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Level 122Level 127Level 136
Hellhound



Released		27 February 2002 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		122
Size		2x2
Examine		Hello, nice doggy...
League region

Combat info

Attribute		Demon
XP bonus		+0%
Flat armour		0
Max hit		11
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Stab
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		89 ticks (53.4 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		116 xp
Category		Hellhounds
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Combat stats


116	105	104	102	1	1

Aggressive stats


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

Melee defence


+0		+0		+0

Magic defence


+0			50% weakness

Ranged defence


+0		+0		+0

Immunities

Poison		0% resistance
Venom		0% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune
Burn		Immune (weak)

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Advanced data

Monster ID		104,105,7256
Link		MOID

Hellhounds are monsters that are often given as a Slayer task to mid-to-high level players. Hellhounds are primarily killed for their hard clue scroll drops, as they drop them at a much higher rate compared to most other non-boss/superior monsters.

In order to be assigned them as a slayer task, the player must have 75 combat (unless it is not counted). Players with 91 Slayer may also kill Cerberus as an alternative to a hellhound task. Other alternatives include the skeleton hellhounds from Calvar'ion and Vet'ion, or reanimated hellhounds spawned by using Expert Reanimation on an ensouled hellhound head.

Strategy

Hellhounds are demonic creatures, so demonbane weapons will work against them. Their high combat level is mainly reflective of their accurate and powerful attacks; their low defensive stats make them fairly easy to defeat. Their magic defence is virtually non-existent - paired with their weakness to water, even a player with a negative magic attack bonus (e.g. when wearing Proselyte armour) will rarely miss when using water spells.

As they only attack with melee, Protect from Melee can be used to nullify their attacks.

Hellhounds found in the Catacombs of Kourend are particularly popular as the area is a multi-combat zone, allowing players to gain aggression of several at once for easy use of auto retaliate, and is also quite close to the entrance.

Some players opt to restore prayer at an altar and teleport back to this location using Xeric's talisman's Xeric's Heart option or the Kourend Castle Teleport spell (requires 48 Magic and completion of Client of Kourend to unlock the spell).

Since they occupy a large space of 2-by-2 squares, hellhounds can easily be safespotted in Taverley Dungeon on rocks and columns, or in the Witchaven Dungeon. In the Karuulm Slayer Dungeon, they can be safespotted with range at the entrance by staying against the north wall and luring the two northern spawn Hellhounds towards the entrance. They may also be safespotted in the Kourend dungeon by ranging them from the south of the room, using the corner of the entry hallway to block. Also it is possible to safespot them from the south in the Kourend Catacombs from the north exit, drag them along the wall and safespot them from the furthest tile in the corridor to the brutal dragons. It is also possible to safespot Hellhounds in the Wilderness Slayer dungeon by running to the gap in the stalagmites on the eastern wall in level 21 Wilderness. Get the closest Hellhound to the north from that spot to be aggressive towards you and use it to block others from attacking until the aggression timer is up, after which then safespot can be used freely.

Players hunting hard clue scrolls can kill hellhounds located east of the Deserted Keep or in the Wilderness Slayer Cave while wearing a ring of wealth (i). This doubles the drop rate of clue scrolls from hellhounds, from 1/64 to 1/32.

Ensouled hellhound heads can be sent to the bank with a charged Soul bearer, or resummoned on the spot for additional prayer experience.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map	League region
Outside of the Wilderness Resource Area^{[c 1]}	122	6	Show map	Wilderness✓
Witchaven Dungeon	122	8	Show map	Kandarin✓
Stronghold Slayer Cave^{[c 1]}^{[c 2]}	122	13	Show map	Kandarin✓
Taverley Dungeon^{[c 1]}	122	13	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Catacombs of Kourend	122	9	Show map	Kourend✓
Charred Dungeon	122	5	Show map	N/A
Karuulm Slayer Dungeon^{[c 1]}	122	12	Show map	Kourend✓
Buccaneers' Laboratory^{[c 1]}	122	5	Show map	N/A
God Wars Dungeon	127	5	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Wilderness Slayer Cave^{[c 1]}	136	9	Show map	Wilderness✓

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Dwarf multicannon can be placed.
^ Can only be fought while on a Hellhound Slayer task.

Level 122 drops

Drop rates are estimated based on 825,960 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Konar task	Average drop value
Konar task	GE	HA
No	914.05	377.24
Yes	1,806.29	646.03

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Vile ashes	1	Always	130	1

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Death rune	10	6/50	1,850	1,080
Death rune	20	3/50	3,700	2,160
Death rune	50	1/50	9,250	5,400

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Smouldering stone	1	1/32,768	2,257,241	27,000

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled hellhound head	1	1/40	3,439	321
Clue scroll (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Reward casket (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Looting bag	1	1/3^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/64; 1/32^{[d 4]}^{[d 5]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Brimstone key	1	1/96^{[d 6]}	Not sold	N/A

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Elite clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing an elite clue scroll asking you to kill a hellhound.
^ Looting bags are only dropped by those found in the Wilderness.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/32 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60; 1/30 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

Catacombs tertiary

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

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ancient shard	1	1/256	Not sold	122
Dark totem base	1	1/384^{[d 1]}	Not sold	123
Dark totem middle	1	1/384^{[d 1]}	Not sold	123
Dark totem top	1	1/384^{[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 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	1/91	120,992	54
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/228	1,614	720

Level 127 (God Wars Dungeon) drops

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

The average hellhound kill is worth 216.16.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Vile ashes	1	Always	130	1

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled hellhound head	1	1/40	3,439	321
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/64^{[d 1]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12
Brimstone key	1	1/95^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A

^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

Hellhounds inside the God wars dungeon do not drop elite clues when an elite clue scroll asks you to kill a hellhound.

