This article is about the regular Slayer monster. For other uses, see Hellhound (disambiguation).
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Hellhound | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Released | 27 February 2002 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Combat level | 122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Size | 2x2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Examine | Hello, nice doggy... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Combat info | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Attribute | Demon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
XP bonus | +0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Max hit | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Aggressive | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Poisonous | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attack style | Stab | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attack speed | 4 ticks (2.4 seconds) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Respawn time | 89 ticks (53.4 seconds) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Slayer info | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Slayer level | None | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Slayer XP | 116 xp | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Category | Hellhounds | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Combat stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||
116 | 105 | 104 | 102 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Aggressive stats | |||||||||||||||||||||||
+0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Melee defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
+0 | +0 | +0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Magic defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
+0 | 50% weakness | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranged defence | |||||||||||||||||||||||
+0 | +0 | +0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Immunities | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Poison | Not immune | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Venom | Not immune | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Cannons | Not immune | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Thralls | Not immune | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Monster ID | 104,105,7256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hellhounds are monsters that are often given as a Slayer task to mid-to-high level players. Hellhounds are an excellent source of hard clue scrolls, as they drop them more frequently than other monsters. If players are on a hellhound task and they want to make some money off it, they could choose to kill Vet'ion as his Skeleton Hellhound and Greater Skeleton Hellhound spawns will count towards the task and the player may also receive some generous drops from the boss. Killing Cerberus also counts towards a hellhound task. Revenant hellhounds, Bouncer, Bouncer's ghost, and the skeleton hellhound from In Search of the Myreque don't count towards a hellhound task.
Contents
- 1 Strategy
- 2 Locations
- 3 Drops
- 3.1 100%
- 3.2 Other
- 3.3 Tertiary
- 3.4 Catacombs tertiary
- 3.5 Wilderness Slayer tertiary
- 4 God Wars Dungeon drops
- 4.1 100%
- 4.2 Tertiary
- 5 Wilderness Slayer Cave drops
- 5.1 100%
- 5.2 Other
- 5.3 Tertiary
- 5.4 Wilderness Slayer tertiary
- 5.5 Wilderness Slayer Cave tertiary
- 6 Treasure Trails
- 7 Combat Achievements
- 8 Changes
- 8.1 Gallery (historical)
- 9 Trivia
Strategy[edit | edit source]
Hellhounds are demonic creatures, so demonbane weapons will work against them. Their high combat level is mainly reflective of their accurate and powerful attacks; their low defensive stats make them fairly easy to defeat.
As they only attack with melee, Protect from Melee can be used to nullify their attacks. The lowest effort way to use this strategy is at the Catacombs of Kourend, as the area is a multi-combat zone. Players who have completed at least easy tasks of the Ardougne Diary can teleport to Kandarin Monastery to recharge Prayer points, and teleport back via Xeric's talisman's Xeric's Heart option or the Kourend Castle Teleport spell (requires 48 Magic and completion of Client of Kourend to unlock the spell). Alternatively, a player-owned house altar and Kourend portal may be used. Bring prayer-boosting armour such as the Proselyte armour for longer trips and some food just in case you run out of Prayer points and get hit by the hellhounds. Prayer "flicking" can dramatically reduce the cost of fighting them; however, this requires close attention and food to correct mistakes. Taking advantage of the Guthan's healing set effect is also an effective strategy for longer trips.
Since they occupy a large space of 2-by-2 squares, hellhounds can easily be safespotted in Taverley Dungeon on rocks and columns, or in the Witchaven Dungeon. In the Karuulm Slayer Dungeon, they can be safespotted with range at the entrance by staying against the north wall and luring the two northern spawn Hellhounds towards the entrance. They may also be safespotted in the Kourend dungeon by ranging them from the south of the room, using the corner of the entry hallway to block. Also it is possible to safespot them from the south in the Kourend Catacombs from the north exit, drag them along the wall and safespot them from the furthest tile in the corridor to the brutal dragons. It is also possible to safespot Hellhounds in the Wilderness Slayer dungeon by running to the gap in the stalagmites on the eastern wall in level 17 Wilderness. Get the closest Hellhound to the north from that spot to be aggressive towards you and use it to block others from attacking until the aggression timer is up, after which then safespot can be used freely.
