Dust devil

The Dust Devil is a very popular training monster for slayers of level 65 and up. A Face mask, Masked earmuffs or Slayer helmet is always required to slay them, whether in the Smoke Dungeon or Chaos Tunnels. The Slayer helmet also has the same benefits as the Black mask when the Dust Devil is your current slayer assignment.

Dust Devils are vulnerable to ranged attacks. Like Jellies, considering how relatively easy it is to kill them, they have very good drops. Dust devils drop the coveted Dragon chainbody. Even though it is an extremely rare drop, Dust Devils are popular targets for treasure hunters.

Players may consider using the low graphics detail setting when fighting Dust Devils, as this will reduce the dust visual effects.

Locations

 * Smoke Dungeon west from Pollnivneach in the Kharidian Desert.
 * Chaos Tunnels

Strengths and weaknesses
Dust Devils attack with melee type damage, close range. You need at least level 65 Slayer to fight these creatures as well as a Facemask, slayer helmet or masked earmuffs to survive in the Smoke Dungeon (you also need these items in the chaos tunnels or the dust devils will damage your stats dramatically). The Smoke Dungeon has many safe spots where players can use ranged, magic or halberds to defeat them.

Melee is also effective, a good strategy for which is using the spell Bones to Peaches to maximize one's stay in the dungeon. It is possible to use Guthans armour to heal, although players must be careful switching the helm with the face mask, otherwise the dungeon will hit them for 20 damage every 12 seconds or so, only allowing 3-4 hits in before having to switch back to the face mask. Please note that you can only use Guthans armour to heal on nearby Fire Elementals, Pyrefiends, or Fire Giants, as attacking a Dust Devil without a face mask causes your melee stats to be drained to 0, and deals 14 damage to you every few seconds. So Bones to Peaches would be the best method to use. If the player chooses to use the Chaos Tunnels instead, he/she will still need the facemask to kill the Dust Devils themselves, but since there's no environmental smoke, Guthan's can be used to heal on the nearby level 76 Crypt Rats.

Drops
100% Drop: Bones

Weapons and Armour

 * Dragon chainbody (Extremely Rare ~1 in 10,000)
 * Dragon spear
 * Shield left half
 * Rune dagger
 * Rune scimitar
 * Rune spear
 * 12 Rune Arrows
 * 5 Rune Javelins
 * Earth battlestaff
 * Red dragonhide vambraces

Runes

 * 37 or 150 Fire runes
 * 2 or 5 Soul runes
 * 5 Chaos runes
 * Nature talisman
 * Staff of fire

Charms

 * Crimson charm (common)
 * Gold charm
 * Green charm
 * Blue charm (uncommon)

Other

 * 15, 25, 60 or 400 Coins (common)
 * Half of a key (rare)
 * Herbs (very common)
 * Mithril bar (common)
 * 1-3 Ugthanki kebab
 * Uncut gems
 * Steel axe