Waterfiend

Waterfiend
Release	3 July 2007 (Update)
AKA	wfs
Members	Yes
Examine
	A fiendish embodiment of water.
Combat info
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
	74 / 49 / 24
Slayer
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
	6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
Accuracy
Defensive
Affinities
Immunities

OS

For the elite version, see Waterfiend (elite).

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

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Waterfiends are the elemental cousins of the Pyrefiend and the Icefiend, and may be assigned as a slayer task by Duradel/Lapalok, Kuradal, and Morvran. They are found in the Ancient Cavern which can be accessed by completing Barbarian Training to the pyre ship stage. Waterfiends are also found in the Chaos Tunnels and the eastern coast of the Wilderness. Waterfiends with slightly different drops can be found in the Ghorrock Fortress.

Waterfiends have a very high charm drop rate, especially for crimson charms (around 80%). For this reason, they are targeted by many players who wish to level up summoning quickly, making them more popular than other crimson charm droppers (demons, dust devils, etc.). At Ghorrock they drop 2 charms at a time but have a halved drop rate, making the charms per hour effectively the same.

They are weakest against crossbow bolts, making any form of ranged a good choice for killing them. They can also be killed with higher level magic weapons. Using darklight is a viable method for those wishing to use melee. The waterfiends at Ghorrock seem to be easier to hit, but also seem to deal more damage. At Ghorrock they are found on the lower floor after completing The Temple at Senntisten and are aggressive.

Strategy[]

Main article: Waterfiend/Strategies

Locations[]

Waterfiends can be found in:

Ancient Caverns
Chaos Tunnels
Ghorrock (After Temple at Senntisten)
Eastern coast of the Wilderness, opposite Daemonheim (levels 16-18 Wilderness, multicombat area)

If the player is killing waterfiends for a Slayer assignment then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull while killing waterfiends in the Wilderness. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill while killing waterfiends in the Wilderness if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned waterfiends 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.

Drops[]

100% drop[]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Water rune	1	Always	25

Charms[]

Regular Waterfiends[]

No charm
5%	9–10%	5%	79%	2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 110,833 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Ghorrock Fortress Waterfiends[]

No charm
56–58%	4–5%	2–3%	34–36%	0.7–1.2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 5,446 kills. 2 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Adamant chainbody	1	Common	7,111
Rune helm	1	Uncommon	10,533
Battlestaff	1	Rare	3,012
Mithril ore	4 (noted)	Common	788
Mithril bar	2 (noted)	Common	1,364
Raw lobster	4 (noted)	Common	1,412
Raw shark	2 (noted)	Uncommon	2,854
Coins	1,200	Common	1,200
Mithril arrowheads	25	Common	875
Water orb	2 (noted)	Common	11,884
Snape grass	6 (noted)	Common	804
Seaweed	6 (noted)	Common	168
Fishbowl	1	Uncommon	1,179
Uncut ruby	1	Uncommon	1,842
Uncut sapphire	1	Uncommon	809
Uncut diamond	1	Uncommon	4,843
Water talisman	1	Rare	2,528
Casket	1	Uncommon	572
Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Court summons	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.


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[]

Waterfiends had an unannounced graphical update on 5 June 2008 - with this, some of their drops changed. Then, later that day, a system update after Smoking Kills was released to remove the drop change, only to be changed once again to fix some bugs and change some of the drops that were mentioned on the forums.
Waterfiends gained a massive buff with the update of 17 June 2013.

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