Ice strykewyrm

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Ice strykewyrm
Release																				8 February 2010 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				Investigate, Attack, Examine
Race																				Strykewyrm
Examine																				Now that's just cold.
Combat info
Combat level																				106
Life points																				25,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				1,250
XP																				693.2
XP																				412.5
XP																				112 (two-handed) 56 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				93
Assignment																				Ice strykewyrms, Strykewyrms
Master																				Duradel: 100–200 Kuradal: 100–200 Morvran: 120–240 Laniakea: 101–150; 120–240 Mandrith: 100–150
Offensive
Max hit
729												729												729												0												2,000
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
76															76															76															1
Accuracy
2,125															2,125															2,125															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,566										76
Base hit chance
90															40															30															10
Immunities
Immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															9463
Links															bestiary • MRND

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Release								8 February 2010 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Strykewyrm
Quest								No
Location								Varies
Options								Investigate, Examine
Examine								I'm pretty sure there's something big under there.
Advanced data
NPC ID								9462
Links								MRND9462

Ice strykewyrms are combat level 106 Slayer monsters which requires 93 Slayer level to be damaged. Players must complete The Tale of the Muspah before Slayer Masters will assign these creatures.

To be assigned ice strykewyrms, players must own a fire cape, a TokHaar-Kal, or an Igneous Kal, or have purchased the ability to attack them without fiery items for 2,000 Slayer points. Players wearing a fire cape or its upgrades deal twice the damage to ice strykewyrms with fire-based spells. Without any of these, the strykewyrm will numb your hands and freeze the attack.

Players with a Mask of the White Wyrm can ask for an ice strykewyrm assignment every three days from Mandrith, Morvran, Kuradal or Laniakea. The mask confers the same damage boost as a regular slayer helmet while on assignment, gives additional Slayer experience when killing ice strykewyrms, and grants additional drops every tenth kill.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Access requirements	Spawns	Map
Ice strykewyrm cave	106		None	12	Show map
Frozen Waste Plateau (level 43-46 Wilderness)	106		None	9	Show map
South of the Lava Maze (level 35-37 Wilderness)	106		None	3	Show map

Ice strykewyrm cave

Twelve ice strykewyrms can be found in the ice strykewyrm cave. The quickest way to get to the cave is to use fairy ring code DKS, which is just south of the cave they're located in. Players can also use the Fremennik Province lodestone and run north-east.

The ice strykewyrms are found in the chamber east of the entrance. If there is water coming through the mouth, the player must block the eastern stream in the cave north of where you entered, where Jhallan was frozen during The Tale of the Muspah.

To block the eastern stream of water:

1. Enter the cave opening where Jhallan was frozen.
2. Jump across flat rocks clockwise until you are on the east side of the cave.
3. Click on the eastern ice mound to block the stream.

Then head back to the cave entrance by hopping back across the flat rocks, and head east into the ice strykewyrm cave.

Blocking the other streams in the middle cave are not necessary, but can be used to remove all water streams in the entrance cave.

Frozen Waste Plateau

Ice strykewyrms can be killed at the Frozen Waste Plateau in the Wilderness (level 42-46), near the Chaos Temple in the area. If the player is killing ice strykewyrms for a Slayer assignment or slayer contract at this location then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull, which will automatically opt the player into PVP mode. This experience bonus stacks with slayer contract bonuses, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience while on a task using a special slayer contract from Erskine. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience.

As players can opt out of player killing and the wyrms are both clustered and close to a teleport option (the level 44 obelisk), it is recommended for players to kill ice strykewyrms here over the cave. Players seeking to bank should use Ian at The Forgotten Cemetery over Darren, as the latter is surrounded by aggressive glacors and hydrix dragons. Players should avoid killing any wyrms too far north, as they overlap with some aggressive wyvern spawns.

South of the Lava Maze

A small cluster of three ice strykewyrms can be found at the lava strykewyrms south of the Lava Maze. Players can reach this area with the Wilderness sword's herb patch teleport then run west past the Abyssal beasts. It is generally safer than the Frozen Waste Plateau as there are no aggressive monsters nearby. Edmond will occasionally walk by for a quick bank option.

Strategies

Ice strykewyrms attack with melee and magic when in range and magic when not in melee range. The magic attack has a chance of binding players for 6 seconds if it hits. As with all strykewyrms, they possess a burrow attack and will despawn if the player is not within their line of sight.

Unlike other strykewyrms, players wearing a fire cape (and higher variants, such as TokHaar and TzekHaar capes) while using fire or blood spells will deal double damage against the wyrms, making their high health extremely trivial.

