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Vet'ion



Released		13 March 2014 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		454
Size		3x3
Examine		Only the true lord & king of the lands can lift his burden.

Combat info

Attribute		Undead
XP bonus		+22.5%
Max hit		44
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Slash, Magic
Attack speed		6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Respawn time		15 ticks (9 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		624 xp
Category		Skeletons, Bosses
Assigned by

Combat stats


255	430	430	395	300	1

Aggressive stats


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

Melee defence


+201		+200		-10

Magic defence


+250			No elemental weakness

Ranged defence


+270		+270		+270

Immunities

Poison		100% resistance
Venom		100% resistance
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		6611
Link		MOID

Vet'ion (pronounced VET-ee-ən) is a Zamorakian skeletal champion that resides in Vet'ion's Rest, at level 35 Wilderness. Like other bosses in the Wilderness, he can also drop the dragon pickaxe.

Vet'ion has two forms: the (purple) regular form and the (orange) enraged form. After he is defeated in his first form, he will go to his second form, which has a faster attack speed and stronger max hit. After changing forms he will reset any stat reductions applied in the first form. If he is not killed within five minutes in his second form, he will revert to his first form with the same Hitpoints. If he reverts after his hellhounds have been killed, the player(s) will not have to kill them a second time.

According to Andros Mai and as evidenced by the Desecrated Tomb, Vet'ion's power comes from his resting place.

Ironmen are eligible for drops from Vet'ion when defeating it alongside other players.

In order to enter Vet'ion's lair, the player must have completed the medium Wilderness Diary tasks, OR they must have a Vet'ion boss Slayer task (a skeleton Slayer task does not bypass the diary requirement).

Fight overview

Vet'ion is highly resistant to any combat style other than crush, and as he is undead, he is susceptible to Salve amulet and its enhanced version.

Vet'ion primarily attacks with targeted magic, launching lightning in a 3x3 radius around each player upon attacking. While he appears to swing his sword during these animations, they do not deal any melee damage. Indirect hits will deal less damage than a direct hit. Occasionally, he may prepare for a shield bash if players are near him, targeting an area in front of him. Players caught in the targeted area (or standing underneath him) when he bashes his shield will take damage and be rendered unable to attack for a few seconds.

Vet'ion is fought similarly to the Kalphite Queen in that he has two forms, a "normal" and "enraged" form. When he reaches half health in his first form for the first time, he summons two level 194 skeleton hellhounds that attack with powerful melee, and must be killed as they grant him complete damage immunity while alive. Upon being forced into his next stage, Vet'ion will become enraged and unleash a blast of energy around him, working the same as the targeted magic attack. In this form, he will attack faster, his attacks will deal more damage, and any drained Defence levels will be restored. In the second form, he summons two level 231 greater skeleton hellhounds that are even stronger (although still sharing the same health) and must also be killed.

Like the Kalphite Queen, if players don't kill his second form within 5 minutes, he'll revert to his normal state.

Bug:

Vet'ion occasionally spawns only 1 or 0 skeletal hellhounds.

Location

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Vet'ion's Rest	454		1	Show map	Wilderness✓

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Vet'ion:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing Vet'ion	4,483,538	High melee stats 43+ (Protect from Melee)

Drops

Drop rates are estimated based on 43,776 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The listed quantities are for soloing Vet'ion. In group encounters, Vet'ion's drops, including uniques, will be split proportionally based on damage done. Up to 10 players may obtain drops per kill in this manner, and each of the top 10 players will receive at least 25% of the solo loot quantity.

Ironmen must deal 7% of the overall damage to be eligible for 25% of the solo loot quantity. Ironmen dealing less than 7% damage will receive a minimum of 5% of the solo loot quantity.

The average solo Vet'ion kill is worth 133,460.35.

The average solo Vet'ion kill while on a Krystilia task is worth 135,928.89.

When on a Wilderness slayer task for skeletons or hellhounds, the skeleton hellhounds each have a chance to drop a Larran's key. As there are four hellhounds per fight, this increases the expected profit per solo kill by 7,166.82.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always^{[d 1]}	238	0
	Bones	1	Always^{[d 2]}	31	0

^ Big bones are dropped for the player who deals the most damage in the fight.
^ Regular bones are dropped for the players who are eligible for drops but did not deal the most damage.

