Hill giant

For the giants found in Daemonheim, see Hill giant (Daemonheim).

Hill giant

File:Hill giant.png
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	13, 28
Life points	350
Experience for killing	140 (47 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	35
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Vannaka
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee (crush)
Attack speed	FastestInterval: 2.4 seconds
Max hit	43
Weakness	stab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacksstab attacks attacksstab attacksstab attacksStab attacks
Always drops	Big bones
Examine text	A very large foe.

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A hill giant is a type of giant found in several locations around RuneScape, most highly concentrated in the far southern end of the Edgeville Dungeon and in the resource dungeon therein. These dungeons may be accessed through the entrance located in the house north-east of Gunnarsgrunn and west of the Cooking Guild if the player has a Brass Key. The Edgeville Dungeon area is usually very crowded in free-to-play worlds, as players like to gather Big bones and either bury them for Prayer experience or sell them at the Grand Exchange or to other players. Members worlds usually are much less crowded due to the better money making options for members. There are two hill giants present in level 17-18 Wilderness; however, very few people go there because of the dangerous player killers in the area and its far distance from any bank. (The closest bank for most hill giants in the Wilderness is at Daemonheim.) They are aggressive to players below combat lvl 57.

If Cyclopes are given as a Slayer assignment, players may NOT kill Hill Giants for the task. The reverse isn't possible either.

Hill giants can hit up to 43 damage, and they only attack with Melee. They have very low Defence which makes them great for experience from level 30 to level 50.

Another tip is that you can't let their weapons and their height imtimidate you. Every weapon they have will hit the same. (Example: Hammer, Cleaver, Club are the same.)

Locations

• Deep Wilderness Dungeon (m)
• Edgeville Dungeon (28)
• South-west of Tree Gnome Stronghold (6) (m)
• Lava Maze, Level 43 Wilderness
• North of the Observatory, just south of Ourania Cave (6) (m)
• Taverley Dungeon (5), past the Magic axes and Poison Scorpions (m)
• Tree Gnome Village (2) (m)
• Wilderness Level 17 and 18 (2), southeast of Bone Yard, near the Black salamander Hunter area
• Edgeville Dungeon resource dungeon (28), level 20 Dungeoneering required

Champions' Challenge

Hill giants are one of the 'races' who have a lesser champion in the Champions' Challenge Distraction & Diversion. To fight the Giant Champion, the player must kill hill giants until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop. The Distraction & Diversion just uses the term 'giant', but the only type of giant that drops the scroll is the hill giant. This is only for members.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	351

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron arrow	3	2 Common	30
	Iron dagger	1	2 Common	13
	Iron full helm	1	2 Common	48
	Steel arrow	10–15	3 Uncommon	140–210
	Iron kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	54
	Steel longsword	1	3 Uncommon	191
	Iron 2h sword	1	4 Rare	73
	Mithril arrow		4 Rare
	Steel dagger	1	4 Rare	20
	Steel platebody	1	5 Very rare	1,126
	Adamant arrow	1–5	5 Very rare	96–480

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	7	2 Common	49
	Fire rune	15	3 Uncommon	210
	Cosmic rune	2	3 Uncommon	220
	Law rune	2–3	3 Uncommon	298–447
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	6	3 Uncommon
	Mind rune	3	3 Uncommon	12
	Death rune	2	4 Rare	370
	Chaos rune	2	4 Rare	172

Herbs^(m)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	521
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	41
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy ranarr	1	4 Rare	3,508
	Grimy harralander	1	4 Rare	385
	Grimy irit	1	4 Rare	1,496
	Grimy avantoe	1	4 Rare	2,877
	Grimy kwuarm	1	4 Rare	2,902
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	7,525
	Grimy cadantine	1	5 Very rare	1,336
	Grimy lantadyme	1	5 Very rare	6,002

Seeds^(m)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Tomato seed	Tomato seed	1–3	2 Common	1–3
Potato seed	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	1–4
Onion seed	Onion seed	4, 8	2 Common	4–8
Tomato seed	Tomato seed	3	2 Common	3
	Strawberry seed	2	2 Common	184
Cabbage seed	Cabbage seed	4	2 Common	12
	Limpwurt seed	1	4 Rare	147
	Watermelon seed	1–4	4 Rare	1,861–7,444
Sweetcorn seed	Sweetcorn seed	3	4 Rare	9

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	8, 15, 38, 52, 88, 310, 350–493	2 Common	Not sold
	Limpwurt root	1	2 Common	844
	Beer	1	3 Uncommon	260
	Court summons (m)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Body talisman	1	3 Uncommon	251
	Long bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Shoulder bone (m)	1	4 Rare <ref>Dropped during Fur 'n' Seek/Wish list.</ref>	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
File:Champion's scroll (giant).png	Champion scroll (giant) (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Curved bone (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

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Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

Money Making

For F2P players, hill giants can be a great way to make money, as they always drop Big bones, which bring in 412 coins each at the GE. They also frequently drop Limpwurt roots. The close proximity to the Grand Exchange coupled with their low combat level makes them a great way to earn coins and gain combat experience. The major and most noticeable drawback to money making with hill giants, however is that the Edgeville Dungeon is usually very crowded.

In order to save weight whilst training on these giants, only equip dragonhide armour; if you are at least level 65, you will not get hit frequently. This will reduce your weight, thereby allowing you to run further. Only equip a rune scimitar or rune 2h. This will save one inventory spot for big bones or limpwurt roots for strength potion brewing. You no longer have to leave a spot for coins, due to the money pouch update; thus, at least 20 spots should be reserved for big bones and the rest could be roots as they are very popular and are worth more than big bones. It is also a good idea to bring a bonecrusher if you want to gain prayer experience without spending the time to pick up your bone drops.

Trivia

• They were once just called 'Giants', but this was later changed by Jagex to avoid confusion between other giants.
• They are one of three kinds of giants available for the free players, the other two being Moss giants and Ice giants.
• If a player brings along shortbows and arrows, they can use the ranged weapon to first attack a hill giant before anybody else does and then switch back to a Melee weapon.
• Some hill giants appear to be wielding cleavers, weapons from the Recipe for Disaster quest.
• The hill giant is one of the monsters known for dropping court summons for the Court Cases Distraction & Diversion.
• The two bald hill giants in Edgeville Dungeon are slightly redder in color.
• A variation of the hill giant seems to be wearing one of Torag's hammers; however, this may just be an ordinary warhammer.
• Inside the Edgeville Resource Dungeon, hill giants have been known not to attack a player that is resting.
• There are 5 safe spots which can be used for killing hill giants in the Edgeville Dungeon, thus it is a popular place for players to train Ranged.
• Despite being called "Hill giants", the majority of the giants are found in dungeons. The reason for the naming was revealed in a Postbag from the Hedge; they are called "Hill Giants" because their muscles on their arms resemble hills.

See also

• Hill giant (Daemonheim)
• Moss giant
• Ice giant
• Fire giant
• Giant Champion