Guardian boots

Item

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Guardian boots



Released							26 October 2017 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
League region							Morytania✓

Properties

Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Options							Wear, Drop
Examine							Some sturdy Bandos boots, made sturdier with the blackened tourmaline core of the Grotesque Guardians.

Values

Value							305,000 coins
High alch							183,000 coins
Low alch							122,000 coins
Weight							7 kg

Grand Exchange

Exchange							1,760,747 coins (info)
Buy limit							8
Daily volume							404

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Advanced data

Item ID							21733
Link							MOID

Guardian boots are a pair of upgraded Bandos boots which require level 75 Defence to wear. They are the predominantly defensive counterpart to primordial boots and are tied with the Echo boots for providing the best melee and ranged defence bonuses of any footwear.

They can be created by using a black tourmaline core with a pair of Bandos boots, and this process is irreversible. When a player does this, a message in the chatbox will state "The second you hold your tourmaline core by the Bandos boots, the core is absorbed rapidly. Perhaps there is some link between the metal in Bandos and tourmaline..."

Like the Bandos boots used in their creation, they will render followers of Bandos unaggressive to the wearer in the God Wars Dungeon.

The high ranged defence bonus of Guardian boots makes them even more desirable than regular Bandos boots for players trying to maximise their defensive bonuses. Furthermore, they are effective when combined with the rest of the Bandos armour when trying to achieve an extremely high ranged defence bonus. Guardian boots do not penalise ranged and magic attack bonuses as much as the original Bandos boots.

It should be noted that Guardian boots are, along with their predecessor Bandos boots and successor Echo boots, several times heavier than any other pair of boots in the game, with a weight of 7 kg. This makes them impractical for travel and dangerous skilling activities with lots of running such as Pyramid Plunder or ZMI.

Guardian boots can be further upgraded by adding an echo crystal, turning them into echo boots. This adds +2 prayer bonus and gives a unique passive effect to the boots.

Combat stats


Attack bonuses

+0	+0	+0	-3	-1

Defence bonuses


+32	+32	+32	-3	+24

Other bonuses				Slot


+3	+0	+0%	+2	List

Creation

Requirements
Members		Ticks	? (edit)

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Bandos boots	1	938,522
	Black tourmaline core	1	892,575
Total cost			1,831,097
	Guardian boots	1	1,760,747
Profit			−70,350
Profit after GE Tax			−105,564

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Echo boots		None	None	1 × Guardian boots 1 × Echo crystal

Treasure Trails

Tier	Emotes	STASH location	Items	Cost
Master	Jump for Joy	West of the pier in Zul-Andra, next to a tree		2,407,276^{[c 1]}

^ The cost may be higher because of the variant of the item used. The base item is Bandos boots.

Used in recommended equipment

Rank	Method
4	Slayer training (Melee)
4	Slayer training (Melee)
3	K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Solo Melee)
3	K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Melee Tank)
4	K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Melee)
3	Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Tribrid (All Kings))
2	Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Magic (Rex only))
2	TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Melee)
3	TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Magic)
5	Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Melee)
4	King Black Dragon/Strategies (Melee BIS smuggle)
4	Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1	Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee tank)
2	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee (Solo))
2	General Graardor/Strategies (Advanced Tank)
2	General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged Tank)
3	General Graardor/Strategies (Melee Attacker)
3	Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Dolo)
5	Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Team melee)
5	Corporeal Beast/Strategies (Melee masses)
4	Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Melee)
3	Zulrah/Strategies (Melee)
4	Metal dragons/Strategies (Melee)
4	Cerberus/Strategies (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee (Prayer bonus))
5	Demonic gorilla/Strategies (Melee)
5	Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Melee - DPS)
5	Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Other Melee Weapons)
4	Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Magic)
5	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
5	Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
3	Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Burst)
3	Maniacal monkey/Strategies (Magic - Ice Barrage)
4	Volcanic Mine (Group)
5	Volcanic Mine (Solo)
1	Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Melee)
4	Sulliuscep/Strategies
1	Sulliuscep/Strategies
4	Grotesque Guardians/Strategies (Melee)
3	Vorkath/Strategies (Melee)
5	Rune dragon/Strategies (Melee)
4	Skotizo/Strategies (Melee)
3	Inferno/Strategies (First cape)
3	Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (Low level))
4	Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (High level))
5	The Nightmare/Strategies (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Gargoyles (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Dust devils (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Drakes (Melee)
4	Vyrewatch Sentinel/Strategies (DPS)
1	Gout tuber/Strategies (Tank)
1	Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Magic)
4	Slayer task/Jellies (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Jellies (Magic)
4	Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Ice trolls))
4	Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Mountain trolls))
4	Adamant dragon/Strategies (Melee)
4	Glough Speed-Trialist (Melee)
4	TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Speed-Trialist (Melee)
3	Chompington (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Suqah (Melee (South))
3	Vardorvis/Strategies (Melee)
4	Scurrius/Strategies (Melee (high level))
4	Moons of Peril/Strategies (Moons of Peril armour)
4	Amoxliatl/Strategies (Melee)
4	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee)
4	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee)
4	Gemstone Crab/Strategies (Melee)
2	Shellbane gryphon/Strategies (Melee)
4	Slayer task/Kurasks (Melee)
5	Slayer task/Kurasks (Mage)
4	Frost dragon/Strategies (Melee)
4	Brutus/Strategies (Melee (high level))
3	Demonic Brutus/Strategies (Melee)

