Slayer

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Slayer is a members-only skill that allows players to kill normally immune monsters. Players must go to a slayer master and get an assignment, and will only gain Slayer experience for killing the assigned monsters. The slayer experience gained per monster is equal to the monster's hitpoints. Combat experience is also given, so some players use slayer as their major form of combat training. It can be profitable when in the high levels, as special types of mystic robes, granite armour, abyssal whips, dark bows, and many other items dropped only by slayer monsters can sell for vast amounts of cash. Training slayer can be a good way to obtain Charms for Summoning too.

Variations of monsters count towards the slayer assignment. For example, if a player has been assigned to kill Blue dragons, they may instead slay Baby blue dragons and receive Slayer experience. If a player has been assigned to kill crawling hands, then they can kill level 8 or level 12 Crawling hands, as well as Skeletal Hands or Zombie hands. Since the amount of experience received is based on the monster's hitpoints, there may be an advantage to selecting the higher level creature as a target. The Chaos Tunnels contains many slayer targets, and also contains Bork, who gives 250 slayer experience (2,500 experience for the first time) every time he is killed, for a maximum of once per day. The current minimum to be ranked on the hiscores in Slayer is level 30.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Slayer Masters 3 Slayer equipment 4 Slayer monsters 5 Training 6 Temporary boosts 7 Slayer reward points 8 Trivia 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Introduction

Slayer is a unique skill in terms of having to go around the world to see special people, known as Slayer Masters, and needing to kill a lot of more off-beat monsters. Some monsters require special equipment, such as earmuffs for Banshees. The idea is that, for a normally equipped player, the monster has a special ability that stops said player from being able to attack and kill it normally.

Slayer can lead to making a lot of money. There are a wide variety of unique things dropped by slayer monsters, such as Armoured Boots, abyssal whips, dark bows, and white/gold and black/red Mystic robes, as well as dropping better non-unique items and larger numbers of coins or clue scrolls than most non-slayer monsters per combat level.

There are currently 6 slayer masters located around RuneScape. They give players assignments to increase their slayer level, varying from level 2 goblins to level 304 mithril dragons. The monsters assigned are not necessarily slayer-specific monsters; Slayer monsters or normal monsters may be assigned to the player. Players only get experience from doing their assignment.

All slayer masters sell the same batch of slayer equipment, which is necessary to kill certain slayer monster(s). When a player gets their task, they can ask the master for advice on killing the assigned monsters. They will inform the player if any special equipment is required. If there is no equipment necessary, they will give the player some other tips such as weaknesses in defence, and/or the location of the monster.

All slayer masters sell enchanted gems. Once a player starts training (this involves some begging from their chosen master), the player is given one for free. Afterwards, players can buy them for 1 coin each. These allow players to contact their slayer master, ask for tips, ask who the master is and where they are located, and, most importantly, see how many monsters are left to kill. The gems cannot be used to get a new assignment. For that the player must see a master in person. An alternative to the gem is a Slayer ring, which functions in the same way as the enchanted gem, but can also tell Slayer reward points, or, a worn Combat bracelet, which will update the player every 10 kills.

Players who have unlocked the Lunar Spells can also use the spell NPC Contact in order to receive a new assignment from a slayer master of their choosing. The slayer gems automatically put the player in contact with the slayer master who will be best for training him/her (this may not be the one who gave the player the previous assignment).

Another popular method other than utilizing the NPC Contact spell, is using the Karamja gloves 3 from the Karamja Diary. This allows very quick access to Duradel, the Shilo Village slayer master, and his tasks. You must have a number of skill requirements to do the diary, including 100 combat level and 50 slayer to complete it.

The masters vary in the level of difficulty of their assignments. If a player receives an assignment they do not wish to do, the master in Burthorpe may consider giving players an easier assignment if they talk to him. However, this only works if the assignment is something that he doesn't assign. For example, if Duradel assigns a player Desert Lizards, then the Burthorpe slayer master cannot change their task, as he too assigns Desert Lizards. However, if the number given is far greater than Turael would normally give, it is possible to change the player's task. For example, if Duradel assigns 140+ Kalphite, then Turael will change this for another mission (or a lower amount of Kalphite, randomly). However it is not advised to do so because players will lose their streak of slayer points. Under normal circumstances players would use their points to change their task if they didn't like it. All slayer masters can assign the same types of monsters as the masters below them. However, as their difficulty increases, there is a substantially higher chance of getting a more difficult monster. The masters are shown on the map with a yellow skull icon.

