Helwyr

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Helwyr

Release	7 March 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
1000	200,000	8,000	2,640
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
480 / 320 / 160
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
1224	0	0	3000
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
85 85 85 Accuracy 2178 2178 2178
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1486	70
Affinities
-	40	40	40
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 200,000 Life points: 200,000 All Life points: 200,000 Life points1: 200,000 All Life points: 300,000 Life points2: 300,000 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 8000 Combat experience1: 8000 All Combat experience: 9000 Combat experience2: 9000 All Release date: 7 March 2016 Release date: 7 March 2016 All Combat level: 1000 Combat level: 1000 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 22438 NPC ID1: 22438 All NPC ID: 22440 NPC ID2: 22440

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Helwyr
Release date	7 March 2016 (Update)
Race	Elf
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	South of the Poison Waste
Sells items	No
Gender	Male
Examine	Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.
Examine	Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.

Helwyr Cywir is the general of Seren's army in the Heart of Gielinor. Helwyr is a skilled hunter and sorcerer of the Cywir Clan, which hails from Tarddiad. While on Tarddiad, Helwyr slew a great monster, known as the Hunllef, a predator of great threat to the Tarddian elves. Upon the beast's death, he used elven magic to draw upon the energy of the creature, bending it to his own will, allowing him to take on the very form of the beast for himself. Helwyr was also one of few Cywir elves who left Tarddiad, driven by the desire to help the elves back on their home planet. At some point early in the Fourth Age, some of his elves travelled far away from Isafdar to test the limits of their link with their goddess.

Unfortunately, they were captured and cruelly dissected by a man named Gregorovic, who desperately sought a cure for his fatal illness and hoped to find it in the physiology of the long-lived elves. Helwyr was furious when he learned of the news from the only survivor, and desired revenge. Between the Fourth and Sixth Ages, Helwyr and his elves traveled around Gielinor in search of Gregorovic.

Centuries later, when The Heart – a powerful source of anima – was discovered, Helwyr traveled there under Seren's banner to secure it and to use its power to cure the Crystal Shapeshifters' affliction. He arrived only to stand face to face with Gregorovic, now undead and fighting for the cause of Sliske, and the three other generals: the Twin Furies, Avaryss the Unceasing and Nymora the Vengeful of Zamorak, and Vindicta of Zaros, daughter of Morvannon and last of the Ilujanka on Gielinor.

Although his grudge was held only against Gregorovic, Helwyr condemned the Twin Furies and Vindicta as "creatures of darkness", vowing to hunt them down in order to protect his people. After hostilities erupted between the four factions, Helwyr called upon the elves of Seren to claim the Heart in her name and save his clan.

Level 80 Magic is required to face him but this can be boosted.

Obtaining all unique drops will unlock the Shapeshifter [Name] title.

Strategy

See also: Helwyr/Strategies

Drops

At 0% reputation each kill is worth 108,103.01 coins in uniques alone, if the player has 100% reputation this number increases to 216,206.02 coins.

Helwyr's standard drops are increased above base thresholds in Challenge mode, similar to the other Heart bosses (for example; it's possible to get an 18 Rune ore drop in a Challenge mode kill, slightly more than the maximum of 15 in normal mode). Drop rates for unique items are also significantly increased in Challenge mode (as of 18 April 2016) although it's unknown if this stacks with reputation rewards.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Bones	1	Always	266
	Seal of the Cywir	1–3	Always	Not sold

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	60,000–82,816	Common	60,000–82,816
	Magic logs	150–248 (noted)	Common	57,000–94,240
	Uncut dragonstone	8–12 (noted)	Uncommon	96,616–144,924
	Rune bar	9–15 (noted)	Uncommon	26,865–44,775
	Rune battleaxe	9–16 (noted)	Uncommon	224,892–399,808
	Off-hand rune battleaxe	10–16 (noted)	Uncommon	243,270–389,232
	Grimy dwarf weed	15–30 (noted)	Uncommon	127,140–254,280
	Runite ore	10–15 (noted)	Uncommon	14,190–21,285
	Coal	554–600 (noted)	Common	62,048–67,200
	Uncut diamond	18–22 (noted)	Common	87,174–106,546
	Raw shark	46–52 (noted)	Common	65,642–74,204
	Grimy lantadyme	80–100 (noted)	Uncommon	604,080–755,100
	Wand of the Cywir elders	1	Very rare	18,908,508
	Orb of the Cywir elders	1	Very rare	13,479,231
	Crest of Seren	1	Very rare	21,819,875
	Serenic essence	1	Rare	285,282
	Dormant Anima Core helm	1	Very rare	116,562
	Dormant Anima Core body	1	Very rare	119,758
	Dormant Anima Core legs	1	Very rare	117,920

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Sigil piece (Seren)	1	Always	Not sold
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold
	Shark	1–3	Uncommon	1,933–5,799
	Twisted antler	1	Very rare	Not sold

Feats

• Unionised ( 40) - Defeat Helwyr whilst wearing the full Prifddinian worker's outfit.
• Wolf Pack ( 70) - Defeat Helwyr whilst there are 4 Cywir Alphas still alive.
• Once the hunter, now the hunted ( 0) - Obtained a collection of unique drops from the Helwyr.
• This Helwyr in ( 5) - Defeat Helwyr several times depending on the tier.
• Hel in a Handbasket ( 5) - Defeat Helwyr in challenge mode several times depending on the tier.

Gallery

Concept art of Helwyr

Helwyr's lobby banner

Helwyr with antlers and a santa hat during Christmas.

Trivia

• Upon release, there was a bug where Helwyr would drop loot in an unreachable tile, which was usually lost if the player could not use area loot or Telekinetic Grab. This only occurred if he was on the edges of the arena. This has since been fixed with the update on 23 October 2017.
• Helwyr's Hunllef form is intended to be a fusion of a stag, a wolf, and a bear.
• Helwyr is Welsh for hunters.
• Helwyr's codename during development was "bear" and "manbearpig" which is a reference to the show South Park.
• After killing Helwyr, the Adventurer's Log will say: "I killed the shapeshifting elven hunter, Helwyr." Killing more than one Helwyr results in the Adventurer's Log saying: "I killed # Helwyrs, limb tearing hunters."
• For a while after release, after 2-3 kills in an instance (without re-entering), Helwyr would not summon anymore Cywir Alphas while the instance was still running. This was fixed and Helwyr will stop summoning them when there are four of them in the instance.
• His elf form resembles Lord Amlodd.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this boss was 60,000 kills for normal mode and 1,617 for hard mode. At this time, this was the record for the most-killed boss in the Heart of Gielinor, equal with Vindicta.
  • This had not increased for normal mode and increased to 2,017 for hard mode by 6 May 2018.. He was no longer tied with Vindicta for the most-killed boss of the Heart of Gielinor.