Changes

Date	Changes
21 June 2023 (Update \| poll)	Ultimate Iron players are now able to store the Guardian boots in the S.T.A.S.H. unit west of the pier in Zul-Andra.

Grotesque Guardians

Bosses

Dusk
Dawn

Unique drops

Granite equipment	Dust Cannonball Gloves Ring (imbued) Hammer
Other	Black tourmaline core Guardian boots Jar of stone Noon

Other

Upgraded equipment

Upgrade items

Stones	Primordial crystal Eternal crystal Pegasian crystal Black tourmaline core Smouldering stone Crystal tool seed Blood shard Smoke quartz Shadow quartz Blood quartz Ice quartz Echo crystal
Monster parts	Araxyte fang etched Elder venator fang etched Kraken tentacle Magic fang Drake's claw Drake's tooth Hydra tail Nihil horn Basilisk jaw Hydra's claw
Dragon metal	Lump Slice Shard
Other	Guthixian icon Saradomin's light Kodai insignia Runescroll of swampbark Runescroll of bloodbark Armadylean plate Bandosian components Ancient icon Mokhaiotl cloth

Equipment

Weapons

Armour

Dragon	Platebody Kiteshield
Swampbark	Helm Body Legs Gauntlets Boots
Bloodbark	Helm Body Legs Gauntlets Boots
Masori	Mask Body Chaps
Torva	Full Helm Platebody Platelegs
	Primordial boots Eternal boots Pegasian boots Avernic treads (max) Guardian boots Echo boots Boots of brimstone Devout boots Neitiznot faceguard

Other

	Runner Frog-leather Snakeskin Mixed hide Brimstone Ranger Pegasian
Blessed boots	Ancient Armadyl Bandos Guthix Saradomin Zamorak

Magic

	Runner Ghostly Moonclan Lunar Splitbark Mystic Darkness Swampbark Brimstone Wizard Bloodbark Infinity Eternal
Mystic boots	Blue Light Dark Dusk Shattered

Prayer

Slayer

	Insulated Stone Granite Brimstone
Shayzien	Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5

Other

	Aranea Climbing ^(g) Desert H.A.M. Leather Lightness Mourner Samurai Silly jester Spiked
Avernic treads	Normal Primordial Pegasian Eternal Primordial-Pegasian Primordial-Eternal Pegasian-Eternal Max
Canifis	Grey Purple Red Teal Yellow
Fremennik	Fremennik Rock-shell Spined Skeletal Fremennik sea 1 Fremennik sea 2 Fremennik sea 3 Fremennik sea 4
Gnome	Blue Cream Green Pink Turquoise
Skilling	Angler ^{(Spirit angler)} Carpenter's Farmer's Graceful Lumberjack Prospector ^(Golden) Pyromancer Rogue Zealot's Boots of the eye
Costume	Antisanta Builder's Chicken Clue hunter Evil chicken Gardening Gravedigger Mime Pirate Santa Shoes Skeleton Slave Snow imp Zombie

Prayer items

Weapons

One-handed

Maces
Canes
White weaponry
Armadyl crossbow ⁽⁺¹⁾
Zaryte crossbow ⁽⁺¹⁾
Blessed axe ⁽⁺²⁾
Keris ⁽⁺²⁾
Zamorakian hasta ⁽⁺²⁾
Viggora's chainmace ⁽⁺²⁾
Ursine chainmace ⁽⁺²⁾
Inquisitor's mace ⁽⁺²⁾
Lunar staff ⁽⁺³⁾
Keris partisan _{(amascut)(breaching)(corruption)(sun)}⁽⁺³⁾
Rolling pin ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Wolfbane ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Silver sickle (b) ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Emerald sickle (b) _(enchanted) ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Ruby sickle (b) _(enchanted) ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Blisterwood sickle ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Ivandis flail ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Blisterwood flail ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Void knight mace ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Crozier ⁽⁺⁶⁾
3rd age druidic staff ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Hallowed flail ⁽⁺⁶⁾

