Guardian (Chambers of Xeric)

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Guardian



Released		5 January 2017 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		N/A^[1]
Examine		•A guardian statue carved from the rock. •A demolished statue.

Combat info

Attribute		Xerician
XP bonus		+7.5%
Max hit		20
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Slash
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)

Combat stats


250	140	140	100	1	1

Aggressive stats


+0	+20	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


+80		+180		-10

Magic defence


+0			No elemental weakness

Ranged defence


+0		+0		+0

Immunities

Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Thralls		Immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		7569,7571
Link		MOID

Guardians are statues which appear in groups of two as a combat encounter in the Chambers of Xeric. These statues must be destroyed in order to pass the room and can only be harmed with pickaxes; all other sources of damage will not count. The dragon warhammer's special attack applies before the attack's damage roll is reduced to zero.^[2] Damage done to the guardians is multiplied by a factor as shown in fig.1.^[3] The formula is capped to ensure the Crystal pickaxe deals the same damage as the Dragon pickaxe, despite having a higher mining level requirement.^[4] Attempting to enter the passage they are guarding will result in the guardian knocking the player back for moderate damage.

Players attacking the guardian statues.

The guardians attack with Melee and can occasionally stomp the ground, dealing moderate to heavy damage in a 3x3 area. Due to the guardians' stomping attack, it is highly recommended to flinch them to reduce the amount of damage taken. This can be done by attacking the guardian and immediately running two spaces away from it. The health bar does not need to disappear before they can be attacked again, since the stomp attack is easily avoided and their standard melee attack is not particularly damaging.

The strengths and hit points of the guardian is dependent on the party size. The Hp formula is shown in fig.2.

Where D is the damage multiplier, H is the guardian's hitpoints, P is the pickaxe's level requirement, M is mining level, M is the average mining level and T is team size.

Guardian regenerate its stats at a rate of 1 per 8 ticks, faster than the standard rate of 1 per 100 ticks.^[5]

Drops

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Buchu seed	3–5	Always	Not sold	3–5
Golpar seed	3–5	Always	Not sold	3–5
Noxifer seed	3–5	Always	Not sold	3–5

Trivia

Despite having a yellow dot on the minimap that would signify them as NPCs, the statues have cyan-coloured text that would technically classify them as objects. The dots remain even after they are destroyed.

References

^ DISCLAIMER: The stats displayed on this page can vary based on the player with the highest combat level. The stats shown are scaled for a player with maxed combat stats.
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Mod Ash: "It should apply its special effect before the roll gets changed to zero."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Mod Ash: "The damage modifier is ((50 + Mining level + pickaxes's level req) / 150). That's applied to whatever damage you rolled; Void would have been factored in before this calculation occurs."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 29 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2020. Mod Ash: "The code was changed to cap it so that no new pick will be better than dragon ones."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 9 July 2026. Mod Ash: "Stone guardians - 8 Muttadiles - 15 Vasa Nistirio - 10 Vasa's crystal - 9 Tekton - 15 LizardShamans - 20 Skeletal mystics - 25 Jewelled Crabs - 1 Vespula - 10 Vespula's portal - 45 Vespula's grubs - 10000 (i.e. never) Vespine soldier (flying) - 16 Vespine soldier (walking) - 10000 Otherwise default should be 100, as for outside CoX.",
in reply to
"Hi@JagexAsh would you per chance be able to say the regen time (in ticks) for mobs in chambers?"

Chambers of Xeric

Mount Quidamortem

NPCs (inside)

Regular	Cave snake Creature keeper Corrupted scavenger Scavenger runt ^(removed) Scavenger beast Guardian Jewelled Crab Ice demon Lizardman shaman Skeletal Mystic Deathly ranger Deathly mage
Bosses	Vasa Nistirio ^{(Glowing crystal)} Tekton Vespula ^{(Lux grub) (Vespine soldier) (Abyssal portal)} Vanguard Muttadile ^{(Meat tree)} Great Olm

Scenery

General scenery	Ancient chest Bank chest Chest Score board Bubbles Ice storm Energy well Boulder Rotten sapling Rocks Magical fire Fire Giant Anvil Trough Brazier Shimmering barrier Tightrope Sapling Magical fire Herb patch Noxious tendrils Septic tendrils Spirit tendrils Old tools Gourd tree Weeds Mystical barrier
Storage units	Tiny Small Medium Large Massive

Items

Fish

Pysk ^(raw)
Suphi ^(raw)
Leckish ^(raw)
Brawk ^(raw)
Mycil ^(raw)
Roqed ^(raw)
Kyren ^(raw)
Burnt

Bats

Herblore

Seeds	Golpar Buchu Noxifer
Herbs	Golpar ^(grimy) Buchu ^(grimy) Noxifer ^(grimy)
Ingredients	Endarkened juice Stinkhorn mushroom Cicely

Potions

Weak	Elder (-) Twisted (-) Kodai (-) Antipoison (-) Revitalisation (-) Prayer enhance (-) Xeric's aid (-) Overload (-)
Standard	Elder Twisted Kodai Antipoison Revitalisation Prayer enhance Xeric's aid Overload
Strong	Elder (+) Twisted (+) Kodai (+) Antipoison (+) Revitalisation (+) Prayer enhance (+) Xeric's aid (+) Overload (+)

Texts

Miscellaneous

Rewards

Equipment

	Dragon claws Elder maul Dragon hunter crossbow Twisted bow Twisted buckler Kodai wand ^(insignia) Dinh's bulwark
Ancestral robes	Hat Robe top Robe bottom

Prayer scrolls

Other

Challenge Mode

Twisted ancestral kit	Colour kit Hat Robe top Robe bottom
Pet transmogs	Metamorphic dust Puppadile Tektiny Enraged Tektiny Vanguard Vasa Minirio Vespina Flying Vespina
Capes	Xeric's guard Xeric's warrior Xeric's sentinel Xeric's general Xeric's champion

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