Guard

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Falador (Melee)Falador (Ranged) VarrockEdgevilleArdougne
Guard
Release			4 January 2001 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
He tries to keep order around here.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
18			650			35.7			11.7
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
2 / 1 / 0
Aggressive						Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
52			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
13				1				1
Accuracy
234				0				0
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
234		13
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				9
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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5 ticks (3.0s)

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There are many guards in RuneScape, usually in populated, major cities, such as Falador, Varrock, and Ardougne. Guards patrol the area of just south of the Wilderness wall at Edgeville. There are also guards at the mansion in the quest Rat Catchers.

Weapons, armour and weaknesses

Level 9

Level 9 guards can be found in Burthorpe and Catherby markets, guarding the stalls. They attack with melee and are weak to air spells.

Level 18

Falador

The guards in Falador are level 18, and can fight with either ranged or melee, depending on their wielded weapon. The guards with melee weapons are weak to water spells or fire spells, and the one with ranged weapons are weak to stab attacks.

The melee guards wear a bronze chainbody, bronze helm, bronze square shield, leather chaps, and leather boots as armour, and either a bronze longsword or a bronze battleaxe as their weapon. The rangers wear similar armour to the melee guards, but substitute a leather body in place of the bronze chainbody, and are armed with either a bronze crossbow or a bow similar in appearance to Kayle's chargebow.

East Ardougne

The guards of Ardougne wield a steel mace, iron chainbody, and a helmet that looks like a spiny helm without spikes. They also wear red trousers, and blue shirts under chainmail. They are weak to fire spells.

Varrock

Guards in Varrock wear a golden/yellow version of the Renegade Knights' uniform. They are level 25, they attack with melee and they are weak to air spells. Until late 2007, Varrock guards were identical to Falador guards. They can be found in front of castle.

Edgeville

Guards in Edgeville wear some sort of leather armour that bears a resemblance to that of the Lumbridge Guardsmen, except that Lumbridge guards wear blue uniforms, and Edgeville guards wear green uniforms. Edgeville guards are level 35 and attackable, and are good for training at a lower level as players can heal at Edgeville bank. The Edgeville guards are weak to water spells.

Thieving

Except for in Taverley and Catherby, guards can be pickpocketed at with level 40 Thieving, giving 46.5 experience and 30-34 Coins. You can get up to 60 coins per pickpocket after finishing the Lost Her Marbles caper. If unsuccessful, the player will be hit for twenty life points and stunned for five seconds. If someone kills the guard just as you are pickpocketing you will get the message "Too late; they are dead" and you will receive neither experience nor loot.

Thieving level	40	Thieving XP	46.5 XP	Stun time / damage	4.8s / 20 lp
Double loot	50 40	Triple loot	60 50	Quadruple loot	70 60
Loot
Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins 30–34; 60 Always 30-60 30-60

Respawn

Most guards respawn approximately 50–55 seconds after their bodies disappear on the ground. This is a relatively long time for people who are power training their combat skills; it is advised that players seeking to raise those skills quickly by killing guards find an area with at least four guards, so as to always be able to fight at least one. Some areas good for this are the lobby of Varrock Palace which spawns 6 guards, and the northern entrance to Falador which spawns 5 guards, although are often populated by other players.

