Living Wyverns
Introduction
Wyverns are one of the 4 raptor mobs, and are known for their unique environmental effects and highly damaging attacks. They offer decent XP, and are a consistent source of GP due to their wyvern bone drops.
⬥ The Dragon slayer perk and sigil , along with any other dragon-slaying related items such as , do NOT work on wyverns.
Stats
⬥ XP per kill : 1859 + 613.4
⬥ XP per kill : 1878.8
⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~760 (~530 AFK)
⬥ Optimal XP per hour : ~1.4M (~995K AFK)
Desirable Drops
⬥ Wyverns have a rich drop table, with each kill being worth 55,968. They are the best source of Wyvern bones, an ingredient for super prayer potions.
⬥ For the slayer log, Wyverns are also killed for their unique drop, the Wyvern Crossbow , a T85 crossbow dropped at a rate of 1/2000 on-task and 1/10,000 off-task.
Location and How to Get There
Living Wyverns are found in 2 locations:
- The Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, accessed via a rope in the south of the Skeletal Wyvern room.
a. The easiest way to get there would be via dungeoneering cape teleport to the Frost dragon dungeon (0,8)
- Northwest of Ghorrock, accessed via the Ghorrock teleport (ancient spellbook)
a. This is the best location as it benefits from the and
b. Wyverns are also attackable from areas without the chill mechanic, making it viable to be stationary and AFK in this location.
Mechanics
Useful Items
Method: Active/AFK Magic
Magic is the best style at wyverns by far, due to their weakness to the and damage reduction.
⬥ Wyverns are stunnable and bindable, so + can be a powerful combo if using 4TAA. Blood spells help with healing, alongside if required.
Preset
Active Strategy
⬥ If doing them actively with best-in-slot gear, stand close to the most north-western fire in the wilderness spot (refer to example vod), and use target cycle to target wyverns within range. Use whenever is used along with if available.
⬥ Use combos opportunistically on any wyverns that wander close to each other.
⬥ When eating solid food, such as sharks dropped by wyverns, try to eat them in the tick between the end of a kill and the start of the next kill when you have no target, as this does not reduce adrenaline.
⬥ If doing wyverns with lesser gear, an may be used to aggro a limited amount (2-3) of wyverns which makes it more manageable to , as shown below:
AFK Strategy
⬥ If AFKing, stand south of the area out of range of the cavern chill effect.
• If positioned correctly, the chill status icon should not be seen on the debuff bar.
⬥ Set your legendary pet to scavenge for noted items along with runes and talismans.
• Besides noted items and salvage, soul runes are also valuable common loot.
⬥ One possibility for positioning is as follows (may not be optimal):
Revo bar
This bar should be used only for AFKing.
Note: Take out if AFKing off-task.
Video Examples
⬥ Active Magic - https://youtu.be/zwcW5uh37gc
⬥ AFK Magic - https://youtu.be/2a_OTFIkKm0