Lava strykewyrm

For the Dragonkin Laboratory monster, see Lava strykewyrm (Dragonkin Laboratory).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

Lava strykewyrm

Release	16 February 2015 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
It's made of pure fire.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
115	30,000	1,200	396
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
72 / 48 / 24
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
94	1872	Lava strykewyrms
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1788	1152	1152	Varies
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
85 85 85 Accuracy 2178 2178 2178
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1924	80
Affinities
-	55	55	55
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 30,000 Life points: 30,000 All Slayer experience: 1872 Slayer experience: 1872 All Combat experience: 1200 Combat experience: 1200 All Release date: 16 February 2015 Release date: 16 February 2015 All Combat level: 115 Combat level: 115 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 20630 NPC ID: 20630

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Lava strykewyrms are strykewyrms found in the Wilderness, south of the Lava Maze (level 34-41). They require level 94 Slayer to kill and can be assigned by Kuradal and Morvran. Unlike their other cousins where a slayer task is required to harm them, Lava strykewyrms can be killed off-task. However, this will reduce their drop rates for their component drops. They are a reincarnation of the original WildyWyrms.

Lava strykewyrms can drop wyrm spikes, scalps and hearts, which can be used with abyssal whips, dark bows, or staves of light respectively to create the lava whip, strykebow, and the staff of darkness. They also drop searing ashes, which give 200 Prayer experience upon scattering, and are also used to create Aggression potions.

Location of Lava strykewyrms.

If the player is killing lava strykewyrms for a Slayer assignment then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned lava strykewyrms as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses stack, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience. As lava strykewyrms cannot be found anywhere outside of the Wilderness, taking a contract is recommended for additional experience or profit.

Killing lava strykewyrms can be extremely profitable, as their ashes are currently worth 55,487 coins each. In addition to this valuable drop, they also have an extremely generous drop table. However, they are located in a PvP-enabled area of the Wilderness, so do not bring any items that you are not willing to lose.

Lava strykewyrms cannot be placed in the Sunken Pyramid - attempting to do will state that it requires a volcanic environment to survive.

Mechanics

Main article: Lava strykewyrm/Strategies

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Searing ashes	1	Always	55,487

Charms

No charm
6–7%	0.9–1.4%	4–5%	29–31%	57–59%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 4,838 kills. 3 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune full helm	1	Uncommon	20,892
	Rune battleaxe	1	Uncommon	24,988
	Off-hand rune battleaxe	1	Uncommon	24,327
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Wild arrow	50–70	Uncommon	5,500–7,700
	Dragon bolts (e)	50–100	Uncommon	16,850–33,700
	Onyx bolts (e)	25	Rare	193,075
	Uncut diamond	1	Uncommon	4,843
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Gold ore	10–20 (noted)	Uncommon	5,870–11,740
	Adamantite ore	8–20 (noted)	Uncommon	1,816–4,540
	Yew logs	25 (noted)	Uncommon	4,175
	Magic logs	12–25 (noted)	Uncommon	4,560–9,500
	Black dragonhide	7–11 (noted)	Uncommon	24,374–38,302
	Fury shark	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Weapon poison (2)	1	Uncommon	243
	Saradomin brew (2)	1	Uncommon	9,136
	Zamorak brew (2)	1	Uncommon	1,356
	Super attack (2)	1	Uncommon	2,995
	Super strength (2)	1	Uncommon	9,433
	Super magic potion (2)	1	Uncommon	7,088
	Super ranging potion (2)	1	Uncommon	13,843
	Super defence (2)	1	Uncommon	4,780
	Antipoison (2)	1	Uncommon	184
	Coins	10,000–25,000	Common	10,000–25,000
	Searing ashes	5 (noted)	Uncommon	277,435
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Wyrm spike	1	Very rare	8,503,419
	Wyrm heart	1	Very rare	36,067,191
	Wyrm scalp	1	Very rare	13,457,428
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	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
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table

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

• Lava strykewyrms were originally supposed to be placed between the Lava Maze and Red Dragon Isle, but player complaints due to how deep it was in the Wilderness in addition to being a multi-way area changed it to south-west of the Lava Maze.
• Initially, lava strykewyrms gave 1404 slayer experience per kill when assigned for a task. This was changed due to player complaints on the dangers of the Wilderness, their damaging attacks and the 50% damage reduction for 10 seconds at the beginning of the fight (which is also later removed), and they now give more Slayer experience than combat experience.
• There was a glitch where if a player was assigned lava strykewyrms, even though the slayer master said "lava strykewyrms", players who quickchatted/blocked the task said WildyWyrms instead. This has since been fixed.
• Prior to the Patch Notes on 2 March 2015, a player in combat with a lava strykewyrm would be unable to retaliate if attacked by another player. Additionally, neither Anticipate nor Freedom would be able to prevent the pull of a Lava strykewyrm's burrow attack.
• Sometimes, a glitch can occur where the wyrm will stop attacking the player for a few seconds. This is due to the lava strykewyrm attempting to use its burrow attack but unable to as the player is too far to be dragged/the strykewyrm cannot burst from that location.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 29,997 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.
• Interestingly, while a wyrm is attempting to burrow underneath the player, it displays a weakness to crush despite being unable to be attacked during this attack.