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MaleFemale
Knight of Ardougne

Released		30 April 2002 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		46
Size		1x1
Examine		A member of Ardougne's militia.
Combat info
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		6 (regular hit) 3 (pickpocket failure)
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Slash
Attack speed		5 ticks (3.0 seconds)
Respawn time		25 ticks (15 seconds)
Combat stats

52	38	40	31	1	1
Aggressive stats

+8	+10	+0	+0	+0	+0
Melee defence

+39		+40		+36
Magic defence

-11			No elemental weakness
Ranged defence

+36		+36		+36
Immunities
Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID		3297
Link		MOID

West, maleWest, female
Knight of Ardougne

Released		25 July 2019 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		46
Size		1x1
Examine		A member of Ardougne's militia.
Combat info
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		6
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Slash
Attack speed		5 ticks (3.0 seconds)
Respawn time		25 ticks (15 seconds)
Combat stats

52	38	40	31	1	1
Aggressive stats

+8	+10	+0	+0	+0	+0
Melee defence

+39		+40		+36
Magic defence

-11			No elemental weakness
Ranged defence

+36		+36		+36
Immunities
Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID		8854
Link		MOID

The Knights of Ardougne are found in the East Ardougne market place. One is also found in the courtyard of the East Ardougne Castle. Most are found attempting to chase away thieves. They will protect all stalls from the silk stall and up by attacking players that they observe stealing from them. After completion of the Song of the Elves, knights of Ardougne can be found patrolling the streets of West Ardougne as well.

Knights of Ardougne can be pickpocketed at level 55 Thieving, giving the player a coin pouch worth 50 coins and 84.3 Thieving experience. The gloves of silence or the medium Ardougne Diary increase success rate by 5% and 10%, respectively. Failing to pickpocket will result in being hit for 3 points of damage. They are a good source of Thieving experience with a theoretical maximum of 3,000 pickpockets per hour for a total of 252,900 experience per hour.

The chance of a successful pickpocket is ~60% at level 55 and ~94% at level 99, linearly increasing with each level. With the medium Ardougne Diary completed, this increases to ~67% and 100%, respectively.^[1] With the diary bonus, players stop failing altogether at level 95, and at around level 90 the damage becomes sustainable with regen bracelet and Hitpoints cape/Rapid Heal.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map
East Ardougne	46	5	Show map
West Ardougne	46	10	Show map
Mourner Tunnels	46	2	Show map

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	40	0

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Knight of Ardougne:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Pickpocketing Knights of Ardougne	261,240	55+ (95+ recommended) Decent 47+ Recommended for Shadow Veil

Pickpocketing

Trapping knights

An example of a trapped knight, with highlighted which tile to start shoving from.

When trapping knights, it is important to ensure the knight has at least one square of space to move back and forth, to prevent it from resetting after being stuck for too long. It is possible using the dragon spear to trap one specific knight in the north-eastern house of the marketplace, without it being able to leave the house by itself. To do this, attack the female knight that respawns in the south-eastern corner of the marketplace, and make it stand on the highlighted tile on the image.

This can be done by standing on the highlighted tile, and then walking inside the knight to push it north. If the knight walks another direction, re-try doing the same thing again. Next, use the dragon spear special attack twice to shove the knight into the building. Next, walk next to the southern windows of the building. This will cause the knight to walk towards the southernmost two tiles of the building. As long as the knight is not killed or blocked from walking back and forth between these two tiles, it will be stuck there until the next game update, because the tiles north of the knight are outside of its normal wandering range.

A common training method is to lure a knight to the north-east house in Ardougne market (east of the silk stall) and repeatedly pickpocket the knight. This method only works by luring the south-easternmost knight in the market to the north-east house. The knight will only move between the two southernmost tiles in the house. The player can then set NPC attack options to "Hidden" (under the "Controls" panel in the "Settings" tab) and repeatedly left-click on the knight. By positioning the camera correctly, it is possible to repeatedly click the exact same spot without moving the mouse before opening the coin pouches. The knight must be able to move freely between the southern two tiles, or it will despawn. Players may hop worlds until finding a world where the knight has already been lured.

Pickpocket chance

The chance of successfully pickpocketing a knight of Ardougne is 51/256 at level 1, and 241/256 at level 99, interpolating linearly in between.^[1]

With the multiplicative +10% pickpocketing bonus from the Medium Ardougne Diary, players will stop failing to pickpocket them at level 95 Thieving.

Without Medium Ardougne Diary, players will only stop failing with Thieving cape equipped.

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Pickpocketing info

Knight of Ardougne
Level required					55
Thieving XP					84.3 xp
Type					Pickpocket
Stun Timer					4.8s
Damage					3

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	50	Always	50	50

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Rocky	1	1/255,836–1/254,736^[2]^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A

^ The drop rate increases with Thieving level; see Rocky page for more details.

Dialogue

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Changes

Date	Changes
9 November 2022 (Update)	A female model was added for the knights of Ardougne as part of the Diversity & Inclusion updates.

Gallery (historical)


RS2 beta until January-March 2004	RS2 beta after January-March 2004	March/April 2004 – present

Trivia

The release of Song of the Elves made it possible to wear the entire knight of Ardougne outfit, as both the Ardougne knight helm and Ardougne knight platebody are used in the quest. When both are worn with standard steel platelegs, leather gloves, leather boots, and a steel longsword, the player is visually indistinguishable from a knight NPC.
If pickpocketing the knights of Ardougne with the full Rogue's set from 55 Thieving to 99 Thieving, one can expect to gain about 15,500,000 coins.

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 21 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Mod Ash: "Correct. So for the knights the default would be 50/255 at level 1 and 240/255 at level 99, interpolating between those. And if you had the diary bonus, it'd be 55/255 - 264/255 (where anything 255/255 or above is 100%). I don't know exactly how the engine rounds it up/down."
^ Jagex. Mod Kieren's Twitter account. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Mod Kieren: "Okay... first one! Thieving pet rates! Others soon :). Retweet! [1]"