Monster Examine

Monster Examine
Released	15 May 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Level	66
Spellbook	Lunar
Type	Combat
Experience	61
Runes	1 1 1
Quest	Dream Mentor; (plus Lunar Diplomacy)
Animation
Sound Effect

The interface that appears after casting Monster Examine.

Monster Examine is a lunar spell that requires 66 Magic plus the quests Dream Mentor and Lunar Diplomacy to be cast. It costs 1 Mind rune, 1 Cosmic rune, and 1 Astral rune to cast and grants 66 Magic experience per cast. There are a few monsters in the game which can not be examined by this spell.

Information[edit | edit source]

The spell gives a large amount of information about the monster examined in four tabs:

If a monster does not have a bonus of any kind, it is omitted from the interface.

Attack speed
Attack bonus
- Applicable to whatever melee style the NPC uses by default^[1]. For example, casting the spell on Justiciar Zachariah would display an Attack bonus of 200 under the Aggressive Stats tab. This means that in actuality, he has a Slash bonus of +200, as slash is the only melee style he uses.
Stab bonus
Slash bonus
Crush bonus
Magic bonus
Ranged bonus
Strength bonus
Ranged strength bonus
Magic strength bonus (i.e. magic damage^[2])

If a monster does not possess a certain criteria, it is omitted from the interface.

Informs players whether the monster can be killed for a Slayer task.
Informs players whether the monster is a slayer boss monster that can be killed for a slayer assignment.
Informs whether the monster can be poisoned or is immune to venom.
Informs whether the monster can be attacked using a dwarf multicannon.
Informs whether the monster is demonic.
Informs whether the monster is draconic.
Informs whether the monster is vampyric, and the tier of vampyrism it is classified under.
Informs whether the monster is spectral.

Spell cost
Input	Cost
¹¹¹	305

Date	Changes
6 January 2021 (update)	The spell now informs whether a monster is classified as a spectral creature.
24 May 2018 (update)	Magic damage and tier of vampyre is now shown.
8 February 2018 (update)	Weaknesses to dragonbane weapons are now shown.
14 June 2016 (update)	Weaknesses to demonbane weapons are now shown.
11 February 2016 (update)	Ranged strength is now shown.
12 November 2015 (update \| poll)	The spell now shows much more information; previously, the spell only showed combat level, hitpoints and max hit (not counting special attacks).

↑ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 20 February 2018. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "You know how that spell lists "Main attack style"? If the listed main attack style is stab, slash or crush, the attack bonus will be its accuracy bonus in that style."
↑ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 21 June 2018. (Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.) Mod Ash: "[Is ["Magic str bonus"] equivalent to the Magic Damage % for players?] Yup."

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