Aberrant spectres are Slayer monsters that require level 60 Slayer to kill. They frequently drop large amounts of valuable herbs and herb seeds. A Macaw Summoning familiar is helpful as it will improve herb drops (requires level 41 Summoning), as will herb gloves (a reward from the Fist of Guthix minigame). They are an excellent source of medium-high level herbs such as ranarrs and lantadymes, and also drop various low-high priced seeds.

Contents 1 Strengths and weaknesses 2 Locations 2.1 Morytania Slayer Tower (middle floor) 2.2 Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon 3 Champions' Challenge 4 Drops 4.1 Charms 4.2 Seeds 4.3 Herbs 4.4 Weapons and armour 4.5 Other drops 4.6 Rare drop table drops 5 Trivia

Strengths and weaknessesEdit

Aberrant spectres have an extremely potent stench that drains stats and life points very quickly, so they are very deadly to fight without proper protection. A nose peg, slayer helmet, or full slayer helmet protects against the stench.

They are weak against either thrown weapons or arrows, depending on their location – spectres in Morytania Slayer Tower are weak to thrown weapons, whereas spectres in Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon are weak to arrows.

Spectres use a fast and very accurate Magic-based attack with a max hit of 297, which will hit fairly often even with good magic defence. If fought without a nose peg or slayer helmet you will be hit for heavy damage every hit, and suffer massive ability drains.

Note that their attacks can be especially hard on dual-use beast of burden/ combat familiars like the spirit terrorbird, to the point that one's stay is usually limited by the familiar's lifespan, rather than one's own. 

If a tank approach is desired when killing aberrant spectres, a shield or shield-bow is of utmost importance, as it enables the use of defensive and healing abilities. It is possible for a player in Karil's armour with a dark bow or blisterwood stakes and a shield to stay for an extended period of time with minimal food or prayer if Rejuvenate, with shield, or Guthix's Blessing, without shield, is used upon filling the adrenaline bar.

Another easy and fast method to kill aberrant spectres in the Slayer Tower would be to use Blisterwood stakes, Sagaies, or Dragon darts with either offhand dragon darts or a d'hide shield with full dragonhide armour along with the proper protection while using ranged skills, using rejuvenate and regenerate as and when needed Using this method, along with ava's accumulator will allow for extended trips with minimal loss of ammunition as well as food. 

Spectres have a short-range magical attack. Players can take advantage of this in the Slayer Tower and Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon by luring them into an obstacle and using a weapon with a large attack range.

LocationsEdit

Morytania Slayer Tower (middle floor)Edit

These aberrant spectres are located on the middle (first) floor of the Morytania Slayer Tower, on the east side. There are gates that can be opened to get to them at the entrances to their area.

There are a number of ways to reach the slayer tower. The fastest is ring of slaying, which teleports a player directly outside the tower. Alternatively, the C-K-S fairy ring, Kharryl teleport or Kharryl Portal will teleport players close-by to return. The player can also use a Mask of Broken Fingers, a Mask of the Abyss or their upgraded versions to teleport to the tower.

The spectres here are weak to thrown weapons, so the best option is to use sagaies or blisterwood stakes. They are also aggressive to lower-level players, so multiple spectres will attack simultaneously, creating a possible risk of death to the player unless they bring a shield and use defensive abilities.

In addition, the spectres in the tower are in lower numbers then the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon and are fairly spread, so players may need to wait for the spectres to respawn on occasion. Many players also come here to do their tasks so it might be suggested to use their other location for a slayer task.

Killing aberrant spectres at the Slayer Tower is often used as a way to make money, due to the short distance between the tower and the bank in Canifis. Fast teleport options to a bank, such as the ring of kinship or TokKul-Zo, will reduce banking time further. Another possibility is to use the Tool leprechaun at the farming patch due south of the Slayer Tower to note the herb drops and then return to the tower.

Should a player die, it will take around 2–3 minutes to run from Canifis to their gravestone.

Players who use Summoning familiars can recharge their summoning points at the obelisk on the way to the tower (players with a menagerie at their house can also recharge summoning there).

Pollnivneach Slayer DungeonEdit

These aberrant spectres are located in Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon, in the central area of the bottom floor of the dungeon. The dungeon is accessed by descending the well in Pollnivneach. Players will need to have completed the Smoking Kills quest to access the dungeon. In the dungeon you will be subjected to harmful smoke as well as the Aberrant spectre's stench, so a slayer helmet is mandatory. Using only the individual components of the helmet will result in almost certain death, either from the spectres' stench or the smoke in the well.