[edit] Slayer Masters

Main article: Slayer Master

A handful of slayer masters dot the map; each master gives assignments oriented towards a general range of combat levels.

Currently, there are six Slayer Masters scattered around RuneScape

Master	Location	Levels Required	Quests Required
Turael	Burthorpe in the southeast part of town	3 Combat	None
Mazchna	Northeast Canifis	20 Combat	Priest in Peril
Vannaka	Northeast Edgeville Dungeon	40 Combat	None
Chaeldar	Throne room in Zanaris	70 Combat	Lost City
Sumona	Near the carpet station in Pollnivneach	85 Combat; 35 Slayer (from quest)	Smoking Kills
Duradel	On the roof of the Fishing store in Shilo Village	100 combat; 50 Slayer	Shilo Village

Additionally, those who have completed Lunar Diplomacy can use the spell NPC Contact (67 Magic required), which allows players to instantly contact any slayer master and request a new assignment, assuming they have the prerequisite combat level to use that master.

[edit] Slayer equipment

All slayer masters operate a Slayer Equipment shop, selling various tools and weapons for use against certain monsters they assign. All slayer masters offer the same shop, at the same prices.

Slayer equipment

Level to Wield/Use	Image	Item	Cost From Slayer Equipment Shop/ Other Method of Obtaining	Use
1		Enchanted gem	First one free, 1 coin otherwise	Contacting Slayer masters.
1		Black mask	Rare drop from Cave horrors	Gives a +15% Attack and Strength boost against the players Slayer assignment. Requires 10 Defence, 20 Strength, and 40 Attack to wield.
10(1)		Facemask	200 coins	Protecting against the environment within the Desert Slayer Dungeon and the Smokey Well, and against Dust devils' attacks.
15		Earmuffs	200 coins	Protect against Banshees.
20(2)		Bag of salt	10 coins each	Finishing off Rock slugs (one per slug).
22(2)		Ice cooler	1 coin each	Finishing off Desert lizards (one per lizard).
25		Mirror shield	5000 coins	Protecting against Basilisks and Cockatrice.
32(2)		Fishing explosive	60 coins	Luring Mogres.
33		Unlit bug lantern	130 coins	Harming Harpie bug swarms (equipped in shield slot, must be lit to work).
35		Spiny helmet	650 coins	Protecting against Wall beasts (requires 5 defence to wield).
35(3)		Slayer helmet	Free, after purchasing the ability to make it for 400 Slayer reward points.	Provides the protection of a Spiny helmet, a Facemask, Earmuffs, a Nosepeg, the +15% attack and strength boost of an uncharged Black mask, with defence bonuses similar to that of a Rune full helm. It is crafted from a Spiny helmet, a Facemask, Earmuffs, a Nosepeg, and an uncharged Black mask, with 55 Crafting.
35(3)		Slayer ring	75 Slayer reward points for one, 300 Slayer reward points for the ability to make them	Gives the functions of an Enchanted gem, but also tells current Slayer reward points, and provides teleports to the Slayer Tower, the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, the Desert Slayer Dungeon and The Lair of Tarn Razorlor (provding the miniquest has been completed). Has 8 charges, one charge is used up per teleport.
37		Insulated boots	200 coins	Protecting against Killerwatts.
39		Slayer bell	150 coins	Luring Molanisks.
42		Slayer gloves	200 coins	Protecting against Fever spiders.
55		Leaf-bladed spear	31,000 coins	Killing Turoths and Kurasks.
55		Leaf-bladed sword	Received as a drop from Turoths and Kurasks	Killing Turoths and Kurasks.
55		Broad arrows	60 coins each, 250 for 35 Slayer reward points	Killing Turoths and Kurasks.
55		Broad-tipped bolts	250 for 35 Slayer reward points	Killing Turoths and Kurasks.
55		Broad arrow heads	50 coins each	Fletching Broad arrows, after purchasing the ability to do so, with 52 Fletching.
55		Unfinished broad bolts	50 coins each	Fletching Broad-tipped bolts, after purchsing the ability to do so, with 55 Fletching.
55		Slayer's staff	21,000 coins	Allowing the use of the Magic Dart spell to kill Turoths and Kurasks.
57		Fungicide spray	300 coins	Finishing off Mutated Zygomites (10 per refill).
57(2)		Fungicide (refill)	10 coins each	Refilling Fungicide spray.
58		Witchwood icon	900 coins	Protecting against Cave horrors.
60		Nose peg	200 coins	Protecting against Aberrant spectres.
75(2)		Rock hammer	500 coins	Killing Gargoyles (this item is not equippable).
Quest items
32		Super Fishing Explosive	Made by Herblore (After Kennith's Concerns)	Luring Mogres and deal them 15 damage.
56		Crystal chime	Obtained during Path of Glouphrie	Weakening Warped tortoises and Warped terrorbirds.

