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.

Strengths and weaknesses
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, or else the player will be hit for very high damage. Wyverns have high Defence, Attack, and Life points, making them very challenging opponents. They attack with either Melee or Range, as well as a freezing-breath attack. This attack can freeze players in a fashion similar to the Ancient Magicks ice spells. Contrary to popular belief, the accuracy of this breath attack is NOT affected by armour. It will hit regardless of your armour; wearing the shields is the only real option that can affect their breath. Protect from Magic or Deflect Magic also lower the max hit of the ice breath attack, although this is not recommended over protect from range.

Offensively, the Wyverns use their ranged attack the most, followed by their ice-breath. Melee is relatively seldom used. It is recommended to kill these wearing full proselyte armour along with other high prayer boosting gear such as Soul wars cape, amulet of fury, explorer's ring 3, etc. The player should use Protect from Ranged to minimise most of their damage. Their breath attack may freeze you up to 4 seconds which stops you from moving and attacking as well. This is the primary reason why killing Wyverns takes longer to kill then conventional monsters. Also this freezing ability hinders the advantage of a fast weapon since you won't be able to hit anyway.

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.

Defensively, Sketetal Wyverns have a weakness to crush. They are also moderately weak to slash, while being most resistant to stab. However, the best weapon to use is debatable since there are a lack of good 1-handed crush weapons; they are either too slow (like battleaxes) or too weak (like maces). Therefore, many people choose slash weapons such as an Abyssal Whip; while they are slightly more vulnerable to crush, the whip has a speed and attack bonus advantage to almost every one-handed crush weapon. If a player doesn't have a Whip, Wyverns are also vulnerable to Longsword slash attacks. For special attacks, a Dragon Longsword is surprisingly very effective. The Dragon mace's special can be used as a alternative, but is not nearly as effective as the longsword's.

Despite being skeletal creatures, they are not classified as undead, but rather animated bones. As such, wyverns are not vulnerable to the effects of the Salve Amulet or the spell Crumble Undead. Players should also note that the Fist of Guthix item, Dragon Slayer Gloves, do not give bonuses when fighting them even though they drop the Draconic Visage. The Antifire potion has no effect on the wyvern's ice breath attack; nor do Ice gloves help to avoid their icy breath.

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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.