Because they are not aggressive, players can use the Regenerate ability after a kill to heal, the drawback being the extra time that requires. Use of Regenerate, shark drops, enhanced excalibur, the Sacrifice ability, the Soul Split curse, or a healing familiar can eliminate the need to bring food.

Using an ice spell on an ice strykewyrm will immediately heal it to full health.

Drops

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

The average Ice strykewyrm kill is worth 10,530 coins.

Unique

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Staff of light	1	1/2,000–1/496	4,250,979	57,000

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Death rune	20	3/101	2,080	1,240
	Blood rune	15	5/101	5,880	1,650

Herbs

There is a 7/101 chance of rolling the herb drop table. There is a 6/101 chance of dropping two herbs and a 1/101 chance of dropping four herbs, averaging 1.14 herbs per roll.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Grimy guam	2; 4 (noted)	1/57.7	746–1,492	36–72
	Grimy marrentill	2; 4 (noted)	1/77	7,394–14,788	2–4
	Grimy tarromin	2; 4 (noted)	1/102.6	416–832	2–4
	Grimy harralander	2; 4 (noted)	1/131.9	9,448–18,896	2–4
	Grimy ranarr	2; 4 (noted)	1/167.9	3,574–7,148	2–4
	Grimy irit	2; 4 (noted)	1/230.9	1,014–2,028	2–4
	Grimy avantoe	2; 4 (noted)	1/307.8	774–1,548	2–4
	Grimy kwuarm	2; 4 (noted)	1/369.4	10,198–20,396	2–4
	Grimy cadantine	2; 4 (noted)	1/461.7	1,792–3,584	2–4
	Grimy lantadyme	2; 4 (noted)	1/615.6	8,606–17,212	2–4
	Grimy dwarf weed	2; 4 (noted)	1/615.6	9,034–18,068	2–4

Seeds

There is a 8/101 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table. There is an additional 2/101 chance of rolling a kwuarm seed. There is a 1/101 chance of rolling the tree seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Kwuarm seed	1	2/101	1,085	38
	Toadflax seed	1	1/58.7	323	20
	Irit seed	1	1/87.1	363	38
	Cave nightshade seed	1	1/87.1	349	106
	Poison ivy seed	1	1/126.3	69	99
	Avantoe seed	1	1/126.3	617	38
	Cactus seed	1	1/132.9	555	59
	Kwuarm seed	1	1/180.4	1,085	38
	Snapdragon seed	1	1/280.6	1,471	38
	Cadantine seed	1	1/420.8	342	38
	Lantadyme seed	1	1/841.7	913	38
	Dwarf weed seed	1	1/841.7	2,697	38
	Spirit weed seed	1	1/841.7	2,188	10
	Torstol seed	1	1/1,262.5	4,055	38
	Magic seed	1	1/7,878	29,696	253
	Yew seed	1	1/3,030	1,125	85
	Maple seed	1	1/1,212	281	28
	Watermelon seed	1	1/116	513	33

Consumables

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Super defence (3)	1	13/101	7,807	158
	Shark	1–2	13/101	285–570	180–360
	Shark	1–3	1/101	285–855	180–540

Talismans

There is a 1/101 chance of rolling the talisman drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Air talisman	1	1/707	1,253	2
	Mind talisman	1	1/707	548	2
	Water talisman	1	1/707	598	2
	Earth talisman	1	1/707	258	2
	Fire talisman	1	1/707	198	2
	Body talisman	1	1/707	298	2
	Cosmic talisman	1	1/1,767.5	360	2
	Chaos talisman	1	1/2,356.7	629	2
	Nature talisman	1	1/2,356.7	741	2

Bottled spirits

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Runite stone spirit	1	4/101	1,778	N/A
	Magic wood spirit	5	6/101	1,590	N/A

Coins

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins	200	11/101	200	200
	Coins	660	13/101	660	660
	Coins	4,100–8,199	3/101	4,100–8,199	4,100–8,199

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Crushed nest	5–9 (noted)	6/101	1,135–2,043	5–9
	Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	2/101	1,868	2,400
	Spirit weed seed	2	2/101	4,376	20
	Water talisman	3 (noted)	2/101	1,794	6
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940	Not sold	N/A
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940	Not sold	N/A
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940	Not sold	N/A

