Jungle strykewyrm

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Jungle strykewyrm

Release date	8 February 2010 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	110
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	Who said worms were small and harmless?
Slayer info
Slayer level	73
Slayer XP	110
Assigned by	Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 1,100 87, 300 (Special attack) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect Yes Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No Yes - 48 (Melee), 88 (Magic) Attack styles Weaknesses Melee Magic Ranged Stab

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File:Jungle Strykewyrm Icon.png

Jungle strykewyrms are slayer monsters that are located north-east of Mobilising Armies, next to the three fishing spots along the western coast. They are some of the most visually striking creatures in RuneScape, and are accessible only at 73+ Slayer. They can only be attacked when you have been given them as a slayer assignment.

File:Junglestrykewyrmlocation.png

The location of jungle strykewyrms

Attacks

Jungle strykewyrms don't hit very high with their normal melee and magic-based attacks, but they have a special attack where they tunnel under your feet, then push you back from beneath. This attack hits 300 and can poison you for 40-80 (you can easily avoid this attack by running away as soon as it starts tunneling).

It has 4 attack types:

1. A fairly weak and inaccurate melee attack (up to 87 life points). If it damages the player, it will always cause a 48 life point poison condition, unless the player has immunity to poison. As always, prayers will not prevent the attack from poisoning the player.
2. A special attack when the wyrm buries itself into the ground and then bursts out with tremendous force, hitting 300 plus any poison damage. This attack can be avoided by running away. (This attack can be prevented by standing with your back or side to an obstacle, such as rocks. This is highly recommended.)
3. A magic attack that looks like a large purple ball which explodes upon impact.
4. A rarer magic cloud-like attack that can poison, dealing 88 life points initially. Unlike the melee attack, this attack does not always cause poison.

Given the number of poison attacks these creatures possess, It is highly advised that you bring Super antipoison potions or a similar potion while killing them. If you have high Defence and have completed The Great Brain Robbery then a prayer book and holy symbol can substitute nicely, but be advised that this consumes prayer points and does not provide immunity. Another option for players with 60 Defence, 60 Dungeoneering, and 70 Herblore is to equip an Anti-poison totem, which provides full immunity to poison along with fairly decent defensive bonuses, but disallows the use of two-handed weapons, such as Godswords. Alternatively, if you have Soul Split, the need for any kind of poison cure is eliminated, as the damage taken can easily be recovered from said curse. Do not forget the use of Poison Purge also eliminates the need for any other posion-preventing item and may help substitute for food as poison damage heals you instead of damaging you.

Another alternative is to summon a Unicorn Stallion and use its 'Cure' Ability to remove the poison in addition to its Healing Aura scrolls, but much like the prayer book, this does not grant immunity. Once a player runs out of Summoning points, they may recharge it by taking Spirit Tree transportation to Grand Tree and then using the nearby mini-obelisk there, or by using the mini-obelisk just west of Oo'glog.

There are lobster, tuna/swordfish, shark and big net fishing spots along the coastline, near the strykewyrms. Cuttable jungle vegetation is near, as well. A player with a harpoon or lobster pot, hatchet, and tinderbox has access to an unlimited food supply by utilising this. Some players may be able to catch the sharks or tuna/swordfish barehanded (after doing Barbarian Training). This means they do not need any fishing equipment. Players may now also use the Toolbelt to store a hatchet, tinderbox, and any fishing equipment in order to save inventory space. There is also a bank in Mobilising Armies and can be accessed easily with a Ring of Duelling. When using a Bunyip with Swallow whole scrolls players don't need to take a hatchet and tinderbox.

Weaknesses

Jungle strykewyrms are generally weak against stab and ranged attacks. They are also immune to poison (as shown by Monster Examine), due to their poisonous nature.

Once the strykewyrms spawn to the surface, whether after a special attack or an inspection, the wyrm will not attack for a few seconds. This gives you the opportunity to attack it (preferably a fast hitting weapon or the special of the Dragon Dagger) without retaliation. When asked for tips, Slayer masters note that they are inherently passive creatures, who become aggressive upon sensing the slayer's own ill intent.

As with all Strykewyrms, the Jungle Strykewyrm will only perform its 300-damage tunnelling attack if the 3x3-square area around the attacking player is free from obstructions. As the jungle area is littered with rocks and trees, players are likely to be able to move into a position where they can attack without fear of such a retaliation.

Since they attack with melee most of the time, melee armour is suggested for killing them, but players with 80+ Defence can be productive with black dragonhide armour or better and a rune kiteshield or better. A combination of black d'hide legs and the rest a strength bonus outfit can be very effective for slayer with stats around 80. The best defence for these monsters, however, is barrows armour, preferable Torag, for the high defensive value of the armour. Potting up attack and strength can increase your stay times and make the tasks and kill go faster, eliminating extra damage that may occur from slower kills. Do not bring Super Defence potions since they are dropped at a sufficient rate to keep you fully supplied.

As the slayer guides suggest, range seems to prove rather efficient against these types of strykewyrms, even bronze knives can be used effectively hand in hand with a sufficient range level/accuracy bonus. They can attack with melee at adjacent diagonal spaces, so be sure to stand at least one square away. For players who have difficulty moving out of the way in time, it is also advised to range Strykewyrms from a distance, as it will allow you more time to avoid the attack.

