Death guard (2024)

Death guard
Slot	Main hand
Style	Necromancy
Speed	3 ticks (1.8s)
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The death guard is a one-handed Necromancy siphon which is part of the Death Skull equipment set. Its Tier 1 variant has no requirements to wield and has stats of a tier 10 weapon.

The base death guard is not tradeable, but all higher-tier variants are. Wielding this item requires you to have crafted a death guard of the same tier before.

Special attack[edit | edit source]

Death Grasp is the special attack of the tier 70 and higher death guards. It costs 25% adrenaline and has a cooldown of 30 seconds, shown in a debuff. It stuns and binds the target for 4.8 seconds, dealing 405%-495% Necromancy damage. It also deals an additional 40% Necromancy damage for each Necrosis stack, consuming all of them. At 12 Necrosis stacks, the special attack deals up to 885%–975% Necromancy damage.

In PvP, damage is only 40% effective.

Bonuses[edit | edit source]

Item		Level	Style	Slot	Range	Acc	Damage		Price
							Auto	Abil
	Death guard (tier 10)	1	Necromancy		6	202	96	96	-
	Death guard (tier 20)	20	Necromancy		6	316	192	192	6,886
	Death guard (tier 30)	30	Necromancy		6	454	288	288	8,340
	Death guard (tier 40)	40	Necromancy		6	628	384	384	9,170
	Death guard (tier 50)	50	Necromancy		6	850	480	480	15,260
	Death guard (tier 60)	60	Necromancy		6	1132	576	576	42,108
	Death guard (tier 70)	70	Necromancy		6	1486	672	672	1,500,360
	Death guard (tier 80)	80	Necromancy		6	1924	768	768	1,716,661
	Death guard (tier 90)	90	Necromancy		6	2458	864	864	2,276,527

Upgrading[edit | edit source]

The death guard can be upgraded from tier 10 all the way to tier 90 by learning upgrades from Kili, after the completion of Kili Row. Tiers 1 to 50 require the use of lesser ensouled bars at the soul forge. Tiers 60 and 70 require ensouled bars, and higher requires greater ensouled bars.

To equip any tier of death guard, a player must first have crafted that tier themselves.

Upgrading requires a Smithing level equal to the tier minus 5 (e.g. tier 70 requires 65 Smithing) and yields Smithing experience, but no item XP.

Material		Quantity per tier
		20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	Total
	Lesser ensouled bar	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	7
	Ensouled bar	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	7
	Greater ensouled bar	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	8
	Spirit runes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
	Bone runes	0	0	0	0	25	50	0	50	125
	Flesh runes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
	Miasma runes	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	50	75
Value		6,726	6,726	13,452	20,178	92,432	133,576	104,249	272,215	649,554

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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  Death guards concept art

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  Concept art showing increasing details and complexity with each tier

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  Unreleased T92 siphon concept art

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  Unreleased T92 siphon alternative designs

Update history[edit | edit source]

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

• Unlike most weapons, death guards remain attached to the arm while Revenant Walk is active.

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