Monster Examine
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| Monster Examine | ||||
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| Released | 15 May 2007 (Update) | |||
| Members | Yes | |||
| Level | ||||
| Spellbook | Lunar | |||
| Type | Combat | |||
| Experience | 61 | |||
| Runes | 1 | |||
| Casting speed | ? (edit) | |||
| Quest | Dream Mentor | |||
| Description | Detect the combat statistics of a monster | |||
| Animation | ||||
| Sound effect | ||||
Monster Examine is a lunar spell that requires 66 Magic plus the quests Dream Mentor and Lunar Diplomacy to be cast. It costs 1 Mind rune, 1 Cosmic rune, and 1 Astral rune to cast and grants 61 Magic experience per cast. There are a few monsters in the game which can not be examined by this spell.
Casting this spell on a mountain troll south of Mount Quidamortem is a requirement for the hard Kourend diary.
Information
The spell gives a large amount of information about the monster examined in four tabs:
| Stats | ||
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| Monster's combat level | Yes | Yes |
| Current hitpoints | Yes | Yes |
| Current Attack | Yes | Yes |
| Current Defence | Yes | Yes |
| Current Strength | Yes | Yes |
| Current Magic | Yes | Yes |
| Current Ranged | Yes | Yes |
| Max Hit (excluding special attacks) | No | Yes |
| Main attack style | No | Yes |
(If a monster does not have a bonus of any kind, it is omitted from the interface.
| Stats | Remark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack speed | Yes | Yes | |
| Attack bonus | Yes | Yes | Applicable to whatever melee style the NPC uses by default.[1] For example, casting the spell on Justiciar Zachariah would display an Attack bonus of 200 under the Aggressive Stats tab. This means that in actuality, he has a Slash bonus of +200, as slash is the only melee style he uses. |
| Stab bonus | No | Yes | |
| Slash bonus | No | Yes | |
| Crush bonus | No | Yes | |
| Ranged bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Magic bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Strength bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Ranged strength bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Magic strength bonus | Yes | Yes | Is equal to Magic damage for the player.[2] |
| Stats | Remark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stab bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Slash bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Crush bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Magic bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Light ranged bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Standard ranged bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Heavy ranged bonus | Yes | Yes | |
| Armour | No | Yes | Armour value applies a flat reduction to all melee and ranged damage. For example, an armour value of 5 means that any melee/ranged damage it receives is decreased by 5. |
(If a monster does not possess a certain criteria, it is omitted from the interface.)
| Informs whether the monster... | ||
|---|---|---|
| can be killed for a slayer task. | Yes | Yes |
| is a slayer boss that can be killed for a Slayer task. | No | Yes |
| can be poisoned or is immune to venom. | Yes | Yes |
| can be attacked using a dwarf multicannon. | No | Yes |
| is immune to thralls. | Yes | Yes |
| is immune to burns, and the tier of burn it is immune to. | Yes | Yes |
| has freeze resistance, and the percentage of that resistance. | Yes | Yes |
| is demonic. | Yes | Yes |
| is draconic. | Yes | Yes |
| is vampyric, and the tier of vampyrism it is classified under. | Yes | Yes |
| is spectral. | Yes | Yes |
| is a rat. | Yes | Yes |
| is a golem. | Yes | Yes |
| is flying. | No | Yes |
| has a certain elemental weakness. | Yes | Yes |
Cost
Changes
| Date | Changes |
|---|---|
| 6 January 2021 (Update) |
The spell now informs whether a monster is classified as a spectral creature. |
| 24 May 2018 (Update) |
Magic damage and tier of vampyre is now shown. |
| 8 February 2018 (Update) |
Weaknesses to dragonbane weapons are now shown. |
| 4 January 2018 (Update) |
The Monster Examine spell can now reflect the true poison immunity of cows. |
| 14 June 2016 (Update) |
Weaknesses to demonbane weapons are now shown. |
| 11 February 2016 (Update) |
Ranged strength is now shown. |
| 12 November 2015 (Update | poll) |
Monster examine now provides the following information:
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Trivia
- Following Nex's release, bosses may not have their stats visible when Monster Examine is used on them. This was confirmed by Mod Kieren to be intentional to add an element of mystery to the bosses.[3] The spell was re-enabled in the game update two weeks later.
- The Forgotten Four later had this apply to them, but only partially; their combat levels and offensive bonuses could be examined, but not their defensive ones. A week after their release, their defensive stats could be seen.
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