Warped terrorbird

 The warped terrorbird''' is a Slayer monster found in the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon. They require 56 Slayer and a Crystal chime to be killed. There are also three level 143 warped terrorbirds that the player must fight near the end of The Path of Glouphrie quest; see here for a guide for that fight.

Characteristics
Warped terrorbirds are the result of Glouphrie's experimentation with the Anima Mundi, or life energy. Once terrorbirds, these mutations are stronger and used for guarding the city of Arposandra.

According to the Slayer masters' tips, there are 3 different types of warped terrorbird, each of which is more vulnerable to either Stab, Slash or Crush attacks. The difference between terrorbirds is in their head appendages.
 * A warped terrorbird with a wattle and left shoulder feathers is vulnerable to Crush attacks
 * A warped terrorbird with a yellow lump on its head and no tail is vulnerable to Slash attacks
 * A warped terrorbird with both wattle, yellow lump and feathers on its tail is vulnerable to Stab attacks

The Slayer master also notes that the terrorbird's ranged attack is sound-based, and so protecting your ears could prove useful.

They will always be aggressive (see Tolerance) towards the player, even if the player does not leave the area.

Habitat
Warped terrorbirds are only found in the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon.

Players may travel here by:
 * Using Spirit Trees, which is notably the fastest way
 * Going west of Castle Wars with a Crossbow and a Mithril grapple equipped to grapple across the river

Enter through the sewer entrance south-west of the Spirit tree.

Strategy


The player must use a crystal chime to "cleanse" the warped terrorbird before he can damage it. The player may need to do this more than once, since the cleansing only lasts a short while. It is possible to cleanse multiple warped terrorbirds at the same time. You can use the chime on one warped terrorbird, and then instantly use it on another warped terrorbird, making them both vulnerable.

A Healing Familar can greatly extend the length of time you can fight these for.

At higher levels Guthans works very well, if you use the room at the end of the dungeon, with only one terrorbird in it. Bring a pray potion to pray against range if health gets too low, and a few pieces of high level food.

Training effectiveness
A good place to slay warped terrorbirds inexpensively is at the very end of the dungeon. It is important to note that the Protect from Range prayer is effective here, and allows the player to run through the dungeon without being damaged. When the player reaches the large round antechamber with a pit in the center and doors on four sides, they can go through the west door to a room with only a single terrorbird. At this point, range protection is no longer necessary. This strategy will save the player from having to use prayer potions. The spawn type of this bird varies, so bring a weapon for crush, slash and stab attacks. A spear works well for this purpose.

Wearing the best melee protection armour available and wielding a good weapon such as the Abyssal whip or Dragon scimitar, is quite effective. A Slayer helmet, or the Black mask if the helmet is unavailable, should be used as the attack and strength boosts are great benefits.

The player can use a Dwarf Multicannon. There is an effective cannon spot on the west edge of the second "big" room of the dungeon, four spaces north of the square in front of a sewer gate. This drastically speeds up the time spent during a Slayer task, and surprisingly makes warped terrorbirds one of the fastest tasks accounting for XP/min. However, this method requires extreme concentration, forcing the player to focus on chiming each warped terrorbird as soon as they respawn, reloading the cannon periodically, drinking Prayer potions, and healing with food simultaneously.

Drops
Runes
 * 24-60 Air runes
 * 14-31 Earth runes
 * 2-10 Law runes
 * 4-18 Death runes
 * 1-10 Soul rune

Weapons and Armour
 * Mithril warhammer
 * Mithril platebody
 * Rune warhammer
 * Rune kiteshield
 * 16-24 Emerald bolt tips
 * 16-24 Ruby bolt tips
 * 16-24 Diamond bolt tips
 * 7-15 Adamant bolts
 * 4-12 Runite bolts
 * Dragon spear

Other
 * 15-325 Coins
 * 23-95 Feathers
 * 1-3 Chocolate bombs
 * 1-3 Tangled toads' legs
 * Nature talisman
 * Law talisman
 * Gems
 * Tooth half of a key
 * Loop half of a key
 * 1-6 Raw shark (noted)
 * 10-52 Swamp tar
 * Sulphur
 * Adamantite ore
 * Weapon poison
 * Shield left half