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[[File:Fighting Grotesque Guardians.png|right|thumb|300px|A player fights the Grotesque Guardians.]]
The '''Grotesque Guardians''' are a pair of [[gargoyle]]s, [[Dusk]] and [[Dawn]], found on the [[Slayer Tower]]'s rooftop, whose entrance is found on the {{FloorNumber|uk=2}}. In order to access the roof for the first time, players must obtain a [[brittle key]] from [[Gargoyle|gargoyles]] while assigned them for a [[Slayer task]] (requiring 75 Slayer). 

Similar to other [[Slayer]] [[bosses]], such as [[Cerberus]] and the [[Abyssal Sire]], the Grotesque Guardians can only be killed while the player is assigned gargoyles or the Guardians themselves as a Slayer task. 

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Despite Dusk and Dawn being two different entities, killing both guardians only counts as one kill due to Dusk absorbing Dawn's essence. However, if the player has the ''[[Slayer rewards#Unlock|Double Trouble]]'' perk unlocked, Dawn's death will also be included, although Dusk still needs to be killed and the full boss fight completed in order to receive experience and task progression. 

Upon Dusk's death, 1350 Slayer experience is rewarded, scaling up to 1485 experience, according to the tier of the [[Morytania Diary]] completed. Slayer experience per kill is not affected by the ''[[Slayer rewards#Unlock|Double Trouble]]'' perk.

The Grotesque Guardians are fought in a solo [[instance]], although capped at eight instances per world.

==History==
A [[Dorgeshuun]] goblin during the [[God Wars]] left a written record entitled [[The living statues]] detailing their account of how the Grotesque Guardians (as well as the [[gargoyle]]s on the top floor) came to be animated.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=As I ran down the stairs through the lower floors, I saw that the many hideous statues we passed had also come to life.}}

The animated statues were created by the [[Bandos]]ian general [[Snaarldor]] during the God Wars. Bandos sought to bolster his troops with more durable fighters than the goblins he'd been using, such as the [[Dorgeshuun]]. He sent Snaarldor and a group of goblins to the [[Slayer tower]] ([[Viggora's Folly]]) to achieve this.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=The Big High Idiot wanted the war to go on for eternity, but all the goblins, including me, were too squishy for his needs. He wanted some new foot soldiers that could take a harder beating and deliver it as well. He could probably have created these soldiers himself, but he was too busy throwing punches with Armadyl, so he decided to appoint some lackeys for the job. Unfortunately, that included me.}} Creating an incantation circle with stakes made of Bandos's metal (the same metal used in [[Bandos armour]]), along with a [[Black tourmaline core|large hunk of tourmaline]], Snaarldor performed the ritual at high noon, instructing his soldiers to strike the bell once the tourmaline core began to sink into the floor.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=Snaarldor carried a large hunk of tourmaline with him, shaped like a heart. [...] I wasn't sure what it was for, but apparently it had some kind of reaction when it came into contact with the metal that the Big High Idiot created. We were supposed to use it to create some kind of device and perform a ritual around it.}}

When the bell was struck, a surge of black energy pulsed from the bell, causing the statues on the rooftop, as well as the lower floors, to come to life. Snaarldor proceeded to order the Guardians to fight for Bandos, attacking the forces of [[Armadyl]], [[Saradomin]] and [[Zamorak]].{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=Ecstatic with his creation, Snaarldor gave a big speech about the glory of the Big High War God and the such, as if he expected some lumps of carved rock to understand a single thing. After that, Snaarldor gave commands to fight against the forces of Armadyl, Saradomin, and Zamorak.}} Upon the mention of the last name, the two gargoyles immediately tilted their heads, which Snaarldor believed to be having gained their loyalty. Snaarldor's assistant, a [[Dorgeshuun]] goblin, knew otherwise and tried to warn him of it, but the ourg threatened him.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=The guardians turned their head at the lattermost name. Snaarldor thought this meant that he had gained their loyalty. However, I knew better than to think that. Viggora was a follower of Zamorak, and I knew the tower would be filled with his magic. I wanted to tell Snaarldor this, but once again he threatened me with a long list of what he would do to me.}} Before Snaarldor could finish his threat, he was immediately swept in a blur, as the two gargoyles began fighting him, swatting away his ork soldiers who tried to beat them off their general.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=Before he could finish his threat, he vanished from my line of sight in a blur, and the next second I was blown away from behind. I was sent tumbling until I was stopped by the wall. Once my head stopped spinning, I witnessed the statues attacking Snaarldor. The orks tried to beat them off their general, but they were simply swatted away by the stone wings.}}

