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A Hill Giant is a type of giant found in several locations around RuneScape, most highly concentrated in the far southern end of the Edgeville Dungeon. These dungeons may be accessed through the entrance located in the house north-east of Barbarian Village and west of the Cooking Guild if the player has a Brass Key. The Edgeville Dungeon area is usually very crowded in free-to-play worlds, as players like to gather Big bones to bury them for Prayer experience. Members worlds usually are much less crowded due to the better money making options for members. There are two Hill Giants present in level 17-18 Wilderness; however, very few people go there because of the dangerous player killers in the area and its far distance from any bank. The closest bank for most Hill Giants in the Wilderness is in Edgeville. They are aggressive to players below combat level 57.

They have relatively low Defence for their level, which makes them quite good for experience from level 30 to level 50.

The Hill Giant is one of the creatures that could potentially drop a Champion's scroll, making it a desirable monster both to train on for experience, due to its relatively high Hitpoints but low Defence, and for its respective scroll.

Locations

Money making

For low-leveled players, Hill Giants can be a great way to make money as they always drop Big bones which bring in around 300 coins each. They also frequently drop limpwurt roots, a secondary Herblore ingredient. The major and most noticeable drawback for free-to-play players is that the Edgeville Dungeon is often crowded.

For free-to-play players with a high Defence (~65+), a good way to save run energy while killing Hill Giants is to only equip dragonhide armour. The relatively lower weight will allow you to run further without exhausting your energy, and your Defence will be high enough to negate a large amount of potential damage.

Drops

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Big bones Big bones 1 Always 262

Weapons/Armour

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Iron arrow Iron arrow 3 Common 15
Iron dagger Iron dagger 1 Uncommon 23
Iron full helm Iron full helm 1 Uncommon 34
Steel arrow Steel arrow 10 Uncommon 320
Iron kiteshield Iron kiteshield 1 Uncommon 31
Steel longsword Steel longsword 1 Uncommon 100
Iron 2h sword Iron 2h sword 1 Very rare 50
Mithril arrow Mithril arrow 3 Very rare 57
Steel dagger Steel dagger 1 Very rare 29
Steel platebody Steel platebody 1 Very rare 901
Adamant arrow Adamant arrow 1–5 Very rare 57–285

Note: All rare and very rare weapons/armour drops are members-only.

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Water rune Water rune 7 Common 28
Fire rune Fire rune 15 Uncommon 75
Cosmic rune Cosmic rune 2 Uncommon 286
Law rune Law rune 2 Uncommon 332
Nature rune Nature rune 6 Uncommon 1,302
Mind rune Mind rune 3 Uncommon 9
Death rune Death rune 2 Rare 406
Chaos rune Chaos rune 2 Rare 178

Herbs

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 674
Grimy ranarr weed Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy irit leaf Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1 Rare 1,165
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1 Very rare 448

Seeds

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Tomato seed Tomato seed 1–3 Uncommon 1–3
Potato seed Potato seed 4 Common 4
Onion seed Onion seed 4 Common 4
Strawberry seed Strawberry seed 2 Rare 10
Cabbage seed Cabbage seed 4 Uncommon 4
Limpwurt seed Limpwurt seed 1 Very rare 30
Watermelon seed Watermelon seed 1–4 Very rare 71–284
Sweetcorn seed Sweetcorn seed 3 Rare 6

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 25 Coins 8; 15; 38; 52; 88 Common Not sold
Limpwurt root Limpwurt root 1 Uncommon 918
Beer Beer 1 Uncommon 37
Body talisman Body talisman 1 Uncommon 1,028
Ensouled giant head Ensouled giant head 1 Uncommon (1/25) 1,797
Long bone Long bone 1 Rare (1/400) Not sold
Curved bone Curved bone 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold
File:Champion's scroll (giant).png Champion's scroll (giant) 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 1000 Coins 3,000 Common Not sold
Loop half of key Loop half of key 1 Common 10,307
Tooth half of key Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840
Chaos talisman Chaos talisman 1 Common 505
Uncut sapphire Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455
Uncut emerald Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679
Uncut ruby Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249
Nature talisman Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744
Steel arrow Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940
Rune javelin Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875
Adamant javelin Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220
Runite bar Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368
Nature rune Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539
Law rune Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470
Death rune Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune sq shield Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459
Silver ore Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000
Dragonstone Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932
Uncut diamond Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627
Dragon med helm Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Rune kiteshield Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015
Rune spear Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933
Shield left half Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697
Dragon spear Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226


Trivia

  • They were once just called 'Giants', but this was later changed by Jagex to avoid confusion between other giants.
  • They are one of three kinds of giants available in free-to-play worlds, the other two being Moss giants and Ice giants.
  • Some Hill Giants appear to be wielding cleavers, weapons from the Recipe for Disaster quest.
  • Despite being called "Hill Giants", the majority of the giants are found in dungeons. The reason for the naming was revealed in a Postbag from the Hedge; they are called Hill Giants because their muscles on their arms resemble hills.


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