Champion's Challenge

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This is a dangerous Distraction and Diversion. If you die, you will lose your items and will need to reclaim them from Death or your grave.

Champion's Challenge
Release date	12 December 2005 (Update)
Area	Champion's Guild
Members	Yes
Frequency	Item
Reset	Unknown edit
Skills	Combat
Currency	None
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You have been challenged!

The Champion's Challenge is a members-only Distraction and Diversion found in the basement of the Champions' Guild, released on 12 December 2005. The Distraction and Diversion involves collecting the scrolls of various races and defeating their champions. Champions may be re-fought weekly for additional rewards.

As it is found in the Champions' Guild, access to the Distraction and Diversion requires 33 quest points. Additionally, some of the champions that make up the minigame may have further requirements to challenge.

Completing all challenges is one of the requirements for obtaining the trimmed completionist cape.

Champion's scrolls

Main article: Champion's scroll

When fighting creatures of one of the 13 'races' that feature in the D&D, one may drop a champion's scroll, which challenges the player to a formal duel by the race's champion. Challenge scrolls are extremely rare drops, with only a 1 in 5000 chance of obtaining, making it quite difficult to duel all the champions. Having a champion scroll enhancer from the Motherlode Maw in Prifddinas will increase the chance of a champion's scroll being dropped by 20% for up to 250 kills (1.2/5000, 250 attempts) of a monster that drops one. It is possible to obtain multiple champion's scrolls prior to challenging a champion.

Once a scroll is obtained, giving it to Larxus in the basement of the Champions' Guild will permanently unlock access to that champion, and the champion may be fought weekly for rewards thereafter.

Fighting a champion

A player fighting one of the 16 champions.

Once a scroll is obtained and given to Larxus in the basement of the Champions' Guild, that champion will become eligible to be fought. Duels with a champion take place in the Champion's Challenge arena, and have certain rules, such as limiting a player's armour, disallowing some items, and prohibiting some forms of combat. All champions prohibit bringing familiars or pouches into the arena. Defeating the champion will grant the player with equal amounts of Constitution and Slayer experience, as well as the ability to fight that champion again every week for even more experience. Defeating all champions awards 59,864 experience per week.

Players can leave a challenge once it has begun by exiting the door in the arena and then climbing the ladder to the upper chamber. Players who die while fighting a champion have their gravestones appear at the ground floor^[UK]1^st floor^[US] of the Champions' Guild next to the trapdoor to the Distraction and Diversion. In either case, the player will not lose their scroll, and can start a new duel by speaking to Larxus again. The scroll will automatically disappear once the corresponding champion has been defeated.

The east side of the Champion's Challenge arena, with The Champions of Champions

One champion may be fought without a scroll. The Leprechaun Champion will informally take on all newcomers, as Leprechauns cannot be fought elsewhere. Because of the informal nature of the duel, the training room, which is accessed via a trapdoor next to Larxus, is used instead of the regular arena. Defeating the Leprechaun Champion awards constitution and slayer experience as with any other champion, but does not count toward qualifying the player to face a champion of champions. Like the other champions, once defeated, he may be fought again in the main arena every week.

After winning 10 challenges, the player will be challenged by the human champion of champions, Leon d'Cour. After winning 13 challenges, the player will be challenged by the gnome champion of champions, Glophren. While several other champion of champions are present, watching the arena, only the human and gnome champions will currently challenge the player.

Champions

Lower Champion, Informal duel only	Image	Level	Life Points	Rules	XP to both Constitution and Slayer	Scroll	Scroll dropper
Leprechaun Champion		20	500	No Items	446	None	None
Lower Champions of the 13 Races	Image	Level	Life Points	Rules	XP to both Constitution and Slayer	Scroll	Scroll dropper
Imp Champion		14	10,000	No abilities or special attacks	385		Imp
Goblin Champion		28	10,000	Only Magic attacks	532		Goblin
Skeleton Champion		35	4,000	Only Ranged attacks	648		Skeleton, Skoblin, Skeletal Horror
Zombie Champion		42	5,000	No Magic Attacks	802		Zombie, Armoured zombie, Dried zombie, Undead Lumberjack
Hobgoblin Champion		49	6,000	No melee attacks	997		Hobgoblin
Giant Champion		56	7,000	Only melee attacks	1,245		Hill giant
Banshee Champion		63	8,000	No Prayer or melee attacks.	1,584		Banshee, Mighty banshee
Ghoul Champion		70	8,910	Only weapons, runes and ammo.	2,001		Ghoul
Earth Warrior Champion		77	9,000	No prayers allowed	2,538		Earth warrior
Aberrant Spectre Champion		84	9,075	2-handed weapons only	3,232		Aberrant spectre
Jogre Champion		98	8,460	No Ranged attacks	5,288		Jogre
Mummy Champion		105	8,580	No Off-hand or Two-handed weapons	6,771		Mummy
Lesser Demon Champion		112	7,000	No armour or weapons; only inventory	8,683		Lesser demon
Champions of Champions	Image	Level	Life Points	Rules	XP to both Constitution and Slayer	Scroll
Leon d'Cour (Human)		112	12,300	Worn items only, no inventory	10,845	There is no human champion's scroll. After defeating 10 lower champions in formal duels, the player receives a challenge from Leon d'Cour.
Glophren (Gnome)		119	17,400	Only Magic	13,927	There is no gnome champion's scroll. After defeating both the 13 lower champions in formal duels and Leon d'Cour, the player receives a challenge from Glophren.

