Phoenix Lair

[Iximi]

For the first time in a long while I completed the Distraction/diversion at the Phoenix Lair.

 

Of curiosity I went up to look up the drop tables of the Reborn Ranger/Warrior/Mage creatures inside the lair.

 

Both the RS Wiki and Tip.it have obvious gaps in the drop tables, but something caught my eye: The wiki states that Greater Rangers drop Seercull bows, Greater Warriors drop Dragon Longswords, and Greater Mages drop Mystic lava staffs.

 

Now obviously they are not too common if true but it made me wonder... has anyone seen if these count as "Volcanic Creatures"? If so they could make for an alternative to the new task given by Kuradal. They drops are pretty decent anyways and the whole cave could be cleared with ease if you had a familiar to hold some extra food. I would test this myself if I had the levels to get task from her.

 

In short, has anyone any experience in killing a sizable amount of these creatures in the phoenix lair and/or seeing if they work for that slayer task without taking the Fight Cave Challenge?

[Naive]

I doubt they'd count toward a Volcanic creature task, as they're not in a volcano. They only look fiery because they were brought back to life by the phoenix, which while fiery, isn't volcanic.

 

I can't say that I've even used Kuradal yet, though, so this is mere guesswork. And as for the wiki, keep in mind it is editable by anyone. The drops may be false, though again, I've never done the Phoenix Lair DnD.

[shawn3090]

Check out the tip.it bestiary - none of the items are listed there.

[Iximi]

Check out the tip.it bestiary - none of the items are listed there.

 

If you read my post you would know that I looked at both the tip.it bestiary and the wiki. The obvious gaps in the drop tables is referring to how it says a Greater Reborn Ranger drops the dragon spear but not any gems or a half shield (something that is inconsistant to every other monster that drops spears/halfs) as well as me getting drops that are not on the list such as a Maple shortbow (u).

 

Obviously this just means that sufficient testing has not gone into the drops. The wiki seems to be more "full" but nothing there can be taken for face value (especially where it says the rangers drop blue charms over 60% of the time :P). It seems odd that someone would lie about those drops seeing as they are not particularly shocking as you would see in traditional wiki-troll fashion.

 

The whole reason I posted here was to get information that is NOT available on this site or the wiki that someone in the community may know about.

 

To Sman's post:

 

Yea its probably doubtful they are counted in the "volcanic creature" section- only wishful thinking; I do wonder why they chose to say "Volcanic Creatures" instead of just Tzhaar tho..

[Naive]

Check out the tip.it bestiary - none of the items are listed there.

 

If you read my post you would know that I looked at both the tip.it bestiary and the wiki. The obvious gaps in the drop tables is referring to how it says a Greater Reborn Ranger drops the dragon spear but not any gems or a half shield (something that is inconsistant to every other monster that drops spears/halfs) as well as me getting drops that are not on the list such as a Maple shortbow (u).

 

Obviously this just means that sufficient testing has not gone into the drops. The wiki seems to be more "full" but nothing there can be taken for face value (especially where it says the rangers drop blue charms over 60% of the time :P). It seems odd that someone would lie about those drops seeing as they are not particularly shocking as you would see in traditional wiki-troll fashion.

 

The whole reason I posted here was to get information that is NOT available on this site or the wiki that someone in the community may know about.

 

To Sman's post:

 

Yea its probably doubtful they are counted in the "volcanic creature" section- only wishful thinking; I do wonder why they chose to say "Volcanic Creatures" instead of just Tzhaar tho..

Because once you take the Jad challenge (which she offers as an upgrade to a Tzhaar task, not as a task itself), Tzhaar don't count toward your kills, only the creatures in the Fight Caves, hence Volcanic Creatures. I think I read that the task gives you 280, and there's 272 monsters total in the cave, so you've essentially only got one shot for the 25k bonus on Jad's head :P