Gargoyles are flying Slayer monsters that require level 75 Slayer to damage. They are the only monsters that drop the Granite maul. A rock hammer is needed to kill a gargoyle. This can be done by right-clicking (if you're under level 134) or clicking (if you're level 134 or above) a Gargoyle and selecting the Smash option, or by using the rock hammer in your inventory on the gargoyle. Or, if one has purchased the ability to deliver killing blows quicker for 400 Slayer reward points, they will finish these creatures off automatically. However, you need to have the rock hammer in your inventory to do so.

Two gargoyle statues are placed either side of the entrance to the Slayer Tower. They will turn their heads and look at the entrance when the portcullis is opened. These cannot be attacked. Gargoyles also guarded doorways of the Grim Reaper's house in the 2007 Hallowe'en event. 

It is recommended to complete gargoyle tasks when assigned them, as they have quite valuable drops and drop blue charms frequently, ideal for summoners. These include granite mauls, rune full helms, pure essence, mystic robe top (dark) and clue scroll (hard). Adamant boots are not as valuable as they used to be due to the addition of Bounty Hunter. Finally, they drop a decent amount of alchable steel equipment such as the battleaxes, full helms and two-handed swords.

Gargoyles have similar, but better drops than Greater demons.

Contents 1 Strategy 2 Locations 2.1 Chaos Tunnels 2.2 Slayer Tower 2.3 Kuradal's Dungeon 3 Drops 3.1 Charms 3.2 Weapons 3.3 Armour 3.4 Runes 3.5 Other 3.6 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

StrategyEdit

Players must use a rock hammer to break gargoyles apart when they reach fewer than 90 life points, either by using the hammer on the gargoyle or by using the "Smash" right-click option on the gargoyle. There is no way to actually tell whether a gargoyle has 90 life points remaining, so the player should use their best judgement and kill the gargoyle when it has just a small amount of LP left. The delay after using the "Smash" option is very small, so if you accidentally use the hammer too soon, do not worry. It will not slow down the following hit by a great amount. Gargoyles restore life points at a very fast rate; twenty life points in approximately five seconds. Gargoyles also use very accurate melee attacks.

Gargoyles are weak to water spells. Players can mage them in the Chaos Tunnels and bank in Edgeville quickly, since the Chaos Tunnels entrance leads directly to the gargoyle room (this entrance is located in the Wilderness, so beware of PKers). There are several rock safespots to mage from. In Kuradal's Dungeon, there is a stalagmite safe spot just northwest of the energy barrier between the gargoyles and blue dragons, where the gargoyles may be safely attacked with magic. Another stalagmite safespot is in the northernmost corner of the room. Using these safespots, players can use Momentum to finish their tasks quickly.

Players who have completed Smoking Kills can spend 400 slayer points to purchase the ability to make killing blows faster; this ability applies to all Slayer tasks which require a special killing blow (gargoyles, rock slugs, etc.). Once purchased, you only need to have the rock hammer in your inventory for the gargoyle to be automatically smashed when it hits 0 life points. You don't need to be near the gargoyle for this to take effect (for example, you can still remain hidden in a safespot). To kill it when life points are above 0, you will still need to use the "Smash" option.

LocationsEdit

Chaos TunnelsEdit

The Chaos Tunnels are the easiest way to complete a task assigned from any master other than Kuradal. To get there, use the entrance north of the Edgeville monastery (the one closest to Bork). In there are four gargoyles. They are fairly spread out but are confined to a small oval room which allows the use of safespots once they become tolerant. Players should use Protect from Melee or Deflect Melee if they accidentally misclick on a portal as mummies reside in two of the portals and the other one leads to a large number of skeletons and zombies. While players cannot attack you in the Chaos Tunnels, the entrances are located in the Wilderness where you can be attacked by players.

Slayer TowerEdit

The Slayer Tower is a rarely used option for those wanting to kill gargoyles, however players who are wearing the Morytania legs 4 can receive 10% extra Slayer experience from them if they are on a Slayer task. There are several gargoyle spawns spread out on the east side of the second floor. The gargoyles here are a fair distance from a bank and are generally not crowded. For those with the appropriate Agility level, the top floor of the tower has a further set of gargoyle spawns.

A recent update has added Slayer contracts to the area and you can get an additional 20% slayer xp per kill if you obtain a special contract while on task. In addition new areas accessible near the top of the tower provide less crowded areas for killing.

Kuradal's DungeonEdit

Kuradal's Dungeon is another good place to slay gargoyles. However, this area can only be used if she has assigned you a task of gargoyles. This place is often crowded, due to the ease of killing them here. A ferocious ring helps quicken kills here, as it adds damage to every successful hit. There are seven gargoyles in here, and the room is relatively small, making this an efficient spot if player numbers are low.

There are three safespots for Gargoyles in this area; one near the entrance to the Abyssal demons, another on the western part of the map, and the one as the picture shows above.

DropsEdit

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
74%	9–10%	5%	5%	7%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 96,335 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel 2h sword	1	2 Common	392
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	266
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	35
	Granite maul	1	4 Rare [1]	28,763

ArmourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune full helm	1	3 Uncommon	20,689
	Adamant boots	1	3 Uncommon	990
	Steel full helm	1	4 Rare	198
	Mystic robe top (dark)	1	4 Rare	71,316

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Fire rune	37, 75	2 Common	370–750
	Chaos rune	15	2 Common	615
	Death rune	5	3 Uncommon	465

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	11–498	2 Common	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common	Not sold
	Pure essence	35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	2,975
	Mithril bar	3	3 Uncommon	4,575
	Steel bar	3	3 Uncommon	2,274
	Gold bar	1	3 Uncommon	138
	Thread	10	3 Uncommon	150
	Ferocious ring	1	4 Rare [1]	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only in Kuradal's dungeon.

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 1,142 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,792 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 138,745 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 37,750–302 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 1,038,500 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 181,000 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

• Gargoyles are featured in the FunOrb game "Armies of Gielinor" as followers of Zamorak.
• If a gargoyle is poisoned and has barely any health left, it may die without needing to use the rock hammer.
• If the player has purchased the ability to automatically "smash" and kill certain Slayer monsters like gargoyles, a Summoning familiar will be able to kill them without the use of a rock hammer.
• It has been implied that gargoyles are a sub-species of demon, created by summoning a demon from the Infernal Dimensions and binding their life force to a statue. This is implied most strongly in the FunOrb game Armies of Gielinor, in which gargoyles are described as "A flying demon with long-range throwing rocks." However, in RuneScape they attack by kicking you.

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