Drops

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	472	0
	Key (Treasure Trails) (m)		1	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
91–92%	7%	0.7–0.9%	0.4–0.5%	0.1–0.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 17,156 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Potato seed		4–6	Common	1,060-1,590	16-24
	Onion seed		4	Common	928	24
	Cabbage seed (m)		4	Uncommon	736	60
	Tomato seed (m)		3–4	Uncommon	600-800	6-8
	Sweetcorn seed (m)		3	Rare	492	12
	Strawberry seed (m)		1–4	Rare	343-1,372	10-40
	Watermelon seed (m)		2–4	Rare	4,616-9,232	66-132
	Air rune		6	Common	432	18
	Earth rune		3–6	Common	54-108	9-18
	Fire rune		2	Common	266	6
	Body talisman		1	Uncommon	381	2
	Law talisman (m)		1	Rare	940	2
	Blood rune (m)		1–4	Rare	612-2,448	110-440
	Nature rune		1	Rare	361	74
	Chaos rune		1–2	Rare	141-282	28-56
	Tiny spiky iron salvage		1	Common	183	65
	Medium blunt steel salvage		1	Rare	2,687	720
	Iron arrow		1; 2	Common	17-34	12-24
	Iron bolts		2–18	Common	124-1,116	2-18
	Bronze arrow		1; 2; 5	Uncommon	31-155	4-20
	Steel arrow		1; 5; 10; 11	Uncommon	20-220	27-297
	Grimy guam		1	Rare	650	18
	Huge plated iron salvage		1	Rare	2,032	325
	Coal stone spirit		1	Rare	21	Not alchemisable
	Prayer potion (4)		1	Rare	3,954	114
	Ranging potion (1)		1	Rare	993	168
	Coins		1; 2; 3; 4; 12; 25	Common	1-25	1-25
	Grapes		3	Common	18,639	0
	Hammer		1	Uncommon	302	7
	Wheat		1; 4	Rare	107-428	1-4
	Iron stone spirit		1	Rare	24	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (medium) (m)		1	1/128	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

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	9,324	Not alchemisable

Dialogue

Transcripts Guard speaks in:

• Defender of Varrock
• Doric and Boric tasks
• River of Blood
• Royal Trouble

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 22 May 2017 (Update):
  • A guard on the hill north of Falador has had his chathead restored.

• patch 7 March 2016 (Update):
  • Guards (Falador bow/crossbow variants) have had their combat stats rebalanced.

• patch 1 February 2016 (Update):
  • The guards near the Varrock lodestone have finally put away their Christmas decorations.

• patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
  • The Falador archer guards now draw back their bows correctly.

• update 30 January 2001 (Update):
  • The guards in Varrock city now attempt to stop people fighting. There are large number of guards at the bank, so assuming they haven't all been killed you can now withdraw your money more safely.

• update 29 January 2001 (Update):
  • The number of guards was further increased.

Trivia

• When worldwide PKing was allowed in RuneScape Classic, guards used to stay in key cities and break up PKers by attacking the aggressor.
• The average life expectancy of a guard is 30 seconds, as stated by the Varrock guard captain and Bob, a Faladian guard. During the quest Garden of Tranquillity, Bob and his partner Billy are swiftly killed by PKMaster0036 to emphasise their short lifespan.
• When fighting guards at the Varrock east gate, if the workman walks by while you're killing a guard, the guard yells "I'M BEING SLAUGHTERED!" The workman will then comment "Nothing new here". When all the Varrock guards at eastern gate are dead, when the workman walks by, he will say "Oh, they're all dead."
• Every time you pickpocket a guard in Varrock, a count is added to the signpost in front of the palace entrance. This count is daily and unique to each world; it is always at zero on free worlds as it is impossible to pickpocket guards on them.
• Before the EoC update, it was possible to completely imitate the appearance of Falador guards. This was done by setting the character's top to the colour of Cowhide Brown, and their bottoms to Coal Black, then equipping their respective armour and weapon. If done correctly, the only noticeable difference would only be the red stripe on the helmet. This is possible again since the rework of Falador.
• An update that changed the appearance of Leather chaps meant that it is no longer possible to completely imitate Falador guards.
• Prior to the Port Sarim graphical rework on 11 July 2016, a variant of guards were found in the Port Sarim Jail. Following this update the guards were changed to Port Sarim guards. Before this, the guards were level 18 and wore hard leather bodies and steel helms. They were weak to water spells. There was an unattackable guard on the roof of the jail, and some of the guards had chatheads.
• There is guard outside the Varrock Palace, attempting to arrest Ozan. If you talk to them, Ozan would frame you as his accomplice and flee. Afterwards, the guard becomes attackable. Once killed, he would not respawn.

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  The old appearance of the Port Sarim guards, before they were graphically updated

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  A chathead of one of the Port Sarim guards from before the update