Thunderbird
Overview
HP2,100
Exp1,900
Melee0–170
Arm30
Speed378
- energy lightning bolt 100–220 (thrown, range 6)
- physical gale 90–170 (wave, range 4)
HP6,300
Exp5,700
Melee0–340
Arm30
Speed472
- energy lightning bolt 200–440 (thrown, range 6)
- physical gale 180–340 (wave, range 4)
- death nightmare pulse 112–226 (around itself, radius 1)
A Nightmare thunderbird (white skull) comes back one time in two hundred - when it respawns, or rising where one just died. Its blows and spells hit twice as hard, and a pulse of death goes round it; its drops come 3% more often; 1 Warden mark to everyone who brings it down.
HP12,600
Exp11,400
Melee0–510
Arm30
Speed510
- energy lightning bolt 300–660 (thrown, range 6)
- physical gale 270–510 (wave, range 4)
- death nightmare pulse 168–339 (around itself, radius 1)
- fire hellfire 255–510 (around itself, radius 2)
- lifedrain soul drain 168–339 (spell, range 4, heals it)
A Hell thunderbird (red skull) - one mutation in ten is Hell. Its blows and spells hit three times as hard, two attacks at once, with a burst of hellfire and a drain that heals it; its drops come 5% more often; 2 Warden marks to everyone who brings it down.
Weak toearth +25%ice +10%
Resistsphysical -5%
Immune toenergy
Task: 25 kills → 23,750 exp or 14,250 gold all amounts
Loot
| Loot | Chance | Count |
|---|---|---|
 gold coin | 90% | 1–80 |
 platinum coin | 50% | 1–2 |
 thunderbird plume | 35% | 1–2 |
 sunsteel arrow | 12% | 1–10 |
 great health potion | 8% | 1 |
 spirit potion | 6% | 1 |
 obsidian arrow | 6% | 1–8 |
 griffin bow | 0.6% | 1 |
 windstrider boots | 0.4% | 1 |
 deadeye ring | 0.3% | 1 |
 shadowhide hood | 0.25% | 1 |
 shadowhide leggings | 0.2% | 1 |
 stormstring bow | 0.2% | 1 |
≈ 254 gold a kill (coins 111 + items at NPC prices)
Where
How common it is in each place: a few, some, many or swarms. Click a place to see it on the map.