1. Although the Facemask requires level 10 Slayer to wield, the player cannot hurt Dust Devils until level 65 Slayer.

2. These items do not have a Slayer level requirement, but are only useful at these levels, as that is the level their respective monsters require.

3. The Slayer helmet and Slayer ring does not have a required Slayer level, however, to purchase the rings, or the ability to make the helmet or rings, the player needs complete Smoking Kills, which requires level 35 Slayer.

[edit] Slayer monsters

Some monsters can ONLY be killed once players have reached a certain level in Slayer. Not all of them require special equipment.

Different Slayer Monsters:

Slayer Level	Monster Name	Combat Level(s)	HP/Slayer Exp	Slayer Equipment	Valuable/Unique Drops	Location
5	Crawling Hand	8/12	16/19	None	Crawling hand corpse, Coloured gloves, Dragon Spear	Canifis Slayer Tower
7	Cave Bug	6/96	5	None	None (excellent herblore drops though)	Lumbridge Swamp Caves
10	Cave Crawler	23	22	None	Bronze boots	Fremennik Slayer Caves (Slayer Dungeon)
15	Banshee	23	22	Earmuffs	Black/red Mystic gloves (also drops 13 noted pure rune essence occasionally as well as many higher level herbs)	Canifis Slayer Tower and Desert Slayer Dungeon
17	Cave Slime	23	25	None	Iron boots	Lumbridge Swamp Caves
20	Rockslug	29	27	Bag of salt	White/gold Mystic gloves (rare)	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon and Lumbridge Swamp Caves
22	Desert Lizards	12/24/42	15/25/40	Ice cooler	White/gold Mystic boots	South of the Uzer and east across the river from Pollnivneach
25	Cockatrice	37	37	Mirror shield	White/gold Mystic boots, Cockatrice head	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon
30	Pyrefiend	43	45	None	Steel boots	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon
31	Skeletal Hand(1)	80	100	None	Crawling hand corpse, Bracelets (both enchanted and unenchanted),	Meiyerditch Dungeon
31	Zombie hand(1)	90	100	None	Crawling hand corpse, Bracelets (both enchanted and unenchanted), Dragonstone bracelet	Meiyerditch Dungeon
32	Mogre	60	48	Super/Fishing Explosive	Mudskipper flippers/hat	Mudskipper Point
33	Harpie Bug Swarm	46	25	Lit bug lantern	Shield left half (very rare)	Northern most beach of Karamja
35	Wall Beast	49	105	Spiny helmet	White/gold Mystic hat	Lumbridge Swamp Caves
37	Killerwatt	55	51	Insulated boots	Shield left half (very rare)	Interdimensional rift
39	Molanisk	51	52	Slayer bell	Mole claws	Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon
40	Basilisk	61	75	Mirror shield	White/gold Mystic hat, Basilisk head	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon and Desert Slayer Dungeon
40	Terror Dog	100/110	85/89	None	Granite helmet	Tarn's Lair
42	Fever Spider	49	40	Slayer gloves	Kwuarm very commonly	Braindeath Island, in the basement of the Pirates' Brewery
45	Infernal Mage	68	60	None	Black/red Mystic boots, Black/red Mystic hat	Canifis Slayer Tower, Chaos tunnels
47	Brine rat	70	50	None	Brine sabre	Brine Rat Cavern
50	Bloodveld	76	120	None	Black boots	Canifis Slayer Tower
50	Mutated Bloodveld	120/146	178/198	None	Black boots	Meiyerditch Dungeon
52	Jelly	78	75	None	Mithril boots, Shield Left Half (rare), Good monster to obtain level 3 Clue Scrolls from	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, Chaos tunnels
55	Turoth	83/85/87/89	76/77/79/81	Leaf-bladed spear/Leaf-bladed sword/Broad arrows/Broad-tipped bolts/Magic Dart (hence Slayer staff)	White/gold Mystic robe bottom	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, Chaos tunnels, Desert Slayer Dungeon
