Solak

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Solak

Release	29 May 2018 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Dormant: Logged on just for the fight. In battle: Are you not ent-ertained? Is that not why you are here? Defeated: Erethdor has logged out.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
7000	8,000,000	4,000	1,320
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
240 / 160 / 80
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
2123	2123	0	8000
Style		Speed
		5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
95 95 95 Accuracy 2765 2765 2765
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1486	70
Affinities
-	55	55	55
Immunities

195607019519502123021230276502765027651132148620007000700004,0008,00004000800001,3202,6400 / 0 / 0240 / 160 / 80480 / 320 / 160? (edit)255132552325515255162551725518Versions: 6

Defined properties:

All Life points: 8,000,000 Life points: 8,000,000 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 4000 Combat experience1: 4000 All Combat experience: 8000 Combat experience2: 8000 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience3: 0 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience4: 0 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience5: 0 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience6: 0 All Release date: 29 May 2018 Release date: 29 May 2018 All Combat level: 2000 Combat level: 2000 All Combat level: 7000 Combat level1: 7000 All Combat level: 7000 Combat level2: 7000 All Combat level: 2000 Combat level3: 2000 All Combat level: 2000 Combat level4: 2000 All Combat level: 2000 Combat level5: 2000 All Combat level: 2000 Combat level6: 2000 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 25513 NPC ID1: 25513 All NPC ID: 25523 NPC ID2: 25523 All NPC ID: 25515 NPC ID3: 25515 All NPC ID: 25516 NPC ID4: 25516 All NPC ID: 25517 NPC ID5: 25517 All NPC ID: 25518 NPC ID6: 25518

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Solak, the Grove Guardian is one of the Guardians of Guthix and can be fought at The Lost Grove. He is deemed as one of the strongest bosses in-game, with 8 million life points. His drops include tier 92 dual-wield blightbound crossbows, the strongest crossbows in the game.

During the fight players fight alongside Merethiel, who plays a significant role in the lore behind Solak.

There is a hard cap of seven players to fight Solak, though there is also a duo mode, which is similar to the standard fight but the mechanics are changed to accommodate for the smaller team size.

Defeating Solak is required for The Reaper title which remains required for the completionist cape. Solak is a requirement for the Final Boss and Insane Final Boss titles. The title [Name] the Guardian of the grove is achieved from obtaining all drops from Solak's collection log.

History

Solak is a creature of the Anima Mundi, like Vorago and Telos, and a Guardian of Guthix who defends the Lost Grove from those who want its power. He is referred by the inhabitants of the grove as a "Walker".

Solak was tasked in protecting an island that is inhabited by smaller creatures of the Anima Mundi. During the Second Age, Seren sent four elite elf warriors to aid Solak in his task. However, one of these elves, Erethdor, had no intention of defending the grove's power, instead desiring it for himself. He attacked Solak in a bid to claim the power he guarded, but was defeated through the combined efforts of Solak and his own siblings, sealing half of his mind within Solak himself and the other half within a strange glowing orb in Merethiel's possession.

After this battle, Solak knew that he was becoming tainted and told the elves to leave and inform Seren of Erethdor's betrayal. He then sealed the grove, knowing that he could not let Erethdor use it at his own will. The fairies tried everything to contact him, along with humans building temples to worship him; however, the religion died out as he never responded. The grove would not be in contact with the outside world until the fifth year of the Sixth Age. By this time, Erethdor had gained complete control of Solak, with the Guardian being mentally weak and no longer able to resist him after thousands of years of keeping him at bay.

Shortly afterwards, the World Guardian allied with Merethiel and a group of adventurers to release Solak from Erethdor's control. Erethdor battled the team with Solak's body and all of his powers at his disposal, further enhanced by his own blight magic, but the World Guardian eventually managed to enter Solak's mind and found the other half of Erethdor who immediately attacked them. Upon defeating this half, Erethdor split himself into multiple manifestations to destroy what little remained of Solak's conscience, but the World Guardian and their allies managed to stop them from completely destroying Solak and defeated his outside body, which also freed Solak from Erethdor's control.

After the battle, Merethiel expressed guilt at what her brother did and her failure to stop him, but Solak, now freed from Erethdor's influence, reassured her that she was not to blame for her brother's mistakes. Solak and Merethiel then agreed to work together to undo the damage Erethdor caused to the Lost Grove.

Drops

Dying during a kill where the team successfully completes the kill will result in the player being marked as being owed loot, as long as they remain logged in on the same world. However, no killcount is awarded if loot is claimed this way. Drop rates are the same for both duo mode and 7-man mode.

Charms

No charm
7–9%	7–9%	7–9%	37–40%	36–39%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 2,500 kills. 20 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Primary table drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	748,333–887,655	Uncommon	748,333–887,655
	Grimy kwuarm	155–200 (noted)	Uncommon	1,826,210–2,356,400
	Rune hasta	30–45 (noted)	Uncommon	471,690–707,535
	Battlestaff	76–121 (noted)	Uncommon	228,912–364,452
	Onyx bolt tips	128–165	Uncommon	909,696–1,172,655
	Hydrix bolt tips	100–183	Uncommon	901,400–1,649,562
	Sirenic scale	3–5	Uncommon	2,096,166–3,493,610
	Rune 2h crossbow	29–85 (noted)	Uncommon	117,653–344,845
	Wine of Saradomin	15–25 (noted)	Uncommon	818,565–1,364,275
	Crushed nest	200–250 (noted)	Uncommon	1,366,600–1,708,250
	Grimy cadantine	151–200 (noted)	Uncommon	652,622–864,400
	Rune bar	70–85 (noted)	Uncommon	208,950–253,725
	Runite ore	81–104 (noted)	Uncommon	114,939–147,576
	Black dragonhide	252–341 (noted)	Uncommon	877,464–1,187,362
	Grimy irit	156–200 (noted)	Uncommon	781,248–1,001,600
	Uncut onyx	1–3	Uncommon	2,297,944–6,893,832
	Uncut dragonstone	76–100 (noted)	Uncommon	917,852–1,207,700
	Blightbound crossbow	1	Rare	496,358,591
	Off-hand Blightbound crossbow	1	Rare	592,343,565
	Erethdor's grimoire (token)	1	Rare	285,192,477

Secondary table drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Purple mushroom	1	Rare	10,560,666
	Merethiel's stave	1	Rare	13,615,492
	Cinderbane gloves	1	Very rare	60,514,887
	Imbued bark shard.	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Torn grimoire page	1	Common	3,370,865
	Ancient elven ritual shard	1	Very rare	24,574,288

Dialogue

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Gallery

Early Solak concept art

The banner for Solak's release as seen from the Lobby.

Achievements

• Wood Kill Again ( 5) - Defeat Solak several times depending on the tier.
• So-lacking in drops ( 0) - Obtained a collection of unique drops from Solak.

Trivia

• It was revealed at RuneFest by Mod Pi that Solak was originally called Kalos.
• Solak's initial concept art was changed after it drew comparisons to League of Legends champion Maokai.
• Solak is voiced by Doug Cockle, an actor and director who also played Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher game series.
• There was a global broadcast after Solak killed 1, 100, and 100,000 players, specifying which individual died on the milestone.
• P at rick and Ghost Team achieved the first kill in a duo.
• AP 2121, Zirazzy, idrm, The Mehukas, zalttar, lEEch and Afrodite achieved the first kill in 7-man mode.
• Solak's examine text in battle is a reference to the movie Gladiator.