Dust devil

Lv 93Lv 110
Dust devil
Released	18 April 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	93
Always drops	Bones
Examine
	The vacuumed face of evil.
Combat info
Hitpoints	105
Max hit	8 (16 without facemask)
Aggressive	No
Poison	No
Weakness	Magic
Attack style	Melee
Slayer info
Slayer level	65
Slayer XP	105
Category	Dust devil
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Other bonuses
Attack speed

A dust devil is a Slayer monster that requires level 65 Slayer to kill. They are located in the Smoke Dungeon and the Catacombs of Kourend. The use of a facemask or a Slayer helmet is required to fight dust devils as they use clouds of dust, sand, ash, and whatever else they can inhale to blind and disorient their victims. Dust devils cannot be assigned as a Slayer task until starting Desert Treasure.^[1]

Location[edit | edit source]

Smoke Dungeon - Found in the western part of the dungeon. You will also need to have started the Desert Treasure quest (and do it up to the point where you make and look into the mirrors) to gain access to the well. The entire time you are in the Smoke Dungeon, you must have the facemask or Slayer helmet equipped, or you will die very quickly.
Catacombs of Kourend - stronger dust devils can be found here; having a combat level of 110 with 130 hitpoints and a higher max hit. A facemask is still required and if not worn your stats will get reduced similar to aberrant spectres when a nosepeg is not worn.

Strategy[edit | edit source]

Players need at least level 65 Slayer to fight these creatures. Protective headgear is also required to fight them; if players don't wear a facemask, slayer helmet or slayer helmet (i), they will not be able to damage dust devils, as a single attack from them unprotected will reduce Attack, Strength, Ranged, and Magic to 0 whilst halving a player's prayer points and defence level. In addition, if the player is not using protection from melee the dust devil will deal 16 damage with each hit.

An effective method to kill dust devils in the Catacombs of Kourend is to use Ice Burst or Ice Barrage. Turn on Protect from Melee, then attack the dust devils with a fast ranged weapon (such as darts or toxic blowpipe) to get them aggressive towards you. Run to a side which has two corners adjacent to each other and run back and forth between the two corners so that the dust devils clump into a small area. Switch to magic attack and use Ice Burst/Barrage. Since the dust devils have very little Magic defence, magical accuracy doesn't matter much, and players may choose to use equipment with high Prayer bonus to save Prayer potion doses, though you will want to keep your magic attack bonus higher than about -20. Equipment that increases magic strength, such as a Tormented bracelet, Ancestral robes, Imbued god cape, and Occult necklace are still worth bringing for their ability to increase your max hit. Additionally, having a bonecrusher helps in this regard since burying bones inside the Catacombs of Kourend also restores Prayer points.

A good healing strategy for non-overhead prayer users is to use the spell Bones to Peaches to maximise one's stay. Players with 80+ Defence and a Saradomin godsword shouldn't need much more than 5 sharks for a slayer task. However, those with high Defence and good defensive armour may not require any food, especially due to the occasional 4 Ugthanki kebab drop.

If using Magic or Ranged in the Smoke Dungeon, some of the lava pits can be used as safespots. One of them is the lava pit located northwest of the door leading to the burnt chest.

A safe spot in the Catacombs, just south of the Warped Jellies.

Drops[edit | edit source]

100%[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Bones	1	Always	52

Weapons/Armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Rune arrow	12	Common	1,236
Adamant axe	1	Uncommon	590
Rune dagger	1	Uncommon	4,530
Red d'hide vamb	1	Uncommon	1,894
Black d'hide vamb	1	Uncommon	2,432
Air battlestaff	1	Uncommon	9,038
Earth battlestaff	1	Uncommon	9,042
Mystic air staff	1	Rare	25,220
Mystic earth staff	1	Rare	25,200
Dragon dagger	1	Rare (1/128)^[2]	17,624
Dust battlestaff	1	Very rare (1/4,000)^[3]	26,248
Dragon chainbody	1	Very rare (1/32,768)	882,936

Runes[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Dust rune	200	Common	400
Earth rune	300	Common	1,500
Fire rune	50; 300	Common	250–1,500
Chaos rune	80	Uncommon	7,840
Soul rune	20; 50	Uncommon	2,940–7,350

Herbs[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Grimy guam leaf	1	Common	17
Grimy marrentill	1	Common	16
Grimy tarromin	1	Common	159
Grimy avantoe	1	Uncommon	1,501
Grimy harralander	1	Uncommon	782
Grimy irit leaf	1	Uncommon	790
Grimy kwuarm	1	Uncommon	1,019
Grimy ranarr weed	1	Uncommon	6,782
Grimy cadantine	1	Rare	1,192
Grimy lantadyme	1	Rare	1,209
Grimy dwarf weed	1	Rare	585

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Coins	2,000–4,000	Common	Not sold
Ugthanki kebab	4	Uncommon (1/64)	2,676
Mithril bar	10 (noted)	Uncommon	6,600
Adamantite bar	4 (noted)	Rare	8,336
Brimstone key	1	Varies ^[4]	Not sold
Ancient shard	1	Rare (1/246.66)^[5]	Not sold
Dark totem base	1	Rare (1/370)^[5]	Not sold
Dark totem middle	1	Rare (1/370)^[5]	Not sold
Dark totem top	1	Rare (1/370)^[5]	Not sold

↑ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 Oct 2017. Mod Ash: "I think all three of the checks you list are still in effect on the creatures in question. Reducing requirements tends not to be popular."
↑ Twitter - 5 October 2016
↑ Twitter - 15 October 2016
↑ Only dropped if killed on a slayer assignment given by Konar quo Maten.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Only dropped by those found within the Catacombs of Kourend.

Gem drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the gem drop table.


Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Uncut sapphire	1	Rare	626
Uncut emerald	1	Rare	752
Uncut ruby	1	Rare	1,392
Nature talisman	1	Very rare	Not sold
Uncut diamond	1	Very rare	2,874
Rune javelin	5	Very rare	800
Loop half of key	1	Very rare	11,663
Tooth half of key	1	Very rare	9,635
Rune spear	1	Very rare	12,007
Shield left half	1	Very rare	65,742
Dragon spear	1	Very rare	37,439