Waterfiends Guide
By: ALightInTheDark

*Note: Questions can be posted here, or PM'd to alightinthedark, changes can be done the same with*

Index:
Part 1 - FAQ
Part 2 - "Tank" Method
Part 3 - "Damage" Method
Part 4 - How to fight them
Part 5 - Drops
Part 6 - Conclusion

Part 1 - Quick FAQ

Q: What are waterfiends?
A: They are monsters that are given as slayer tasks and that are commonly hunted for their high drop rate of crimson charms

Q: Where are they located?
A: They are located in the waterpool south of barbarian village, to find it, refer to Panikingdisco's guide: http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=22774539&f=267

Q: How do i enter the waterfall?
A: Refer to this quick guide by Panikingdisco: http://forums.d2jsp.org/index.php?showtopic=22774539&f=267

Q: Can i bring in a summon?
A: no, you cant, but once you're in there you can summon a monster

Q: What type of weapon should i bring?
A: One with a crush attack (Zamorak Spear, Saradomin Sword, any godsword, a mace, there are a few others)

Q: How much HP do they have?
A: 129 hitpoints

Q: How much slayer exp per kill?
A: 129 slayer exp per water fiend kill


Part 2 - "Tank" Method

*Note: The tank method does not work 100%, but it does indeed work quite well*

The setup and inventory:
*Note: You can also add in a bunyip pouch and some scrolls if you wish, the scrolls allow you to eat raw fish, which they drop*
See Explanation below


Guthans - to heal
Wealth - Not sure, i always bring
d boots + gloves str + def bonuses
glory - its that or fury
Skillcape - pray bonus (firecape works too)
Prayer potions - for range prayer
Food - in case guthans fails

Part 3 - "Damage" Method

*Note: This is the more common method, but i've tested both and you get less kills this way*
See explanation below


*Note: You can also add in a bunyip pouch and some scrolls if you wish, the scrolls allow you to eat raw fish, which they drop*

D'hide - can be substitited for karils or other colors of dragonhide (i prefer saradomin for mage def + pray bonuses)
Zamorak Spear - can be substituted for any weapon with a crush ability
Wealth - i always bring
barrows gloves - str and def bonus
snakeskin boots - mage bonus
skillcape - pray bonus (firecape works too)
Prayer potions - range prayer
food - for mage damage taken

Part 4 - How to Fight

Okay, so we'll start with the weapon

The most effective attack style on them would be crush, so try to take a weapon with a crush attack (tank method, guthans has it, otherwise zamorak spear, saradomin sword, godswords have it)

Armor
For tank method, you're good to go, for damage method you want to max your mage defense bonuses

To fight, go there, pray range, and fight them using crush style, what to take will all be explained below

Inventory:
-1 click tele (for obvious reasons)
-Anti dragon shield (for running past the dragons, wear it to start)
-Slayer gem (if on task)
-Prayer potions (for prayer)
-Food (just in case)

*NOTE: this is simply an example for inventory, things can be changed*

Part 5 - Drops
The drops i usually take (i drop the italicized ones if something better comes along)
If there is a *, read the info below
Adamant chainbody, Blue Charm, Clue Scroll, Crimson Charm, Gold Charm, Green Charm, Mithril ore (noted), Ranarr Seed, Raw Lobster*, Raw Shark**, Rune med helm, seaweed (noted), Shark (food), Snape grass (noted), staff of water, Uncut sapphire (noted), water battlestaff, water orb (noted)

*Only take this if you have bunyip (if you get sharks, use them first)
**Only take this if you have bunyip

Part 6 - Conclusion
IN conclusion, waterfiends are an amazing source of crimson charm drops, In 100 kills, i have received 87 crimson charms, just to give you a good idea
They also have some nice other drops, and sometimes you may make money, sometimes you may lose money, but either way, you always get a nice amount of blue charms

This post was edited by ALightInTheDark on Dec 23 2008 08:41pm

First, vnice guide.






















































































































































Ily Jake.

This post was edited by iLikeToWork on Dec 23 2008 08:32pm

good guide... i didnt read a single word of it though

no bunyips? waterfiends suck w/o bunyips tbh

agree

1 why the hell do you have have an enchanted gem in your invy

2 needs way more ppots

3 no bunyips LOL

1 READ TEH FUCKIN GUIDE

2 QQ'

3 READ THE FUCKIN GUIDE

4 T4T

im collecting crims to get 68 summ



shh



they eat raw food

gem for slayer task, i get bored sometimes

i hate you now... flamed laffy

i read the guide dumbass

how the fuck are you going to make a waterfiend guide without adding the most important part about bunyips