The Chaos Elemental is the 14th most powerful monster with a combat level of 305 and 2500 life points. It used to be the strongest monster in the Wilderness, overtaking the King Black Dragon, which held the title for 4 years. The Chaos Elemental held the title for another 2 years and 7 months before the introduction of the Corporeal Beast. It is currently the most powerful non-quest monster in the Wilderness.

The Chaos Elemental is almost always hunted in groups because of its dangerous location, and it is coveted for the dragon 2h sword it drops, which sells at 956,244 coins. It can also drop Ancient Warrior's equipment and ancient artefacts. However, it is possible for a player to kill the Chaos Elemental by him or herself if that player has a reasonably high combat level.

On 1 February 2011, the Chaos Elemental received a graphical update. Prior to this update, it resembled a dark cloud with six tentacles and a lavender tint.

Contents 1 Location 2 Attacks 3 Strategy 3.1 Ranging strategy 3.1.1 Inventory 3.2 Melee strategy 3.2.1 Inventory 3.3 Other 4 Drops 4.1 Weapons 4.2 Armour 4.3 Ranged Equipment 4.4 Ancient artefacts 4.5 Brawling Gloves 4.6 Runes 4.7 Potions/Food 4.8 Seeds 4.9 Other 4.10 Rare drop table drops 5 Letters 6 Trivia 7 References

LocationEdit

The Chaos Elemental dwells in the members-only section of the Wilderness, just west of the Rogue's Castle. This area is moderately easy to access from the deep Wilderness teleport lever in Ardougne or Edgeville. A Wilderness Obelisk can randomly teleport players southeast of the Rogue's Castle.

AttacksEdit

The Chaos Elemental's primary attack, a magic attack, is a series of different colours fired at the target. It also has a ranged attack and a far reaching melee attack that looks exactly the same. They hit a maximum of 284, but it is still suggested that you use Protect from Magic to reduce the chance of being hit, as it uses its magic attacks most frequently.

It also has two special attacks. The first one teleports players a short space or several spaces away from it. The second attack unequips items that players are wielding, forcing them to take time to re-equip their armour and weapons before continuing the battle.

StrategyEdit

WARNING! Other players may attack you in the Wilderness. Do not bring items you do not want to risk losing.

A useful tactic which can be used against the Chaos Elemental is to fill up your inventory with summer pie or Juju gumbo. These items are not only useful as food, because they leave an empty dish or vial in your inventory when consumed, preventing the Chaos Elemental from unequipping your items (as long as your inventory is full); summer pies are also highly recommended. A cheap version of this is using sack of vegetables. This tactic also works with potions, which leave empty vials when all the doses are taken. However, this gives the Chaos Elemental a chance to use a teleportation or offensive attack in return, so some players leave just one inventory space open so it does not focus on offensive spells. A common belief is that the Chaos Elemental will make the player drop their weapon if their inventory is full, which is not true.

It is also very useful to bring several dreadnips, as they hit fairly often and up to 550. They also poison the monster starting at 108. When the Chaos Elemental teleports you away, the dreadnip might flee, but you can freely summon another one.

Another tip is to put auto retaliate on and always keep a menu up with the option to attack the Chaos Elemental, so when you get teleported, you can just click to attack the Chaos Elemental and quickly rejoin the fight.

Unlike some other boss monsters, surrounding the monster only has a moderate use because it has the ability to teleport players around. However, it still has to take time to turn and attack or teleport each individual player. When 2 players stand beside each other facing it, it fires 2 magic attacks at the same time. Therefore, surrounding the monster can be useful.

A Crystal bow or Zaryte bow is preferred when ranging. Not only does it prevent you from losing arrows upon death, but it allows you to attack from a great distance. It's especially useful after being teleported because it can shoot from long range, even on rapid fire. This nullifies the Chaos Elemental's melee attack and makes dragonhide armour the best choice, since dragonhide is useful against potential far-casters as well.

