Hill giant

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Hill giant

Release	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Examine
A very large foe.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
44	3,200	108	35.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
6 / 4 / 2
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	37.6	Hill giants
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
192	0	0	0
Style		Speed
		6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
? (edit) ? (edit) ? (edit) Accuracy 486 0 0
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
486	? (edit)
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 3,200 Life points: 3,200 All Slayer experience: 37.6 Slayer experience: 37.6 All Combat experience: 108 Combat experience: 108 All Release date: 4 January 2001 Release date: 4 January 2001 All Combat level: 44 Combat level: 44 All Is members only: false Is members only: false

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A hill giant is a type of giant found in several locations around RuneScape. They only attack with melee and have very low Defence, which makes them great for low to mid-levelled players.

Edgeville Dungeon and the resource dungeon within is the most popular location for hill giants on free-to-play worlds, as players like to gather big bones and either bury them for Prayer experience or sell them at the Grand Exchange close by. The dungeons may be accessed through the trapdoor in the ruins south of Edgeville, or in a hut west of the Cooking Guild if the player has a brass key.

Locations

Free-to-play

• Edgeville Dungeon
• Edgeville Dungeon resource dungeon (requires 20 Dungeoneering)
• Level 18 Wilderness, south-east of Bone Yard near the Black salamander Hunter area (2)
• Lava Maze (Level 43 Wilderness)
• Deep Wilderness Dungeon

Members

• South-west of Tree Gnome Stronghold (6)
• North of the Observatory, just south of Ourania Cave (6)
• Taverley Dungeon (5)
• Tree Gnome Village (2)

Champions' Challenge

Hill Giants are one of the 'races' who have a lesser champion in the Champions' Challenge Distraction and Diversion. To fight the Giant Champion, the player must kill Hill Giants until one drops a Giant Champion's scroll, a very rare drop. The Distraction & Diversion just uses the term 'giant', but the only type of giant that drops the scroll is the Hill Giant. This is only for members.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

Charms_(m)

No charm
83–84%	14–15%	0.9–1%	1%	0.1–0.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 85,356 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Iron arrow	3	Common	42
	Iron dagger	1	Common	1,584
	Iron full helm	1	Common	649
	Steel arrow	10–15	Uncommon	170–255
	Iron kiteshield	1	Common	3,464
	Steel longsword	1	Uncommon	1,593
	Iron 2h sword	1	Uncommon	4,100
	Mithril arrow	3	Rare	63
	Steel dagger	1	Common	961
	Steel platebody	1	Common	1,956
	Adamant arrow	1–5	Very rare	51–255

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Water rune	7	Common	175
	Fire rune	15	Common	2,385
	Cosmic rune	2	Common	824
	Nature rune	6	Uncommon	2,430
	Mind rune	3	Common	57
	Death rune	2	Rare	464
	Chaos rune	2	Rare	304

Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1	Common	709
	Grimy marrentill	1	Common	2,307
	Grimy tarromin	1	Common	105
	Grimy ranarr(m)	1	Rare	1,860
	Grimy harralander(m)	1	Rare	741
	Grimy irit(m)	1	Rare	5,008
	Grimy avantoe(m)	1	Rare	1,043
	Grimy kwuarm(m)	1	Rare	11,782
	Grimy dwarf weed(m)	1	Rare	8,476
	Grimy cadantine(m)	1	Very rare	4,322
	Grimy lantadyme(m)	1	Very rare	7,551

Seeds_(m)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Tomato seed	1–3	Common	204–612
	Jute seed	1–3	Uncommon	79–237
	Potato seed	1–4	Common	244–976
	Onion seed	4; 8	Common	968–1,936
	Strawberry seed	2	Common	2,150
	Cabbage seed	4	Common	828
	Hammerstone seed	2–3	Uncommon	140–210
	Limpwurt seed	1	Rare	5,207
	Sweetcorn seed	3	Rare	894
	Lantadyme seed	1	Uncommon	726
	Watermelon seed	2	Very rare	7,180
	Asgarnian seed	3	Uncommon	249
	Krandorian seed	2	Rare	202

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	8; 15; 38; 52; 88; 310; 350–493	Common	8–493
	Limpwurt root	1	Common	5,190
	Beer	1	Common	1,338
	Court summons(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Body talisman	1	Uncommon	407
	Long bone(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Shoulder bone(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Giant Champion's scroll(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Curved bone(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Steel bar	1	Rare	959
	Uncut sapphire	1	Rare	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Rare	2,555

Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• They were once just called 'Giants', but this was later changed by Jagex to avoid confusion between other giants.
• There are 5 safe spots which can be used for killing Hill Giants in the Edgeville Dungeon, thus it is a popular place for players to train Ranged and Magic.
• Despite being called "Hill Giants", the majority of the giants are found in dungeons. The reason for the naming was revealed in a Postbag from the Hedge; they are called "Hill Giants" because their muscles on their arms resemble hills.