Skeletal Wyvern

A very dangerous pile of animated Wyvern bones. Location: Asgarnian Ice Dungeon

Combat

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Combat level: 156 Attack style: Melee, ice breath, Ranged Max hit: 139 (Ranged, Melee), 500+ (With an elemental workshop shield), 2,500+ (Without shield) Hit points: 2000 Combat XP: Unknown [Edit] Constitution XP: Unknown [Edit] Weakness: Fire Attack speed: Unknown [Edit]

Drops

Always drops: Wyvern bones Notable drops: Unknown [Edit] Other drops: Unknown [Edit]

Slayer

Slayer master: Duradel or Lapalok Kuradal Slayer level: 72 Slayer XP: 210

Skeletal wyverns are one of the strongest types of dragon on the game, and have among the highest drop rate of the Draconic Visage.

Strategy

An Elemental, Mind, Body, Cosmic, Chaos or Dragonfire shield is highly advisable when fighting Skeletal wyverns, as they may hit up to 2,500+ without them. As such, using a two handed weapon against them is not recommended, but not impossible if sufficient healing is available.

Due to the release of the Evolution of Combat, this area is multicombat and all the Skeletal Wyverns near WILL attack you upon entry for a period of time.

As their icy breath freezes and cannot be blocked by Prayer, it is highly advisable to bring food.

A beast of burden may also help in transporting the valuable Wyvern bones which they drop every kill.

Melee

A Chaotic longsword is one of the most effective methods of fighting Skeletal wyverns, because of its extremely high slash attack bonus. A Chaotic rapier also works fairly well when set to slash instead of stab. Failing that, Goliath gloves, an Abyssal whip or Dragon mace should be fairly effective at damaging them. Weapons such as the Brackish blade are a bad choice as the wyverns are extremely resistant to stabbing attacks.

Because of their high Defence, boost prayers such as Turmoil or Piety can be used to quicken kills, but Prayer potions will be needed.

A Chaotic maul combined with Soul Split and a healing familiar is an extremely fast way to kill them, although very dangerous as it is not possible to be protected from the ice breath.

Magic

Skeletal Wyverns are very weak against Fire spells. Due to Ancient Magicks now having elemental qualities, Bloodfire spells are highly effective against Skeletal Wyverns. These spells allow you to be healed by the damage you inflict, thus being able to maintain lifepoints as they attack you with their Magic / Ranged attacks.

A Mage entering this area should activate Protect from Missiles / Deflect Missiles because of their high susceptibility to Ranged attacks. This will halve the damage taken from their Ranged attacks, and eventually the Skeletal Wyverns will no longer all attack you at once thus eliminating the need for the protection Prayer.

Prayer potion / Prayer flask and food (Shark +) are highly recommended.

Two-handed staves are NOT recommended because Skeletal Wyverns hit extremely hard with their icy breath. An Elemental, Mind, Body, Cosmic, Chaos or Dragonfire shield is highly advisable when fighting Skeletal wyverns, as they may hit up to 2,500+ without them.

Wands are the best option because they are one-handed and allow space for a shield.

Trivia

• Originally release with a combat level of 140, they were later changed to level 198. After the release of Evolution of Combat into the live game, they became level 156.