Abyssal demon

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Abyssal demon

Release	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
A denizen of the Abyss!
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
98	8,500	661	218.1
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
39 / 26 / 13
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
85	278	Abyssal demons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
672	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
70 1 1 Accuracy 1486 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1486	70
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities
FAQ • doc

Abyssal demons are one of the strongest types of demons, requiring level 85 Slayer to be damaged. Abyssal demons are the only monsters that are capable of dropping the Abyssal whip, the Abyssal wand, and the Abyssal orb.

History

Abyssal demons are among the remnants of the Chthonian race of demons. As revealed in Palkeera's memory, the Chthonians were once rulers of Infernus, and by extension all of demonkind after rising up and overthrowing their predecessors, the Infernal demons. They were said to be cannibals, actually eager at the idea of consuming their own kin, and they were able to steal the power, or essence, of whomever they consumed. Despite this, their culture is said to be highly based on rules and laws, and they formed a complex bureaucracy in stark contrast to the Avernic's tribal ways. They came to be nobles in both the Infernal dimension and under the Zarosian empire, but lived in 'distant luxury' that made them unaware of the brewing conflicts that surround them.

At length, the Mahjarrat Zamorak managed to sway many Avernic to his side in his secret coup against Zaros, promising to help them overthrow the Chthonians. After his success and armed with his newfound godly powers, Zamorak travelled with the Avernic demons back to Infernus to do just that. The Chthonian resistance was so fierce that even with his godly powers, it took Zamorak and his Avernic legions nearly twenty years to kill or banish every last Chthonian to the Abyss.

Chthonian demons now reside in the Abyss, for the most part. The abyssal demons found on Gielinor were originally summoned by a team of researchers in Viggora's Folly, who opened a portal to the abyss. The abyssal demons remain there to this day, also being found in the Abyssal Area and Kuradal's Dungeon.

Strengths and weaknesses

Since they are a type of demon, they are affected by the powers of Silverlight and Darklight, which makes these weapons useful considering the demons' weakness against slashing weapons. Abyssal demons have a fairly low max hit, but hit quite accurately; because of this, players that wish to kill abyssal demons should use good food, a familiar, or some alternate method of healing. Despite their accuracy, they are fairly good targets when using Guthan's or Dharok's sets due to their weakness against melee, especially to the slashing capabilities of Dharok's set. However, if using Dharok's set, players should consider activating Protect from Melee to halve damage taken, or flashing Soul Split.

Abyssal demons have the unusual ability of teleporting around the area. They are also able to teleport the player around the area, but only while using Full Manual. While the player always ends up in one of the eight spaces next to the abyssal demon, it is possible that the ending position will prevent ordinary melee combat, or interrupt certain combo attacks. For example, if the demon teleports east of a terrain feature and the player south of it, melee combat is not possible (except if the player has a long weapon like a Halberd). If auto-retaliate is turned off, the player will have to click or right-click to resume attacking. Ranging or maging will usually prevent running back to combat.

Long trips can be made more profitable by bringing a gem bag to collect uncut diamonds and rubies (or gem bag upgrade for uncut dragonstones), High Level Alchemy runes to alchemise drops (or the Spring cleaner to process drops) such as adamant battleaxes, rune helms, rune chainbodies, etc.

Strategies

Main article: Abyssal demon/Strategies

Locations

Abyssal demons in the Slayer Tower

Concept art for the abyssal demon graphical update

Unused concept art for the abyssal demon graphical update

Kuradal's Dungeon

Kuradal's Dungeon can only be used while having a task from Kuradal or Morvran. There are 10 abyssal demons in here and are all crowded together, making it quite easy to target another one. Players with 85 Agility can use one summer pie to bypass several rooms to make it quicker. Bank runs are somewhat cumbersome, so using Infernal urns and picking up the good drops is highly recommended to avoid waste of inventory space or ferocious ring charges. However, if a player has a pack yak familiar, they can use its special move to bank the ashes for a hefty profit. Quick access to here can be gained by the twice-daily teleports from the mask of the Abyss/helm of Warping, a ferocious ring teleport, or a fused full slayer helm with ferocious ring charges on it.

Abyssal Area

This Abyssal Area is somewhat unrelenting for most players. This area is usually empty of players due to the other aggressive abyss creatures that lurk in the area. Partial completion of Fairy Tale II - Cure a Queen must be used to access this area as it needs the use of a fairy ring (ALR) to get into. Given the fact that the demons here are scattered, it is best to kill them in other locations.

Slayer Tower

Abyssal demons can be found in the Slayer Tower, six in the south-west part of the top floor and ten on part of the roof, which is accessible over an Agility shortcut. Twice a day, players can use the teleport in the Mask of the Abyss/Helm of Warping to teleport here.

If killing demons here without a Slayer task, players can get a Slayer contract for 30 or 200 kills, which will give 58.2 experience per kill for a regular contract, or 332.6 for a special contract. Players using the Tower's abyssal demons to complete their Slayer task can instead get a Special slayer contract, which will give increased experience per kill. It should be noted, however, that obtaining an off-task contract will not allow the player to obtain the abyssal wand and orb. Morytania legs 4 can also be used to further boost slayer experience.

