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A dust devil is a members only, slayer monster that requires level 65 Slayer to kill. They are located in the Smoke Dungeon. The use of a face mask 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. Its vulnerability to ranged attacks and very good drops make it an excellent monster to train on. Its melee attacks are not magic-based, so it is not recommended to bring dragon hide or other magic defence armour. It is most commonly killed for the fact it can drop the much sought after Dragon chainbody, however the chances of this are one in 32,768.
Killing a dust devil grants 420 experience in the attack style that the player is training, as well as 139.7 Hitpoints experience.
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 will need the face mask (or a Slayer helm) on, or you will die very quickly.
Strategy
If you don't wear a facemask, slayer helmet or slayer helmet (i), you will not be able to damage dust devils. Along with this effect, your prayer points will be rapidly drained to zero, whilst the dust devil hits constant 14's on you. Dust devils are vulnerable to Ranged and stab attacks. They attack with melee at close range. Their dusty, gritty attack, even if it causes no damage to hitpoints, has the special effect of greatly reducing an unprotected player's combat skill levels. A single attack can reduce Attack, Strength, Ranged, and Magic to 0 whilst halving a player's prayer points. However, a facemask, Slayer helmet or slayer helmet (i) can completely neutralize the dust devil's deadly special effect.
Players need at least level 65 Slayer to fight these creatures. The protective headgear is also required just to survive in the Smoke Dungeon, which is the dust devil's only habitat.
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 1-2 Ugthanki kebab drop.
Drops
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Bones 1 Always 89
Weapons and armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Steel axe 1 Common 26|- style="text-align:center;"
Rune arrow 12 Common 840
Rune dagger 1 Uncommon 4,391
Red d'hide vamb 1 Uncommon 1,792
Earth battlestaff 1 Rare 8,973
Dragon chainbody 1 Very rare (1/32,768) 375,127
Runes
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Fire rune 37; 150; 300 Common 185–1,500
Chaos rune 5 Uncommon 445
Soul rune 2; 3; 5 Uncommon 292–730
Law rune 1 Rare 166
Herbs
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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 674
Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy kwuarm 1 Uncommon 1,165
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 15; 25; 50; 60; 300 Common Error
Ugthanki kebab 1; 2 Uncommon 814–1,628
Mithril bar 1 Uncommon 662
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
