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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 Cooks' 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
- Deep Wilderness Dungeon
- Edgeville Dungeon (13)
- South-west of Tree Gnome Stronghold (slightly north-west of the well) (6)
- Lava Maze, Level 43 Wilderness (4)
- North of the Observatory (6)
- Taverley Dungeon (5), past the magic axe and Poison Scorpion
- Tree Gnome Village (2)
- Wilderness Level 17 and 18 (2), south-east of Bone Yard, near the Black salamander Hunter area
- Catacombs of Kourend
Money making
For low-levelled players, Hill Giants can be a great way to make money as they always drop Big bones which bring in a little over 250 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
100%
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Big bones 1 Always 262
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Iron arrow 3 Common 15 Iron dagger 1 Uncommon 23 Iron full helm 1 Uncommon 34 Iron kiteshield 1 Uncommon 31 Steel longsword 1 Uncommon 100 Steel arrow 10 Uncommon 320 Iron 2h sword 1 Very rare 50 Steel dagger 1 Uncommon 29 Steel platebody 1 Very rare 901 Mithril arrow 3 Very rare 57 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 7 Common 28 Cosmic rune 2 Uncommon 286 Law rune 2 Uncommon 332 Mind rune 3 Uncommon 9 Nature rune 6 Uncommon 1,302 Fire rune 15 Uncommon 75 Chaos rune 2 Rare 178 Death rune 2 Rare 406
Herbs (members only)
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 Rare 1,165 Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312 Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391 Grimy dwarf weed 1 Very rare 448
Seeds (members only)
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Potato seed 4 Common 4 Onion seed 4 Common 4 Tomato seed 1–3 Uncommon 1–3 Cabbage seed 4 Uncommon 4 Strawberry seed 2 Rare 10 Sweetcorn seed 3 Rare 6 Limpwurt seed 1 Very rare 30 Watermelon seed 1–4 Very rare 71–284
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 8; 15; 38; 52; 88 Common Not sold Limpwurt root 1 Uncommon 918 Beer 1 Uncommon 37 Body talisman 1 Uncommon 1,028 Ensouled giant head 1 Uncommon (1/25) 1,797 Giant key 1 Rare (1/128)[1] Not sold Long bone 1 Rare (1/400) Not sold Ancient shard 1 Rare (1/310)[2] Not sold Dark totem base 1 Rare (1/465)[2] Not sold Dark totem middle 1 Rare (1/465)[2] Not sold Dark totem top 1 Rare (1/465)[2] Not sold Curved bone 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold File:Champion scroll (giant).png Champion scroll (giant) 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold
- ↑ 1/56 if killing those located in the Wilderness.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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
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.
Hill giant • Moss giant (Roving Elves) • Ice giant • Giant Champion • Cyclops • Fire giant • Obor • Black Knight Titan • Bryophyta • Glod |