A dust devil is a slayer monster that requires level 65 Slayer to kill. A face mask, masked earmuffs, or slayer helmet is required to slay them, whether in the Smoke Dungeon or Chaos Tunnels, because of their effects on players without protection. Some players choose to train on dust devils for the coveted dragon chainbody, although it is a very rare drop.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Strengths and weaknesses 3 Drops 3.1 100% drop 3.2 Charms 3.3 Weapons and armour 3.4 Runes 3.5 Herbs 3.6 Other 3.7 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

LocationsEdit

• Smoke Dungeon - in the western part of the dungeon
• Chaos Tunnels - easily reached by entering the rift north of Edgeville Monastery, then taking the north-west portal from the gargoyles, running west through the mummies and taking the north-west portal, then taking the north-east portal from monks of Zamorak.

Strengths and weaknessesEdit

“	Dust devils use clouds of dust, sand, ash and whatever else they can inhale to blind and disorientate their victims. Good luck on obtaining a dragon chainmail from their dusty remains.	”
	— Kuradal

Dust devils primarily use Ranged attacks, and are weak to crushing weapons. A Face mask, Masked earmuffs, a slayer helm, or a full slayer helm is mandatory when fighting them. If none of these items are worn, dust devils will drain a player's combat stats to 1. In addition, they will dramatically lower the player's prayer and summoning points, and deal rapid hits of 350 damage. This can quickly kill the player, so caution should be advised if one is attacked by accident without proper protection.

As they are weak to crush, the best way to kill these is with a Chaotic Maul or dual-wield Drygore maces. If your dungeoneering is low or you cannot afford the maces, a Saradomin Sword is a good alternative.

For players who find it difficult to kill more than 30 of these without eating then you could also bring a one-handed melee weapon (such as a chaotic rapier/longsword or abyssal whip) and any kind of shield. Using the Ultimate Ability Rejuvenate you can switch from your chaotic maul/Saradomin sword to your shield and 1-handed weapon and then heal 40% of your hitpoints over a short period of time. While this strategy is very useful, it will not generate the fastest kill rate, since the mentioned weapons do not cover the dust devils' crush weakness. In addition, Rejuvenate can only be used once every five minutes, though, so it is advised to bring food anyway. Regenerate can also be used as an alternative, as it doesn't require a shield, but is much less effective on the other hand.

Players need at least level 65 Slayer to fight these creatures. The protective headgear is also required just to survive in the Smoke Dungeon, one of the dust devil's habitats. In the Chaos Tunnels, their other habitat, the protective equipment is only required when fighting the devils themselves.

A good healing strategy is to use the spell Bones to Peaches to maximise one's stay. It is possible to use Guthans armour to heal, although players must be careful switching the helm with the face mask or the dungeon will hit them for 200 life points every 12 seconds or so, only allowing 3-4 hits in before having to switch back to the face mask. Use Guthan's armour to heal only on nearby fire elementals, pyrefiends, or fire giants.

Players with 80+ defence and an enhanced excalibur or Saradomin godsword shouldn't need much more than 5 sharks for a slayer task, despite neither weapon being crush-based.

If the player chooses to use the Chaos Tunnels instead, they will still need the facemask to kill the Dust devils themselves, but since there is no environmental smoke, Guthan's can be used to heal on the giant crypt rats, black demons, infernal mages, Zamorak warriors or the monks of Zamorak that surround the dust devil's chamber. The dust devils here are also closer to each other than the Smoke Dungeon allowing players to attack multiple dust devils at once to speed up their Slayer task, especially if players do not mind wasting their prayer points for Soul Split. Also a player will be able to use a combat familiar while in the Chaos Tunnels; it is recommended a player use a melee familiar, as dust devils are weak to melee (crush). A ghast familiar is also a decent option if one has completed Temple Trekking; its attack speed is higher than most familiars, and its special move can restore prayer if one uses Soul Split.

Players should also bring super sets if they are on a slayer task and want to finish it quickly. Alternatively, players with 68 Summoning can use a Bunyip to stay for long periods of time. It generally takes two pouches to complete a task. The vampyrism aura from the membership loyalty program can also keep your hitpoints up. Most players will need to bring along supplemental food, however those with high Defence and good defensive armour may not require any, especially due to the occasional 1-2 Ugthanki kebab drop.

Dust devils are weak to crush attacks, but an abyssal whip coupled with a dragon defender, Enhanced excalibur, or an off-hand dragon mace will work fine whilst having momentum active. Players with 85 attack and strength can easily kill them with minimal hits thus making them very fast to kill.

DropsEdit

100% dropEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	83

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
55%	12%	6%	26%	0.9–1%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 212,467 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

Weapons and armourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	35
	Rune arrow	12	2 Common	2,388
	Red d'hide vambraces	1	3 Uncommon	2,009
	Earth battlestaff	1	4 Rare	8,938
	Rune dagger	1	4 Rare	4,357
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,270
	Dragon chainbody	1	5 Very rare [1]	2,842,150

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire rune	37, 150, 300	2 Common	370–3,000
	Chaos rune	5	3 Uncommon	205
	Soul rune	2, 3, 5	3 Uncommon	242–605
	Law rune	1	5 Very rare	180

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	539
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	44
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	249
	Grimy harralander	1	3 Uncommon	652
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,160
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,743
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	4,171
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	2,507
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,733
	Grimy kwuarm	1	4 Rare	2,471
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	8,019

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	15, 25, 50, 60, 150, 300, 396	2 Common	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Mithril bar	1	2 Common	1,525
	Ugthanki kebab	1–2	3 Uncommon	636–1,272
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	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 improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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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 1,143 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,783 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,576 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,548 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,668 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,160 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,935 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,966 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,221 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,627 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,270 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,048 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,856 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 861,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,145 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,188 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,636 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,303,050 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,665,400 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,418,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 133,474 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,721 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,825–27,755 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,450–70,630 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 227 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 270 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 42,500–1,275,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,420 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,150 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,250–298 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 246,500–493,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,350–224,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 227,700–1,214,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,500 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,168,000–22,176,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,041,900 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,002–1,950,300 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 74,448 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,050–950,500 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 106,530–426,120 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 118,420–1,184,200 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 172,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,030 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 71,385–3,569,250 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 160,602–963,612 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,064,590 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,196 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 78,509–2,433,779 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 932 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 56,100–11,220,000

TriviaEdit

• Both "dirt devil" and "dust devil" are brands of a vacuum cleaner, hence the examine text; "The vacuumed face of evil".
• They also have a resemblance to the stress release toy Popping Martian (Martian Popper, Bug Out Bob).
• Although they drop bones, Dust devils do not appear to have bones, as they are supposedly filled with air.
• Many of their drops are the colour of dragon metal (crimson charm, red d'hide vambraces, uncut ruby). This often misleads players, making them think that they have received a Dragon chainbody drop.
• In real life, dust devils are a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves into the air.

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