Captain Harlan

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Captain Harlan
Release date	27 September 2006 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	No
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Lumbridge
Shop	Defence cape
Gender	Male
Actions	Talk to, Boss assistance, Examine
Examine	Harlan, captain of the Lumbridge Guard and master of defence.
Advanced data
NPC ID	705
Links	MRND705
Infobox • Talk page

Captain Harlan is the master of Defence and captain of the Lumbridge Guard. He can be found in Lumbridge, north of the Lumbridge Fishing Supplies shop. As the master of Defence, he sells the Defence cape and hood for 99,000 coins to members who have achieved skill mastery in Defence, and the Master defence cape for 120,000 coins to those who have achieved 104,273,167 experience in the skill.

He used to give new players a training sword and a training shield to those who asked for it, but this feature was removed on 17 September 2009.

Boss assistance

Harlan keeps track of the number of training points a player has. A training point is awarded to players in a non-practice mode fight against a boss where those players have 10 or more kills and fight alongside other players who have fewer than 10 kills on the boss being fought. To be awarded a training point, the players who have fewer than 10 kills must be in the top 15 players who have done the most damage to the boss. The boss assistance system awards players three rewards:

• 50 training points: Mortar Board
• 250 training points: [Name] the Master
• 500 training points: Cornellius

The rewards are unlocked automatically when the required number of points are obtained. The points are not deducted when a reward is unlocked.

Attending boss masses is a relatively fast way of obtaining training points.

Dialogue

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Captain Harlan speaks in:

• Death to the Dorgeshuun

Stock

Item		Stock	Sell price	Buy price	GE price	Resale value
	Defence cape	∞	99,000	Not bought	59,400	∞ (−39,600)
	Defence hood	∞	99,000	Not bought	3,000	∞ (−96,000)
	Defence cape (t)	∞	99,000	Not bought	59,400	∞ (−39,600)
	Defence master cape	∞	120,000	Not bought	72,000	∞ (−48,000)

Graphical updates

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  Melee combat tutor after 27 September 2006 (update)

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  Melee instructor after 1 July 2008 (update)

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  Melee instructor after 1 September 2010 (update)

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  Harlan after 16 March 2015 (update)

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  Captain Harlan after 13 September 2021 (update)

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  Melee combat tutor's chathead after 27 September 2006 (update)

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  Melee instructor's chathead after 1 July 2008 (update)

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  Captain Harlan chathead after 13 September 2021 (update)

Update history

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• patch 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • Harlan has been graphically updated. He now wears the Lumbridge Guard Captain outfit (minus the helmet) from Yak to Basics, a rune sword and a Lumbridge Guard shield. His hairstyle and facial features have also been updated.
  • Renamed from "Harlan" to "Captain Harlan".
  • The examine "Harlan, master of defence." has been changed to "Harlan, captain of the Lumbridge Guard and master of defence.".
  • The option "Talk-to" has been renamed to "Talk to".
  • The option "Boss-Assistance" has been renamed to "Boss assistance".

• patch 2 March 2020 (Update):
  • Removed Harlan's dialogue relating to the combat academy.

• patch 10 July 2017 (Update):
  • Players can no longer view the boss assistance rewards interface on free worlds.

• hidden 16 March 2015 (Update):
  • Graphically updated.

• hidden 20 November 2012 (Update):
  • Renamed from "Melee instructor" to "Harlan".

• patch 3 December 2009 (Update):
  • Synchronised the chat head of the melee advisor with his actual hair.

• patch 9 June 2009 (Update):
  • Adjusted some text when speaking to the Melee Tutor.

• update 27 September 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• He is now the only skillcape seller in Lumbridge since Wilfred, the master of Woodcutting, moved to the woodland north of Falador.