The Mimic

This fight takes place in an instance with a deathbank. On death, you can pay the strange casket 90,000 to retrieve lost items. Any unsafe death will delete all items left inside the deathbank. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

The Mimic
Released								11 April 2019 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								186
Size								5x5
Examine								Oh great, it's a casket that's come to life.
League region								Kourend✓
Combat info
XP bonus								+25%
Max hit								23
Aggressive								No
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Crush, Magic
Attack speed								3 ticks (1.8 seconds)
Combat stats
230				185				120				120				60				1
Aggressive stats
+135				+48				+180				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+160								+165								+150
Magic defence
+30												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+145								+145								+145
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID								8633
Link								MOID

The Mimic is a sporadic boss who can be fought by presenting a mimic casket to the strange casket found upstairs in Watson's house. Mimics can be obtained from an elite or master reward casket after asking the strange casket to enable the chance to obtain a mimic casket (which is disabled by default). The elite reward casket has a 1/35 chance of being a mimic, while master reward caskets have a 1/15 chance.^[1] There is a one-time guaranteed Mimic encounter (if Mimic encounters are enabled) on either the 10th master or 25th elite casket, whichever is first. If the master or elite threshold has already been exceeded and no Mimic has previously been encountered, the next casket of that tier will be the guaranteed encounter.^[2]

Players have six chances to kill The Mimic from a master clue, five from an elite clue, which corresponds to the item rolls from the obtained casket. Every time a player leaves or dies, the number of rolls on the drop table is decreased by one. If a player fails every attempt, they will not receive any loot from the original clue scroll. If the player dies at the same time as the mimic, the number of rolls is not decreased, but you will still need to retrieve your items from Watson's house.

Players are encouraged to fight mimics, as they have fairly generous rewards for a very simple boss. Compared to its standard casket counterparts, the mimic can drop 3rd age equipment at a better rate, much like the dragon full helm from chewed bones.

With the right strategy, The Mimic is very easy to defeat for any high-level player. However, at combat stats around 70, The Mimic can pose a real challenge.

Always use Protect from Melee, move around the room when the Mimic throws sweets, and ignore the spawned Third Age minions. Use stat-boosting potions and prayers as well.

• The quickest way to slay The Mimic is to bring dragon claws or a dragon dagger with full melee gear, then after using the two/four special attacks, switch into a full magic setup with a powered staff. With high melee stats and Piety, you can switch to a whip or better and kill the boss before minions even spawn.
• Alternatively, using magic, The Mimic can be frozen using ice spells or Entangle evading the melee attack completely. Powered staves can then be used to quickly kill The Mimic.
• Although The Mimic is weak to Magic, players can also opt to use Ranged with a toxic blowpipe.

The Mimic has three different attacks:

• Melee attack: The Mimic can hit you with a normal melee attack if you are standing beside it.

• Candy Attack: The Mimic throws six candies at you. If you fail to step out of the way, you will receive about 10 damage. Three candies are purple, and there is one red, one blue, and one green candy. The red, blue, and green candies spawn the Third Age Warrior, Third Age Mage, and Third Age Ranger respectively. There is no benefit to killing them as they drop nothing and, when killed, they instantly respawn when another candy attack occurs.

• Stomp Attack: Sometimes, The Mimic will step one tile forward onto you. Alternatively, this attack is activated when you walk under The Mimic. For every tick (0.6 seconds) that you stand under The Mimic, you will receive damage. The damage scales as follows: 1-1-1-2-2-2-3-... and so on, capping out at 6 damage. Simply step away from The Mimic to stop and reset the damage counter.

Drop rates are estimated based on 10,084 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Assuming it's killed on the first try, the average Elite Mimic bonus loot is worth 2,574,010.40.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mahogany plank	1	Always	1,871	900

The drop rates decrease slightly if the Mimic isn't killed on the first attempt.^[3][4] There is a 1/250 (if killed on the 1st attempt) or 1/264 (if killed on the 2nd-5th attempts) chance to receive a 3rd age item, and six times that chance to receive a ring of 3rd age.^[5]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Ring of 3rd age	1	6/250; 6/264	1,327,292	7,200
	3rd age full helmet	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	34,610,497	54,000
	3rd age platebody	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	158,680,185	120,000
	3rd age platelegs	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	86,512,740	120,000
	3rd age plateskirt	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	33,722,431	120,000
	3rd age kiteshield	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	61,519,682	108,000
	3rd age range coif	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	18,071,256	30,240
	3rd age range top	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	27,200,256	30,480
	3rd age range legs	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	15,103,367	30,360
	3rd age vambraces	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	13,688,736	30,300
	3rd age mage hat	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	17,002,625	30,240
	3rd age robe top	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	121,834,381	30,480
	3rd age robe	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	28,364,302	30,360
	3rd age amulet	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	46,440,434	30,300
	3rd age longsword	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	1,313,184,387	90,000
	3rd age bow	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	1,217,274,162	90,000
	3rd age wand	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	375,663,303	90,000
	3rd age cloak	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	307,723,454	51,000
	3rd age druidic robe top	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	2,147,483,646	120,000
	3rd age druidic robe bottoms	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	2,020,818,200	120,000
	3rd age druidic cloak	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	1,069,440,612	120,000
	3rd age druidic staff	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	636,883,343	120,000
	3rd age pickaxe	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	2,147,483,647	58,770
	3rd age axe	1	1/5,750; 1/6,072	2,147,483,646	33,000

