Skeletal Wyvern

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Skeletal Wyvern
Released										12 December 2005 (Update)
Members										Yes
Combat level										140
Size										3x3
Examine										A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones.
Combat info
Attribute										Draconic
XP bonus										+5%
Max hit										13 (Ranged) 50+ (Icy breath)
Aggressive										Yes
Poisonous										No
Attack style										Ranged, Slash, Icy breath
Attack speed
Respawn time										15 ticks (9 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level										72
Slayer XP										210 xp
Category										Skeletal Wyverns
Assigned by
Combat stats
200					125					116					120					125					120
Aggressive stats
+0					+0					+0					+0					+0					+0
Defensive stats
+140						+90						+90						+80						+140
Immunities
Poison										Not immune
Venom										Not immune
Cannons										Not immune
Thralls										Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID										468

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SMW Subobject for 1Magic defence bonus: 80Examine: A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones.Immune to venom: Not immuneAttack bonus: 0Magic Damage bonus: 0Ranged Strength bonus: 0Stab defence bonus: 140Uses skill: SlayerDefence level: 120Uses infobox: MonsterNPC ID: 468Crush defence bonus: 90Release date: 12 December 2005Version anchor: 1Ranged level: 120Attack level: 125Combat level: 140Is variant of: Skeletal WyvernMagic attack bonus: 0Slayer level: 72Slayer experience: 210Attack style: Ranged, Slash, Icy breathImmune to poison: Not immuneSize: 3Range defence bonus: 140Hitpoints: 200Range attack bonus: 0Slayer category: Skeletal WyvernsSlash defence bonus: 90Assigned by: chaeldar, konar, nieve, duradelIs members only: trueImage: File:Skeletal Wyvern.pngExperience bonus: 5Magic level: 125Name: Skeletal WyvernStrength bonus: 0Monster attribute: dragonStrength level: 116Attack speed: 6Max hit: 13 (Ranged), 50+ (Icy breath)

SMW Subobject for 4Magic defence bonus: 80Examine: A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones.Immune to venom: Not immuneAttack bonus: 0Magic Damage bonus: 0Ranged Strength bonus: 0Stab defence bonus: 140Uses skill: SlayerDefence level: 120Uses infobox: MonsterNPC ID: 467Crush defence bonus: 90Release date: 12 December 2005Version anchor: 4Ranged level: 120Attack level: 125Combat level: 140Is variant of: Skeletal WyvernMagic attack bonus: 0Slayer level: 72Slayer experience: 210Attack style: Ranged, Slash, Icy breathImmune to poison: Not immuneSize: 3Range defence bonus: 140Hitpoints: 200Range attack bonus: 0Slayer category: Skeletal WyvernsSlash defence bonus: 90Assigned by: chaeldar, konar, nieve, duradelIs members only: trueImage: File:Skeletal Wyvern (4).pngExperience bonus: 5Magic level: 125Name: Skeletal WyvernStrength bonus: 0Monster attribute: dragonStrength level: 116Attack speed: 6Max hit: 13 (Ranged), 50+ (Icy breath)

SMW Subobject for 3Magic defence bonus: 80Examine: A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones.Immune to venom: Not immuneAttack bonus: 0Magic Damage bonus: 0Ranged Strength bonus: 0Stab defence bonus: 140Uses skill: SlayerDefence level: 120Uses infobox: MonsterNPC ID: 466Crush defence bonus: 90Release date: 12 December 2005Version anchor: 3Ranged level: 120Attack level: 125Combat level: 140Is variant of: Skeletal WyvernMagic attack bonus: 0Slayer level: 72Slayer experience: 210Attack style: Ranged, Slash, Icy breathImmune to poison: Not immuneSize: 3Range defence bonus: 140Hitpoints: 200Range attack bonus: 0Slayer category: Skeletal WyvernsSlash defence bonus: 90Assigned by: chaeldar, konar, nieve, duradelIs members only: trueImage: File:Skeletal Wyvern (3).pngExperience bonus: 5Magic level: 125Name: Skeletal WyvernStrength bonus: 0Monster attribute: dragonStrength level: 116Attack speed: 6Max hit: 13 (Ranged), 50+ (Icy breath)

