Lava strykewyrm

For the Dragonkin Laboratory monster, see Lava strykewyrm (Dragonkin Laboratory).

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Lava strykewyrm
Release			16 February 2015 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			? (edit)
Race			Strykewyrm
Examine
It's made of pure fire.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
115			30,000			1,200			396
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
72 / 48 / 24
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
94			1,872			Lava strykewyrms, Strykewyrms
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1,788			1,152			1,152			Varies
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
85				85				85
Accuracy
2,178				2,178				2,178
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,924		80
Affinities
-			55			55			55
Immunities
Immune			Immune			Immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				20630
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Lava strykewyrms are strykewyrms found in the Wilderness, south of the Lava Maze, residing in level 34-41 Wilderness. They require level 94 Slayer to kill and can be assigned by Kuradal, Morvran, Mandrith, or Laniakea. Unlike their other cousins where a slayer task is required to harm them, lava strykewyrms can be killed off-task. This is due to the dangers of the Wilderness, and as such these strykewyrms already sense the killing intents of those who would disturb them. However, killing them off-task greatly reduces the chances of obtaining wyrm components. They are a reincarnation of the original WildyWyrms.

Lava strykewyrms can drop wyrm spikes, scalps and hearts, which can be used with abyssal whips, dark bows, or staves of light respectively to create the lava whip, strykebow, and the staff of darkness. They also drop searing ashes, which give 200 Prayer experience upon scattering, and are also used to create Aggression potions.

If the player is killing lava strykewyrms for a Slayer assignment 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 lava strykewyrms as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses are multiplicative with one another, meaning the player may gain 44% extra Slayer experience when benefitting from both. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience. As lava strykewyrms are only found in the Wilderness and in the Dragonkin Laboratory, the latter of which provides a safer area but at the cost of less rewards, a contract should be taken if killing in the Wilderness.

Killing lava strykewyrms can be extremely profitable, as their ashes are currently worth 94,396 coins each due to their high demand for prayer training and use in aggression potions and aggroverloads, with a small supply due to the dangers of the Wilderness. Outside of the ashes and unique drops, lava strykewyrms also have a generous drop table.

As they are located in moderately deep Wilderness, do not take items you are unwilling to lose.

Lava strykewyrms cannot be placed in the Sunken Pyramid - attempting to do so will state that it requires a volcanic environment to survive.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
South of the Lava Maze (level 34-41 Wilderness)	115		12	Maplink

Mechanics

Main article: Lava strykewyrm/Strategies

Drops

The average Lava strykewyrm kill is worth 136,641.19 coins.

100%

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Searing ashes (m)		1	Always	94,396	1

Charms

Nothing	3	3	3	3
6–7%	0.9–1.4%	4–5%	29–31%	57–59%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 4,838 kills. 3 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Medium plated rune salvage		1	1/24	22,414	24,000
	Large bladed rune salvage		1	1/12	30,444	32,000
	Huge plated rune salvage		1	1/36	38,621	40,000
	Wild arrow (m)		50–70	4/37	4,550-6,370	9,000-12,600
	Dragon bolts (e) (m)		50–100	7/120	19,800-39,600	31,850-63,700
	Onyx bolts (e) (m)		25	1/160	190,425	225,000
	Uncut diamond		1	5/64	971	120
	Uncut dragonstone (m)		1	3/64	5,526	600
	Gold stone spirit		10–20	1/12	890-1,780	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit		8–20	1/40	240-600	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		2	1/76	1,842	Not alchemisable
	Yew logs		25 (noted)	1/24	8,150	2,400
	Magic logs		12–25 (noted)	1/24	5,544-11,550	2,304-4,800
	Black dragonhide		7–11 (noted)	1/36	13,384-21,032	336-528
	Fury shark (m)		1	1/35	300	300
	Weapon poison (2) (m)		1	1/108	645	57
	Saradomin brew (2) (m)		1	1/108	5,016	90
	Zamorak brew (2) (m)		1	1/108	603	90
	Super attack (2) (m)		1	1/108	1,673	81
	Super strength (2) (m)		1	1/108	4,522	99
	Super magic potion (2) (m)		1	1/108	5,848	120
	Super ranging potion (2) (m)		1	1/108	11,284	129
	Super defence (2) (m)		1	1/108	5,559	118
	Antipoison (2) (m)		1	1/108	212	129
	Coins		10,000–25,000	1/8	10,000-25,000	10,000-25,000
	Searing ashes (m)		5 (noted)	5/92	471,980	5
	Rare drop table		1	1/120	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Wyrm spike (m)		1	1/12288	9,276,365	72,000
	Wyrm heart (m)		1	1/12288	34,052,709	72,000
	Wyrm scalp (m)		1	1/12288	10,238,914	72,000
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	10/1024	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (elite) (m)		1	5/1024	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m)		1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m)		1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m)		1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 628 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 496 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 537 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 971 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 43,695-53,405 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,639 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,766 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,526 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 248,670-303,930 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,678 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,754 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 34,187 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 723,780-884,620 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 905 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,621 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 695,178-849,662 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 65,630 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,225 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 16,837-20,413 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 985,635-1,204,665 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 33,932-40,918 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 14,348-17,302 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 58,185-71,115 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 369,000-451,000 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 17,748-21,402 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 259,920-317,680 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 4,025-5,635 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 670 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 6,400-7,680 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 512 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 8,375-10,050 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,763 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 4,025-5,635 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 659,970-806,630 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 151,110-184,690 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 174,960-213,840 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 391,275-478,225 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,732-5,408 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 59,528-68,032 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 172,308 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 43,640 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 60,300-73,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 23,355-28,545 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 356,850-436,150 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 22,168-26,732 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 220,050-268,950 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 21,060-25,740 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 407,700-498,300 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 606,449 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 503 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 13,165 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,446,846 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

