Slayer

Introduction

Slayer is a members-only skill. In this skill, a slayer master gives you a task that you will have to complete. The task is to kill a certain monster, and they can be in all levels. From the easiest slayer masters, you can be assigned to kill a few goblins, while the hardest can give you tons of dragons to kill. The XP you get, is usually 1/10 of the monster's life points. Also, if you're assigned to kill Giants, you can kill everything with "Giant" in its name: Hill Giant, Moss Giant etc. So, if you're assigned to kill goblins, you will get more XP from killing Hobgoblins, since they have more life points than a normal goblin, but they're harder to kill.

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Slayer masters

To get a slayer task, you will have to speak to a slayer master. There are 6 Slayer Masters, which gives tasks of different difficulties:
  • Turael - Very easy
  • Mazchna - Easy
  • Vannaka - Medium
  • Chaeldar - Hard
  • Sumona - Harder
  • Duradel - Very Hard
  • Kuradal - Hardest
Turael

Turael

Turael is the easiest slayer master, and he can be found in his small house southeast from Burthorpe. [map]
There are no requirements to go to this slayer master, and it's recommended to start with slayer master if your combat level isn't too high. Also, if you've got a task which is too hard from an other slayer master, you can ask Turael to give you an easier one. However, you can't change the task if Turael gave you the task.

Turael's slayer assignments
  • Banshees
  • Bats
  • Bears
  • Birds
  • Cave Bugs
  • Cave Crawlers
  • Cave Slimes
  • Cows
  • Crawling Hands
  • Desert lizards
  • Dogs
  • Dwarves
  • Ghosts
  • Goblins
  • Monkeys
  • Icefiends
  • Kalphites
  • Minotaurs
  • Scorpions
  • Skeletons
  • Spiders
  • Wolves
  • Zombies


Mazchna

Mazchna

Mazchna can be found northeast of Canifis, close to the Clothing Shop. [map]
Like Turael, there is no requirement to get a task from him.

Mazchna's slayer assignments
  • Banshees
  • Bats
  • Bears
  • Catablepon
  • Cave Bugs
  • Cave Crawlers
  • Cave Slimes
  • Cockatrice
  • Crawling Hands
  • Desert Lizards
  • Dogs
  • Earth Warriors
  • Flesh Crawlers
  • Ghouls
  • Ghosts
  • Hill Giants
  • Hellhounds
  • Ice Warriors
  • Kalphites
  • Mogres
  • Pyrefiends
  • Rock Slugs
  • Shades
  • Skeletons
  • Vampires
  • Wall Beasts
  • Wolves
  • Zombies


Vannaka

Vannaka can be found just east of the entrance of the Wilderness part of the Edgeville Dungeon. [map]
He's the best slayer master that has no requirement. (Also, he's the guy who taught you how to fight on the tutorial island!)

Vannaka's slayer assignments
  • Aberrant Specters
  • Ankou
  • Banshees
  • Basilisks
  • Blue Dragons
  • Bloodvelds
  • Brine Rats
  • Cave Bugs
  • Cave Crawlers
  • Cave Slimes
  • Cockatrices
  • Crawling Hands
  • Crocodiles
  • Dagannoths
  • Desert Lizards
  • Dust Devils
  • Earth Warriors
  • Elves
  • Fire Giants
  • Ghouls
  • Green Dragons
  • Harpy Bug Swarms
  • Hellhounds
  • Hill Giants
  • Ice Giants
  • Ice Warriors
  • Infernal Mages
  • Jellies
  • Jungle Horror
  • Kalphites
  • Killerwatts
  • Lesser Demons
  • Mogres
  • Molanisks
  • Moss Giants
  • Ogres
  • Otherworldly Beings
  • Pyrefiends
  • Rock Slugs
  • Sea Snakes
  • Shadow Warriors
  • Trolls
  • Turoths
  • Vampires
  • Werewolves


Chaeldar

Chaeldar

Chaeldar can be found in the Lost City of Zanaris, in the room south of the entrance.
To get a task from him, you will need at least level 70 combat. To enter Zanaris, you will have to do the Lost City quest.

