches of Darkmeyer, and The Void Stares Back. They require level 67 Slayer to be harmed and are known for their various mid-priced stackable drops and their very rare glove drop.

Currently, the guardians are the least resource intensive variant of Automaton due to lack of damage taken. Torment is highly recommended; due to the approximately 30% increase in profit/kills exceeding the cost of prayer dosage.

Combat[]

Players should be aware of the monster's special attack, which does a pulsing area of effect damage around the automaton at regular intervals, but roots the monster in place (note it can still perform regular auto attacks while the special is active). This can quickly do 1000+ damage if multiple pulses contact with the player.

Automaton special attack — The automaton's special attack

Strategy[]

Main article: Automaton Guardian/Strategies

Safe spot automaton — An example of a safe spot.

To fight the Guardians, level 80 weaponry or better is strongly recommended; any lower will sharply cut profits. Torment and its equivalent curses, Anguish and Turmoil, along with Affliction and Malevolence specifically; significantly increase damage when fighting this monster, as the monster has high combat stats in all areas (Torment provides the correct bonus against its weakness).

Safe spotting the monster west or east of the middle area (trapping them by the walls dividing of each boss NPC during the quest) is the easiest approach, as the player takes no damage, you could also use the entangle spell at the cost of 3 nature runes to bind them, (Void Knight equipment is recommended to take advantage of this). Targeting the monsters then using Impact, Asphyxiate, or a binding spell, such as Ice Barrage, initially will root them in place for a period of time allowing the player to inflict large amounts of damage before they can approach. Impact will be ready again to bind them by the time the effect wears off effectively allowing safe spotting from anywhere in the room for those comfortable with advance combat mechanics.

Other conveniences include: the quest reward Sixth-Age circuit, providing a quick teleport back to the area, and legendary pets, which can automatically loot the plethora of stacking objects.

Drops[]

Charms[]

No charm
81–83%	5–6%	2–3%	2–3%	7–8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 8,309 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Kwuarm seed	1	Common	12,857
Avantoe seed	2	Common	750
Snapdragon seed	1	Common	293
Lantadyme seed	1	Uncommon	726
Grimy avantoe	2 (noted)	Uncommon	2,086
Grimy snapdragon	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,789
Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,476
Grimy guam	4 (noted)	Rare	2,836
Grimy tarromin	4 (noted)	Rare	420
Grimy harralander	4 (noted)	Rare	2,964
Grimy cadantine	4 (noted)	Rare	17,288
Grimy ranarr	4 (noted)	Rare	7,440
Grimy irit	4 (noted)	Rare	20,032
Grimy marrentill	4 (noted)	Rare	9,228
Grimy kwuarm	4 (noted)	Rare	47,128
Grimy lantadyme	4 (noted)	Very rare	30,204
Static gloves	1	Very rare	247,558
Coal	25 (noted)	Common	2,800
Earth talisman	8 (noted)	Uncommon	1,480
Supercompost	15 (noted)	Uncommon	31,680
Adamantite ore	4 (noted)	Uncommon	908
Rune bar	1 (noted)	Uncommon	2,985
Cresbot (unpoked)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Magic logs	10 (noted)	Uncommon	3,800
Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare^{[d 1]}	Not sold
Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

^ There is a 1% chance of this being a sealed clue scroll (master) instead

Rare Drop Table[]

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.


Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops[]

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

[1] There is a 1% chance of this being a sealed clue scroll (master) instead

[d 1]

v • d • e Automatons
Automatons	Generator Guardian Tracer Cresbot ^(Unpoked)
Gloves	Static Pneumatic Tracking
Guthixian Cache	Ancient Confused Enraged
Hall of Memories	The Archivist Memory-storage bot