Lesser demon

The Old School RuneScape Wiki also has an article on: osrsw:Lesser demonThe RuneScape Classic Wiki also has an article on: classicrsw:Lesser Demon

This article is about common lesser demons. For other lesser demons, see Lesser demon (disambiguation).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on the subpage.

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Lesser demon
Release			11 June 2001 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
Lesser, but still pretty big.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
70			5,000			250.2			82.5
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
15 / 10 / 5
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			86.6			Lesser demons, Demons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
0			0			480			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
1				1				50
Accuracy
0				0				850
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
850		50
Affinities
90			45			65			55
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				82
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Lesser demons are a kind of demon weaker than the closely-related greater demons, categorized by the absence of wings. They have 5000 life points, a maximum hit of 480 damage, hit at the speed of a scimitar or mace, and regenerate at an average rate of 20 life points per minute. All lesser demons use a magic projectile attack.

Lesser demons originate on Infernus, where they were called Byzroth, as the other demons seen in Gielinor do. They are part of the Avernic race, which were tribal and primitive, and slaves to whoever was ruling Infernus at the time. At the time of Palkeera's memory of the realm, they were enslaved by the cannibalistic Chthonians, who were unable to consume the Avernics for some reason. Among the Avernic demons, the Tsutsaroth were the dominant tribe, ruling over the Alyaroth and Byzroth in a brutal manner.

In free-to-play worlds, Lesser demons have one of the best experience rates for high level Magic and Ranged training, especially the latter considering their weakness to bolts; though it is countered by them having inferior drops compared to similarly levelled monsters. However, since they attack with magic, it is recommended for melee players to train on deadly red spiders instead. Lesser demons also drop accursed ashes, providing an easy way to train prayer when combined with an accursed urn.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Karamja Volcano resource dungeon	70		14	Maplink
Viyeldi caves	70		3	Maplink
Temple of Ikov dungeon	70		3	Maplink
Crandor	70		2	Maplink
Crandor and Karamja Dungeon	70		11	Maplink
Taverley Dungeon	70		5	Maplink
Lava Maze	70		6	Maplink
Forinthry Dungeon	70		8	Maplink
Wilderness Volcano	70		5	Maplink
South of the Demonic Ruins	70		1	Maplink

Strategy

Main article: Lesser demon/Strategies

“	The last Lesser demon I killed I found a crossbow with bolts took them down effectively. Lesser demons are weak to ranged attacks. Although they're relatively weak, they are still dangerous. Taverley's underworld is infested with these hellish pests.	”
— Chaeldar

Lesser demons are effective training monsters for players that are medium to high levelled (above 80 combat level). Since Karamja has many fishing spots, players may fish for food on the island if they run out, or members can go through the cave and go to the bank in TzHaar City to re-stock on food. Fighting the lesser demon in the Wizards' Tower can be good for training Magic, Ranged, or alternatively melee using a halberd since the demon spawns inside of a magical ward. The respawn time of a lesser demon is quick, which means experience may be gained quickly killing them. It is recommended for meleers to wear strong armour such as adamant, rune or Barrows armour, and rangers and mages should take a few pieces of good food in case since lesser demons are aggressive. With blue dragonhide and a good bow, a player could easily kill a lesser demon, although a few pieces of food may be necessary.

Lesser demons are affected by the powers of Silverlight and Darklight, which increase damage inflicted by 60%. However, many players find these weapons to still be rather inaccurate. F2P players are instead recommended to use a rune weapon. The type of weapon doesn't matter as the demons are weak to bolt attacks and not melee, but ideal choices include the 2h sword for its damage output and the mace for its prayer bonus and attack speed. Members should use a dragon weapon or barrows weapon; higher level weapons are not necessary for a monster of this level.

New players who are using Magic or Ranged may go to the Wizards' Tower and kill the trapped lesser demon. However, this spot often gets crowded, and players may not get much experience. Bringing a few law runes and a staff of air to tele-grab any good drops (such as rune salvage) is advised. Otherwise it will not be possible to pick up any of the demon's drops, even with area loot.