Chaeldar's slayer assignments
  • Abberant Specters
  • Abyssal Demons
  • Banshees
  • Basilisks
  • Blue Dragons
  • Bloodvelds
  • Brine Rats
  • Bronze Dragons
  • Cave Bugs
  • Cave Crawlers
  • Cave Horrors
  • Cave Slime
  • Cockatrice
  • Crawling Hands
  • Crocodiles
  • Dagannoths
  • Desert Lizards
  • Dust Devils
  • Elves
  • Fire Giants
  • Fever Spiders
  • Gargoyles
  • Greater Demons
  • Harpie Bug Swarms
  • Hellhounds
  • Infernal Mages
  • Iron Dragons
  • Jellies
  • Jungle Horrors
  • Kalphites
  • Kurasks
  • Lesser Demons
  • Morges
  • Molanisks
  • Mutated Zygomites
  • Nechryaels
  • Pyrefiends
  • Rockslugs
  • Shadow Warriors
  • Spirtual Mages
  • Spirtual Rangers
  • Spirtual Warriors
  • Trolls
  • Turoths
  • Wall Beasts
  • Werewolves
  • Warped Terrorbirds
  • Warped Tortoises


Sumona

Sumona

Sumona is the newest Slayer Master to join the ranks, and can be found North of the General Store in Pollivneach. [map]
Sumona's tasks are easily cannoned and offer fast expierence. You will need at least level 85 Combat and at least level 35 Slayer. Also, you must complete the Smoking Kills quest to recieve a task from Sumona.

Sumona's slayer assignments
  • Aberrant Spectres
  • Abyssal Demons
  • Aquanites
  • Banshees
  • Basilisks
  • Black Demons
  • Blue Dragons
  • Bloodvelds
  • Cave Crawlers
  • Cave Horrors
  • Dagannoths
  • Desert Strykewyrm
  • Dust Devils
  • Elves
  • Fire Giants
  • Gargoyles
  • Greater Demons
  • Hellhounds
  • Iron Dragons
  • Jungle Strykewyrm
  • Kalphites
  • Kurask
  • Nechryael
  • Red Dragons
  • Scabarite Minions
  • Spiritual Mages
  • Spiritual Warriors
  • Terror Dogs
  • Trolls
  • Turoths
  • Warped Tortoises
Duradel
Lapalok

Duradel/Lapalok

Duradel, can be found above the Fishing Store in Shilo Village. [map]
To get a task from him, you will need at least level 100 combat, and at least Level 50 Slayer. Also, you have to complete the Shilo Village quest to enter Shilo Village. After the completion of While Guthix Sleeps you will have a new master there, Lapalok. Do the quest and you'll find out why.

Duradel's slayer assignments
  • Aberrant Specters
  • Abyssal demons
  • Aquanites
  • Black Demons
  • Black Dragons
  • Bloodveld
  • Dagannoths
  • Dark Beasts
  • Desert Strykewyrm
  • Dust Devils
  • Fire Giants
  • Gargoyles
  • Goraks
  • Greater Demons
  • Hellhounds
  • Ice Strykewyrm
  • Iron Dragons
  • Jungle Strykewyrm
  • Kalphites
  • Mithril Dragons
  • Nechryaels
  • Scarbarite Minions
  • Skeletal Wyverns
  • Spiritual Mages
  • Steel Dragons
  • Suqahs
  • Warped Terrorbirds
  • Waterfiends
Kuradal

Kuradal

Kuradal, the hardest of all Slayer masters, can be found in the Ancient Cavern, which can be found near the whirlpool near Otto Godblessed's house. [map]
To get a task from her, you will need at least level 110 combat as well as at least Level 75 Slayer.

Kuradal's slayer assignments
  • Aberrant spectres
  • Abyssal demons
  • Aquanites!
  • Black demons
  • Black dragons
  • Bloodvelds
  • Blue dragons
  • Dagannoths
  • Dark beasts
  • Desert strykewyrms
  • Dust devils
  • Fire giants
  • Gargoyles
  • Greater demons
  • Hellhounds
  • Ice strykewyrms!!
  • Iron dragons
  • Jungle Strykewyrms
  • Kalphites
  • Living rock creatures
  • Mithril dragons
  • Nechryaels
  • Skeletal wyverns
  • Spiritual mages
  • Steel dragons
  • Suqahs
  • TzHaar volcanic creatures!!!
  • Warped tortoises
  • Waterfiends
  • ! - Must spend 50 Slayer points for Kuradal to assign Aquanites. Points cannot be refunded.
  • !! - Must have a fire cape(can be in bank) to get Ice strykewyrms assigned. If one doesn't have one, they can spend 2,000 Slayer points for them to be assigned without a Fire cape.
  • !!! - You will have a chance to be able to 'upgrade' your Tzhaar task and be able to fight 280 of them!!! Now why 280 and why would you want to fight that many, you ask! Well there is 280 Tzhaar creatures in the Tzharr Fight Caves which is why you go up against the all mighty TzTok Jad! In addition to having the chance to bring down this beast, gaining a Fire cape and getting the respect of the Runescape public you will gain an extra 25,000 Slayer experience on top of the Slayer experience you get from the actual fighting! However do not accept this challenge lightly. Good luck if you do so!