Players hunting hard clue scrolls can kill hellhounds located east of the Deserted Keep while wearing a ring of wealth (i). This doubles the drop rate of clue scrolls from hellhounds, from 1/64 to 1/32.
If a Slayer Master is checking your combat level, you are required to have at least level 75 combat.
Ensouled hellhound heads can be sent to the bank with a charged Soul bearer.
Locations[edit | edit source]
Location | Levels | Members | Spawns | Map |
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Outside of the Wilderness Resource Area[c 1] | 122 | 6 | Maplink | |
Witchaven Dungeon | 122 | 8 | Maplink | |
God Wars Dungeon | 127 | 5 | Maplink | |
Stronghold Slayer Cave[c 1][c 2] | 122 | 13 | Maplink | |
Taverley Dungeon[c 1] | 122 | 13 | Maplink | |
Wilderness Slayer Cave[c 1] | 136 | 5 | Maplink | |
Catacombs of Kourend | 122 | 9 | Maplink | |
Karuulm Slayer Dungeon[c 1] | 122 | 12 | Maplink |
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dwarf multicannon can be placed.
- ^ Can only be fought while on a Hellhound Slayer task.
Drops[edit | edit source]
The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.
The average hellhound kill is worth 534.4.
The average hellhound kill while on a Konar task is worth 1,529.25.
100%[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Vile ashes | 1 | Always | 330 | 1 |
Other[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Smouldering stone | 1 | 1/32,768 | 2,300,377 | 27,000 |
Tertiary[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Ensouled hellhound head | 1 | 1/40 | 5,303 | 1 | |
Clue scroll (elite) | 1 | Always[d 1] | Not sold | 12 | |
Reward casket (elite) | 1 | Always[d 1] | Not sold | 30 | |
Looting bag | 1 | 1/3[d 2] | Not sold | N/A | |
Clue scroll (hard) | 1 | 1/64; 1/32[d 4][d 3] | Not sold | 12 | |
Brimstone key | 1 | 1/96[d 5] | Not sold | N/A |
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Elite clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing an elite clue scroll asking you to kill a hellhound.
- ^ Looting bags are only dropped by those found in the Wilderness.
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/32 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60; 1/30 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
- ^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
Catacombs tertiary[edit | edit source]
The following drops are only accessible while killing the Catacombs of Kourend variants.
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Ancient shard | 1 | 1/256 | Not sold | 122 | |
Dark totem base | 1 | 1/384 | Not sold | 123 | |
Dark totem middle | 1 | 1/384 | Not sold | 123 | |
Dark totem top | 1 | 1/384 | Not sold | 123 |
Wilderness Slayer tertiary[edit | edit source]
The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Larran's key | 1 | 1/90; 1/88 | 132,486 | 1 | |
Slayer's enchantment | 1 | 1/228; 1/200 | 1,283 | 720 |
God Wars Dungeon drops[edit | edit source]
The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.
The average hellhound kill is worth 462.76.
100%[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Vile ashes | 1 | Always | 330 | 1 |
Tertiary[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Ensouled hellhound head | 1 | 1/40 | 5,303 | 1 | |
Clue scroll (hard) | 1 | 1/64; 1/32[d 2][d 1] | Not sold | 12 | |
Brimstone key | 1 | 1/96[d 3] | Not sold | N/A |
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/32 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60; 1/30 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
- ^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
Hellhounds inside the God wars dungeon do not drop elite clues when an elite clue scroll asks you to kill a hellhound.
Wilderness Slayer Cave drops[edit | edit source]
The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.
The average hellhound kill is worth 2,752.88.
