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Zombie swab



Released		31 October 2005 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		55
Size		1x1
Examine		He talks a good fight.

Combat info

Attribute		Undead
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		6
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Crush
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		37 ticks (22.2 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		50 xp
Category		Zombies
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Combat stats


50	45	50	50	1	1

Aggressive stats


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

Melee defence


+0		+0		+0

Magic defence


+0			50% weakness

Ranged defence


+0		+0		+0

Immunities

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

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Advanced data

Monster ID		619
Link		MOID

Zombie swabs are zombies that can be fought after starting the Rum Deal quest. There is also an intimidate option, which scares the zombie and no longer makes it aggressive towards the player (it only needs to be done once per zombie). However, this does not work between attacks, so the player might want to find a safespot in order to use this option.

While a player is intimidating, the conversation is replaced with an image of a kitten.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Braindeath Island	55		6	Show map	Morytania✓

Drops

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

The average Zombie swab kill is worth 278.02.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	30	0

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Steel scimitar	1	3/128	65	240
	Iron dagger	1	2/128	20	21

Runes and ammunition

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Bronze bolts	2–12	3/128	4–24	2–12
Air rune	3	3/128	15	6
Cosmic rune	2	3/128	248	60
Body rune	3	2/128	12	3
Water rune	17	1/128	85	34
Chaos rune	4	1/128	424	216

Herbs

There is a 30/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1	1/17.1	189	7
Grimy marrentill	1	1/22.8	185	8
Grimy tarromin	1	1/30.3	120	9
Grimy harralander	1	1/39	284	9
Grimy ranarr weed	1	1/49.6	5,262	18
Grimy irit leaf	1	1/68.3	1,258	10
Grimy avantoe	1	1/91	1,341	10
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/109.2	1,814	12
Grimy cadantine	1	1/136.5	2,076	13
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/182	1,232	13
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/182	1,343	14

Coins

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	18	21/128	18	18
Coins	10	10/128	10	10
Coins	26	8/128	26	26
Coins	35	6/128	35	35
Coins	40	2/128	40	40

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Fishing bait	7	21/128	35	7
Fishing bait	10	5/128	50	10
Karamthulhu	1	3/128	Not sold	0
Iron ore	1	1/128	76	10
Right eye patch	1	1/128	95	1
Rusty scimitar	1	1/128	Not sold	0

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
	Zombie bone	1	1/4^{[d 1]}	Not sold	0
	Zombie champion scroll	1	1/5,000	Not sold	0

^ Zombie bones are only dropped during Rag and Bone Man II.

Changes

Date	Changes
25 June 2025 (Update)	Zombie swabs now have a 50% elemental weakness to fire spells.
22 January 2007 (Update)	The NPCs were graphically updated.
5 December 2006 (Update)	The NPC was renamed from "Zombie Swab" to "Zombie swab".

Gallery (historical)



31 October 2005 – 22 January 2007	22 January 2007 – present

Rum Deal

NPCs

	Pirate Pete Captain Braindeath Davey Brewer
Zombies	Captain Donnie 50% Luke Zombie protester Zombie swab Zombie pirate
Monsters	Evil spirit Fever spider

Items

Locations

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Zombie swab
Content license	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
License status	declared
Picture	Zombie swab (1) · file details