For the giants found in Daemonheim, see Hill giant (Daemonheim).

A hill giant is a type of giant found in several locations around RuneScape, most highly concentrated in the far southern end of the Edgeville Dungeon and in the resource dungeon therein. These dungeons may be accessed through the entrance located in the house north-east of Gunnarsgrunn and west of the Cooking Guild if the player has a Brass Key. The Edgeville Dungeon area is usually very crowded in free-to-play worlds, as players like to gather Big bones and either bury them for Prayer experience or sell them at the Grand Exchange or to other players. Members worlds usually are much less crowded due to the better money making options for members. There are two hill giants present in level 17-18 Wilderness; however, very few people go there because of the dangerous player killers in the area and its far distance from any bank. (The closest bank for most hill giants in the Wilderness is at Daemonheim.) They are aggressive to players below combat lvl 129.

If Cyclopes are given as a Slayer assignment, players may NOT kill Hill Giants for the task. The reverse isn't possible either.

Hill giants can hit up to 192 damage, and they only attack with Melee. They have very low Defence which makes them great for experience from level 30 to level 50.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Champions' Challenge 3 Drops 3.1 100% drop 3.2 Charms(m) 3.3 Weapons and armour 3.4 Runes 3.5 Herbs 3.6 Seeds(m) 3.7 Other drops 3.8 Rare drop table drops 4 Money Making 5 Trivia 6 See also

LocationsEdit

• Deep Wilderness Dungeon (m)
• Edgeville Dungeon (28)
• South-west of Tree Gnome Stronghold (6) (m)
• Lava Maze, Level 43 Wilderness
• North of the Observatory, just south of Ourania Cave (6) (m)
• Taverley Dungeon (5), past the Magic axes and Poison Scorpions (m)
• Tree Gnome Village (2) (m)
• Wilderness Level 17 and 18 (2), southeast of Bone Yard, near the Black salamander Hunter area
• Edgeville Dungeon resource dungeon (28), level 20 Dungeoneering required

Champions' ChallengeEdit

Hill giants are one of the 'races' who have a lesser champion in the Champions' Challenge Distraction & Diversion. To fight the Giant Champion, the player must kill hill giants until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop. The Distraction & Diversion just uses the term 'giant', but the only type of giant that drops the scroll is the hill giant. This is only for members.

DropsEdit

100% dropEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	449

Charms_(m)Edit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
83%	14%	0.9–1.1%	1%	0.2%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 70,135 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
	Iron arrow	3	2 Common	24
	Iron dagger	1	2 Common	16
	Iron full helm	1	2 Common	31
	Steel arrow	10–15	3 Uncommon	130–195
	Iron kiteshield	1	2 Common	39
	Steel longsword	1	3 Uncommon	183
	Iron 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	53
	Mithril arrow		4 Rare	21
	Steel dagger	1	2 Common	32
	Steel platebody	1	3 Uncommon	1,193
	Adamant arrow	1–5	5 Very rare	52–260

RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	7	2 Common	77
	Fire rune	15	2 Common	180
	Cosmic rune	2	2 Common	282
	Law rune	2–3	3 Uncommon	380–570
	Nature rune	6	3 Uncommon	696
	Mind rune	3	2 Common	12
	Death rune	2	4 Rare	334
	Chaos rune	2	4 Rare	82

HerbsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	332
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	56
	Grimy tarromin	1	2 Common	157
	Grimy ranarr (m)	1	4 Rare	2,187
	Grimy harralander (m)	1	4 Rare	463
	Grimy irit (m)	1	4 Rare	1,721
	Grimy avantoe (m)	1	4 Rare	3,940
	Grimy kwuarm (m)	1	4 Rare	2,183
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)	1	4 Rare	9,330
	Grimy cadantine (m)	1	5 Very rare	2,015
	Grimy lantadyme (m)	1	5 Very rare	7,886

Seeds_(m)Edit

 

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Tomato seed	1–3	2 Common	2–6
	Jute seed	1–3	3 Uncommon	3–9
	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	2–8
	Onion seed	4, 8	2 Common	12–24
	Tomato seed	3	2 Common	6
	Strawberry seed	2	2 Common	868
	Cabbage seed	4	2 Common	16
	Hammerstone seed	2–3	3 Uncommon	4–6
	Limpwurt seed	1	4 Rare	591
	Sweetcorn seed	3	4 Rare	12
	Lantadyme seed	1	3 Uncommon	24,157
	Watermelon seed	2	5 Very rare	3,906

Other dropsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	8, 15, 38, 52, 88, 310, 350–493	2 Common	Not sold
	Limpwurt root	1	2 Common	1,022
	Beer	1	2 Common	56
	Court summons (m)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Body talisman	1	3 Uncommon	191
	Long bone (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Shoulder bone (m)	1	4 Rare [1]	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy (m)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Champion scroll (giant) (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Curved bone (m)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Steel bar	1	4 Rare	787

1. ^ Dropped during Fur 'n' Seek/Wish list.

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	1,107
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,034
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	11,742
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	19,052
	Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	12,885
	Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	10,585
	Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	16,976
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,215
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,320
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,933
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	11,988
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,917
	Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	848,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,404
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,284
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,501
	Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	19,800
	Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,297,050
	Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
	Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,680,000
	Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,587,000
	Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,723,000
	Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	91,765
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,311
	Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,025–26,635
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	47,950–67,130
	Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	177
	Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	193
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,452–8,932
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,480
	Law rune	45	4 Rare	8,550
	Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	167
	Blood rune	50	4 Rare	13,900
	Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	36,250–290
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	256,500–513,000
	Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
	Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	38,250–1,912,500
	Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	214,650–1,144,800
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	11,100
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,600
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,824,000–19,768,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,069–1,960,350
	Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	75,900
	Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	88,175–881,750
	Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,230–424,920
	Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	94,140–941,400
	Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	64,750
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	5,859
	Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	60,155–3,007,750
	Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	164,810–988,860
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,043,290
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,127
	Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	50,268–1,558,308
	Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	1,000
	Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	53,600–10,720,000

Money MakingEdit

For F2P players, hill giants can be a great way to make money, as they always drop Big bones, which bring in 449 coins each at the GE. They also frequently drop Limpwurt roots. The close proximity to the Grand Exchange coupled with their low combat level makes them a great way to earn coins and gain combat experience. The major and most noticeable drawback to money making with hill giants, however is that the Edgeville Dungeon is usually very crowded.

In order to save weight whilst training on these giants, only equip dragonhide armour; if you are at least level 65, you will not get hit frequently. This will reduce your weight, thereby allowing you to run further. Only equip a rune scimitar or rune 2h. This will save one inventory spot for big bones or limpwurt roots for strength potion brewing. You no longer have to leave a spot for coins, due to the money pouch update; thus, at least 20 spots should be reserved for big bones and the rest could be roots as they are very popular and are worth more than big bones. It is also a good idea to bring a bonecrusher if you want to gain prayer experience without spending the time to pick up your bone drops.

TriviaEdit

• They were once just called 'Giants', but this was later changed by Jagex to avoid confusion between other giants.
• There are 5 safe spots which can be used for killing hill giants in the Edgeville Dungeon, thus it is a popular place for players to train Ranged and Magic.
• Despite being called "Hill giants", the majority of the giants are found in dungeons. The reason for the naming was revealed in a Postbag from the Hedge; they are called "Hill Giants" because their muscles on their arms resemble hills.

See alsoEdit

• Moss giant
• Ice giant
• Fire giant