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StandardCatacombs of KourendWilderness Slayer Cave
Abyssal demon



Released		26 January 2005 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		124
Size		1x1
Examine		A denizen of the Abyss!

Combat info

Attribute		Demon
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		8
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Stab
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		12 ticks (7.2 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		85
Slayer XP		150 xp
Category		Abyssal Demons
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Combat stats


150	97	67	135	1	1

Aggressive stats


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


+20		+20		+20

Magic defence


+0			No elemental weakness

Ranged defence


+20		+20		+20

Immunities

Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		415,416
Link		MOID

Abyssal demons are one of the strongest types of demons, requiring level 85 Slayer to be damaged. Alongside their boss variant, they are the only creatures in the game to drop the abyssal whip and abyssal dagger. They have relatively high accuracy but their max hit of 8 is low for their combat level.

In combat, abyssal demons are capable of teleporting either themselves or the player around, meaning that safespotting is not viable. When landing a successful hit on an abyssal demon, it has a 1/6 chance to teleport away, followed by a 1/3 chance to teleport the player away in case the first roll fails.^[1] Abyssal demons can teleport players up to 20 tiles away.^[2] When teleported, you will stop attacking the demon. Having Auto Retaliate turned on can help make sure you fight back. The forced teleport on the player can be avoided by reading a Teleport anchoring scroll.

Killing an abyssal demon in the Slayer Tower is a requirement for the Morytania elite diary.

Being a demon, this creature is affected by demonbane weapons.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map	League region
Abyssal Area (ALR)	124	13	Show map	General✓
Catacombs of Kourend	124	13	Show map	Kourend✓
Slayer Tower (2^nd floor)	124	14	Show map	Morytania✓
Slayer Tower (basement)	124	14	Show map	Morytania✓
Wilderness Slayer Cave	124	8	Show map	Wilderness✓

Drops

Standard and Catacombs of Kourend

Drop rates are estimated based on 1,142,066 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Konar task	Average drop value
Konar task	GE	HA
No	4,493.58	752.28
Yes	5,629.09	1,091.80

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Abyssal ashes	1	Always	1,795	1

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Black sword	1	4/128	487	374
Steel battleaxe	1	3/128	144	390
Black axe	1	2/128	855	230
Mithril kiteshield	1	1/128	1,085	1,326
Rune chainbody	1	1/128	29,474	30,000
Rune med helm	1	1/128	11,067	11,520
Abyssal whip	1	1/512^[3]	842,651	72,000
Abyssal dagger	1	1/32,000^[4]	1,204,135	69,000

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	50	8/128	250	100
Chaos rune	10	7/128	1,060	540
Blood rune	7	4/128	2,625	1,680
Law rune	3	1/128	369	432

Herbs

There is a 19/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1	1/26.9	195	7
Grimy marrentill	1	1/35.9	183	8
Grimy tarromin	1	1/47.9	122	9
Grimy harralander	1	1/61.6	291	9
Grimy ranarr weed	1	1/78.4	5,270	18
Grimy irit leaf	1	1/107.8	1,263	10
Grimy avantoe	1	1/143.7	1,362	10
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/172.5	1,854	12
Grimy cadantine	1	1/215.6	2,115	13
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/287.4	1,234	13
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/287.4	1,345	14

Materials

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Pure essence	60 (noted)	5/128	120	120
	Adamantite bar	1	2/128	1,855	384

Coins

The overall chance of rolling a coin drop is 58/128 with an average value of 130 per coin drop, or 58.86 per kill.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	132	35/128	132	132
Coins	220	9/128	220	220
Coins	30	7/128	30	30
Coins	44	6/128	44	44
Coins	460	1/128	460	460

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Lobster	1	2/128	96	42
Cosmic talisman	1	1/128	178	2
Chaos talisman	1	1/128	245	2
Defence potion(3)	1	1/128	324	72

