Terror dog

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Level 65Level 61
Terror dog
Release			22 January 2007 (Update)
Members			Yes
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
Abilities used
None
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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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 The 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.

Location

Terror dogs can be found at:

• Tarn's Lair
• Dominion Tower (4 when fighting Tarn Razorlor, however these will not count toward slayer Assignments)

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. 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). The dwarf multicannon and its variants cannot be used here.

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. Prayer is drained too fast in these caverns to be reliable.

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.

• 

  Safe spotting behind a torch.

• 

  Safe spotting from a side chamber.

• 

  Tarn turns a statue into a terror dog!

Drops

The average Terror dog kill is worth 1,777.48 coins.

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones		1	Always	554	0
	Big bones		1	Always	212	0

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	2,296	1,800
	Small plated adamant salvage		1	8/128	3,093	4,000
	Granite helm (m)		1	2/512	26,804	27,600
	Tiny spiky rune salvage		1	2/128	7,014	8,000
	Grimy guam		1	1/128	686	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	3/512	4,917	0
	Grimy tarromin		1	2/512	96	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	2/512	738	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	1/512	2,164	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	1/512	4,792	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	1/1024	1,172	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	1/1024	11,746	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/1024	4,762	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/2048	7,483	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/2048	10,925	0
	Limpwurt seed (m)		1	1/512	4,607	7
	Strawberry seed (m)		1	1/512	322	10
	Marrentill seed (m)		1	1/512	221	3
	Jangerberry seed (m)		1	1/512	140	36
	Tarromin seed (m)		1	1/512	181	4
	Wildblood seed (m)		1	1/512	238	8
	Watermelon seed (m)		1	1/1024	2,412	33
	Harralander seed (m)		1	1/1024	304	7
	Ranarr seed (m)		1	1/1024	797	11
	Spirit weed seed (m)		1	1/1024	95,566	10
	Bittercap mushroom spore (m)		1	1/2048	1,385	51
	Toadflax seed (m)		1	1/2048	3,807	20
	Irit seed (m)		1	1/2048	793	38
	Belladonna seed (m)		1	1/2048	910	106
	Poison ivy seed (m)		1	1/4096	208	99
	Cactus seed (m)		1	1/4096	829	59
	Avantoe seed (m)		1	1/4096	578	38
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	1/4096	11,048	38
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	1/8192	420	38
	Cadantine seed (m)		1	1/8192	1,125	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	1/16384	659	38
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		1	1/16384	2,148	38
	Torstol seed (m)		1	1/32768	690	38
	Coins		355–1,483	23/128	355-1,483	355-1,483
	Swamp tar (m)		4	8/128	444	0
	Coal stone spirit		6	8/128	120	Not alchemisable
	Mithril stone spirit		1	8/128	54	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Congealed blood (m)		3–11	7/128	225-825	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	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 (m)		1	1/400	3	3
	Curved bone (m)		1	1/5000	4	4
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table drops

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 830 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,067 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,121 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 6,298 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 283,410-346,390 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 14,765 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 15,011 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 11,888 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 534,960-653,840 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,591 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,189 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 36,111 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 553,500-676,500 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 925 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,873 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 699,714-855,206 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 99,646 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,770 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,368-18,632 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,028,295-1,256,805 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 221,272-266,828 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 8,296-10,004 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 51,705-63,195 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 434,250-530,750 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,416-17,384 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 342,180-418,220 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 8,725-12,215 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 5,484 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 12,275-14,730 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 982 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 68,550-82,260 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 3,372 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 6,100-8,540 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 463,860-566,940 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 148,770-181,830 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 116,055-141,845 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 175,365-214,335 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 9,226-10,544 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 30,072-34,368 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 130,612 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 275,520 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 58,500-71,500 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 28,575-34,925 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 333,450-407,550 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,192-15,908 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 130,950-160,050 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 24,300-29,700 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 542,430-662,970 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 209,688 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,161 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 436 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,400,846,250 300,000 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	9,485	Not alchemisable

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. 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.

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.