Terror dog

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Level 65Level 61
Terror dog
Release			22 January 2007 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Terror dog
Examine
A terrifying dog beast.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
65			4,700			217.8			71.8
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
13 / 8 / 4
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
40			75.4			Terror dogs
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
188			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
47				1				1
Accuracy
778				0				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
778		47
Affinities
90			65			55			45
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				5417
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Terror dogs are found at the end of Tarn's Lair. They can be killed with level 40 Slayer, and players can access them very quickly using the "Tarn's Lair" teleport on the ring of slaying.

During Lair of Tarn Razorlor, four of these need to be fought alongside some animated steel armour and Tarn. After the miniquest is complete, they can be found in the same chamber. They are aggressive and will rush players in a Prayer-draining area that can create problems for the unprepared.

Terror dogs do not count toward fulfilling a Slayer task for dogs and are instead their own unique task. They are the only monsters that drop granite helms.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Tarn's Lair	61, 65		9	Maplink

Getting there

The route from the entrance to terror dogs

The lair's entrance is found in the Abandoned Mine and requires a salve amulet to enter. The fastest way to access the lair is to use the ring of slaying and selecting the 'Tarn's Lair' option, which teleports directly into the dungeon (salve amulet not required), with Tarn's room being directly north of the teleport spot.

The second fastest way is using Drakan's medallion to teleport to Burgh de Rott and then heading west to use the Agility shortcut to climb over the fence, climb over the cart, and enter the cart tunnel to enter the Abandoned Mine.

The third way is to teleport to Canifis, and go via the Myreque shortcut to Burgh de Rott. There is an Agility shortcut between the town of Burgh de Rott and the Abandoned Mine area.

Another route is the Burgh de Rott Ramble. Choose Pazuzu (strongest follower), and route 1, the easiest.

To enter the lair, climb over the mine cart just south of the zealot (featured in the Haunted Mine quest), and enter the Abandoned Mine, then travel north and enter the lair.

If players travel through Tarn's Lair, it is recommended to wear magic defensive armour, or bring prayer potions as the skeleton mages' magic attacks can hit hard. Before entering the room with the terror dogs, remember to equip melee armour.

Strategy

Terror dogs are weak to slashing weapons and have very low Defence, however they are aggressive and accurate in their attacks. The dwarf multicannon and its variants cannot be used here. Players should be prepared to be attacked by multiple dogs at once, and may take damage very quickly.

Tarn's Lair drains Prayer points at a rate of 10 points per two game ticks, or 500 points per minute (much faster than the Barrows), so it is best not to plan on using prayer (prayer drain does not apply to the empty chamber the ring of slaying teleports you to). However, using items such as the prayer necklaces from the rewards trader (Twisted bird skull necklace, Split dragontooth necklace & Demon horn necklace) and the Bonecrusher, using prayer is more than viable, should players be able to kill terror dogs at a fast enough rate.

With a Twisted bird skull necklace, a player must kill one terror dog every 5 seconds to maintain prayer points, with no prayers enabled. With a Split dragontooth necklace or a Demon horn necklace, a player must kill a level 61 terror dog every 5 seconds or a level 65 terror dog every 10 seconds to maintain prayer points with no prayers enabled. Dependent on Prayers or Curses active, this will also drain prayer points, meaning players must kill terror dogs at rate faster than the maintenance rate above, however this can be easily achieved with area of effect attacks. Area of effect abilities can be found in the abilities list.

Area of affect auto-attacks can be used by wielding Chinchompas for ranged players, Halberds for melee players or using the Ancient Magicks spellbook for mage players. Though a player may use any of these weapons, a halbert would be most recommended as terror dogs are weak to Slash attack styles.

Using the Prayer cape in conjunction with this method allows the player to have an increased maximum prayer points of 1,000.

It is recommended to bring a two-handed weapon with healing abilities, and good armour. The Saradomin godsword is a good choice as it is a slashing weapon. Halberds can also be used for their extra reach - at least a dragon halberd is recommended. A full set of Guthan's armour can be used as an alternative method, however the spear is a stabbing weapon resulting in slightly less accuracy. A combat familiar, instead of a healing one, can be helpful if players choose to use a Saradomin godsword or Guthan's set.

Use a set of basic abilities that include Cleave, and the threshold abilities Quake and Hurricane. Players should use these three abilities as often as possible, and keep in the middle of large numbers of enemy attacks. In addition, players may find Balanced Strike to be helpful to keep life points up.

A full Dharok's set is not advised here. Terror dogs are accurate enough that multiple attacks could seriously endanger a player trying to use Dharoks' low-life damage boosts.

