Spitting Wyverns are Slayer monsters that require a Slayer level of 66 in order to be harmed. They reside in the Wyvern Cave on Fossil Island and are the weakest of the Fossil Island wyverns. Like other Wyverns, they require an elemental shield, mind shield, dragonfire shield or ancient wyvern shield to be equipped in order to be slain.
Unlike their Skeletal variant, Spitting Wyverns can use their icy breath from any distance. They will use Ranged when attacking from a distance, and will not try to use Melee unless the target is in melee range. Their Ranged attack is weak; however, it may hit the player multiple times if it is a successful hit.
If on a Slayer task, it is highly recommended that you kill this variant of Fossil Island wyvern because of its slow ranged attack speed and relatively low hits when it successfully lands this attack. Compared to the Long-tailed Wyvern, the next variant of wyvern, both Slayer and Combat experience are the same, and the Spitting Wyvern has arguably a better drop table, yielding more herb and seed drops compared to the Long-Tailed Wyvern. Coupled with the slow kill rate of Long-Tailed Wyverns, Spitting Wyverns are a better choice for killing in nearly all metrics.
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Wyvern bones 1 Always 2,243
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Adamant battleaxe 1 Uncommon 2,236 Battlestaff 3–5 (noted) Uncommon 25,965–43,275 Air battlestaff 1 Uncommon 9,065 Adamant crossbow (u) 1 Uncommon 1,265 Rune pickaxe 1 Uncommon 18,882 Adamant platebody 1 Uncommon 9,606 Granite longsword 1 Rare (1/512) 243,116 Granite boots 1 Very rare (1/2,560) 1,995,652
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Pure essence 150 (noted) Common 600 Adamantite bar 2–4 (noted) Common 4,190–8,380 Snape grass 10–15 (noted) Uncommon 570–855 Teak logs 20–35 (noted) Uncommon 4,860–8,505 Runite ore 1–2 (noted) Uncommon 11,342–22,684
Runes and Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Law rune 15 Uncommon 3,360 Blood rune 15 Uncommon 3,990 Death rune 15 Uncommon 3,465 Chaos rune 15 Uncommon 1,485 Soul rune 10 Uncommon 1,470 Water rune 50 Uncommon 250 Adamant arrow 36–42 Uncommon 2,016–2,352 Runite bolts 12–29 Rare 4,500–10,875
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Seaweed spore 12 Uncommon 9,396 Ranarr seed 1 Uncommon 39,338 Torstol seed 1 Uncommon 57,146 Willow seed 1 Rare 4,152 Maple seed 1 Rare 39,684 Teak seed 1 Rare 63 Mahogany seed 1 Rare 5,009 Yew seed 1 Rare 93,276 Palm tree seed 1 Rare 38,139 Magic seed 1 Rare 154,319 Spirit seed 1 Rare Not sold
Herbs
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Grimy kwuarm 2 (noted) Uncommon 2,102 Grimy cadantine 2 (noted) Uncommon 2,332 Grimy lantadyme 2 (noted) Uncommon 2,162 Grimy dwarf weed 2 (noted) Uncommon 1,162 Grimy tarromin 1 Uncommon 153 Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 810 Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,294 Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 820 Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,471 Grimy torstol 1 Uncommon 7,806
Fossils
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Numulite 1–24 Common (18/35=51%) 16–384 Unidentified small fossil 1 Uncommon (1/35=2.9%) Not sold Unidentified medium fossil 1 Uncommon (1/70=1.4%) Not sold Unidentified large fossil 1 Uncommon (2/175=1.14%) Not sold Unidentified rare fossil 1 Rare (1/350=0.29%) Not sold
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Lobster 2 Common 330 Coins 3,000 Common Not sold Prayer potion(4) 1 Uncommon 9,660 Calcite 2 Uncommon 110 Pyrophosphite 2 Uncommon 164 Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare Not sold Wyvern visage 1 Very rare (1/12,000) 23,523,241
Trivia
- They appear to use all attack styles when using melee, depending on the animation they use: slashing when they use their talons, stabbing when they jab with their tail and crushing when they bite the target.
- Upon release, the wyvern's Defence level was 120. This was reduced to 90 in an update on 18 January 2018. This also changed its combat level from 146 to 139.
- Upon release, Spitting Wyverns only dropped a maximum of 6 seaweed spores. This was increased to 12 in an update on 12 July 2018.