Tormented demon

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Tormented Demon

Loading... StandardWhile Guthix Sleeps
Also called	TDs
Release date	26 November 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	119
XP per kill	2,321.2 (and 765.9 experience)
Examine text	Lucien must be incredibly powerful if he can bind such demons to his will.
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	1,136
Assigned by	Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 20,000 1,100 Attack Defence Ranged Magic 85 85 1 1 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Yes No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous Yes No Attack styles Weaknesses Melee Ranged Magic Fire spells Silverlight Bolts

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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. The ability to have them assigned as slayer tasks by Kuradal can be purchased using 50 slayer points after While Guthix Sleeps.

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 (which is in turn used to forge the Ascension 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 do not take increased damage from holy water, although it does remove their fire shield. Additionally, dwarf multicannons cannot be set up in the tormented demons' lair. Since the release of Evolution of Combat, they can also be poisoned. They can be easily killed with two combat styles, or one if a player uses a Steel titan to aid killing them.

Combat characteristics

The tormented demon's roar

Damage being absorbed by the fire shield

Tormented demons attack with melee, Magic and Ranged, though they only use one style at a time. They can hit up to 1150 damage with all of these attack styles, and with very high accuracy; their attacks often hit players regardless of Defence level or armour quality. Fortunately, protection prayers fully block their attacks, so prayer switching is an effective and essential tactic when fighting them. Tormented demons change attack styles every 16 seconds or so; when they do, they rear back and roar, creating an area-of-effect Magic attack that can hit players behind cover. Their weakness changes randomly.

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 changes its protection prayer to defend against that style. For this purpose, any hit below 200 damage counts as 200 damage.(It doesn't count if attack misses). Tormented demons' protection prayers do not run out, and for this reason at least two combat styles are necessary when fighting the demons. Spamming abilities can help combo the demons in an effective way i.e. using threshold ability and interrupting it with a basic one to perform a combo. This works ideally along with a steel titan special attack which can make them switch prayers easily and continue combo-ing with 1 type of combat style. 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 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. 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. Template:Mapthumb

Strategy

Main article: Tormented demon/Strategies

Drops

100% Drops

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Infernal ashes	1	Always	2,057

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11–12%	20–21%	10–11%	20–21%	36–37%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 12,866 kills. 3 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant battleaxe	1	Common	5,541
	Rune mace	1	Common	7,165
	Rune sword	1	Common	11,135
	Dragon claw	1	Rare	67,043
	Off-hand dragon claw	1	Rare	53,150

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Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune sq shield	1	Common	22,047
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
	Rune full helm	1	Uncommon	20,892

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Herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Avantoe seed	1–2	Common	375–750
	Belladonna seed	1	Common	1,007
	Harralander seed	1–2	Common	196–392
	Jangerberry seed	1–3	Common	79–237
	Marrentill seed	1–2	Common	179–358
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	Common	1,768
	Wildblood seed	1–3	Common	189–567
	Kwuarm seed	1–2	Common	12,857–25,714
	Cactus seed	4–10	Uncommon	4,064–10,160
	Limpwurt seed	1–2	Uncommon	5,207–10,414
	Ranarr seed	1–3	Uncommon	976–2,928
	Spirit weed seed	1–2	Uncommon	78,260–156,520
	Strawberry seed	1–4	Uncommon	1,075–4,300
	Toadflax seed	1–2	Uncommon	9,872–19,744
	Whiteberry seed	1–3	Uncommon	136–408
	Dwarf weed seed	1–2	Uncommon	822–1,644
	Lantadyme seed	1–2	Uncommon	726–1,452
	Grapevine seed	3	Uncommon	86,553
	Cadantine seed	1–3	Uncommon	1,438–4,314

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Gems and Bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1–11 (noted)	Common	709–7,799
	Grimy marrentill	1–11 (noted)	Common	2,307–25,377
	Grimy tarromin	1–11 (noted)	Common	105–1,155
	Grimy harralander	1–11 (noted)	Common	741–8,151
	Grimy irit	1–11 (noted)	Common	5,008–55,088
	Grimy avantoe	1–11 (noted)	Common	1,043–11,473
	Grimy kwuarm	1–11 (noted)	Common	11,782–129,602
	Grimy cadantine	1–11 (noted)	Common	4,322–47,542
	Grimy lantadyme	1–11 (noted)	Common	7,551–83,061
	Grimy ranarr	1–11 (noted)	Uncommon	1,860–20,460
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–11 (noted)	Uncommon	8,476–93,236

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Runes and Talismans

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Diamond	4 (noted)	Common	15,504
	Adamant bar	4 (noted)	Common	7,044

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Misc.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Death rune	20–40	Common	4,640–9,280
	Law rune	20–45	Common	11,400–25,650
	Fire talisman	4 (noted)	Common	836
	Blood rune	10–20; 43	Uncommon	6,780–29,154

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Rare drop table drops

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	3; 0–15; 0	Common	0–15
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	Uncommon	Not sold
	Ruined dragon armour slice	1	Rare	54,854
	Ruined dragon armour lump	1	Rare	46,947
	Ruined dragon armour shard	1	Rare	38,497
	Dragon limbs	1	Rare	6,393,679
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Very rare	Not sold

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• Upon slaying a number of tormented demons, a player's Adventurer's Log reads "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 reads "I killed many Tormented Demons."
• If a Tormented demon uses melee during the fight and is lured into a position where the player is diagonally across from the demon and attacks, it will not switch combat styles. This has yet to be fixed by Jagex.
• 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.
• A Tormented demon's attack does 1 damage, along with a few other monsters if the correct prayer is used. However, unlike other monsters, if Deflect curses were used, the demon still suffers from reflected damage (so if a hit that would be 360 be turned into 1, the demon would take 90 reflection damage). This has yet to be fixed by Jagex.
• 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.
• On February 4th, 2014, Tormented Demons received an overhaul to their drop tables along with other demon species as chosen by the players during a poll.
• When a player receives dragon limbs as a drop, they now appear in the news feed of that particular world the player is on.