Rare and Gem drop table

There is a 2/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 5/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/44.78; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	1/390.1	3,000	3,000
Uncut sapphire	1	1/96.38; 1/48.94^{[d 2]}	231	15
Loop half of key	1	1/361.58; 1/324.68^{[d 2]}	9,679	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/361.58; 1/324.68^{[d 2]}	9,771	60
Uncut emerald	1	1/192.75; 1/97.88^{[d 2]}	467	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/385.51; 1/195.76^{[d 2]}	1,104	60
Runite bar	1	1/1,638.4	12,263	3,000
Nature rune	67	1/2,730.67	11,524	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/2,730.67	38,075	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/2,730.67	24,449	24,960
Law rune	45	1/4,096	5,535	6,480
Death rune	45	1/4,096	8,460	4,860
Steel arrow	150	1/4,096	900	1,050
Rune arrow	42	1/4,096	1,974	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	1/4,096	760	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/4,096	22,553	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/4,096	10,748	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/4,096	6,100	4,500
Nature talisman	1	1/1,028.02; 1/522.04^{[d 2]}	280	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/1,542.02; 1/783.06^{[d 2]}	2,441	120
Rune kiteshield	1	1/8,192	31,964	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/8,192	58,453	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/7,423.55; 1/759.24^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,622	12,480
Rune javelin	5	1/3,084.05; 1/1,566.12^{[d 2]}	675	1,200
Shield left half	1	1/14,847.09; 1/1,518.48^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,036	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/19,796.13; 1/2,024.64^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,083	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 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled abyssal head	1	1/25	3,052	351
Brimstone key	1	1/76^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}^[5]	Not sold	12
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/1,200^{[d 4]}^{[d 3]}^[5]	Not sold	12
Abyssal head	1	1/6,000^[5]	Not sold	7,200

^ 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 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/1,140 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Catacombs tertiary

The following drops are only accessible while killing the Catacombs of Kourend variants.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ancient shard	1	1/233	Not sold	122
Dark totem base	1	1/350^{[d 1]}	Not sold	123
Dark totem middle	1	1/350^{[d 1]}	Not sold	123
Dark totem top	1	1/350^{[d 1]}	Not sold	123

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Players will receive the totem piece that they possess the fewest of.
In case of a tie, the pieces are prioritised in the order of base > middle > top.

Wilderness Slayer Cave

Drop rates are estimated based on 1,180,000 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Slayer master	Average drop value
Slayer master	GE	HA
None/Other	6,443.63	1,232.75
Krystilia	8,310.67	1,732.23^{[a 1]}
Konar	2,921.29	1,093.85

^ Assuming that Larran's big chest is opened with every Larran's key.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Abyssal ashes	1	Always	1,795	1

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Black sword	1	4/68	487	374
Steel battleaxe	1	3/68	144	390
Black axe	1	2/68	855	230
Mithril kiteshield	1	1/68	1,085	1,326
Rune chainbody	1	1/68	29,474	30,000
Rune med helm	1	1/68	11,067	11,520
Abyssal whip	1	1/512^[6]	842,651	72,000
Abyssal dagger	1	1/32,000^[4]	1,204,135	69,000

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	50	8/68	250	100
Chaos rune	10	7/68	1,060	540
Blood rune	7	4/68	2,625	1,680
Law rune	3	1/68	369	432

Herbs

There is a 19/68 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1	1/14.3	195	7
Grimy marrentill	1	1/19.1	183	8
Grimy tarromin	1	1/25.5	122	9
Grimy harralander	1	1/32.7	291	9
Grimy ranarr weed	1	1/41.6	5,270	18
Grimy irit leaf	1	1/57.3	1,263	10
Grimy avantoe	1	1/76.4	1,362	10
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/91.6	1,854	12
Grimy cadantine	1	1/114.5	2,115	13
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/152.7	1,234	13
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/152.7	1,345	14

Materials

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Pure essence	60 (noted)	5/68	120	120
	Adamantite bar	1	2/68	1,855	384

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Cosmic talisman	1	1/68	178	2
Chaos talisman	1	1/68	245	2
Defence potion(3)	1	1/68	324	72

Rare and Gem drop table

There is a 2/68 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 5/68 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/23.79; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	1/207.24	3,000	3,000
Uncut sapphire	1	1/51.2; 1/26^{[d 2]}	231	15
Loop half of key	1	1/192.09; 1/172.49^{[d 2]}	9,679	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/192.09; 1/172.49^{[d 2]}	9,771	60
Uncut emerald	1	1/102.4; 1/52^{[d 2]}	467	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/204.8; 1/104^{[d 2]}	1,104	60
Runite bar	1	1/870.4	12,263	3,000
Nature rune	67	1/1,450.67	11,524	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/1,450.67	38,075	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/1,450.67	24,449	24,960
Law rune	45	1/2,176	5,535	6,480
Death rune	45	1/2,176	8,460	4,860
Steel arrow	150	1/2,176	900	1,050
Rune arrow	42	1/2,176	1,974	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	1/2,176	760	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/2,176	22,553	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/2,176	10,748	6,000
Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/2,176	6,100	4,500
Nature talisman	1	1/546.13; 1/277.33^{[d 2]}	280	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/819.2; 1/416^{[d 2]}	2,441	120
Rune kiteshield	1	1/4,352	31,964	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/4,352	58,453	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/3,943.76; 1/403.35^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,622	12,480
Rune javelin	5	1/1,638.4; 1/832^{[d 2]}	675	1,200
Shield left half	1	1/7,887.52; 1/806.69^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,036	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/10,516.69; 1/1,075.59^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,083	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 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
Ensouled abyssal head	1	1/25	3,052	351
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128^{[d 1]}^{[d 2]}^[5]	Not sold	12
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/1,200^{[d 3]}^{[d 2]}^[5]	Not sold	12
Abyssal head	1	1/6,000^[5]	Not sold	7,200

