Wyvern

For other uses, see Wyvern (disambiguation).

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Wyvern
Release																				2 November 2015 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Wyvern
Examine																				A very dangerous wyvern.
Combat info
Combat level																				127
Life points																				22,500
Aggressive
Poisonous																				900
Combat experience
XP																				1,125
XP																				1,878.8
XP																				371.2
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				101 / 50 / 50
Slayer info
Level																				96
Assignment																				Living wyverns
Master
Offensive
Max hit
1,310												1,310												1,310												? (edit)												0
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
91															91															91															? (edit)
Accuracy
2,517															2,517															2,517															? (edit)
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
2,517										91
Base hit chance
90															55															45															65
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															21812, 29356
Links															bestiary • MRND

Wyverns (sometimes referred to as Living Wyverns to distinguish them from their skeletal counterparts) are dragon-like monsters in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon and the Ice Plateau. They were first revealed at RuneFest 2015 after being pitched on RuneLabs and being one of the November poll winners. They require level 96 Slayer to be killed. Wyverns reside in an icy cavern beneath the area in which Skeletal Wyverns reside. When killing Wyverns, an elite version may spawn (guaranteed while on a Slayer assignment), which can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks and tier 3 or higher luck.

Like their skeletal counterpart, Dragon Slayer bonuses do not work against living wyverns.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Asgarnian Ice Dungeon	127		10	Maplink
Frozen Waste Plateau (level 45-48 Wilderness)	127		5	Maplink

Getting there

• For the Living Wyverns in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon:
  1. Go to the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon resource dungeon, either using the Port Sarim lodestone, fairy ring code AIQ to Mudskipper Point, or teleport with the Hoardstalker ring or Dungeoneering cape (0,8).
  2. Head south to the skeletal wyverns' cave (marked on the in-game map)
  3. Go to the south-west corner and descend down the rope.
• For the Ice Plateau in the Wilderness:
  1. Use the Wilderness Obelisks to teleport to the Obelisk on the Frozen plateau and then run Northwest. If the hard Wilderness achievements have been completed, the level 44 Obelisk can be directly selected. Otherwise it may take multiple attempts to arrive at the correct Obelisk.

Mechanics

Upon entry, the player is somewhat cold and the base poison damage from Wyverns is 300. This means the player is experiencing the "Cold" (around 20-25%) mechanic and should light one of the static fires nearby. As the player gets colder, an icy overlay becomes more visible on their screen. Several mechanics will take place depending on the chill from the cavern:

• Warm: Wyvern poison damage increased up to 900 per 4-5 ticks.
• Cold (25%): Wyvern attack damage greatly increases to around 2,500.
• Coldest (90%): Player will be constantly stunned at 8–10 seconds per stun; if fighting the wyverns in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, it is highly advised to use Freedom and get out of the cavern if this happens.

The warmer the player is, the higher the poison damage they will take, starting at about 600 damage every 4-5 ticks at 0% chill. As the player gets colder, the poison damage will start getting weaker, and at roughly 70% chill, the poison damage completely stops. A downside to this is that the Wyverns' basic attacks will get stronger the colder the player is, though this can be easily prevented by going into melee distance and using the appropriate prayer/curses to greatly reduce damage.

Standing within two spaces of a lit fire will slowly warm a player. Lit fires will only last a short time before they must be lit again. The chill effects can be reset by leaving the cavern, though this generally isn't needed for most slayer tasks.

The Wyverns have two ice breath attacks: their normal one (used by their skeletal brethren), and a poisonous one. Whenever the Wyvern uses the poisonous ice breath, a message will appear and say "A strong wyvern poison corrodes into your bones." Using elemental workshop shields of any sort, dragonfire shield or the wyrmfire potion will block the damage from their ice breath attacks, but will not protect against the ensuing poison attacks.

Antipoison++ will halve the damage of the poison, but each tick of poison damage will decrease the time left on the antipoison potion. Overload salve's antipoison duration is affected by the poison breath but will protect from the Wyvern's ice breath. The poison from this attack ignores the effects of the poison purge auras, the venomblood perk, incense sticks and the anti-poison totem from Dungeoneering.

Wyverns attack in a manner similar to Araxxi; at a distance they use both magic and ranged attacks. If the player is next to them, they will primarily attack with melee. It is highly recommended to fight them in melee distance regardless of equipment used, because the Wyvern's melee attack is weaker and easier to predict, whereas the magic and ranged attacks are nearly impossible to predict and the attack immediately deals damage before the projectiles even hit the player.

Like the cave itself, the Wyverns in the Wilderness also make use of the freezing mechanic.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 27,197 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Wyvern kill is worth 61,666 coins.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Wyvern bones	1	Always	9,589	1

Charms

Nothing	4	4	4	4
28–34%	14–18%	32–38%	13–18%	2–4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 594 kills. 4 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

