Jungle strykewyrm

Jungle strykewyrms are slayer monsters that are located directly north of Mobilising Armies, next to the three fishing spots along the western coast. You may only fight these creatures if you are assigned them as a task by a slayer master after level 73 slayer.

Attacks
Jungle strykewyrms don't hit very high with their normal melee and magic-based attacks, but they have a special attack where they tunnel under your feet and then push you back from beneath. This attack hits 300 and can poison you for 40-80 (you can avoid this attack by running away as soon as it starts tunneling). The Jungle strykewyrm is unaffected by Leaf-bladed swords.

It has four attack types:


 * 1) A fairly weak melee attack (up to 87 life points), which can poison.
 * 2) A rarer magic cloud-like attack that can poison, dealing 40-80 life points.
 * 3) A special attack when the wyrm buries itself into the ground and then bursts out with tremendous force hitting 300. This attack can be avoided by running away. Standing with your back against a solid object such as a rock or a tree prevents the strykewyrm using this attack.
 * 4) A magic attack that looks like a large purple ball which explodes upon impact.

Weaknesses
Jungle strykewyrms are weak against stab and ranged attacks, and since they attack with melee most of the time, melee armour is suggested for killing them. Also, once they spawn to the surface, whether after a special attack or an investigation, the wyrm will not attack for a few seconds which gives you the opportunity to attack it (preferably a fast hitting weapon or the special of the Dragon Dagger) without retaliation.

It is highly advised that you bring Super antipoison potions when doing this task.

An alternative is to summon a Unicorn Stallion and use it's 'Cure' Ability to remove the poison in addition to its Healing Aura scrolls. Once a player runs out of Summoning points, they may recharge it by taking Spirit Tree transportation to Grand Tree and then using the nearby mini-obelisk there, or by using the mini-obelisk just west of Oo'glog.

Drops

 * Coins (200-2424) (common)
 * Nothing (rare)

Runes

 * 15 Nature runes (common)
 * 10 Death runes (common)
 * 10 Law runes (common)

Herbs
Herb drops are 1-4 a drop, better herbs are less common. Almost all herbs are noted; there are semi-rare cases of un-noted herbs.
 * 1-4 Grimy guam (uncommon)
 * 1-4 Grimy marrentill (uncommon)
 * 1-4 Grimy irit (uncommon)
 * 1-4 Grimy harralander (uncommon)
 * 1-4 Grimy cadantine (common)
 * 1-2 Grimy dwarf weed (uncommon)
 * 1-4 Grimy avantoe (rare)
 * 1-4 Grimy lantadyme (rare)
 * 1-4 Grimy ranarr (rare)
 * 1-4 Grimy tarromin (uncommon)

Seeds

 * Yew seed (rare)
 * Toadflax seed (uncommon)
 * Snapdragon seed (rare)
 * Watermelon seed (rare)
 * Marrentill seed (uncommon)
 * Tarromin seed (uncommon)
 * Jangerberry seed (rare)
 * Ranarr seed (rare)
 * Whiteberry seed (uncommon)
 * Spirit weed seed (rare)
 * Limpwurt seed (rare)
 * Strawberry seed (rare)
 * Watermelon seed (uncommon)
 * Harralander seed (uncommon)
 * Magic seed (rare)
 * Wildblood seed (uncommon)
 * Mushroom spore (rare)
 * Maple seed (rare)

Gems

 * Uncut sapphire (common)
 * Uncut emerald (common)
 * Uncut ruby (common)
 * Uncut diamond (common)

Others

 * Hexcrest (rare)
 * Papayas (3-10, noted) (rare)
 * Pure essence (40, noted) (common)
 * Teak logs (20, noted) (common)
 * Lobsters (1-2) (very common)
 * Water talisman (rare)
 * Air talisman (rare)
 * Body talisman (rare)
 * Fire talisman (rare)
 * Mind talisman (rare)
 * Mithril bar (5, noted) (common)
 * Super defence potion (1 dose) (very common)
 * Level 3 Clue scroll (rare)
 * Adamant hatchet (rare)
 * Mithril battleaxe (rare)
 * Rune javelin (5) (rare)
 * Cosmic talisman (rare)
 * Earth talisman (rare)
 * Tooth half of a key (rare)
 * Nature talisman (rare)
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * Dragon spear (rare)

Trivia

 * Jungle strykewyrms, along with the rest of the strykewyrms, are the first monsters in RuneScape that make use of Particle Effects.


 * The special attack of the strykewyrm (bursting out of the ground and hitting for 300 life points) will affect all players in its path. The attack cannot be recoiled by Vengeance.


 * The special attack can also be activated if one stands on any strykewyrm whilst it is above ground.


 * The special can occasionally hit twice consecutively hitting up to 600 life points instantly, although it is unknown if this was intentional. Although rare for this to happen, slayers should keep their life points above 600 to avoid an accidental death.


 * The release of strykewyrms was hinted at by the Chaos Elemental in the Postbag a few weeks earlier and by the Twitter Clue "Three strykes and they're out" which is a pun on the baseball term Three strikes and you're out!. The Twitter Clue was also posted on Facebook.


 * As of 11 February, 2010, Jungle strykewyrms can be assigned by Kuradal, Duradel, Lapalok (with While Guthix Sleeps complete), Chaeldar, and Sumona.

Jungle strykewyrm