OSRS Hellhounds - Slayer Task Guide

Hellhounds are a slayer task in OSRS known for their chance to drop a valuable smouldering stone and the occasional hard clue scroll. There is no slayer requirement to kill hellhounds, nor is there any slayer equipment required.

Aggressive	Multicombat	Cannonable	Burstable	Safespot
✅	✅	✅	❌	✅

Hellhounds Strategy

Fastest XP

Since there are no multicombat cannonable areas with hellhounds, it is recommended to melee or ranged hellhounds while using a cannon. A fast way to kill them is by safespotting in the Stronghold Slayer Dungeon while using a cannon. The cannon attacks as if it's multicombat when you're in a safespot.

AFK Training

For the most AFK training, players can use a cannon and stand underneath it. This only lures the monsters, and doesn't use as many cannonballs. Hellhounds are also aggressive, so they can be AFKed for 10 minutes without a cannon.

Most Profit

For the most profit on a hellhounds task, you should kill Cerberus. The boss nets over 2M gp/hr and is the most profitable way to complete a hellhounds task. Cerberus requires 93 slayer to fight.

Hellhounds Locations

There are 6 locations to fight hellhounds outside of the wilderness.

Catacombs of Kourend

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ❌

- Multicombat: ✅

Karuulm Slayer Dungeon

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ✅

- Multicombat: ❌

Stronghold Slayer Dungeon

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ✅

- Multicombat: ❌

Taverley Dungeon

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ✅

- Multicombat: ❌

Witchaven Dungeon

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ✅

- Multicombat: ❌

God Wars Dungeon

- Burstable: ❌

- Cannonable: ❌

- Multicombat: ✅

Hellhounds Loot

Hellhounds commonly drop hard clue scrolls and rarely drop smouldering stones.

Loot	Droprate	Price
Vile Ashes	1/1	615 gp
Smouldering Stone	1/32768	5.6M gp
Clue Scroll (hard)	1/64	N/A

Alternative Monsters

Skeleton Hellhound

Fought during Vet'ion battle

Cerberus

Requires 93 Slayer