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Chaos druids are druids that have dedicated their life to the worship of both Guthix and Zamorak, unlike most druids that dedicate themselves to the worship of Guthix only. A confusing oddity, however, is that Chaos Druids in the Yanille Agility dungeon appear to be around a symbol of Zaros. They are commonly used as a training monster due to their high drop rate of grimy herbs. They use a magical attack which has the same animation as Snare, however the player can still move after being hit with the spell and has the attack draining effects of Confuse but it will only drain your attack by 3. (due to the update of 3 March 2010) It will also stop you from attacking, but you can continue to attack if you click on the Chaos Druid once again or just wait for the effect to go away(usually takes 3 seconds).

Players may bring a Macaw to help improve their herb drops.

A Chaos Druid has been attempting to rid Gielinor of the order of the White Knights and all their supporters with the aid of a dragon, attacking Sir Vant first and intending to destroy Lumbridge after eliminating him. Luckily, however, he has not succeeded. With the new tutorial though, the chaos druid has been removed and the dragon is considered a pet in the newer version.

Herb running

Herb running is a source of income for low to high levels, that allows the player to train as they make money. You simply walk to the location of the druids, kill them, take the herbs that they drop, (usually Ranarrs are the primary target) bank, and return. If used wisely, this tactic can make over 150k-200k a trip. If you are keeping all the higher herbs, herb gloves from Fist of Guthix activity (especially the higher levelled ones, such as Kwuarm gloves) can greatly increase your profits. Even though all the expensive herbs are (uncommon) drops from Chaos Druids, it is notable that Ranarrs tend to drop more frequently than the other expensive herbs.

For the majority of players who do not have any particularly high gathering skills, this is one of the best ways to make money in Runescape .

Tips

  • Bring a fast weapon such as a scimitar, whip, and dragon dagger (p++) as there will most likely be multiple players at your location. Ranging is also recommended to ensure that you will attack a chaos druid first over other players. Ice bursting them is one of the few ways to train Magic and earn a profit.
  • Bring a teleport tab or home teleport to leave quickly for faster banking.
  • Wield the mithril bolts that you get to save space.
  • Keep all law runes. These help for a quick escape if you run out of them.
  • Always keep a familiar on hand.
  • Clean the grimy herbs if you want to get some Herblore experience.
  • You can make Fishing Potions and Prayer Potions to save inventory and get Herblore XP.
  • Mixing some herbs, like Irit, into the vial of water dropped can also increase profits.
  • Bring a Ring of Wealth, it will give you better drops most of the time. Keep in mind, they only drop the listed items above.
  • With 41 Summoning, using a Macaw familiar can be very useful. It can improve herb drops, and randomly produce herbs.
  • Killing the druids in the Edgeville resource dungeon is incredibly handy due to the large amount of druids and the fact that it is not considered Wilderness. Because of the level 10 Dungeoneering requirement, fewer players will be present. WARNING: Doing this will give enough experience to get from level 10 to level 14 Dungeoneering. So if you don't want to level up your Dungeoneering, do not go through to entrance.

Location

Drops

100% Drops

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Note: In some very, very rare cases, chaos druids have not dropped bones, however it is so common that it can be considered a 100% drop.

Herbs

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
BonesBones1Always266

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Note that the chaos druid might drop a combination of herbs, such as ranarr and cadantine, and it may drop 2 of the same herb.

With Macaw Familiar

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Grimy guamGrimy guam1–2Common709–1,418
Grimy marrentillGrimy marrentill1–2Common2,307–4,614
Grimy tarrominGrimy tarromin1–2Common105–210
Grimy harralanderGrimy harralander1–2Common741–1,482
Grimy avantoeGrimy avantoe1–2Uncommon1,043–2,086
Grimy iritGrimy irit1–2Uncommon5,008–10,016
Grimy kwuarmGrimy kwuarm1–2Uncommon11,782–23,564
Grimy ranarrGrimy ranarr1–2Uncommon1,860–3,720
Grimy lantadymeGrimy lantadyme1–2Uncommon7,551–15,102
Grimy dwarf weedGrimy dwarf weed1–2Uncommon8,476–16,952
Grimy cadantineGrimy cadantine1–2Uncommon4,322–8,644
Kills Ranarr Irit Kwuarm Avantoe Cadantine Lantadyme Dwarf Weed
Number 1989 77 77 42 108 31 33 26
Percentage N/A 3.9% 3.9% 2.1% 5.4% 1.6% 1.7% 1.3%

Without Macaw Familiar

Kills Ranarr Irit Kwuarm Avantoe Cadantine Lantadyme Dwarf Weed
Number 2128 53 58 29 30 35 21 17
Percentage N/A 2.5% 2.7% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.0% 0.8%

As of 1/12/2011, using the Middle Grand Exchange price, using the Macaw familiar raises your value per kill from 411.9gp/kill without to 734 gp/kill with on average.

Runes

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Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Law runeLaw rune2Common1,140
Body runeBody rune9Common432
Air runeAir rune9–36Common810–3,240
Earth runeEarth rune9Common162
Mind runeMind rune12Common228
Nature runeNature rune3Uncommon1,215

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Gems

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Coins 25Coins2–35Common2–35
Bronze longswordBronze longsword1Common1,681
Mithril boltsMithril bolts2–12Common148–888
Vial of waterVial of water1Common96
Snape grassSnape grass1Uncommon134
Nature talismanNature talisman1Rare1,473
Cosmic talismanCosmic talisman1Rare1,030
Chaos talismanChaos talisman1Rare1,923
File:Iron med helm.pngIron med helm1RareError
File:Unholymould.PNGUnholy mould1RareNot sold
Loop half of a keyLoop half of a key1Rare11,053
Rune javelinRune javelin1–5Very rare181–905
Rune spearRune spear1Very rare10,185
Dragon spearDragon spear1Very rare35,861
Shield left halfShield left half1Very rare64,399

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Trivia

  • In the God Letters, Guthix said that Chaos druids believe that by helping Zamorak, they will achieve balance, which has some logic to it, as Saradomin does seem to have a lot more hold over the world.
  • A Chaos Druid is controlling the three-headed green dragon in Learning the Ropes.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Uncut sapphireUncut sapphire1Uncommon809
Uncut jadeUncut jade1Rare315
Uncut emeraldUncut emerald1Rare2,555
Uncut rubyUncut ruby1Very rare1,842
Uncut diamondUncut diamond1Very rare4,843
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