Lesser demon

The Lesser demon (also known as a Lesser), is weaker than a Greater demon, but still fairly strong. It has a maximum hit of 8 damage, 79 Hitpoints, and regenerates damage at an average rate of 5 hitpoints per minute.

Players often kill lesser demons because they drop valuable items that can be alched through the High Level Alchemy spell, including the rune medium helmet (high alched for 11,520 coins).

The Lesser Demon has a somewhat low defence, allowing players to train for experience.

The lesser demon is the sixth strongest non-revenant, non-quest and non-random event monster in free-to-play, only to be beaten by Ankous in the Stronghold of Security, level 85 Skeletons in the Stronghold of Security, Cockroach soldiers in the Stronghold of Player Safety, Greater demons in the Wilderness, and Hellhounds in the Wilderness Volcano. They are very popular monsters to kill. One is fought as a boss in Melzar's Maze during Dragon Slayer to get the Green Key which allows you to get the Map Piece. This is the fourth monster to get the title: Strongest Monster in RuneScape from RuneScape Classic.

Training
Main Article See: Lesser Demon guide

Lesser demons are very effective training monsters for players that are low to medium levelled (around level 67 But level 78+ is recommended for fighting them). Since Karamja has many fishing spots, food is provided right at the site. Since most level 60 and up hit at least 10, they can rapidly do a lot of damage to the lesser. The respawn time of a lesser is quick, which means experience is gained quickly killing them. It is recommended to wear strong armour like adamant or rune however, and that rangers and mages take a few pieces of good food to withstand the first 10 minutes, while the Lesser Demons are aggressive.

The Lesser demon is affected by the powers of Silverlight and Darklight. However, it is not recommended to use them because both weapons are still rather inaccurate.

There is a safespot for ranging, maging and halberding in the Taverly Dungeon, which can be used once the demons are no-longer aggressive (ie. after ten minutes.) This is not a multi-combat zone so it is also possible to hide behind other demons.

There are also three safespots for ranging, maging, and halberding in the Karamja dungeon that are very useful, however this dungeon sometimes gets crowded on non-member servers.

At Crandor there are 2 lesser demons to train on which has few safe spots. This is a good spot for Rangers.

New players who are using Magic or Range can go to the Wizard Tower and kill a caged one. However, many people do this so it can get crowded and the player may not get much experience.

Locations

 * Crandor island
 * Wizards' Tower (caged)
 * Melzar's Maze (in the basement)
 * Crandor and Karamja Dungeon
 * Taverley Dungeon
 * Lava maze
 * Viyeldi caves (used during the Legends quest)
 * Temple of Ikov (dungeon), near the Guardians of Armadyl
 * Level 41 Wilderness, in the area between the Demonic Ruins and the Clan Wars arena.
 * Champion's Guild basement, in the Champion's Challenge. (This is the Lesser Demon Champion, who fights differently than regular lesser demons.)
 * Wilderness Volcano

100% drops

 * Ashes
 * Green key (Melzar's Maze only)

Weapons and armour

 * Steel hatchet
 * Steel scimitar (common)
 * Steel full helmet
 * Mithril square shield (rare)
 * Mithril chainbody (rare)
 * Rune medium helmet (semi-rare)
 * 5 Rune javelins(m) (rare)
 * Rune spear(m) (rare)
 * Dragon Spear(m) (very rare)
 * Shield left half(m) (very rare)

Runes

 * 30, 45, or 60 Fire runes (common)
 * 37 or 40 Mind runes (rare)
 * 7, 12, 24 Chaos runes
 * 3 to 5 Death runes

Gems

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

Charms (members only)

 * Crimson charm (rare)
 * Green charm (rare)
 * Gold charm
 * Blue charm (rare)

Coins

 * 10, 40, 100, 120, 200, 250, 400, 450 or 770 coins (extremly common)

Other

 * Gold ore (common)
 * Jug of wine
 * Loop Half of a key(m)(rare)
 * Tooth Half of a key(m)(rare)
 * Nature talisman(m)
 * Chaos talisman(m)
 * Cosmic talisman(m)
 * Grimy guam(m) (rare)
 * Grimy tarromin(m) (rare)
 * Grimy marrentill(m) (rare)
 * Grimy harralander(m) (rare)
 * Grimy irit(m) (rare)
 * Grimy ranarr(m) (rare)
 * Grimy avantoe(m) (rare)
 * Grimy kwuarm(m) (rare)
 * Champion scroll(m) (very rare)

Extra information

 * As of the 29 August 2006 update, the lesser demons' looks were tweaked by Jagex, giving the demons a more unique and distinguished look than prior to this update. There are also different "forms" of Lesser demon that look different. Additionally, the Lesser demon in Melzar's Maze is taller than the other Lesser demons. Also after the update the Melzar's Maze lesser appeared glitched due to the fact that Jagex had forgotten to update it. This has been fixed by Jagex.
 * [[Image:Lesserdemonold.PNG|thumb|250px|right|The Lesser Demon's appearance before it was updated on August 29th, 2006]]


 * K'ril Tsutsaroth, the boss monster of the Zamorak section of the God Wars Dungeon, is classified as a Lesser Demon, thus killing him counts towards any Lesser Demon Slayer Task, and also allows a player to take advantage of the abilities of a Black Mask, if they have a Lesser Demon Slayer Task.