Exchanging strikes mid-air, Snaarldor managed to break one of Dusk's wings, but fell to the ground, while the Guardians returned to the top of the tower. After getting up from the fall, Snaarldor called for his soldiers to retreat.{{citeText|text=The living statues|quote=I looked up and saw the hulking bodies of Snaarldor and one of the statues exchanging strikes in mid air. Snaarldor landed a chop that broke off a wing, and they both fell. The statue landed back on top of the tower while Snaarldor made contact with the nearby swamp. After getting up from the fall, Snaarldor immediately called for his remaining forces to retreat.}}

Today, the Grotesque Guardians remain on the rooftop, in which its entrance is locked.

==The fight==
''Like [[gargoyles]], players '''must''' bring a [[rock hammer]], [[rock thrownhammer]], or [[granite hammer]] to finish them off.''

To initiate the fight, players must ring [[the Cloister Bell]] in the north side of the roof. This will trigger a cutscene in which the Guardians will awaken, and the fight will begin. If players have killed the Guardians more than five times, the Cloister Bell will have a "Quick-start" option, which will skip the cutscene and start the fight directly. Attempting to ring the bell again before the fight is over will yield the message ''Concentrate on your fight!'' in the chatbox.

In the beginning of the fight, players must attack [[Dawn]] with [[Ranged]] attacks (as she cannot be harmed with [[Melee]] and is resistant to [[Magic]]), as [[Dusk]] cannot be harmed during this phase of the fight. Once her health has reached half, she will fly away, and players must attack Dusk.

During this phase of the fight, Dusk's wings may glow, and will perform an explosive attack. If players do not run away from him when he does so, the player will be dealt up to 33 damage and be knocked back. In addition, debris may fall around the roof, which can deal up to 22 damage and [[Stun (status)|stun]] players for a brief period of time. Once his health has reached half, Dawn will return and perform a lightning special attack with Dusk that has an AoE of 3x3, rapidly dealing up to 5-10 damage per tick.

After the lightning attacks, Dawn will send out three [[energy sphere]]s that will grow larger over time. If players do not absorb these spheres in time, each will heal Dawn for 90 [[Hitpoints]].

After killing Dawn, Dusk will absorb her essence, increasing his stats (barring his health) and having the ability to use her ranged attacks alongside his melee ones, initiating the last phase of the fight. At the start of this phase and periodically afterwards, Dusk will grab the player to a random location and imprison them in a prison of flames, which they must escape or take heavy damage which heals him in the process.

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Dusk special attack.png|The player is knocked back by Dusk's explosive attack.
Grotesque Guardians lightning attack.png|The Grotesque Guardians perform their lightning special attack.
Dusk 2nd form special attack.png|The player is damaged by the prison of purple flames, healing Dusk.
</gallery>

==Money making==
{{Mmgsection|Killing the Grotesque Guardians}}

==Drops==
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''In addition to the 100% drop of [[granite dust]], the player will also have two rolls on the Grotesque Guardians' drop table, including unique items but not tertiary items. The drop rates in the drop table below reflect the chance of getting an item for every roll on the standard loot table, which means the effective drop rate is approximately double the listed numbers per kill. Unlike the [[Kalphite Queen#Drops|Kalphite Queen]], you are '''not''' guaranteed to get a food or potion drop each kill.''