Another tip is that if you are meleeing or maging, having one or more arrows in your equipment menu can be useful; unequip them to take up a space in your inventory to counter the Chaos Elemental's unequipping attack.

A very good idea is to get several sacks of Cabbages, Potatoes, Onions, baskets of Strawberries or Tomatoes, and empty them to keep your inventory full as well as providing you with a small amount of food.

Another useful tactic for countering the Chaos Elemental's unequipping attack is to bring the best runecrafting pouch you can use and make sure the pouch is full. Right-click it and select "Empty pouch" whenever you lose a slot. If you die, however, you will always lose this item as it is an item not kept on death.

Recommended stats to solo the Chaos Elemental are 80+ Attack, 80+ Strength, 80+ Ranged (if using range), 60+ Defence and 50+ Magic, while 37 Prayer is a must. Ancient curses seem to be very useful against him. The Chaos Elemental can easily be fought alone with a Dwarf multicannon. Set up the cannon outside the west wall of the Rogue's Castle and click fire. Afterwards, run inside the castle wall and allow the cannon to do all the work. The Chaos Elemental typically requires 100 cannonballs to kill, so you will either need to refill the cannon at some point or duo using two cannons. This method is practically 100% safe, as damage is only taken during refills. In between kills, pick up and replace your cannon to avoid degradation. Whilst refilling your cannon it would also be helpful to activate the "Protect From Magic" Prayer (Level 37). NOTE: Your cannon can attack other players familiars, it is not recommended you risk a lot because you can become skulled fairly easy.

If you are fighting the Chaos Elemental in or around the Rogues Castle, and you need to escape simply enter the castle and climb the stairs. You will instantly be safe as the upper level of the Rogues Castle is disconnected from the rest of the world and is its own area, therefore disallowing the Elemental Chaos to attack you any longer.

Ranging strategy Edit

• Cape: Completionist cape > Ava's alerter > Ava's accumulator > Max cape > Fire cape / Soul Wars cape > Skillcape
• Helmet: Helm of Neitiznot > Archer's helm
• Neck: Amulet of fury > Amulet of ranging > Amulet of glory
• Torso: Black d'hide body > Karil's leathertop
• Legs: Black d'hide chaps > Karil's bottom
• Boots: Steadfast boots > Dragon boots
• Gloves: Swift gloves > Barrows gloves
• Main weapon: Chaotic crossbow > Zaryte bow > Crystal bow > Rune crossbow
• Arrows: Ruby bolts (e) + Diamond bolts (e) > Broad-tipped bolts > Emerald bolts (e)
• Side/Spec weapon: Dragon claws > Dragon dagger (p++)
• Shield: Divine spirit shield > Elysian spirit shield > Spectral spirit shield > Eagle-eye kiteshield > God book
• Ring: Ring of wealth^† > Archers' ring (i) > Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > Archers' ring

^† Note that the ring of wealth does not work with lootshare enabled.

Inventory Edit

• 2 ranging potions and 2 super defence potions
• 4 Prayer potions
• Remainder of inventory: Food

Melee strategy Edit

• Cape: Completionist cape > Max cape > Fire cape / Soul Wars cape / Ardougne cloak 3 / 4 > Skillcape
• Helmet: Helm of Neitiznot
• Neck: Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
• Torso: Black d'hide body > Karil's leathertop
• Legs: Black d'hide chaps > Karil's bottom
• Boots: Dragon boots
• Gloves: Goliath gloves > Barrows gloves
• Main Weapon: Chaotic longsword (on stab) / Chaotic rapier > Godsword > Brackish blade > Abyssal whip
• Side/Spec weapon: Dragon claws > Dragon halberd > Dragon dagger (p++)
• Shield: Divine spirit shield > Elysian spirit shield > Spectral spirit shield > Dragon defender > Chaotic kiteshield > God book
• Ring: Ring of wealth^† > Berserker ring (i) > Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > Berserker ring

^† Note that the ring of wealth does not work with lootshare enabled.

