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Scarab mages are encountered during the Contact! quest. They attack using Magic. Their magic attack looks like a swarm of beetles and hits up to 17 hitpoints.

The mages have an unusually slow attack speed, attacking every 9 seconds (which would put their attack speed rating at a value of -5), making prayer flicking very easy against them. This somewhat compensates for their high accuracy and max hit.

An easy way to reach the scabarites is to enter the Dungeon and immediately head west and down the ladder, make sure to bring a lightsource with you.

Warning: Scarab mages are able to extinguish a player's light source, including bullseye lanterns. Bring a tinderbox! A firemaking cape, bruma torch or Kandarin headgear with any level of the Kandarin Diary completed, can be used to eliminate the need for a tinderbox.

Locations[]

Drops[]

100%[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Bones Bones 1 Always 89

Weapons/Armour[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Adamant arrow Adamant arrow 36 Uncommon 2,052
Adamant kiteshield Adamant kiteshield 1 Uncommon 2,950
Rune arrow Rune arrow 18 Uncommon 1,260
Battlestaff Battlestaff 3 (noted) Uncommon 24,483
Rune dagger Rune dagger 1 Rare 4,391
Rune mace Rune mace 1 Rare 8,238
Rune scimitar Rune scimitar 1 Rare 14,969
Rune sq shield Rune sq shield 1 Rare 22,459

Runes[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Blood rune Blood rune 18 Uncommon 6,606
Fire rune Fire rune 250 Uncommon 1,250
Cosmic rune Cosmic rune 35 Uncommon 5,005
Lava rune Lava rune 150 Uncommon 600
Law rune Law rune 5 Uncommon 830


Seeds

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Snapdragon seed Snapdragon seed 1 Rare 54,551
Torstol seed Torstol seed 1 Rare 58,385
Cadantine seed Cadantine seed 1 Rare 1,034

Herbs[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1 Common 674
Grimy ranarr weed Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy irit leaf Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1 Uncommon 1,165
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1 Rare 448

Other[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 1000 Coins 2,054–2,996 Common Not sold
Raw lobster Raw lobster 15 (noted) Common 3,150
Waterskin(4) Waterskin(4) 1 Uncommon 119
Mithril bar Mithril bar 22 (noted) Uncommon 14,564
Desert goat horn Desert goat horn 6 (noted) Uncommon 540
Bass Bass 6 Uncommon 1,200
Raw bass Raw bass 24 (noted) Uncommon 10,968
Adamantite ore Adamantite ore 14 (noted) Uncommon 14,700
Coal Coal 32 (noted) Uncommon 5,184
Uncut sapphire Uncut sapphire 4 (noted) Uncommon 1,820
Marrentill tar Marrentill tar 80 Unknown 80

Gem drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the gem drop table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Uncut sapphire Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 455
Uncut emerald Uncut emerald 1 Rare 679
Uncut ruby Uncut ruby 1 Rare 1,249
Nature talisman Nature talisman 1 Very rare 744
Uncut diamond Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,627
Rune javelin Rune javelin 5 Very rare 875
Loop half of key Loop half of key 1 Very rare 10,307
Tooth half of key Tooth half of key 1 Very rare 10,840
Rune spear Rune spear 1 Very rare 11,933
Shield left half Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,697
Dragon spear Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,226


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