Skeletal Wyvern
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| Skeletal Wyvern | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 12 December 2005 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Combat level | 140 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Always drops | Wyvern bones | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | |||||||||||||||||||
| A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Combat info | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hitpoints | 210 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max hit | |||||||||||||||||||
| Aggressive | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Poison | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weakness | Slash, crush, dragonbane weapons | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attack style | Ranged, Melee, Icy breath | ||||||||||||||||||
 Slayer info | |||||||||||||||||||
| Slayer level | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Slayer XP | 210 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Category | Skeletal Wyvern | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 125 | 116 | 120 | 125 | 120 | |||||||||||||||
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| +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | |||||||||||||||
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| +140 | +90 | +90 | +80 | +140 | |||||||||||||||
| Other bonuses | Immunities | ||||||||||||||||||
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| +0 | +0 | +0 | +0% | Not immune | Not immune | ||||||||||||||
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Skeletal Wyverns are Slayer monsters that require a Slayer level of 72 in order to be harmed. They are found at the end of the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon. Like other Wyverns, they require an elemental shield, mind shield, dragonfire shield, dragonfire ward, or ancient wyvern shield to reduce damage from their icy breath however it is not required to be slain. They are also the only monster that drops granite legs.
Although it is insinuated in Tarn's journal that Skeletal Wyverns are undead, they are in fact re-animated remains, whereas actual undead creatures have come back to life. This causes the Salve amulet and its enchanted versions to not work against them.
Skeletal Wyverns are assigned by Chaeldar, Konar, Nieve and Duradel. Slayer masters will not assign Skeleton Wyverns as a slayer task until the player has completed the Elemental Workshop I quest.[1]
Unlike other Wyverns, Skeletal Wyverns do not drop the wyvern visage; instead they drop the draconic visage.
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Combat[edit | edit source]
Skeletal Wyverns have high Defence, Attack, and Hitpoints, thus making them very challenging opponents. They attack with Melee, Ranged, or their unique ice-breath attack. This attack can freeze players similar to the Ancient Magicks' ice spells, with the addition of preventing the player from retaliating back for the duration of the freeze. However, players may still eat and drink potions while frozen. Players should wield a(n) ancient, mind, elemental or dragonfire shield/ward, which negates stat loss as well as lowering the max hit of ice breath attacks to 10.
As such, if the player does not have or cannot afford a dragonfire shield, Elemental Workshop I is essentially a hidden requirement for killing Wyverns.
If a player is not wearing one of the shields, they will be hit for very high damage. Contrary to popular belief, armour does not affect the accuracy of the ice-breath attack; the ice-breath will hit through all types of armour.
Protect from Missiles is the suggested prayer to use on this fight due to the amount of range damage Skeletal Wyverns do, although it is not needed if you safe spot them. Due to their moderate Defence and defence bonuses, Melee is recommended to kill Wyverns, unless your Defence level is low. If killing Wyverns with Melee, an abyssal whip is recommended due to its high slash bonuses. Wyverns are slightly weak to Magic; for those using it, Fire Surge is recommended.
You can safespot Wyverns in multiple ways. A common method for doing this is getting them stuck behind the main entrance. Players should always wait for the Wyverns to get unaggressive before attempting this; otherwise, they'll get hit by other Wyverns when trying to safespot another. A good method to make them unaggressive is wait in front of the main entrance for ten to twenty minutes. This will make the Wyverns unaggressive near the entrance. Players can only walk around two steps inside the cave, if they go deeper, the Wyverns will get aggressive again. Alternatively, for safe-spotting, players can bring a few prayer potions and attack the Wyvern from seven steps away with Protect from Range on.