56	Warped terrorbird	81/143	150/200	Crystal chime	Rune Kiteshield	Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon
56	Warped tortoise	96	87	Crystal chime	Rune Pickaxe, Rune warhammer	Poison Waste Slayer Dungeon
57	Mutated Zygomite	74/86	65/75	Fungicide spray	Nature talisman	Zanaris
58	Cave Horror	80	55	Witchwood icon	Black mask-Semi rare	Mos Le'Harmless Caves
59	Wild jade vine	167	250/2,500	Any woodcutting axe plus secateurs	Jade vine seed, 2,500 slayer experience, 202 Woodcutting experience	Farming patch, Lord Handelmort's Mansion, East Ardougne
60	Aberrant Specter	96	90	Nosepeg	Black/red Mystic robe bottom, Lava battlestaff, Rune Full Helm, very common herbs, seeds	Canifis Slayer Tower
63	Spiritual ranger	112+	Varies with different gods	None	Various Arrows	God Wars Dungeon
65	Dust Devil	93	105	Facemask	Dragon chainbody (very rare)	Smoke Dungeon west of Pollnivneach, Chaos tunnels
68	Spiritual warrior	115+	Varies with different gods	None	Various armour from Steel to Rune and level 3 Clue scrolls	God Wars Dungeon
70	Kurask	106	97	Leaf-bladed spear/Leaf-bladed sword/Broad arrows/Broad-tipped bolts/Magic Dart (hence Slayer staff)	White/gold Mystic robe top, Kurask head	Fremennik Slayer Dungeon and Desert Slayer Dungeon
72	Skeletal Wyvern	140	210	Mind/Elemental shield, or Dragonfire Shield	Granite platelegs, Draconic Visage	Asgarnian Ice Caves
75	Gargoyle	111	105	Rock hammer	Black/red Mystic robe top, Adamant boots, Granite maul	Canifis Slayer Tower, Chaos tunnels
80	Nechryael	115	105	None	Rune boots	Canifis Slayer Tower, Chaos tunnels
83	Spiritual mage	120+	Varies with different gods	None	Dragon boots	God Wars Dungeon
85	Abyssal Demon	124	150	None	Abyssal Whip, Abyssal demon head	Canifis Slayer Tower, Abyssal Area
90	Dark Beast	180	220	None	Dark Bow, Death talisman	Temple of Light

1. Although official manual says that they need only level 5 slayer to kill, players need level 31 slayer to reach Skeletal and Zombie hands.

[edit] Training

See Slayer Training guide for more info.

[edit] Temporary boosts

• A Slayer's respite will boost slayer by 1. This can be brewed using the cooking skill, at level 59.
• A Mature Slayer's respite will boost slayer by 2. This can also be brewed using the cooking skill, at level 59.
• A Wild pie will boost slayer by 5. This can be made at level 85 cooking.
• A Black mask will boost both Attack and Strength by 15% while fighting monsters that have been assigned by a Slayer Master. They can be obtained by fighting Cave Horrors in a cave on Mos Le'Harmless, or by buying them from other players. When meleeing Cave Horrors, a Witchwood Icon is required. The Masks have a number of charges, represented by a number behind them from 10 to 1. When the player still has charges, he or she will sometimes have his or her opponent's defence decreased. Each time this effect randomly takes place, the player will lose one charge. When Black Masks lose all their charges, they have no number. There is no known way to recharge them at this time. Black masks with no charges retain their attack and strength boosts.
• The Salve amulet is a reward from the Haunted Mine quest, which boosts attack and strength by 15% when fighting any undead monster, such as Aberrant Specters, Banshees, and Shades. The player can make it enchanted by defeating Tarn Razorlor and using the book obtained on the amulet. A Salve amulet (e) gives a 20% bonus to attack and strength. The bonuses of the amulets do not stack with the effect of a Black Mask.

