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Dark beasts are level 150 monsters found in the Mourner Tunnels on the path to the Temple of Light and inside Kuradal's Dungeon. Requiring level 90 Slayer to kill, dark beasts are the only creatures to drop dark bows and along with dragon implings are the only droppers of death talismans. A dark beast can attack using magic or melee. If the player is not adjacent to the beast, it only uses magic and does not try to move into melee range. If the player is within melee range, it uses melee most of the time. These monsters are weak to bolts.

While dark beasts can only be accessed by members, their lower-level revenant counterparts are on both member and free to play worlds.

If assigned as a Slayer task, Revenant dark beasts may take their place. Though killing their revenant counterparts is not a good idea because of the profit between the regular and revenant version is extremely varied, the revenant counterpart respawns somewhat slow and players risk all of their items within the wilderness.

Dark beasts are an often underestimated method of training combat stats. Using good ranged armour, a good crossbow and bolts, and potions (stat boosting and prayer potions), players may kill these beasts swiftly, as their defence is only average. The cost of buying the needed potions may be offset by dark bow drops.

Dark beasts have a higher chance to drop blue charms than most other creatures. The exception being glacors, which have a 35% chance of dropping blues, as opposed to 14% for dark beasts, and tormented demons, which have a 40% chance of dropping 3 blue charms. However, glacors and tormented demons have more requirements than dark beasts, making the beasts a better choice for those who do not have any other way of 'farming' blue charms.

Dark Beasts also have a high chance of dropping items from the Rare Drop Table, it is very possible to obtain the high valued rewards, even the very rare onyx bolts. Wearing a Ring of wealth can even further increase your chances.

If using Soul Split, deflect magic or  protect from magic, one can stay there for as long as they have prayer potions for. Note that by staying out of melee range, the player can wear ranged armour that is resistant to magic but weak to melee, as the beasts will not attack with melee in this case. Dark beasts are no longer aggressive, therefore do not remain an effective 'afk' training method in Kuradal's Dungeon.

Contents 1 Locations 1.1 Mourner tunnels 1.2 Kuradal's Dungeon 2 Strategy and Tactics 3 Drops 3.1 100% drop 3.2 Charms 3.3 Weapons 3.4 Armour 3.5 Runes 3.6 Herbs 3.7 Other 3.8 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

LocationsEdit

• The Mourner Tunnels
• Kuradal's Dungeon

Mourner tunnelsEdit

The dark beasts are in the tunnels between the Mourner headquarters in West Ardougne and the entrance to the Temple of Light.

When entering from the headquarters, the player must wear mourner gear and have the new key to enter the tunnels from the mourner headquarters basement. Mourner gear can be obtained during and after the Mourning's Ends Part I quest, but the player must have started the Mourning's Ends Part II quest to obtain the new key and enter the tunnels.

The new key is easily obtained in the mourner headquarters and can be readily discarded once in the tunnels to free up an inventory slot. Mourner gear is not well suited for fighting dark beasts, so players prefer to switch to ranged gear and heal up once in the tunnels. Mourner gear takes up six inventory slots which could otherwise be used more efficiently. The gear is sufficiently time consuming to obtain, however, so many players prefer not to discard it once in the tunnels. This leads players to seek other routes to the dark beasts.

After Mourning's Ends Part II, players can go to the death altar via the Abyss and then reach the tunnels by going through the Temple of Light. This method requires the crystal trinket from the quest to be in inventory to reset the light beam in the temple. This route is somewhat long and dangerous, however, since both the Abyss and the temple have aggressive monsters.

After the Within The Light quest, players can have Eluned help them add a Temple-of-Light teleport to their teleport crystals. This teleport is a very fast and safe way to reach an area near the dark beasts and avoids cluttering inventory with mourner gear, keys, or trinkets.

Kuradal's DungeonEdit

The release of Kuradal's Dungeon has made it possible to receive dark beasts as a Slayer task by players who have not completed Mourning's Ends Part II. The beasts are located in the second to last chamber of the dungeon, immediately before the iron and steel dragons. However, as with all monsters in Kuradal's dungeon, they may only be fought if they have been assigned to do so by Kuradal.

Players with 90 Agility can speed the rate to get to them, by taking the short-cuts.

