Chaos Elemental (2024)

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Chaos Elemental



Released		20 February 2006 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		305
Size		3x3
Examine		pUre A cHaOs of crEatuRe!

Combat info

XP bonus		+7.5%
Max hit		28
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		Magic, Ranged, Melee (Crush?)
Attack speed		4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time		14 ticks (8.4 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		268.75 xp
Category		Bosses
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Combat stats


250	270	270	270	270	270

Aggressive stats


+0	+0	+0	+0	+0	+0

Melee defence


+70		+70		+70

Magic defence


+70			No elemental weakness

Ranged defence


+70		+70		+70

Immunities

Poison		Not immune
Venom		Converts to poison
Cannons		Not immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		2054

The Chaos Elemental is a dark cloud with six tentacles that dwells in the members-only section of the Wilderness, just west of the Rogues' Castle. This area is moderately easy to access from the deep Wilderness teleport lever in Ardougne or Edgeville. The nearby Wilderness Obelisk can randomly teleport players south-east of the Rogues' Castle, after the hard Wilderness Diary is completed, the location can be chosen from any Wilderness obelisk.

The Chaos Elemental is generally killed for its dragon 2h sword and pickaxe drops. It also has a higher drop rate of the pet chaos elemental compared to the Chaos Fanatic. In addition, it is immune to venom—any items that are able to inflict venom will inflict regular poison instead.

Warning: As this boss is located deep within the Wilderness, and wanders around in a multi-combat zone, beware of player-killers! Do not bring items you are not willing to lose.

Killing the Chaos Elemental is a requirement for the Hard Wilderness Diary.

1 Location
2 Fight overview
3 Drops
- 3.1 Minor drops
- 3.2 Major drops
  - 3.2.1 Pre-roll
  - 3.2.2 Weapons and armour
  - 3.2.3 Runes and ammunition
  - 3.2.4 Herbs
  - 3.2.5 Resources
  - 3.2.6 Materials
  - 3.2.7 Rare drop table
  - 3.2.8 Tertiary
  - 3.2.9 Wilderness Slayer tertiary
4 Combat Achievements
5 Changes
6 Trivia
7 References

Location[edit | edit source]

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
West of the Rogues' Castle	305		1	Maplink

Fight overview[edit | edit source]

Main article: Chaos Elemental/Strategies

The Chaos Elemental has three attacks:

Discord - Deals either Magic, Ranged, or Melee damage
Confusion - Teleports the player somewhere nearby, away from it
Madness - Unequips up to four equipped items

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 12,040 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Chaos Elemental kill is worth 38,207.91. Excluding the Dragon pickaxe, the average kill is worth 34,355.00.

Minor drops[edit | edit source]

These items are dropped with a major drop; for example, dragon bones can be dropped with a dragon dagger.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Blighted anglerfish	2	1/5	760	2
Blighted karambwan	3	1/5	519	3
Blighted super restore(4)	1	1/5	4,628	1
Dragon bones	1	1/5	3,360	96
Super combat potion(1)	1	1/5	4,904	24

Major drops[edit | edit source]

Major drops are accompanied by a minor drop on each kill.

Pre-roll[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dragon pickaxe	1	1/256	986,427	58,770

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune dart	100	5/128	13,500	21,000
Rune platelegs	1	4/128	37,837	38,400
Rune plateskirt	1	4/128	38,033	38,400
Rune 2h sword	1	3/128	37,982	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	3/128	24,403	24,960
Rune full helm	1	3/128	20,556	21,120
Rune kiteshield	1	3/128	32,004	32,640
Mystic air staff	1	3/128	25,156	25,500
Mystic water staff	1	3/128	25,106	25,500
Mystic earth staff	1	3/128	25,135	25,500
Mystic fire staff	1	3/128	25,133	25,500
Dragon dagger	1	2/128	17,443	18,000
Dragon 2h sword	1	2/128	130,915	132,000
Dragon platelegs	1	2/128	161,218	162,000
Dragon plateskirt	1	2/128	161,272	162,000

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Chaos rune	300–500	8/128	23,100–38,500	16,200–27,000
Blood rune	100–250	8/128	20,200–50,500	24,000–60,000
Rune arrow	150	5/128	11,250	36,000