Quick access to the dungeon can be gained by using ring of slaying to teleport to Sumona, moving one's house to Pollnivneach and using Teleport to House, or using a Pollnivneach tablet (requires completion of the Love Story quest).

These spectres are weak against arrows, so a crystal bow or magic shieldbow with broad arrows is very helpful in dispatching them quickly. They are non-aggressive. Utilising a combat familiar would greatly speed up kills, as there is a Summoning obelisk in the same area as the spectres.

This place is more deserted than the Slayer Tower, making it an ideal option to finish a slayer task quickly and efficiently. A cannon may be used here, allowing for much faster kills. However, this will cause many spectres to attack at once, making protection prayers a must to tank their attacks. With the Evolution of Combat update, it is recommended to use a cannon here with healing abilities such as Soul Split and Rejuvenate, as protection prayers only offer 50% protection against their magic attacks.

Champions' ChallengeEdit

Aberrant spectres are one of the races who have lesser champions in the Champions' Challenge distraction and diversion. To fight the Aberrant Spectre Champion, the player must kill aberrant spectres until one drops a Champion scroll, which is an extremely rare drop.

DropsEdit

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
72–73%	12%	6%	4%	5%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 115,795 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

SeedsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Belladonna seed	1	2 Common	31
	Cactus seed	1	2 Common	25
	Morchella mushroom spore	3	2 Common	909
	Irit seed	1	2 Common	87
	Toadflax seed	1	2 Common	736
	Avantoe seed	1	2 Common	2,120
	Fellstalk seed	1	3 Uncommon	436
	Cadantine seed	1	3 Uncommon	2,381
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	398
	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	53
	Lantadyme seed	1	3 Uncommon	36,172
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	44,613
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,314
	Torstol seed	1	5 Very rare	87,911

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1–3	2 Common	571–1,713
	Grimy marrentill	1–3	2 Common	42–126
	Grimy tarromin	1–3	2 Common	255–765
	Grimy harralander	1–3	2 Common	669–2,007
	Grimy ranarr	1–3	2 Common	2,368–7,104
	Grimy irit	1–3	2 Common	1,746–5,238
	Grimy avantoe	1–3	2 Common	4,006–12,018
	Grimy kwuarm	1–3	2 Common	2,584–7,752
	Grimy cadantine	1–3	3 Uncommon	2,724–8,172
	Grimy lantadyme	1–3	3 Uncommon	8,478–25,434
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–3	3 Uncommon	8,202–24,606
	Grimy snapdragon	1–2	5 Very rare	3,585–7,170

Weapons and armourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	34
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,033
	Lava battlestaff	1	3 Uncommon	9,926
	Adamant platelegs	1	3 Uncommon	3,372
	Rune full helm	1	4 Rare	20,654
	Mystic robe bottom (dark)	1	4 Rare	47,326

Other dropsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Anagogic ort	20, 40, 60	2 Common	Not sold
	Coins	278–487	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Champion's scroll	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Ectoplasmator	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 1,115 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,716 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,415 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,614 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 11,590 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,311 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 15,341 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 11,276 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 16,608 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,566 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,240 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,165 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,519 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 830,400 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,190 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 64,765 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,455 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 19,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 30,000–200 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,311,900 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,682,000 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,558,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,565,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 152,134 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,774 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,975–29,365 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,100–72,940 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 207 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 263 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 47,500–1,425,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,440 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 7,950 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 38,000–304 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 234,750–469,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 65,850–219,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 40,950–2,047,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 241,200–1,286,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,600 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,359,000–23,513,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,051,800 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,003–1,950,450 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 80,784 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 102,525–1,025,250 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 109,410–437,640 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 119,170–1,191,700 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 159,500 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,561 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 70,525–3,526,250 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 157,483–944,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,122,250 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,314 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 87,911–2,725,241 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 872 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 58,500–11,700,000

TriviaEdit

• Aberrant means absurd or abnormal, spectre means ghost.
• The name of the monster used to be spelled "Aberrant specter", but it was changed to the British -re ending in a hidden update several years ago.
• This monsters examine is similar to that of the Plague frogs, which is "A very smelly frog."
• With the bloom lighting update on 28 November 2011, the appearance of aberrant spectres changed for players who enabled the feature.

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