Unique

The drop rates for uniques are for each kill, rather than for each player. At most one item from this table is dropped per kill.^[1]

Odds of hitting the unique table ~1/56.67

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Skull of vet'ion	1	1/196^[2]	48,130	48,000
Dragon 2h sword	1	1/256^[2]	132,251	132,000
Dragon pickaxe	1	1/256^[2]	571,974	58,770
Voidwaker blade	1	1/360^[2]	1,336,303	480,000
Ring of the gods	1	1/512^[2]	984,768	30,000

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Mystic fire staff	4 (noted)	2/126	100,348	102,000
Mystic water staff	4 (noted)	2/126	99,276	102,000
Mystic robe top	4 (noted)	2/126	285,320	288,000
Mystic robe bottom	4 (noted)	2/126	185,716	192,000
Rune full helm	4 (noted)	2/126	82,200	84,480
Rune pickaxe	5 (noted)	8/126	93,085	96,000
Rune dart	150	3/126	32,250	31,500
Rune knife	150	3/126	22,500	15,000

Runes and ammunition

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Chaos rune	900	7/126	95,400	48,600
Death rune	700	7/126	131,600	75,600
Blood rune	500	7/126	187,500	120,000
Steel cannonball	550	4/126	153,450	1,650

Materials

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Uncut ruby	50 (noted)	4/126	55,200	3,000
Uncut diamond	25 (noted)	3/126	61,025	3,000
Uncut dragonstone	5 (noted)	2/126	75,300	3,000
Gold ore	675 (noted)	6/126	97,875	60,750
Limpwurt root	60 (noted)	5/126	14,160	240
Wine of zamorak	100 (noted)	5/126	103,700	0
Magic logs	225 (noted)	5/126	173,025	43,200
Oak plank	400 (noted)	5/126	160,800	60,000
Dragon bones	150 (noted)	3/126	499,650	14,400
Mort myre fungus	450 (noted)	2/126	120,150	0
Grimy ranarr weed	100 (noted)	1/126	527,000	1,800
Grimy dwarf weed	45 (noted)	1/126	60,525	630
Grimy snapdragon	45 (noted)	1/126	330,030	540
Grimy toadflax	45 (noted)	1/126	85,185	495

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	50,000	10/126	50,000	50,000
Supercompost	225 (noted)	4/126	6,300	11,475
Super restore(4)	10 (noted)	5/126	99,480	1,800
Blighted anglerfish	100 (noted)	1/126	8,500	3,000
Sanfew serum(4)	20 (noted)	5/126	363,240	3,600
Dark crab	50 (noted)	5/126	70,750	9,600
Wilderness crabs teleport	4	3/126	74,024	148

Secondary Supply roll

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blighted anglerfish	5–6	1/18	425–510	150–180
Blighted karambwan	5–6	1/18	225–270	150–180
Blighted super restore(3)	3–4	1/18	Not sold	69–92
Blighted super restore(4)	3–4	1/18	8,979–11,972	72–96
Ranging potion(2)	2–3	1/18	1,934–2,901	258–387
Super combat potion(2)	2–3	1/18	11,824–17,736	108–162

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/100; 1/50^{[d 3]}^{[d 4]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12
Long bone	1	1/400	Not sold	3
Vet'ion jr.	1	1/1,500^[3]	Not sold	N/A
Skeleton champion scroll	1	1/5,000	Not sold	0
Curved bone	1	1/5,012.5	Not sold	4

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/50 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/95; 1/47 after unlocking the elite 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	1/50	120,857	54
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/30	1,542	720

Combat Achievements

There are 2 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 7 points) available for Vet'ion.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Vet'ion Adept	Kill Vet'ion 10 times.	Kill Count	Hard (3 pts)	25.2%
Vet'eran	Kill Vet'ion 20 times.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	23.3%

Dialogue

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Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this NPC.