Herbs[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy ranarr weed	5–8(noted)	4/128	36,210–57,936	90–144
Grimy snapdragon	5–8(noted)	4/128	39,995–63,992	60–96
Grimy avantoe	5–8(noted)	3/128	20,395–32,632	50–80
Grimy kwuarm	5–8(noted)	3/128	18,415–29,464	60–96

Resources[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coal	75–150(noted)	5/128	10,500–21,000	2,025–4,050
Mahogany plank	8–16(noted)	5/128	17,408–34,816	7,200–14,400
Runite bar	3–5(noted)	4/128	37,044–61,740	9,000–15,000
Adamantite bar	8–12(noted)	4/128	14,248–21,372	3,072–4,608

Materials[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	20,005–29,995	7/128	20,005–29,995	20,005–29,995
Blighted ancient ice sack	20–40	5/128	5,300–10,600	20–40
Blighted karambwan	15–25(noted)	4/128	2,595–4,325	15–25
Blighted anglerfish	10–15(noted)	4/128	3,800–5,700	10–15
Wilderness crabs teleport	2	2/128	49,858	74

Rare drop table[edit | edit source]

There is a 8/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/88.19; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Coins	3,000	1/97.52	3,000	3,000
Loop half of key	1	1/101.61; 1/100.85^{[d 2]}	9,312	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/101.61; 1/100.85^{[d 2]}	9,430	60
Uncut sapphire	1	1/409.6; 1/208^{[d 2]}	214	15
Runite bar	1	1/409.6	12,348	3,000
Nature rune	67	1/682.67	7,035	7,236
Rune 2h sword	1	1/682.67	37,982	38,400
Rune battleaxe	1	1/682.67	24,403	24,960
Uncut emerald	1	1/819.2; 1/416^{[d 2]}	411	30
Law rune	45	1/1,024	5,310	6,480
Death rune	45	1/1,024	5,445	4,860
Steel arrow	150	1/1,024	4,950	1,050
Rune arrow	42	1/1,024	3,150	10,080
Adamant javelin	20	1/1,024	1,220	1,920
Rune sq shield	1	1/1,024	22,539	23,040
Dragonstone	1	1/1,024	11,187	6,000
Silver ore	100(noted)	1/1,024	4,700	4,500
Uncut ruby	1	1/1,638.4; 1/832^{[d 2]}	850	60
Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,048	32,004	32,640
Dragon med helm	1	1/2,048	58,006	60,000
Rune spear	1	1/2,162.01; 1/250.85^{[d 2]}	11,776	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/4,324.02; 1/501.71^{[d 2]}	65,192	66,000
Nature talisman	1	1/4,369.07; 1/2,218.67^{[d 2]}	191	2
Dragon spear	1	1/5,765.37; 1/668.94^{[d 2]}	37,301	37,440
Uncut diamond	1	1/6,553.6; 1/3,328^{[d 2]}	1,851	120
Rune javelin	5	1/13,107.2; 1/6,656^{[d 2]}	860	1,200

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Weapon poison(++)	1	10/128	5,595	259
Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
Brimstone key	1	1/59^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/200; 1/100^{[d 3]}^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12
Pet chaos elemental	1	1/300	Not sold	N/A

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/100 if a ring of wealth (i) is worn.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/190; 1/95 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Wilderness Slayer tertiary[edit | edit source]

The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Larran's key	1	1/58	114,741	1
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/30	1,646	720

Combat Achievements[edit | edit source]

There are 4 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 13 points) available for Chaos Elemental.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Chaos Elemental Adept	Kill the Chaos Elemental 10 times.	Kill Count	Hard(3pts)	21%
Hoarder	Kill the Chaos Elemental without it unequipping any of your items.	Mechanical	Hard(3pts)	27.5%
The Flincher	Kill the Chaos Elemental without taking any damage from its attacks.	Perfection	Hard(3pts)	15.4%
Chaos Elemental Veteran	Kill the Chaos Elemental 25 times.	Kill Count	Elite(4pts)	16.7%

