Banshee

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Banshee

Combat level	23
Hitpoints	22
Slayer level	Level 15
Slayer XP	22
Members only?	Yes
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Magical melee
Max hit	2 (8 without earmuffs)
Weakness	Salve amulet, crumble undead
Always drops	Nothing
Examine text	A tortured screaming soul.

Banshees are Slayer monsters that require level 15 Slayer to kill. They frequently drop 13 noted pure essence, making them an alternative source of essence for low levelled players. Additionally, Banshees tend to drop lots of herbs.

Contents 1 Locations 2 Strengths and weaknesses 3 Drops 3.1 Runes 3.2 Weapons and Armour 3.3 Charms 3.4 Other 3.5 Herbs 4 Other Information 5 Trivia 6 See also

[edit] Locations

• Slayer Tower - Ground Floor
• Desert Slayer Dungeon (Mighty banshee)

[edit] Strengths and weaknesses

Players use earmuffs, masked earmuffs, or Slayer helmets when fighting banshees, or their characters' combat statistics will be dangerously reduced. This includes hitpoints, so not wearing protection is actually deadly, not just inconvenient. Agility is also reduced, which can be annoying for players wishing to use the shortcuts in the slayer tower. Banshees have few Hitpoints and do not hit particularly hard. They are undead, so Salve amulets work on them.

Banshees use a magic-based melee attack. Their attack can also hit from a distance if players aren't wearing earmuffs. Protect from Melee prayer will work against them, but most players are likely better off using armour with a high magic defence bonus, such as dragonhide armour. Blue D'hide or better renders its attacks basically useless.

Banshees heal 1 hitpoint every 2 seconds without earmuffs.

[edit] Drops

• 13, 26, 34, 35, or 36 Coins (common)
• Nothing

[edit] Runes

• 13 Pure essence (noted) (common)
• 3 Air runes
• 6, or 7 Fire runes (rare)
• 2 Cosmic runes (uncommon)
• 3, 6 or 7 Chaos runes (uncommon)
• Nature Talisman (rare)

[edit] Weapons and Armour

• Iron dagger
• Iron mace (common)
• Iron kiteshield (uncommon)
• 5 Rune javelins (very rare)
• Mystic gloves black/red(rare)
• Rune Spear (rare)
• Shield left half (extremely rare)
• Dragon Spear (extremely rare) 

[edit] Charms

• Green Charms (most common)(roughly 1 in 8)
• Gold Charms
• Crimson Charms
• Blue Charms (rare)

[edit] Other

• 7, 15 or 30 Fishing bait (extremely common, about 1 in every 3-4 kills)
• Eye of newt (uncommon)
• Iron ore
• Uncut Ruby
• Uncut sapphire
• Uncut Emerald
• Uncut Diamond (rare)
• Tooth half of a key (rare)
• Loop half of a key (rare)
• Clue scroll (Level 1) (random)
• Champion scroll (extremely rare)

[edit] Herbs

• Grimy Guam (quite common)
• Grimy Tarromin
• Grimy Marrentill (common)
• Grimy Harralander (uncommon)
• Grimy Ranarr (uncommon)
• Grimy Irit
• Grimy Kwuarm (uncommon)
• Grimy Avantoe
• Grimy Cadantine
• Grimy Lantadyme
• Grimy Dwarf weed

[edit] Other Information

They are popular for their tendency to drop high level herbs. Aside from banking distance they are a reasonable alternative to the popular chaos druids.

On a quick hunt, these creatures can profit a lower level character very well. Depending on the amount of Pure Essence, a lower levelled character can make anywhere from 100-200k here.

Banshees have a very high restore rate. They will restore a hitpoint between attacks with a fast weapon and two between slower weapons. They are popular for casting spells such as Weaken on because they'll restore the lowered stats extremely quickly, so it can be recast. Crumble Undead also works on Banshees.

[edit] Trivia

• With the release of the quest Smoking Kills on the fifth of June 2008, the Banshee's appearance was updated.
• The new appearance of the Banshees bears a striking resemblance to the Banshees from Warcraft III.
• The name "banshee" comes from the Irish words meaning "Fairy Woman." Also in Irish mythology a banshee is said to scream when a person they know dies.

[edit] See also

• Mighty banshee

v • d • e Slayer monsters
Slayer Tower	Crawling Hand • Banshee • Infernal Mage • Bloodveld • Aberrant spectre • Gargoyle • Nechryael • Abyssal demon
Fremennik Slayer Dungeon	Cave crawler • Rockslug • Cockatrice • Pyrefiend • Basilisk • Jelly • Turoth • Kurask • Aquanite
Lumbridge Swamp Caves	Cave bug • Cave crawler • Cave slime • Wall beast
Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon	Warped terrorbird • Warped tortoise
Desert Slayer Dungeon	Mighty banshee • Monstrous cave crawler • Basilisk boss • Mightiest turoth • Kurask overlord • Aberrant spectre • Cave crawler • Basilisk • Turoth • Kurask
Meiyerditch Dungeon	Zombie hand • Skeletal Hand • Bloodveld • Mutated Bloodveld
God Wars Dungeon	Spiritual ranger • Spiritual warrior • Spiritual mage • Pyrefiend • Bloodveld
Others	Desert Lizard • Mogre • Harpie bug swarm • Killerwatt • Molanisk • Terror dog • Brine rat • Fever Spider • Zygomite • Cave horror • Wild Jade Vine • Dust Devil • Skeletal Wyvern • Dark beast

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Basic undead	Ghost • Skeleton • Zombie • Ankou • Tortured soul • Undead One • Ghast • Undead chicken • Undead cow • Zombie monkey • Undead troll • Undead mage • Skeleton warlord • Skeleton thug • Skeleton brute
Beasts	Spirit Beast • Corporeal Beast
Pets	Ex-ex-parrot • Creeping hand
Ogre undead	Zogre • Skogre
Slayer monsters	(Mighty) Banshee • Aberrant spectre
Shades	Shade (random event) • Shade (monster) • Loar • Phrin • Riyl • Asyn • Fiyr
Revenants	Imp • Goblin • Icefiend • Pyrefiend • Hobgoblin • Vampire • Werewolf • Cyclops • Hellhound • Demon • Ork • Dark Beast • Knight • Dragon