Demonic gorillas are powerful creatures found in the Crash Site Cavern. Two of them are fought during Monkey Madness II, in the penultimate stage of the fight. After the quest is completed, more demonic gorillas can be found in the caverns alongside their tortured brethren. They are primarily killed for their zenyte shard and ballista component drops.
Demonic gorillas use all three combat styles to attack. They will change combat styles after missing three hits in that attack style. They are also capable of using protection prayers, and will switch to protect from the player's attack style after taking 50 damage from it. Therefore, you must bring at least two different combat styles to kill them. As they have very high magical defences, they are most often killed with melee and range.
The gorillas also have a special attack where they send a rock crashing down at the player's position, which can be easily avoided by moving out of the way. If you are hit by this attack, it will deal 1/3 of the player's current HP (meaning that it alone cannot kill you) allowing it to hit over 30 damage on players with high HP.
Most of the gorillas reside in a multi-way combat area, making it very dangerous if the player is attacked by more than one at a time. However, there is a single-way area where more demonic gorillas can be fought safely. However, if they continually use their rock fall attack at the player, it is possible for nearby demonic gorillas to attack the player if they are not tolerant yet.
Demonic gorillas count as monkeys and black demons during a Slayer assignment. As they are demons, they are susceptible to the effects of Silverlight, Darklight and Arclight. Demonic gorillas cannot be damaged with a Dwarf multicannon.
You can check the kill count by reading the gravestone next to Lumo at the opening in the fence.
Note: The prayers of the demonic gorilla cannot be bypassed through the use of Verac's set or special attacks.
Drops
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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Ashes 1 Always 32
Unique
Below lists the effective drop rates of any specific item.[1]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Zenyte shard 1 Rare (1/300) 13,226,814 Ballista limbs 1 Rare (1/500) 29,440 Ballista spring 1 Rare (1/500) 29,712 Light frame 1 Rare (1/750) 28,375 Heavy frame 1 Very rare (1/1,500) 31,016 Monkey tail 1 Very rare (1/1,500) 469,563
Equipment and ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Rune platelegs 1 Common 37,943 Rune plateskirt 1 Common 37,982 Rune chainbody 1 Common 29,683 Runite bolts 100–150 Uncommon 34,700–52,050 Dragon scimitar 1 Uncommon 59,702
Runes and consumables
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Law rune 50–75 Common 11,050–16,575 Death rune 50–75 Common 11,300–16,950 Prayer potion(3) 2 Common 14,890 Saradomin brew(2) 1 Common 1,210 Shark 2–3 Common 1,628–2,442
Herbs and seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Grimy kwuarm 7–13 (noted) Common 8,225–15,275 Grimy cadantine 7–13 (noted) Common 9,443–17,537 Grimy lantadyme 7–13 (noted) Common 8,127–15,093 Grimy dwarf weed 7–12 (noted) Uncommon 4,382–7,512 Watermelon seed 30 Uncommon 5,280 Ranarr seed 2 Uncommon 79,156 Snapdragon seed 2 Uncommon 103,080 Torstol seed 1–2 Uncommon 57,267–114,534 Papaya tree seed 2 Rare 12,504 Palm tree seed 1–2 Rare (1/400) 37,009–74,018 Willow seed 2 Rare 8,464 Teak seed 2 Rare 186 Maple seed 2 Rare 83,338 Mahogany seed 2 Rare 9,960 Yew seed 2 Rare 187,984 Magic seed 2 Rare 313,656 Spirit seed 2 Rare (1/600) Not sold
Resources
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Diamond 4–6 (noted) Uncommon 7,848–11,772 Adamantite bar 6 (noted) Uncommon 12,570 Runite bar 3 (noted) Uncommon 37,215
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 5,162–9,991 Common Not sold Javelin shaft 266–1,238 Common 266–1,238 Rune javelin heads 31–55 Uncommon 19,406–34,430 Dragon javelin heads 5–43 Uncommon 4,960–42,656 Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare (1/100) Not sold Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/500) Not sold
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000 Common Not sold Loop half of key 1 Common 9,508 Tooth half of key 1 Common 12,240 Chaos talisman 1 Common 541 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 702 Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 826 Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,488 Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 851 Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,650 Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 4,704 Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 815 Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,000 Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,405 Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539 Law rune 45 Uncommon 9,945 Death rune 45 Uncommon 10,170 Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,588 Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,948 Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,648 Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,900 Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 12,004 Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,794 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 59,291 Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,212 Rune spear 1 Rare 12,082 Shield left half 1 Rare 65,684 Dragon spear 1 Rare 38,429
Trivia
- Demonic gorillas are similar to the tormented demons of RuneScape 3; both use all three forms of combat, protection prayers and drop items that are used to create more powerful equipment.
- Demonic gorillas' prayers were slightly changed several days after release due to several glitches happening with specific weapons, notably the Saradomin godsword.