A dust devil is a Slayer monster that requires level 65 Slayer to kill. They are located in the Smoke Dungeon and the Catacombs of Kourend. The use of a facemask or a Slayer helmet is required to fight dust devils as they use clouds of dust, sand, ash, and whatever else they can inhale to blind and disorient their victims. Dust devils cannot be assigned as a Slayer task until starting Desert Treasure.[1]
Location[]
- Smoke Dungeon - Found in the western part of the dungeon. You will also need to have started the Desert Treasure quest (and do it up to the point where you make and look into the mirrors) to gain access to the well. The entire time you are in the Smoke Dungeon, you must have the facemask or Slayer helmet equipped, or you will die very quickly.
- Catacombs of Kourend - stronger dust devils can be found here; having a combat level of 110 with 130 hitpoints and a higher max hit. A facemask is still required and if not worn your stats will get reduced similar to aberrant spectres when a nosepeg is not worn.
Strategy[]
Players need at least level 65 Slayer to fight these creatures. Protective headgear is also required to fight them; if players don't wear a facemask, slayer helmet or slayer helmet (i), they will not be able to damage dust devils, as a single attack from them unprotected will reduce Attack, Strength, Ranged, and Magic to 0 whilst halving a player's prayer points.
An effective method to kill dust devils in the Catacombs of Kourend is to use Ice Burst or Ice Barrage. Turn on Protect from Melee, then attack the dust devils with a fast ranged weapon (such as darts or toxic blowpipe) to get them aggressive towards you. Run to a side which has two corners adjacent to each other and run back and forth between the two corners so that the dust devils clump into a small area. Switch to magic attack and use Ice Burst/Barrage. Since the dust devils have very little Magic defence, magical accuracy doesn't matter much, and players may choose to use equipment with high Prayer bonus to save Prayer potion doses. Equipment that increases magic strength, such as a Tormented bracelet, Ancestral robes, and Occult necklace are still worth bringing for their ability to increase your max hit. Additionally, having a bonecrusher helps in this regard since burying bones inside the Catacombs of Kourend also restores Prayer points.
A good healing strategy is to use the spell Bones to Peaches to maximise one's stay. Players with 80+ Defence and a Saradomin godsword shouldn't need much more than 5 sharks for a slayer task. However, those with high Defence and good defensive armour may not require any food, especially due to the occasional 4 Ugthanki kebab drop.
If using Magic or Ranged in the Smoke Dungeon, some of the lava pits can be used as safespots. One of them is the lava pit located northwest of the door leading to the burnt chest.
A safe spot in the Catacombs, just south of the Warped Jellies.
Drops[]
100%[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Bones 1 Always 89
Weapons/Armour[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Rune arrow 12 Common 840
Adamant axe 1 Uncommon 520
Rune dagger 1 Uncommon 4,391
Red d'hide vamb 1 Uncommon 1,792
Black d'hide vamb 1 Uncommon 2,362
Air battlestaff 1 Uncommon 8,948
Earth battlestaff 1 Uncommon 8,973
Mystic air staff 1 Rare 24,974
Mystic earth staff 1 Rare 25,022
Dragon dagger 1 Rare (1/128)[2] 17,505
Dust battlestaff 1 Very rare (1/4,000)[3] 45,418
Dragon chainbody 1 Very rare (1/32,768) 375,127
Runes[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Dust rune 200 Common 800
Earth rune 300 Common 1,200
Fire rune 50; 300 Common 250–1,500
Chaos rune 80 Uncommon 7,120
Soul rune 20; 50 Uncommon 2,920–7,300
Herbs[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 674
Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy kwuarm 1 Uncommon 1,165
Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312
Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391
Grimy dwarf weed 1 Rare 448
Other[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 2,000–4,000 Common Not sold
Ugthanki kebab 4 Uncommon (1/64) 3,256
Mithril bar 10 (noted) Uncommon 6,620
Adamantite bar 4 (noted) Rare 7,616
Ancient shard 1 Rare (1/246.66)[4] Not sold
Dark totem base 1 Rare (1/370)[4] Not sold
Dark totem middle 1 Rare (1/370)[4] Not sold
Dark totem top 1 Rare (1/370)[4] Not sold
- ↑ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 1 Oct 2017. Mod Ash: "I think all three of the checks you list are still in effect on the creatures in question. Reducing requirements tends not to be popular."
- ↑ Twitter - 5 October 2016
- ↑ Twitter - 15 October 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Only dropped by those found within the Catacombs of Kourend.
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 10,307
Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840
Chaos talisman 1 Common 505
Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455
Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679
Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249
Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744
Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940
Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875
Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220
Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368
Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539
Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470
Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459
Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000
Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932
Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627
Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015
Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933
Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697
Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226
