All Life points: 30,000
Life points: 30,000
All Slayer experience: 1269.8
Slayer experience: 1269.8
All Combat experience: 2894.4
Combat experience: 2894.4
All Release date: 24 August 2015
Release date: 24 August 2015
All Combat level: 112
Combat level: 112
All Is members only: true
Is members only: true
All NPC ID: 2162921630
NPC ID1: 2162921630
All NPC ID: 21631
NPC ID2: 21631
All NPC ID: 21632
NPC ID3: 21632
Crystal Shapeshifters are Slayer monsters located on Tarddiad after completion of the quest The Light Within. They are the only source for Tarddian crystals and the ancient elven wedding ring, an item needed to complete the Master Quest Capeachievement, Angs Off My Ring. To reach them, teleport to the World Gate with the Sixth-Age circuit, or alternatively teleport to the Eagles' Peak lodestone and run south. Interact with the controls directly in front of your character to change the Gate's destination. Rotate the dials until a number "1" is presented on the Gate (not to be mistaken with the straight line and backwards 1).
They can fight with all three combat styles, and they will switch dependent on the combat style of armour you are wearing. Crystal Shapeshifters are more dangerous than their combat level suggests and should not be taken lightly, as they use combat abilities to a much greater extent than many other monsters.
Although Crystal Shapeshifters start off in a specific form based on their spawn location, they will quickly switch combat styles based on what combat form the player is weak to. Activating a protection prayer that protects from the style that counters the player's worn equipment will prevent them from shapeshifting altogether. An example would be bringing magic armour and using Protect/Deflect Missiles; without the overhead prayer, the shapeshifter would use ranged on the player. With the overhead prayer, the shapeshifter will stay in magic form, since melee attacks are weak against magic armour. This method will not work as well with melee shapeshifters, as the shapeshifter can perform Smash and disable the player's protection prayers/curses.
In addition to regular abilities in their respective combat style, crystal shapeshifters can roll into a spiked ball and charge at the player, dealing approximately 1500-2500 melee damage, seemingly doing so when stunned or bound. A shapeshifter can roll several times in a row, dealing high damage.
Angof can be spoken with to make the shapeshifters unaggressive if desired, which is recommended, as they have a very far aggression range.
Shapeshifters do not wander from their spawn point until they enter combat (being attacked or attacking a target they are aggressive against).
For every piece of crystal armour worn excluding the first piece, the maximum amount of crystals dropped increases by 1. For example, using 3 parts will cause them to drop 2–5 crystals.
Without wearing any crystal armour pieces, getting 2 crystals is more common than getting 3 crystals.
Without wearing any crystal armour pieces, 1-2 crystals are dropped with the main drop and 1 shortly afterwards. The first drop can be boosted with crystal armour.
The attuned crystal weapon seed and the attuned crystal armour seed may drop at the same time.
The drop rate of the ancient elven wedding ring is increased for every piece of the crystal armour set worn, with attuned crystal armour increasing it considerably.
Crystalline Shapeshifters are featured in the Armies of Gielinor game as a level 5 unit from Seren, though they share very little similarities with each other in appearance. Unlike most of the level 5 units which are mostly titan class units, the Crystalline Shapeshifter belongs to the warrior class and has the least Strength of all level 5 units, on the other hand the Crystalline Shapeshifter is capable of teleporting on a unit, instantly killing them in the process.
In their melee form, Crystal Shapeshifters have a unique melee attack animation where they seemingly attack three times for the duration of the animation, even though the attack hits only once.
Crystal shapeshifters received the following changes due to player complaints:
Combat and slayer experience was increased.
When a crystal shapeshifter shifted styles prior to the change, the player would have to click on them again as they would have "lost" their target even though they were fighting them. This was changed so that it could change styles without turning into a "new" target.
As of 1 February2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 60,000 kills[1].
^Mod Shauny. Top 10 killers per Slayer creature. 2 Feb 2018. "Here are the top 10 kills for each Slayer creature in RuneScape, be aware that we've not listed display names for privacy purposes however if you wish to brag about one number being yours then we won't stop you!"*
^Mod Shauny. Top Slayer Killers - 6th May 2018. 6 May 2018. "Here are the top 10 kills for each Slayer creature in RuneScape, be aware that we've not listed display names for privacy purposes however if you wish to brag about one number being yours then we won't stop you!"*
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