Good spots & Bad Spots
Currently, the Karamjan Volcano is the best place to kill lessers for melee-users even if you have less than 40 fishing(although it is recommended). Rangers and mages will also find this place excellent, but it has only a few spots to get protected and, it takes sometime to stop the lesser demon to follow you behind your protection spot. This is really recommended for melee users since it does not have other strong creatures. If you do not have 40 fishing or above, bring along 30 coins and lobsters or better. After getting into karamja, do not worry about your trip back. while killing lessers, you will usually get coins. otherwise you can pick up bannanas and put them in a crate to get 30 coins. go back and run to the draynor bank and take new food once your supply is over. Please remember that you should keep 20 hp before running out, as a lesser demon can hit 2 8s and 1 4 easily and fast. repeating this cycle might be slow for those below 40 fishing, but it is effective.

Now, crandor is not as good as the karamjan volcano as the nearest food supply is far away even if you have above 40 fishing. also, there are many agressive monsters on the island for those with low combat levels. The closest lesser demons to a food supply in crandor are the three lesser demons right next to the wall seperating crandor and the karamjan volcano. But still, this place is also not recomended as while you are trying to escape the place as you have low hp, the three lesser demons will keep trying to attack you. this can be dangerous if your hp is too low. take caution if you are below combat level 80.

Because of the many people there, the wizard's tower is the WORST place to train on lessers. First of all, melee-users can't go here. second of all, there is a battle for the drops(telegrab) and the experience. even though you are immune to it's attacks, the battle for experience is too big!

Melzar's maze. Probabably the second worst place because of the distance from the next bank or fishing spot and as you have to get to the lesser demon using many keys, making it the location with the LONGEST time taken to fight lessers. For those who are high or low levels, don't waste your time here!

The taverley dungeon is quite a good place, possibly the second best place. But for those with a low combat level, do not go here.But, again, the closest place to bnk is quite far away unless you use teleport to falador or complete the fishing contest and teleport to camelot.

Lava maze... BAD place. for those with under 100 combat, too dangerous due to do the revenants. For those above 100 combat level, there is still the problem:banking. The lava maze will take sometime to go to, not because it's a maze but the path from edgeville(the nearest city with a bank!)or wilderness volcano(suggested to be the closest bank) to the lava maze is dangerous. In most world's about 7 revenant dragon attacks take place a day. it is indeed dangerous if you are a high level. this is probably the only time in which having a low level(under 91 combat) is very good. This will make sure, even if you are right infront of the lava maze(wilderness level 44) that the revenant dragon aill not attack you(but there have been a few cases. in one case, a level 85 got attacked and died in less then 10 seconds as she tought that the revenant won't attack her). do not get your hopes up though.

level 41 wilderness is horrible, not because of far-away banking, the closest is the wilderness volcano,but because of the, revenants. usually a revenant hobgoblin as it respawns at the north. Many revenants complete their patrol at wilderness level 44, and usually past this area. Also, bring along an anti-dragon shield as you might have to pass some green dragons if you use a certain way(also known as the southern demon way) to get to wilderness volcano. Another path out is by passing the greater demons(wilderness level 44 and not recommended) and going far east and passing the lava maze and then going south( The North-East-South Greater way) to get to wilderness volcano is prone to many revenants, so you should never use this path, especially because of the revenant ork, dark beast, knight and dragon. Another way, the safest, is the west way, which requires you to just go west until you reach the wilderness volcano. There are more banks, but the volcano is always recommended.

The wilderness volcano itself is well, the third best place to do so. It's got the closest bank, but the volcano usually has greater demons, hellhounds and ankous. lesser demons are very deep, causing you to take a lot of damage from all the other monsters. For those above 110 combat, it is the BEST PLACE. however, it is still possible for revenants to get lured here. if you ever see a yellow dot on the map which is travelling over the lava or at very high speed compared to the others, run. A revenant would try to escape the volcano fast, so it moves fast.

Trivia

 * When an update that introduced Karamja was released, this monster was the single most powerful monster in the game. It held this title until the release of the Wilderness introduced the Greater demon.