^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/1,140 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Wilderness Slayer tertiary

The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Larran's key	1	1/65	120,857	54
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/200	1,542	720

Wilderness Slayer Cave tertiary

There is approximately a 80/100 chance of rolling the Wilderness Slayer Cave drop table, which includes various items available from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blighted anglerfish	1–2	~1/9.3	85–170	30–60
Blighted manta ray	1–2	~1/9.3	107–214	30–60
Blighted karambwan	1–2	~1/13.9	45–90	30–60
Blighted teleport spell sack	1–10	~1/13.9	56–560	19–190
Blighted ancient ice sack	1–10	~1/13.9	352–3,520	21–210
Blighted vengeance sack	1–10	~1/13.9	72–720	18–180
Blighted entangle sack	1–10	~1/6.9	46–460	18–180
Blighted super restore(4)	1	~1/27.8	2,993	24
Revenant cave teleport	1	~1/27.8	509	6
Dareeyak teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	523	1
Wilderness crabs teleport	1	~1/138.8	18,506	37
Carrallanger teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	2,049	1
Paddewwa teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	492	1
Annakarl teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	2,109	1
Lassar teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	1,583	1
Kharyrll teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	1,987	1
Senntisten teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	1,223	1
Ghorrock teleport (tablet)	1	~1/138.8	1,779	1
Target teleport	1	~1/138.8	1,144	1
Magic shortbow scroll	1	~1/346.9	32,856	3,000
Ring of wealth scroll	1	~1/346.9	2,909	3,000
Trouver parchment	2	~1/1,387.5	729,156	240
Looting bag note	1	~1/1,387.5	46,485	54

Changes

Date	Changes
16 June 2021 (Update \| poll)	Abyssal demons now drop abyssal ashes in place of regular ashes.
4 May 2017 (Update)	Abyssal Demons in the Slayer Tower Basement will now count towards the Morytania Achievement Diary.
30 June 2016 (Update \| poll)	Abyssal Demons have had the abyssal dagger added to their drop table with a drop rate of 1/32k.
28 April 2016 (Update \| poll)	More Abyssal demon spawns have been added to the Slayer Tower.
18 February 2016 (Update)	The most southern Abyssal Demons in the Slayer Tower have been moved north marginally to prevent them from leaving their room.

Trivia

The iconic weapon dropped by the abyssal demon, the abyssal whip, is the spine of the creature.^[7]

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Mod Ash: "When they're executing the damage code (even with a damage value of 0) they call a 1/6 chance of teleporting themselves, and if that fails they call a 1/3 chance of teleporting the player. Magical splashing doesn't execute damage code (i.e. no hitsplat) hence what you observe."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Mod Ash: "The max range of their teleport is 20 tiles, so being teleported 20 tiles is conceivable. (...)"
^ Envision. "Drop Rates V2." 14 July 2014. Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Item Incinerator". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original. "Abyssal Demons have had the abyssal dagger added to their drop table with a drop rate of 1/32k."
^ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." 9 July 2014. Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ Envision. "Drop Rates V2." 14 July 2014. Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ Jagex. Official RuneScape's Twitter account. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Official RuneScape: "Did you know, the Abyssal Whip is crafted from the spine of an abyssal demon 👿 Question: How do you recognize a real abyssal whip from a fake one? (© _Manks / Reddit) #WednesdayWisdom"

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Slayer demons	Bloodveld Insatiable Bloodveld Mutated Bloodveld Insatiable mutated Bloodveld Nechryael ^{(Death spawn)} Greater Nechryael Nechryarch ^{(Chaotic death spawn)} Abyssal demon Greater abyssal demon Abyssal Sire Hellhound ^(Scarred) Cerberus
Fiends	Icefiend Pyrefiend Pyrelord Flaming pyrelord Infernal pyrelord Waterfiend
Revenants	Revenant imp Revenant pyrefiend Revenant hellhound Revenant demon
Personalities	Achtryn Alathazdrar Carrot Jim Lithil Mazchna Sageguard Melacar Sageguard Vandred Sergeant Damien Thammaron Voice of Yama Yama Zimberfizz
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Pets	Abyssal orphan Baron Hellcat Hellpuppy K'ril Tsutsaroth Jr. Skotos Smolcano Yami Dom
Demonic ashes	Fiendish ashes Vile ashes Malicious ashes Abyssal ashes Infernal ashes

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