Historical

Unlike the other two bosses Vet'ion was released with, Callisto and Venenatis, Vet'ion did not get any adjustments to his stats following his rework on 25 January 2023. However, the fight in general was made vastly different as he was considered the hardest to kill due to his mechanics:

Vet'ion could attack with both melee and magic. The magic attack was a targeted attack that threw three orbs of lightning, one on the player's tile and another two elsewhere that could not be reduced with Protect from Magic.
Periodically, Vet'ion could also slam his khopesh into the ground as a shockwave attack, dealing up to 45 typeless damage to any player within 6-7 tiles of him.
In addition to both of his forms having 255 hitpoints, the skeleton hellhound and the greater variant he summoned in pairs had 110 and 190 hitpoints, respectively. This effectively brought the amount of damage required to kill Vet'ion to 1,110, over four times as much as Callisto or Venenatis who both only had 255 hitpoints prior to their reworks.

Gallery

Concept art of Vet'ion's graphical rework, by Mod Jerv.
Concept art of Vet'ion's Rest, by Mod Jerv.
Model of Vet'ion's graphical rework, by Mod Soffan^[4]
Official artwork of Vet'ion from Jagex's turn-based card game Chronicle: RuneScape Legends.

Changes

Date	Changes
25 March 2026	Hotfix Reverted boss lair exit changes so only logging out when inside the arena places you above ground outside the Escape Caves.
25 March 2026 (Update)	Vet'ion will now spawn fewer Hellhounds for larger groups. The spawn location after leaving Venenatis, Callisto and Vet'ion have been slightly altered to place players above ground.
11 February 2026 (Update)	Players without the medium Wilderness Diary can now face Vet'ion if they have a Vet'ion boss Slayer task.
28 January 2026 (Update)	Completion of the medium Wilderness Diary is now required to face Vet'ion.
6 August 2025 (Update)	The minimum damage threshold required for Ironmen to be eligible for 25% of the solo loot quantity was decreased from 10% of overall damage to 7%.
25 June 2025 (Update)	Drop quantities lowered for uncut rubies from 75 to 50 and uncut diamonds from 35 to 25. Minimum loot percentage for Ironmen dealing less than 10% damage reduced from 25% of solo loot to 5% of solo loot.
23 May 2024 (Update)	Fixed a bug where it was possible to skip Vet'ion's second phase.
17 April 2024 (Update)	Vet'ion will now wait a short period of time after respawning before attacking players.
10 April 2024 (Update \| poll)	Vet'ion's respawn time was decreased from 33 ticks (19.8 seconds) to 15 ticks (9 seconds).
6 March 2024 (Update)	Vet'ion's lightning circle is now brighter and more visible.
7 February 2024 (Update)	The minimum percentage of regular loot given to the top 10 players in a fight against Vet'ion has been increased from 15% to 25%. The drop rate for Vet'ion jr. has been increased from 1/2,000 to 1/1,500. Vet'ion can now drop wilderness crab teleports, mystic robe tops, mystic robe bottoms, rune full helms, mystic water staves, and mystic fire staves. The weighting on certain drops has been adjusted, slightly decreasing the chance to get coins and rune pickaxes in favour of more valuable drops. The number of rune pickaxes dropped has been increased from 3 to 5. The number of blighted anglerfish dropped has been increased from 45 to 100.
30 August 2023 (Update \| poll)	Random events have been disabled in the Wilderness boss lairs.
22 February 2023 (Update)	Ring of wealth now works correctly for Vet'ion.
2 February 2023 (Update)	Increased the minimum loot reward from 0% to 15%. Reduced maximum number of players able to receive loot from 15 to 10. Increased quantity of base rewards. Vet'ion is now immune to ring of recoil and similar effects.
25 January 2023 (Update)	Vet'ion is now located in a cave, and his combat behaviour has been adjusted. Vet'ion has been graphically updated. Vet'ion's reborn form (now called enraged) has been renamed from "Vet'ion Reborn" to "Vet'ion".
23 August 2018 (Update)	The amount of limpwurt roots dropped was reduced from 50 to 25.
8 February 2018 (Update \| poll)	Vet'ion will now use his magic attack less frequently.
18 February 2016 (Update)	The distance Vet'ion's hellhounds can move from their spawn point has been increased substantially.
19 November 2015 (Update \| poll)	Vet'ion now gives slayer experience reflecting the total hitpoints of both forms, rather than just the second.
6 August 2015 (Update)	Vet'ion is no longer able to take damage when lured far enough away from his dogs.
30 July 2015 (Update)	A game engine bug affecting the retaliation of ranging/maging NPCs has been fixed. In particular, this affects Vet'ion and their behaviour when they have moved far from their spawn points, so it will make certain safespots considerably less effective, and will have similar effects on other NPCs with long-range attacks.
2 July 2015 (Update)	Slayer XP for killing the boss now is awarded to the player who deals the most damage to both forms.
25 June 2015 (Update)	Drops are now assigned to the hero who has done the most damage to both forms, rather than just the second.
19 March 2015 (Update \| poll)	Vet'ion now has a chance to drop a pet when killed, Vet'ion jr..
10 July 2014 (Update)	Tweaked Vet'ion slightly to prevent safespotting.
26 June 2014 (Update \| poll)	Ring of the gods was added alongside other drop table improvements.
20 March 2014 (Update)	The drop table has been buffed.

