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Essence implings

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Essence impling
Released11 June 2007 (Update)
MembersYes
Combat levelNo
ExamineAn impling who likes magic. Magic!
Combat info
Max hitN/A
AggressiveN/A
PoisonousN/A
Attack styleN/A
Attack speedDoes not attack
Combat stats
10[1][2]00011
Aggressive stats
Monster attack bonusMonster strength bonusMonster magic strength bonusMonster ranged strength bonus
-10-10+0+0+0+0
Melee defence
-10-10-10
Magic defence
No elemental weakness
+10No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
LightStandardHeavy
-10-10-10
Immunities
Poison100% resistance
Venom100% resistance
Advanced data
Monster ID1639,1649
LinkMOID

The Essence impling is an impling that can be caught in the Impetuous Impulses minigame, and are located throughout Puro-Puro and Gielinor. It requires at least 42 Hunter to catch. It can also be caught barehanded at level 52 Hunter.

Despite its low Hunter level requirement, it can still be a very worthwhile impling to catch due to the large amount of valuable runes that it provides, such as Law runes, Blood runes, and Nature runes, as well as a variety of other useful runes.

Unlike its rarer counterparts, the Essence impling will always respawn within a minute of being caught in Puro Puro, so it can prove to be useful to find their exact spawn location within the maze.

Location

Location Levels Members Spawns Map
Puro PuroN/AMembers5Show map

Rarity

On the Gielinor surface, essence implings have a 10/100 chance to appear out of a low-tier invisible spawn, as well as a 20/100 chance of appearing out of a mid-tier invisible spawn. The same holds for the invisible spawns present in Puro-Puro. In addition to these however, there are also a number of fixed spawns in Puro-Puro that will always yield an essence impling.

For a more detailed breakdown of impling spawn mechanics, see the main article.

Hunter info

NetBare-handed
Essence impling
Level requiredHunter 42
Puro Puro XP27 xp
Overworld XP29 xp
ContainerImpling jar
RetaliationImp defenders in Puro Puro
TrapButterfly net or Magic butterfly net

The chance of successfully catching an essence impling is between ~54% at level 42 and 100% at level 91.[3]

When catching barehanded or with a magic butterfly net, the catch chance is increased by 7.8%.[4] 

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Loot

At current Grand Exchange prices, opening an essence impling jar gives 710.00 worth of loot, on average. This means opening essence impling jars makes an average profit of −1,663.00 per jar, however this does not include loot from clue scrolls.

On average, one would profit −83,169.00 to get a medium clue scroll from essence impling jars at current Grand Exchange prices, excluding the rewards from the completed Treasure Trails.

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Pure essence.png: Essence impling drops Pure essence with rarity 1/10 in quantity 20 (noted)Pure essence20 (noted)1/104040
Water rune.png: Essence impling drops Water rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 30Water rune301/1015060
Air rune.png: Essence impling drops Air rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 30Air rune301/1018060
Fire rune.png: Essence impling drops Fire rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 50Fire rune501/10250100
Mind rune.png: Essence impling drops Mind rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 25Mind rune251/107525
Body rune.png: Essence impling drops Body rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 28Body rune281/1014028
Chaos rune.png: Essence impling drops Chaos rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 4Chaos rune41/10420216
Cosmic rune.png: Essence impling drops Cosmic rune with rarity 1/10 in quantity 4Cosmic rune41/10492120
Mind talisman.png: Essence impling drops Mind talisman with rarity 1/10 in quantity 1Mind talisman11/101,2222
Pure essence.png: Essence impling drops Pure essence with rarity 1/100 in quantity 35 (noted)Pure essence35 (noted)1/1007070
Lava rune.png: Essence impling drops Lava rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 4Lava rune41/10012048
Mud rune.png: Essence impling drops Mud rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 4Mud rune41/10035648
Smoke rune.png: Essence impling drops Smoke rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 4Smoke rune41/10026448
Steam rune.png: Essence impling drops Steam rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 4Steam rune41/10039648
Death rune.png: Essence impling drops Death rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 13Death rune131/1002,4441,404
Law rune.png: Essence impling drops Law rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 13Law rune131/1001,5861,872
Blood rune.png: Essence impling drops Blood rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 7Blood rune71/1002,3381,680
Soul rune.png: Essence impling drops Soul rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 11Soul rune111/1004,3011,980
Nature rune.png: Essence impling drops Nature rune with rarity 1/100 in quantity 13Nature rune131/1001,7681,404

Tertiary

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Clue scroll (medium).png: Essence impling drops Clue scroll (medium) with rarity 1/50 in quantity 1Clue scroll (medium)11/50Not sold12

Changes

Date Changes
21 April 2016
(Update | poll)
  • Implings can now be caught barehanded, without a net, and those outside Puro Puro do not require a jar.
  • Medium clue scrolls have been added to essence impling drop tables.

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] Attack, Defence, Strength: 0 Hitpoints: 10 Melee: -10 accuracy, -10 damage Stab/Crush/Slash/Ranged defence: -10 (1/2)"
  2. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Mod Ash: "[Do implings have combat stats?] (2/2) Magic defence: +10 for baby-eclectic +20 for nature +30 for magpie +40 for ninja +50 for dragon & lucky"
  3. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 24 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
  4. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Mod Ash: "For barehanded or a magic net, add 8 percentage points to the chances - which means you do get a no-fail chance."

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