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NormalGWD
Imp



Released		16 February 2001 (Update)
Members		No
Combat level		2
Size		1x1
Examine		A cheeky little imp.

Combat info

Attribute		Demon
XP bonus		+0%
Max hit		0
Aggressive		No
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Stab
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		50 ticks (30 seconds)

Combat stats


8	1	1	1	1	1

Aggressive stats


-42	-37	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


-42		-42		-42

Magic defence


-42			10% weakness

Ranged defence


-42		-42		-42

Immunities

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

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Advanced data

Monster ID		5007
Link		MOID

Imps are amongst the smallest creatures in Gielinor. They are central in the Imp Catcher quest due to their unique bead drops. Every 30–120 seconds there is a 25% chance for an imp to disappear into a puff of smoke and teleport a short distance away.^[1] At level 71 Hunter players may catch imps with magic boxes, including imps found in the God Wars Dungeon.

Outside of the bead drops, imps are primarily killed to obtain God Wars Dungeon Zamorak kill-count, and for their extremely rare Imp champion scroll drop.

Locations

Location	Levels	Spawns	Map	League region
South of Stonecutter Outpost	2	6	Show map	Varlamore✓
South-west Civitas illa Fortis	2	4	Show map	Varlamore✓
North of Kourend Castle	2	1	Show map	Kourend✓
Around the Monk camp	2	10	Show map	Kourend✓
Outside the Chasm of Fire	2	6	Show map	Kourend✓
South of Port Piscarilius	2	2	Show map	Kourend✓
Draynor Village	2	1	Show map	Misthalin✓
Rimmington	2	1	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Scattered around Varrock	2	8	Show map	Misthalin✓
Edgeville	2	3	Show map	Misthalin✓
East of Ardougne Monastery	2	12	Show map	Kandarin✓
Lumbridge Castle	2	1	Show map	Misthalin✓
North of Lumbridge	2	2	Show map	Misthalin✓
Western Falador	2	2	Show map	Asgarnia✓
East of Kingstown	2	5	Show map	Kourend✓
Farming Guild	2	1	Show map	Kourend✓
Al Kharid mine	2	1	Show map	Desert✓
South of Falador	2	3	Show map	Asgarnia✓
North of the Woodcutting Guild	2	3	Show map	Kourend✓
Karamja Volcano	2	8	Show map	Karamja✓
North of Yanille	2	8	Show map	Kandarin✓
God Wars Dungeon	7	7	Show map	Asgarnia✓
Isle of Souls	2	4	Show map	Misthalin✓
Wilderness God Wars Dungeon	7	3	Show map	Wilderness✓
Sunset Coast	2	1	Show map	Varlamore✓
Avium Savannah	2	2	Show map	Varlamore✓
Outer Fortis	2	3	Show map	Varlamore✓
Fortis Aqueduct	2	3	Show map	Varlamore✓
Gloomthorn Trail	2	9	Show map	Varlamore✓
Citlalli's basement	2	4	Show map	Varlamore✓

Hunter info

RegularGWD
Imp

Level required					71
Hunter XP					450 xp
Container					Magic box
Retaliation					Only when attacked
Trap					See container

The catch rate is 0% at lvl 1 and 77% at lvl 99.^[2]

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Money making

The following money making guide is available for Imp:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing imps	57,935	30+ recommended

Drops

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

The average Imp kill is worth 452.61.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Fiendish ashes	1	Always	52	1

Beads

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Black bead	1	5/128	1,399	2
Red bead	1	5/128	1,732	2
White bead	1	5/128	1,548	2
Yellow bead	1	5/128	1,138	2

Equipment

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bronze bolts	1	8/128	2	1
	Blue wizard hat	1	8/128	344	1

Food

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Egg	1	5/128	29	2
Raw chicken	1	5/128	32	0
Burnt bread	1	4/128	Not sold	0
Burnt meat	1	4/128	Not sold	0
Cabbage	1	2/128	19	0
Bread dough	1	2/128	117	2
Bread	1	1/128	89	7
Cooked meat	1	1/128	63	2

Tools

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Hammer	1	8/128	102	0
Tinderbox	1	5/128	98	0
Shears	1	4/128	101	0
Bucket	1	4/128	8	1
Bucket of water	1	2/128	27	3
Jug	1	2/128	3	0
Jug of water	1	2/128	15	0
Pot	1	2/128	11	1
Pot of flour	1	2/128	68	6

