Desert strykewyrm

Desert strykewyrms are slayer monsters located east of Al-Kharid, just east of the palace, over a stile. They can only be killed if the player is assigned to kill them by a slayer master (level 77 Slayer required).The slayer master will give you the assignment if you have a fire cape in your inventory, in your bank or if you are wearing it.

They appear as shadows on the ground. To initiate battle with one, the player must investigate it, and the strykewyrm will burst out of the ground and attack the player.

The Desert strykewyrm has a special attack. It first disappears in the ground and then bursts out hitting 30 to players around it. This can be avoided by quickly running out the way. Standing under the strykewyrm for too long will also result in it hitting 30 and knocking the player back.

The area is in the desert, so waterskins or an enchanted water tiara are needed here. ''' Be careful where you step! You can get hit 30 by running over another players monster when it goes to ground!'''

Runes

 * 15 Death runes
 * 100 Water runes (uncommon)
 * 15 Law runes (uncommon)
 * 120 Pure essence (noted)

Weapons and Armour

 * Rune hatchet (uncommon)
 * Shield Left Half
 * 5 Rune javelins

Seeds

 * Cadantine seed
 * Avantoe seed
 * Kwuarm seed
 * Toadflax seed
 * Irit seed
 * Watermelon seed

Herbs

 * 15 Grimy toadflax (noted)

Other drops

 * Focus sight
 * Coins (common)
 * 2 cooked Swordfish (uncommon)
 * 2 waterskins (4) (very common)
 * Super defence potion (2 doses) (very common)
 * Uncut ruby (uncommon)
 * Uncut sapphire (common)
 * 1 Maple seed
 * 1 Yew Seed
 * 10 Potato cactus (noted)
 * 10 Yew logs (noted) (uncommon)
 * 3 Adamant bars (noted) (uncommon)
 * Tooth half of a key (rare)
 * Air Talisman (uncommon)
 * Level 3 Clue scroll (rare)

Trivia

 * The release of Strykewyrms was hinted with the Twitter Clue "Three strykes and they're out" and the Chaos Elemental hint in the Postbag From the Hedge a few weeks earlier.