Warped terrorbird

Warped terrorbird

File:Warped terrorbird wattle.png
Release date	3 September 2007 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	81/143
Life points	1549
Experience for killing	620 (207 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 56
Slayer XP	154
Assigned by	Duradel or Lapalok
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee, Ranged
Attack speed	Unknown edit
Max hit	140 (approx) (level 81); 210 (level 143)
Weakness	melee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tables[[]] attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab,, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesmelee attacks (stab, slash, or crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tablesMelee attacks (Stab, Slash, or Crush); the type of impact varies depending on the appendages: see tables
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	Without Chime: "You don't think you can harm this terrorbird." With Chime: "This bird looks a little more vulnerable now."

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The Warped terrorbird is a Slayer monster found in the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon. They require 56 Slayer and a Crystal chime to be killed. There are also three level 143 warped terrorbirds that the player must fight near the end of The Path of Glouphrie quest; see here for a guide to that fight. Players must have at least started the quest in order to receive these monsters as a Slayer assignment.

Warped terrorbirds are an excellent source of runes, bolts and bolt tips.

Characteristics

Warped terrorbirds are the result of Glouphrie's experimentation with the Anima Mundi, or life energy. Once terrorbirds, these mutants are stronger and used for guarding the city of Arposandra.

According to the Slayer masters' tips, warped terrorbirds have 3 distinguished combinations of physical features, each of which is more vulnerable to either stab, slash or crush attacks. Terrorbirds are distinguishable by their head appendages, tail, and feather locations. Method to defeat a warped terrorbird, find out its weakness by the following tables.

The first shows the weakness by identifying on individual traits:

Eye on a stick	Long tail	Feather location	Weakness
No	Yes	Left shoulder	Crush
Yes	No	None	Slash
Yes	Yes	On the tail	Stab

The second identifies solely by its image:

Image	Weakness
File:Warped terrorbird-stab.png	Stab
File:Warped terrorbird-slash.png	Slash
File:Warped terrorbird-crush.png	Crush

The Slayer master also notes that the terrorbird's ranged attack is sound-based, so ear protection could prove useful. In other words, using Earmuffs, Masked earmuffs, Slayer helmet or a Full slayer helmet reduces their ranged attacks' maximum hit to 20. This ranged attack will hit twice, so players can be hit up to 40, though this is very unlikely. It is best to know where to find the least amount of terrorbirds as multiple terrorbirds can hit up to 100 in succession. Their maximum melee hit remains the same, however, so Protect from Melee may be helpful. (However, as the ranged attack hits almost 100% of the time while the melee hits much less often, it is advised to use the Protect from Missiles prayer for less total damage).

They will always be aggressive towards the player, even if the player does not leave the area. If the player uses the crystal chimes on it, it will immediately retaliate, and its spawns will also be aggressive. Terrorbirds also have a keen sense of smell according to the RuneScape history which is probably why they attack aggressively. This can be proven as they have an aggression range even if there are obstacles on the way.

It is revealed during the Prisoner of Glouphrie quest that the Arposandrans breed terrorbirds and then put them through a machine to make them stronger and intelligent. Guard no.72 is an example of such an enhanced terrorbird. The machine does not always work properly, and when the machine malfunctions, the defective terrorbirds end up with unusual growths and are presumably weaker or unintelligent. These "factory seconds" are disposed of by sending them to the sewers. During the quest the player witnesses a blue, female warped terrorbird being disposed of in this fashion; its examine text, like that of the attackable birds in the sewer, is "You don't think you can harm this terrorbird".

Habitat

Warped terrorbirds are only found in the Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon. Players may travel there by:

• Using Spirit Trees, which is notably the fastest way.
• Going west of Castle Wars with a Crossbow and a Mithril grapple equipped to grapple across the river.

Enter through the sewer entrance south-west of the Spirit tree.

File:Poison waste dungeon.png

Poison Waste Dungeon Map.

Strategy

The Machine in Arposandra that either creates intelligent or warped terrorbirds.

Due to an update in early March, 2010, players are no longer required to use the crystal chime on a warped terrorbird to make it vulnerable to damage, however the crystal chime must be in the player's inventory to kill it.

A healing familiar, preferably a Bunyip, can greatly extend the length of time a player may stay in the dungeon. They are particularly useful because familiars such as the Bunyip heal 20 lifepoints every 15 seconds, which is roughly how much damage the Warped terrorbirds deal. Their ranged attacks are low-hitting (if using ear protection) but persistent, so much damage will be sustained if no healing familiar is used.

At higher levels, Guthans works very well, if killing in the room at the end of the dungeon with only one terrorbird in it. Furthermore, the flexibility of the warspear allows players to change attack styles according to the bird's weakness. Bring a Prayer potion or two, using Protect from Missiles if health gets too low, and a few pieces of high level food. When one is of a high enough level (75+ combat stats), they may kill these birds without any food at all, due to the fact that the healing properties of Guthan's will be higher than the damage received, when meleeing the lone bird. This way, a player may stay in the room until one piece of Guthan's armour degrades to 0 percent.

Flashing the Protect from Missiles prayer for a short time will make them stop using their ranged attack, as long as they are out of melee range. This is helpful if the player only wants to take damage from one at a time.

