Danzig's Hunting Grounds
Danzig's Hunting Grounds is a new skilling area where you can test your skills against a variety of skilling monsters and a world boss, the Brimstone Bear. Defeating these creatures will reward you with valuable artifacts which can be exchanged for artifact points to spend in Danzig's shop.
Additionally, you can obtain skilling pets to aid you in your battles and earn skilling experience specific to each monster.
Go to & Requirements
In order to enter the hunting grounds, head over south-west of the skill zone.
You'll see a pathway near the woodcutting area. To enter, you must have level 70 agility.
Skilling Weaponry
A skilling weapon is the first item you'll need when in the hunting grounds. They're used to attack skilling monsters, and defeat the brimstone bear world boss. Most skilling tools have also been turned in to skilling weapons. To check whether it's a skilling weapon open the tooltip on the item. It will let you know whether it can be used in the hunting grounds.
Here's a list of skilling tools, and which skill monster they can attack.
Tools
| Name | Drops |
|---|---|
| Woodcutting Monster (melee) | Rune hatchets and up, Blowpipes, Danzig's handaxe Ents handaxe, Catalysed handaxe |
| Mining Monster (melee) | Rune pickaxe and up, Blowpipes, Danzig's pickaxe, Stoneshatter pickaxe, Catalysed pickaxe |
| Hunting Monster (melee) | Harpoon, Butterfly net, Blowpipes, Danzig's harpoon Captain's harpoon, Hunter's harpoon, Catalysed harpoon |
| Farming Monster (magic) | Secateurs, Magic secateurs, Blowpipes, Danzig's hoe Mycelial hoe, Catalysed Hoe |
New Tools & Weaponry
| Name | Attacking | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ents Handaxe |
20% increased damage against ents skilling monsters |
Can also be used to cut down gemstone trees.
It will also have higher cutting speed. |
| Stoneshatter Pickaxe |
20% increased damage against crab skilling monsters. | Turns ores in to bars when mining, with increased experience
It will also have higher mining speed. |
| Mycelial Hoe |
20% increased damage against zygomite | 20% increased damage against zygomite skilling monsters |
| Hunter's Harpoon |
Fast attacks 20% increased damage against kyatt skilling monsters |
Can be used to catch raw squid. |
Skilling Monsters
Skilling monsters are a new type of monster that can only be attacked with skilling weaponry. Each skilling monster represents a specific skill. To attack a woodcutting monster, you'll have to use a hatchet, and so on. These new monsters will also grant you skill experience, depending on the skill monster.Example: Using the woodcutting, if you kill a woodcutting monster, you'll receive woodcutting XP!
These skilling monsters drop various new skilling tools, weaponry, lots of skilling supplies, skill pet enchantments and more!
Monsters
Let's list the current skilling monsters available and what type they are!
| Name | Skill | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Twilight Ent | Woodcutting |
| Name | Skill | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Gemstone Crab | Mining |
| Name | Skill | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Frost Zygomite | Farming |
| Name | Skill | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Leaf Kyatt | Hunter |
Skilling Artifacts
While in the hunting grounds, you'll eventually start receiving skilling artifacts as a drop.
These artifacts can be exchanged for artifacts points at Danzig.
These points can then be used to purchase various items like skilling pet enchantments, weapons, pets and boxes!
There are a total of 10 artifacts, each tiered from 1 to 10. 1 giving the lowest amount of points, and 10 the most!
Danzig's Shop
In Danzig's shop you'll be able to spend your artifact points.
It contains pet enchantments, skilling tools and skill pets.
Here's a few new items you can get from the shop.
| Name | Required Artifact Points | Information | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brimstone Key | 50.000 Artifact Points | Opens the brimstone chest | |
| Danzig's Mystery Box | 50.000 Artifact Points | Various items in the mystery box | |
| Danzig's Artifact | 2.500 Artifact Points | Convert a challenge scroll (clue croll) in to a casket | |
| Twilight Ent Pet | 350.000 Artifact Points | Skill Pet | |
| Frost Zygomite Pet | 350.000 Artifact Points | Skill Pet | |
| Gemstone Crab Pet | 350.000 Artifact Points | Skill Pet | |
| Leaf Kyatt Pet | 350.000 Artifact Points | Skill Pet | |
| Ents Handaxe | 600.000 Artifact Points | Skill Weapon | |
| Mycelial Hoe | 600.000 Artifact Points | Skill Weapon | |
| Hunter's Harpoon | 600.000 Artifact Points | Skill Weapon | |
| Stoneshatter Pickaxe | 600.000 Artifact Points | Skill Weapon | |
| Enchantment of Hunting | 500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Cooking | 500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Fish | 500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Ores | 500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Logs | 500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Potions | 750.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of XP | 1.000.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets | |
| Enchantment of Gluttony | 1.500.000 Artifact Points | Only equippable on Skilling Pets |
