Count Draynor

This article is about the quest boss fought during Vampyre Slayer. For the Nightmare Zone variant, see Count Draynor (Nightmare Zone).

Count Draynor
Released								28 January 2001 (Update)
Members								No
Combat level								34
Size								1x1
Examine								Stop looking and run!
Combat info
Attribute								Vampyre (tier 1)
XP bonus								-90%
Max hit								3
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Crush
Attack speed								4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
35				30				25				30				1				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+2								+1								+3
Magic defence
+0												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+0								+0								+0
Immunities
Poison								Not immune
Venom								Not immune
Cannons								Not immune
Thralls								Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID								3481,3482

Count Draynor Drakan lives in a coffin in the basement of Draynor Manor. He was part of House Drakan, being the younger brother of Lowerniel, Ranis and Vanescula Drakan.

He can be fought in the Nightmare Zone after the quest Vampyre Slayer is complete. A stake is not necessary to kill him in the Nightmare Zone, as he will automatically die upon reaching 0 health.

Killing Count Draynor does count towards vampyre Slayer tasks.

A player fights against Count Draynor.

History

Originally raised alongside his siblings on the vampyre homeworld of Vampyrium, much of Draynor's history remains unknown. According to Vanescula, he liked to give himself various titles, but was considered to be cowardly by his siblings. He was eventually exiled from Morytania by Lowerniel and ended up west of the River Salve with his servant Ruantun, which caused them to be significantly weakened.

He is responsible for many deaths of avid adventurers and innocents who have fallen prey to his sharp fangs. Count Draynor is the target in the Vampyre Slayer quest which requires the player to kill him to save the people of Draynor Village, who have been terrorised by Count Draynor for centuries.

Fighting

The health recovery rate of Count Draynor is very high - about six times the rate of ordinary monsters. To balance his health regeneration, fighting him provides greatly reduced Combat experience. Garlic does not affect this health regeneration; rather, when the Count is at full health it deals 10 damage, reduces his attack and strength by 10 levels, and reduces his defence by 40 levels. The garlic effect happens on auto-attack delay, so it will happen when using any melee combat but if using magic you must autocast spells with a staff to trigger it - manually casting spells will not work. Garlic will also increase all damage you deal by 1.

Count Draynor can be harmed with ordinary weapons, but cannot be killed by them. Once his health is low enough, players must drive a stake through his heart using a hammer in order to deal the final blow. If a player does not use the hammer and stake, he will heal to full health when his health points are low.

Due to Count Draynor's low magic defence, low-level combat spells like Earth Strike and Fire Strike are quite effective, and may be a viable option. If players decide to kill him with magic, players should be advised to not wear metal armour until they come in to use the stake for the kill as they have substantial negative magic accuracy. With full magic gear, a level 9 mage can kill him by bringing about 10 pieces of tuna, depending on luck.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:7 February 2006| |0}} {{#explode:7 February 2006| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 February 2006| |2}}]] (update)	The NPC was graphically updated with the rework of Vampyre Slayer.

Gallery (historical)

29 March 2004 – 7 February 2006	7 February 2006 – present

Trivia

• The Count Draynor character is loosely based on Count Dracula from the 1897 horror novel of the same name.
• He is one of only two Vampyres to appear in free-to-play worlds. The other is Count Check.
• His monocle might be a reference to The Count from the children's television series Sesame Street.
• Despite being a Vampyre, he lacks many immunities and has strange weaknesses that no other Vampyre has. This may be due to the fact that the Vampyre Slayer quest originated in RuneScape Classic, long before Morytania was introduced.