Signature drop: Dragon defender

Cyclops

Cyclops is a level 57–68 free-to-play monster found in Asgarnia, with 4,900 life points. It is weak to stab weapons, slash weapons and crush weapons. It is the top source of Adamant defender, Black defender and Bronze defender.

“A one-eyed woman eater.”

Level 57–68Free-to-playAttacks with melee

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: 57–68
Life points: 4,900
Combat XP per kill: 245
Max hit: 245
Armour: 825
Attack style: Melee
Weakness: Stab, Slash, Crush
Aggressive: No
Poisonous: No

Slayer

Slayer level: None needed
Slayer XP per kill: 86.6
Task: Cyclopes
Assigned by: Mazchna

Where

Asgarnia

Ironman notes

Counts as a Slayer task from Mazchna (task: cyclopes). Killing it on task earns Slayer XP and points.
Weak to stab weapons, slash weapons and crush weapons: bring that style for faster kills.
A herb source: it drops 11 kinds of grimy herb, useful for Herblore without farming runs.
Drops 23 kinds of seed, which keeps farm patches stocked.
Always drops Big 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.

Long bone1/400

Easiest monster for

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

Dragon defender2/100
Rune defender2/100

Versions

57 (Stab)lvl 57 · 4,100 LP
68 (Stab)lvl 68 · 4,900 LP

Drops (74)

Item	Quantity	Rarity
Coins	3–102	31/100
Big bones	1, 2	Always
Black knifeBest rateEasiest	4–13	8/100
Off-hand black knifeBest rateEasiest	4–13	8/100
Shoulder boneBest rate	1	1/4
Medium bladed steel salvage	1	4/100
Tiny spiky steel salvage	1	4/100
Adamant defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Black defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Bronze defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Dragon defender#2 rateEasiest	1	2/100
Iron defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Medium bladed iron salvage	1	2/100
Medium plated iron salvage	1	2/100
Medium plated steel salvage	1	2/100
Mithril defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Rune defender#2 rateEasiest	1	2/100
Small bladed steel salvage	1	2/100
Steel defenderOnly source	1	2/100
Tiny blunt steel salvage#2 rate	1	2/100
Tiny plated steel salvage	1	2/100
Black 2h sword	1	1/100
Medium bladed adamant salvage	1	1/100
Small bladed mithril salvage	1	1/100
Tiny blunt adamant salvage	1	1/100
Tiny spiky mithril salvage	1	1/100
Grimy guam	1	1/133.3
Grimy marrentill	1	1/177.8
Black dagger#3 rate	1	1/200
Black longsword	1	1/200
Black sword	1	1/200
Off-hand black dagger#2 rate	1	1/200
Off-hand black longsword	1	1/200
Off-hand black sword	1	1/200
Grimy tarromin	1	1/237
Grimy harralander	1	1/304.8
Grimy ranarr	1	1/387.9
Long boneBest rate	1	1/400
Spirit sapphire#2 rate	1	5/2,000
Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/512
Grimy irit	1	1/533.3
Spirit emerald#2 rate	1	3/2,000
Grimy avantoe	1	1/711.1
Limpwurt seed	1	1/752.9
Strawberry seed	1	1/787.7
Marrentill seed	1	1/839.3
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/853.3
Spirit ruby#2 rate	1	2/2,000
Grimy cadantine	1	1/1,066.7
Jangerberry seed	1	1/1,125.3
Tarromin seed	1	1/1,233.7
Wildblood seed	1	1/1,248.8
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/1,422.2
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/1,422.2
Watermelon seed	1	1/1,651.6
Harralander seed	1	1/1,796.5
Ranarr seed	1	1/2,625.6
Spirit weed seed	1	1/2,694.7
Whiteberry seed	1	1/3,103
Bittercap mushroom spore	1	1/3,657.1
Toadflax seed	1	1/3,938.5
Curved bone	1	1/5,012.5
Cave nightshade seed	1	1/5,688.9
Irit seed	1	1/5,688.9
Poison ivy seed	1	1/7,876.9
Cactus seed	1	1/8,533.3
Avantoe seed	1	1/9,309.1
Kwuarm seed	1	1/11,377.8
Snapdragon seed	1	1/20,480
Cadantine seed	1	1/25,600
Lantadyme seed	1	1/34,133.3
Dwarf weed seed	1	1/51,200
Torstol seed	1	1/102,400
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare

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.