Wilderness

A group of 17 abyssal demons are found south of the Graveyard of Shadows in level 17-19 Wilderness. This area also has a nearby Wilderness obelisk, and is in a multi-way area.

If the player is killing abyssal demons for a Slayer assignment at this location then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned abyssal demons as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses stack, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Infernal ashes	1	Always	1,252

Charms

No charm
53%	9%	4%	33%	1%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 236,770 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Medium bladed adamant salvage	1	6/128	6,979
	Tiny spiky rune salvage	1	4/128	8,157
	Abyssal whip	1	1/1024	68,104
	Large plated rune salvage	1	4/128	30,770
	Tiny plated rune salvage	1	4/128	8,262
	Coins	1,920–3,600	28/128	1,920–3,600
	Shark	1	14/128	852
	Pure essence	72–152 (noted)	9/128	1,656–3,496
	Uncut ruby	1	14/128	1,219
	Uncut diamond	1	6/128	2,862
	Adamantite stone spirit	2	6/128	974
	Magic logs	6 (noted)	6/128	2,334
	Fire orb	2 (noted)	6/128	5,300
	Uncut dragonstone	1	2/128	11,971
	Runite stone spirit	1	2/128	1,588
	Rare drop table	1	Very rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Abyssal wand	1	1/16384	102,287
	Abyssal orb	1	2/32768	77,340
	Ferocious ring (5)	1	3/4096	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire	1	5/2000	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	3/2000	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	2/2000	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Abyssal head	1	3/16384	Not sold

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	441
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	1,498
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,219
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	2,862
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	128,790–157,410
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	13,244
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	13,031
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	11,971
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	538,695–658,405
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,881
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,973
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	1,120,140–1,369,060
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	875
	Huge plated rune salvage	1	Uncommon	39,052
	Huge plated rune salvage	15–25 (noted)	Rare	585,780–976,300
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,202
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,845
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	18,193–22,057
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,069,200–1,306,800
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,038
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	943
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	533,325–672,810
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	139,165–175,562
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	51,550–72,170
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	20,115–24,585
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	216,000–264,000
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,736–16,564
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	321,480–392,920
	Coal stone spirit	200–1,100	Uncommon	22,800–125,400
	Gold stone spirit	90–110	Common	28,170–34,430
	Adamantite stone spirit	180–220	Uncommon	87,660–107,140
	Adamantite stone spirit	14–16	Common	6,818–7,792
	Adamantite stone spirit	135–165	Rare	65,745–80,355
	Runite stone spirit	90–110	Rare	142,920–174,680
	Runite stone spirit	3	Common	4,764
	Runite stone spirit	45–55	Rare	71,460–87,340
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	309,690–378,510
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	89,730–109,670
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	123,930–151,470
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	109,755–134,145
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	2,674–3,056
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	4,284–4,896
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	186,532
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	514,760
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	33,750–41,250
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	6,795–8,305
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	171,450–209,550
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	8,976–10,824
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	89,100–108,900
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	17,955–21,945
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	246,240–300,960
	Blurberry Special	1	Very rare	8,517
	Cheese+tom batta	1	Very rare	381
	Vecna skull	1	Rare	189,188
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare	2,138,409,151
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,247

Trivia

• When the Evolution of Combat was first released, Abyssal demons were weak to bolts, like most other demons. This was later changed to slashing weapons in an unknown update. In the beta version of the EoC, they were weak to water spells.
• Although the game says Abyssal demons are weak to slashing weapons, they still appear to be weak to magic. This is actually due to their affinity being higher against magic than against melee attacks other than slashing. This would make sense, as according to the combat triangle, monsters that use melee should be weak to magic.
• Jagex greatly increased the life points of Abyssal demons among other common Slayer creatures in a hidden update on 25 February 2013. They stated that "they were too easy to kill for low-levelled players."
• While a player is attacking them and performing a combo attack, Abyssal demons are incapable of teleporting the player, however they can still teleport themselves.
• The abyssal demons that attempt to escape Kuradal's Dungeon were not updated following the Evolution of Combat. When Kuradal's Fire Surge hits the demon, it showed a hitsplat of 150 (their health prior to the update). This has been fixed.
• If an abyssal demon is killed as it is teleporting, it will have no death animation.
• Abyssal demons received a drop revamp on 4 February 2014, removing most drops and replacing with more expensive drops, and allowing them to drop the abyssal wand and orb for players on abyssal demon tasks.
• Palkeera's memory heavily implies that Abyssal demons are part of a race of demons called Chthonians, which is later confirmed by Mod Jack on the Mahjarrat Memories FAQ. Mod Jack also stated that the Abyssal demons in the Slayer Tower are relatively weaker ones, and the Dukes are much stronger.
• Abyssal demons received a graphical update on 27 August 2014.
• With the release of their Slayer mask, the mask appears to resemble the unused red coloured concept art, rather than the tentacle design which was eventually applied.
• When the Wilderness was rejuvenated with the update on 8 August 2016, Abyssal demons were placed north of the Bandit Camp. This area was a single-way area. Player feedback eventually moved the abyssal demons to their current position near the Graveyard of Shadows to allow the demons to give experience rates on par with other slayer monsters in the Wilderness.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 1,221,227 kills.
  • This had increased to 1,380,000 by 6 May 2018.
• Abyssal demons had a level of 124 when released.