Death spawn

Rune med helm]] Monster }}
 * name            = Death spawn
 * image           = Death spawn2.png
 * release         = 26 January 2005
 * update          = Slayer Skill
 * level           = 46
 * LP              = 600
 * exp = 240
 * slay = 60
 * slayxp          = 60
 * members         = Yes
 * aggressive      = Yes
 * poisonous       = Yes
 * max hit         = 50 (approx)
 * always drops    = Ashes
 * other drops = [[Rune med h
 * examine         = An evil death spawn.
 * attack style    = Magical melee
 * weakness        = Silverlight or Darklight

Death spawns appear when players try to kill Nechryaels. When attacked, a Nechryael may summon up to two Death spawns to help attack the player. Nechryaels will not summon Death spawns if the player attacks it by using a Ranged form of combat.

Death spawns are demons, so the special abilities of Silverlight and Darklight affect them.

RuneScape partially treats combat with death spawns as a non-combat situation. The auto-retaliate setting has no effect against them; in other words, unless the Death spawn is manually clicked, a player will never fight back if attacked by one. To fight a Death spawn, the player must attack it directly. A player under attack by a Death spawn can even log out instead of needing to wait 10 seconds after combat. Despite all of this, however, the attack of a Death spawn can still interrupt conversation. Also, multiple death spawns and a Nechryael may attack a player at once even though it's single combat in the slayer tower, yet the player cannot attack a death spawn until the Nechryael is dead or combat with the Nechryael is disengaged as its single combat.

A death spawn only exists for a limited amount of time after being summoned by the Nechryael. It fades away at the end of its time, even if engaged in combat with a player.

Death spawns make the same sounds as Vampires when they attack and when they are hit.

When using a Guthan's set while fighting Nechryael, Death spawns are useful targets for healing with Guthan's, as they have low defence, a low max hit, and a fair number of hitpoints for their level.

Strangely, Death spawns have the power to hit through the Protect from melee prayer, even though normal magical melee attacks can be completely blocked with it.

Locations

 * Slayer Tower
 * Chaos tunnels