Death strykewyrm

Death Strykewyrms
Death strykewyrms can be found in the, north of the. They can only be assigned by but have no other special requirements than a slayer level of 96. Like all other strykewyrms, they can only be fought on assignments and are battled by investigating 'mounds'. Just like all other strykewyrms they have 4 primary attack styles, only they are stronger for these strykewyrms:


 * 1) A fairly weak melee attack (up to 22 damage).
 * 2) A magic cloud-like attack that can cause disease, dealing 15 - 21 damage.
 * 3) A special attack when the wyrm buries itself into the ground and then bursts out with tremendous force hitting 30, 60 or, very rarely, 90. This attack can be avoided by running away. Standing with your back against a solid object such as a rock or a tree prevents the strykewyrm using this attack.
 * 4) A magic attack that looks like a large red ball that explodes on impact, causing up to 20 damage.

Drops

 * Nothing
 * Coins (300 - 10,000) - common

Charms

 * 1 or 2 blue charms (most common)
 * 1 to 3 green charms (second most common)
 * 2 to 5 gold charms (third most common)
 * 1 to 3 crimson charms (least common)

Weapons & Armour

 * Staff of Darkness (rare)
 * (very rare)
 * (very rare)
 * (very rare)
 * (extremely rare}}
 * (very rare}}
 * 5 - 60 s (uncommon)
 * 5 - 20 (rare)
 * (rare)
 * (common)

Runes

 * 5 - 50 s (rare)
 * 10 - 40 s (rare)
 * 8 - 35/100 s (uncommon/extremely rare}}
 * 2 - 20 s

Other

 * Seeds (most types - higher levels are rarer)
 * Grimy herbs (most types - again higher levels are rarer)
 * (rare)
 * 1 - 5 s (uncommon)
 * 1 - 3 (uncommon unoted/rare noted}}
 * (rare)
 * Level 3 (rare)
 * (all apart from onyx - higher crafting levels rarer)
 * Loop and (uncommon)
 * Ancient Charm

Ancient Charms
Ancient charms are a rare drop from death strykewyrms. With 96 slayer, 50 and 500 slayer points, players can learn to enchant slayer items with them - using up the item. The charm can be applied to:


 * (becomes black mask(e))
 * (becomes hexcrest (e))
 * (becomes focus sight (e))
 * (becomes slayer helmet (e))
 * (becomes full slayer helmet (e))

Enchanted items have a number of bonuses when slaying. They can be activated and used liked an enchanted gem to talk to slayer masters. It combines the effect of a mirror shield, witchwood icon, insulated boots and slayer gloves for protection against s, s, s, s and s. It also allows the wearer to harm s and s with any weapon they choose.

The enchanted items will also provide bonuses to other areas of combat. They will increase the potency of prayers and the attacks of {{runescape:Summoning|summoning]] familiars against slayer tasks by 15%. While fighting against slayer assignments, enchanted items will double the rate at which hitpoints restore and triple the rate at which the {{r|Special attack|special attack}} and familiar special move bar recharge. In addition, it quadruples {{r|Run energy}} restore speed and makes familiars last for a 20% longer time.