Watchman was removed after an update. The contents of this page no longer exist in RuneScape, and this article is kept for historical purposes.

Watchman

Release	2 February 2004 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
The strong arm of the law.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
28	1,000	44.4	14.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
2 / 1 / 0
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
80	0	0	? (edit)
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
20 1 1 Accuracy 316 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
316	20
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities
	? (edit)	? (edit)	? (edit)

Defined properties:

All Life points: 1,000 Life points: 1,000 All Combat experience: 44.4 Combat experience: 44.4 All Release date: 2 February 2004 Release date: 2 February 2004 All Combat level: 28 Combat level: 28 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 34 NPC ID: 34

[FAQ] • [doc]

The Watchman was a random event that appeared during Thieving, similar to other guardian events such as the Rock Golem. His level differed depending on the player's combat level. He was removed due to players' complaints about being killed too quickly when pickpocketing at a low life point level and wearing no armour. The Watchman would say "(Player's Name), you are under arrest!" before attacking.

Trivia

• There was a bug in free worlds where if the player tried to steal from a stall (such as the tea stall) in south-east Varrock, a watchman would appear. He would attack and the player could fight him. He would not drop any member items on free to play worlds.
• In the Draynor Bank's security recording of the Draynor Bank Robbery, a Watchman appeared but was killed quickly by the Wise Old Man. When the watchman was discontinued, the watchman in the video footage was replaced by the Pillory Guard, even though the bank robbery was an event that had supposedly happened before the Pillory Guard existed.