Salarin the Twisted

Release date	12 December 2002 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	120
XP per kill	65.1 (and 21.5 experience)
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	A crazy evil druid.
Combat stats LP Max hit 700 74 (approx.) (Melee) Attack Defence Ranged Magic Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Other Immune to Poison? Immune to Stun? No Unknown edit Attack Speed Unknown edit Aggressive? Poisonous? Yes No Attack style Weakness Melee Magic

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Salarin the Twisted is an evil druid in Yanille's Agility dungeon. He can be found at the end of the dungeon, in an area that requires level 67 Agility to enter (64 with an agility potion or 62 with a summer pie). He and the Magpie impling are currently the only NPCs able to drop the Sinister key. This key opens the Sinister chest that contains nine herbs: 2 Harralander, 3 Ranarr, 1 Irit, 1 Kwuarm, 1 Avantoe, and 1 Torstol. Salarin is a target for many players because of this drop. Players should keep in mind that the Sinister key is an uncommon drop.

Salarin can only be harmed by Strike spells or spells higher level than strike spells, including special spells like Polypore Strike. Lower-level spells, melee, and ranged cannot harm him. (Before the Evolution of Combat, Salarin could only be injured by the four elemental strike spells that used mind runes - Wind Strike, Water Strike, Earth Strike, and Fire Strike - and by Magic Dart, Wind Rush, and Polypore Strike spell. Although it hit higher, magic dart wasn't as consistent as the strike spells. It is not known whether the ability of higher level elemental spells to damage Salarin is an oversight by Jagex or is intentional because not even the strike spells use mind runes now.)

Salarin's targeting information indicated that he is vulnerable to Crush melee weapons. This is, however, incorrect, as all melee attacks, including with crush weapons, cannot do any damage to him.

Salarin is initially aggressive to the player but will become tolerant after several minutes.

Food, or a healing familiar such as the Bunyip, are useful during long trips. High-level players can easily kill Salarin (and the nearby Chaos druids multiple times with little or no need for food. One effective tactic is to use Void knight gear and a Polypore Staff, which often kills Salarin in one strike. If also killing the chaos druids, bringing an arrow-firing ranged weapon will also kill them quickly, too.

There is a point in the corridor where the player can attack Salarin and he will try to retreat rather than attack. This is useful for low level players who are not confident about taking on a level 120 at close quarters.

DropsEdit

100% Edit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	91

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 harralander	1	3 Uncommon	463
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	2,187
	Grimy irit	1	2 Common	1,721
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	3,940
	Grimy kwuarm	1	4 Rare	2,148
	Grimy cadantine	1	4 Rare	2,015
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	7,886
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	4 Rare	9,330

RunesEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	12	2 Common	132
	Fire rune	36	4 Rare	432
	Law rune	2	3 Uncommon	380
	Nature rune	3	3 Uncommon	348

WeaponsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bronze longsword	1	3 Uncommon	56
	Black dagger	1	4 Rare	132
	Mithril bolts	2–12	4 Rare	80–480
	Rune javelin	1	5 Very rare	243

ArmourEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Iron helm	1	4 Rare	11

Raw materialsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Vial of water	1	2 Common	16
	White berries	1	3 Uncommon	987
	Snape grass	1	3 Uncommon	311

OtherEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	3–24	2 Common	Not sold
	Super defence (1)	1	2 Common	39
	Cosmic talisman	1	5 Very rare	208
	Sinister key	1	3 Uncommon	19,901

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	1,082
	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	1,260
	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	1,305,000
	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	92,454
	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	36,000–288
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	257,000–514,000
	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	1,056,000
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,876,000–20,132,000
	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	1,058,660
	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

TriviaEdit

• Before the release of the Farming skill, killing Salarin for the Sinister key was the only way to obtain Torstol.
• At one time, the grave markers in the area afforded one a safe spot to mage Salarin from. This no longer works.
• At one time, strike spells always hit their maximum on him. This is no longer true.