Locations[edit | edit source]
- Asgarnian Ice Dungeon
- Asgarnian Ice Dungeon upper level (slayer assignment only)
Drops[edit | edit source]
100%[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Wyvern bones 1 Always 2,192
Weapons/Armour[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Earth battlestaff 1 Common 9,041 
Rune axe 1 Uncommon 7,332 
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,579 
Rune warhammer 1 Uncommon 24,793 
Rune kiteshield 1 Uncommon 32,227 
Rune full helm 1 Uncommon 20,723 
Dragon plateskirt 1 Rare (1/512)[note 1] 161,405 
Dragon platelegs 1 Rare (1/512)[note 1] 161,420 
Granite legs 1 Rare (1/512) 39,656
Runes/Talismans[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Air rune 225 Common 1,125 
Water rune 150 Common 750 
Pure essence 250 (noted) Uncommon 750 
Chaos rune 20; 80 Uncommon 1,980–7,920 
Law rune 45 Uncommon 9,090 
Death rune 40 Uncommon 8,880 
Blood rune 25 Uncommon 7,200 
Soul rune 20 Rare 2,940
Ammunition[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Adamant bolts 7–99 Uncommon 1,484–20,988 
Runite bolts 5–44 Uncommon 1,745–15,356 
Rune arrow 36 Uncommon 3,276
Seeds[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Ranarr seed 3 Uncommon 116,100 
Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 51,648
Herbs[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Grimy guam leaf 1–3 Common 16–48 
Grimy marrentill 1–3 Common 14–42 
Grimy tarromin 1–3 Common 153–459 
Grimy harralander 1–3 Common 809–2,427 
Grimy ranarr weed 1–3 Uncommon 6,836–20,508 
Grimy irit leaf 1–3 Uncommon 833–2,499 
Grimy avantoe 1–3 Uncommon 1,554–4,662 
Grimy kwuarm 1–3 Uncommon 1,102–3,306 
Grimy cadantine 1–3 Uncommon 1,344–4,032 
Grimy lantadyme 1–3 Uncommon 1,247–3,741 
Grimy dwarf weed 1–3 Uncommon 609–1,827
Materials[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Magic logs 35 (noted) Uncommon 40,110 
Adamantite bar 10 (noted) Uncommon 20,960 
Unpowered orb 75 (noted) Uncommon 5,100 
Iron ore 200 (noted) Uncommon 19,600 
Uncut ruby 10 (noted) Uncommon 13,960 
Uncut diamond 5 (noted) Uncommon 14,640 
Battlestaff 10 (noted) Uncommon 83,390
Other[edit | edit source]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Coins 300 Common Not sold 
Prayer potion(4) 2 Uncommon 17,634 
Lobster 6 Uncommon 822 
Runite crossbow (u) 1 Uncommon 9,486 
Brimstone key 1 Uncommon (1/92)[2] Not sold 
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/350) Not sold 
Draconic visage 1 Very rare (1/10,000) 6,913,084
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the standard rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Coins 3,000 Rare Not sold 
Loop half of key 1 Rare 12,123 
Tooth half of key 1 Rare 9,506 
Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 634 
Runite bar 1 Rare 12,455 
Nature rune 67 Very rare 13,936 
Rune 2h sword 1 Very rare 37,976
Rune battleaxe 1 Very rare 24,579 
Uncut emerald 1 Very rare 799
Law rune 45 Very rare 9,090
Death rune 45 Very rare 9,990 
Steel arrow 150 Very rare 4,650
Rune arrow 42 Very rare 3,822 
Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 1,180 
Rune sq shield 1 Very rare 22,671 
Dragonstone 1 Very rare 12,153 
Silver ore 100 (noted) Very rare 7,500
Uncut ruby 1 Very rare 1,396
Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 32,227 
Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 59,255 
Rune spear 1 Very rare 12,050 
Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,700 
Unknown talisman
(please specify)1 Very rare Not sold 
Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,128
Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,928 
Rune javelin 5 Very rare 810
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The sound effects of their Ranged and breath attacks are similar to Ice Burst.
- Prior to the Bounty Hunter update on 18 September 2014, the drops of the Skeletal Wyvern were much poorer — their only unique items being Granite legs and the Draconic visage. Most of their drops were replaced with more valuable drops, such as 10 battlestaves, 35 magic logs, and rune item drops.
- As of an update on 21 January 2016, there is now an extended area exclusively for players who have a task of Skeletal Wyverns which can be accessed by climbing up the stairs near the passageway to the Wyverns, which was added due to player complaints on overcrowding due to the popularity of the Wyverns as a method of making money.
References[edit | edit source]
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