Crazy Archaeologist

The crazy archaeologist is a relatively simple boss, but a simple mistake can cause some damage to you with his area of effect attack.

The most effective way is to use Magic while Protecting from Missiles and avoiding his area of effect attack. His area of effect attack casts 3 books into the air that slowly land and hit a 3x3 area. This area is centred around where the books land. It is preceded by the crazy archaeologist yelling "Rain of knowledge!".

It is recommended to bring low value gear such as monk robes for Prayer bonus as even with the crazy archaeologist's somewhat high Magic defence, his Magic level is negligible, and thus is weak to Magic and your own Magic accuracy matters little. This is because Magic defence is calculated primarily based on one's Magic level.

While you can melee him, he will start using melee attacks in addition to ranged ones when you are close.