Slayer Master Challenges

Occasionally when being given your Slayer task you may be offered to upgrade to a more "interesting" challenge, these vary from killing every monster in the Slayer Tower to completing the Fight Caves from start to finish! Each master has their own specific challenge they will offer to slayers.

Turael/Spira
You will be asked to slay all monsters in Turael's basement.
These include:
  • Level 5 Goblin (2)
  • Level 11 Goblin (2)
  • Level 13 Goblin (1)
  • Level 11 Wolf (2)
  • Level 14 Wolf (3)
  • Level 12 Minotaur (5)
None of these monsters require any specialized equipment to defeat.

This task will award 1,000 Slayer experience in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Machnza
Machnza will ask you to investigate the Fairy Rings and stamp out their corruption. You will have to visit three different fairy rings and contact Machnza using your slayer gem while there, upon doing so a monster will spawn that you must defeat to continue.
  • CKS - mushroom patch west of Canifis - level 42 Ravenous ghoul
  • ALQ - Haunted Woods east of Canifis - level 72 Ravenous vampyre
  • BKR - Mort Myre Swamp - level 33 Ravenous snail
This task will award 2,000 Slayer experience and 3 Slayer points in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Vannaka
Vannaka will ask you to bring him four perfect dragon scales, one from each of the chromatic dragons. These can be dropped from either adult or baby dragons but are not a 100% drop so be prepared to fight multiple dragons per scale.
  • Perfect green dragon scale
  • Perfect blue dragon scale
  • Perfect red dragon scale
  • Perfect black dragon scale
This task will award 4,000 Slayer experience and 10 Slayer points in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Chaeldar
Chaeldar will ask you to try out her new experimental fungicide spray on ten Mutated zygomites before returning to her with the results. Simply use the spray in place of the standard Fungicide spray when finishing off a weakened Zygomite. Upon doing so the zygomite will either die as normal, become enraged and attack at a faster rate or heal the monster entirely causing you to have to kill it once more.

This task will award 10,000 Slayer experience and 25 Slayer points in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Sumona
Sumona will ask you to venture into the Kalphite Hive and slay the infamous Kalphite Queen. You can do this with a friend, although you must ensure that you perform the majority of damage for the kill to count towards the task.

This task will award 15,000 Slayer experience and 30 Slayer points in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Duradal/Laplok
Duradel (or Laplok) will request that you venture into the Slayer Tower and kill every monster that inhabits it. This consists of:
  • 21 Crawling hands
  • 8 Banshees (Earmuffs required)
  • 9 Infernal mages
  • 7 Bloodvelds
  • 7 Aberrant spectres (Nose peg required)
  • 5 Gargoyles
  • 6 Nechryaels
  • 6 Abyssal demons
These kills must be done without leaving or teleporting away from the tower.

This task will award 20,000 Slayer experience and 35 Slayer points in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Kuradal
Kuradel will offer to replace a standard TzHaar task with a special Fight Cave task. This will require you kill 280 TzHaar creatures, most of the monsters within the caves, and TzTok-Jad himself.

This task will award 25,000 Slayer experience in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Slayer creatures

In addition to normal monsters, there are special Slayer Monsters which requires a special Slayer Level to kill. Also, they give different loots when killed than normal monsters.
Most of them are in three places:
  • Lumbridge Caves
    Entrance in the Lumbridge Swamp [location map], you should have a light (lantern or candle etc)
  • Slayer Tower
    Located northwest of Canifis. [location map]
  • Slayer Dungeon
    Located southeast of Relekka, just west of the Golden Apple Tree.[location map]

