Crazy Archaeologist
A Wilderness boss with a rain of knowledge: books fall from the sky. Source of the odium and malediction shards.
Dangerous area
The Crazy Archaeologist sits in the Wilderness at level 21.
How the fight works
He uses melee, ranged and magic, and his special is a rain of knowledge: books that land on nearby tiles. Move off the marked tiles.
Drops
| Item | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 Bones | 1 | Always |
 Grimy dwarf weed (noted) | 4 | 1/3.4928.7% |
 Mud rune | 30 | 1/9.9410.1% |
 Uncut sapphire (noted) | 4 | 1/14.27.02% |
 Uncut emerald (noted) | 6 | 1/14.27.02% |
 Shark | 1 | 1/16.46.1% |
 Amulet of power | 1 | 1/254% |
 Red d'hide body | 1 | 1/254% |
 Rune knife | 10 | 1/254% |
 Anchovy pizza (noted) | 8 | 1/31.43.18% |
 Potato with cheese | 3 | 1/31.43.18% |
 Rune crossbow | 2 | 1/35.72.8% |
 Dragon arrow | 75 | 1/402.5% |
 Prayer potion(4) | 1 | 1/46.52.15% |
 Dark fishing bait | 225-500 | 1/57.21.75% |
 Coins | 522-4,000 | 1/63.71.57% |
 Crystal key | 1-2 | 1/63.71.57% |
 Silver ore (noted) | 40 | 1/63.71.57% |
 Rusty sword | 1 | 1/63.71.57% |
 Steel cannonball | 150 | 1/63.71.57% |
 Muddy key | 1 | 1/85.11.18% |
 Red dragonhide (noted) | 10 | 1/85.11.18% |
 White berries (noted) | 10 | 1/85.11.18% |
 Onyx bolt tips | 12 | 1/1690.592% |
 Clue reward scroll (hard) | 1 | 1/2530.396% |
 Fedora | 1 | 1/2530.396% |
 Odium shard 2 | 1 | 1/2530.396% |
 Malediction shard 2 | 1 | 1/2530.396% |
Chance per kill for a player with no drop bonus. See Game modes and XP rates for how bonuses change these numbers.