Pyrefiend

Pyrefiend

Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	43 / 48
Life points	450 / 480
Experience for killing	180 / 192 (60 / 64 Constitution xp)
Slayer level	Level 30
Slayer XP	45 / 48
Assigned by	Mazchna or Achtryn, Vannaka
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Magic-based melee
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	44 / 50
Weakness	water spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswaters, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attacks spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attackswater spells, silverlight, darklight, stab attacksWater spells, Silverlight, Darklight, Stab attacks
Always drops	Impious ashes or 1 Soul Fragment (within Soul Wars)
Examine text	A small fire demon.

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Pyrefiends are Slayer monsters that require level 30 Slayer to kill and are not to be confused with a pyrelord - a summoning creature. They are the weaker elemental cousin of the Waterfiend, but stronger than some Icefiends except the ones at Ghorrock Fortress. Also, they have very similar drops to those of Lesser demons and Harpie Bug Swarms, and are notable for their relatively high drop rate for level 2 clue scrolls. The death animation of pyrefiends was greatly sped up as of 9 November 2009 when they were removed from Ghorrock Fortress. Note several glitches occur when fighting pyrefiends such as drops showing up behind the player, combat taking place either in the same square as the player or with a one square gap between the player and the target while using melee attacks. However, these glitches do not affect the drops or combat.

Locations

• Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (Fairy ring code A-J-R) (When entering the dungeon, there is a direct shortcut to them, that requires 81 Agility to jump across a chasm.)
• God Wars Dungeon (level 48)
• Soul Wars (activity)
• The dungeons of Daemonheim (any floors)
• They used to reside at Ghorrock Fortress alongside waterfiends, but this was changed as of their 2009 death animation update.

Strengths and weaknesses

The Pyrefiend's attack is a magic-based melee attack. This means that its accuracy is based on your magic defence, so it is highly recommended that you wear dragonhides or other Ranged armour so you take little damage from them. Note that Protect from magic does not negate its attack but Protect from melee does, although in some cases, it can hit through your prayer (max of 22, so it halves all damage dealt to players). The level 43 pyrefiends can hit a max of 44 life points, and the level 48s can hit a max of 50. Despite their level, they have higher accuracy than many other monsters of a similar level, so food is recommended for lower levelled players. It is also recommended that you either Melee or Range them.

Like most fire-based enemies, pyrefiends are vulnerable to water-based spells. If using melee, it appears stab attacks are more effective than slash attacks (this has been confirmed). It has been confirmed that killing pyrefiends in Soul Wars does in fact count towards the slayer assignment's total kills. Note that you can not use a dwarf multi cannon while killing pyrefiends in the slayer dungeon.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Impious ashes	1	1 Always	39
File:Soul Fragment.png	Soul fragment	1	1 Always <ref>Within Soul Wars only.</ref>	Not sold

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Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire rune	30, 60, 90	2 Common	420–1,260
	Chaos rune	12	3 Uncommon	1,032
	Law rune	1	3 Uncommon	149
	Death rune	3	3 Uncommon	555

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel full helm	1	2 Common	219
	Staff of fire	1	2 Common	1,195
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	49
	Steel battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	282
	Steel arrow	1	3 Uncommon	14
	Mithril chainbody	1	3 Uncommon	1,039
	Steel boots	1	4 Rare	502
	Adamant helm	1	4 Rare	1,039

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	10, 40, 100, 120, 200, 240, 320, 400, 446, 450, 474	2 Common	Not sold
	Gold ore	1	2 Common	228
	Jug of wine	1	3 Uncommon	80
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

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

See also

• Revenant Pyrefiend
• Icefiend
• Waterfiend
• Pyrelord