Picture Name Slayer level Monster level Equipment Required Location
Crawling Hand 5 8 & 12 None Slayer Tower
Cave Bug 7 6 None Lumbridge Caves
Cave Crawler 10 23 None Slayer Dungeon, Lumbridge Caves
Banshee 15 23 Earmuffs Slayer Tower
Cave Slime 17 23 None Lumbridge Caves
Rockslug 20 29 Bag of Salt (use it when it's almost dead) Slayer Dungeon, Lumbridge Caves
Desert Lizard 22 12 & 24 & 42 Ice Cooler South Uzer
Cockatrice 25 37 Mirror Shield Slayer Dungeon
Pyrefiend 30 43 None Slayer Dungeon
Mogre 32 60 Fishing Explosive Mudskipper point
Harpie Bug Swarm 33 46 Harpie Bug Latern (lit) North-east of the Tai-Bwo-Wannai village in Karamja, near the cliff edge that you scramble down to collect ingredients for the Jungle Potion quest
Wall Beast 35 49 Spiny Helmet Lumbridge Caves
Killerwatt 37 55 Slayer Boots (must be equipped) Rift on the top floor of Draynor Manor
Molanisk 39 41 Slayer bell Dorgesh-Kaan South Dungeon
Basilisk 40 61 Mirror Shield Slayer Dungeon
Terror Dog 40 100 & 110 None Tarn's Lair
Fever Spider 42 49 Slayer Gloves Braindeath Island
Infernal Mage 45 66 None Slayer Tower
Brine Rat 47 70 None Brine Rat Cavern
Bloodveld 50 76 None Slayer Tower
Jelly 52 78 None Slayer Dungeon
Turoth 55 83 & 85 & 87 & 89 Leaf-Bladed Spear / Broad Arrows / Slayer's Staff Slayer Dungeon
Warped Terrorbird 56 81 Crystal chime Sewer Slayer Dungeon
Warped Tortoise 56 96 Crystal chime Sewer Slayer Dungeon
Zygomite 57 74 & 86 Fungicide spray Zanaris, east of cosmic rune altar
Cave Horror 58 80 Witchwood Icon (must be equipped) Mos Le'Harmless Dungeon
Wild Jade Vine 59 167 Hatchet Ardougne
Aberrant Specter 60 96 Nosepeg Slayer Tower
Spiritual Ranger 63 115 & 118 & 122 & 127 None God Wars Dungeon
Dust Devil 65 93 Facemask Smokey Well in the Desert
Spiritual Warrior 68 123 & 125 & 134 None God Wars Dungeon
Kurask 70 106 Leaf-Bladed Spear / Broad Arrows / Slayer's Staff Slayer Dungeon
Skeletal Wyvern 72 140 Elemental shield (must be equipped) Ice Dungeon south of Port Sarim
Jungle Strykewyrm 73 110 None North-east of Mobilising Armies
Gargoyle 75 111 Rock Hammer Slayer Tower
Desert Strykewyrm 77 130 None East of Al-Kharid
Aquanite 78 114 None Fremennik Slayer Dungeon
Nechryael 80 115 None Slayer Tower
Spiritual Mage 83 120 & 121 & 123 None God Wars Dungeon
Abyssal Demon 85 124 None Slayer Tower
Dark Beast 90 182 None Light Temple path
Ice Strykewyrm 93 210 Fire cape The Tale of Muspah cave


Slayer equipment

Some of the slayer creatures can't be killed without certain items. The items are very different, some of them must be wielded, some are used on a weakened (almost dead) creature.
Some of these items can be bought from slayer masters.

Picture Name Requirements Uses Price
Enchanted gem Enchanted gem None Contact your Slayer Master 1 gp
Ice cooler None Killing weakened Desert Lizards 1 gp
Bag of Salt None Killing weakened Rockslugs 60gp
Rock Hammer None Killing weakened Gargoyles 500gp
Spiny helmet 5 Defence Fends off Wall Beast attacks 650gp
Facemask 10 Slayer Protection against Dust Devils 200gp
Earmuffs 15 Slayer Protection against Banshees 200gp
Slayer Gloves 17 Slayer Protection against Fever Spiders 200gp
Mirror shield Mirror shield 25 Slayer
20 Defence
Protection against Cockatrice & Basilisk 5000gp
Fishing explosive 32 Slayer Needed to lure Mogres 90-100gp
Harpie Bug Lantern 33 Slayer Needed to kill Harpie Bug Swarms 130gp
Witchwood icon 35 Slayer Needed to kill Cave Horrors 540gp
Slayer Boots 37 Slayer Needed to kill Killerwatts 200gp
Slayer bell 39 Slayer Allow Molanisks to be attacked 150gp
Leaf-Bladed Spear 55 Slayer
50 Attack
Needed to kill Turoths and Kurasks 31,000gp
Broad arrows 55 Slayer
50 Ranged
Needed to kill Turoths and Kurasks 60gp
Slayer's staff 55 Slayer
50 Magic
Allows use of the Magic Dart spell to kill Turoths and Kurasks 21,000gp
Crystal chime 56 Slayer Needed to kill Warped Tortoise and Terrorbirds. Obtained during The Path of Glouphrie
Fungicide spray 57 Slayer Needed to kill Zygomites 300gp
Nosepeg 60 Slayer Protection against Aberrant Specters 200gp