Gem and Rare drop table

There is a 4/101 chance of rolling the gem drop table. There is also a 5/101 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins (m) 250–500 1/51.3 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 1/45.52 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 1/104.26 315 15 Uncut emerald 1 1/202 367 30 Uncut ruby 1 1/404 365 60 Uncut diamond 1 1/1,616 862 120 Rune javelin (m) 5 1/808 935 1,870 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 1/152.99–1/125.42 5,640 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 1/200.82–1/165.09 8,281 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 1/200.82–1/165.09 8,543 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) 1/256.95–1/208.78 38,074 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) 1/321.19–1/260.97 57,655–75,395 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 1/321.19–1/260.97 13,640–17,360 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/321.19–1/260.97 39,620–50,940 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) 1/642.39–1/521.94 48,082 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 1/642.39–1/521.94 30,730–39,510 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/642.39–1/521.94 18,900–23,100 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/642.39–1/521.94 39,830–51,210 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 1/572.6–1/465.24 58,425 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 1/2,065.96–1/1,678.59 55,823 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 1/2,065.96–1/1,678.59 57,662 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/321.19; 0 10,800–13,200 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 25–35 1/321.19; 1/301.12; 0 44,450–62,230 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) 1/321.19–1/281.04; 0 38,745–47,355 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 70,670 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 1/5,873.24–1/4,772 35,059 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) 1/13,704.22–1/11,134.67 685,332–837,628 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 462,375–565,125 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/6,852.11–1/5,567.34 126,000–154,000 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) 1/6,852.11–1/5,567.34 237,510–290,290 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/8,222.53–1/6,680.8 173,520–212,080 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) 1/13,704.22–1/11,134.67 531,090–649,110 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 89,088–148,480 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 40,664–49,036 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 867,420–1,060,180 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 414,990–507,210 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 1,032,615–1,262,085 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 14,541 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 1/13,704.22–1/11,134.67 12,428–16,252 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) 1/8,222.53–1/6,680.8 38,790–47,410 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 253,800–310,200 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 399,600–488,400 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 152,010–185,790 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 146,880–179,520 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 1/9,788.73–1/7,953.34 1,068,210–1,780,350 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) 1/3,426.05–1/2,783.67 141,372–172,788 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) 1/13,704.22–1/11,134.67 203,881–258,655 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 283,500–346,500 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) 1/10,278.16–1/8,351.01 218,142–363,570 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) 1/13,704.22–1/11,134.67 641,318 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) 1/25,695.4–1/20,877.52 420,511–549,899 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 1/8,222.53–1/6,680.8 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 1/20,556.32–1/16,702.01 Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 1/20,877.52; 0 294,249 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 ~1/205,563.23–1/179,867.83; 0 795 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 ~1/185,577.92; 0 49,764 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 ~1/1,670,201.24; 0 5,647,648,046 300,000

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	10/1,280	Not sold	N/A
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	297/128,000	Not sold	N/A
	Sealed clue scroll (master)	1	3/128,000	Not sold	N/A
	Starved ancient effigy	1	1/16,019–1/80,099	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit sapphire	1	5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit emerald	1	3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit ruby	1	2/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token	1	1/9,894	115,451	N/A

Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Gold charm	1	56/1,000	1	1
	Green charm	1	28/1,000	1	1
	Crimson charm	1	22.4/1,000	1	1
	Blue charm	1	89.6/1,000	2	2

The quantity of charms dropped can be affected by a number of boosts including Familiarisation triple charm drops, Fang of Mohegan, and seasonal events such as Winter Weekends.

Wilderness drop table

This monster has access to the Wilderness shared loot table, which is a tertiary drop. To access the table, it has to be killed inside the Wilderness.
Higher-levelled monsters have a greater chance to access the table, but luck has no effect. The overall chance to access the table for this entity is 50/4,716 (~1.06%), which is doubled when on a relevant slayer task.

Wilderness shared loot table:

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Preserved meat 1 1/181 Not sold N/A Fremennik equipment patch 1 1/472 1,271 N/A Ancient warriors' equipment patch 1 1/4,716 23,353 N/A Adrenaline crystal 5–15 (noted) 1/1,179 57,400–172,200 12,000–36,000 Bloodweed seed 1–3 1/1,179 48,841–146,523 38–114 Wilderness hilt 1 1/2,358 43,589 48,000 Revenant drop enhancer 1 1/2,358 Not sold N/A Brawling gloves (Agility) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Firemaking) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Woodcutting) 1 1/61,308 30,000 30,000

Products

Product	Members	Facility	Skills	XP	Materials
1 × Helm of the Frozen Wyrm		Ice strykewyrm	None	None	1 × Mask of the White Wyrm

Achievements

• The Start of Something New ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within the Fremennik Province.
  • Staff of light drop
• First Stryke ( 25) – Kill an ice strykewyrm (you do not need to be assigned these as your slayer target to complete this Task).