Two-handed

White weaponry ⁽⁺¹⁾
Tumeken's shadow ⁽⁺¹⁾
Saradomin sword _(blessed) ⁽⁺²⁾
Zamorakian spear ⁽⁺²⁾
Hallowfell ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Toktz-mej-tal ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Verac's flail ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Godswords ⁽⁺⁸⁾

Headgear

	White med helm ⁽⁺¹⁾ White full helm ⁽⁺¹⁾ Rune god helms ⁽⁺¹⁾ Torva full helm ⁽⁺¹⁾ Blessed coifs ⁽⁺¹⁾ Armadyl helmet ⁽⁺¹⁾ Inquisitor's great helm ⁽⁺¹⁾ Zealot's helm ⁽⁺¹⁾ Virtus mask ⁽⁺¹⁾ Dagon'hai hat ⁽⁺²⁾ Crystal helm ⁽⁺²⁾ Justiciar faceguard ⁽⁺²⁾ Ancient ceremonial mask ⁽⁺²⁾ Hueycoatl hide coif ⁽⁺²⁾ Halos ⁽⁺³⁾ Helmet of the moon ⁽⁺³⁾ Verac's helm ⁽⁺³⁾ Initiate sallet ⁽⁺³⁾ Helm of neitiznot ⁽⁺³⁾ Neitiznot faceguard ⁽⁺³⁾ Proselyte sallet ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elite black full helm ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Vestment mitres ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Sunfire fanatic helm ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Halos	Guthix ⁽⁺³⁾ Saradomin ⁽⁺³⁾ Zamorak ⁽⁺³⁾ Armadyl ⁽⁺³⁾ Bandos ⁽⁺³⁾ Ancient ⁽⁺³⁾ Seren ⁽⁺³⁾ Brassica ⁽⁺³⁾

Bodies

White chainbody ⁽⁺¹⁾
White platebody ⁽⁺¹⁾
Rune god platebodies ⁽⁺¹⁾
Bandos chestplate ⁽⁺¹⁾
Torva platebody ⁽⁺¹⁾
Blessed d'hide ⁽⁺¹⁾
Armadyl chestplate ⁽⁺¹⁾
Inquisitor's hauberk ⁽⁺²⁾
Dagon'hai robe ⁽⁺²⁾
Virtus robe top ⁽⁺²⁾
Crystal body ⁽⁺³⁾
Priest gown ⁽⁺³⁾
Zamorak monk ⁽⁺³⁾
Elite void robe ⁽⁺³⁾
Hueycoatl hide body ⁽⁺³⁾
Druid's robe ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Justiciar chestguard ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Shade robe ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Verac's brassard ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Monk's robe _(t)(g) ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Ancient ceremonial robe ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Initiate hauberk ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Vestments ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Zealot's robe ⁽⁺⁷⁾
Proselyte hauberk ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Elite black platebody ⁽⁺⁸⁾
3rd age druidic robe ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Sunfire fanatic cuirass ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾

Legwear

White platelegs _(sk) ⁽⁺¹⁾
Rune god platelegs _(sk) ⁽⁺¹⁾
Bandos tassets ⁽⁺¹⁾
Torva platelegs ⁽⁺¹⁾
Blessed chaps ⁽⁺¹⁾
Armadyl chainskirt ⁽⁺¹⁾
Virtus robe bottom ⁽⁺¹⁾
Inquisitor's plateskirt ⁽⁺²⁾
Dagon'hai robe ⁽⁺²⁾
Crystal legs ⁽⁺²⁾
Hueycoatl hide chaps ⁽⁺²⁾
Priest gown ⁽⁺³⁾
Zamorak monk ⁽⁺³⁾
Elite void robe ⁽⁺³⁾
Druid's robe ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Justiciar legguards ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Shade robe ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Verac's plateskirt ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Monk's robe _(t)(g) ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Ancient ceremonial robe ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Initiate cuisse ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Vestments ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Zealot's robe ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Proselyte cuisse _(sk) ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Elite black platelegs ⁽⁺⁶⁾
3rd age druidic robe ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Sunfire fanatic chausses ⁽⁺⁸⁾

