Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies

Skeletal Wyverns are dangerous monsters, however they are very profitable to kill. The below lists show generally accepted strategies to defeat Skeletal Wyverns.

Note that a Slayer level of 72 is required in order to deal damage to Skeletal Wyverns. This may be boosted from level 67 Slayer by eating a wild pie.

Requirements

• Level 72 to deal damage against Skeletal Wyverns.
• Completion of Elemental Workshop I or II for access to the elemental or mind shield respectively. This shield offers protection to the very powerful icy breath attack of the Skeletal Wyverns.
  • Alternatively, the dragonfire shield, ancient wyvern shield and dragonfire ward also offer the same protection, all requiring having started Dragon Slayer I.

Recommendations

• High combat stats. Although not required, see the skill levels below for an indication of the advised stats:
  • If using Melee:
    • Level 75 or higher
    • Level 75 or higher
    • Level 70 or higher
    • Level 70 or higher for the Piety prayer
  • If using Ranged:
    • Level 70 or higher
    • Level 44 or higher for the Eagle Eye prayer
  • If using Magic:
    • Level 75 or higher for the Fire Wave spell

Getting there

Getting to the wyverns.

The Skeletal Wyverns are located in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon. The entrance to this dungeon may be found south of Port Sarim and north of Mudskipper Point. The quickest ways to travel here are:

1. From Rimmington use the Teleport to House spell, a Rimmington teleport tablet, or Captain Barnaby and run south-east.
2. From the Port Sarim docks using a Charter ship, or the Pest control minigame teleport or scrolls and run west then south.
3. From the fairy ring using code AIQ and run north.
4. From Port Sarim using the Spirit tree, Explorer's ring, or via the Port Sarim Rat Pits minigame teleport after the completion of Ratcatchers then run south-southwest.

From the dungeon entrance, climb down the trapdoor, first run north and then run east to find an open space with ice warriors and ice giants. The entrance to the Skeletal Wyverns can be found on the southern wall of this room. Players with level 72 Agility can take a shortcut right before the icy area.

A map of the dungeon where wyverns reside.

Mechanics

Attack styles

Skeletal wyverns attack with Melee, Ranged and their unique ice breath attack.

• The Melee attack is only used when the player is standing in Melee distance and can hit up to 13.
• The Ranged attack has an attack range of 6 tiles and can hit up to 13.
• The ice-breath attack has an attack range of 5 tiles and can hit 50+, although this damage can be drastically reduced to a maximum hit of 10 by the following shields: elemental shield, mind shield, dragonfire shield, ancient wyvern shield and dragonfire ward.
  • This attack will also freeze the player's character for a few seconds. During this period, the character is not able to move or attack.
    • The ancient wyvern shield will grant an immunity against this freezing effect.
  • Antifire potions have no effect on the wyvern's ice breath attack.

Draconic

Skeletal Wyverns are considered to be draconic creatures, which means that they are weak against dragonbane weapons.

Tips

Dragonbane weapons

Because Skeletal Wyverns are considered to be draconic creatures, they are weak against dragonbane weapons. Therefore it is recommended to use a dragon hunter crossbow or dragon hunter lance if any of these weapons are available.

Safespotting

South of the cave door are some additional safespots in which the western and southern sides of the ice structure (or pillar) can be used as safespots.

Skeletal Wyverns can be safespotted because they have a shorter attack range than players using a crossbow or magic spells. Skeletal Wyverns can be easily safespotted during a slayer task by standing one tile north-west of Steve/Pieve.

1. To safespot Skeletal Wyverns, first make sure to lose their aggressiveness. Aggressiveness is lost automatically after a player has spent 10 minutes in the same area (i.e. they don't move past a certain invisible border).
2. After this time period, attack a Skeletal Wyvern and lure it behind an obstacle (e.g. a wall that is sticking out).
3. While the Skeletal Wyvern is stuck behind the obstacle, move out of its attack range to make sure it can't attack the player anymore.
4. Now start attacking the Skeletal Wyvern using Magic or Ranged.

Wyvern runners

There are a few Clan Chats with players that travel to different locations to deliver items to players who are training there.

When safespotting there, it is advisable to use these services to trade your unstackable lootings for new potions, runes or bolts.

