Abyssal Demon

“A drifting tear of shadow. Whatever it once was, the void took it long ago and kept it. Look too long and your head starts to ache.”

Fighting it

• It swings back once every 2 of your combat inputs, whether your attack hit or not.
• A kill is worth about 12,000 Melee or Ranged XP, or 16,500 Magic XP, plus about 4,005 Hitpoints XP. XP is paid per point of damage and shared out by your stance (a stance that sends half to Defence pays it at Defence's rate of 8). A finishing blow that overshoots adds a little more; poison and Vengeance damage pay nothing; XP bonuses from gear and food add on top.
• Its hits roll from 0 to 33 (half its Strength, plus one). The prayer Bladeguard blocks them completely.
• Soft or unarmoured: Melee and Ranged tear in; Magic only lands normally.
• With the Mounted Abyssal Head built in your Holding it hits you 10% softer.

Slayer

• Assigned as a task by Karst.
• On task, each kill gives 6,000 Slayer XP (4× its hitpoints).

With the Slayer unlock Bigger and Badder, an on-task kill can bring out its superior form, the Greater Abyssal Demon.

Drops

Every row rolls on its own, so one kill can drop several things. Drops go straight to your bank (a pet goes straight onto you). Gear and potions that raise your rare find chance don't change these odds.

Item	Amount	Chance per kill
Gold	150–350	Always
Ashes	6–9	Always
Rune Essence	15–30	70%
Enchanted Cloth	2–6	40%
Abyssal Bones	1	25%
Cosmic Talisman	1	10%
Chaos Talisman	1	6%
Sacred Oil	1	5%
Rune Helmet	1	4%
Rune Sword	1	4%
Thornstar	1	1%
Rare drop table	1 roll	1/128
Demonic Core	1	1/200
Abyssal Sinew	1	1/200
Abyssal Crystal	1	1/200
Mystic Hat	1	1/2,000
Mystic Robe	1	1/2,000
Mystic Skirt	1	1/2,000
Abyssal Rod	1	1/5,000
Abyssal Head	1	1/6,000
Dragon Legs	1	1/10,000

1/128 of kills also reach into the rare drop table.

After a kill the next one appears 2.5 seconds later. Dying costs nothing but time: a 15-second wait before you can fight again. The Agility perks Hot Pursuit and Second Wind shorten both (see Combat).