SMW Subobject for 2Magic defence bonus: 80Examine: A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones.Immune to venom: Not immuneAttack bonus: 0Magic Damage bonus: 0Ranged Strength bonus: 0Stab defence bonus: 140Uses skill: SlayerDefence level: 120Uses infobox: MonsterNPC ID: 465Crush defence bonus: 90Release date: 12 December 2005Version anchor: 2Ranged level: 120Attack level: 125Combat level: 140Is variant of: Skeletal WyvernMagic attack bonus: 0Slayer level: 72Slayer experience: 210Attack style: Ranged, Slash, Icy breathImmune to poison: Not immuneSize: 3Range defence bonus: 140Hitpoints: 200Range attack bonus: 0Slayer category: Skeletal WyvernsSlash defence bonus: 90Assigned by: chaeldar, konar, nieve, duradelIs members only: trueImage: File:Skeletal Wyvern (2).pngExperience bonus: 5Magic level: 125Name: Skeletal WyvernStrength bonus: 0Monster attribute: dragonStrength level: 116Attack speed: 6Max hit: 13 (Ranged), 50+ (Icy breath)

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 diary that skeletal wyverns are undead, they are in fact re-animated remains, whereas actual undead creatures have come back to life. This means that the Salve amulet and its enchanted versions do not work against them.

Skeletal wyverns are assigned by the Slayer masters Chaeldar, Konar, Nieve, and Duradel. Because an elemental shield or better is required to defend against their icy breath, they will only assign them if the player has completed the Elemental Workshop I quest.

Unlike the wyverns that reside within Fossil Island, skeletal wyverns do not drop the wyvern visage; rather, they drop the draconic visage.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Asgarnian Ice Dungeon	140		18	Maplink
Asgarnian Ice Dungeon (Upper level)	140		4	Maplink

There is an upper level available to players that are assigned them as a slayer task.

Combat

Main article: Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies

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 food or drink potions while frozen. Players can wield an ancient, mind, elemental, or dragonfire shield/ward to reduce the wyverns' ice breath's max hit to 10. The ancient wyvern shield also makes the player immune to the freezing effect of the icy breath. 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 against them due to the amount of range damage skeletal wyverns do, although it is not needed if you can safespot them.

As the wyverns are draconic creatures, dragonbane weapons such as the dragon hunter lance (on the pound/swipe stance, as wyverns' stab Defence is rather high) and the dragon hunter crossbow are the best choices to kill them swiftly. They are one of the only monsters in the game vulnerable to both dragonbane weapons and dragonfire effects. A dragon hunter crossbow with enchanted dragonstone bolts can be extremely effective against them. Due to their moderate melee Defence, melee is recommended to kill wyverns, unless the player's Defence level is low. If killing wyverns with melee, an abyssal whip or other high-accuracy slash weapon is recommended. Wyverns are slightly weak to Magic.

The most popular way of safespotting Wyverns is done by trapping the eastern or western one on the side of the cave entrance after losing aggression, as shown.

Safespot for task-only area.

Wyverns can be safespotted 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 become unaggressive, which takes 10 minutes, before attempting this; otherwise, they'll get hit by other wyverns when trying to safespot another. A good method to make them unaggressive is to wait in front of the main entrance for ten minutes; this will make the wyverns unaggressive near the entrance. Players who do this should be careful not to walk more than a few steps deeper into the cave, as if they do, the wyverns will get aggressive again. Alternatively, for safespotting, players can bring a few Prayer potions and attack the wyvern from seven steps away with Protect from Range on.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 228,591 kills from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average skeletal wyvern kill, including its unique drops, is worth 17,702.00. Excluding the draconic visage, dragon platelegs, dragon plateskirt and granite legs drops, the average kill is worth 16,601.00.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Wyvern bones	1	Always	2,438	96

Pre-roll

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Granite legs	1	1/512	40,028	39,600
	Dragon platelegs	1	1/512	160,988	162,000
	Dragon plateskirt	1	1/512	160,886	162,000

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Earth battlestaff	1	4/128	8,943	9,300
	Battlestaff	10 (noted)	3/128	77,170	42,000
	Rune axe	1	3/128	7,212	7,680
	Rune battleaxe	1	2/128	24,482	24,960
	Rune warhammer	1	2/128	24,473	24,900
	Rune full helm	1	2/128	20,535	21,120
	Rune kiteshield	1	2/128	31,907	32,640