Dwarf multicannon

Dwarf multicannon are allowed in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, however only in the lower part of the cave; the upper Slayer-exclusive part is a no cannon zone. Cannons will make killing Skeletal Wyverns faster and the profit from the extra drops often outweigh the cost of the cannonballs. Therefore it can be recommended to bring a dwarf multicannon when meleeing Skeletal Wyverns.

Equipment

Loot setup
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In this section it is assumed that the player is using the safespotting method to attack the Skeletal Wyverns. During the first period, while the Skeletal Wyverns are still aggressive, it is necessary to wield a shield that protects the player from the icy breath attacks. However, when the player is able to safespot the Skeletal Wyverns, it is advisable to switch shield for a shield that provides magic attack bonuses. Always keep the other shield in the inventory, as the Skeletal Wyverns sometime are not lured correctly behind the obstacles, making them not safespottable, thus them being able to use their icy breath attacks again.

This is the best-in-slot available equipment for maging Skeletal Wyverns. The set up shown in this section currently costs approximately 778,715,437 coins. See the table below for an overview of equipment alternatives in case this setup is not accessible or too expensive.

Notes

• Casting fire spells with a charged tome of fire equipped will increase the spell's damage by 50%.
• The occult necklace (+10%), tormented bracelet (+5%), imbued god capes (+2%) and ancestral robes (+2% each) increase the maximum hit of the player's Magic spells.

Equipment upgrades and downgrades

Recommended equipment for Magic

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Ancestral hat Slayer helmet (i) (if on a Slayer task)	Ahrim's hood Farseer helm Infinity hat	Dagon'hai hat Elder chaos hood	Mystic hat	N/A
	Occult necklace	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of magic	N/A
	Imbued god cape	God cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Ardougne cloak 3 Ghostly cloak	Ardougne cloak 2
	Ancestral robe top	Ahrim's robetop	Dagon'hai robe top	Infinity top	Mystic robe top
	Ancestral robe bottom	Ahrim's robeskirt	Dagon'hai robe bottom	Infinity bottoms	Mystic robe bottom
	Harmonised nightmare staff	Toxic staff of the dead	Kodai wand	Staff of the dead Staff of balance Staff of light	Nightmare staff Eldritch nightmare staff Volatile nightmare staff
	Arcane spirit shield	Ancient wyvern shield	Mage's book	Malediction ward	Book of darkness
	Rada's blessing 4	God blessing Rada's blessing 3/2	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Tormented bracelet	Barrows gloves	Infinity gloves	Rune gloves	Combat bracelet Regen bracelet Mystic gloves
	Eternal boots	Infinity boots	Wizard boots	Boots of brimstone Boots of darkness	Mystic boots
	Seers ring (i)	Brimstone ring	Seers ring	Beacon ring	N/A

This is the best-in-slot available equipment for meleeing Skeletal Wyverns. The set up shown in this section currently costs approximately 476,006,191 coins. See the table below for an overview of equipment alternatives in case this setup is not accessible or too expensive. Players should pray melee when using melee.

Notes

• Make sure to use the Swipe or Pound attack style when using the dragon hunter lance.

Equipment upgrades and downgrades

Recommended equipment for Melee

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Torva full helm / Slayer helmet (if on a Slayer task)	Inquisitor's great helm / Neitiznot faceguard Black mask (if on a Slayer task)	Serpentine helm	Helm of neitiznot	Berserker helm Obsidian helmet
	Amulet of torture	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of strength	Amulet of power
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Mythical cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Ardougne cloak 3
	Inquisitor's hauberk / Torva platebody	Bandos chestplate	Justiciar chestguard	Dharok's platebody Guthan's platebody Torag's platebody	Fighter torso
	Inquisitor's plateskirt / Torva platelegs	Bandos tassets	Justiciar legguards	Verac's plateskirt	Dharok's platelegs Torag's platelegs
	Dragon hunter lance (on Pound)	Osmumten's fang (on Slash)	Inquisitor's mace Blade of saeldor	Abyssal tentacle	Abyssal whip
	Ancient wyvern shield	Dragonfire shield	Mind shield	Elemental shield	Dragonfire ward
	Rada's blessing 4	God blessing Rada's blessing 3/2	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ferocious gloves	Barrows gloves	Rune gloves	Regen bracelet	N/A
	Primordial boots	Dragon boots	Spiked manacles	Guardian boots	Granite boots
	Berserker ring (i)	Ring of suffering (i)	Brimstone ring	Berserker ring	N/A

