Black Knight

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This article is about the common monster. For other uses, see Black Knight (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Dark warrior.

Lvl 30 (Standard)Lvl 33 (Jail)

Black Knight

Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
A dark-hearted knight.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
30	1,100	48.9	16.1
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
2 / 1 / 0
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
110	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
22 1 1 Accuracy 341 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
341	22
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

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5 ticks (3.0s)

4 ticks (2.4s)

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 1,100 Life points1: 1,100 All Life points: 1,200 Life points2: 1,200 All Combat experience: 51.9 Combat experience: 51.9 All Combat experience: 48.9 Combat experience1: 48.9 All Combat experience: 51.9 Combat experience2: 51.9 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date1: 4 January 2001 All Release date: 6 April 2001 Release date2: 6 April 2001 All Combat level: 30 Combat level1: 30 All Combat level: 33 Combat level2: 33 All Is members only: false Is members only1: false All Is members only: false Is members only2: false All NPC ID: 2698 NPC ID: 2698 All NPC ID: 178 NPC ID1: 178 All NPC ID: 2698 NPC ID2: 2698

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Black Knights are medium level humans found mainly in and around their fortress. They are central to the Black Knights' Fortress. Black Knights are some of the oldest non-player characters in RuneScape. When the game was first released, Black Knights were the strongest foes in RuneScape at level 46. There were only three Black Knights in RuneScape at that time.

They can be killed to increase a player's White knight rank after completing the Wanted! quest. This allows greater access to the White Knight Master Armoury run by Sir Vyvin. The Black Knight location within Taverley Dungeon is ideal for gaining these kills.

An easy method of killing them in F2P and P2P is to kill them near the Black Knights' Fortress, using a fast and high-hitting weapon, and good melee armour, or use magic and take cover at one of the safespots. When at low life points, you can go to the Monastery and be healed by the monks, then go back. If you have 43 prayer you can also use protect from melee when at low life points, and heal and recharge at the Monastery.

Locations

• Black Knights' Fortress
• South of Draynor Village
• North of Varrock in area south of the wilderness wall
• Black Knights' Base in the Taverley Dungeon
• Port Sarim Jail, behind the bars of the cell
• South-west area of the Lava Maze in the wilderness
• North-east of Varrock in the Jolly Boar Inn
• North of Edgeville

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Bones	1	Always	266

Charms _(m)

No charm
94%	3–4%	1%	0.7–0.9%	0.6–0.8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 13,475 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy marrentill(m)	1	Common	2,307
	Grimy tarromin(m)	1	Common	105
	Grimy harralander(m)	1	Common	741
	Grimy ranarr(m)	1	Uncommon	1,860
	Grimy irit(m)	1	Uncommon	5,008
	Grimy avantoe(m)	1	Uncommon	1,043
	Grimy kwuarm(m)	1	Uncommon	11,782
	Grimy cadantine(m)	1	Uncommon	4,322
	Grimy lantadyme(m)	1	Uncommon	7,551
	Grimy dwarf weed(m)	1	Uncommon	8,476
	Mind rune	2; 9	Common	38–171
	Body rune	9	Common	432
	Chaos rune	4; 6	Uncommon	608–912
	Death rune	2	Uncommon	464
	Earth rune	10	Uncommon	180
	Law rune	3; 4	Uncommon	1,710–2,280
	Cosmic rune	7	Rare	2,884
	Nature rune	6	Rare	2,430
	Potato seed(m)	4	Uncommon	976
	Onion seed(m)	4	Uncommon	968
	Cabbage seed(m)	4	Rare	828
	Tomato seed(m)	3	Rare	612
	Sweetcorn seed(m)	3	Rare	894
	Strawberry seed(m)	2; 3	Rare	2,150–3,225
	Watermelon seed(m)	2	Rare	7,180
	Iron sword	1	Common	2,481
	Iron full helm	1	Common	649
	Steel mace	1	Uncommon	993
	Mithril arrow	3	Uncommon	63
	Black full helm	1	Rare	2,994
	Black 2h sword	1	Rare	5,896
	Black sword	1	Rare	5,108
	Black gauntlets	1	Rare	2,494
	Black platebody	1	Rare	6,443
	Black platelegs	1	Rare	2,908
	Coins	1–80	Common	1–80
	Steel bar	1	Common	959
	Pot of flour	1	Uncommon	249
	Tin ore	1	Uncommon	116
	Bread	1	Rare	323

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold

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.

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	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

Trivia

• Ironically in Armies Of Gielinor they appear on Zaros' side as some of his units, this suggests the black knights may have once served Zaros and split up. Some remaining loyal to Zaros and some joining Zamorak.
• The organization "Kinshra" may be based off the name of God in the monotheistic Vaishnava Hindu faith, which is Krishna, or the Sanskrit word Kṛṣṇa, because they both literally mean black. Krishna, however, is the merciful and virtuous God, whereas the Kinshra are Zamorakians with "dark hearts". 
• It was once possible to imitate a Black Knight by equipping a set of black armour, substituting the helmet with a heraldic helmet, the boots with mime boots or vyrewatch shoes, and using black gloves, black gauntlets or gloves of silence.
• In RuneScape, Black Knights use black longswords and have red plumes. However, in the RuneScape-based FunOrb game 'Armies of Gielinor', they wield black two handed swords and have different coloured plumes. In Armies of Gielinor, their boots seem to be black snakeskin boots.
• Black Knights used to drop a pile of flour on the ground. This could only be picked up if a player had a pot in their inventory, resulting in the usual Pot of Flour.
• The longsword graphic update has changed the colouring on their swords to look like the new Black Longswords.
• Black Knights are among the few NPCs to have more than one capital letter in their name. If Jagex had followed their common name structure, "Black Knight" would look like "Black knight".
• The Black Knight in Port Sarim jail has a lowercased k in 'knight.' He is also the only black knight not wielding a sword.
• It is said that in the RuneScape Official Handbook, Black Knights weigh over 300 pounds and also says that the 300 pounds is almost all muscle. This is most likely hyperbole.
• All Black Knights and Elite Black Knights received a graphical update when the quest "The Death of Chivalry" was released.
• Along with the aforementioned update, Black Knights have player animations when being idle/being attacked. Their death animation however is still the one used when a player dies before the Evolution of Combat came out.
• After the graphical update, there are male and female black knights.