This drop table may not have accurate data due to a low kill count. You can submit your data to the RuneMetrics project or edit this page to improve it.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Large plated rune salvage	1 (noted)	8/128	29,278	32,000
	Medium bladed rune salvage	1 (noted)	10/128	21,369	24,000
	Dragon dart tip	30–40	10/128	86,670–115,560	4,500–6,000
	Coins	6,021–9,536	10/128	6,021–9,536	6,021–9,536
	Crushed nest	4–6 (noted)	13/128	840–1,260	4–6
	Shark	1–3	9/128	485–1,455	180–540
	Prayer potion (3)	4–12 (noted)	7/128	27,632–82,896	364–1,092
	Uncut dragonstone	2–4 (noted)	6/128	9,864–19,728	1,200–2,400
	Soul rune	16–30	5/128	15,248–28,590	1,312–2,460
	Wyvern bones	3–9 (noted)	16/128	28,767–86,301	3–9
	Onyx bolt tips	4–6	6/128	25,084–37,626	21,600–32,400
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Grimy avantoe	3–5 (noted)	8/128	2,256–3,760	3–5
	Grimy ranarr	3–5 (noted)	10/128	13,620–22,700	3–5
	Grimy irit	3–5 (noted)	10/128	1,905–3,175	3–5
	Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,280	2,400

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Wyvern spines	10	26/128	3,440	1,050
	Cursed amascut sand	1	1/1024	20,235,310	Not alchemisable
	Raptor key part 1	1	1/256	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Wyvern crossbow	1	1/10000	42,685,144	600,000
	Draconic visage	1	1/10000	1,200,365	450,000
	Wilderness shared loot table	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Bone fragments	1	~1/2	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

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

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Uncut diamond 1 Common 828 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 37,260–45,540 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 221,940–271,260 27,000–33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 7,248 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 7,271 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 56,287 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,169 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,931 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 722,160–882,640 756,000–924,000 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,953 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 683,154–834,966 720,000–880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 70,033 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,002 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 28,250–34,250 678–822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 790,695–966,405 1,104,165–1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 56,304–67,896 136–164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,668–16,482 136–164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 45,765–55,935 22,950–28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 100,800–123,200 40,500–49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 11,492–13,858 68–82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 320,940–392,260 180–220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 5,300–7,420 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 498 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,275–7,530 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 502 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,225–7,470 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,574 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 3,225–4,515 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 9,548–10,912 532–608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 32,382–37,008 532–608 Torstol seed (m) 9–11 Uncommon 7,488–9,152 342–418 Snapdragon seed (m) 9–11 Uncommon 8,685–10,615 342–418 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 117,928 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 29,320 1,520 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 166,275–203,225 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 420,165–513,535 5,130–6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 33,300–40,700 1,350–1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 49,410–60,390 45–55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 840,150–1,026,850 450–550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 26,384–31,816 6,528–7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 261,900–320,100 64,800–79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 18,945–23,155 13,500–16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 383,130–468,270 243,000–297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 453,269 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 651 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 19,959 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 3,408,058,138 300,000

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:

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Wilderness hilt 1 Rare 43,986 48,000 Adrenaline crystal 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 36,880–110,640 12,000–36,000 Preserved meat 1 Common Not sold Not alchemisable Fremennik equipment patch 1 Uncommon 1,878 Not alchemisable Ancient warriors' equipment patch 1 Very rare 73,674 Not alchemisable Revenant drop enhancer 1 Rare Not sold Not alchemisable Bloodweed seed 1–3 Uncommon 77,428–232,284 38–114 Brawling gloves (Agility) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action 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	86,720	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• Guardian of the Realm ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Asgarnia & Misthalin.
  • Wyvern crossbow and Raptor key part 1 drops

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!

• ninja 13 March 2023 (Update):
  • Campfires are now present in the Wyvern area south of the Frozen Waste Plateau.

• update 1 August 2022 (Update):
  • Removed the ice warriors, ice giants and ice spiders from the area, replacing them with glacors, Wyverns and acheron mammoths respectively.

• patch 11 September 2017 (Update):
  • The following changes have been made to Living Wyverns:
    • The radius of the fires warming effect has been increased from 1 tile to 2.
    • The fire is now 4 times more effective.
    • The environment freezing effect now takes twice as long to build stacks.
    • The Wyverns' attack speed has been reduced.

• ninja 28 November 2016 (Update):
  • Weapon drops from Wyverns, ripper demons, camel warriors and Acheron mammoths now have a greater chance of being dropped during a Slayer assignment.

• ninja 14 December 2015 (Update):
  • Added quick chat options for declaring celestial dragon, Wyvern, ripper demon, camel warrior and Acheron mammoth kills.

• patch 7 December 2015 (Update):
  • The Slayer XP of Living Wyverns was increased by between 50-200%.

• patch 16 November 2015 (Update):
  • The drop rate of items on Living Wyverns has been buffed. The average drop should be worth approximately 15k.

• patch 9 November 2015 (Update):
  • Preferring, blocking or quick-chatting a Wyvern Slayer assignment will now display correct feedback.

• update 2 November 2015 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

Concept art of the wyvern

• Living wyverns where pitched on Runelabs by the player Anarchy Time.
• Wyverns are referred to as living wyverns in the beast tab kill count interface.
• There was a glitch where if assigned wyverns, when quickchatted it would say you are assigned "Nothing", including if they are preferred or blocked. This did not affect the built-in slayer counter however, and has since been fixed.
• The drop table for wyverns was buffed on 16 November 2015.
• Due to player complaints about how difficult wyverns were compared other slayer monsters of their level, they were given several changes with the 11 September 2017 update:
  • The lit fires were given an increased area of effect from a 3x3 to a 5x5 radius. Lit fires also removed frost stacks at a faster rate from 1% to 3%.
  • Their attack speed was lowered significantly.
  • The frost stacks take twice as long to accumulate.
• As of 6 May 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 28,252.