Tip: Hill Giant Hunting | Sal's Realm of RuneScape (2024)

Getting There

There are six places to find Hill Giants. They are in the Varrock wilderness, in the Wilderness Fire Giant Dungeon, inside of the Tree Gnome Village, southwest of the Tree Gnome Stronghold, in the Taverley Dungeon, and in the Edgeville Dungeon.

Varrock Wilderness

This Hill Giants spot in Varrock wilderness is not a great place to hunt them, since revenants are here, and it's far from a bank. It's located in level 16-19 wilderness.

Wilderness Fire Giant Dungeon

Another spot Hill Giants are located is in the Wilderness Fire Giant Dungeon. It is located in the deep wilderness, in level 52. It is only for members.

Tree Gnome Village Maze

The spot inside of the Tree Gnome Village Maze isn't used much for killing Hill Giants. It is mostly near the bottom half of the maze. This spot is only for members.

Tree Gnome Stronghold

The spot southwest of the Tree Gnome Stronghold isn't used much either. It's very secluded and it is only for members.

Taverly Dungeon

Another spot Hill Giants are located is in the Taverley dungeon, south of Taverley. There are many other higher-leveled monsters in the Taverley dungeon, so beware. This spot is only for members.

Edgeville Dungeon

One of the most popular places people go to kill Hill Giants is in the Edgeville Dungeon. To get here, first go to Edgeville. In the building with the two Yew trees, there should be a trapdoor nearby, next to a coffin.

Go down this ladder and follow the path to the room with a Brass Key respawn in it. That room is the room filled with level 24 Zombies to the south of the dungeon. This key allows you to enter the Edgeville dungeon a different way, west of Varrock. This way is easier to get to the Hill Giants.

When you go up the ladder, you should appear in a small hut, which you can only get in or out of by using the Brass Key with the door to unlock it.

The northern half of the Edgeville Dungeon is members-only.

Getting Food

Before going to kill Hill Giants in the Edgeville Dungeon, you will probably need food, as Hill Giants can hit up to 90 Life Points on somebody with a low Defence level. If you don't have food in your bank and you don't want to waste a lot of money on food later on, you can fish for food in Barbarian Village. You will need at least 20 Fishing and a Fly Fishing Rod and some Feathers. You can also use a regular Fishing Rod and Fishing Bait for other fish.

Fly fishing is recommended though. This is because you can easily get feathers by killing Chickens in Lumbridge. You can buy all of the gear you need for Fishing in Gerrant's Fishing Store located in Port Sarim too though. Trout require 20 Fishing to fish and Salmon require 30 Fishing. You don't need to fill up space in your inventory with a Tinderbox and Hatchet to cut the trees nearby and burn the logs received for a fire to cook the fish, because there is a fire in the Helmet Store, owned by Peksa, that never goes out.

Another way is to make food in the Cooking Guild. You can cook things like Wine, which requires 35 cooking to make. Wine doesn't require you to bring anything, because the Cooking Guild already has Jugs, Grapes, and a water supply, which is all you need for making Wine. 32 Cooking and a Chef's Hat is required.

Players whose Combat level is 60 or higher shouldn't need food for fighting Hill Giants.

Recommended Stats and Items

Hill Giants are pretty easy to kill for most people, but they can't be killed by just everybody. They are level 28 so if that might be a challenge for you, you should at least meet most of these requirements or you'll be in danger.

Recommended Stats

Melee: At least 30 Attack and Defence, and at least 40 Combat.
Magic: At least 30 Magic.
Ranging: At least 40 Ranging.

Note: For Maging and Ranging, you can have any Magic or Ranging level you want because the recommended stats are for if you don't want to spend a long time trying to kill a Hill Giant. It doesn't matter what your Constitution, Defence, or Combat level is because you can mage/range the Hill Giants behind obstacles such as stalagmite and counters in places like the Edgeville Dungeon. For the Taverley dungeon, beware of higher-leveled monsters. You might need to be a higher level.

Halberding

Another way to kill Hill Giants is to use a Halberd. When a Hill Giant comes, attack it and run behind a counter or some stalagmite. It will follow you, trying to retaliate. When it comes near, start attacking it with your Halberd while it can't hurt you.

Behind Stalagmite:

Behind a Counter:

Behind Corpses:

Recommended Inventory

Brass Key
Fly Fishing Rod
Feathers
Food
Runes for maging

Loot

Freeplay Loot

Big Bones
Coins
Iron Full Helm
Iron Kiteshield
Steel Longsword
Limpwurt Root
Law Runes
Nature Runes
Death Runes
Chaos Runes
Mind Runes
Fire Runes
Cosmic Runes
Water Runes
Beer
Iron Arrows
Steel Arrows
Iron Dagger
Body Talisman
Uncut Sapphire
Uncut Emerald
Uncut Ruby
Uncut Diamond

Member Loot

Rune Javelin
Seeds
Herbs
Loop Half-Key
Teeth Half-Key
Nature Talisman
Rune Spear
Dragon Spear
Chaos Talisman
Champion Scroll
Shield Left-Half

Big Bones can be buried for 15 prayer experience or they can be sold to players for around 300-500 gp each.

Limpwurt Roots, along with Red Spiders' Eggs, can be made into a Strength Potion (3). You must give the Limpwurt Root and Red Spiders' eggs to the Apothecary near the west of Varrock along with 5 gp to make it. Limpwurt Roots can be sold for 200-500 gp to people who need to make Strength Potions.

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Published on: March 03, 2007 11:55 PM UTC by Salmoneus

Updated on: July 29, 2018 01:56 AM UTC by Salmoneus