Skeletal Wyvern



Skeletal Wyverns (Draconis Ossis) are very dangerous monsters that can drop Granite legs and the rare Draconic visage. Level 72 Slayer is required to kill them. An Elemental shield, Mind shield, Body shield or Dragonfire Shield must be equipped when fighting wyverns, or else the player will be hit for very high damage. They are currently the lowest-level monsters to drop the Draconic visage.

Killing a Skeletal Wyvern is required for the Falador Diary as well as for the wish list of the Odd Old Man in the Fur 'n' Seek quest.

Skeletal Wyverns' have an often under-rated earnings potential, as players on a slayer task with over 85+ range, 68 summoning and 80+ defence with full slayer helmet and using ranging/defence potions can easily make 200k+ an hour, including banking time. They are also a great source of crimson charms, although there are many (easier) alternatives if one is not on a slayer task.

Attacks
Wyverns have high Defence, Attack, and Life points, making them very challenging opponents. They attack with Melee, Range or their unique ice-breath attack. This attack can freeze players in a fashion similar to the Ancient Magicks ice spells. Players should wield a Dragonfire shield, Mind shield, Elemental shield or a Body shield, which negates stat loss as well as lowering the max hit of ice breath attacks to 100. If a player is not wearing one of the shields, they will be hit for very high damage. Contrary to popular belief, armour does NOT affect the accuracy of the ice-breath attack. The ice-breath will hit through all types of armour. However, higher magic defence will make the max hit slightly lower. Protect from Magic/Deflect Magic prayers will lower the maximum hit of the ice-breath, but the range/melee protection prayers are far better to use compared to protect from magic.

Hunting Methods
There is much dispute as to what is the most effective way of killing Skeletal Wyverns. Some players believe it is most effective to bring prayer boosting armour and to use the protect from range prayer. The one problem is, players should NOT use proselyte armour because although it has high prayer bonus it also has very weak melee defence making the set-up counteractive. The best prayer method would be using Verac armour Alternatively, players can simply tank all of their ranged and melee attack and survive a trip using only food and a super set. This will require Barrows armour, such as Torag's, and a Dragonfire Shield, as well as other high level defensive gear. However, they should still bring one or two prayer potions to use Piety or Turmoil prayer which will speed up the kills, This method is actually the best method.

There is once again much dispute as to what Wyvern's defensive weaknesses are and what weapon to use when fighting them. Most people believe that Wyverns have a big weakness to crush, a medium weakness to slash and a high resistance to stab attacks. If this is correct, it does not make a big difference to the best weapon to use. Because you need a one handed weapon to fight Wyverns, which means powerful crush weapons such as chaotic maul or dharok's greataxe are unfortunately ruled out. most one-handed crush weapons are either too slow (battleaxes/warhammers) or too weak (maces). This being said, the most effective weapon is the Abyssal whip or Chaotic longsword. they are fast, strong and uses slash. Unless of course Jagex introduces a powerful one-handed Crush weapon with decent speed.

Wyverns can be also ranged while standing at a distance (with 80+ range and ranging potions). When standing at a distance, the Wyverns can only use their ranged attack, therefore meaning players will not take damage while they have the range prayer on. Players should obviously still bring one of the shields that protect from the Wyvern's ice breath attack, just in case. The problem is here is Wyverns are not weak to range, rather quite strong against it so its debatable rather its better to use melee or range. its a personal preferance if the player wants faster kill at the expensive of extra food and prayer potion or vise-versa.

Skeletal Wyverns are not vulnerable to the effects of the Salve Amulet or the spell Crumble Undead. Although they are made of bones, they are not classified as undead creatures but rather animated bones. Players should also note that Dragon Slayer Gloves do not have an effect on Skeletal Wyverns because they are not dragons (even though they drop the Draconic Visage). The Antifire potion also has no effect on the wyvern's ice breath attack and neither do Ice gloves.

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Trivia

 * A Wyvern is a legendary winged reptilian creature with a dragon's head, the hindquarters of a snake or lizard with two legs or none, and a barbed tail.
 * Skeletal Wyverns are mentioned in Tarn's diary:


 * The horns on the sides of the Skeletal Wyvern's skull look remarkably similar to those on the side of the dragon heads in the dragon forge.


 * On the 23 April 2010, some players experienced a graphical glitch which caused all wyverns in view to disappear; however, their life bar and shadow remained, making it look as if players are fighting the air.
 * Before the skeletal wyvern's attacks were updated, there was a glitch in which Protect from Melee would block both its melee attacks and breath attacks.