Training effectiveness

A good place to slay warped terrorbirds inexpensively is at the very end of the dungeon. It is important to note that the Protect from Missiles prayer is effective here; it allows the player to run through the dungeon without taking too much damage. When the player reaches the large round antechamber with a pit in the centre and doors on four sides, he/she can go through the west door to a room with only a single terrorbird. At this point, Protect from Missiles is no longer necessary. This strategy will save the player from having to use Prayer potions. The spawn type of this bird varies, so bring a weapon for crush, slash and stab attacks. A spear works well for this purpose, and Guthans can be utilised to heal.

A great training method is to equip full Guthans and a regen bracelet. A high combat level player with 75+ stats can sit in the room with the single terrorbird mentioned above and continuesly kill it, the healing effect from the Guthans and the bracelet will make it almost impossible to die. With a ring of life, a player can camp at the warped terrorbirds for hours with minimal risk.

Wearing the best melee protection armour available and wielding a good weapon such as the Abyssal whip or Dragon scimitar is quite effective. Also, a Zamorakian Spear is an excellent choice as it can use Stab, Slash and Crush attacks, while still being powerful, and as fast as a whip. An alternative is using a Staff of light, which covers all three attack styles, and is almost as good as the whip, while currently cheaper than the Zamorakian Spear. A Slayer helmet should be used if possible, as the Attack and Strength boosts are great benefits.

The player can use a Dwarf Multicannon. There is an effective cannon spot on the west edge of the second "big" room of the dungeon, four spaces north of the square in front of a sewer gate. This drastically speeds up the time spent during a Slayer task, and makes Warped terrorbirds one of the fastest tasks accounting for XP/min. However, this method is highly expensive (on the amount of 500k + per assignment, and even more if the player doesn't weaken the terrorbirds fast, wasting a lot of cannonballs) and requires extreme concentration, forcing the player to reload the cannon periodically, drinking Prayer potions, and healing with food. There are also a few methods to safe-spot the birds, although your direct environment does not reveal them. Opening and fighting adjacent to a metal door will allow you to fight your opponent in 1 vs. 1 combat, beware that respawning birds could start to hit you with their ranged attack. Once you are not comfortable about your supplies and health you can just step back and close the door to immediately stop any kind of combat. Another trick could be standing on a frequent respawn-spot of the terrorbirds because if you are, they will respawn "in" you and start levitating around you, leaving you with only 1 (or maybe 2) opponents.

Cheap Method

As previously suggested, Protect from Missiles is an excellent way to defend against the multiple ranged attacks of several terrorbirds at once. If you do not wish to pay for prayer potions and can use Spirit Trees as well as the Ardougne cloak 1 (or higher) and have a Ring of duelling this method may work out for you. Use the Spirit Trees to teleport there, then when you are being attacked by a ranged attack, use the prayer. You may notice that if you use a protect prayer and do not move, you may turn it off without any existing terrorbirds attacking you (usually), any new spawns will still attack you. Turning off the prayer when it is unnecessary will help prolong your stay. You will also want 20 or so of a cheap food (i.e. tuna/lobster). When your prayer or food runs out, use the cloak to teleport to the monastery and restore your prayer. If you are using a familiar and you have run out of summoning points, use the Ring of duelling's Castle Wars teleport and use the Obelisk. If not, then teleport to Mobilising Armies and use the Spirit tree there.

Drops

100% Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	24–60	2 Common	192–480
	Earth rune	12–36	2 Common	72–216
	Death rune	4–28	2 Common	740–5,180
	Law rune	1–10	3 Uncommon	149–1,490
	Soul rune	1–10	3 Uncommon	318–3,180

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril platebody	1	3 Uncommon	2,978
	Rune kiteshield	1	4 Rare	34,977

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Emerald bolt tips	Emerald bolt tips	16–24	2 Common	848–1,272
Ruby bolt tips	Ruby bolt tips	16–24	2 Common	1,840–2,760
Diamond bolt tips	Diamond bolt tips	16–24	2 Common	8,144–12,216
	Adamant bolts	5–15	2 Common	790–2,370
	Mithril warhammer	1	3 Uncommon	1,065
	Runite bolts	3–12	4 Rare	2,037–8,148
	Rune warhammer	1	4 Rare	24,585
	Rune pickaxe	1	5 Very rare	19,136

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	15–370	2 Common	Not sold
	Feather	23–99	2 Common	368–1,584
	Swamp tar	10–52	2 Common	360–1,872
	Adamantite ore	1	2 Common	1,655
	Wergali seed	1	2 Common	389
Exchange:Weapon poison	Weapon poison	1	3 Uncommon
	Chocolate bomb	1–3	3 Uncommon	3,961–11,883
	Tangled toads' legs	1–3	3 Uncommon	2,114–6,342
	Law talisman	1	3 Uncommon	285
	Anagogic ort	20	3 Uncommon <ref>Only with RDT drops.</ref>	Not sold
File:Sulphur.png	Sulphur	1	4 Rare <ref>Only dropped during Regicide.</ref>	Not sold
	Raw shark	1–6 (noted)	4 Rare	519–3,114
	Spin ticket	1	4 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

See also

• Terrorbird
• Warped tortoises
• The Path of Glouphrie