Inventory Edit

• Two super sets (2 super attack potions, 2 super strength potions, and 2 super defence potions)
• 5 Prayer potions
• Remainder of inventory: Food

Other Edit

Summer pies or Wild pies are recommended as food, since normal food, such as sharks or monkfish, is not suggested as it leaves empty space when eaten, which leaves the Elemental free to disarm you. This can be countered by bringing a BoB familiar which can carry food or something worthless to refill your inventory after eating it.

Going in a team is advisable (although it can be easily soloed) since the Chaos Elemental can teleport or disarm a single opponent multiple times if it only has one target, distracting the player from the fight. It can be soloed by poisoning it and waiting inside the castle wall while running out to refresh the poison every few minutes, although this takes around fifteen minutes. A powerful summoning familiar with a strong ranged or magic attack is helpful. If players do not mind dying, a powerful weapon such as a Chaotic rapier can be used along with two other pieces of armour. They can quickly get back to the Elemental as players killed in the Wilderness always respawn at Edgeville, and the lever to the Deserted keep is not too far away from the respawn location.

DropsEdit

As of 1 February 2011, the drops from the Chaos Elemental have been improved, as he now drops Ancient Warriors' Equipment and Ancient artefacts in addition to previous drops.

WeaponsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune sword	1	3 Uncommon	12,309
	Rune battleaxe	1	4 Rare	24,720
	Dragon 2h sword	1	4 Rare	956,244
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	38,028
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	37,371
	Corrupt dragon battleaxe	1	5 Very rare	2,814,106
	Corrupt dragon dagger	1	5 Very rare	47,315
	Corrupt dragon longsword	1	5 Very rare	897,971
	Corrupt dragon mace	1	5 Very rare	123,329
	Corrupt dragon scimitar	1	5 Very rare	2,369,450
	Corrupt dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	80,268
	Statius's warhammer	1	5 Very rare	10,388,691
	Vesta's longsword	1	5 Very rare	34,047,623
	Vesta's spear	1	5 Very rare	2,683,571
	Zuriel's staff	1	5 Very rare	901,830
	Corrupt statius's warhammer	1	5 Very rare	5,594,394
	Corrupt vesta's longsword	1	5 Very rare	7,860,836
	Corrupt vesta's spear	1	5 Very rare	822,295
	Corrupt zuriel's staff	1	5 Very rare	475,638

ArmourEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,822
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	60,426
	Corrupt dragon chainbody	1	5 Very rare	289,011
	Corrupt dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	69,352
	Corrupt dragon platelegs	1	5 Very rare	89,561
	Corrupt dragon plateskirt	1	5 Very rare	87,128
	Corrupt dragon sq shield	1	5 Very rare	160,640
	Statius's full helm	1	5 Very rare	3,335,200
	Statius's platebody	1	5 Very rare	3,606,676
	Statius's platelegs	1	5 Very rare	3,918,317
	Vesta's chainbody	1	5 Very rare	6,506,750
	Vesta's plateskirt	1	5 Very rare	5,528,683
	Zuriel's hood	1	5 Very rare	216,789
	Zuriel's robe top	1	5 Very rare	991,930
	Zuriel's robe bottom	1	5 Very rare	637,973
	Morrigan's coif	1	5 Very rare	167,065
	Morrigan's leather body	1	5 Very rare	1,000,135
	Morrigan's leather chaps	1	5 Very rare	457,282
	Corrupt statius's full helm	1	5 Very rare	2,216,974
	Corrupt statius's platebody	1	5 Very rare	3,776,388
	Corrupt statius's platelegs	1	5 Very rare	3,400,155
	Corrupt vesta's chainbody	1	5 Very rare	5,935,426
	Corrupt vesta's plateskirt	1	5 Very rare	4,170,448
	Corrupt zuriel's hood	1	5 Very rare	80,399
	Corrupt zuriel's robe top	1	5 Very rare	333,530
	Corrupt zuriel's robe bottom	1	5 Very rare	199,365
	Corrupt morrigan's coif	1	5 Very rare	96,949
	Corrupt morrigan's leather body	1	5 Very rare	874,091
	Corrupt morrigan's leather chaps	1	5 Very rare	138,617

