Watchman (random event)
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| Watchman | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 29 March 2004 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Removal | 15 August 2006 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Combat level | Various | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | 1x1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | The strong arm of the law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Max hit | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aggressive | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poisonous | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attack style | Melee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attack speed | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ? (edit) | No elemental weakness | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Immunities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poison | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venom | ? (edit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monster ID | removed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The watchman was a random event that appeared during Thieving, similar to other guardian events such as the rock golem. His level differed depending on the player's combat level. The Watchman would say "(Player's Name), you are under arrest!" before attacking. He was removed in a hidden update in August 2006 due to players' complaints about being killed too quickly when pickpocketing at a low hitpoint level and wearing no armour. As a result, he has never been present in Old School RuneScape.
Eventually, references to him were removed from the Knowledge Base between 2 November and 5 November 2006.
Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 24 – 30 April 2007 |
The NPC was removed from the cache. |
| 10 April 2006 (Update) |
The NPC's chainbody was graphically updated. |
| 29 March 2004 (Update) |
The NPC was permanently added with the launch of RuneScape 2. |
| 2 February 2004 (Update) |
The NPC was added to the RuneScape 2 Beta. |
Gallery (historical)
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29 March 2004 – 10 April 2006 23 August 2005 – 10 April 2006 |
10 April 2006 – 24-30 April 2007 10 April 2006 – 6-13 November 2006 |
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Trivia
- There was a bug in free worlds where if the player tried to steal from a stall (such as the tea stall) in south-east Varrock, a watchman would appear. He would attack and the player could fight him. He would not drop any member items on free to play worlds.
- In the Draynor Bank's security recording of the Draynor Bank Robbery, a Watchman appeared but was killed quickly by the Wise Old Man. When the watchman was discontinued, the watchman in the video footage was replaced by the Pillory Guard, even though the bank robbery was an event that had supposedly happened before the Pillory Guard existed.