{{#vardefine:GG_alchs|{{#expr:
2 * 1/137 * (
  6 * {{Alch|Rune pickaxe}} +
  5 * {{Alch|Rune full helm}} +
  5 * {{Alch|Rune platelegs}} +
  4 * {{Alch|Rune 2h sword}} +
  3 * {{Alch|Rune battleaxe}} +
  1 * {{Alch|Dragon longsword}} +
  1 * {{Alch|Adamant boots}} +
  1 * {{Alch|Dragon med helm}}
)
}}}}{{Average drop value}} {{Average drop value|brimstone=yes}} The average high alch value of drops from the "Weapons and armour" table per kill is {{Coins|floor(({{#var:GG_alchs}}))}}.

===100%===
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{{DropsLine|name=Granite dust|quantity=50-100|rarity=Always|gemw=No}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

===Unique===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Granite maul|quantity=1|rarity=1/250|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Granite gloves|quantity=1|rarity=1/500|rolls=2|raritynotes={{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/jagexash/status/951412625203761152|date=11 January 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.fo/z8gKH|archivedate=30 March 2019|quote=You get 2 rolls on the loot list, each with 1 / 1k for the core, 1/750 for the hammer, 1/500 for the ring and 1/500 for the gloves. You get a single roll of 1 / 5k for the jar.|name=GG uniques}}}}
{{DropsLine|name=Granite ring|quantity=1|rarity=1/500|rolls=2|raritynotes={{NamedRef|GG uniques}}}}
{{DropsLine|name=Granite hammer|quantity=1|rarity=1/750|rolls=2|raritynotes={{NamedRef|GG uniques}}}}
{{DropsLine|name=Black tourmaline core|quantity=1|rarity=1/1000|rolls=2|raritynotes={{NamedRef|GG uniques}}}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

===Weapons and armour===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Rune pickaxe|quantity=1|rarity=6/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Rune full helm|quantity=1|rarity=5/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Rune platelegs|quantity=1|rarity=5/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Rune 2h sword|quantity=1|rarity=4/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Rune battleaxe|quantity=1|rarity=3/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Dragon longsword|quantity=1|rarity=1/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Adamant boots|quantity=1|rarity=1/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Dragon med helm|quantity=1|rarity=1/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

===Supply Drop===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Mushroom potato|quantity=4-6|rarity=10/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Saradomin brew(4)|quantity=2|rarity=8/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Magic potion(2)|quantity=1|rarity=6/137|rolls=2|raritynotes=<ref group="d" name=pots>These three potions are always dropped together.</ref>}}
{{DropsLine|name=Ranging potion(2)|quantity=1|rarity=6/137|rolls=2|raritynotes=<ref group="d" name=pots />}}
{{DropsLine|name=Super combat potion(2)|quantity=1|rarity=6/137|rolls=2|raritynotes=<ref group="d" name=pots />}}
{{DropsLine|name=Prayer potion(4)|quantity=1-2|rarity=4/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}
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===Resources===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Gold ore|quantity=40-75 (noted)|rarity=7/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Adamantite bar|quantity=25-40 (noted)|rarity=6/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Coal|quantity=180-250 (noted)|rarity=6/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Gold bar|quantity=35-50 (noted)|rarity=6/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Mithril bar|quantity=35-45 (noted)|rarity=6/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Runite ore|quantity=3-6 (noted)|rarity=4/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Runite bar|quantity=3-5 (noted)|rarity=3/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

===Other===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Coins|quantity=10000-20000|rarity=10/137|rolls=2|gemw=No}}
{{DropsLine|name=Chaos rune|quantity=100-150|rarity=8/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Coins|quantity=25000|rarity=5/137|rolls=2|gemw=No}}
{{DropsLine|name=Crystal key|quantity=1|rarity=5/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Death rune|quantity=60-100|rarity=5/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Dragon dart tip|quantity=15-25|rarity=4/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Diamond bolt tips|quantity=100-150|rarity=3/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Dragonstone bolt tips|quantity=20-40|rarity=2/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Onyx bolt tips|quantity=5-10|rarity=2/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsLine|name=Dragon arrowtips|quantity=50-150|rarity=1/137|rolls=2}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}