When the player defeats a champion, a banner proclaiming the victory appears on a wall in the upper chamber where Larxus is found. The banners are all identical and non-specific about which champions have been defeated. Instead, there is a champion's board near Larxus which, when read, lists the champions the player has defeated (except the Leprechaun Champion, as this is considered an informal match).

Rewards

A map of the Champion Guild's basement floor

In addition to the Constitution and Slayer experience gained when first defeating a champion, defeating them grants the ability to fight them again for more experience every week, without the need for another champion's scroll.

A player who has defeated at least one lesser champion (excluding the Leprechaun Champion) can receive a set of calling beads by talking to Larxus. The beads can be used to call a banner carrier, which holds a banner and follows the player until dismissed. The banner by default shows the number of champions the player has defeated, but the player can ask the carrier to change it to a picture of any of the races whose champion the player has defeated, with the exception of the Leprechaun. Defeats of champions of champions (the human and gnome champions) do count towards the overall banner number, so the highest possible number is XV.

Additionally, players who defeat Glophren (and thus every champion) may gain a variety of rewards by speaking to Larxus. These include 50,000 coins and four scrolls of knowledge, each of which gives 10,000 experience in any combat skill (prayer and summoning included) in which the player is at least level 50. The title Champion of Champions [Name] is also unlocked.

Achievement

• Champions. What Champions? ( 75) – Defeat all champions in the Champions' Challenge.

Music

Victory is Mine

Music unlocked during a Champion's Challenge Fight.

• Title Fight - visiting the arena
• Victory is Mine - fighting in the arena

Update history

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• patch 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • Players can now use Constitution abilities in Champions Guild fights that have specific melee, magic or ranged only requirements.

• ninja 17 October 2016 (Update):
  • The Champions' Challenge reward experience is now paid out in lamp form.

• patch 18 April 2016 (Update):
  • The Ghoul Champion now has knees.

• ninja 8 June 2015 (Update):
  • Bosses defeated in Champion's Challenge can now be reset with a D&D Token (Weekly).

• ninja 17 February 2014 (Update):
  • The Champions Challenge scroll interface has been updated.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • Players can now take off-hand weapons into the ghoul Champion's Challenge.

• patch 12 February 2013 (Update):
  • It is no longer possible to claim Champion's Challenge calling beads when a player has only defeated the Leprechaun Champion.
  • Players are no longer warned about not using magic attacks against the Zombie Champion when they have no weapons equipped.

• patch 11 January 2010 (Update):
  • Fixed a problem with the Adventurer's log and a Champion's Challenge phrase.
  • Improved the Champion’s Challenge 'allowed in' check message.

• patch 3 December 2009 (Update):
  • Fixed a few issues with the imp follower from the recently reworked Champions' Challenge update.

• patch 17 November 2009 (Update):
  • Adjusted the placement of the TzHaar and Werewolf Champions' Challenge banners.
  • Adjusted the area around the ladder down to the Champions' Challenge arena.

• update 12 December 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

The Gnome Champion reward

Beating a champion

• On 9 November 2009, the Champion's Challenge was updated. The update included the addition of an Aberrant Spectre, Banshee and Mummy Champion along with a Leprechaun Champion which can be informally fought without a challenge scroll, and the second Champion of Champions, Glophren. It was updated again on 26 May 2015, updating the stats of the champions, the rewards given, and allowing them to be refought weekly.
• It is possible to receive a champion's scroll even after defeating that particular champion. However, when attempting to redeem the scroll, Larxus will say "You've already defeated this champion. The challenge is void." and remove the extra scroll from the player's inventory.
• On the day the new races were added the TzHaar and werewolf watchers switched seats but the respective banners did not. On 17 November 2009, the banners were switched so as to reflect the seating changes.
• Sometimes Zanik can be found within the Champions' Guild, telling the player she has been asked to be a Champion of the Cave Goblins.
• It is possible to receive two champion's scrolls at once from effects that double drops, such as wearing the corresponding treasure hunter mask for the slayer monster and from the Elite dungeons chest.