Tormented demon

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Tormented demon

Also called	TDs
Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	450
XP per kill	Unknown edit
Examine text	Lucien must be incredibly powerful if he can bind such demons to his will.
Combat info LP Max hit 3,260 269 (Magic and Ranged), 189 (Melee) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Immune to Poison Stun Deflect Yes Unknown No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack styles Weaknesses Melee Ranged Magic Silverlight Magic Stab

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A player being attacked by a tormented demon

Tormented demons (also known as TDs) are massive demons summoned and controlled by the Mahjarrat Lucien. They first appear in the Grandmaster quest While Guthix Sleeps, wherein Lucien uses Daemonicas Abhoris to summon two demons in the Ancient Guthix Temple and place them into a state of perpetual physical agony, healing their bodies as they burn and making them extremely hostile and aggressive. After the quest is complete, a total of six tormented demons may be found in the Temple. Tormented demons are the 13th strongest monster in the game, with a combat level of 450.

Tormented demons possess a number of formidable powers. They can attack with all three combat styles, shield themselves from damage, and even use protection prayers. Additionally, as tormented demons reside in a multicombat area, it is possible for multiple demons to attack a given player at once. Nonetheless, they are often killed (either by single players, or teams of players) for their unique drops, namely the highly popular dragon claws, and the pieces of the dragon platebody. Aside from these, they have a number of other valuable drops, such as seeds, herbs, arms & armour, and clue scrolls.

Despite being demons, these monsters cannot be damaged by holy water. Additionally, dwarf multicannons cannot be set up in the tormented demons' lair, and they are immune to the effects of poison.

Combat characteristics

Tormented demons attack with melee, Magic and Ranged, though they will only use one style at a time. Their melee attack is weaker and can hit up to 189, but their Ranged and Magic attacks can each hit up to 269. Although these are relatively low maximum hits for boss monsters, tormented demons make up for them with high accuracy; their attacks will often hit players regardless of Defence level or armour quality, and the multiway nature of the area further compounds the danger. Fortunately, their attacks will not hit through protection prayers, so prayer switching is an effective and essential tactic when fighting them. Tormented demons will change attack styles every 16 seconds or so; when they do, they will rear back and roar, creating a area-of-effect Magic attack that can hit players behind cover, before attacking again.

Defensively, tormented demons use protection prayers based on the combat style that is dealing the most damage to them. Once a tormented demon takes 310 damage from a given attack style, it will change its protection prayer to defend against that style. For this purpose, any hit below 20 damage counts as 20 damage, as does any attack that misses. For example, if a player does 270 damage with their first melee attack, then misses with the next two attacks, the demon will switch prayers to Protect from Melee because the two unsuccessful attacks count as 20 damage each. The prayers do not run out and cannot be bypassed with, for example, the dragon scimitar's special attack, although Verac's set can hit through their Protect from Melee. For this reason, at least two combat styles are necessary when fighting tormented demons.

In addition to their protection prayers, each tormented demon is surrounded by a fire shield that reduces all damage dealt to them by roughly 75%. This shield can be taken down for 60 seconds by a successful hit with Darklight (use of its special attack not necessary). Each non-zero hit from Darklight resets the 60-second counter. (Note that for the purposes of their prayer-switching, hits through the fire shield are counted without the damage reduction.) The shield cannot be taken down while the demon is using Protect from Melee. Once stripped of their shields, tormented demons have relatively low Defence for their combat level.

Finally, the six tormented demons in the Ancient Guthix Temple are fairly close together in a multicombat area. It is highly dangerous to be attacked by multiple demons at once because, as previously stated, their attacks are highly accurate. The most common tactic for dealing with their numbers is to lure all but one demon into a position where they become trapped, and then engage the remaining demon in combat. See the strategy page for effective luring tips.

