Bandit

Bandit
Release date	18 April 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes (except in the wilderness)
Combat level	22, 41, 56, 57, 74
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	A tough-looking criminal.
Combat info
270, 300, 300, 500, 650 [help]	30 (approx) (level 22), 70 (level 41), 90 (level 56), 70 (level 57), 100 (level 74) [help]
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Only when attacking other Bandits, or wearing Zamorakian/Saradomin items.	No
Bad argument	Slash

[FAQ] • [doc]

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Bandits are attackable NPCs that can be found at various locations. At the Kharidian Desert Bandit Camp the bandits will attack anyone who wears ANY Saradomin or Zamorak clothing or accessories, as they are supporters of Zaros. Because of this, many people use this to their advantage while training and therefore earn a high amount of experience with little effort. They can be pickpocketed at level 55 Thieving, but it's recommended to pickpocket them at Pollnivneach, because any bandit at Bandit Camp is often killed for combat experience. Pickpocketing a bandit at the Bandit Camp may result in the bandit getting killed by another player while you steal from it.

When players are near them wearing a Saradomin item, they will shout "Time to die, Saradominist filth!" Likewise, they will declare "Prepare to suffer, Zamorakian scum!" when they spot a player with Zamorak items. When players attack their fellows, they simply exclaim "You chose the wrong place to start trouble!" and attack you in a similar manner to the Al-Kharid Warriors. If there are two players ( one wearing Zamorak and one wearing Saradomin clothing ), bandits will first attack the one who wears Saradomin weapons or armour.

It is possible for a player to achieve up to 60,000 - 80,000 experience per hour, depending on your Combat stats, gear, and boosted stats.

A good strategy for staying there longer is to bring some noted food items with you and restock by simply visiting the nearby general store, selling your noted food and buying it back in normal form. Bunyips are also a good option to take with you. Take a few summoning potions (4) and bunyip pouches with you, at a ratio of 4 pouches : 1 potion, drinking before renewing.

When training the defence skill using the Guthan's set, which allows you to stay here training for very long periods of time, the recommended inventory consists of equal amounts of super attack and super strength potions, then simply taking 1 dose of each potion when you feel is necessary. If training in the pub, you may be overwhelmed of all are attacking you, so take a corner where 3 bandits are attacking you. The guthan's set is cost effective as it will last about 15 hours, and most players can earn enough gold to repair the set in less than 2 hours so this is a viable way of training. You can also use the guthan's set for repleneshing lifepoints only, and use another weapon for the rest of the training.

Another method of training is to wear excellent prayer boosting armour and use protect from melee. The Bandits drop the Ranarrs required in a Prayer Restore potion and the chances of breaking even with this method is fairly high. In most events, the runes and ranarrs collected should even out the cost players spend on prayer potions. This method allows for fairly casual training as prayer drains slowly and the player is not losing life points. Also, if this method proves accurate, there are no repair expenses due to Barrows equipment degrading.

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Picking a Bandit's pocket as they die results in this message.

Another method to train is to take Saradomin Godsword or Saradomin Sword as a Saradomin item and fight Bandits. However, this method may be slow since Godswords hit very slow but Saradomin Godsword can heal you up and boost your prayer in order to survive and also use Prayer for boosts, using the drops as a selling object can also be a good way to make a profit/buy potions to boost your levelling. If using a Saradomin Sword, an alternate healing method is required.

The Saradomin Godsword can be taken as a secondary weapon and used only for it's special attack to recover health and prayer points. Also, the Regen Bracelet is useful in this situation as it provides a decent +7 strength bonus and also speeds up lifepoint renewal.

If you have the dungeoneering item, bonecrusher, it is strongly recommended if you want the prayer xp.

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A bandit attacking a player wearing a Zamorakian item

Locations

Pollnivneach (level 41 and 56)
Bandit Camp (Kharidian Desert) (level 57 and 74)
Bandit Camp (Wilderness) (level 22)

Drops

100% drop

Bones

Coins

Coins (12-50)

Runes

Chaos runes(2) (common)
Death rune(2) (common)
Nature rune(2)
Law rune(2)
Cosmic rune(2)

Herbs

Other

Items thieved

Trivia

Before the 7 October 2009 update, it was possible to gain 600,000 experience points in a skill overnight. However, this can be greatly reduced by "tent stealers" or random events.
On 7 October 2009, there was an invisible update along with the high-level potions herblore update that while leaving your character to train the server logs you out after 5 minutes of inactivity.
Although these are Saradomin affiliated armour, bandits do not attack people with White Knight Armour, Initiate Armour, or Proselyte Armour. This is most likely because the bandits care little about Asgarnian military factions and do not see white and gold as colours of Saradomin (seeing as they themselves wear white).
When the bandit utters the phrase "Time to Die...", it seems to be a reference to 'Blade Runner', in which a character named Roy says the same phrase.
Oddly enough, when you try to knock a bandit out using a rubber blackjack, your character says,"I need a different weapon to do this. I want to knock them out not kill them."

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