Death spawn

For the monster spawned while fighting the Nechryarch, see Chaotic death spawn.

Death spawn
Released								26 January 2005 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								46
Size								1x1
Examine								An evil death spawn.
League region
Combat info
XP bonus								+0%
Max hit								2
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Typeless Slash
Attack speed								4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
60				67				7				30				1				1
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+20								+20								+20
Magic defence
+0												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+20								+20								+20
Immunities
Poison								Not immune
Venom								Not immune
Cannons								Not immune
Thralls								Not immune
Open in DPS calculator
Advanced data
Monster ID								10

Death spawns may be summoned when players are fighting nechryael or their greater variant; when attacked, they may summon up to two death spawns to help attack the player. While having an extremely low max hit of 2, they are able to hit through protection prayers. Unlike their summoners, death spawns have no Slayer requirement in order to be harmed.

In the Slayer Tower, which is single-way combat, death spawns can attack the player even if they are under attack by other death spawns or a nechryael. The player cannot attack the death spawn(s) until they kill the nechryael they are in combat with.

Auto Retaliate does not trigger to attack them. Home teleports are also unaffected by the death spawns attacks. Despite this, they can still interrupt conversation with other NPCs or other dialogue screens, such as teleport options when operating a piece of equipment.

Players who use Guthan's equipment may prefer to heal on death spawns rather than nechyraels due to their lower combat stats.

After being summoned by a nechryael, the death spawn will despawn after 1 minute.

Death spawns are demons, however, the effects of demonbane weapons do not affect them.

Death spawns do not impact players attempting to logout; one or several can be attacking a player without retaliation and at any point in time the player can logout without the game requiring a 10 second cooldown.

Death spawns will stop attacking any player who moves more than 7 tiles away from them, which is useful when fighting the more powerful Nechryarch.

Locations

• 2^nd floor^[UK]3^rd floor^[US] and basement of the Slayer Tower
• Catacombs of Kourend
• Iorwerth Dungeon

Drops

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Fiendish ashes	1	Always	113	1

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:16 June 2021| |0}} {{#explode:16 June 2021| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:16 June 2021| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Death spawns now drop fiendish ashes in place of regular ashes.
5 July – 19 September 2005	The NPC was renamed from "Undead spawn" to "Death spawn". The NPC's examine was changed from "An evil undead spawn." to "An evil death spawn."