Living rock striker

Living rock striker
Release			17 September 2009 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			? (edit)
Race			Living rock
Examine
A being of ore and minerals.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
92			5,500			640			211.2
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
38 / 25 / 12
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			156			Living rock creatures
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
264			500			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
66				66				1
Accuracy
1,335				1,335				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,335		66
Affinities
90			65			55			45
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				8833
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Living rock strikers are mineral-based monsters found throughout the Living Rock Caverns. Once killed, their corpse can be mined at level 73 Mining for living minerals, which are used at level 90 Fishing to catch rocktails found in the cavern. They will attack any player who gets within 1 square of them. Wearing the magic golem or fury shark outfits will render them docile.

A set of Verac armour is an effective method of killing living rock strikers. They are weak to the flail's crush style, and their defences are sometimes bypassed due to its effects. With the use of a Bunyip familiar, lost health can be quickly regained.

Also, a set of Guthan's armour is very effective at healing when fighting these creatures. Living rock strikers will only use their ranged attack if their foe is outside melee range, which hits much more frequently and consistently harder than their melee attack.

As they are weak to melee, a player with around 80-85 attack can land hits often with at least level 75 weaponry. Lower levels can use Protect from Melee or Protect from Range for damage reduction depending on combat style, as the strikers do not react to protection prayers.

A good area to go to while on a Slayer task is the eastern side. Go to the rope, then travel northeast to the large clearing. In that area should be 4 Living rock strikers grouped tightly together. This area is the spawning point for the Patriarch, which provides extra money and experience. This spot is also not near any Protectors, so it won't affect the experience rate or profit.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Living Rock Caverns	92		22	Maplink

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Living minerals	5–24	Always	425-2,040	300-1,440

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
50–51%	12%	30–31%	5%	2–3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 18,493 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Mud rune	3; 8	Common	2,037-5,432	12-32
	Death rune	3–8	Uncommon	975-2,600	186-496
	Nature rune	3–10	Rare	1,941-6,470	222-740
	Gold stone spirit	3	Common	645	Not alchemisable
	Coal stone spirit	3	Common	42	Not alchemisable
	Mithril stone spirit	3	Common	303	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit	1	Common	28	Not alchemisable
	Silver stone spirit	3	Rare	309	Not alchemisable
	Uncut sapphire	1 (noted)	Uncommon	563	15
	Uncut emerald	1 (noted)	Uncommon	279	30
	Uncut ruby	1 (noted)	Rare	309	60
	Uncut diamond	1 (noted)	Rare	739	120
	Small spiky mithril salvage	1	Uncommon	2,806	1,200
	Small spiky adamant salvage	1	Rare	3,185	4,000
	Medium spiky rune salvage	1	Very rare	22,232	24,000

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
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons	1	Very rare	1	1

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	1/10000	36,914	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 19 October 2020 (Update):
  • Living rock creatures now count towards the Kerapac Track task 'Kill Monsters'.

• hotfix 10 February 2020 (Update):
  • Living Rock creatures' souls can once again be captured in ushabtis without being on a Slayer task to kill them.

• patch 26 November 2013 (Update):
  • An issue where players using ranged or magic could not mine Living Rock creatures has been fixed.

• patch 29 May 2013 (Update):
  • Living rock creatures no longer drop bones.

• patch 12 February 2013 (Update):
  • Auto retaliate now works as intended with Living Rock creatures.

• patch 14 January 2013 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue that was causing this monster to only hit for 1 damage.

• patch 12 April 2011 (Update):
  • This monster now has sound effects when meleeing.

• patch 7 October 2009 (Update):
  • You should be able to mine creatures you kill in the living rock caverns even if you lose connection.

• update 17 September 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• During their idle animation, they will either pat their left chest, or pluck a rock from itself, and take a short look at it before putting it back. This rock constitutes the missile of their ranged attack.
• If a Living rock striker drops a starved ancient effigy or divine tears, the drop appears under it, in the south-western most square they occupy (similar to the drops of other monsters that are larger than 1 square). This is unlike their other drops, which appear on one of the squares outside the squares they occupy.