Money making guide/Killing the Crazy archaeologist
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| He is in level 23–25 Wilderness. | |
| Results | |
| Profit | Experience gained |
| 249 |
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| Inputs | Outputs (249) |
113 ×  Pk Point (113)0.0077 ×  Steel ring (30.77)0.0078 ×  Eternal boots (19.38)0.015 ×  Seers ring (i) (15.26)0.03 ×  Seers ring (15.03)0.00012 ×  Demonic relic (7.81)0.00024 ×  Demonic effigy (7.81)0.00049 ×  Demonic medallion (7.81)0.00098 ×  Demonic statuette (7.81)0.0019 ×  Demonic totem (7.8)0.0039 ×  Demonic emblem (7.78)0.029 ×  Infinity boots (7.28)1.05 ×  Anglerfish (2.11) | |
The profit shown is the average Pk Point value of one kill, worked out from the drop table with current prices and base drop rates, while unskulled and not on a Slayer task. It does not assume a kill rate: multiply it by the number of kills you get.
The Crazy archaeologist is a weak Wilderness boss with 225 Hitpoints. Each kill is worth little, and almost half of the average comes from the 250–500 Pk Points he can drop. His best drops are the Steel ring (4,000 Pk Points) and the Eternal boots (2,500 Pk Points), both at a rate of 1/128. He is worth more while you are on a Slayer task or skulled (see Tips).
Recommended gear
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- Magic works best: his Magic level is only 1, so his Magic defence is low even though his magic defence bonus is high.
- A charged Thammaron's sceptre or Accursed sceptre gets 50% better accuracy and a 50% magic damage bonus against monsters in the Wilderness. The charged Craw's bow and Webweaver bow get 50% better ranged accuracy and damage, and the charged Viggora's chainmace and Ursine chainmace 50% better melee accuracy and damage. These weapons use revenant ether as charges.
- He is in the Wilderness, so only bring what you are willing to lose.
Getting there
- Type ::crazyarch, or use the teleport portal at ::home and choose Monsters → Crazy Archaeologist. Both put you right next to him in the ruins.
- He walks around the ruins between level 23 and 25 Wilderness. The area is single-combat.
Valuable drops
These are base rates without any drop rate bonus. Prices update daily.
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Steel ring | 1/128 | 4,000 |
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Eternal boots | 1/128 | 2,500 |
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Seers ring (i) | 1/64 | 1,000 |
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Seers ring | 1/32 | 500 |
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Infinity boots | 1/32 | 250 |
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Demonic relic | 1/8,192 | 64,000 |
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Demonic effigy | 1/4,096 | 32,000 |
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Demonic medallion | 1/2,048 | 16,000 |
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Demonic statuette | 1/1,024 | 8,000 |
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Demonic totem | 1/512 | 4,000 |
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Demonic emblem | 1/256 | 2,000 |
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Larran's key | 1/33 (on task only) | 7,500 |
- Apart from the key, which is rolled separately, a kill gives at most one item from the table above. The rarest items are rolled first, so the common items drop a little less often than their listed rate; the profit table at the top uses the real chance per kill.
- If none of them is rolled, you get 250–500 Pk Points, 3–4 anglerfish or 3–4 sanfew serum(4)s instead. Every kill also drops bones.
- Demonic artifacts are sold to the Demonic Emblem Trader in the Deep Wilderness Dungeon for a fixed amount of Pk Points, or traded to other players.
Risks
- He is in level 23–25 Wilderness, so PKers can attack you while you fight him. Normal teleports cannot be used above level 20 Wilderness; an amulet of glory or royal seed pod works up to level 30, or run south below level 20.
- His drops are announced to every player near him, so PKers close by can see what you got.
- If you die you keep only 3 items (none while skulled), plus one more with Protect Item. Demonic artifacts are always lost on death. See Items Kept on Death.
Tips
- He uses ranged attacks (up to 15) from up to 9 tiles away and a melee attack (up to 15) only when you are next to him. Do not stand next to him, and pray Protect from Missiles, which blocks his ranged attack completely.
- When he shouts "Rain of knowledge!" he throws five exploding books around you. A book that lands on your tile hits up to 24 and one next to you up to 8, and prayers do not block them, so move away from the tile you are standing on.
- He is a Wilderness boss, so being skulled gives you 20% better drop rates against him. This raises the average to about 280 Pk Points per kill, but you keep no items on death unless you use Protect Item.
- With the Like a Boss unlock (see Slayer training), Krystilia can assign him as a Slayer task (Slayer level 65, 15–35 kills). While on task he also drops Larran's keys at a rate of 1/33, which adds about 219 Pk Points per kill on average.
- Larran's key drops are announced to the whole server together with your Wilderness level, so expect company after getting one.
- Type ::dropbonus to see your current drop rate bonus. A donator rank, the Monster slayer clan perk, a Collector's ring and the Voting bonus all improve the rates above.
Strategy
See the Crazy archaeologist article for more information about the fight and the full drop table.
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