Gargoyle

Gargoyles are flying Slayer monsters that require level 75 Slayer to damage. They are the only monsters that drop Granite mauls. A rock hammer is needed to kill a Gargoyle once it has less than 110 life points remaining. This can be done by right-clicking a Gargoyle and selecting the Smash option, or by selecting the rock hammer in the inventory and clicking the Gargoyle.

Two Gargoyle statues are placed either side of the entrance to the Slayer Tower. Their wings open and close with the doors.

Locations

 * Morytania Slayer Tower
 * Chaos Tunnels (the only multi-combat area to kill these in)
 * Kuradal's Dungeon (attackable only if the player is assigned a Gargoyle slayer task by Kuradal)

Strategy
Players must use a rock hammer to break them apart when they reach less than 110 life points. There is no way to actually tell whether a Gargoyle has 110 life points remaining, so the player should use his/her best judgement and kill the Gargoyle when just a sliver of its HP bar is left The delay between a "Smash" and a weapon hit is very small, so if you accidentally hit the Gargoyle too soon, do not worry. It will not slow down your next hit by a great amount. Gargoyles restore hitpoints at very fast rate: two hitpoints in approximately five seconds. Gargoyles are weaker to crush attacks, however the difference between using crush in the place of stab or slash is negligible and crush should only be used if it is available on the player's weapon of choice.

Another effective way to fight Gargoyles is to use range or magic against them in the Chaos Tunnels, since the number 5 ladder leads directsly to the Gargoyle room. There are numerous bushes and plants in the area, providing several safespots. Once the Gargoyle has been reduced to less than 100 life points, the player can run up to the Gargoyle with the rock hammer to finish it off. As of November 9 2009, Gargoyles have a new ‘Smash’ right-click option when they're near death to allow you to finish them off more easily with a rock hammer. A gargoyle at 0 life points, but which has not yet been smashed, can be dealt a maximum damage of 11.

Similarly, in Kuradal's Dungeon, there is a stalagmite safe spot just northwest of the energy barrier between the Gargoyles and Blue Dragons, where the Gargoyles may be safely ranged or attacked with magic.



Drops
Charms



Coins
 * 11, 44, 132, 220 or 460 (very common)

Weapons
 * Dragon spear (very rare)
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * 5 Rune javelins
 * Steel 2h sword
 * Steel battleaxe
 * Steel hatchet
 * Granite maul (rare)

Armour
 * Black/red Mystic robe top (rare)
 * Rune full helmet (rare)
 * Adamant boots (rare)
 * Shield left half (rare)
 * Steel full helm

Runes


 * 15 Chaos runes (common)
 * 5 Death runes
 * 37 or 75 Fire runes (common)

Other
 * Level 3 Clue scroll
 * Half of a key (rare)
 * 35 Pure essence (noted)
 * 3 Mithril bars (rare)
 * 3 Steel bars
 * Gold bar
 * Gem
 * 10 Thread
 * Nature talisman (rare)
 * Nothing (uncommon)
 * Ferocious ring (only in Kuradal's Dungeon)

Trivia
Gargoyle
 * Gargoyles also guarded doorways of the Grim Reaper's house in the 2007 Hallowe'en event.
 * Gargoyles are featured in the FunOrb game "Armies of Gielinor" as followers of Zamorak.
 * If the Gargoyle is poisoned and has barely any HP left, the Gargoyle may die without needing to use the Rock Hammer.
 * If a Summoning familiar strikes a Gargoyle at the same time a player uses a rock hammer to kill it, the Gargoyle will remain completely frozen for a few seconds and then disappear, instead of breaking into pieces like it normally does. This graphical glitch only occurs in the Chaos Tunnels since familiars can only attack enemies in a multicombat area.
 * If a player smashes a non-aggressive gargoyle without attacking it, the gargoyle will not attack the player.
 * It has been implied that gargoyles are a sub-species of demon, created by summoning a demon from the Infernal Dimensions and binding their life force to a statue. This is implied most strongly in the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor, in which gargoyles are described as "A flying demon with long-range throwing rocks."