Elite Dark Mage

Elite Dark Mage

Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	140
XP per kill	440.7 (and 145.4 experience)
Examine text	An elite dark mage with lots of combat experience.
Combat info LP Max hit 3,500 190 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 52 70 Unknown 70 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 prayers block all incoming damage of the style they are praying against, unlike players' prayers which only reduce damage. However, Verac's set does penetrate their prayers.
• Smite does not help drain their prayer, and neither does the ability Smash.
• They will switch prayer against a particular combat style after taking a total of 1000 to 1500 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

100% Drops

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

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).

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
	Super attack (1)	2	Uncommon	3,206
	Prayer potion (1)	1	Rare	651

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Other

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

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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

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	81–300	Common	81–300
	Apple pie	1	Rare	251
	Earth orb	2	Rare	13,708
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold