Although his Magic defence is quite high, his Magic level is very low, so the most effective way to kill the archaeologist is to use Magic from several tiles away while using Protect from Missiles and avoiding his special attack. Note that the archaeologist can use melee attacks on tiles immediately diagonal to him., I'm sure I'll need to level magic up more eventually for this and that, but as for now is killing crazy arch with ranged even possible? The only strats I see people talking about need at least 50 if not 75 magic if I'm understanding correctly., He's nearly identical to the Crazy archaeologist in terms of combat - he throws books as a Ranged attack, and punches and kicks players who stand in melee range. His special attack is similar but hits much harder (up to 56 damage per direct hit [1]), and he shouts "Learn to Read!" when he uses it., I've unlocked broad bolts and now I need a rune crossbow to be able to use them. The only options I have is either to kill the Crazy Archaeologist in the wildy for the rune crossbow drop, or kill the Deranged Archaeologist/steel dragons for runite limbs (and also grind up my fletching)., In this video guide I'll quickly show you how to kill the crazy archeologist in osrs., Join us at discord.gg/ironscape for more community content including weekly events, bi-weekly skill competitions, and seasonal team competitions. What stats are necessary to kill the Crazy Archeologist for rcb? I'm 70 attack and strength, 61 defense, 71 hp, 62 range, 65 magic, and 48 prayer..