Hill giant

This article is about hill giants found in various locations across Gielinor. For the giants found under Daemonheim, see Hill giant (Daemonheim).

Hill giant

Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Combat level	13, 28
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	A very large foe.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	35
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Vannaka
Combat info LP Max hit 350 48 Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes (but not in Edgeville dungeon resource dungeon.) No Attack style Weakness Melee Stab

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A hill giant is a type of giant found in several locations around RuneScape, most highly concentrated in the far southern end of the Edgeville Dungeon and the resource dungeon of the same location. These dungeons may be accessed through the entrance located in the house north-east of Gunnarsgrunn and west of the Cooking Guild if the player has a Brass Key. The Edgeville Dungeon area is usually very crowded in free-to-play worlds, as players like to gather Big bones and either bury them for Prayer experience, or sell them to the Grand Exchange or to other players. Members worlds usually are much less crowded due to the better money making options for members. There are some hill giants present in the Wilderness; however, very few people go there because of the dangerous player killers in the area. The closest bank for most hill giants in the Wilderness is at Daemonheim.

If these are given as a Slayer assignment, players may NOT kill cyclopes instead.

Hill giants can hit up to 48 damage, and they only attack with Melee. They have very low Defence which makes them great for levels 30-50 training. 30-50 combat level should consider killing these for money and xp.

Locations

• Deep Wilderness Dungeon (m)
• Edgeville Dungeon (12) - This location is popular especially on F2P worlds as it hosts some safespots for rangers and mages
• South-west of Tree Gnome Stronghold (6) (m)
• Lava Maze, Level 43 Wilderness
• North of the Observatory, just south of Ourania Cave (6) (m)
• Taverley Dungeon,(5) past the Magic axes and Poison Scorpions (m)
• Tree Gnome Village (2) (m)
• Wilderness level 17, east of Boneyard, near the Hunter area.
• Edgeville Dungeon resource dungeon, level 20 Dungeoneering required.

Champions' Challenge

Hill giants are one of the 'races' who have a lesser champion in the Champions' Challenge activity. To fight the Giant Champion, the player must kill hill giants until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop. (The activity 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

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Gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

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Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Uncut sapphire	1	Uncommon	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Rare	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Rare	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Very rare	4,843
	Uncut dragonstone(m)	1	Very rare	12,077

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Runes

	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	Uncommon	3,464
	Steel longsword	1	Uncommon	1,593
	Iron 2h sword	1	Rare	4,100
	Mithril arrow	Unknown	Rare	21
	Steel dagger	1	Rare	961
	Steel platebody	1	Very rare	1,956
	Rune javelin(m)	5	Very rare	905

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Charms^(m)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Water rune	7	Common	175
	Fire rune	15	Uncommon	2,385
	Cosmic rune	2	Uncommon	824
	Law rune	2	Uncommon	1,140
	Nature rune	6	Uncommon	2,430
	Mind rune	3	Uncommon	57
	Death rune	2	Rare	464
	Chaos rune	2	Rare	304

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).

Herbs^(m)

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Seeds^(m)

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

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Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Tomato seed	1–3	Common	204–612
	Potato seed	1–4	Common	244–976
	Onion seed	4; 8	Common	968–1,936
	Tomato seed	3	Common	612
	Strawberry seed	2	Common	2,150
	Cabbage seed	4	Common	828
	Limpwurt seed	1	Rare	5,207
	Watermelon seed	1–4	Rare	3,590–14,360
	Sweetcorn seed	3	Rare	894

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Money Making

For F2P players, Hill Giants can be a great way to make money, as they always drop Big bones, which bring in 203 coins each at the GE. They also frequently drop a Limpwurt root. The close proximity to the Grand Exchange, and their low combat level, makes them a great way to earn coins and gain combat experience. Be wary, though, because this place usually has lots of players.

In order to save weight and if you are at least level 65+ so you won't get hit as often, when you are training on these giants, equip just dragonhide armour while collecting items. This will reduce your weight allowing you to run further. Equip just a rune scimitar or rune 2h. This will save one inventory spot for bones or limpwurt root for strength potion brewing. Reserve one inventory spot for coins and most players leave their coin drops and you can get over 2k from one trip just picking up everybody's coin drops. At least 20 spots should be reserved for big bones and the rest could be roots as they are very popular and are worth more than big bones. It is also a good idea to bring a bonecrusher if you want to gain prayer experience without spending the time to pick up your bone drops.

Trivia

• They were once just called 'Giants', but this was later changed by Jagex to avoid confusion between other giants.
• There are only three kinds of giants available for the free players who drop big bones: Moss giants, Hill giants, and Ice giants.
• It is recommended that those who want to fight hill giants with Melee in Edgeville Dungeon to bring along shortbows and arrows, so one can use shortbow to first attack the hill giant before anybody does (because shortbows are as fast as a scimitar),and then switch back to a Melee weapon. Players can also use Crossbows as they can be used with a Shield.
• Hill giants are often used to train on by mid levelled players as they give 140 XP in Ranged, Strength, Defence, or Attack if not using the controlled (shared XP) attack style.
• Hill giants are often referred to as 'hillys' or 'hillies' by players.
• Some hill giants appear to be wielding cleavers, weapons from the Recipe for Disaster quest.
• Hill giants are often as an easy way to make money by lower levelled players. After lowering the giant's life points to half, they let another player kill the giant to obtain the drop.
• These are one of the monsters known for dropping court summons for the Court Cases Distraction & Diversion.
• The two bold hill giants in Edgeville Dungeon are slightly redder in colour.
• If you receive a slayer task to kill hill giants, it is possible to kill cyclopes as a substitute. However, the reverse is not true: if you receive a slayer task to kill cyclopes, killing hill giants does not count toward the task.
• A variation of the hill giant seems to be wearing one of Torag's hammers. However, this may just be an ordinary warhammer.
• Inside the Edgeville Resource Dungeon, hill giants have been known not to attack a player if that player is resting.
• There are 5 safe spots wich can be used for killing hill giants in the Edgeville Dungeon, so it is a famous place among players to train Ranged.

See also

• Hill giant (Daemonheim)
• Moss giant
• Ice giant
• Fire giant
• Giant Champion

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	8–88	Common	8–88
	Limpwurt root	1	Common	5,190
	Beer	1	Common	1,338
	Body talisman	1	Rare	407
	Long bone(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
File:Shoulder.PNG	Shoulder bone(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Loop half of a key(m)	1	Rare	11,053
	Tooth half of a key(m)	1	Rare	11,538
	Starved ancient effigy(m)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (easy)(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold
File:Giantscroll.PNG	Champion scroll (giant)(m)	1	Very rare	Not sold