The quantities received depend on how many attempts it took to kill the Mimic. Each failure reduces the quantity by 1/5 of the maximum.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Death rune	120–600[d 1]	243/1,250; 257/1,320[e 1]	22,200–111,000	12,960–64,800
	Blood rune	100–500[d 2]	243/1,250; 257/1,320[e 1]	37,400–187,000	24,000–120,000
	Grimy ranarr weed	5–25 (noted)[d 3]	243/1,250; 257/1,320[e 1]	26,310–131,550	90–450
	Wine of zamorak	5–25 (noted)[d 4]	243/1,250; 257/1,320[e 1]	5,180–25,900	0
	Raw manta ray	3–15 (noted)[d 5]	243/1,250; 257/1,320[e 1]	2,994–14,970	360–1,800

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mimic scroll case	1	Always[f 1]	Not sold	N/A

Drop rates are estimated based on 10,084 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Assuming it's killed on the first try, the average Master Mimic bonus loot is worth 2,813,121.01.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mahogany plank	1	Always	1,871	900

The drop rates decrease slightly if the Mimic isn't killed on the first attempt.^[3][4] There is a 1/228 (if killed on the 1st attempt) or 1/240 (if killed on the 2nd-6th attempts) chance to receive a 3rd age item, and six times that chance to receive a ring of 3rd age.^[5]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Ring of 3rd age	1	6/228; 6/240	1,327,292	7,200
	3rd age full helmet	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	34,610,497	54,000
	3rd age platebody	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	158,680,185	120,000
	3rd age platelegs	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	86,512,740	120,000
	3rd age plateskirt	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	33,722,431	120,000
	3rd age kiteshield	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	61,519,682	108,000
	3rd age range coif	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	18,071,256	30,240
	3rd age range top	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	27,200,256	30,480
	3rd age range legs	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	15,103,367	30,360
	3rd age vambraces	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	13,688,736	30,300
	3rd age mage hat	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	17,002,625	30,240
	3rd age robe top	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	121,834,381	30,480
	3rd age robe	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	28,364,302	30,360
	3rd age amulet	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	46,440,434	30,300
	3rd age longsword	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	1,313,184,387	90,000
	3rd age bow	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	1,217,274,162	90,000
	3rd age wand	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	375,663,303	90,000
	3rd age cloak	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	307,723,454	51,000
	3rd age druidic robe top	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	2,147,483,646	120,000
	3rd age druidic robe bottoms	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	2,020,818,200	120,000
	3rd age druidic cloak	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	1,069,440,612	120,000
	3rd age druidic staff	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	636,883,343	120,000
	3rd age pickaxe	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	2,147,483,647	58,770
	3rd age axe	1	1/5,244; 1/5,520	2,147,483,646	33,000

The quantities received depend on how many attempts it took to kill the Mimic. Each failure reduces the quantity by 1/6 of the maximum.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Death rune	100–600[d 1]	221/1,140; 233/1,200[e 1]	18,500–111,000	10,800–64,800
	Blood rune	83–500[d 2]	221/1,140; 233/1,200[e 1]	31,042–187,000	19,920–120,000
	Grimy ranarr weed	4–25 (noted)[d 3]	221/1,140; 233/1,200[e 1]	21,048–131,550	72–450
	Wine of zamorak	4–25 (noted)[d 4]	221/1,140; 233/1,200[e 1]	4,144–25,900	0
	Raw manta ray	2–15 (noted)[d 5]	221/1,140; 233/1,200[e 1]	1,996–14,970	240–1,800

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mimic scroll case	1	Always[f 1]	Not sold	N/A

There is 1 Combat Achievement task (totalling 4 points) available for The Mimic.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Mimic Veteran	Kill the Mimic once.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	18.5%

• Mimics made their first appearance in the 1977 Monster Manual for the game Dungeons & Dragons and have become one of the most iconic creatures from the franchise.