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.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but do increase the chance of doing so, as does doing higher-level content.

Wilderness shared loot table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Wilderness hilt (m) 1 Rare 59,748 48,000 Adrenaline crystal (m) 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 38,580-115,740 12,000-36,000 Preserved meat (m) 1 Common Not sold Not alchemisable Fremennik equipment patch (m) 1 Uncommon 18,855 Not alchemisable Ancient warriors' equipment patch (m) 1 Very rare 10,771,309 Not alchemisable Revenant drop enhancer (m) 1 Rare Not sold Not alchemisable Bloodweed seed (m) 1–3 Uncommon 85,646-256,938 38-114 Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000

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	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	14,878	Not alchemisable

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 6 January 2020 (Update):
  • Corrected some task-specific loot script that didn't always check against all NPCs' Slayer categories (Revenant dark beast counts as a revenant, a ghost and a dark beast for this purpose, for example)

• patch 14 November 2016 (Update):
  • Lava strykewyrms will no longer reduce damage taken for the first 10 seconds.

• ninja 2 March 2015 (Update):
  • Anticipation and Freedom now prevents lava strykewyrms from dragging the player towards them.
  • Lava strykewyrms now drop new level 85 wild arrows to pair with a strykebow.
  • Players can now retaliate instantly against another player while fighting a strykewyrm. The strykewyrm will also stop attacking.
  • Lava strykewyrms now give more Slayer experience per kill.
  • Searing ashes now grant 200xp when scattered.
  • The Wildywyrm's chance of spawning has been greatly increased.

• update 16 February 2015 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Lava strykewyrms were originally supposed to be placed between the Lava Maze and Red Dragon Isle, but they were eventually moved south-west of the Lava Maze following complaints about being in a deep multi-combat area and near a potentially active Wilderness Warbands camp.
• Initially, lava strykewyrms gave 1404 slayer experience per kill when assigned for a task. This was changed due to player complaints on the dangers of the Wilderness, their damaging attacks and the 50% damage reduction for 10 seconds at the beginning of the fight (which was also later removed), and they now give more Slayer experience than combat experience.
• There was a glitch where if a player was assigned lava strykewyrms, even though the slayer master said "lava strykewyrms", players who quickchatted/blocked the task said WildyWyrms instead. This has since been fixed.
• Prior to the Patch Notes on 2 March 2015, a player in combat with a lava strykewyrm would be unable to retaliate if attacked by another player. Additionally, neither Anticipate nor Freedom would be able to prevent the pull of a Lava strykewyrm's burrow attack.
• Sometimes, a glitch can occur where the wyrm will stop attacking the player for a few seconds. This is due to the lava strykewyrm attempting to use its burrow attack but unable to as the player is too far to be dragged/the strykewyrm cannot burst from that location.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 29,997 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.
• Interestingly, while a wyrm is attempting to burrow underneath the player, it displays a weakness to crush despite being unable to be attacked during this attack.