Black demon

Black demon
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
	A big, scary, jet-black demon.
Combat info
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
	39 / 26 / 13
Slayer
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
	4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
Accuracy
Defensive
Affinities
Immunities

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This article is about the regular black demon. For other uses, see Black demon (disambiguation).

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

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Black demons are large demons that inhabit various locations across RuneScape. They use Magic attacks that can hit up to 672. They are stronger than their greater demon cousins and are often assigned by Sumona, Duradel/Lapalok, Kuradal and Morvran as Slayer tasks. Black demons drop infernal ashes as a 100% drop and are considered a good source for crimson charms with more than a 40% drop rate for these charms. They are far weaker than their combat level suggests - players who fight equally with lesser demons might have only little trouble with defeating black demons, with the use of prayers and abilities. Because of their high combat level and relative ease to defeat, black demons are often killed for their starved ancient effigy drops and slayer experience.

Black demons originate on Infernus, where they were called Alyaroth, as did the other demons seen in Gielinor. They are part of the Avernic race, which were tribal and primitive, and slaves to whoever was ruling Infernus at the time. At the time of Palkeera's memory of the realm, they were enslaved by the cannibalistic Chthonians, who were unable to consume the Avernics for some reason. Among the Avernic demons, the Tsutsaroth were the dominant tribe, ruling over the Alyaroth and Byzroth in a brutal manner.

Locations

Taverley Dungeon

The nearest banks to Taverley Dungeon are the west Falador bank or Taverley bank, both of which are quite close to the dungeon. The black demons, however, are fairly deep within Taverley Dungeon. This makes for a fairly long journey unless a player has 70 Agility to use the shortcut to the blue dragons, or 80 Agility to use the shortcut to the poison spiders. Alternatively, a player can use 5 dragon trinkets to teleport to the blue dragons. A summer pie may be used to boost agility by 5. If the player does not have the Agility level required to use the shortcuts, a dusty key will be required to access the area. This spot can yield very good Slayer experience on tasks if using a cannon. The best option for banking is using the Taverley Lodestone, and running south to the bank. The Taverley bank is within sight of the dungeon entrance which can be right-clicked to enter from just outside the bank. Other options for fairly quick banking are to teleport to the Castle Wars bank chest and return using the balloon transport system or to Home Teleport to Falador and use the west Falador agility shortcut. This area is usually not recommended due to the long distances involved for players without at least 65 Agility and also uses up an inventory space for the key needed.

Brimhaven Dungeon

Brimhaven Dungeon is also good for fighting black demons - getting in and out is no threat but can be time consuming if you are not using the Dungeoneering cape. A cannon can be used to defeat these demons, but it can also fire at the nearby wild dogs and iron dragons. Karamja lodestone is right outside the dungeon, allowing for quick access. There is another black demon in the same room as the bronze dragons.

875 coins are required for every entry - this fee is waived once the Hard Karamja tasks are completed.

Edgeville Dungeon

This area is located within the Wilderness and is frequented by player killers.
Edgeville Dungeon is considered a convenient place to slay in relative peace as there are three spawns, enough to sustain one player. This can be used for high levels as players can easily bank in an empty world by filling their inventory up with items, then going to the ladder to the obelisk and use the Home teleport to the lodestone for relatively fast banking for the infernal ashes and other potentially decent drops.

Chaos Tunnels

This area requires travel through the Wilderness.
The black demons in the Chaos Tunnels are located in the north-western section, in a room connected to the dust devils to the south, and earth warriors and bronze dragons to the west. The closest entrance to the black demons is the level 6 entrance into the gargoyle chamber. Players should be advised of the dangers involved in navigating the Chaos Tunnels before fighting here, including traversing through several areas with aggressive monsters, and outside, the risk of PKers. A player with 70 Dungeoneering can use the Resource dungeon located in the black demon chamber, as it's less crowded. The Dungeoneering cape offers unlimited teleports to the entrance of the resource dungeon, without needing to go through the Wilderness or other chambers.

Players using Guthan's set can heal with them though care should be taken to not to mis-click on the portal to the bronze dragons. Players can also easily bank up infernal ashes by using the Home Teleport to Edgeville. This area isn't crowded usually. Players who die here by accident will respawn at Edgeville and it should take around 2–5 minutes to get back to your grave, depending on the chances of misfiring portals.

Chaos Tunnels resource dungeon

Players need 70 Dungeoneering to access the Chaos Tunnels resource dungeon, which works well for melee. There are eight black demons in here. Prayer is highly advised, as there are multiple demons in this area which can potentially deal more damage than you. Using Soul Split to heal the damage taken is highly recommended but not required.

For players with 99 Dungeoneering or higher, this location is a great option for killing Black demons, as you can use the perk of the Dungeoneering cape to access the dungeon at anytime or alternatively players can use a hoardstalker ring.

Wilderness Ruins

This area is located within the Wilderness and is frequented by player killers.
A group of seven black demons can be found in the ruins south of the Demonic Ruins. If the player is killing black demons for a Slayer assignment at this location then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned black demons as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses stack, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience.

Strategy

Main article: /Strategies

Wear the best Ranged gear available to you. The higher the level of Ranged armour you wear; the better defence will be towards magical monsters such as demons.

Black demons have a high defence against melee attacks, as they are magic-based monsters.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Infernal ashes	1	Always	2,057

Charms

No charm
22–23%	21%	11%	44%	2%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 207,014 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Off-hand black scimitar	1	Common	3,187
Black scimitar	1	Uncommon	4,608
Black platebody	1	Uncommon	6,443
Rune helm	1	Uncommon	10,533
Rune platebody	1	Rare	37,480
Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
Grimy ranarr	1 (noted)	Common	1,860
Grimy irit	1 (noted)	Common	5,008
Grimy spirit weed	1 (noted)	Common	16,575
Law rune	10	Uncommon	5,700
Blood rune	10	Uncommon	6,780
Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
Adamant bar	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,761
Uncut emerald	1	Uncommon	2,555
Uncut diamond	1	Uncommon	4,843
Coins	10–3,277	Common	10–3,277
Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold
Grapes	2 (noted)	Uncommon	9,570
Chilli potato	1	Uncommon	272
Wine of Zamorak	1	Uncommon	15,400

Tertiary drops

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.


Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Gallery

Trivia

Slayer Masters say that the black demon is the strongest demon. However, there are several demons which are stronger.
The animation of demons when idle was updated 5 July 2010. Previously, they didn't move their wings as much, and moved their tail more.
There was a graphics error with the transparency of the wings where if you looked closely when the wings were lined up with the body of the demon, you could see right through the solid body of the demon, through the wings. This has since been fixed.
Their sound effects were updated on 19 April 2010.
Black demons received a graphical update on the 29th January 2013. The graphics were shown in an earlier video, as seen here. In the video, the combat level of the demon appears to be at least 300 but this did not show up in the update.
Formerly, black demons attacked using melee. Currently, they attack with magic.