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• patch 09 March 2026 (Update):
  • Ice Strykewyrms can now be damaged using the Combust & Corruption Blast abilities.

• update 14 July 2025 (Update):
  • Added new sources for Spirit Weed Seeds, Inert Adrenaline Crystals and Sirenic Scales across various Slayer monsters:
    • Spirit Weed seeds - Automatons, Strykewyrms, Turoths, Gemstone Dragons (on task), Brutish Dinosaurs, Grotworms, Moss Giants, Flesh Crawlers, Cockatrices, Kurask and Rare Seed Drop Table.

• patch 23 June 2025 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue with the spring cleaner in rare cases not alchemising salvage at various Strykewyrms.

• patch 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Replaced the magic logs drop with magic wood spirits.

• patch 28 November 2022 (Update):
  • Desert, Ice and Jungle Strykewyrms no longer require a Slayer task to attack.

• patch 21 October 2019 (Update):
  • Players who haven't obtained a Fire Cape should no longer be assigned Ice Strykewyrm tasks by slayer masters.

• patch 28 May 2019 (Update):.
  • Allowed ice strykewyrms to be fought and killed in Rush of Blood while on an ice strykewyrm task for Mandrith.

• ninja 17 July 2017 (Update):
  • Ice strykewyrms will no longer target-switch to a familiar if they lose sight of the player.

• patch 9 January 2017 (Update):
  • Ice strykwyrms will no longer become immune to attacks and then disappear after burrow attack.

• ninja 1 August 2016 (Update):
  • Ice Strykewyrms now have 25,000 lifepoints (up from 15,000), a max hit of 729 (up from 304) and greater accuracy.
  • Increased the amount of Slayer XP given by Ice strykewyrms.
  • Players can now investigate Strykewyrm mounds from a distance, allowing players to stomp a mound when using ranged and magic combat styles.
  • The delay in switching from mound to Strykewyrm has been reduced.

• ninja 25 April 2016 (Update):
  • Improved respawn rates for Ice strykewyrm.

• patch 11 August 2014 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where ice strykewyrms could not be damaged under certain circumstances.

• ninja 1 July 2014 (Update):
  • The new kiln capes (ranged & magic) can now be stored in a Keepsake Box.
  • The new kiln capes (ranged & magic) can now be used to attack ice strykewyrms.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • Strykewyrms no longer show two combat overlays.

• patch 19 December 2012 (Update):
  • Ice strikewyrms can once again be attacked for the relevant achievement whilst not on a Slayer task.

• patch 24 October 2012 (Update):
  • Players can no longer stand underneath a strykewyrm for so long before it decides to knock the player back.

• patch 13 March 2012 (Update):
  • Increased damage against Ice Strykewyrms whilst wearing the TokHaar-Kal now functions correctly.

• patch 7 September 2010 (Update):
  • Strikewyrms would not perform their special attack if they thought you had a pet cat.

• patch 3 March 2010 (Update):
  • Ice strykewyrms can deal extra damage if the player isn't wearing a fire cape.
  • Strykewyrms can no longer lose focus on the player they were attacking.

• coldfix 11 February 2010:
  • Slightly increased the probability of getting ice strykewyrm tasks.
  • Fixed a problem where random events would interfere with fighting strykewyrms.
  • Added a few more styrkewyrms to the various areas.
  • Drop tables for the strykewyrms were intended to give slightly random amounts of items, this is now the case and the drops are still very generous.

• update 8 February 2010 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Ice strykewyrms, along with the other strykewyrms, were the first monsters to incorporate particle effects.
• Before receiving a buff, ice strykewyrms used to have 15,000 life points which is now currently 25,000.
• When attacking an ice strykewyrm for the Fremennik Province Tasks, the goliath gloves' special effect is able to deal damage to it, making it possible to slay it at level 65 (the minimal requirement to obtain the gloves).
• When the TokHaar-Kal was given the ability to count as a fire cape when fighting ice strykewyrms, it did not give the bonus damage effect, and simply allowed players to deal normal damage the same way as the slayer reward. This was later fixed with an update on 13 March 2012.
• Previously, investigating an ice strykewyrm required a player to be directly next to it. This requirement was changed for all types of strykewyrms by an update on 1 August 2016, so that players using ranged and magic combat styles may now investigate the mound without being moved closer.
• Prior to an update on 28 November 2022, you were required to be on a slayer task to damage this creature.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 60,000 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.