Strategy

Main article: Tormented demon/Strategies

Drops

100% Drops

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Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
[[File:|link=Infernal ashes]]	Infernal ashes	1	Always	2,057

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant battleaxe	1	Common	5,541
	Rune mace	1	Common	7,165
	Rune sword	1	Common	11,135
File:Dragon claws.png	Dragon claws	1	Rare	Error
	Rune battleaxe	1	Very rare	24,988
	Rune 2h sword	1	Very rare	36,735

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Food/Potions

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune sq shield	1	Common	22,047
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
	Rune helm	1	Uncommon	10,533
	Dragon helm	1	Very rare	58,601
	Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare	30,650

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Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Super defence (3)	1–6	Common	7,826–46,956
	Prayer potion (3)	1–3	Uncommon	2,208–6,624
	Shark	5–15	Uncommon	9,665–28,995

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Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Avantoe seed	1–2	Common	375–750
	Belladonna seed	1	Common	1,007
	Harralander seed	1–2	Common	196–392
	Jangerberry seed	1–3	Common	79–237
	Marrentill seed	1–2	Common	179–358
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	Common	1,768
	Wildblood seed	1–3	Common	189–567
	Kwuarm seed	1–2	Common	12,857–25,714
	Cactus seed	4–10	Uncommon	4,064–10,160
	Limpwurt seed	1–2	Uncommon	5,207–10,414
	Ranarr seed	1–3	Uncommon	976–2,928
	Spirit weed seed	1–2	Uncommon	78,260–156,520
	Strawberry seed	1–4	Uncommon	1,075–4,300
	Toadflax seed	1–2	Uncommon	9,872–19,744
	Whiteberry seed	1–3	Uncommon	136–408
	Dwarf weed seed	1–2	Uncommon	822–1,644
	Lantadyme seed	1–2	Uncommon	726–1,452
	Cadantine seed	1–2	Rare	1,438–2,876

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Note: Herbs are dropped in assorted groups of 8 to 11 herbs total.

Gems and Bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1–11	Common	709–7,799
	Grimy marrentill	1–11	Common	2,307–25,377
	Grimy tarromin	1–11	Common	105–1,155
	Grimy harralander	1–11	Common	741–8,151
	Grimy irit	1–11	Common	5,008–55,088
	Grimy avantoe	1–11	Common	1,043–11,473
	Grimy kwuarm	1–11	Common	11,782–129,602
	Grimy cadantine	1–11	Common	4,322–47,542
	Grimy lantadyme	1–11	Common	7,551–83,061
	Grimy ranarr	1–11	Uncommon	1,860–20,460
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–11	Uncommon	8,476–93,236

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Runes and Talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Diamond	3–5 (noted)	Common	11,628–19,380
	Adamant bar	3–7	Common	5,283–12,327

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Death rune	20–40	Common	4,640–9,280
	Lava rune	20–45	Common	19,320–43,470
	Law rune	20–45	Common	11,400–25,650
	Fire talisman	2–5	Common	418–1,045
	Blood rune	10–20	Uncommon	6,780–13,560
	Soul rune	20	Very rare	26,900

No charm
11–12%	20–21%	10–11%	20–21%	36–37%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 12,866 kills. 3 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Other

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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
	Coins	3,000–15,000	Common	3,000–15,000
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Ruined dragon armour slice	1	Rare	54,854
	Ruined dragon armour lump	1	Rare	46,947
	Ruined dragon armour shard	1	Rare	38,497
	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

Notes

• On 4 December 2008, Jagex changed the drop tables for tormented demons and made them more difficult to kill by changing their behaviour toward mage and range attacks.
• On 25 May 2011, Jagex changed Tormented Demons and other bosses from a right click to a left click.
• Upon slaying a number of tormented demons, a player's Adventurer's Log will read "I killed X tormented demons, fewer tormented souls in the world must be a good thing."
• Upon slaying 100 Tormented Demons, a player's Adventurer's Log will read "I killed many Tormented Demons."
• Upon completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat the examine text stays the same, as if Lucien was still alive.
• There is a likeness of Lucien's face under the Tormented Demon when it uses its fire shield.

See also

• Phentes the Tormented