Loot setup
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In this section it is assumed that the player is using the safespotting method to attack the Skeletal Wyverns. During the first period, while the Skeletal Wyverns are still aggressive, it is necessary to wield a shield that protects the player from the icy breath attacks. However, when the player is able to safespot the Skeletal Wyverns, it is advisable to switch shield for a shield that provides ranged attack bonuses. Always keep the other shield in the inventory, as the Skeletal Wyverns sometime are not lured correctly behind the obstacles, making them not safespottable, thus them being able to use their icy breath attacks again.

This is the best-in-slot available equipment for ranging Skeletal Wyverns. The set up shown in this section currently costs approximately 200,590,465 coins. See the table below for an overview of equipment alternatives in case this setup is not accessible or too expensive.

Equipment upgrades and downgrades

Recommended equipment for Ranged

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Armadyl helmet Slayer helmet (i) (if on a Slayer task)	Blessed coif	Crystal helm (if using Bow of faerdhinen)	Karil's coif	N/A
	Necklace of anguish	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of power	Amulet of accuracy
	Ava's assembler Assembler max cape	Ava's accumulator Accumulator max cape	Ranging cape	Ava's attractor	Fire cape Infernal cape
	Armadyl chestplate	Blessed body	Crystal body (if using Bow of faerdhinen)	Karil's leathertop	Black d'hide body
	Armadyl chainskirt	Blessed chaps	Crystal legs (if using Bow of faerdhinen)	Karil's leatherskirt	Black d'hide chaps
	Dragon hunter crossbow	Bow of faerdhinen (with Crystal armour) / Zaryte crossbow	Armadyl crossbow	Dragon crossbow	Rune crossbow
	Twisted buckler (if using crossbow)	Dragonfire ward (if using crossbow)	Odium ward (if using crossbow)	Book of law (if using crossbow)	Unholy book (if using crossbow)
	Diamond dragon bolts (e) (if using crossbow)	Diamond bolts (e) (if using crossbow)	Runite bolts (if using crossbow) / Amethyst broad bolts (if using crossbow)	Broad bolts (if using crossbow)	Adamant bolts (if using crossbow)
	Zaryte vambraces	Barrows gloves	Blessed vambraces	Black d'hide vambraces	Red d'hide vambraces
	Pegasian boots	Ranger boots	Blessed boots	Boots of brimstone	Shayzien boots (5)
	Archers ring (i)	Brimstone ring	Archers ring	N/A	N/A

Loot setup
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In this section it is assumed that the player is using the safespotting method to attack the Skeletal Wyverns. During the first period, while the Skeletal Wyverns are still aggressive, it is necessary to wield a shield that protects the player from the icy breath attacks. However, when the player is able to safespot the Skeletal Wyverns, it is advisable to switch shield for a shield that provides ranged attack bonuses. Always keep the other shield in the inventory, as the Skeletal Wyverns sometime are not lured correctly behind the obstacles, making them not safespottable, thus them being able to use their icy breath attacks again.

This equipment is recommended when the player has level 92 Ranged or higher, while not having access to Armadyl equipment, as at this Ranged level it is more effective than (blessed) dragonhide armour.

See the table below for an overview of equipment alternatives in case this setup is not accessible or too expensive.

Equipment upgrades and downgrades

Recommended equipment for Ranged (Void)

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Void ranger helm	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Necklace of anguish	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of power	Amulet of accuracy
	Ava's assembler	Ava's accumulator	Ranging cape	Ava's attractor	Fire cape Infernal cape
	Elite void top	Void knight top	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Elite void robe	Void knight robe	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Dragon hunter crossbow	Zaryte crossbow	Armadyl crossbow	Dragon crossbow	Rune crossbow
	Twisted buckler	Dragonfire ward	Odium ward	Book of law	Unholy book
	Diamond dragon bolts (e)	Diamond bolts (e)	Runite bolts / Amethyst broad bolts	Broad bolts	Adamant bolts
	Void knight gloves	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Pegasian boots	Blessed boots	Ranger boots	Boots of brimstone	Shayzien boots (5)
	Archers ring (i)	Brimstone ring	Archers ring	N/A	N/A