Animated Steel Armour

This article is about the armour that can be animated in the Warriors' Guild. For the ones found in Tarn's Lair, see Animated steel armour (Tarn's Lair).

Animated Steel Armour
Released								13 June 2006 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								46
Size								1x1
Examine								Animated steel armour.
League region								Asgarnia✓
Combat info
XP bonus								+0%
Max hit								5
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Stab
Attack speed								4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
40				40				40				40				1				1
Aggressive stats
+4				+5				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+50								+25								+19
Magic defence
+400												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+400								+400								+400
Immunities
Poison								Immune
Venom								Immune
Cannons								Not immune
Thralls								Immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID								2452

Animated steel armour is a player-created foe, encountered at the Warriors' Guild. To summon one, players must use a steel platebody, steel platelegs, and a steel full helm on the magical animator. The steel animated armour isn't commonly used for two reasons: helms will occasionally be lost, and higher variants yield better tokens per hour.

Despite being one of the weakest armour types, players should still bring a few pieces of food. If players do decide to fight the steel armour for whatever reason, it is suggested to also carry a few steel full helms to replace the ones that get destroyed. If possible, players should fight animated armour made of black or higher instead, due to the fact that they will not lose any parts. High level players are strongly advised to fight rune or adamant animations as they are the quickest method for earning tokens. Like its other variants, it is immune to ranged and magic attacks.

When you place the armour on the magical animator this text appears:

You place your armour on the platform where it disappears....

The animator hums, something appears to be working. You stand back...

When you lose a piece of armour you receive this text:

• Helmet - The helm crumbles to dust.
• Platebody - The platebody crumbles to dust.
• Platelegs - The platelegs crumbles to dust.

Platebodies and platelegs will not be lost while fighting animated steel armours.

Weakness

The animated steel armour is weak to crush attacks, like all the other variants. However, it is weak enough that you can easily use your preferred weapon without much resistance. The fact remains that exploiting a weakness will always yield better results, though. A leaf-bladed battleaxe or the Saradomin sword on crush style would be two of the best options, as they both have high crush accuracy and Strength.

A player safely attacking animated rune.

If for some reason you need to safespot the steel armour, you can do so with a halberd. After the armour spawns, run to the spot shown in the image to the left. The animated armour will be trapped next to the platform, allowing you to attack it without taking any damage.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 12,886 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Warrior guild token.png: Animated Steel Armour drops Warrior guild token with rarity Always in quantity 15	Warrior guild token	15	Always	Not sold	0

Armour

There is a possibility of losing steel full helms while fighting this animated monster.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Steel full helm	1	9/10	130	330
	Steel platebody	1	Always	915	1,200
	Steel platelegs	1	Always	332	600

Changes

Date	Changes
13 June – 24 July 2006	The NPC was renamed from "Animated steel Armour" to "Animated Steel Armour".

Dialogue

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