Automaton Guardian

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Post-questDuring The World Wakes
Automaton Guardian
Release			4 March 2013 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
A tough melee fighter.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
115			20,000			1,200.1			396
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
72 / 48 / 24
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
67			624			Automatons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
810			0			0			1000
Style						Rate
						6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
85				85				85
Accuracy
2178				0				0
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1924		80
Affinities
90			45			55			65
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				16985, 16988
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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6 ticks (3.6s)

8 ticks (4.8s)

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Automaton Guardians are melee-based opponents created by the Cres, a Guardian of Guthix, to protect Guthix's chamber. They can be found in the central room of Guthix's Cave after the completion of The World Wakes, The Firemaker's Curse, the Ritual of the Mahjarrat, The Chosen Commander, The Branches of Darkmeyer, and The Void Stares Back. They require level 67 Slayer to be harmed and are known for their various mid-priced stackable drops and their very rare glove drop.

Currently, the guardians are the least resource intensive variant of Automaton due to lack of damage taken. Torment is highly recommended; due to the approximately 30% increase in profit/kills exceeding the cost of prayer dosage.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Guthix's Cave	115		10	Maplink

Getting there

1. Use the "Guthix shrine" teleport on the sixth-age circuit.
2. Right-click the High Druid and select Teleport

Strategies

Main article: Automaton/Strategies

Players should be aware of the monster's special attack, which does a pulsing area of effect damage around the automaton at regular intervals, but roots the monster in place (note it can still perform regular auto attacks while the special is active). This can quickly do 1000+ damage if multiple pulses contact with the player.

The automaton's special attack

Drops

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
81–83%	5–6%	2–3%	2–3%	7–8%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 8,309 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	Common	5,862	38
	Avantoe seed (m)		2	Common	1,130	76
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	Common	414	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	Uncommon	295	38
	Grimy avantoe (m)		2 (noted)	Uncommon	2,070	0
	Grimy snapdragon (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,524	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	10,066	0
	Grimy guam		4 (noted)	Uncommon	1,812	72
	Grimy tarromin		4 (noted)	Uncommon	480	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	3,472	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	18,816	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	11,552	0
	Grimy irit (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	14,244	0
	Grimy marrentill (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	33,000	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	38,588	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		4 (noted)	Uncommon	28,128	0
	Static gloves (m)		1	1/1000	424,018	12,000
	Inert adrenaline crystal (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	49,697	2,400
	Coal stone spirit		25	Common	675	Not alchemisable
	Earth talisman		8 (noted)	Uncommon	1,048	16
	Supercompost (m)		15 (noted)	Uncommon	30,675	765
	Adamantite stone spirit		4	Uncommon	136	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		1	Uncommon	1,462	Not alchemisable
	Cresbot (unpoked) (m)		1	1/1600	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Magic logs		10 (noted)	Uncommon	3,830	1,920
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	10/1280	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (elite) (m)		1	3/1280	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit sapphire (m)		1	5/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit emerald (m)		1	3/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit ruby (m)		1	2/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop dable

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.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 773 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,119 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,131 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 5,923 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 266,535-325,765 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,790 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,692 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 10,831 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 487,395-595,705 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,103 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,896 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,942 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 524,160-640,640 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 785 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,731 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,158-852,082 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 67,300 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,608 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,029-18,221 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,020,060-1,246,740 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 260,780-314,470 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 8,908-10,742 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 44,685-54,615 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 488,700-597,300 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 23,256-28,044 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 307,980-376,420 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 7,300-10,220 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 4,218 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 15,350-18,420 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,228 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 52,725-63,270 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,386 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 6,400-8,960 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 433,440-529,760 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 137,160-167,640 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 165,600-202,400 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 293,850-359,150 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,130-4,720 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 26,726-30,544 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 101,116 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 208,320 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 66,600-81,400 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 28,980-35,420 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 320,850-392,150 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,960-18,040 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 148,500-181,500 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 27,270-33,330 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 568,890-695,310 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 199,798 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 15,984 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 451 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,902,431,688 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	13,504	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• La Petite Mort ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Kandarin.
  • Static gloves and Cresbot pet drops

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 2 April 2013 (Update):
  • Automatons can now be stunned.

• patch 25 March 2013 (Update):
  • Players can no longer receive Cres's Automatons as a co-op slayer assignment if they do not have the requirements to fight them. A login check has been added to fix players who already have these as a task and cannot access them.

• update 4 March 2013 (Update):
  • Added to game.