Demon Flash Mob

Template:Dangerous minigame

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

News: Zarosian demonic energy is building up South-West of Port Phasmatys!

Players attempt to take on the mighty demons

Demon flash mobs or Demon raids are a members-only feature that was released on 28 January 2013. Flash mobs appear every hour in one of 14 locations including the Wilderness. Players with the required combat level get a filtered notice of a surge of demonic energy at a specific location fifteen minutes before the mob spawns, then receive a second message stating that the demons have spawned in that location. Mobs can spawn at any time.

This flash mob consists of a demon boss, two black demons, 4 lesser demons and 8 imp heralds. Once the minions are killed, the boss can be attacked. At the start, however, the lesser and black demons, as well as the demon boss, are invulnerable. To attack the lesser demons, all the imps must be killed. To attack the black demons the lesser demons must be killed. To attack the boss the black demons must be killed. The boss begins with 50% of his maximum life points, that is, 200,000 out of 400,000. The boss regains his lost health by feeding from the life of his lesser demons, where he heals 3000. After the imp heralds or the lesser demons are slain, the boss will focus on his black demons, where he heals 6000 from them until they die.

Note that the demons are not aggressive. Therefore, one should look carefully for leftover demons. The next level of demons can be attacked when the boss himself says a quote. For example, when all the imp heralds are slain, the boss will say a quote, and then the lesser demons can be attacked. However, if the lesser demons are sent to battle and the boss drains the life from both of his black demons, he can be attacked, and the demons that he sent to battle can be left alone, although it is not recommended because the boss has very high life points for his combat level.

Attacks vary depending on the region. Non-wilderness and Wilderness demons tend to focus on one person with melee or magic attacks depending on the player's distance. Non-wilderness demons can use multi-hitting magic attacks if there is a large amount of players at the site

The sign that a flash mob is arriving is an evil symbol on the ground. The evil symbol is where the boss will spawn. Right next to him will be his minions. 

The name of the boss is random. The titles before and after its name will hint at its abilities, as detailed below. This is how the name of the boss will always be shown: "(prefix) (name) the (suffix)", meaning a name such as "General Acidius the Glorious". According to the names shown below, this means this demon boss has very accurate melee attacks and can stun players. Demon bosses of all sorts will use melee and magic attacks. Their magic attacks are multi-targeting, and melee attacks are against one player.

Prayer of any sort, except for Protect Item, is not recommended as doing so results in the boss dealing extremely deadly hits towards praying players, especially if the boss is an executioner type. If the mob spawns in the Wilderness, you should not bring anything that you are not willing to risk losing. One should be careful of the "Frostborn" type as this means players will be constantly stunned, even with the use of Freedom and Anticipate. It is also possible for a boss to kill aggressive familiars in one hit, so players should be careful of this.

Blood spells from the Ancient Magicks spell book will heal the demon boss, accompanied by a message from the demon discouraging its use.

A new mob spawns every hour; if the demon general is not slain within one hour of spawning, he will despawn, regardless of the damage dealt on him.

Names

Prefixes

The boss of a demon flash mob will have a prefix to his name. This prefix determines the attacks the boss will use mainly, or what it is particularly good at.

Prefix title	Effect
General	Accurate melee attacks
Executioner	High hitting attacks
Castellan	Very high defence
Deacon	Multi-target magic attacks

Suffixes

The boss of a demon flash mob will also have a suffix to his name. This suffix determines what special abilities this boss demon has. 

Suffix	Effect
Blazing	Fire-based damage over time effect (deals magic damage, similar to Combust, and can be cleared using Freedom
Corrupting	Poison area of effect (everyone within 3 squares of the boss is inflicted with poison that can deal over 1000 damage)
Frostborn	Ice area of effect (everyone within 3 squares of the boss is stunned for three seconds)
Glorious	Stun (lasts for three seconds at a time)
Infernal	Fire area of effect (low damaging variant of Combust)
Obscured	Drains stats of nearby players
Pestilent	Poison damage over time (extremely powerful poison, dealing from 600-1100 damage)
Rending	Bleeding damage over time (low damaging variant of Dismember)
Shattering	Melee attacks hit everyone within 3 squares of the boss
Terrifying	Binds players and halves adrenaline gain

Main names

A boss demon in a flash mob will have a main name, which can either be aligned to Zaros or Zamorak. This name doesn't have any meaning like titles do. The Zarosian Demon's names shown below are Latin. The Zamorakian names are not in any known language.

Zamorakian Demons	Zarosian Demons	Zarosian meaning
Av'aar	Acidius	Poisonous
Bra'k	Brutio	Brutal
C'tcho	Cluacael
Dr'end	Detiel	Detaining
Eflu'vya	Effluxam	Vanishing
Fah'lth	Fractiel	Shattering
Gro'dd	Grindus	Grow
H'stur	Haereticus	Heretic
Ik'uur	Impeso	Charging
Jah'shu	Janio	Janus (Double Faced)
Kla'tu	Klepto	Thief
Lim'uul	Lucius	Shining
Mord'uun	Morbiel	Disease
Na'ash	Nullius	'No-one'
Org'one	Oblator	Oblates
Per'yl	Pupio	Orphan
Qr'rel	Quietus	The silent
Ra'hasp	Rectus	Upright
Sud'er	Salumnos
T'lon	Thantio	Sweet Death
Urga'l	Ulcus	Avenging
V'lac	Visony
We'al	Wendio	Wendie
X'ppe	Xarkael
Ykr'ee	Yahiel
Z'shuu	Zonos

Locations

See Distractions and Diversions/Locations/Demon Flash Mob for all possible locations.