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Air rune	225	6/128	1,125	450
	Rune arrow	36	5/128	2,232	8,640
	Water rune	150	4/128	750	300
	Chaos rune	80	4/128	5,840	4,320
	Law rune	45	4/128	6,345	6,480
	Death rune	40	4/128	7,280	4,320
	Blood rune	25	4/128	9,150	6,000
	Adamant bolts	75–99	3/128	14,850–19,602	2,550–3,366
	Runite bolts	35–44	3/128	9,485–11,924	6,300–7,920
	Soul rune	20	1/128	4,240	3,600

Herbs

There is a 7/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table. 3 herbs are always dropped at a time.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Grimy guam leaf	1–3	1/73.1	71–213	7–21
	Grimy marrentill	1–3	1/97.5	22–66	8–24
	Grimy tarromin	1–3	1/130	109–327	9–27
	Grimy harralander	1–3	1/167.2	855–2,565	9–27
	Grimy ranarr weed	1–3	1/212.8	8,905–26,715	18–54
	Grimy irit leaf	1–3	1/292.6	681–2,043	10–30
	Grimy avantoe	1–3	1/390.1	1,737–5,211	10–30
	Grimy kwuarm	1–3	1/468.1	1,341–4,023	12–36
	Grimy cadantine	1–3	1/585.1	1,544–4,632	13–39
	Grimy lantadyme	1–3	1/780.2	1,385–4,155	13–39
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–3	1/780.2	968–2,904	14–42

Resources

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Pure essence	250 (noted)	8/128	500	500
	Magic logs	35 (noted)	6/128	36,225	6,720
	Adamantite bar	10 (noted)	6/128	19,630	3,840
	Iron ore	200 (noted)	3/128	29,800	2,000
	Uncut ruby	10 (noted)	2/128	11,580	600
	Uncut diamond	5 (noted)	2/128	13,860	600

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	300	12/128	300	300
	Lobster	6	8/128	1,188	252
	Prayer potion(4)	2	7/128	25,070	228
	Unpowered orb	75 (noted)	2/128	7,575	4,500
	Runite crossbow (u)	1	2/128	9,300	9,700
	Ranarr seed	3	2/128	175,416	90
	Snapdragon seed	1	2/128	89,243	36

Rare drop table

There is a 3/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	1/235.16; Never	N/A	N/A
	Coins	3,000	1/260.06	3,000	3,000
	Loop half of key	1	1/270.95; 1/268.93	10,150	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/270.95; 1/268.93	10,149	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/1,092.27; 1/554.67	354	15
	Runite bar	1	1/1,092.27	12,464	3,000
	Nature rune	67	1/1,820.44	12,127	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/1,820.44	37,891	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/1,820.44	24,482	24,960
	Uncut emerald	1	1/2,184.53; 1/1,109.33	550	30
	Law rune	45	1/2,730.67	6,345	6,480
	Death rune	45	1/2,730.67	8,190	4,860
	Steel arrow	150	1/2,730.67	1,500	1,050
	Rune arrow	42	1/2,730.67	2,604	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	1/2,730.67	1,360	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/2,730.67	22,534	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/2,730.67	11,546	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/2,730.67	6,100	4,500
	Uncut ruby	1	1/4,369.07; 1/2,218.67	1,158	60
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/5,461.33	31,907	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/5,461.33	58,841	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/5,765.37; 1/668.94	11,836	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/11,530.73; 1/1,337.89	65,473	66,000
	Chaos talisman	1	1/11,650.84; 1/5,916.44	154	2
	Dragon spear	1	1/15,374.31; 1/1,783.85	37,137	37,440
	Uncut diamond	1	1/17,476.27; 1/8,874.67	2,772	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/34,952.53; 1/17,749.33	730	1,200

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Brimstone key	1	1/73	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/350	Not sold	12
	Draconic visage	1	1/10,000	3,943,789	450,000

Combat Achievements

The following Combat Achievement tasks involve skeletal wyverns.

Name	Description	Difficulty	Category
A Frozen Foe from the Past	Kill a Skeletal Wyvern	Medium	Kill count

Changes

Date	Changes
18 September 2014 (update | poll)	The Skeletal Wyvern drop table was given a boost in value, with items like battlestaves, magic logs, and rune items added. Previously their only drops of value were the granite legs and draconic visage.
21 January 2016 (update)	The task-only Skeletal Wyvern area was added.

Trivia

• The sound effects of their Ranged and breath attacks are similar to Ice Burst.