Smoking Kills Rewards

After you've finished Smoking Kills you can gain points for different Slayer assignments given to you. The slayer Masters will have a "Reward" option when you right click them, you will have to gain points by completing tasks given by Slayer Masters. Each Slayer Master gives a different amount of points, the harder masters give more and the easier masters give less. Below is a chart that shows the amount of points given per task, notice you get more points for more tasks in a row. Also, if you get a task from the Burthorpe, your task count will be reset to 0.
Master Points for 1 Task Points for 10th Task Points for 50th Task
Tureal 0 0 0
Mazchna 1 5 15
Vannaka 4 20 60
Chaelder 10 40 150
Sumona 12 60 180
Duradel 15 75 225
Kuradal 18 90 270

Below are the 3 tabs that you will see.


On this tab, you can buy multiple items with the points you have received from completing slayer tasks.
  • Buy Slayer Experience
    You can spend 400 Slayer Points and gain 10,000 slayer exp instantly.
  • Buy Ring of Slaying
    For 75 points you can buy a Ring of Slaying.
  • Buy Runes for Slayer Dart
    For 35 points you can buy 250 Casts of Slayer Dart. Each cast consists of 4 Mind Runes and 1 Death Rune.
  • Buy Broad Bolts
    For 35 points you will receive 250 Broad Bolts.
  • Buy Broad Arrows
    For 35 points you will receive 250 Broad Arrows.




On this tab, you can learn multiple skills.
  • Broad Bolt/Arrow
    These offer a cheaper way to range your slayer tasks. They cost 50 GP each for 3,000 unfinished. You will need to add feathers for them before you can use.

  • Ring of Slaying
    The Ring of Slaying is made from 1 Gold bar and 1 Enchanted gem. It requires 75 Crafting to make. When you right click the ring, it offers 4 teleports (Sumona, Slayer Tower, Slayer Dungeon and Tarn's Lair). The 5th option is available so you can check your task.

  • Slayer Helmet
    You can spend 400 points to learn how to make the Slayer Helm. It is quite useful because it gives a larger defense bonus than any of the items separately. There is a 15% Attack and Strength bonus from the Black mask that only appears during a Slayer assignment. This will give you a boost in the max hit you can do against a monster. You can acquire the knowledge on how to make this item from any of the Slayer masters.
    You will need at least level 55 Crafting to make the helmet after gaining points to learn how to make it. Also you will need 10 Defense to wear it.



This tab is very useful when it comes to dealing with tasks that you are wanting to skip or block.

  • Cancel Assignment
    You can spend 30 Slayer Points and cancel the task you are currently assigned. This is helpful if you get a task you do not wish to complete. This will make it act like you have just completed a task and you will be able to talk to any Slayer Master to receive another task. NOTE: You do have a chance to get the same task you canceled.

  • Never Assign Monster Again
    You can spend 100 Slayer Points and permanently block a task. As you notice in the screenshot, this slayer will never be assigned the five tasks that are listed at the bottom. The number of blocked tasks you are allowed is related to your Quest Points. If you will be allowed 1 blocked task for every 50 Quest Points you have; you are allowed up to 5 blocked tasks. If you wish, you can remove a monster from the blocked list, however, you will not get the 100 points back that you spent to block them originally. You must also receive the task before you can block it.


FAQ

Do I get normal combat experience when training Slayer?
Yes, you will get experience like normally, in all fighting styles.

Are there any assignments that requires a completion of a quest before I can carry on that assignment?
No. You will only be assigned to kill the monsters you have access to.

Do I get slayer XP if two are fighting on the same monster in mulicombat areas?
You will get 50% experience if you deal the most damage, and you will get 50% experience if you do the last hit. If you hit most, and did the last hit, you will get 100%, if you didn't hit last, nor hit most, you won't get any XP at all.

How much experience do I get when killing monsters?
You will almost always get 1/10 of the monster's life points. For instance, the Goblins have 50 life points. So you will get 5 XP by fighting them. However, if you fight Hobgoblins in level 28, you will get 29 XP, since it has 290 life points.

Do I get XP from killing the Slayer creatures?
Only if you are assigned to kill them by a Slayer Master. If the Slayer monster isn't your current task, you won't get any Slayer XP.
Guide credits
Written by: Aliensvortex
Guide and images by: Aliensvortex, Lil McGinley
Special thanks to: Mike, Psi Command, Chokelius, Tim, Moon Switch, Tristipen, Slim50, Predator, Kaleb, commandd, Nightmare
Last update: 14-Aug-2012 09:23 by Mike
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