The entrance to the dungeon is located in the Ancient Cavern. Players may quickly reach this area by using the ferocious ring's teleport to arrive next to Kuradal or by using the fairy ring code BJQ which will take players near the steps leading up to the dungeon entrance.

Strategy and TacticsEdit

“	Well last time I fought Dark beasts I used a crossbow with bolts and took them down effectively. Dark beasts are large, dog-like predators with massively muscled bodies that protect them from crushing weapons. I've managed to trap a few in the dungeon I'm guarding.	”
	— Kuradal

Main article: Dark beast/Strategies

DropsEdit

100% dropEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Big bones	1	1 Always	449

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
64–65%	9%	4–5%	8%	14%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 47,623 kills.
1 charm is dropped at a time.

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

WeaponsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Rune 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	37,952
	Black 2h sword	1	2 Common	992
	Black battleaxe	1	2 Common	597
	Black hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	302
	Dark bow	1	4 Rare [1]	72,435

ArmourEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant sq shield	1	2 Common	1,797
	Rune chainbody	1	3 Uncommon	29,504
	Rune full helm	1	4 Rare	20,689
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,731

RunesEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Chaos rune	10	2 Common	410
	Blood rune	7	2 Common	1,141
	Air rune	47	3 Uncommon	611
	Death rune	3–5	3 Uncommon	279–465
	Law rune	3	3 Uncommon	540

HerbsEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy guam	1–2	2 Common	539–1,078
	Grimy marrentill	1–2	2 Common	44–88
	Grimy tarromin	1–2	2 Common	249–498
	Grimy harralander	1–2	3 Uncommon	652–1,304
	Grimy ranarr	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,160–4,320
	Grimy irit	1–2	3 Uncommon	1,743–3,486
	Grimy avantoe	1–2	3 Uncommon	4,128–8,256
	Grimy cadantine	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,507–5,014
	Grimy lantadyme	1–2	3 Uncommon	7,850–15,700
	Grimy kwuarm	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,471–4,942
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	3 Uncommon	8,195–16,390

OtherEdit

Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	64, 95, 152, 220, 299, 3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Attack potion (3)	1	3 Uncommon	202
	Shark	1–2	3 Uncommon	849–1,698
	Death talisman	1	3 Uncommon	2,763
	Adamant bar	1	3 Uncommon	3,168
	Ferocious ring	1	4 Rare [1]	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Long Bone	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

1. ^ Only in Kuradal's dungeon

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 1,142 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,792 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 3,576 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 8,548 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,668 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 7,160 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 14,935 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 9,966 Dragon dagger 1 3 Uncommon 17,221 Rune battleaxe 1 4 Rare 24,627 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,270 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 920 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,048 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 36,856 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 861,050 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 32,145 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,188 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 59,636 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 17,400 Rune arrow 150–200; 500 4 Rare 29,850–199 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,303,050 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,665,400 Air orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,418,000 Fire orb 1,000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 138,745 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,721 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 19,825–27,755 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 50,450–70,630 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 227 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 270 Pure essence 500–15,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 42,500–1,275,000 Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare 5,217–8,547 Soul rune 20 4 Rare 2,420 Death rune 50; 121 4 Rare 93 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 8,150 Raw swordfish 125 – 250; 1,000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,750–302 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 246,500–493,000 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 67,350–224,500 Coal 150–7,500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 41,700–2,085,000 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 227,700–1,214,400 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 10,500 Adamant bar 1,000–7,000 (noted) 4 Rare 3,168,000–22,176,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,038,500 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,002–1,950,300 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 74,448 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 95,050–950,500 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 106,530–426,120 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 118,420–1,184,200 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 181,000 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 6,030 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 71,385–3,569,250 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 160,602–963,612 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,064,590 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 2,196 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 78,509–2,433,779 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 932 Yew logs 100–20,000 (noted) 4 Rare 56,100–11,220,000

TriviaEdit

• Dark beasts were involved in the God Wars, as evidenced by the revenant dark beasts that are located in the Forinthry Dungeon.
• Dark beasts used to drop normal bones. As of the 11 April 2012 dark beasts drop big bones instead. This also gave them a chance to drop long bones and curved bones.

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