100%[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Vile ashes | 1 | Always | 330 | 1 |
Other[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Smouldering stone | 1 | 1/16,384 | 2,300,377 | 27,000 |
Tertiary[edit | edit source]
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Ensouled hellhound head | 1 | 1/40 | 5,303 | 1 | |
Clue scroll (elite) | 1 | Always[d 1] | Not sold | 12 | |
Reward casket (elite) | 1 | Always[d 1] | Not sold | 30 | |
Looting bag | 1 | 1/3 | Not sold | N/A | |
Clue scroll (hard) | 1 | 1/64; 1/32[d 3][d 2] | Not sold | 12 |
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Elite clue scrolls and reward caskets are only dropped when completing an elite clue scroll asking you to kill a hellhound.
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/32 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn and fought in the Wilderness.
- ^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/60; 1/30 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
Wilderness Slayer tertiary[edit | edit source]
The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Larran's key | 1 | 1/76 | 132,486 | 1 | |
Slayer's enchantment | 1 | 1/200 | 1,283 | 720 |
Wilderness Slayer Cave tertiary[edit | edit source]
There is approximately a 85/100 chance of rolling the Wilderness Slayer Cave drop table, which includes various items available from Justine's stuff for the Last Shopper Standing.
Item | Quantity | Rarity | Price | High Alch | |
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Blighted anglerfish | 1–2 | ~1/8.7 | 458–916 | 1–2 | |
Blighted manta ray | 1–2 | ~1/8.7 | 728–1,456 | 1–2 | |
Blighted karambwan | 1–2 | ~1/13.1 | 216–432 | 1–2 | |
Blighted teleport spell sack | 1–10 | ~1/13.1 | 62–620 | 1–10 | |
Blighted ancient ice sack | 1–10 | ~1/13.1 | 622–6,220 | 1–10 | |
Blighted vengeance sack | 1–10 | ~1/13.1 | 71–710 | 1–10 | |
Blighted entangle sack | 1–10 | ~1/6.5 | 67–670 | 1–10 | |
Blighted super restore(4) | 1 | ~1/26.1 | 5,260 | 1 | |
Revenant cave teleport | 1 | ~1/26.1 | 451 | 6 | |
Dareeyak teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 798 | 1 | |
Wilderness crabs teleport | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 26,998 | 37 | |
Carrallanger teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,034 | 1 | |
Paddewwa teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,154 | 1 | |
Annakarl teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,772 | 1 | |
Lassar teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,419 | 1 | |
Kharyrll teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,156 | 1 | |
Senntisten teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 2,288 | 1 | |
Ghorrock teleport (tablet) | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 1,985 | 1 | |
Target teleport | 1 | ~1/130.6 | 3,176 | 1 | |
Magic shortbow scroll | 1 | ~1/326.5 | 53,197 | 3,000 | |
Ring of wealth scroll | 1 | ~1/326.5 | 6,626 | 3,000 | |
Trouver parchment | 2 | ~1/1,305.9 | 999,252 | 2 | |
Looting bag note | 1 | ~1/1,305.9 | 27,953 | 54 |
Treasure Trails[edit | edit source]
- Killing a hellhound is the solution to the elite cryptic clue: A demon's best friend holds the next step of this clue. Hellhounds in the God Wars Dungeon will not work.
Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]
There is 1 Combat Achievement task (totalling 1 point) available for Hellhound.
Name | Description | Type | Tier | Comp% |
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A Demon's Best Friend | Kill a Hellhound. | Kill Count | Easy(1pt) | 71% |
Changes[edit | edit source]
Date | Changes |
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29May2024 (update) | Hellhounds now have a 50% weakness to water spells. |
18May2022 (update|poll) | Hellhounds now drops ensouled hellhound heads at a rate of 1/40. |
16June2021 (update|poll) | Hellhounds now drop vile ashes in place of regular bones. |
17March2021 (update) | Several monsters, including Hellhound, were tagged as demonic, allowing demonbane weapons to work on them. |
4June2007 (update) | The NPC was graphically updated. |
Gallery (historical)[edit | edit source]
RuneScape 2 Beta | 29 March 2004 – 4 June 2007 | 4 June 2007 – present |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Despite being "hounds," they do not count toward a dog Slayer task, nor do they drop ensouled dog heads.
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