Imp defender

Imp defender
Released	11 June 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Race	Demon
Location	Puro-Puro
League region	Misthalin✓
Gender	Male
Options	None
Examine	An angry little imp. Grrr.
Map
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Advanced data
NPC ID	5738

Imp defenders are only found in Puro-Puro and their function is to attempt to release one of the player's jarred implings whenever they're near them. If successful, the impling respawns and the player's jar is also knocked a few steps away. The defenders' success rate relies on the player's Thieving level, however, carrying imp repellent will also lessen their chances of releasing an impling. They cannot free crystal implings.

Imp defenders will shout "Be free!" when they succeed in releasing a carried implings and will only release the lowest-levelled impling in the player's inventory on every successful attempt; therefore, when hunting higher-level implings, it is advised to carry around about 2 or 3 lower-levelled implings, so that if an imp defender manages to release an implings, it isn't a priority one.

An impling that has been freed by an imp defender cannot be caught by another player.

Bugs:

Testing in game reveals that imp defenders permanently stop being aggressive after freeing only one captured impling, only resetting their behaviour upon a server restart. Trapping them to force respawn has no effect on aggression, nor does time elapsed since a server restart, despite statements by Jagex Moderators.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:11 September 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:11 September 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:11 September 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	Fixed a bug where live implings could be indirectly traded via imp defenders releasing them.
[[{{#explode:8 October 2015\| \|0}} {{#explode:8 October 2015\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 October 2015\| \|2}}]] (update)	Ironmen can no longer catch an Impling in Puro Puro that another player has had released by an Imp Defender.

References

^ Mod Roq. "Bug found: Imp Defenders in Puro-Puro frees rare implings.". Reddit. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Mod Roq: "This isnt a bug. Imp defenders are actually supposed to. and do so more commonly after the update. For whatever reason as server time goes on they effectively lose aggro to any player that enters the area. The real bug is that they should do it more often. But i can imagine the problem that people may have with losing their implings more. I cant remember a time when it hasn't worked like this."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[So as the week progresses (further from the update) they're less likely to steal the imps?] Pretty much. I suspect it tails off quite quickly. (...)"
^ Mod Light. "Quest Speedrunning Launch (Tomorrow)! - Weekly Game Update, 11th October 2022". Reddit. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Mod Light: "Fun fact 2 - Something weird also happens with the imps in Puro Puro after every game update. They're actually supposed to take away your implings from you and free them from your inventory. They do that after a game reboot after 5 minutes but then they just like give up. So imp repellant is like a dead item apparently."

[1] Mod Roq. "Bug found: Imp Defenders in Puro-Puro frees rare implings.". Reddit. 23 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Mod Roq: "This isnt a bug. Imp defenders are actually supposed to. and do so more commonly after the update. For whatever reason as server time goes on they effectively lose aggro to any player that enters the area. The real bug is that they should do it more often. But i can imagine the problem that people may have with losing their implings more. I cant remember a time when it hasn't worked like this."

[2] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[So as the week progresses (further from the update) they're less likely to steal the imps?] Pretty much. I suspect it tails off quite quickly. (...)"

[3] Mod Light. "Quest Speedrunning Launch (Tomorrow)! - Weekly Game Update, 11th October 2022". Reddit. 11 October 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Mod Light: "Fun fact 2 - Something weird also happens with the imps in Puro Puro after every game update. They're actually supposed to take away your implings from you and free them from your inventory. They do that after a game reboot after 5 minutes but then they just like give up. So imp repellant is like a dead item apparently."

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