===Tertiary===
{{DropsTableHead|leagueRegion=Morytania}}
{{DropsLine|name=Brimstone key|quantity=1|rarity={{Brimstone rarity|328|bonus=yes}}|raritynotes=<ref group=d>Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a [[Slayer task]] given by [[Konar quo Maten]].</ref>|gemw=No}}
{{DropsLineClue|type=elite|rarity=1/230|raritynotes={{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/951412690110607360|date=11 January 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.fo/6SZOg|archivedate=30 March 2019|quote=1 / 230|name=GG clue}}}}
{{DropsLine|name=Noon|quantity=1|rarity=1/3000|raritynotes=<ref group="d">The player will always receive Noon, but they can use the "Metamorphosis" option while being followed to switch between Noon and Midnight.</ref>{{CiteVideo|author=Ron Plays Games|url=https://www.twitch.tv/videos/201021131?t=00h25m12s|site=Twitch|title=Millionaire Monday Ep. 19 - Mod Kieren|timestamp=00:25:12|date=13 November 2017}}{{CiteTwitter|author=Mod Ash|url=https://twitter.com/JagexAsh/status/955864055838846979|date=23 January 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.fo/xbWUA|archivedate=30 March 2019|quote=[So 1 roll of  1/3k for pet?] Yup.|name=GG pet}}|gemw=No}}
{{DropsLine|name=Jar of stone|quantity=1|rarity=1/5000|raritynotes={{NamedRef|GG uniques}}}}
{{DropsTableBottom}}
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==Combat Achievements==
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{{Combat Achievements list|Grotesque Guardians}}

==Changes==
{{Subject changes header}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 14 July 2021
|update = Slayer Improvements - Poll 75
|poll = A Night At The Theatre and Old School Content Poll 75: PvM
|change = * [[Energy Sphere]]s no longer deal damage when a player absorbs them.
* There will be indicators on where the rocks in the second phase of the fight would land.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 23 July 2020
|update = Poll 71 and Ferox Enclave Updates
|poll = 
|change = An issue in which the damage done by the player during the fight's transition phases were miscalculated has been fixed.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 9 July 2020
|update = Grotesque Guardian Changes and Monkey Backpacks
|poll = Old School Content Poll 71: Gauntlet, Grotesques, CoX and more
|change = *Dusk and Dawn are no longer invulnerable during phase transitions.
*The lightning transition phase when Dawn flies away during the fight has been removed, and Dusk will become attackable as soon as Dawn begins to fly. The transition when she flies back will still occur.
*Dawn and Dusk will now reach their positions faster during the lightning phase transition.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 12 July 2018
|update = Game Integrity: Pickpocketing
|poll = Revenant Cave Rewards: Revisited & Content Changes Poll
|change = [[Dusk]] and [[Dawn]]'s hitpoints have been decreased from 600 to 450.
}}
{{Subject changes
|date = 26 October 2017
|update = 
|type = hotfix
|poll = 
|change = Grotesque Guardians can no longer be assigned as a [[boss task]] if players have not yet unlocked the roof entrance with the [[brittle key]]. Players who received this task prior to the hotfix can cancel the task for free.
}}
{{Subject changes footer}}

==Concept art==
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Grotesque Guardians artwork.jpg|A piece of artwork depicting the Grotesque Guardians.
Grotesque Guardians work-in-progress.png
Grotesque Guardians model.gif
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*As a result of the update that decreased the Grotesque Guardians' hitpoints, Dusk's combat level fell from 285 to 246, while Dawn's fell from 266 to 228; when Dawn was killed, Dusk's combat level increased to 324 (previously, this was 366). 
**During the cutscene when the Guardians awaken however, they still retain their original combat levels.
*Originally players used a portal to access the Guardians. This was changed into a staircase in an update to make it thematically appropriate.
*On their death, the examine text for Dusk or Dawn will be "The crack of Dusk." or "The crack of Dawn." respectively.
*The Grotesque Guardians fight starts by ringing a bell and takes place on a rooftop, the same as the Bell Gargoyles boss fight from the game Dark Souls.
*The "Cloister Bell" used to initiate the fight is a reference to the alarm sound of the same name from Doctor Who.

==References==
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