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%	1–1.1%	1%	0.2%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 67,221 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	24
	Iron full helm	1	2 Common	34
	Steel arrow	10–15	3 Uncommon	120–180
	Iron kiteshield	1	2 Common	41
	Steel longsword	1	3 Uncommon	191
	Iron 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	56
	Mithril arrow		4 Rare	21
	Steel dagger	1	2 Common	23
	Steel platebody	1	3 Uncommon	1,160
	Adamant arrow	1–5	5 Very rare	51–255

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	7	2 Common	91
	Fire rune	15	2 Common	150
	Cosmic rune	2	2 Common	302
	Law rune	2–3	3 Uncommon	360–540
	Nature rune	6	3 Uncommon	666
	Mind rune	3	2 Common	12
	Death rune	2	4 Rare	186
	Chaos rune	2	4 Rare	82

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 ranarr (m)	1	4 Rare	2,160
	Grimy harralander (m)	1	4 Rare	652
	Grimy irit (m)	1	4 Rare	1,743
	Grimy avantoe (m)	1	4 Rare	4,128
	Grimy kwuarm (m)	1	4 Rare	2,471
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)	1	4 Rare	8,195
	Grimy cadantine (m)	1	5 Very rare	2,507
	Grimy lantadyme (m)	1	5 Very rare	7,850

Seeds_(m)Edit

 

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Tomato seed	1–3	2 Common	1–3
	Jute seed	1–3	3 Uncommon	3–9
	Potato seed	1–4	2 Common	2–8
	Onion seed	4, 8	2 Common	8–16
	Tomato seed	3	2 Common	3
	Strawberry seed	2	2 Common	718
	Cabbage seed	4	2 Common	12
	Hammerstone seed	2–3	3 Uncommon	2–3
	Limpwurt seed	1	4 Rare	971
	Sweetcorn seed	3	4 Rare	3
	Lantadyme seed	1	3 Uncommon	34,922

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	1,128
	Beer	1	2 Common	53
	Court summons (m)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Body talisman	1	3 Uncommon	187
	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	758

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 1,142 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

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