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
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			1872			Lava strykewyrms
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1788			1152			1152			Varies
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
85				85				85
Accuracy
2178				2178				2178
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1924		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 67,438 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 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 102,562.14 coins.

100%

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Searing ashes (m)		1	Always	67,438	1

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
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	22,738	24,000
	Large bladed rune salvage		1	1/12	30,842	32,000
	Huge plated rune salvage		1	1/36	38,744	40,000
	Wild arrow (m)		50–70	4/37	4,200-5,880	9,000-12,600
	Dragon bolts (e) (m)		50–100	7/120	15,350-30,700	31,850-63,700
	Onyx bolts (e) (m)		25	1/160	194,825	225,000
	Uncut diamond		1	5/64	6,121	120
	Uncut dragonstone (m)		1	3/64	10,954	600
	Gold stone spirit		10–20	1/12	730-1,460	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit		8–20	1/40	280-700	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		2	1/76	2,844	Not alchemisable
	Yew logs		25 (noted)	1/24	5,450	2,400
	Magic logs		12–25 (noted)	1/24	4,644-9,675	2,304-4,800
	Black dragonhide		7–11 (noted)	1/36	21,091-33,143	336-528
	Fury shark (m)		1	1/35	300	300
	Weapon poison (2) (m)		1	1/108	357	57
	Saradomin brew (2) (m)		1	1/108	9,067	90
	Zamorak brew (2) (m)		1	1/108	762	90
	Super attack (2) (m)		1	1/108	2,493	81
	Super strength (2) (m)		1	1/108	8,891	99
	Super magic potion (2) (m)		1	1/108	5,425	120
	Super ranging potion (2) (m)		1	1/108	13,587	129
	Super defence (2) (m)		1	1/108	4,982	118
	Antipoison (2) (m)		1	1/108	236	129
	Coins		10,000–25,000	1/8	10,000-25,000	10,000-25,000
	Searing ashes (m)		5 (noted)	5/92	337,190	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	10,034,414	72,000
	Wyrm heart (m)		1	1/12288	27,851,641	72,000
	Wyrm scalp (m)		1	1/12288	12,098,609	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 such as a ring of Wealth or luck of the Dwarves are not required to access the table.

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 749 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,198 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,105 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 6,121 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 275,445-336,655 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,712 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 13,618 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 10,954 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 492,930-602,470 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,540 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 56,950 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,664 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 537,480-656,920 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 760 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,744 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,392-852,368 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 70,903 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,683 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,481-18,769 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,024,110-1,251,690 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 274,244-330,706 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 9,520-11,480 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 44,145-53,955 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 506,700-619,300 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 24,140-29,110 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 316,080-386,320 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 7,950-11,130 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 4,150 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 15,825-18,990 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,266 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 51,875-62,250 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,266 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 6,900-9,660 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 462,690-565,510 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 147,960-180,840 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 176,400-215,600 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 292,590-357,610 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 3,976-4,544 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 26,138-29,872 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 104,964 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 215,160 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 69,300-84,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 28,710-35,090 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 350,100-427,900 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,824-17,876 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 147,150-179,850 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 28,260-34,540 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 571,320-698,280 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 199,769 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 15,984 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 451 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,902,431,688 300,000 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 58,963 48,000 Adrenaline crystal (m) 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 297,000-891,000 12,000-36,000 Preserved meat (m) 1 Common Not sold Not alchemisable Fremennik equipment patch (m) 1 Uncommon 18,882 Not alchemisable Ancient warriors' equipment patch (m) 1 Very rare 9,321,513 Not alchemisable Revenant drop enhancer (m) 1 Rare Not sold Not alchemisable Bloodweed seed (m) 1–3 Uncommon 72,359-217,077 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	14,717	Not alchemisable

Update history

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• 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.