Mazchna

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Mazchna
Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Race	Demon
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Canifis
Sells items	Slayer Equipment
Gender	Male
Examine	He looks dangerous!
Advanced data
NPC ID	8274, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8464, 15935
Object ID	none
Links	MRND8274 MRND8307 MRND8308 MRND8309 MRND8464 MRND15935
Infobox • Talk page

Mazchna
Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Combat level	150
Race	Demon
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	While Guthix Sleeps
Location(s)	Chaos Temple (hut)
Sells items	No
Gender	Male
Examine	He looks dangerous!
Advanced data
NPC ID	8274, 8307, 8308, 8309, 8464, 15935
Object ID	none
Links	MRND8274 MRND8307 MRND8308 MRND8309 MRND8464 MRND15935
Infobox • Talk page

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 20 or above. Mazchna is noted for usually giving assignments close to his area.

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

Players can receive Slayer points for completing Slayer tasks, based on how many tasks players have accomplished in a row. Completion of a task assigned by Mazchna will grant you:

• 2 Slayer points per normal task
• 5 for every 10th
• 15 for every 50th

This means that if using Mazchna over the long term, an average of 2.5 points will be granted per task.

However, he is not recommended to use for every 10th and 50th task. Using Kuradal, Duradel or even Sumona for these tasks gives a greatly increased amount of points. For example, Duradel gives 75 points for completing a 10th task and 225 points for a 50th task. Kuradal gives even more points: 90 for every 10th task, and 270 points for every 50th task.

After the release of Smoking Kills, Mazchna became one of the most popular slayer masters, even among higher-level players in pursuit of Slayer points. Because Mazchna's tasks are easy to complete by high-level players, a player can accomplish the first 9 tasks with ease and then use a higher level master like Kuradal or Duradel for tasks which are a multiple of ten, thereby gaining easy Slayer points.