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ball of wool	1	8/128	46	1
Mind talisman	1	7/128	1,255	2
Ashes	1	6/128	39	1
Clay	1	4/128	75	0
Cadava berries	1	4/128	78	0
Grain	1	3/128	7	1
Chef's hat	1	2/128	271	1
Flyer	1	2/128	Not sold	0
Potion	1	1/128	Not sold	0

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ensouled imp head_(m)	1	1/25	1,200	93
Looting bag_(m)	1	1/15^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ecumenical key_(m)	1	1/60–1/40^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	61,500
Imp champion scroll_(m)	1	1/5,000	Not sold	0

^ Looting bags are only dropped by imps in the Wilderness.
^ Ecumenical keys are only dropped in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon.
^ Ecumenical key drop rates increase to 1/55, 1/50, 1/45, and 1/40 after completion of the hard, elite, master, and grandmaster Combat Achievements respectively.

Changes

Date	Changes
25 June 2025 (Update)	Imps now have a 10% elemental weakness to water spells.
16 June 2021 (Update \| poll)	Imps now drops fiendish ashes in place of regular ashes.
17 March 2021 (Update)	Several monsters, including Imps, were tagged as demonic, allowing demonbane weapons to work on them.
8 August 2019 (Update)	The drop rate for ecumenical keys have been changed to be 1/60 regardless of keys owned.
21 November 2006 (Update)	The NPC was graphically updated.

Gallery (historical)



29 March 2004 – 21 November 2006	21 November 2006 – present

Trivia

The standard variant of imps had a festive override wearing a white partyhat during the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Christmas events. The hunter icon also had the override for the events from 2016-2019.
The classic imp costume released during the 2025 Birthday event is based on the appearance of imps prior to their graphical rework in 2006.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 9 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Mod Ash: "They have a 1/4 chance of trying it every 30-120 secs."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. Screenshot. 1 September 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "0% at level 1 (if that were allowed), 77% at level 99, interpolate linearly between those.",
in reply to
"What is the catch rate of regular imps for hunting with magic boxes?"

v t e Demons
Standard demons	Imp ^{(Castle Wars) (Champion) (Defender) (Scarred) (Yama)} Lesser demon ^(Champion) ^(Scar) ^(Scarred) Greater demon ^(POH) ^(Scarred) Black demon ^(Scarred)
Quest demons	Delrith Agrith-Naar ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Black demon (The Grand Tree) ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Kolodion Porazdir Doomion Holthion Othainian Bouncer ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Skeleton Hellhound ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Chronozon ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Nezikchened ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Jungle Demon ^{(Nightmare Zone)} Judge of Yama Tormented Demon Duke Sucellus
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
God Wars Dungeon	K'ril Tsutsaroth Balfrug Kreeyath Zakl'n Gritch Tstanon Karlak
Other	Implings Hell-Rat ^(Behemoth) Hellhound ^(POH) Arzinian Being of Bordanzan Blood Reaver Chocolate demon Demon of Light Demon of Balance Demon of Darkness Judge of Yama Skotizo Zalcano Tortured gorilla Demonic gorilla Ice demon Ripper Demon Doom of Mokhaiotl
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

v t e Hunter creatures
Aerial fishing	Bluegill Common tench Mottled eel Greater siren
Bird snaring	Crimson swift Golden warbler Copper longtail Cerulean twitch Tropical wagtail
Box trapping	Ferret Embertailed jerboa Chinchompa Carnivorous Black Letvek ^(item)
Butterfly netting	Ruby harvest ^(item) Sapphire glacialis ^(item) Snowy knight ^(item) Black warlock ^(item) Sunlight Moth ^(item) Moonlight moth ^(item)
Deadfall trapping	Wild Barb-tailed Prickly Sabre-toothed Pyre fox Maniacal monkey
Falconry	Spotted Dark Dashing
Implings	Baby Young Gourmet Earth Essence Eclectic Nature Magpie Ninja Crystal Dragon Lucky
Net trapping	Swamp lizard Orange Red Black Tecu
Pitfall trapping	Spined larupia Horned graahk Sabre-toothed kyatt Sunlight antelope Moonlight antelope
Tracking	Polar Common Feldip weasel Desert devil Razor-backed Herbiboar
Other	Bird houses White rabbit Fish shoal Imp Moss Lizard Stymphike

Imp Catcher

NPCs

	Wizard Mizgog Wizard Grayzag
Enemies	Imp

Items

Rewards

Amulet of accuracy

Locations

Wizards' Tower

God Wars Dungeon

Bosses

Armadyl	Kree'arra Flight Kilisa Wingman Skree Flockleader Geerin
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

Source site	Old School RuneScape Wiki
Canonical source	Imp
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