Gloves

Ancient ceremonial ⁽⁺¹⁾
White ⁽⁺¹⁾
Blessed bracers ⁽⁺¹⁾
Hueycoatl hide vambraces ⁽⁺¹⁾
Zaryte vambraces ⁽⁺¹⁾
Tormented bracelet _(or) ⁽⁺²⁾
Confliction gauntlets ⁽⁺²⁾
Holy wraps ⁽⁺³⁾

Boots

Ancient ceremonial ⁽⁺¹⁾
Aranea ⁽⁺¹⁾
Bandos ⁽⁺¹⁾
Blessed d'hide ⁽⁺¹⁾
White ⁽⁺¹⁾
Zealot's ⁽⁺¹⁾
Guardian ⁽⁺²⁾
Holy sandals _{(Holy moleys)}⁽⁺³⁾
Echo ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Devout ⁽⁺⁵⁾

Capes

Mythical cape _(max) ⁽⁺¹⁾
Ardougne cloak 1 ⁽⁺²⁾
Fire cape _(max) ⁽⁺²⁾
Infernal cape _(max) ⁽⁺²⁾
Vestment cloak ⁽⁺³⁾
3rd age druidic cloak ⁽⁺³⁾
Skillcape (trimmed) ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Quest cape (trimmed) ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Achievement diary cape ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Max cape ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ardougne cloak 2 ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ardougne cloak 3 ⁽⁺⁵⁾
3rd age cloak ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Ardougne cloak 4 _(max) ⁽⁺⁶⁾
Soul cape ⁽⁺⁸⁾

Amulets

Witchwood icon ⁽⁺¹⁾
Beads of the dead ⁽⁺¹⁾
Amulet of power _(t) ⁽⁺¹⁾
Amulet of torture _(or) ⁽⁺²⁾
Necklace of anguish _(or) ⁽⁺²⁾
Occult necklace _(or) ⁽⁺²⁾
Amulet of glory _(t) ⁽⁺³⁾
Amulet of eternal glory ⁽⁺³⁾
Amulet of the damned ⁽⁺³⁾
Amulet of avarice ⁽⁺³⁾
Berserker necklace _(or) ⁽⁺³⁾
Salve amulet _(e)(i)(ei) ⁽⁺³⁾
Amulet of fury _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Amulet of blood fury ⁽⁺⁵⁾
Holy symbol ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Unholy symbol ⁽⁺⁸⁾
Vestment stole ⁽⁺¹⁰⁾
Dragonbone necklace ⁽⁺¹²⁾
Bonecrusher necklace ⁽⁺¹²⁾

Rings

Explorer's rings ⁽⁺¹⁾
Ring of suffering ⁽⁺²⁾
Ring of shadows ⁽⁺²⁾
Ring of the gods ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ring of suffering (i) ⁽⁺⁴⁾
Ring of the gods (i) ⁽⁺⁸⁾

Blessings

Peaceful ⁽⁺¹⁾
Holy ⁽⁺¹⁾
Unholy ⁽⁺¹⁾
Honourable ⁽⁺¹⁾
War ⁽⁺¹⁾
Ancient ⁽⁺¹⁾
Rada's 2 and 3 ⁽⁺¹⁾
Rada's 4 ⁽⁺²⁾

Shields

	Falador shield 1 ⁽⁺¹⁾ White sq shield ⁽⁺¹⁾ White kiteshield ⁽⁺¹⁾ Rune god ⁽⁺¹⁾ Blessed d'hide ⁽⁺¹⁾ Kharedst's memoirs ⁽⁺¹⁾ Spirit shield ⁽⁺¹⁾ Elidinis' ward ⁽⁺¹⁾ Falador shield 2 ⁽⁺³⁾ Book of the dead ⁽⁺³⁾ Blessed spirit shield⁽⁺³⁾ Arcane spirit shield⁽⁺³⁾ Elysian spirit shield⁽⁺³⁾ Spectral spirit shield⁽⁺³⁾ Falador shield 3 ⁽⁺⁴⁾ Elidinis' ward (f) ⁽⁺⁴⁾ God book ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Broodoo shield ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Falador shield 4 ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Antler guard ⁽⁺⁵⁾
God books	Holy _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Unholy _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Balance _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ War _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Law _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾ Darkness _(or) ⁽⁺⁵⁾

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