Signature drop: Small spiky steel salvage

Black Guard crossbowdwarf

Black Guard crossbowdwarf is a level 70 members monster found in the Fremennik Province, with 2,500 life points. It is weak to crush weapons. It is the top source of Small spiky iron salvage, Small spiky bronze salvage and Small spiky steel salvage.

“A member of the Black Guard with a crossbow.”

Level 70MembersAttacks with ranged

Updated 9 October 2026. Stats and drops from the RuneScape Wiki's monster and drop data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Wiki page. Item sprites © Jagex.

Combat stats

Combat level: 70
Life points: 2,500
Combat XP per kill: 125
Max hit: 200
Armour: 850
Attack style: Ranged
Weakness: Crush
Aggressive: No
Poisonous: No

Slayer

Slayer level: None needed
Slayer XP per kill: 43.2
Task: Dwarves
Assigned by: Not a Slayer task

Where

Fremennik

Ironman notes

Weak to crush weapons: bring that style for faster kills.
A herb source: it drops 11 kinds of grimy herb, useful for Herblore without farming runs.
Always drops Bones: Prayer XP as you go.
It can also roll the shared rare drop table (gems, key halves and bulk supplies); luck items improve those odds.

Best for

Only from this monster

No other monster drops these.

Best drop rate anywhere

Of every monster that drops these, this one gives the most per kill.

Easiest monster for

The lowest-level monster that drops these, if the best one is out of reach.

Small spiky mithril salvage1/128

Drops (27)

Item	Quantity	Rarity
Coins	25	44/128
Bones#2 rate	1	Always
Steel boltsBest rate	50	1/128
Copper stone spirit	5	2/128
Iron stone spirit	2	3/128
Small spiky iron salvageOnly source	1	6/128
Cake	1	4/128
Keg of beer	1	4/128
Small spiky bronze salvageOnly source	1	3/128
Beer	1	1/128
Bucket of waterBest rate	1	1/128
Ring mouldBest rate	1	1/128
Sealed clue scroll (medium)	1	1/128
Small spiky mithril salvageEasiest	1	1/128
Small spiky steel salvageOnly source	1	1/128
Tin stone spirit	1	1/128
Grimy guam	1	1/256
Grimy marrentill	1	1/341.3
Grimy tarromin	1	1/455.1
Grimy harralander	1	1/585.1
Grimy ranarr	1	1/744.7
Grimy irit	1	1/1,024
Grimy avantoe	1	1/1,365.3
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/1,638.4
Grimy cadantine	1	1/2,048
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/2,730.7
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/2,730.7

Most common first. “Best rate” and “#2/#3 rate” compare expected drops per kill with every other monster that drops the item. Rare drop table items are not repeated here.