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Tormented demons are massive demons summoned and controlled by the Mahjarrat Lucien. They first appear in the Grandmaster quest While Guthix Sleeps, wherein Lucien uses Daemonicas Abhoris to summon two demons in the Ancient Guthix Temple and place them into a state of perpetual physical agony, healing their bodies as they burn and making them extremely hostile and aggressive. After the quest is complete, a total of six tormented demons may be found in the Temple. Tormented demons have a combat level of 170.

Tormented demons possess a number of formidable powers. They can attack with all three combat styles, shield themselves from damage, and even use protection prayers. They are often killed (either by single players, or teams of players) for their unique drops, namely dragon limbs, used to forge the dragon crossbow, as well as the pieces of the dragon platebody. They also drop the dragon claw and off-hand dragon claw, both as part of the same drop, which are used to craft chaotic claws. Aside from these, they have a number of other valuable drops, such as charms, herbs, arms & armour, and clue scrolls.

Despite being demons, these monsters will not take increased damage from holy water, although it will remove their fire shield. Additionally, dwarf multicannons cannot be set up in the tormented demons' lair, and they are immune to the effects of poison but can be poisoned from dreadnips. You can kill them easily with two combat styles.

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Combat characteristicsEdit

Tormented attack change
A tormented demon changing its attack style.
Tormented demons attack with melee, Magic and Ranged, though they will only use one style at a time. They can hit up to 950 damage with all of these attack styles, and with very high accuracy; their attacks will often hit players regardless of Defence level or armour quality, and the multiway nature of the area further compounds the danger. Fortunately, their attacks are weakened by protection prayers, so prayer switching is an effective and essential tactic when fighting them. Tormented demons will change attack styles every 16 seconds or so; when they do, they will rear back and roar, creating an area-of-effect Magic attack that can hit players behind cover, before attacking again. Their weakness will change depending on what attack style they are using. If they are using magic, they are weak to bolts; if they are using ranged, they are weak to stab; if they are using melee; they are weak to fire spells.

Defensively, tormented demons use protection prayers based on the combat style that is dealing the most damage to them. Once a tormented demon takes 3100 damage from a given attack style, it will change its protection prayer to defend against that style. For this purpose, any hit below 200 damage counts as 200 damage, as does any attack that misses. For example, if a player does 2700 damage with their first melee attack, then misses with the next two attacks, the demon will switch prayers to Protect from Melee because the two unsuccessful attacks count as 200 damage each. The prayers do not run out, although Verac's set can hit through their Protect from Melee. For this reason, at least two combat styles are necessary when fighting tormented demons.

Ancient Guthix Temple map
Tormented demon spawns. Click to view a larger version (opens on a new page).

In addition to their protection prayers, each tormented demon is surrounded by a fire shield that reduces all damage dealt to them by roughly 75%. This shield can be taken down for 60 seconds by a successful hit with Darklight or Holy water. Each non-zero hit from either weapon resets the 60-second counter, and both auto-attacks and abilities will work. (Note that for the purposes of their prayer-switching, hits through the fire shield are counted without the damage reduction.) The shield cannot be taken down with Darklight while the demon is using Protect from Melee, or with holy water and Protect from Ranged. Once stripped of their shields, tormented demons have relatively low Defence for their combat level.

Finally, the six tormented demons in the Ancient Guthix Temple are fairly close together in a multicombat area. It is highly dangerous to be attacked by multiple demons at once because, as previously stated, their attacks are highly accurate. The most common tactic for dealing with their numbers is to lure all but one demon into a position where they become trapped, and then engage the remaining demon in combat. See the strategy page for effective luring tips.

StrategyEdit

DropsEdit

100% DropsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Infernal ashes Infernal ashes 1 1 Always 1,986

WeaponsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Adamant battleaxe Adamant battleaxe 1 2 Common 2,253
Rune mace Rune mace 1 2 Common 8,095
Rune sword Rune sword 1 2 Common 12,249
Dragon claw Dragon claw 1 4 Rare [1][2] 223,013
Off-hand dragon claw Off-hand dragon claw 1 4 Rare [2] 320,116
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 5 Very rare 24,627
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 5 Very rare 37,952

ArmourEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Rune sq shield Rune sq shield 1 2 Common 22,731
Rune chainbody Rune chainbody 1 3 Uncommon 29,504
Rune helm Rune helm 1 3 Uncommon 10,893

Food/PotionsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Super defence (3) Super defence (3) 1–6 2 Common 99–594
Prayer potion (3) Prayer potion (3) 1–3 3 Uncommon 1,412–4,236
Shark Shark 5–15 3 Uncommon 4,245–12,735

SeedsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Herb seed 5 Avantoe seed 1–2 2 Common 1,890–3,780
Belladonna seed 5 Belladonna seed 1 2 Common 33
Herb seed 5 Harralander seed 1–2 2 Common 9–18
Jangerberry seed 5 Jangerberry seed 1–3 2 Common 3–9
Herb seed 5 Marrentill seed 1–2 2 Common 12–24
Bittercap mushroom spore 5 Bittercap mushroom spore 1 2 Common 10
Wildblood seed 5 Wildblood seed 1–3 2 Common 36–108
Herb seed 5 Kwuarm seed 1–2 2 Common 363–726
Cactus seed 5 Cactus seed 4–10 3 Uncommon 104–260
Limpwurt seed 5 Limpwurt seed 1–2 3 Uncommon 971–1,942
Herb seed 5 Ranarr seed 1–3 3 Uncommon 1,019–3,057
Spirit weed seed 5 Spirit weed seed 1–2 3 Uncommon 359–718
Strawberry seed 5 Strawberry seed 1–4 3 Uncommon 359–1,436
Herb seed 5 Toadflax seed 1–2 3 Uncommon 702–1,404
Whiteberry seed 5 Whiteberry seed 1–3 3 Uncommon 28–84
Herb seed 5 Dwarf weed seed 1–2 3 Uncommon 38,269–76,538
Herb seed 5 Lantadyme seed 1–2 3 Uncommon 34,922–69,844
Herb seed 5 Cadantine seed 1–2 4 Rare 2,354–4,708

HerbsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Grimy guam Grimy guam 1–11 2 Common 539–5,929
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1–11 2 Common 44–484
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1–11 2 Common 249–2,739
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1–11 2 Common 652–7,172
Grimy irit Grimy irit 1–11 2 Common 1,743–19,173
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1–11 2 Common 4,128–45,408
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1–11 2 Common 2,471–27,181
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1–11 2 Common 2,507–27,577
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1–11 2 Common 7,850–86,350
Grimy ranarr Grimy ranarr 1–11 3 Uncommon 2,160–23,760
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1–11 3 Uncommon 8,195–90,145

Note: Herbs are dropped in assorted groups of 8 to 11 herbs total.

Gems and BarsEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Diamond Diamond 3–5 (noted) 2 Common 6,474–10,790
Adamant bar Adamant bar 3–7 2 Common 9,504–22,176

Runes and TalismansEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Death rune Death rune 20–40 2 Common 1,860–3,720
Lava rune Lava rune 20–45 2 Common 340–765
Law rune Law rune 20–45 2 Common 3,600–8,100
Fire talisman Fire talisman 2–5 2 Common 4,036–10,090
Blood rune Blood rune 10–20 3 Uncommon 1,630–3,260

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages
No charms Gold charm Green charm Crimson charm Blue charm

23–26%

12–15%

7–10%

14–17%

37–41%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 1,687 kills.
3 charms are dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 15 or more creatures killed).


OtherEdit

Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price
Coins 1000 Coins 3,000–15,000 2 Common Not sold
Spin ticket Spin ticket 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Clue scroll Clue scroll (hard) 1 3 Uncommon Not sold
Ancient effigy Starved ancient effigy 1 4 Rare Not sold
Ruined dragon armour slice Ruined dragon armour slice 1 5 Very rare [3] 2,539,881
Ruined dragon armour lump Ruined dragon armour lump 1 5 Very rare [3] 1,131,943
Ruined dragon armour shard Ruined dragon armour shard 1 5 Very rare [3] 1,653,680
Clue scroll Clue scroll (elite) 1 5 Very rare Not sold
Court summons Court summons 1 5 Very rare Not sold
Dragon limbs Dragon limbs 1 4 Rare 17,351,303
  1. ^ Estimated at 1/299 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b Main hand and off hand Dragon claw are dropped together
  3. ^ a b c Estimated between 1/1,091 and 1/1,205 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.

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.

Trivia Edit

  • Upon slaying a number of tormented demons, a player's Adventurer's Log will read "I killed X tormented demons, fewer tormented souls in the world must be a good thing." Upon slaying 100 or more tormented demons, a player's Adventurer's Log will read "I killed many Tormented Demons."
  • Upon completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat the examine text stays the same, as if Lucien was still alive.
  • There is a likeness of Lucien's face under the Tormented Demon when it uses its fire shield.
  • One of the two tormented demons fought during While Guthix sleeps doesn't have a dragon metal helmet and its burned face and grin can be seen. The concept art of Tormented Demon also lacks the helmet.
  • During the start of While Guthix Sleeps, Thaerisk Cemphier had reports of Lucien roving the Wilderness raising heroes from the dead. In Postbag from the Hedge 45, Phentes the Tormented says "Yet endlessly my death delayed". The armour they wear and their ability to use Prayer suggests that tormented demons might have once been these Wilderness warriors during or before the Third Age.
  • Tormented demons and Imps haven't been graphically updated with their fellow demons due to their unique models.
  • Unlike most demons, Tormented demons fade away instead of blowing up. Their death animation is similar to their attack changing animation.
  • Dragon platebody parts can be found on the Tormented demon. The ruined armour lump is the head, the ruined armor slice is the left arm and the ruined armour shard is the right leg.

See alsoEdit


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