Assignments

Assignment	Amount	Monster	Combat	Slayer experience	Slayer level required	Weighting
Banshee	40-70	Banshee	37	58.5	15	20
		Mighty banshee	91	85	35 (Quest)
Bat		Bat	14	8	1	10
		Warped bat	16	8
		Giant bat	23	?
			44	32
		Albino bat	43	18
Bear		Bear Cub	11	20		10
		Grizzly bear cub	29	12
		Black bear	23	10.2
		Grizzly bear	32	13.4
			40	27
		Angry bear	35	14.4
Catablepon		Catablepon	53	25-26		10
			54	27
Cave crawler		Cave crawler	53	25.8	10	20
			74	49.8
			78	57.6
Cave slime		Cave slime	26	11.4	17	10
		Cave slime (Daemonheim)	44	91
Cockatrice		Cockatrice	44	23.5	25	20
Crawling hand		Crawling hand	11	8	5	20
			18	9.4
		Skeletal hand	70	63.5	31 (Quest)
		Zombie hand	75	77
Cyclops	30-60	Cyclops	57	59.4	1	10
			63	71.8
			68	86.6
			91	281.8
Desert lizards	40-70	Desert Lizard	35	14	22	10
			49	22
			63	36
Dogs		Guard dog	33	13.4	1	10
		Wild dog	35	14
		Jackal	49	45
		Shadow Hound	67	41.4
Flesh crawlers		Flesh crawler	39	17.5	1	10
			40	17.5
Frogs		Big frog	36	14	1	10
		Giant frog	44	19
		Plague frog	21	19
		Frog	77	55
Ghouls		Ghoul	64	36	1	10
Ghosts		Revenant imp	14	10	1	10
		Revenant goblin	16	?
			19	?
			22	?
		Ghost	25	10
			28	11
		Revenant goblin	28	?
		Revenant icefiend	37	40
		Revenant pyrefiend	40	48
		Ghost	42	34
		Tormented wraith	42	150
		Revenant hobgoblin	44	72
		Ghost	46	?
			47	?
		Revenant vampyre	47	60
		Ghost	48	20 / ?
		Tortured soul (Port Phasmatys)	53	40.4
		Revenant werewolf	53	65
		Revenant cyclops	60	110
		Ghostly warrior	61	44
		Revenant hellhound	70	80
		Revenant demon	84	80
		Revenant ork	98	105
		Revenant dark beast	112	256
		Revenant knight	119	552.8
		Revenant dragon	126	155
Grotworms	20-40	Young grotworm	28	11.4	1	10
		Grotworm	63	102.8
		Mature grotworm	98	343.5
Hill Giants	40-70	Hill Giant	44	39	1	10
Hobgoblins		Hobgoblin	28	49	1	10
			32	?
			35	?
			91	268.5
Ice warriors		Ice warrior	54	27	1	10
Kalphites		Kalphite Worker	58	59.3	1	10
		Kalphite Soldier	65	78.8
		Kalphite Guardian	72	95
		Exiled kalphite worker	75	109.8
		Exiled kalphite paragon	84	140
		Exiled kalphite soldier	84	147
		Exiled kalphite guardian	98	229
		Exiled kalphite marauder	98	240.4
		Exiled kalphite marauder	107	229
		Kalphite Queen	333	1309.4
		Exiled Kalphite Queen	356	2055
		Kalphite King	2500	3963
Mogres		Mogre	54	27	32	10
Pyrefiends		Pyrefiend	61	34.2	30	20
			63	34.2
			67	41.4
			92	42
Rock slugs		Rockslug	42	20	20	15
			49	22
Skeletons		Skeleton (Melzar's Maze)	12	?	1	10
		Skeleton (Lumbridge Catacombs)	15	8
		Skeleton	15,16	9, 24
		Skeleton mage	19	16
		Skoblin	19	9
		Skeleton fremennik	23	?
		Skeleton fremennik	28	?
		Skeleton fremennik	30	?
		Skeleton	32,43	13,18
		Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	45	?
		Skeleton	46	19
		Skeletal miner	49	39
		Skeleton	47	?
		Skeleton mage	49	80
		Skeleton	49,51,53,54,58	22 - 25
		Skeletal hand	70	63.5	31 (Quest)
		Skeleton	70	?	1
		Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	70-72	?
		Skeleton hero	74	?
		Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	77	?
		Skeleton (Ape Atoll)	78	112
		Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	79	?
		Giant skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	84	?
		Giant skeleton (Shadow Dungeon)	84	?
		Skeleton thug	85	?
		Skeleton (Barrows)	86	?
		Skeleton brute	88	?
		Skeleton heavy	89	?
		Skeleton warlord	91	?
		Skeleton (Daemonheim)	varies	?
		Giant skeleton (Daemonheim)	varies	?
Vampyres		Feral vampyre	61	33	1	10
			89
Wall beasts	10-20	Wall beast	47	27	35	15
Wolves	40-70	White wolf (Burthorpe)	5	6.8	1	10
		Adolescent White wolf	8	6
		Desert wolf	15	34
		Wolf	16	34
		Wolf	23	10, 15
		White wolf	30	50
		Wolf	42	69
		Big Wolf	43	74
		Dire Wolf	46	34
		Fenris wolf	49	69
		Ice wolf	71	70
		Jungle Wolf	88	81
		Ice wolf	95	70
Zombies		Zombie	11	8	1	10
			12	8
			14	9
			22	10
			29	13
			72	50
			74	52
			75	?
			77	?
			78	70
			79	74
			82	77
			84	?
			85	?
Total weight						340

Many slayer monsters have numerous variants of the monster assigned. Please check the monster's page for more specific information about the different variants.

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

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 $S$. Preferring a task doubles its chance of being assigned.

For Mazchna, assuming all possible assignments are available, $S$ = 340.

Dialogue

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Update history

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

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.
• With the release of the Festival for the Dead, Mazchna received a graphical update.