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ZamorakSaradominBandosArmadylZaros
Spiritual mage



Released		17 October 2013 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		121
Size		1x1
Examine		A deadly servant of Zamorak.

Combat info

Attribute		Spectral
XP bonus		+10%
Max hit		19
Aggressive		Yes, unless wearing a Zamorak-affiliated item
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Magic
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		25 ticks (15 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		83
Slayer XP		75 xp
Category		Spiritual Creatures
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Combat stats


75	1	1	61	180	1

Aggressive stats


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


+0		+0		+0

Magic defence


+0			30% weakness

Ranged defence


+0		+0		+0

Immunities

Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		3161
Link		MOID

The Spiritual mage is a potent Magic Slayer monster found in the God Wars Dungeon. Like all monsters there, they are aggressive to any players that do not wear items showing loyalty to their god. Spiritual mages require 83 Slayer to kill. Completion of Death Plateau is required before Spiritual creatures can be assigned as a Slayer task.^[1] Just like Spiritual rangers and Spiritual warriors, which require 63 and 68 Slayer respectively, there are spiritual mages for each god, and each one has unique stats.

Slaying a Spiritual mage in the God Wars Dungeon is a requirement for the Elite Fremennik Diary and slaying a Spiritual mage in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon is a requirement for the Elite Wilderness Diary.

Spiritual mages are best known for their dragon boots drop. They have fairly poor drops otherwise, with the original four god mages dropping a small supply of various runes. The Zarosian mages have a vastly improved drop table; more runes are dropped, particularly combination runes, high-level herbs, a slightly increased drop rate of clue scrolls and most notably, the signature dragon boots are a tertiary drop from them.

The Zamorakian variant casts Flames of Zamorak, which will drain a Magic level when it successfully hits and deals damage to the player.

The Zarosian variant, being much stronger than the other four, casts spells from the Ancient Magicks; smoke inflicts poison starting at 4 damage, shadow lowers the player's Attack level by up to 15 levels (subsequent activations will not reapply until the player's Attack level is nearly restored), blood heals the mage for 20% of the damage dealt and ice freezes the player for 6 ticks (3.6 seconds).^[2] While damage from successful hits are blocked with Protect from Magic, it does not stop secondary effects from occurring. This includes the blood spells, of which the healing is based on the damage dealt if prayers were not used.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map	League region
God Wars Dungeon	121	40	Show map	Asgarnia✓
God Wars Dungeon - Ancient Prison	182	5	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Wilderness God Wars Dungeon	120, 121, 123	13	Show map	Wilderness✓

Prayer info

ZamorakSaradominBandosArmadylZaros
Spiritual mage

Level required					40
Prayer XP					15 xp
Type					Spectral creature
Required tool					Ectoplasmator

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Spiritual mage:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing spiritual mages	401,591	83 70+ , , recommended 70 recommended 43+ recommended

Drops

Drop rates are estimated based on 100,068 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Spiritual mage kill is worth 2,838.15.

The average high alch value of a Spiritual mage kill is 693.5.

Elemental runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	30	9/128	150	60
Water rune	15	8/128	75	30
Water rune	50	7/128	250	100
Air rune	50	2/128	250	100
Fire rune	65	2/128	325	130

Combination runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Dust rune	15	11/128	135	180
Mud rune	20	7/128	2,320	240
Mist rune	20	6/128	1,840	240

Catalytic runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Chaos rune	10	18/128	1,060	540
Astral rune	15	9/128	1,470	450
Death rune	15	8/128	2,775	1,620
Nature rune	25	7/128	4,275	2,700
Mind rune	50	4/128	100	50
Nature rune	18	4/128	3,078	1,944
Body rune	35	3/128	140	35
Law rune	15	2/128	1,845	2,160
Body rune	25	2/128	100	25
Blood rune	10	2/128	3,740	2,400
Chaos rune	25	1/128	2,650	1,350

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Pure essence	90 (noted)	6/128	180	180
Antipoison(3)	5 (noted)	5/128	990	860
Dragon boots	1	1/128	211,196	12,000

Gem drop table

There is a 2/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/128.23; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/256; 1/130^{[d 2]}	228	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/512; 1/260^{[d 2]}	473	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/1,024; 1/520^{[d 2]}	1,087	60
Chaos talisman	1	1/2,730.67; 1/1,386.67^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	236	2
Nature talisman	1	1/2,730.67; 1/1,386.67^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	268	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/4,096; 1/2,080^{[d 2]}	2,439	120
Rune javelin	5	1/8,192; 1/4,160^{[d 2]}	675	1,200
Loop half of key	1	1/8,192; 1/4,160^{[d 2]}	9,756	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/8,192; 1/4,160^{[d 2]}	9,887	60
Rune spear	1	1/131,072; 1/7,800^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	11,599	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/262,144; 1/15,600^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	65,355	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/349,525.33; 1/20,800^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	38,438	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 The talisman dropped depends on where the player is located (map); typically, a nature talisman will drop above ground level and a chaos talisman will drop underground.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Clue scroll (master)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Reward casket (master)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Looting bag	1	1/3^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Ecumenical key	1	1/60–1/40^{[d 3]}^{[d 4]}	Not sold	61,500
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128; 1/64^{[d 6]}^{[d 7]}^{[d 5]}	Not sold	12

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Master clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing a master clue scroll asking you to kill a spiritual mage.
^ Looting bags are only dropped by those found in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon.
^ Ecumenical keys are only dropped in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon.
^ Ecumenical key drop rates increase to 1/55, 1/50, 1/45, and 1/40 after completion of the hard, elite, master, and grandmaster Combat Achievements respectively.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/64 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121; 1/60 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

Wilderness Slayer tertiary

The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Larran's key	1	1/75	120,992	54
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/260–1/236	1,614	720

Drops (Ancient Prison)

Drop rates are estimated based on 23,013 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Spiritual mage (Zaros) kill is worth 6,426.85.

