Mazchna

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Mazchna
Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Race	Avernic
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Canifis
Sells items	Slayer Equipment
Gender	Male
Actions	? (edit)
Examine	He looks dangerous!
Advanced data
NPC ID	8274, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8464, 15935
Links	MRND
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SMW Subobject for NormalNPC ID: 8274, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8464, 15935Examine: He looks dangerous!Release date: 26 January 2005Is members only: trueIs variant of: Mazchna

SMW Subobject for While Guthix SleepsNPC ID: 8274, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8464, 15935Examine: He looks dangerous!Release date: 26 November 2008Is members only: trueIs variant of: Mazchna

Mazchna (pronounced Mash-ner) is a low-level Slayer master located in north-eastern Canifis, very near the Canifis lodestone. He will give slayer assignments to any player with a combat level of 50 or above.

History

Early life

Mazchna is a demon by race; he is the only known demon Slayer master, apart from Achtryn, his temporary replacement during the quest While Guthix Sleeps. Mazchna became very skilled in combat and eventually became a Slayer master. Mazchna chased away all the other demons in Morytania to gain his Slayer master monopoly in Canifis. Unlike most demons who generally cause havoc, Mazchna strives to be good.

Fighting Lucien's undead army

Mazchna fought in the Skirmish at the Chaos Temple; he is one of a band of eight heroes who attempts to save the player from Lucien after the player's identity is compromised. It is seen during the battle that Mazchna has a combat level of 197. He and Harrallak Menarous are the only survivors of the strike team, as they were fighting Lucien's undead reinforcements. After Lucien leaves, Mazchna is seriously injured, but he is still able to fight and demands they chase the Mahjarrat to get revenge for Turael and Duradel's deaths. Harrallak refuses, as it would be a complete slaughter. Mazchna realizes he is right as the Slayer cause has suffered enough today with the loss of two masters, and reports the battle to Idria before returning to his post.

Slayer points

The amount of Slayer points gained by completing tasks depends on the amount of consecutively completed tasks, and whether Smoking kills has been completed or not.

Slayer points awarded by Mazchna

Smoking Kills	Points per task	Points per 10th task	Points per 50th task
	4	20	60
	2	10	30

Completing 50 tasks assigned by Mazchna grants an average of 6.4 points per tasks, if Smoking kills has been completed.

Assignments

Monster	Amount	Combat level	Slayer experience	Slayer level	Weakness	Weighting
Ankou	60-120	60, 61, 63	68,70,72	1	Earth spells
Banshee	60-120	37, 91 (Mighty)	22, 85	15	Arrows
Basilisk	60-120	70, 77	75	40	Air spells
Bloodveld	60-120	61, 68, 92 (Godwars dungeon), 91 & 95 (mutated)	38.6, 88.4, 197, 216, 239.6	50	Fire spells
Brine rat	60-120	49	50	47	Fire spells
Cave crawler	50-90	53, 74, 78	24.5, 49.5, 57.6	10	Slash
Cockatrice	60-120	44	37	25	Crush
Crocodile	30 - 60	40, 77	34.6, 44.4	1	Air spells
Cyclops	30-60	57, 63, 68, 91	75, 100	1	Melee
Desert Lizard	50-90	21 (small), 35, 49 & 63 (Desert Lizard), 77 (Lizard)	9.6, 14, 21.6, 34.2, 54.8	22	Water spells
Dog	50-90	33 (guard, cerberus), 35 (wild), 67 (shadow)	13.4, 13.4, 14, 39.4	1	Varies
Earth warrior	30-60	78	54	1	Water spells
Ghoul	60 - 120	64	50	1	Fire spells
Green dragon	30 - 60	63, 105 (Brutal)	175, 440	1	Bolts
Grotworm	60 - 120	28 (young), 63 (regular), 98 (mature)	12, 107.8, 343.5	1	Bolts
Ice giant	60 - 120	51	70	1	Fire spells
Ice warrior	52 - 120	54	59	1	Fire spells
Infernal mage	60 - 120	72	60	45	Arrows
Jelly	60 - 120	63, 68	75	52	Crush
Jungle horror	60 - 120	67	50	1	Water spells
Killerwatt	60 - 120	61	51	37	Crush
Lesser demon	60 - 120	70, 84 (Revenant)	90.5, 80	1	Bolts
Molanisk	50–90	53	52	39	Crush
Moss giant	60 - 120	28, 51, 61	60,85,120	1	Fire spells
Ogre	60 - 120	56, 67, 86	60	1	Air spells
Otherworldly being	60 - 120	63	66	1	Thrown
Pyrefiend	60 - 120	61, 67, 92	45	30	Bolts
Rock slug	50-90	42, 49	20, 22	20	Water spells
Sea snake	30 - 60	63	50, 85	1	Slash
Shade	60 - 120	58, 60, 60, 90, 61, 65, 70, 98, 120	38, 56, 74, 32.5, 90, 110	1	Earth spells (Stronghold Of Security) Water spells (Mort'ton, Shade Catacombs)
Shadow warrior	60 - 120	65	67	1	Air spells
Turoth	60 - 120	64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 138 (Mighty)	76, 77, 79, 80, 81, ?	55	Stab
Vampyre (monster)	50–90	61, 89 (God Wars Dungeon)	40,50,60	1	Fire spells
Werewolf	60 - 120	63, 89 (God Wars Dungeon)	90,100	1	Water spells
Total weight

