Dagannoth

Dagannoths are sea monsters. Many are found near areas inhabited by the Fremennik, who call them dagger-mouths (probably for the reason that their teeth are similar to little daggers) and who hunt them for their skin, which is used to make armour. There are many types of Dagannoths, with the most powerful being the three Dagannoth Kings. Dagannoths are assigned by Chaeldar, Sumona and Duradel/Lapalok as slayer tasks.

Dagannoth Mother
As part of the Horror from the Deep quest, players must visit the basement of the Lighthouse, where they have to face a level 100 Dagannoth. This Dagannoth uses only melee attacks. After it is defeated, the Dagannoth Mother appears. She can use melee and ranged attacks. She can only be attacked effectively by certain types of attacks depending upon her colour. In order to attack her at all times, players must be prepared to use melee, ranged, and all of the basic elemental spells (air, water, earth and fire). The Dagannoth mother makes a spoof reappearance in the Recipe for Disaster quest, in which she is created from jelly and is therefore called the Gelatinnoth Mother. However, she retains the same fighting style and weaknesses.

Lighthouse Dagannoths
After players are done with the Horror from the Deep quest, regular dagannoths take over the lighthouse basement. They are level 74 (71 hitpoints) and 92 (120 hitpoints). Both use a ranged attack that hits up to 10 but has terrible accuracy, while the level 92 Dagannoths also use melee (which is far more accurate and hits up to 8). These Dagannoths are in a multi-combat area and therefore many players use cannons here. This is an excellent place to level both ranged and melee skills (and, to a lesser extent, magic). The lighthouse dagannoths are also widely praised for the Slayer experience they give if they are killed using a cannon. Since this is a multi-combat area, familiars are allowed. Despite the combat level of these dagannoths, they are considered the weakest by most players. Some of the drops are given below:

100% Drop

 * Regular Bones

Runes

 * 15 Water runes

Weapons

 * Bronze Spear
 * Iron Spear (uncommon)
 * Mithril Spear (rare)
 * Mithril Javelin (rare)

Seeds

 * Irit Seed
 * Avantoe Seed (rare)
 * Toadflax Seed
 * Snapdragon Seed (very rare)
 * Belladonna Seed
 * Poison Ivy Seed
 * Cactus Seed
 * Kwuarm seed
 * Torstol Seed
 * Dwarf Weed Seed
 * Kwuarm Seed
 * Lantadyme Seed

Charms

 * Gold Charm
 * Green Charm
 * Crimson Charm
 * Blue Charm (very rare)

Fish and Supplies

 * Lobster pot (common)
 * Raw Lobster (rare)
 * 15 Feather
 * Raw Tuna
 * Harpoon
 * 5 Raw sardine
 * 50 Fishing Bait

Other

 * Coins
 * Clue Scroll (level 2) (very rare)
 * Casket
 * Various Gems (very rare)
 * 12 Opal bolt tips
 * Oyster pearls

Waterbirth Island Dagannoths
Unlike the lighthouse dagannoths, the area the Waterbirth Island dagannoths are in single combat. In the dungeon on Waterbirth Island, there are many unique types of dagannoths and other sea monsters. The melee dagannoth are level 90, and have a maximum hit of 15. These dagannoths are one of the best monsters for crimson charms. They give 100 slayer experience when killed as a slayer task. Oddly enough, the level 90 dagannoths under Waterbirth Island are more powerful than their level 92 cousins under the lighthouse.

There are also level 88 dagannoths present that use powerful ranged attacks that hit up to 19. Also present are level 42 dagannoth spawn, which hatch from the eggs scattered all over the dungeon, and level 70 dagannoth fledglings.

Mid-level or higher players who wish to stay in the dungeon for long periods of time are recommended to take either Bones to Peaches tablets or runes to cast the spell. (If you find you are struggling to get the bones for the spell then go just outside the cave and kill hobgoblins for bones. Do not kill the rock crabs, as they do not drop bones.)

Note: Strong armour is recommended!

Dagannoth Kings
The Dagannoth Kings, Dagannoth Prime, Dagannoth Rex, and Dagannoth Supreme, reside in the Waterbirth Island dungeon. Dagannoth Rex uses melee attacks, Dagannoth Prime uses magic attacks, and Dagannoth Supreme uses ranged attacks. Rex could be considered the strongest of the kings as it can hit up to 26 and very frequently. (But the Dagannoth Prime hits up to 56 with magic!) These level 303 monsters are three of the highest level opponents in RuneScape; only rivalled by the Mithril Dragons, Kalphite Queen, Chaos Elemental, Ket-Zek, Tormented Demons, God Wars Dungeon generals, TzTok-Jad and the Corporeal Beast.

Chaos Tunnels Dagannoth
Level 88 dagannoths, which use powerful ranged attacks that hit up to 19, inhabit the north-western cave in the Chaos Tunnels. The tunnels are not near the Fremennik areas but instead can be found north of Edgeville and the Grand Exchange. The tunnels are multiway combat, and the dagannoth can only be reached by going through caves filled with other dangerous, aggressive creatures, including gargoyles, mummies, black demons, and bronze dragons! The cave that these dagannoths are in is also the entrance to Bork's Lair.

Treasure Room Dagannoth
Players who have level 90 Construction can build a level 135 Dagannoth in their Treasure Room, which costs 7,500,000 coins to build. This Dagannoth uses only melee attacks and when defeated gives any player, regardless of who killed the monster or dealt the most damage, access to the treasure chest which can hold a sum of coins a house owner has placed in.



100% Drop

 * Bones

Runes drop

 * 10-15 Water runes
 * 3-10 Law runes
 * 5 chaos runes
 * 3-10 Nature runes
 * 1-6 Blood runes

Seed drops

 * Toadflax seed
 * Irit seed
 * Avantoe seed
 * Cactus seed
 * Kwuarm seed
 * Snapdragon seed
 * Belladonna seed
 * Cadantine seed
 * Poison ivy seed
 * Lantadyme seed
 * Dwarf weed seed
 * Torstol seed

Other

 * Coins
 * Fishing bait
 * 15 Feathers
 * 5 raw sardine
 * Casket
 * Raw herring
 * Raw tuna
 * Raw lobster
 * 10 Seaweed (noted)
 * Harpoon
 * Lobster pot common
 * Oyster pearl (1-2)
 * Gem
 * Dagannoth hide (only from level 90 Dagannoths)
 * Clue scroll Level 2 (level 3 clue scrolls are dropped by the level 92 Dagannoth and the Dagannoth Kings)
 * Dagannoth ribs (Rag and Bone Man, part 2)
 * Tooth half of a key
 * Circular hide (only from level 88 Dagannoths)
 * Flattened hide (only from level 88 Dagannoths)
 * Stretched hide (only from level 88 Dagannoths)
 * Tinderbox
 * Gloves (Fremennik)
 * Fremennik cloak
 * Fremennik shirt
 * Fremennik blade
 * Cosmic talisman
 * Water talisman
 * Air talisman
 * Body talisman
 * Keg of beer
 * Mind talisman
 * farseer helm (rare)

Trivia

 * In appearance, they are similar to Xenomorphs from the movie Alien.
 * In the Funorb game Armies of Gielenor, one may summon a Dagannoth. Jagex has used the image of the Spirit dagannoth.
 * These may be a reference to Dagon of the Cthulhu Mythos.
 * Although the plural of Dagannoth is commonly known as Dagannoths, when given as an assignment, Slayer masters refer to them as "Dagannoth" as a plural form.
 * Dagannoths may be based on the Deep Ones from H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. In that story, they worshipped the above-mentioned elder being Dagon.