Waterfiend

NormalSlayer task
Waterfiend
Released	3 July 2007 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	115
Size	1x1
Examine	A fiendish embodiment of water.
Combat info
Attribute	Demon
Max hit	16
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Magic, Magical ranged
Attack speed
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	128 xp
Category	Waterfiends
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Defensive stats
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID	2916

Waterfiends can be found in the Ancient Cavern underneath the Baxtorian Falls, Kraken Cove and Iorwerth Dungeon. They are moderately resistant to all forms of combat with the exception of crush attacks, which they are significantly more vulnerable against. They use a magic attack whose projectile resembles Water Blast, along with a magical ranged attack resembling ice arrows.

Duradel and Konar quo Maten are the only Slayer masters who assign waterfiends, and are a rare assignment. To unlock waterfiends as a task, players must have at least level 75 combat (unless they have requested Slayer masters ignore combat level requirements), and have progressed Barbarian training up to being prompted to access to the Ancient cavern as part of Barbarian Firemaking training.^[1]

Killing a waterfiend is a requirement for an elite clue scroll.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map
Ancient Cavern	115	16	Maplink
Unlit Ancient Cavern during Dragon Slayer II	115	16	Maplink
Kraken Cove	115	15	Maplink
Iorwerth Dungeon	115	20	Maplink

Strategies[edit | edit source]

Recommend blocking or skipping however, the simplest way to reach waterfiends is by accessing the Ancient Cavern, found south of the Barbarian Outpost. A games necklace allows for easy trips to the bank.

If Song of the Elves is completed the Iorwerth Dungeon is also a quick teleport away with a teleport crystal.

Because waterfiends use both magic and ranged, circumventing all of their damage through protection prayers is not possible. However, both of their attacks are rolled against the player's total magic resistance. Therefore, only armour which provides magic defence bonus, such as dragonhide or Karil's armour, is helpful when fighting waterfiends.

Using crush attacks is ideal for dealing damage. If crush weapons are not available, some high level weapons, such as the Saradomin sword and the leaf-bladed battleaxe, possess a secondary crush attack which is sufficient given the very low crush defence bonus of waterfiends.

Alternatively, ranged is also effective as most magic-resistant armour also provides a substantial ranged attack bonus.

Using Protect from Missiles is recommended for those struggling to defend against waterfiends. Players should also consider including Mystic Might in their quick-prayers for the added magic bonus.

Regardless, players should also consider bringing high-healing foods (i.e. sharks, tuna potatoes, anglerfish) in order to prolong their stay.

Many of the waterfiends' drops are ideal for casting High Level Alchemy on.

Players may also safespot waterfiends across the river using Ranged or Magic, or by tanking out the aggression timer and using the stalagmite across the river to the north-west.

Drops[edit | edit source]

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

The average waterfiend kill is worth 4,017.83.

The average waterfiend kill while on a Konar task is worth 5,186.75.

For waterfiends in the Prifddinas Slayer Dungeon, the average kill is worth an additional 730 due to the additional chance of receiving a crystal shard as a tertiary drop. This value for crystal shards assumes that they are made into divine super combat potions.

If on a Konar task in the Prifddinas Slayer Dungeon, the average kill from Brimstone Keys and crystal shards is worth an additional 1,899.

100%[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Water rune	1	Always	5	2
	Fiendish ashes	1	Always	175	0

Pre-roll[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mist battlestaff	1	1/3,000	43,261	9,300

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Staff of water	1	6/128	1,229	900
Adamant chainbody	1	2/128	2,908	2,880
Adamant warhammer	1	2/128	2,413	2,472
Rune med helm	1	2/128	11,112	11,520
Water battlestaff	1	4/128	8,832	9,300
Mystic water staff	1	1/128	25,077	25,500
Blue d'hide vambraces	1	1/128	1,500	1,800
Rune full helm	1	1/128	20,532	21,120

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Sapphire bolts	15	5/128	1,515	330
Mithril arrow	90	10/128	360	1,710
Water rune	150	6/128	750	300
Blood rune	17	3/128	6,086	4,080
Death rune	23	5/128	4,347	2,484
Mist rune	25–75	2/128	3,200–9,600	300–900
Mud rune	75–100	2/128	12,225–16,300	900–1,200
Steam rune	40–60	2/128	5,560–8,340	480–720

Materials[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Mithril ore	10–20 (noted)	4/128	1,240–2,480	970–1,940
Raw lobster	18 (noted)	3/128	2,700	756
Raw shark	8 (noted)	3/128	6,080	816
Shark	2	3/128	1,894	204
Mithril bar	10–15 (noted)	1/128	7,140–10,710	1,800–2,700
Uncut sapphire	3 (noted)	1/128	1,143	45
Uncut emerald	3 (noted)	1/128	1,668	90
Uncut ruby	3 (noted)	1/128	3,666	180
Uncut diamond	3 (noted)	1/128	8,949	360

