PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Living Wyverns (2024)

Wyverns are one of the 4 raptor mobs, and are known for their unique environmental effects and highly damaging attacks. They offer decent XP, and are a consistent source of GP due to their wyvern bone drops.

⬥ The Dragon slayer perk and sigil , along with any other dragon-slaying related items such as , do NOT work on wyverns.

Stats

⬥ XP per kill : 1859 + 613.4

⬥ XP per kill : 1878.8

⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~760 (~530 AFK)

⬥ Optimal XP per hour : ~1.4M (~995K AFK)

Desirable Drops

⬥ Wyverns have a rich drop table, with each kill being worth 70,926. They are the best source of Wyvern bones, an ingredient for super prayer potions.

⬥ For the slayer log, Wyverns are also killed for their unique drop, the Wyvern Crossbow , a T85 crossbow dropped at a rate of 1/2000 on-task and 1/10,000 off-task.

Location and How to Get There

Living Wyverns are found in 2 locations:

The Asgarnian Ice Dungeon, accessed via a rope in the south of the Skeletal Wyvern room.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎a. The easiest way to get there would be via dungeoneering cape teleport to the Frost dragon dungeon (0,8)

Northwest of Ghorrock, accessed via the Ghorrock teleport (ancient spellbook)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎a. This is the best location as it benefits from the and

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎b. Wyverns are also attackable from areas without the chill mechanic, making it viable to be stationary and AFK in this location.

Wyrm breath

⬥ Wyverns have a breath attack different from that of dragons, and requires wyrmfire protection.• Use wyrmfire potions or elder overload salves to block all damage from this attack.

Cavern chill

⬥ Wyverns reside in a habitat which slowly increases the player's cold percentage.• The higher the chill percentage, the lower the poison damage taken by the player. No poison damage will be taken by players with ~70% chill.• At ≥25% chill, wyvern attack damage increases to 2500 from around 1300.• At ≥90% chill, players will be periodically stunned at 8-10s per stun, Never let your chill reach this stage.• Fires throughout the wyvern habitats and be lit, standing within 2 tiles of them periodically lowers the player's chill percentage.• This mechanic is avoided completely by standing outside of area affected by cavern chill in the wilderness.

Wyrm poison

⬥ Wyverns can inflict poison damage based on the percentage of Cavern chill every 4-5 ticks.• Antipoison++ halves the damage, but every tick of poison decreases potion duration.• This mechanic is avoided completely by standing outside of area affected by cavern chill in the wilderness.

Varied attacking

⬥ Wyverns can attack with all 3 styles, alongside their breath attack.• They will attack with primarily if the player stands in melee range.• Hence, either stand in melee distance and use or camp and out heal their damage through high DPS.

Useful Items

Items

⬥ Elder overload salve • By far the best potion to use here due to its wyrmfire protection.⬥ Upgraded bonecrusher • Extremely useful for gathering wyvern bones, in combination with Death Note

Passive unlocks

⬥ Stone of Jas buff • Provides a 5% damage increase against living wyverns in the wilderness.⬥ Infernal Puzzle box • Provides a 9% damage increase and 14% damage reduction in the wilderness at max rank.⬥ Death Note • An extremely helpful relic to help gather valuable wyvern bones.

Magic is the best style at wyverns by far, due to their weakness to the and damage reduction.

⬥ Wyverns are stunnable and bindable, so + can be a powerful combo if using 4TAA. Blood spells help with healing, alongside if required.

Preset

Preset Suggestion & Breakdown

⬥ Active/AFK Magic

Active Strategy

⬥ If doing them actively with best-in-slot gear, stand close to the most north-western fire in the wilderness spot (refer to example vod), and use target cycle to target wyverns within range. Use whenever is used along with if available.

⬥ Use combos opportunistically on any wyverns that wander close to each other.

⬥ When eating solid food, such as sharks dropped by wyverns, try to eat them in the tick between the end of a kill and the start of the next kill when you have no target, as this does not reduce adrenaline.

⬥ If doing wyverns with lesser gear, an may be used to aggro a limited amount (2-3) of wyverns which makes it more manageable to , as shown below: