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BeardedNo beard
Bandit
Released4 April 2005 (Update)
MembersYes
Combat level41
Size1x1
ExamineTough-looking.
Combat info
XP bonus+0%
Max hit7
AggressiveNo
PoisonousNo
Attack styleSlash
Attack speed4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time50 ticks (30 seconds)
Combat stats
3040502011
Aggressive stats
Monster attack bonusMonster strength bonusMonster magic strength bonusMonster ranged strength bonus
+9+9+0+0+0+0
Melee defence
+0+9+8
Magic defence
No elemental weakness
+10No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
LightStandardHeavy
+0+0+0
Immunities
Poison0% resistance
Venom0% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID736,737
LinkMOID

Pollnivnian bandits can be found in northern Pollnivneach, between the general store and the rug merchant. They can be attacked, but are most popular as a target of blackjacking, a high-intensity training method that offers the fastest experience from levels 45-49 and levels 65-91 Thieving.

There are two types of bandits in Pollnivneach. The level 41 bearded bandits wield blackjacks, granting 65 experience and 40 coins per pickpocket, and the level 56 bandits have no beard, wield steel scimitars, and grant 84.3 experience and 50 coins per pickpocket.

In order to get the maximum experience rates, players must knock bandits out with blackjacks before pickpocketing them. This method requires near completion of the quest The Feud, level 30 Thieving, and the ability to kill a safespottable level 70 bandit champion.

Locations

Location Levels Members Spawns Map League region
Pollnivneach41, 56Members9Show mapDesert Desert✓

Drops

100%

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Bones.png: Bandit (Pollnivneach) drops Bones with rarity Always in quantity 1Bones1Always300

Blackjacking

The probability to successfully knock out a bandit is independent of the blackjack used, and the same for both types of bandit (as well as for Menaphite Thugs). Knocking out either bandit rewards 10 Thieving experience.

If the player has line of sight to a second bandit when attempting to knock one out, they will be unable to, with a chat message stating Perhaps I shouldn't do this here, I think another bandit will see me. Attempting to knock them out while in combat also fails, producing the message You can't knock-out the bandit during combat.

Success rates are estimated based on 30,857,735 samples from the Drop Rate Project. 

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Pickpocketing

Pickpocketing a bandit while they are awake rewards a coin pouch, but while they are knocked out coins are received directly instead.

Bearded Pollnivnian Bandit

Bandit (bearded)
Level requiredThieving 45
Thieving XP65 xp
TypePickpocket
ToolBlackjack
Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Coins_25.png: Bandit (Pollnivneach) drops Coins with rarity Always in quantity 40Coins40Always4040

Tertiary

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Rocky.png: Bandit (Pollnivneach) drops Rocky with rarity 1/256,086 in quantity 1Rocky11/256,086–1/254,736[1][d 1]Not soldN/A
  1. ^ The drop rate increases with Thieving level; see Rocky page for more details.

Pollnivnian Bandit

Bandit (no beard)
Level requiredThieving 55
Thieving XP84.3 xp
TypePickpocket
ToolBlackjack
Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Coins_25.png: Bandit (Pollnivneach) drops Coins with rarity Always in quantity 50Coins50Always5050

Tertiary

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Rocky.png: Bandit (Pollnivneach) drops Rocky with rarity 1/255,836 in quantity 1Rocky11/255,836–1/254,736[2][d 1]Not soldN/A
  1. ^ The drop rate increases with Thieving level; see Rocky page for more details.

Dialogue

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Changes

Date Changes
23 October 2024
(Update)

The bearded version has had their skin tone recoloured to its original intended colour, as part of a fix involving the implementation of detecting malformed recolours in the game's configs.

26 July 2005
(Update)
  • The non-bearded version's examine was changed from "A viscious thief." to "A vicious thief."
  • The bearded version's examine was changed from "Tough looking." to "Tough-looking."
4 April 2005–
23 October 2024 		23 October 2024 –
present

References

  1. ^
  2. ^
Pickpocketing
NPCs
Items
The Feud
NPCs
Enemies
Items
Locations and scenery
Miscellaneous
Pollnivneach
Inhabitants
Bandit Gang
Menaphite Gang
Features
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