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
10April 2024 (update\|poll)	The Chaos Elemental's respawn timer has been reduced further, from 15 seconds to 8.4 seconds.
28February 2024 (update)	The Chaos Elemental's respawn timer has been reduced from 60 seconds to 15 seconds.
7February 2024 (update)	The Chaos Elemental has had their drop table reworked to account for the risk associated with its location.
1August 2019 (update\|poll)	The respawn time of the Chaos Elemental has been decreased from 150 seconds to 60 seconds.
8February 2018 (update\|poll)	The Chaos elemental now uses its teleport attack less frequently than before.
6February 2014 (update\|poll)	The Kalphite Queen, King Black Dragon, the Chaos Elemental and the Dagannoth Kings now notify all nearby players of the loot they're dropping.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The names of the Chaos Elemental's three attacks (Discord, Madness and Confusion) have never been officially stated by Jagex, but are named as such by the accompanying sound effects in the cache.
It is possible to receive the Pet chaos elemental from the Chaos Fanatic, the Dragon 2h sword from other Wilderness bosses and Kalphite Queen, and the Dragon pickaxe from other Wilderness bosses and King Black Dragon, completing the Chaos Elemental Collection log without ever fighting the boss.
"Lethe Napier Flem", a name used by the Chaos Elemental in issue 25 of Postbag from the Hedge^[1], is an anagram of The Fallen Empire.
"Dags Gritting! (Rugate Arrestees Heartier)", signed at the end of the Chaos Elemental's letter in issue 30^[2], is an anagram of "Start Digging! (A Greater Treasure Is There)".

References[edit | edit source]

^ Chaos Elemental. Postbag 25: "The original colour of the Barrows Brothers armour". 9. Old School RuneScape Postbags from the Hedge. Jagex.
^ Chaos Elemental. Postbag 30: "Mortals heed, this chaotic letter. Come and read, you had better.". 6. Old School RuneScape Postbags from the Hedge. Jagex.

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Wilderness bosses and rewards

Bosses

Multi-combat	Callisto Venenatis (Spiderling) Vet'ion (Skeleton Hellhound) (Greater Skeleton Hellhound) Chaos Elemental King Black Dragon
Singles-plus	Artio Spindel (Spiderling) Calvar'ion (Skeleton Hellhound) (Greater Skeleton Hellhound)
Demi-bosses	Chaos Fanatic (Miniature chaotic clouds) Crazy archaeologist Revenant maledictus Scorpia (Offspring) (Guardian)

Rewards

Weapons

Items	Claws of Callisto Fangs of Venenatis Skull of Vet'ion Voidwaker blade Voidwaker gem Voidwaker hilt
Weapons	Ursine chainmace Webweaver bow Accursed sceptre (autocasting) Voidwaker

Rings

Shields

Pets

Other

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Bosses

World bosses

Scurrius Giant Mole Deranged archaeologist Sarachnis Kalphite Queen Corporeal Beast
The Barrows Brothers	Ahrim the Blighted Karil the Tainted Dharok the Wretched Guthan the Infested Torag the Corrupted Verac the Defiled
The Dagannoth Kings	Dagannoth Prime Dagannoth Rex Dagannoth Supreme
God Wars Dungeon	Kree'arra Commander Zilyana General Graardor K'ril Tsutsaroth Nex
Moons of Peril	Eclipse Moon Blue Moon Blood Moon
The Wilderness bosses	Revenant maledictus Chaos Fanatic Crazy archaeologist Scorpia King Black Dragon Chaos Elemental Vet'ion (Calvar'ion) Venenatis (Spindel) Callisto (Artio)

Instanced bosses

Zulrah Vorkath Phantom Muspah The Nightmare (Phosani's Nightmare)
Sporadic bosses	Obor Bryophyta The Mimic Hespori Skotizo
The Forgotten Four	The Leviathan The Whisperer Vardorvis Duke Sucellus

Slayer bosses

Minigame bosses

Skilling bosses

Raids

Chambers of Xeric	Tekton Vanguard Vespula Vasa Nistirio Muttadile Great Olm
Theatre of Blood	The Maiden of Sugadinti Pestilent Bloat Nylocas Vasilias Sotetseg Xarpus Verzik Vitur
Tombs of Amascut	Akkha Ba-Ba Kephri Zebak Tumeken's Warden Elidinis' Warden