General Graardor

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General Graardor is the leader of Bandos' forces within the God Wars Dungeon. He is the only known living member of the Ourg race in Old School Runescape.

He is found in Bandos' Stronghold, which requires a Strength level of 70 and a hammer to access. To enter his quarters, players must have killed 40 of Bandos' followers throughout the dungeon, with goblins being the easiest of the followers to kill.

Fight overview

Main article: General Graardor/Strategies

Like other God Wars Dungeon bosses, Graardor roams around a rectangular room with his bodyguards until a player enters, attacking them on sight. He attacks primarily with melee, and his bodyguards use a different combat style each. Graardor may also use a ranged attack where he slams the ground. If all players leave, his health and stats will be reset.

Bodyguards

• Sergeant Strongstack (Melee)
• Sergeant Steelwill (Magic)
• Sergeant Grimspike (Ranged)

Quotes

General Graardor will yell out the following whether or not he is in combat with any players:

• "Death to our enemies!"
• "Brargh!"
• "Break their bones!"
• "For the glory of Bandos!"
• "Split their skulls!"
• "We feast on the bones of our enemies tonight!"
• "CHAAARGE!"
• "Crush them underfoot!"
• "All glory to Bandos!"
• "GRRRAAAAAR!"
• "FOR THE GLORY OF THE BIG HIGH WAR GOD!"

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Big bones	1	Always	211

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune 2h sword	1	Common	37,849
	Rune pickaxe	1	Common	18,771
	Rune longsword	1	Common	18,698
	Rune sword	1	Rare (1/406)	12,248

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune platebody	1	Common	38,523
	Bandos chestplate	1	Rare (1/384)[1]	18,779,960
	Bandos tassets	1	Rare (1/384)[1]	28,759,977
	Bandos boots	1	Rare (1/384)[1]	180,365

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Nature rune	60–70	Uncommon	12,780–14,910

Gems and ores

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Adamantite ore	15–20 (noted)	Common	18,630–24,840
	Coal	115–120 (noted)	Common	14,720–15,360

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	19,500–21,000	Common	Not sold
	Rare drop table	1	Common (8/127)	Not sold
	Snapdragon seed	1	Uncommon	58,294
	Magic logs	15–20 (noted)	Uncommon	15,225–20,300
	Super restore(4)	3	Uncommon	30,870
	Grimy snapdragon	3 (noted)	Uncommon	26,367
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare (1/250)	Not sold
	Long bone	1	Rare (1/400)	Not sold
	Bandos hilt	1	Rare (1/508)[2]	9,376,320
	Godsword shard 1	1	Rare (1/768)[3]	153,888
	Godsword shard 2	1	Rare (1/768)[3]	154,918
	Godsword shard 3	1	Rare (1/768)[3]	156,814
	Curved bone	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	Not sold
	Pet general graardor	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	Not sold

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has a 8/127 chance to access the standard rare drop table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	3,000	Uncommon (1/92.36)	Not sold
	Loop half of key	1	Rare (1/100.81; 1/100.55)[R 1]	9,562
	Tooth half of key	1	Rare (1/106.08; 1/105.79)[R 1]	9,737
	Uncut sapphire	1	Rare (1/406.4; 1/304.8)[R 1]	557
	Runite bar	1	Rare (1/406.4)	12,436
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare (1/585.8; 1/560.55)[R 1]	456
	Nature rune	67	Rare (1/677.33)	14,271
	Rune 2h sword	1	Rare (1/677.33)	37,849
	Rune battleaxe	1	Rare (1/677.33)	24,513
	Uncut emerald	1	Rare (1/812.8; 1/609.6)[R 1]	759
	Law rune	45	Very rare (1/1,016)	7,155
	Death rune	45	Very rare (1/1,016)	9,495
	Steel arrow	150	Very rare (1/1,016)	4,800
	Rune arrow	42	Very rare (1/1,016)	2,604
	Adamant javelin	20	Very rare (1/1,016)	1,140
	Rune sq shield	1	Very rare (1/1,016)	22,530
	Dragonstone	1	Very rare (1/1,016)	11,370
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,016)	5,700
	Uncut ruby	1	Very rare (1/1,625.6; 1/1,219.2)[R 1]	1,351
	Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare (1/2,032)	32,133
	Dragon med helm	1	Very rare (1/2,032)	58,999
	Rune spear	1	Very rare (1/2,145.12)[R 2]	11,969
	Shield left half	1	Very rare (1/4,290.24)[R 2]	65,555
	Dragon spear	1	Very rare (1/5,720.32)[R 2]	37,310
	Uncut diamond	1	Very rare (1/6,502.4; 1/4,876.8)[R 1]	2,815
	Rune javelin	5	Very rare (1/13,004.8; 1/9,753.6)[R 1]	835

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} The drop rate is increased when wearing a Ring of wealth.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} The drop rate is increased by an unknown amount when wearing a Ring of wealth.

Trivia

• At Old School RuneScape's first birthday event, players could speak to General Graardor, resulting in the following dialogue:
  • Player: Erm.... hi?
  • Graardor: Puny 'uman ffffedddfded meeee
  • Player: Yeah right okay there's no point taking this further.
  • Graardor eats a nearby ankou.
• At Old School RuneScape's fifth birthday event, a very large statue of General Graardor was present.
• Prior to the 19 January 2017 update, Graardor had a Magic level of 280; this was reduced to 80 in order to prevent the Twisted bow from dealing massive damage on him, and to compensate for the decreased Magic level, his magic defence bonus was increased from +65 to +201. However, this ultimately resulted in Graardor being much easier to kill with magic attacks, and a hotfix was applied the following day in order to rebalance his magic resistance.
• Although he is the last living Ourg, General Graardor does not drop Ourg bones.
• Any warhammer, most notably the dragon warhammer, can be used in lieu of a regular hammer when entering Bandos' Stronghold.

References