Ancient mage (Heart of Gielinor)
Ancient mage (Heart of Gielinor) is a level 108 members monster found in the Kharidian Desert, with 8,000 life points. It is weak to arrows (bows). It is the top source of Air rune.
“A mage well practised in the art of ancient spellcasting.”
Level 108MembersAggressiveAttacks with magic
Updated . Stats and drops from the RuneScape Wiki's monster and drop data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Wiki page. Item sprites © Jagex.
Combat stats
- Combat level
- 108
- Life points
- 8,000
- Combat XP per kill
- 400
- Max hit
- 980
- Armour
- 1,694
- Attack style
- Magic
- Weakness
- Arrows
- Aggressive
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No
Slayer
- Slayer level
- None needed
- Assigned by
- Not a Slayer task
Where
Desert
Ironman notes
- Weak to arrows (bows): bring that style for faster kills.
- Aggressive: it attacks on sight, which is handy for AFK kills once your gear outclasses it.
- A herb source: it drops 12 kinds of grimy herb, useful for Herblore without farming runs.
- It can also roll the shared rare drop table (gems, key halves and bulk supplies); luck items improve those odds.
Best for
Best drop rate anywhere
Of every monster that drops these, this one gives the most per kill.
- Air rune5/128
Drops (32)
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| Coins | 1000 | 15/128 |
| Air runeBest rate | 250 | 5/128 |
| Pure essence | 46 (noted) | 8/128 |
| Chaos rune | 30 | 4/128 |
| Mud rune | 15 | 7/128 |
| Soul rune | 25 | 3/128 |
| Astral rune | 15 | 4/128 |
| Blood rune | 25 | 2/128 |
| Coal stone spirit | 1–10 | 8/128 |
| Adamantite stone spirit | 1–4 | 8/128 |
| Super magic potion (3) | 1 | 11/128 |
| Super restore (3)#3 rate | 1 | 9/128 |
| Grimy torstol | 1 (noted) | 7/128 |
| Grimy guam | 1 | 1/51.2 |
| Super defence (3) | 1 | 2/128 |
| Grimy marrentill | 1 | 1/68.3 |
| Grimy tarromin | 1 | 1/91 |
| Grimy harralander | 1 | 1/117 |
| Sealed clue scroll (hard) | 1 | 1/128 |
| Shark | 1 | 1/128 |
| Grimy ranarr | 1 | 1/148.9 |
| Grimy irit | 1 | 1/204.8 |
| Grimy avantoe | 1 | 1/273.1 |
| Grimy kwuarm | 1 | 1/327.7 |
| Grimy cadantine | 1 | 1/409.6 |
| Grimy dwarf weed | 1 | 1/546.1 |
| Grimy lantadyme | 1 | 1/546.1 |
| Ancient ceremonial boots | 1 | 1/640 |
| Ancient ceremonial gloves | 1 | 1/640 |
| Ancient ceremonial legs | 1 | 1/640 |
| Ancient ceremonial mask | 1 | 1/640 |
| Ancient ceremonial top | 1 | 1/640 |
Most common first. “Best rate” and “#2/#3 rate” compare expected drops per kill with every other monster that drops the item. Rare drop table items are not repeated here.