Elite Dark Mage

Elite Dark Mage

Elite dark mage
Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	140
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	An elite dark mage with lots of combat experience.
Combat info LP Max hit 800 190 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Unknown edit Aggressive Poisonous Yes (unless wearing Elite Black armour or Dagon'hai robes) No Attack style Weakness Magic Arrows

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Elite Dark Mages are magic-based monsters found in the Black Knights' Fortress dungeon. They were released along with the grandmaster quest While Guthix Sleeps. During Nomad's Requiem, a mage, ranger and warrior are sent to kill Nomad, but he defeats all of them with great ease.

Strategy

Elite dark mages attack with a large variety of combat spells, the most powerful of which is Earth Wave. They also have the ability to use prayer, so it is suggested to bring at least 2 forms of attack style to kill them with. Eventually they will run out of prayer so players can kill them. It will just take a little longer to do so. Also, there is a short break between their attacks when they switch their protection prayers. Wearing full Dagon'hai robes or full Elite black armour will make them and others in the dungeon non-aggressive.

• Their prayer is 100% effective, unlike the Kalphite Queen's prayer which only boosts defence. However, Verac's set does penetrate their prayers.
• Smite does not help drain their prayer, and neither does the special attacks of the Ancient mace or Dragon Scimitar.
• They will switch prayer against a particular combat style after taking a total of 100 to 150 life points of damage since the last prayer change, poison excluded.
• They run out of prayer eventually and become vulnerable to every attack style.
• They will only run out of prayer after they have been hit 20 times.
• This monster uses Weaken, Confuse, and Curse to lower stats, so restore potions are advised.

Habitat

• Black Knights' Fortress dungeon

Drops

Armour and Weapons

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Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
File:Black robe top.png	Black robe top	1	Uncommon	Error
	Battlestaff	1	Rare	3,012
	Mystic air staff	1	Rare	24,179

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Runes/Talisman

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Prayer potion (1)	1	Rare	651
	Super attack (1)	2	Uncommon	3,206

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Chaos rune	25	Uncommon	3,800
	Dust rune	4–10	Common	3,940–9,850
	Air rune	11–40	Common	990–3,600
	Nature rune	1–6	Rare	405–2,430
	Fire rune	5–28	Common	795–4,452
	Blood rune	1–2	Rare	678–1,356
	Death rune	3–6	Rare	696–1,392
	Soul rune	4	Very rare	5,380
	Fire talisman	2	Rare	418

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	81–300	Common	81–300
	Apple pie	1	Rare	251
	Big bones	1	Always	203
	Earth orb	2	Rare	13,708
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	Very rare	Not sold

No charm
96–99%	0.1–2.6%	0–1.6%	0.1–2.6%	0.1–2.6%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 167 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Trivia

• Since they run out of prayer after 20 hits, if you attacked one Elite dark mage once and leave it alone, then the prayer would last forever. This also applies to the other monsters in the dungeon.
• Monster Examine states that Elite dark mages have a max hit of 94. However, their actual max hit is 190, as the strongest spell they use is Earth Wave.

This was how Nomad was before the update.

See also

• Elite dark ranger
• Elite dark warrior
• Elite black knight
• Nomad