Level 136 (Wilderness Slayer Cave) drops

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

The average hellhound kill is worth 1,732.65.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Vile ashes	1	Always	130	1

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Smouldering stone	1	1/16,384	2,257,241	27,000

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled hellhound head	1	1/40	3,439	321
Clue scroll (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Reward casket (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30
Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/64; 1/32^{[d 3]}^{[d 4]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Elite clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing an elite clue scroll asking you to kill a hellhound.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/32 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60; 1/30 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.

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	1/76	120,992	54
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/200	1,614	720

Wilderness Slayer Cave tertiary

There is approximately a 85/100 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	~1/8.7	83–166	30–60
Blighted manta ray	1–2	~1/8.7	106–212	30–60
Blighted karambwan	1–2	~1/13.1	46–92	30–60
Blighted teleport spell sack	1–10	~1/13.1	55–550	19–190
Blighted ancient ice sack	1–10	~1/13.1	348–3,480	21–210
Blighted vengeance sack	1–10	~1/13.1	74–740	18–180
Blighted entangle sack	1–10	~1/6.5	45–450	18–180
Blighted super restore(4)	1	~1/26.1	2,886	24
Revenant cave teleport	1	~1/26.1	513	6
Dareeyak teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	523	1
Wilderness crabs teleport	1	~1/130.6	18,439	37
Carrallanger teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	2,106	1
Paddewwa teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	504	1
Annakarl teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	2,150	1
Lassar teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	1,542	1
Kharyrll teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	1,949	1
Senntisten teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	1,164	1
Ghorrock teleport (tablet)	1	~1/130.6	1,819	1
Target teleport	1	~1/130.6	1,153	1
Magic shortbow scroll	1	~1/326.5	33,047	3,000
Ring of wealth scroll	1	~1/326.5	2,808	3,000
Trouver parchment	2	~1/1,305.9	767,534	240
Looting bag note	1	~1/1,305.9	45,303	54

Treasure Trails

Killing a hellhound is the solution to the elite cryptic clue: A demon's best friend holds the next step of this clue. Hellhounds in the God Wars Dungeon will not work.

Combat Achievements

There is 1 Combat Achievement task (totalling 1 point) available for Hellhound.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
A Demon's Best Friend	Kill a Hellhound.	Kill Count	Easy (1 pt)	70.4%

Changes

Date	Changes
25 June 2025 (Update)	Level 122 hellhounds now drop death runes.
7 May 2025 (Update)	Killing hellhounds in the Wilderness now correctly completes the A Demon's Best Friend Combat Achievement.
29 May 2024 (Update)	Hellhounds now have a 50% weakness to water spells.
18 May 2022 (Update \| poll)	Hellhounds now drop ensouled hellhound heads at a rate of 1/40.
16 June 2021 (Update \| poll)	Hellhounds now drop vile ashes in place of regular bones.
17 March 2021 (Update)	Several monsters, including Hellhound, were tagged as demonic, allowing demonbane weapons to work on them.
4 June 2007 (Update)	The NPC was graphically updated.

Gallery (historical)


RuneScape 2 Beta	29 March 2004 – 4 June 2007	4 June 2007 – present

Trivia

Despite being "hounds," they do not count toward a dog Slayer task, nor do they drop ensouled dog heads.

v t e Demons
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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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Bosses

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Bandos	General Graardor Sergeant Strongstack Sergeant Steelwill Sergeant Grimspike
Saradomin	Commander Zilyana Starlight Growler Bree
Zamorak	K'ril Tsutsaroth Tstanon Karlak Balfrug Kreeyath Zakl'n Gritch
Zaros	Nex Fumus Umbra Cruor Glacies

Items

Godswords

	Armadyl ^{(or) (deadman)} Bandos ^(or) Saradomin ^(or) Zamorak ^(or) Ancient
Shards	1 2 3
Combined shards	1 & 2 2 & 3 1 & 3 Blade
Hilts	Armadyl Bandos Saradomin Zamorak Ancient

Armadyl armour

Bandos armour

Torva armour

Ancient ceremonial robes

Weapons

Pets

Other

Monsters

Music

Scenery

v t e Taverley Dungeon
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Monsters	Baby black dragon Baby blue dragon Black Knight Black demon Black dragon Blue dragon Chaos druid Chaos dwarf Dwarf Ghost Giant bat Hellhound Hill Giant Jailer Lesser demon Magic axe Monk of Zamorak Poison Scorpion Poison spider Skeleton Suit of armour
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Monsters	Mother Mallum Giant lobster Hellhound Hobgoblin Ogre Slug Prince
Related	'perfect' gold ore Family Crest The Slug Menace

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