Herbs[edit | edit source]

There is a 9/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1	1/56.9	57	7
Grimy marrentill	1	1/75.9	21	8
Grimy tarromin	1	1/101.1	119	9
Grimy harralander	1	1/130	775	9
Grimy ranarr weed	1	1/165.5	8,629	18
Grimy irit leaf	1	1/227.6	713	10
Grimy avantoe	1	1/303.4	1,650	10
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/364.1	1,591	12
Grimy cadantine	1	1/455.1	1,798	13
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/606.8	1,603	13
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/606.8	891	14

Seeds[edit | edit source]

There is a 4/128 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table. Watermelon seeds are an independent drop from the rare seed table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Toadflax seed	1	1/160.7	5,086	6
Irit seed	1	1/236	44	3
Belladonna seed	1	1/243.6	44	106
Poison ivy seed	1	1/343.3	21	99
Avantoe seed	1	1/343.3	742	4
Cactus seed	1	1/359.6	71	59
Potato cactus seed	1	1/503.5	6	84
Kwuarm seed	1	1/503.5	384	6
Snapdragon seed	1	1/755.2	84,234	36
Cadantine seed	1	1/1,078.9	1,132	4
Lantadyme seed	1	1/1,510.4	628	5
Snape grass seed	3	1/1,888	9,288	168
Dwarf weed seed	1	1/2,517.3	685	3
Torstol seed	1	1/3,776	61,988	42
Watermelon seed	5–15	3/128	80–240	165–495

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	2,000–3,000	15/128	2,000–3,000	2,000–3,000
Water orb	6–10 (noted)	8/128	9,378–15,630	1,080–1,800
Vial of water	40–50 (noted)	4/128	160–200	40–50
Water talisman	1	4/128	355	2
Oyster	3	2/128	258	360
Seaweed	20–30 (noted)	2/128	520–780	20–30
Snape grass	20–30 (noted)	2/128	6,560–9,840	120–180

Gem drop table[edit | edit source]

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

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/85.49; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/170.67; 1/86.67^{[d 2]}	381	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/341.33; 1/173.33^{[d 2]}	556	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/682.67; 1/346.67^{[d 2]}	1,222	60
Chaos talisman	1	1/1,820.44; 1/924.44^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	91	2
Nature talisman	1	1/1,820.44; 1/924.44^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	237	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/2,730.67; 1/1,386.67^{[d 2]}	2,983	120
Loop half of key	1	1/5,461.33; 1/2,773.33^{[d 2]}	9,795	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/5,461.33; 1/2,773.33^{[d 2]}	9,974	60
Rune javelin	5	1/5,461.33; 1/2,773.33^{[d 2]}	920	1,200
Rune spear	1	1/87,381.33; 1/5,200^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	11,819	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/174,762.67; 1/10,400^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	65,550	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/233,016.89; 1/13,866.67^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	37,386	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 The talisman dropped depends on where the monster is located: monsters above ground level drop the nature talisman, and monsters below ground level drop the chaos talisman.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Clue scroll (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Reward casket (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Crystal shard	1	1/24^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Brimstone key	1	1/97^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128^{[d 4]}	Not sold	12

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 This clue scroll and casket are only dropped when completing a elite cryptic clue asking you to kill a Waterfiend.
^ Crystal shards are only dropped by those found within the Iorwerth Dungeon.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
16 June 2021 (update \| poll)	Waterfiends now drop fiendish ashes.
17 March 2021 (update)	Several monsters, including Waterfiend, were tagged as demonic, allowing demonbane weapons to work on them.
15 September 2016 (update \| poll)	The drop table was improved to include more valuable drops.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 3 August 2020. (Archived from the original on 3 August 2020.) Mod Ash: "Ah. It's the bit where you're being told about pyre ships, and Otto tells you to go jump in the whirlpool to get bones for them."

[2] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-3] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[rowt-4] 3.0 ^3.1 The talisman dropped depends on where the monster is located: monsters above ground level drop the nature talisman, and monsters below ground level drop the chaos talisman.

[rowm-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

[elite-6] 1.0 ^1.1 This clue scroll and casket are only dropped when completing a elite cryptic clue asking you to kill a Waterfiend.

[7] Crystal shards are only dropped by those found within the Iorwerth Dungeon.

[8] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[9] The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121 with the completion of the hard combat achievements.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 3 August 2020. (Archived from the original on 3 August 2020.) Mod Ash: "Ah. It's the bit where you're being told about pyre ships, and Otto tells you to go jump in the whirlpool to get bones for them."

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Strategies[edit | edit source]