Infernal Mage

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Infernal Mage



Release				26 January 2005 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				? (edit)
Examine				An evil magic user.

Combat info

Combat level				63
Life points				6,500
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				325
XP				91
XP				107.2
XP				29 (two-handed) 14 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				45
Assignment				Infernal mages
Master				Mazchna: 60–100 Chaeldar: 110–170

Offensive
Max hit

0		0			1,040			0		0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

1			1			52			1
Accuracy

0			0			801			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
628	40
Base hit chance

90			50			70			60
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			1643
Links			bestiary • MRND

Infernal Mages are Slayer monsters that require level 45 Slayer to kill. They are sometimes killed for their common death rune drops and various staves and have frequent gold charm drops, though most monsters have better charm rates. When killing infernal mages, an elite version may spawn (guaranteed while on a Slayer assignment), which can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks and tier 1 luck.

Infernal mages are the only monster that drops dark mystic hats and boots. Standard infernal mages do not have access to the rare drop table (although the elite version does).

Locations

Strengths and weaknesses

Infernal mages use a weaker version of the spell Fire Blast to attack the player, so wearing dragonhide or mage armour will reduce the damage taken. This attack hits extremely often. Protect from Magic is recommended. They are weak to arrows, so it is advisable to bring the best bow available.

If a player stops fighting and lets a familiar attack the infernal mage, the mage will attack back with melee, no matter how far the familiar is from the mage. You cannot use a dwarf multicannon on any infernal mages due to the fact that they are only found in the Chaos Tunnels and the Slayer Tower, and neither of them allow the use of cannons.

Drops

The average Infernal Mage kill is worth 3,328 coins.

100%

Pre-roll

These drops will be rolled in this order until one is obtained. If all fail, a common drop will be rolled instead.

^ 1/993 with tier 1 luck or higher.
^ 1/496 with tier 1 luck or higher.
^ 1/496 with tier 1 luck or higher.

Weapons

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Air rune	10	3/128	290	30
Air rune	18	2/128	522	54
Mind rune	18	2/128	216	54
Water rune	10	3/128	590	30
Water rune	18	2/128	1,062	54
Earth rune	10	6/128	180	30
Fire rune	10	6/128	540	30
Fire rune	18	2/128	972	54
Body rune	18	2/128	360	54
Death rune	7	18/128	728	434
Blood rune	4	2/128	1,568	440

Coins

Other

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Starved ancient effigy	1	1/46,826–1/234,131^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Spirit sapphire	1	5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit emerald	1	3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Spirit ruby	1	2/2,000	Not sold	N/A
Mimic kill token	1	1/9,937	115,451	N/A

^ Only dropped if fewer than five ancient effigies are owned. The drop rate is decreased for every effigy owned, up to four effigies.

Charms

The quantity of charms dropped can be affected by a number of boosts including Familiarisation triple charm drops, Fang of Mohegan, and seasonal events such as Winter Weekends.

Achievements

Fenkenstrain's Monster ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Morytania.
- Dark mystic boots drop
- Dark mystic hat drop
- Lava battlestaff drop

Gallery

Infernal mages in the Chaos Tunnels
Infernal mages in the Slayer Tower
Concept art for scrapped graphical rework

Graphical updates

Infernal Mage after 26 January 2005 (update)
Infernal Mage after 5 June 2008 (update)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

update 2 March 2026 (Update):
- Default base hit chances increased:
  - Ranged ('weak'): 65 → 70
  - Magic ('same'): 55 → 60
  - Melee ('strong'): 45 → 50

patch 12 February 2024 (Update):
- Rebalanced several low level monsters that were harder to kill than intended
  - Infernal Mages had the following stat changes:
    - Defence: 52 -> 40
    - Armour: 901 -> 628
    - Combat level: 72 -> 63
    - Lifepoints: 8,800 -> 6,500

ninja 26 October 2020 (Update):
- Monsters with multiple variants will now consistently spawn as those variants when newly placed in the Personal Slayer Dungeon.
  - This includes infernal mages.

patch 22 January 2018 (Update):
- Luck messages no longer appear incorrectly from infernal mages.

patch 18 August 2014 (Update):
- Major stretching in the infernal mage's attack animation has been fixed.

patch 28 November 2012 (Update):
- Infernal mages no longer deal damage after they've been killed.

patch 7 September 2010 (Update):
- Infernal mage attack animations were being interrupted.

patch 25 February 2009 (Update):
- Infernal magi no longer have to contend with hair rendering over their hats.

update 26 January 2005 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

They have the same walking and idle animation as pirates.
Their attacks register about 1.5 seconds after the spell actually hits the player.
Prior to Mobilising Armies removal, they were located in the minigame as siege units and unattackable.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 February 2017. (Archived from the original on 30 April 2020.) Mod Ash: "1 / 1k chance."
^ ^a ^b Envision. Drop Rates V2. RuneScape Forums. 29 July 2014.

[2] 1/993 with tier 1 luck or higher.

[4] 1/496 with tier 1 luck or higher.

[5] 1/496 with tier 1 luck or higher.

[DLEffigy-6] Only dropped if fewer than five ancient effigies are owned. The drop rate is decreased for every effigy owned, up to four effigies.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 February 2017. (Archived from the original on 30 April 2020.) Mod Ash: "1 / 1k chance."

[Drop_Rates_V2-3] Envision. Drop Rates V2. RuneScape Forums. 29 July 2014.

[d 1]

[1]

[d 2]

[2]

[d 3]

[d 1]

Location	Levels	Members	Access requirements	Spawns	Map
Slayer Tower 1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US]	63		None	9	Show map
Chaos Tunnels	63		None	14	Show map

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Lava battlestaff	1	1/1,024; 1/993^{[d 1]}^[1]	9,945	10,200
Dark mystic boots	1	1/512; 1/496^{[d 2]}^[2]	734,391	3,000
Dark mystic hat	1	1/512; 1/496^{[d 3]}^[2]	626,759	6,000

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Gold charm	1	335/1,000	1	1
Green charm	1	23.9/1,000	1	1
Crimson charm	1	23.9/1,000	1	1
Blue charm	1	4.79/1,000	2	2