A new flash mob spawns every hour. The location is given in the chatbox 15 minutes in advance. A demon symbol is also visible on the world map. If the demon symbol is moving, then that means the boss is on the move, most often at full health if nobody has attacked.

Wilderness mobs

Due to some drops being only available in the Wilderness and the increased value of drops, and due to the need to take good quality weapons and armour to fight the demon mobs, PKers and PKing clans are hunting players who are hunting demon mobs.

Players should be aware of the increased risk when deciding whether to hunt flash mobs in the Wilderness and what items to risk.

Strategy

Main article: Demon boss/Strategies

Drops

In order to receive a drop, the player must deal at least 500 damage to the demon boss in a single hit, once this condition is met a notification will be given to the player. The player must also stay in combat with the boss, until it dies to be eligible for the rewards. If the player leaves or dies, the hit of 500 damage needs to be done again to still get a drop. The drop will appear under the boss. Be wary that when the demon is on low health, no matter how much you damage the demon you'll be informed that you're too late to receive any rewards.

Fighting a flash mob in the Wilderness gives you a greater chance of getting a demon slayer gear drop, and other drops will be worth around three times as much as other spawn locations. 

Demon slayer gear is dropped alongside the drop it was going to give you. For example, a player that receives an Off-hand demon slayer crossbow can also get any of the other normal drops it gives.

100% Drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Infernal ashes	1; 5	Always	2,057–10,285

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platelegs	1	Uncommon	37,002
	Dragon helm	1	Rare	58,601
	Demon slayer circlet	1	Rare	62,161
	Demon slayer torso	1	Rare	77,214
	Demon slayer skirt	1	Rare	50,446
	Demon slayer gloves	1	Rare	3,299,757
	Demon slayer boots	1	Rare	89,636

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Dragon longsword	1	Uncommon	56,212
	Rune 2h sword	1	Uncommon	36,735
	Demon slayer crossbow	1	Rare	93,026
	Off-hand demon slayer crossbow	1	Rare	50,222

Charms

3 charms are dropped at a time. It is unknown which charm is the most commonly occurring.

Herbs and Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy irit	14; 30	Uncommon	70,112–150,240
	Grimy avantoe	8; 20	Uncommon	8,344–20,860
	Grimy lantadyme	5; 10	Uncommon	37,755–75,510
	Grimy torstol	3	Uncommon	16,167
	Lantadyme seed	2; 3	Uncommon	1,452–2,178
	Torstol seed	1	Rare	540

Logs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Yew logs	60	Uncommon	10,020
	Maple logs	200	Uncommon	21,600
	Magic logs	40	Uncommon	15,200

Ores, bars and gems

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coal	80	Common	8,960
	Mithril ore	40	Uncommon	7,880
	Mithril bar	20	Uncommon	13,640
	Runite ore	5	Uncommon	7,095
	Uncut ruby	10–20	Uncommon	18,420–36,840
	Adamant bar	25	Uncommon	44,025
	Rune bar	4	Uncommon	11,940

Titles

The name of the demon boss killed determines which demonic title scrolls it can drop. For example, General Acidius the Blazing can drop Demonic title scroll (general) and Demonic title scroll (blazing).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Demonic title scroll (terrifying)	1	Rare	5,366,588
	Demonic title scroll (shattering)	1	Rare	16,518,361
	Demonic title scroll (rending)	1	Rare	2,088,730
	Demonic title scroll (pestilent)	1	Rare	2,724,507
	Demonic title scroll (obscured)	1	Rare	4,031,262
	Demonic title scroll (infernal)	1	Rare	1,557,937
	Demonic title scroll (glorious)	1	Rare	26,430,509
	Demonic title scroll (frostborn)	1	Rare	162,354,224
	Demonic title scroll (corrupting)	1	Rare	4,301,230
	Demonic title scroll (blazing)	1	Rare	58,565,224
	Demonic title scroll (castellan)	1	Rare	3,276,126
	Demonic title scroll (deacon)	1	Rare	4,028,666
	Demonic title scroll (executioner)	1	Rare	10,203,075
	Demonic title scroll (general)	1	Rare	13,193,006

Miscellaneous

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	20,000; 45,000	Uncommon	20,000–45,000
	Infernal ashes	30; 40; 60	Uncommon	61,710–123,420
	Green dragonhide	30	Uncommon	50,940
	Red dragonhide	15	Uncommon	42,960
	Black dragonhide	10	Uncommon	34,820
	Demon claw	3–5; 6–9	Uncommon	40,626–121,878

Rare drop table drops

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.

Show/hide rare drop 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

Trivia

• Prior to an update on 2 February 2015, demon bosses with the 'Glorious' or 'Frostborn' suffixes could stun players for nine seconds instead of three. The same update allowed damage over time effects applied by demon bosses with the 'Blazing', 'Infernal', and 'Rending' suffixes to be removed via the use of Freedom. Also, the demon boss previously would hit extremely hard on players using Protect Item prayers, making its use risky when hunting demon mobs in the Wilderness. Other prayers still cause high damage if used though.
• When a player inflicts 500 or more damage in one hit, they may not receive rewards if there is a sufficient amount of players.