Commander Zilyana

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Commander Zilyana

Also called	Saint Zilyana
Release date	28 August 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	596
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	Commander of Saradomin's forces.
Slayer info
Slayer level	Unknown edit
Slayer XP	Unknown edit
Assigned by	Unknown edit
Combat info LP Max hit 2,550 315 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect Yes Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack style Weakness Crush

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Commander Zilyana is the leader of Saradomin's army in the God Wars Dungeon. She is an Icyene, an ancient race of winged beings, chosen by Saradomin to guard his hilt. Commander Zilyana uses a melee attack and a magic attack. She uses them randomly and both attacks are quite accurate. She attacks with her multi-target magic attack when her sword glows with a bright blue aura and she raises it in the air. If the attack hits a player, a small wall of lightning will appear around the player. If her magic attack fails, nothing happens (no 0 life points splat, no splash). She attacks with melee when she simply slashes at the player with her sword. Her melee attack is not multi-target. Both her magic and melee attacks only work at close range.

In addition, both her magic and melee attacks have a max of 315 life points and they are both very rapid (approximately the speed of throwing knives on rapid mode), so players should be careful fighting her. An interesting note is that her magic attack can only be used in melee range. This is possibly due to the fact that it is part of the special attack of a Saradomin Sword, which does not have the ability to farcast when used by players.

Commander Zilyana is located in the back room of Saradomin's Encampment. Players must have 70 Agility, two coils of rope, and 40 Saradominist kills to reach her. In addition, she has 3 guards: Growler (magic), Bree (ranged) and Starlight (melee).

Note: The two ropes needed to access her are only needed once, and can be used any time thereafter. The ropes cannot be recovered. You can not reach her if you do not have 70 agility (neither summer pies nor agility potions will help).

Commander Zilyana is extremely dangerous and should not be underestimated. She is the twelfth strongest monster in RuneScape, after General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth, Nomad, TzTok-Jad, the Spirit Beast, Tokhaar-Jad, Corporeal Beast, Har'Aken, Nex, Queen Black Dragon and the Ferret of Doom . Thus, she is the tenth strongest attackable monster, as the Spirit Beast and the Ferret of Doom cannot be attacked by the player.

A group of players fight Commander Zilyana in the God Wars Dungeon.

Bodyguards

• Starlight
• Growler
• Bree

Quotes

All praise Saradomin!

When in battle, the Commander shouts several battle cries while fighting the players that dare to venture into her domain:

• "Death to the enemies of the light!"
• "Slay the evil ones!"
• "Saradomin lend me strength!"
• "By the power of Saradomin!"
• "May Saradomin be my sword."
• "Good will always triumph!"
• "Forward! Our allies are with us!"
• "Saradomin is with us!"
• "In the name of Saradomin!"
• "Attack! Find the Godsword!"
• "All praise Saradomin!"

Strategy

Main article: Commander Zilyana/Strategies

File:Saradomin-sword-worn.png

A player wielding a Saradomin sword, dropped by Zilyana and her body guards.

Drops

Weapons

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Runes and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune 2h sword	1	Rare	36,735
	Rune battleaxe	1	Rare	24,988
	Rune sword	1	Rare	11,135
	Saradomin sword	1	Rare	320,220
	Rune longsword	1	Uncommon	17,883

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune dart	36–40	Common	2,772–3,080
	Law rune	45–105	Common	25,650–59,850
	Nature rune	62–66	Rare	25,110–26,730
	Rune arrow	40–43	Uncommon	6,040–6,493
	Steel arrow	150	Rare	2,550
	Adamant javelin	18–20	Rare	1,170–1,300
	Death rune	41–50	Rare	9,512–11,600

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Herbs, Potions and Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune plateskirt	1	Common	37,061
	Adamant platebody	1	Uncommon	8,975
	Rune kiteshield	1	Uncommon	30,650

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• Saradomin brew (3) and Super restore (4) are always dropped together.
• Magic potion (3) and Super defence (4) are always dropped together.

Gems and Ores

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Magic potion (3)	3	Uncommon	3,537
	Prayer potion (4)	3	Uncommon	8,730
	Saradomin brew (3)	3	Uncommon	44,676
	Super defence (4)	3	Uncommon	32,172
	Super restore (4)	3	Uncommon	8,394
	Grimy ranarr	5	Uncommon	9,300
	Ranarr seed	2	Uncommon	1,952
	Magic seed	1	Rare	52,464

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File:Saradomin Godsword Equipped.png

A Godsword donning a Saradomin hilt, one of the drops attainable from Commander Zilyana.

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Emerald	1	Uncommon	2,088
	Sapphire	1	Uncommon	426
	Diamond	1; 6 (noted)	Uncommon	3,876–23,256
	Ruby	1	Rare	1,095
	Silver ore	100	Very rare	13,800

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Rare drop table drops

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	19; 0–20; 300	Common	0–300
	Saradomin hilt	1	Very rare	4,914,126
	Godsword shard 1	1	Rare	148,863
	Godsword shard 2	1	Rare	148,621
	Godsword shard 3	1	Rare	148,582
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold

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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

Trivia

• The safe spot for Commander Zilyana was removed on 14 February 2008.
• Although her weapon, the Saradomin Sword, is a two-handed weapon when equipped by a player, Commander Zilyana wields it in one hand.
• Due to the update on August 18 2009, involving combat familiars now being more aggressive, familiars such as the Titan, Terrorbird, and War Tortoise are now causing Commander Zilyana to target and attack players at a random rate. This happens because if a player's familiar attacks the Commander, she will automatically target the owner of that familiar, regardless of whether or not she has just chased them.
• Commander Zilyana is the only boss in the God Wars Dungeon to make a direct reference to the Godsword.
• The art for Commander Zilyana on the RuneScape Cards shows her hair to actually be composed of feathers.
• The Saradomin Sword which Commander Zilyana wields in the RuneScape wallpaper is much shorter than the one she wields in the game.
• Like Graardor and K'ril, Zilyana does not farcast her Magical attack, and only uses it if in melee range.
• In the Saradomin Strikes Campaign on Armies of Gielinor, it is revealed that at some point during the God Wars, Zilyana was captured by Zamorak, but then escaped.

A player using the Saradomin godsword special.

• In Zilyana's chamber, players can see an inaccessible watery area. This area is unique and not found anywhere ingame, however it has been confirmed that it will not be released. It was originally intended to be an entrance to Zamorak's Fortress, but was replaced by the swim across the river due to time constraints.
• With the release of The Ancient Prison and Nex in the God Wars Dungeon, Zilyana became voiced, together with the other 3 Generals.
• Commander Zilyana is voiced by Mod Ana, the creator of The Branches of Darkmeyer.
• Commander Zilyana features in the flashback during the Ritual of the Mahjarrat Quest. She also received a graphical update with the release of this quest.
• The Wise Old Man refers to her as "Commander Zilyana, Keeper of the Faith".

References

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