Ancient ceremonial robes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ancient ceremonial mask	1	1/640	28,923	30,000
Ancient ceremonial top	1	1/640	59,050	60,000
Ancient ceremonial legs	1	1/640	47,017	48,000
Ancient ceremonial gloves	1	1/640	22,743	24,000
Ancient ceremonial boots	1	1/640	22,889	24,000

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	250	7/128	1,250	500
Astral rune	38–98	15/128	3,724–9,604	1,140–2,940
Blood rune	25	2/128	9,350	6,000
Lava rune	30–60	9/128	900–1,800	360–720
Death rune	25	4/128	4,625	2,700
Mud rune	40–70	7/128	4,640–8,120	480–840
Smoke rune	100–150	2/128	6,500–9,750	1,200–1,800
Soul rune	25	3/128	9,500	4,500

Herbs

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy avantoe	1	3.125/128	1,341	10
Grimy ranarr weed	1	2.5/128	5,262	18
Grimy snapdragon	1	2.5/128	7,218	12
Grimy torstol	1	8.875/128	2,954	15

Coins

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	1,300–1,337	6/128	1,300–1,337	1,300–1,337
	Coins	6,900–6,942	2/128	6,900–6,942	6,900–6,942

Potions

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Super defence(3)	1	2/128	2,678	158
Super restore(3)	1	9/128	7,346	144
Ancient brew(2)	1	11/128	1,643	90
Ancient brew(3)	1	4/128	2,567	105

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Adamantite bar	1–4 (noted)	8/128	1,851–7,404	384–1,536
Blood essence	1	1/128	79,763	60,000
Coal	1–10 (noted)	8/128	146–1,460	27–270
Nihil shard	5–9	1/128	14,500–26,100	15,000–27,000
Pure essence	46 (noted)	8/128	92	92

Gem drop table

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/256.47; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/512; 1/260^{[d 2]}	228	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/1,024; 1/520^{[d 2]}	473	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/2,048; 1/1,040^{[d 2]}	1,087	60
Nature talisman	1	1/5,461.33; 1/2,773.33^{[d 2]}	268	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/8,192; 1/4,160^{[d 2]}	2,439	120
Rune javelin	5	1/16,384; 1/8,320^{[d 2]}	675	1,200
Loop half of key	1	1/16,384; 1/8,320^{[d 2]}	9,756	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/16,384; 1/8,320^{[d 2]}	9,887	60
Rune spear	1	1/262,144; 1/15,600^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,599	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/524,288; 1/31,200^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,355	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/699,050.67; 1/41,600^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,438	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Clue scroll (master)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Reward casket (master)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/96^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}^[3]	Not sold	12
Dragon boots	1	1/128	211,196	12,000

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Master clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing a master clue scroll asking you to kill a spiritual mage.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/91 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

Treasure Trails

Killing a spiritual mage while wearing a god item aligned with that mage is required to complete a master clue scroll skill challenge assigned by Sherlock.

Changes

Date	Changes
25 June 2025 (Update)	All spiritual mages (except the Zarosian spiritual mage) were given a 30% elemental weakness to wind spells. Armadylean spiritual mages can now be hit with all melee attacks.
5 June 2024 (Update)	The Zarosian spiritual mage's elemental weakness to fire spells has been increased from 100% to 200%.
29 May 2024 (Update)	Zarosian spiritual mages were given a 100% elemental weakness to fire spells. Previously, they simply took double damage from fire spells.
12 January 2022 (Update)	Zarosian spiritual mages will now drop dragon boots, and no longer drop bones.
5 January 2022 (Update \| poll)	Zarosian spiritual mages are now accessible.
16 December 2021 (Update)	Zarosian spiritual mages were added to the game, but could not be reached or fought.
6 January 2021 (Update \| poll)	Spiritual mages were made into spectral creatures.
8 August 2019 (Update)	The drop rate for ecumenical keys have been changed to be 1/60 regardless of keys owned.
20 August 2015 (Update \| poll)	The drop tables of spiritual mages have been slightly improved.

Trivia

Spiritual mages will use Magic against players, but will use a weak Ranged attack with a max hit of 1 when fighting other monsters. As a result, they often remain in combat until killed.
The Bandosian spiritual mages do not move when idle unless attacking a player, and are one of the few monsters to have this trait.
The Bandosian spiritual mages and rangers will start attacking you as soon as you attempt to hit them with melee, even before you actually hit them.
Spiritual creatures are blocked by 113,241 players and was the most blocked slayer monster in 2017.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Mod Ash: "[can Spiritual Creatures be assigned as a task if Death Plateau hasn't been done?] No, they can't."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. Screenshot. 2 February 2026. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Glacies and the Spritual Mages do 6 ticks, checking that your last freeze wore off over 5 ticks ago. Prayer doesn't appear to affect the duration. The accuracy roll is the NPC's magic accuracy vs the player's magic defence, which seems appropriate.
Nex does 15 ticks, checking that your last freeze wore off over 5 ticks ago AND that you're not praying against magic. Prayer doesn't appear to affect the duration, once she's decided to apply it."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 July 2022. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022.

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Items

Godswords

	Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or) Ancient
Shards	1 2 3
Combined shards	1 & 2 2 & 3 1 & 3 Blade
Hilts	Armadyl Bandos Saradomin Zamorak Ancient

Armadyl armour

Bandos armour

Torva armour

Ancient ceremonial robes

Weapons

Pets

Other

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Music

Scenery

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