Gallery (historical)


13 March 2014– 25 January 2023	25 January 2023 – present

Trivia

It is still possible to skip Vet'ion's second phase as of 6 Jan 2026.
Vet'ion's 2014 model was an enlarged, re-coloured version of Ranalph Devere from the Legends' Quest.
Vet'ion's examine text is a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King.
Vet'ion's name is an anagram of Novite from RuneScape 3.
- Vet'ion's armour in his normal form matches the colour of Novite armour (tier 1) and the recolour in his enraged form matches Primal armour (tier 99), both found within Daemonheim (located in the Wilderness).

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 February 2023. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Mod Ash: "The game decides whether or not one will be dropped from the kill, and then decides which of the rewarded players will receive it, which each player's chance of being that recipient depending on their relative contribution."
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "Poll 78 Updates & More". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original.
^ "Poll 80 Wilderness Changes & More". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 7 February 2024. Archived from the original.
^ Jagex. Mod Soffan's Twitter account. 25 January 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.

Wilderness bosses and rewards

Bosses

Multi-combat	Callisto Venenatis (Spiderling) Vet'ion (Skeleton Hellhound) (Greater Skeleton Hellhound) Chaos Elemental King Black Dragon
Singles-plus	Artio Spindel (Spiderling) Calvar'ion (Skeleton Hellhound) (Greater Skeleton Hellhound)
Demi-bosses	Chaos Fanatic (Miniature chaotic clouds) Crazy archaeologist Revenant maledictus Scorpia (Offspring) (Guardian)

Rewards

Weapons

Items	Claws of Callisto Fangs of Venenatis Skull of Vet'ion Voidwaker blade Voidwaker gem Voidwaker hilt
Weapons	Ursine chainmace Webweaver bow Accursed sceptre (autocasting) Voidwaker

Shields

Other

	The Hueycoatl Scurrius Giant Mole Deranged archaeologist Sarachnis Kalphite Queen Corporeal Beast Gemstone Crab
The Barrows Brothers	Ahrim the Blighted Karil the Tainted Dharok the Wretched Guthan the Infested Torag the Corrupted Verac the Defiled
The Dagannoth Kings	Dagannoth Prime Dagannoth Rex Dagannoth Supreme
God Wars Dungeon	Kree'arra Commander Zilyana General Graardor K'ril Tsutsaroth Nex
Moons of Peril	Eclipse Moon Blue Moon Blood Moon
The Wilderness bosses	Revenant maledictus Chaos Fanatic Crazy archaeologist Scorpia King Black Dragon Chaos Elemental Vet'ion (Calvar'ion) Venenatis (Spindel) Callisto (Artio)

Instanced bosses

	Amoxliatl Brutus (Demonic) Royal Titans (Branda the Fire Queen) (Eldric the Ice King) Zulrah Vorkath Phantom Muspah The Nightmare (Phosani's Nightmare) Yama Doom of Mokhaiotl Maggot King Mad Angel
Sporadic bosses	Obor Bryophyta The Mimic Hespori Skotizo
The Forgotten Four	The Leviathan The Whisperer Vardorvis Duke Sucellus

Slayer bosses

Minigame bosses

Skilling bosses

Raids

Chambers of Xeric	Tekton Vanguard Vespula Vasa Nistirio Muttadile Great Olm
Theatre of Blood	The Maiden of Sugadinti Pestilent Bloat Nylocas Vasilias Sotetseg Xarpus Verzik Vitur
Tombs of Amascut	Akkha Ba-Ba Kephri Zebak Tumeken's Warden Elidinis' Warden

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