Slayer Challenge

After a player has performed several Slayer tasks for Mazchna, he will occasionally offer a special task in place of a regular Slayer task. The player can decline to take the special task without penalty. If the player accepts the special task, completing the task:

• Earns 2,000 Slayer XP (no experience is earned during the task itself).
• Earns 3 Slayer points, if the player has completed the Smoking Kills quest, beyond the normal points received for a task from Mazchna.
• Counts as a task for the player's consecutive task count, which is used for Slayer points.

Mazchna's special task is for the player to slay all the creatures corrupting the Fairy rings in Morytania. The player must go to each of the three fairy rings in Morytania:

• CKS near Canifis (a safe area until Mazchna is contacted)
• ALQ in the Haunted Woods (vampyres and leeches are present).
• BKR in the Mort Myre Swamp (ghasts and the Mort Myre Swamp effect are present; a blessed silver sickle and druid pouches are recommended).

At each ring, the player must contact Mazchna using an enchanted gem. If the player does not have a gem in inventory when the task is assigned, Mazchna will give the player a gem for free (even if the player has an enchanted gem in the bank). However, Mazchna will not give the player a gem if the player's inventory is full (and still won't if the player later returns with an empty inventory slot and speaks to him about the task again).

The player does not have to use the fairy ring transport network; simply walking to the rings is sufficient. When near a ring, the player activates the enchanted gem to contact Mazchna. The player does not get the usual choices when the gem is activated (if the usual choices appear, then the player is not near enough to the ring).

The three monsters you have to fight are a ravenous snail (level 49) at ring BKR, a ravenous ghoul (level 70) at ring CKS, and a ravenous vampyre (level 91) at ring ALQ. The fairy rings can be done in any order.

The player does not have to finish the conversation with Mazchna after each kill, they can go to the next fairy ring immediately after killing one monster.

Task weighting

A dynamic calculator for task weight can be found here.

The percentage chance of getting assigned a given Slayer task can be calculated using the formula

${\frac {w}{S}}\times 100\%$

where $w$ is the task's weight and $S$ is the sum of all weights for the particular Slayer Master. Note that the weights of all blocked tasks, as well as tasks toggled off have to be subtracted from the sum $S$. For Mazchna, assuming all possible assignments are available, $S$ = .

Preferring a task makes it approximately twice as likely to be assigned, for the first assignment choice, but does not affect the weighting of the second assignment choice provided by a Slayer VIP ticket.

Dialogue

This article on an NPC has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations and other messaging related to this NPC.

Mazchna speaks in:

• While Guthix Sleeps

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!

• ninja 1 March 2021 (Update):
  • Mazchna and Vannaka have switched places in the pecking order.
    • Mazchna will now assign tasks to players of level 50 combat and above.
    • Their task lists have been changed to accommodate their new level bandings.

• patch 9 September 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where Mazchna was assigning slayer tasks from Vannaka.

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • Mazchna will now suggest you obtain a task from Laniakea if your slayer and combat level is appropriate to do so.

• patch 12 June 2017 (Update):
  • A typo previously seen when talking to Mazchna via NPC Contact in the While Guthix Sleeps quest has been fixed.

• hidden 2 October 2012 (Update):
  • Mazchna has received a graphical update.

• patch 31 August 2011 (Update):
  • He no longer tells players to train with Kuradal before they are able to.

• patch 5 July 2010 (Update):
  • Getting an assignment from Mazchna no longer results in the wrong chat if you decline.

• update 26 January 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.
  • Today we have introduced a new skill for members called the Slayer skill! To start the Slayer skill, you should find one of the Slayer Masters who are located in various places around RuneScape. There are five Slayer Masters in total, each catering to different strengths. They can be found in Burthorpe, Morytania, Edgeville Dungeon, Zanaris, and Shilo Village.

Trivia

• At one point, an image in the Knowledge Base showed a character doing Desert Treasure while wielding a sword very similar to Mazchna's. The image has since been removed. With the release of Smoking Kills, the leaf bladed sword was released, which is similar to the one that Mazchna is wielding.
• It seems that Mazchna is wearing an adamant med helm along with an adamant platebody and adamant platelegs.
• For a time after a player completed While Guthix Sleeps, when Mazchna gave tips to the player, his name would appear as slayer_master_2_multi_wounded, whereas before it was just slayer_master_2_multi. This has since been fixed.