Werewolf

Werewolves are found in Canifis. They appear as level 24 humans wandering the village until they are attacked, causing them to transform into level 88 werewolves unless the player attacks with Wolfbane, in which case they will remain in human form as long as it is equipped. They will always drop wolf bones, regardless of their form upon death. However, their human and werewolf forms have a separate loot table.

Werewolves do not count towards a regular wolf slayer task. Additionally, it is important to note that they will only count towards a werewolf Slayer task if killed after transforming: killing them in their human form with Wolfbane will not award experience or decrease the slayer task counter.

Werewolves can also be found in the God Wars Dungeon (and Wilderness version). These are slightly stronger than their Canifis variant, and aggressive to those not wearing an item of Zamorak. The werewolf bone for Rag and Bone Man II is not dropped in the God Wars Dungeon, only from the werewolves in Canifis.^{[d 1]}

• Canifis, but in human form - see below. Once attacked, they will transform into the level 88 variant.

There are multiple strategies that can work to reduce damage and speed up the task when killing these for Slayer:

• Players with an Agility level of 40 or higher can set up a dwarf multicannon in the middle of Canifis, then immediately run south-east and begin the Canifis Rooftop Course. This not only allows the cannon to fire at every Werewolf within range as if it were a multicombat area, players can also earn Agility experience and marks of grace while the task completes. As long as the player is on the rooftops, the Werewolves will wander around the area and take damage from the cannon. The cannon will need to be reloaded every other lap or so, depending on course speed and how many Werewolves stay within its range.

• Alternatively, players can set up a dwarf multicannon, run into any nearby building, and close the door. The Werewolves will become aggressive and stack up behind the closed door. Since the player is not actively taking damage, the cannon will target all of them. You will occasionally need to run outside to reload the cannon. This method can be more tedious, as the Werewolves typically stack behind the door in a way that makes it difficult for the cannon to target them. Moving around inside the building should spread them out and alleviate this issue.
• Players using Melee should attack with Wolfbane equipped, preventing the Werewolf's transition to its wolf form. When their health is very low as a human, switch to a different weapon. It will regain 38 health in the transformation to wolf form, but will ultimately cause less damage than if it were a wolf the entire time.
• Werewolves can also be safespotted over the STASH in the middle of Canifis village, from behind the bar in the Canifis pub, or across the two tables located inside. There are 4 werewolves inside the bar. Note if you are safespotting; you will stop attacking when the human turns to the werewolf form.

Drop rates are estimated based on 559,528 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Werewolf kill is worth 623.41.

There is a 3/512 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

There is a 1/256 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

• All of the Canifis Werewolves have names with Eastern European origin.
• The werewolves replaced earlier NPCs named Wolfman and Wolfwoman.