Ranged EquipmentEdit

If rune arrows are dropped, it will also be with a Defence potion (1) or various bones.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron arrow	500, 1000	2 Common	4,500–9,000
	Mithril dart	400	2 Common	14,800
	Rune arrow	200	2 Common	40,600
	Morrigan's javelin	19–50	5 Very rare	2,354,119–6,195,050
	Morrigan's throwing axe	19–50	5 Very rare	2,403,386–6,324,700
	Corrupt morrigan's javelin	19–50	5 Very rare	520,201–1,368,950
	C. morrigan's throwing axe	19–50	5 Very rare	680,656–1,791,200

Ancient artefactsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Broken statue headdress	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Third age carafe	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Bronzed dragon claw	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Ancient psaltery bridge	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Saradomin amphora	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Bandos scrimshaw	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Saradomin carving	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Zamorak medallion	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Armadyl totem	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Guthixian brazier	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Ruby chalice	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Bandos statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Saradomin statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Zamorak statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Armadyl statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Seren statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Ancient statuette	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Brawling GlovesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Brawling gloves (melee)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (magic)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (ranged)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (agility)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (cooking)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (firemaking)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (fishing)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (hunter)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (mining)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (prayer)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (smithing)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (thieving)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (woodcutting)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	500	2 Common	4,000
	Chaos rune	100–2500	2 Common	5,600–140,000
	Death rune	45, 50, 500	4 Rare	17,460–194,000
	Blood rune	500	4 Rare	161,000
	Nature rune	67	4 Rare	8,174
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,400

Potions/FoodEdit

Dropped with ammo (not including Morrigan's javelins and axes)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Strength potion (1)	1	2 Common	303
	Antipoison (4)	1	2 Common	1,083
	Attack potion (1)	1	2 Common	90
	Defence potion (1)	1	2 Common	171
	Plain pizza	3	2 Common	3,210
	Tuna	5	2 Common	825
	Strange fruit	1–6	2 Common	263–1,578
	Shark	10	2 Common	5,990
	Weapon poison	1	3 Uncommon	39
	Stew	10	3 Uncommon	6,280
	Saradomin brew (2)	5–6	3 Uncommon	24,775–29,730

SeedsEdit

Seeds are usually dropped in assortments of 3 seeds, but only a single seed of one kind is also possible.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Wildblood seed	1–3	2 Common	11–33
	Avantoe seed	1–3	3 Uncommon	943–2,829
	Limpwurt seed	1–3	3 Uncommon	169–507
	Spirit weed seed	1–3	3 Uncommon	1,245–3,735
	Strawberry seed	1–3	7	165–495
	Tarromin seed	1–3	7	2–6
	Ranarr seed	1–3	7	2,850–8,550
	Toadflax seed	1–3	7	1,423–4,269
	Jangerberry seed	1–3	7	2–6
	Irit seed	1–3	7	84–252
	Poison ivy seed	1–3	7	26–78
	Marrentill seed	1–3	7	3–9
	Cactus seed	1–3	7	1–3
	Kwuarm seed	1–3	7	338–1,014
	Harralander seed	1–3	7	4–12
	Belladonna seed	1–3	7	42–126
	Cadantine seed	1–3	7	758–2,274
	Snapdragon seed	1	7	43,779
	Whiteberry seed	1–3	7	12–36
	Lantadyme seed	1	4 Rare	14,038