It is possible to safe spot the large level 65 terror dogs once they become unaggressive, or at least limit the number of terror dogs attacking at once even when they are aggressive, via the torches in the large central chamber, or the edges of the small side chambers (the level 65 dogs respawn in the central chamber, but the small level 61 ones respawn in the side chambers). One can also use a halberd and trap them, exploiting their weakness to slash weapons.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 134,733 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Terror dog kill is worth 1,635 coins.

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	314	1
	Big bones	1	Always	266	1

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
71–72%	9–10%	7–8%	8–9%	3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 24,021 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Medium plated mithril salvage	1	10/128	3,609	1,800
	Small plated adamant salvage	1	8/128	3,348	4,000
	Granite helm	1	2/512	26,472	27,600
	Tiny spiky rune salvage	1	2/128	6,529	8,000
	Grimy guam	1	1/128	446	18
	Grimy marrentill	1	3/512	5,092	1
	Grimy tarromin	1	2/512	193	1
	Grimy harralander	1	2/512	1,286	1
	Grimy ranarr	1	1/512	5,094	1
	Grimy irit	1	1/512	622	1
	Grimy avantoe	1	1/1024	1,492	1
	Grimy kwuarm	1	1/1024	1,298	1
	Grimy cadantine	1	1/1024	2,712	1
	Grimy lantadyme	1	1/2048	10,936	1
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/2048	11,107	1
	Limpwurt seed	1	1/512	511	7
	Strawberry seed	1	1/512	491	10
	Marrentill seed	1	1/512	443	3
	Jangerberry seed	1	1/512	382	36
	Tarromin seed	1	1/512	481	4
	Wildblood seed	1	1/512	322	8
	Watermelon seed	1	1/1024	1,530	33
	Harralander seed	1	1/1024	817	7
	Ranarr seed	1	1/1024	1,306	11
	Spirit weed seed	1	1/1024	320	10
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	1/2048	986	51
	Toadflax seed	1	1/2048	826	20
	Irit seed	1	1/2048	1,162	38
	Belladonna seed	1	1/2048	1,147	106
	Poison ivy seed	1	1/4096	572	99
	Cactus seed	1	1/4096	708	59
	Avantoe seed	1	1/4096	1,169	38
	Kwuarm seed	1	1/4096	593	38
	Snapdragon seed	1	1/8192	1,834	38
	Cadantine seed	1	1/8192	665	38
	Lantadyme seed	1	1/16384	409	38
	Dwarf weed seed	1	1/16384	2,029	38
	Torstol seed	1	1/32768	1,765	38
	Coins	355–1,483	23/128	355-1,483	355-1,483
	Swamp tar	4	8/128	944	4
	Coal stone spirit	6	8/128	96	Not alchemisable
	Mithril stone spirit	1	8/128	121	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Congealed blood	3–11	7/128	303-1,111	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128	1	1
	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
	Long bone	1	1/400	3	3
	Curved bone	1	1/5000	4	4
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table drops

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 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 581 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 357 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 367 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 859 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 38,655-47,245 5,400-6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,937 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 267,165-326,535 27,000-33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,771 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,845 1 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 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,925 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,531 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,351 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 734,040-897,160 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 940 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,907 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 700,326-855,954 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 66,596 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,432 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 20,227-24,523 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 952,290-1,163,910 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 52,156-62,894 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 10,880-13,120 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 47,385-57,915 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 250,875-306,625 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 18,088-21,812 68-82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 418,860-511,940 180-220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 7,250-10,150 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 528 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 9,525-11,430 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 762 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,600-7,920 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 5,136 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 4,325-6,055 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 5,726-6,544 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 28,406-32,464 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 175,336 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 30,610 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 1,177,560-1,439,240 90-110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 133,290-162,910 90-110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 139,680-170,720 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 460,395-562,705 5,130-6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 51,300-62,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 30,600-37,400 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 482,400-589,600 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 19,856-23,944 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 197,100-240,900 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 32,265-39,435 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 474,660-580,140 243,000-297,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) (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 (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 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 316,700 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 537 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 18,707 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,647 300,000

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	1/10000	33,312	Not alchemisable

Gallery

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  Safe spotting behind a torch.

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  Safe spotting from a side chamber.

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  Tarn turns a statue into a terror dog!

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 24 November 2010 (Update):
  • The terror dogs of Tarn's Lair will now show their drops on the floor more clearly.

• patch 6 October 2010 (Update):
  • Textured terror dogs to look the same during animations as they do when stationary.

• update 22 January 2007 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for these monsters was 120,000 kills.
  • This had increased to 131,738 by 6 May 2018.