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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 once it has fewer than 90 life points remaining. This can be done by right-clicking (if you're under level 111) or clicking (if you're level 111 or above) a Gargoyle and selecting the Smash option, or by using the rock hammer in your inventory on the gargoyle.

Two gargoyle statues are placed either side of the entrance to the Slayer Tower. Their wings open and close with the doors. 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 a Wilderness update. 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

Strategy

Players must use a rock hammer to break gargoyles apart when they reach fewer than 90 life points. 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 between a "Smash" and a weapon hit is very small, so if you accidentally hit the gargoyle 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, which makes bringing strong melee protection armor even more important. Gargoyles are weaker to crush attacks. For those who use a crush weapon, the chaotic maul, Saradomin sword, Zamorakian spear, goliath gloves, along with the godswords are extremely effective; the dragon mace and dragon battleaxe, combined with a dragon defender, are cheaper alternatives.

Gargoyles are weak for their combat level. Stabbing and slashing weapons work, but not as well as crush weaponry. Magic attacks are also good at them, most noteably the Polypore staff can easily kill them within a couple of hits.

Another effective way to fight gargoyles is to use magic against them in the Chaos Tunnels, since the number 1 ladder leads directly to the gargoyle room. There are numerous bushes and plants in the area, providing several safespots. Once the gargoyle has been reduced to fewer than 90 life points, the player can run up to it with the rock hammer to finish it off. Similarly, 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. Gargoyles are weak to magic.

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. To kill it when life points are above 0, you will still need to use the "Smash" option.

Locations

Chaos Tunnels

The Chaos Tunnels are the easiest way to complete a task assigned from either 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. This however is the fastest and most efficent way for players without 61 Agility.

Slayer Tower

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. It contains seven gargoyle spawns fairly spread out from each other. The gargoyles here are a fair distance from a bank and are generally not crowded. At least 61 Agility (for shortcuts) is recommended, in order to avoid running through the first two winding floors. A full slayer helmet, slayer helmet or nosepeg is required due to most routes passing through the aggressive aberrant spectres, which will lower stats with their attacks.

Kuradal's Dungeon

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 40 damage to every successful hit. Some dragonfire protection is optional as there are blue dragons on the way that can expend supplies if they manage to get a lucky hit with dragonfire. There are seven gargoyles in here, and the room is relatively small, making this an efficient spot if player numbers are low.

Drops

Charms

Charm drop percentages

No charms
74%	9–10%	5%	5%	7%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 96,088 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

Weapons

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel 2h sword	1	2 Common	399
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	267
	Steel hatchet	1	2 Common	34
	Granite maul	1	4 Rare	29,316

Armour

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune full helm	1	4 Rare	20,756
	Adamant boots	1	4 Rare	989
	Steel full helm	1	4 Rare	198
	Mystic robe top (dark)	1	4 Rare	71,331

Runes

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

Other

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	11–460,	2 Common	Not sold
	Pure essence	35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	3,150
	Mithril bar	3	3 Uncommon	4,698
	Steel bar	3	3 Uncommon	2,283
	Gold bar	1	3 Uncommon	135
	Thread	10	3 Uncommon	150
	Ferocious ring	1	3 Uncommon [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 drops

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 1,106 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,749 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,429 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,456 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,074 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,237 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 15,457 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,361 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,181 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,584 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,250 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,043 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 37,035 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 859,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,394 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 64,765 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,980 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 18,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,306,950 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,671,600 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,525,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,592,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 145,208 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,619 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,425–28,595 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,975–71,365 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 218 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 260 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 45,000–1,350,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,440 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,200 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 38,250–306 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 236,000–472,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 65,850–219,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 237,150–1,264,800 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,900 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,231,000–22,617,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,042,900 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,025–1,953,750 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 78,804 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 96,200–962,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 103,500–414,000 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 116,490–1,164,900 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 165,500 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,276 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 70,571–3,528,550 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 163,332–979,992 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,088,560 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,179 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 84,168–2,609,208 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 872 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 57,600–11,520,000

Trivia

• Gargoyles are featured in the FunOrb game "Armies of Gielinor" as followers of Zamorak.
• If a gargoyle is poisoned and has barely any LP 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.
• Despite being made of stone, gargoyles can be poisoned. This may be an oversight.

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