Broodoo victim

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Broodoo victim
Released								9 August 2005 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								60
Size								1x1
Examine								An undead victim of some ancient murderous ritual; his skin appears deep green.
League region								Karamja✓
Combat info
XP bonus								+0%
Max hit								7
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Magic
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Combat stats
100				0				0				26				60				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+25				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+20								+20								+20
Magic defence
+0												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+0								+0								+0
Immunities
Poison								0% resistance
Venom								0% resistance
Cannons								Not immune
Thralls								Not immune
Burn								Immune (strong)
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Advanced data
Monster ID								6408,6409
Link								MOID

Broodoo victims are undead creatures which appear during the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame. They can be found while cutting light, medium, or dense jungle bushes. They use Magic attacks which can drain a player's combat stats. They are highly resistant to conventional attack methods (the player's max hit is reduced to 3), but certain consumables can be used on them to damage them: white Broodoo victims can be damaged by food items; green victims by poison cures; and yellow victims finally by disease cures.

When using the correct consumable on the victim, they will suffer a high amount of damage, dependent on the specific type of consumable that is used (see the sections below). If the message Nothing interesting happens. appears in the chatbox instead, check that the correct kind of consumable is used on the Broodoo victim.

If a player wishes to fight Broodoo victims without using items, a fast weapon such as darts are best due to the low damage they take. They can be inflicted with poison or venom to add more damage over time, however they appear to be immune to the effect of Burn. Protect from Magic will make the player immune to their attacks, as well as preventing stat drain. There is a Tribal Statue in the area that can be used to recharge Prayer points after completing the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest.

If a player uncovers a Broodoo victim and leaves the area without killing it, it may remain there for up to 50 minutes, and will be aggressive to any players that go near it.^[1] For this reason, lower level players are advised to be careful when travelling around Tai Bwo Wannai.

Although seemingly no longer practised, the inhabitants of Karamja still feel the consequences of sacrificial rites performed in the past, which are locally known as the "Broodoo".^[2][3] The term "Broodoo" can be employed in two distinct senses. Predominantly, it refers to the undead creatures that occasionally rise out of the ground before attacking their perceived tormentor – that is to say, the creatures known as Broodoo victims.^[4] The Broodoo are believed to be the resurrected victims of an obsolete religious practice involving human sacrifice.^[5]

In a second sense then, the term "Broodoo" can be used to refer to the sacrificial rites these reanimated creatures fell victim to, the results of which they now bear as a curse.^[6] The selection of human offerings appears not to have been arbitrary: according to Sharimika, the individuals chosen as sacrifice were criminals.^[7] These criminals underwent some sort of rituals through which they became accursed, before being buried alive shortly after, presumably dying in the process. Some ambiguity still surrounds the exact cause of death for the victims of Broodoo sacrifice, as there exist strong beliefs that the various types of Broodoo victim originally arose out of the distinct ways in which they died.^[8][9] This belief would seem to be incompatible with the claim that the criminals were all buried alive at the end of the sacrificial process, as this would presumably lead to asphyxiation as their uniform cause of death. In contrast, Karamjans can be quite clear-cut in their ascriptions: green-skinned Broodoo victims for example are said to have died of poison, hinting at the fact that their curse can be dispelled by the application of an antipoison.^[10] While explicit about the fate of the yellow- and white-hued victims, their known weaknesses to Relicym's balm and food-stuffs respectively would suggest that their end was brought about by the intentional infliction of some kind of disease in the case of the yellow Broodoo's, or deliberate starvation for the white variety.^[11] In the aim of reconciling these apparent contradictions, it could be speculated that the practice of Broodoo involved the victims being encased in a tomb of some sort rather than being interred in earth, plausibly soon after being infected either with poison or disease, or simply without being left with any food.

White Broodoo victims have a 4/99 of spawning each time the event table is rolled while clearing away the jungle. The white victims can be damaged with food. This includes cooked food and other food items such as bananas that players can normally eat to heal. Drinks that can heal players such as beer will not work. Calquat fruit also works. Twice the damage dealt to these victims with food is received as Cooking experience. A gout tuber can be fed to the victim.

The amount of damage a certain item of food can inflict is determined by its item category: the highest damage range for instance is inflicted by pieces of fruit or vegetables, any of which will deal between 10 and 35 damage when fed to a white Broodoo victim.^[12] As a result, bringing along a sack of cabbages or potatoes allows one to concentrate a large damage potential against this victim in only one or two inventory slots.

Green Broodoo victims have a 3/99 of spawning each time the event table is rolled while clearing away the jungle. The green victims can be damaged with any type of antipoison potion that is not a barbarian mix. Poison cures that are not potions – such as strange fruit and Guthix rest – likewise cannot be used to damage green victims. They will only take one dose at a time. If the player has completed the Druidic Ritual quest, twice the damage dealt to these victims with antipoison is received as Herblore experience.

The amount of damage that can be inflicted on a green victim is dependent on the type of poison cure that is used, as is laid out in the table below.

Yellow Broodoo victims have a 2/99 of spawning each time the event table is rolled while clearing away the jungle. The yellow victims can be damaged with Relicym's balm or Sanfew serum. They will only take one dose at a time. If the player has completed the Druidic Ritual quest, twice the damage dealt to these victims with Relicym's balm is received as Herblore experience.

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Broodoo victim
Level required					1
Herblore XP					2 * damage
Uses item					Any type of Antipoison
Location					Tai Bwo Wannai village

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NPCs	Fanellaman Gabooty Jagbakoba Karaday Layleen Mamma Bufetta Murcaily Rionasta Safta Doc Sharimika
Enemies	Broodoo victim Tribesman Bush snake Large mosquito Mosquito swarm Jungle spider
Items	Gameplay Items Machetes Normal Opal Jade Red topaz Thatch spar Light Medium Dense Skewer stick Loot Tribal masks Combat Poison Disease Broodoo shields Combat Poison Disease Trading sticks Gout tuber Gems Proboscis Snake hide Spider carcass Spider on shaft Spider on stick
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