[edit] Slayer reward points

See Slayer reward point for more information.

On 6 June 2008, Jagex released Smoking Kills, which released many new rewards that can be bought with Slayer reward points. Slayer reward points are earned by completing 5 or more tasks in a row without having a task changed by Turael, however you are allowed to cancel a task by using 30 points. Every 10th and 50th task, a special bonus is given to the player's slayer reward points, the bonuses also differ in points to each Slayer master.

The rewards that can be bought with these points include Slayer experience, a Slayer ring, the ability to combine all Slayer headgear into one item, the Slayer helmet, and even the ability to buy monsters off a player's task list forever.

Since getting good tasks worth keeping isn't guaranteed, it is suggested that players get their first four kills on the Slayer master Mazchna, and then get any other kills from there on higher masters like Duradel.

After getting 4 or more tasks in a row, Slayer masters will hand out points when players finish their tasks. The number of points varies as the difficulty of the Slayer master increases.

Master	Location	Points Given per Completed Task	10 Task Bonus	50 Task Bonus
Turael	Burthorpe in the southeast part of town	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mazchna	Northeast Canifis	1	5	15
Vannaka	Northeast Edgeville Dungeon	4	20	60
Chaeldar	Throne room in Zanaris	10	50	150
Sumona	Magic carpet station in Pollnivneach	12	60	180
Duradel	On the roof of the Fishing store in Shilo Village	15	75	225

After earning enough points, players will be able to buy rewards with them.

Points Rewards

Reward	Picture	Points Needed
10,000 Slayer Experience		400
Slayer ring		75
250 Magic Dart casts (250 Death runes and 1000 Mind runes)		35
250 Broad-tipped bolts		35
250 Broad arrows		35
Ability to make Broad Arrows and Broad-tipped bolts		300
Ability to make Slayer rings		300
Ability to make Slayer helmets		400
Cancel current assignment without penalties (it is possible to get the same task again) note: this does not reset your current task count.	—	30
Remove assignment from a player's list (maximum of 4 can be removed)	—	100

The Slayer helmet combines the stat boosting qualities of the Black mask with the protective slayer headgear facemask, nosepeg, earmuffs, and Spiny helmet, with the defence bonuses of a Rune full helm; making it the best helmet option for slayers.

[edit] Trivia

• If two people are slaying the same monster, the experience is divided in half. The person who does the most damage, and the one who gets the last hit.

• The idea of some slayer monsters having a special quality that makes them normally unattackable is similar to the various tricks Hercules and Perseus employed in Greek mythology.

• Slayerbelle was the first player to get an untrimmed Slayer Cape, first thought an impossible feat to achieve by other players. This is because slayer normally (can differ) levels up at 1 xp per hitpoints a monster has, but the player will receive 1.33 xp per hitpoints a monster has when killed. Therefore, hitpoints will usually reach level 99 before slayer, causing the slayer cape to be trimmed. However, Slayerbelle was able to defy this normal course of levelling by using the Dwarf Multicannon, which offers Ranged exp but does not give experience to Hitpoints, and by using controlled attack modes so ensure that combat experience was as low and distributed as possible.

• On 5 June 2008, many Slayer monsters had an unannounced graphical update. Players with an already assigned task on this date would receive the message "we seem to have lost your records in our recent reshuffle." from their slayer master when contacted through the slayer gem. The Abyssal demons and the Dark beasts did not receive a graphical update. (However, the Dark Beasts had already been updated months before.)

[edit] See also

• Category:Slayer Monsters
• Quest experience rewards - Slayer

[edit] References

• RuneScape Game Guide
  • Slayer

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