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	274–12,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Bones	4	2 Common	516
	Bat bones	5	2 Common	2,060
	Big bones	3, 176	2 Common	1,368–80,256
	Dragon bones	1	3 Uncommon	2,834
	Babydragon bones	1–2	3 Uncommon	899–1,798
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Water talisman	1	4 Rare	6,844
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table; the ring of wealth will improve the chances if equipped.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 653 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,166 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,908 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 15,164 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 18,321 Uncut diamond 1 4 Rare 13,059 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 21,877 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 19,142 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,630 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,230 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 1,180 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,336 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,371 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 881,500 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,752 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,511 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,426 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 42,000 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 30,450–101,500 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,300,200 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,505,400 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,900,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,949,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 771,845 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 6,844 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 25,625–35,875 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,625–94,675 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 423 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 58,500–1,755,000 Nature rune 47,62–67 4 Rare 5,734–8,174 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,400 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 19,400–46,948 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 16,100 Nature talisman 1 4 Rare 404 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,125–313,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 142,500–285,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 68,400–228,000 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 34,950–1,747,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 250,200–1,334,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 14,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,276,000–15,932,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,058,600 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,006–1,950,900 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 59,037 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 78,600–786,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 274,590–1,098,360 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 319,200–3,192,000 Saradomin brew (4) 250, 2500 (noted) 5 Very rare 2,584,000–25,840,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 4,902 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 70,009–3,500,450 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 231,919–1,391,514 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 959,150 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 43,779 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 275,200–8,531,200 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 4,036 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 52,300–10,460,000

LettersEdit

Main article: Letters to the Chaos Elemental

The Chaos Elemental's letters in Postbag from the hedge hint at forthcoming updates, in a rather cryptic manner.

TriviaEdit

• It is the only major "boss" monster that does not exist in its own "area" or "arena" (Dagannoth kings live in their cave, Kalphite Queen lives in her lair, etc.). Though, the Wilderness could be viewed as quite chaotic at times.
• The examine information of the Chaos Elemental, pUre A cHaOs of crEatuRe!, reflects its chaotic nature. A grammatically correct examine would be "A creature of pure chaos." The chaotic nature of the examine text is also symbolised by the alternating between upper and lower case.
• In Postbag from the Hedge #39, Reldo states that the Chaos Elemental is related to the Balance Elemental by some means.^[1]
• In Postbag from the Hedge #41, Postie Pete went through the Chaos Elemental's suitcase and found it to be full of paper. He had previously asked the elemental's actual name, and although the Chaos Elemental teleported, the words on the scraps of paper either underlined or circle with red spell the phrase 'Is Eondethwleaos' when reversed.
• After killing the Chaos Elemental, your adventurer's log will say "I killed the cHaOs EleMeNTal." Which is like the examine text, as it alternates between upper and lower case. After Jagex's Runescape website was updated, this is was no longer visible. However, due to a hidden update, it is now possible to view one's adventurer's log.
• It is possible for the Chaos elemental to deal two hits. A player must be teleported and then must click on the Chaos elemetal, which will then cause the Chaos elemental to attack with melee from a distance then following up with another random attack. This might be a glitch, as only dragons are capable of doing this with their dragonfire and melee attacks.
• Killing more then one Chaos elemental will result in the Adventurer's log saying "I killed # Chaos Elementals."
• When the Chaos elemental is defeated, it freezes up (stops moving) for a second or so before blowing up. This might be a glitch as other monsters do not pause up before dying unless you were to attack them after they stopped attacking you.
• Despite being able to drop the PvP armours and weapons, it seems as though most revenants have a better chance of dropping artefacts and PvP equipment than the Chaos elemental.

ReferencesEdit

v • d • e Elemental Monsters
Elementals	Air • Earth • Fire • Water • Ice
Seasons	Autumn • Summer • Spring • Winter
Warriors	Ice • Shadow • Earth
Wizards	Air • Water • Earth • Fire
Other	Balance • Chaos • Ice • Fire/Obsidian • Holy Obsidian
Fiends & Demons	Pyrefiend • Waterfiend • Icefiend • Revenant pyrefiend • Pyrelord • Luminescent icefiend • Revenant icefiend • Ice demon