A rapid way to kill demons and bank their drops or pick up food is to use the explorer's ring 3 or 4. Cabbage-port, run to the pier, go to the Karamja dungeon, kill demons, cabbage-port when you have enough, and deposit the drops at the deposit box near the Entrana ship or pick up food at the Draynor bank. The ring will double as an emergency teleport, as its animation is unhindered by attacks. This method became somewhat outdated with the introduction of lodestones; the Port Sarim lodestone in combination with the Edgeville stone and bank may be faster. However, lodestone teleport is interrupted by combat and cannot be used as an emergency teleport.

Prayer training (F2P)

Medium-higher level players using ranged may opt to use these for free prayer training, in conjunction with accursed urns.

In addition, players training at the Karamja volcano have the option of picking up two regular bone spawns that appear quite frequently.

Champion's Challenge

Lesser demons are one of the races who have lesser champions in the Champion's Challenge Distraction and Diversion. To fight the Lesser Demon Champion, the player must kill lesser demons until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop.

Drops

The average Lesser demon kill is worth 3,962.04 coins.

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Accursed ashes		1	Always	1,493	1

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
94%	2%	0.7–0.8%	3%	0.6–0.7%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 44,817 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Black hatchet		1	8/128	3,537	230
	Black 2h sword		1	8/128	3,940	1,152
	Black longsword		1	4/128	2,720	576
	Off-hand black longsword		1	4/128	2,272	576
	Black kiteshield		1	6/128	4,655	1,272
	Medium plated mithril salvage		1	6/128	2,130	1,800
	Medium bladed mithril salvage		1	6/128	3,820	1,800
	Tiny plated rune salvage		1	2/128	6,888	8,000
	Fire rune		4–120	5/128	568-17,040	12-360
	Death rune		10–20	4/128	2,530-5,060	620-1,240
	Grimy guam		1	3/128	622	18
	Grimy tarromin		1	1/128	164	0
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	2/128	3,510	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	1/128	974	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	1/128	2,203	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	1/128	4,608	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	1/128	1,224	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	1/128	10,278	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/512	5,530	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/512	7,733	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/512	11,994	0
	Coins		10–2,543	21/128	10-2,543	10-2,543
	Gold stone spirit		1–3	6/128	87-261	Not alchemisable
	Grapes		1–3 (noted)	3/128	5,701-17,103	0
	Lobster		1	10/128	236	160
	Rune arrowheads		8	1/256	1,160	48

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Spirit sapphire (m)		1	5/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit emerald (m)		1	3/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit ruby (m)		1	2/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons (m)		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Lesser Demon Champion's scroll (m)		1	1/5000	0	0
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Rare drop table		1	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 884 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,604 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,595 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 7,603 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 342,135-418,165 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 15,162 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 15,025 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 12,529 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 563,805-689,095 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,930 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,598 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 34,919 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 549,540-671,660 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 910 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,767 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,806-852,874 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 62,316 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,721 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 16,385-19,865 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,032,075-1,261,425 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 270,572-326,278 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 8,908-10,742 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 50,220-61,380 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 463,950-567,050 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 15,232-18,368 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 344,880-421,520 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 13,550-18,970 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 6,182 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 19,250-23,100 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,540 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 77,275-92,730 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 5,829 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 9,550-13,370 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 503,280-615,120 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 148,320-181,280 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 103,410-126,390 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 190,035-232,265 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 8,050-9,200 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 48,202-55,088 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 131,364 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 259,220 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 56,700-69,300 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 31,455-38,445 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 368,550-450,450 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 15,504-18,696 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 153,900-188,100 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 31,275-38,225 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 632,610-773,190 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 191,647 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,718 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 436 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,535,207,358 300,000 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

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	9,108	Not alchemisable

Update history

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• patch 2 November 2015 (Update):
  • Maximum hit has been increased.

Trivia

• They were the strongest monster available to Instant Demo players.
• They are the fourth monster to have the title: Strongest Monster in RuneScape from RuneScape Classic.
• They are one of the strongest free-to-play monsters found outside of the Wilderness.