In the past, a player could step on the jungle strykewyrm so that it would not be able to attack the player. This is still possible, though it is unknown whether or not they will burrow to attack you if you try this, also note your character will be pushed back out of the strykewyrm after a certain period of time.

Drops

Charms

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76–77%	6%	14–15%	2–3%	1%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 39,342 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Runes/Talismans

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Herbs

NOTE: Almost all herbs are noted; there may be rare cases of unnoted herbs.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Nature rune	15	Common	6,075
	Death rune	5; 10	Common	1,160–2,320
	Law rune	10	Common	5,700
	Air talisman	1	Rare	498
	Body talisman	1	Rare	407
	Cosmic talisman	1	Rare	1,030
	Earth talisman	1	Rare	185
	Fire talisman	1	Rare	209
	Mind talisman	1	Rare	203

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Seeds

NOTE: Most seeds are dropped with nature runes, though there are cases of seeds without nature runes.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy cadantine	1–4	Common	4,322–17,288
	Grimy guam	1–4	Uncommon	709–2,836
	Grimy marrentill	1–4	Uncommon	2,307–9,228
	Grimy tarromin	1–4	Uncommon	105–420
	Grimy irit	1–4	Uncommon	5,008–20,032
	Grimy harralander	1–4	Uncommon	741–2,964
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–4	Uncommon	8,476–33,904
	Grimy avantoe	1–4	Rare	1,043–4,172
	Grimy lantadyme	1–4	Rare	7,551–30,204
	Grimy ranarr	1–4	Rare	1,860–7,440
	Grimy kwuarm	1–4	Rare	11,782–47,128

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Armour/Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Toadflax seed	1	Common	9,872
	Limpwurt seed	1	Common	5,207
	Marrentill seed	1	Uncommon	179
	Tarromin seed	1	Uncommon	137
	Whiteberry seed	1	Uncommon	136
	Watermelon seed	1	Uncommon	3,590
	Harralander seed	1	Uncommon	196
	Cadantine seed	1	Uncommon	1,438
	Wildblood seed	1	Uncommon	189
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	Uncommon	1,768
	Cactus seed	1	Uncommon	1,016
	Poison ivy seed	1	Uncommon	302
	Jangerberry seed	1	Rare	79
	Ranarr seed	1	Rare	976
	Spirit weed seed	1	Rare	78,260
	Strawberry seed	1	Rare	1,075
	Kwuarm seed	1	Rare	12,857
	Dwarf weed seed	1	Rare	822
	Avantoe seed	1	Rare	375
	Maple seed	1	Rare	8,519
	Lantadyme seed	1	Very rare	726

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Other

Anagogic Orts 20,40***

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant hatchet	1	Uncommon	10,119
	Mithril battleaxe	1	Uncommon	3,550
	Hexcrest	1	Rare	13,681

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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.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Papaya fruit	3–10 (noted)	Common	16,686–55,620
	Pure essence	40 (noted)	Common	1,200
	Lobster	1; 2	Common	141–282
	Super defence (1)	1	Common	2,604
	Mithril bar	5 (noted)	Uncommon	3,410
File:Teak logs	Teak logs	20 (noted)	Uncommon	2,100
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Court Summons	1	Very rare	Not sold

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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

Trivia

• Jungle strykewyrms are the only strykewyrm which inflict poison, and one of the few poisonous monsters that require a Slayer level to kill, the others being cave crawlers, cave slimes and night spiders.
• Jungle strykewyrms, along with the rest of the strykewyrms, were the first monsters in RuneScape that made use of particle Effects.
• The release of strykewyrms was hinted at by the Chaos Elemental in the Postbag a few weeks earlier and by the Twitter Clue "Three strykes and they're out" which is a pun on the baseball term Three strikes and you're out!. The Twitter Clue was also posted on Facebook.
• As of 11 February, 2010, Jungle strykewyrms can be assigned by Kuradal, Duradel, Lapalok (with While Guthix Sleeps complete), Chaeldar, and Sumona.
• Strykewyrms can attack diagonally with melee. This trait is shared with certain monsters that use both melee and a long-range attack (such as metal dragons), and is not a glitch.
• Jungle strykewyrms are the lowest-level monster to drop Elite Clue Scrolls, but require the player to be assigned them as a slayer task.
• In mid-October 2010, strykewyrms experienced a graphical error, which caused the textures on their bodies to become similar in appearance to wood. This glitch was fixed on 2 November 2010. This glitch reappeared later on and was fixed by 26 July 2011.
• When wearing a Ring of Wealth, after killing a Jungle Strykewyrm, it will always say "Your ring of wealth shines more brightly." This is because, like many creatures, such as Cave Horrors, the Ring of Wealth's effect applies to all drops from a Jungle Strykewyrm.
• If a player runs behind an obstacle just as a strykewyrm burrows into the ground, the strykewyrm will disappear. Although it will seem to respawn normally, it will leave no drops, nor count as a kill for the player. This glitch has not been fixed.