Slayer Skill

(This is a Members Runescape skill)

Thanks go to rwelch for help with this guide

Slayer is a skill that goes hand in hand with combat. When you are working on your Slayer skill you are also gaining experience in combat.

Slayer Masters
Talking to a Slayer Master
Using the Enchanted Gem
Special Equipment
Slaying Tips
Slayer Enemies & Locations

Slayer Masters

There are 5 different Slayer Masters. Each Slayer Master gives assignments of different levels of difficulty. They are listed below in the order of difficulty, easiest assignments to toughest.

Burthorpe

Requirements: Combat level 3 or more
Location: east of the bar. Named Turael.
Possible Assignments: Bats, Scorpions, Kalphites, Monkeys, Wolves, Crawling Hands, Banshees, Cave Crawlers, Ghosts, Dwarves, Wall Beasts, Rock Crawlers, Goblins, Skeletons, Zombies, Cave Slime

Morytania

Requirements: Combat level 20 or more
Location: north east of the Clothing Shop in Canifis. Named Mazchna.
Possible Assignments: Zombies, Shades, Ghouls, Hobgoblins, Pyrefiends, Cave Slime, Crawling Hands, Vampires, Mogres, Skeletons, Hill Giants, Wolves, Dogs, Bears

Edgeville Dungeon

Requirements: Combat level 40 or more
Location: east of the entrance to the Wilderness in the dungeon. Named Vannaka.
Possible Assignments: Elves, Trolls, Shadow Warriors, Moss Giants, Lesser Demons, Ice Giants, Fire Giants, Werewolves, Kurasks, Aberrant Specter, Kalphite, Bronze Dragons, Daganoth, Hellhounds, Green Dragons, Crocodiles

Zanaris

Requirements: Combat level 70 or more
Location: in the Lost City, south of the entrance. Named Chaeldar.
Possible Assignments: Fire Giants, Iron Dragons, Kalphite, Greater Demons, Lesser Demons, Gargoyles, Bronze Dragons, Blue Dragons

Shilo Village

Requirements: Combat level 100 or more and level 50 Slayer
Location: in the upstairs of the Fishing Shop. Named Duradel.
Possible Assignments: Iron Dragons, Steel Dragons, Bronze Dragons, Black Dragons, Black Demons, Kalphite, Fire Giants, Greater Demons, Kuraks, Cockatrices, Turoths, Gargoyles, Infernal Mages, Aberrant Specter, Cave Slime, Dust Devils, Necryaels, Bloodvelds, Jellys, Basalisks

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Talking to a Slayer Master

The first time you talk to a Slayer Master, you will be given an Enchanted Gem. This allows you to contact the Slayer Master and check on your progress. If you loose it, you can buy another one from a Slayer Master.

You will also be given an assignment, a certain amount of a certain enemy to kill. The enemies can range from Goblins to King Black Dragons.

A Slayer Master may recommend another Slayer Master that may be better for you level, you can take this advise and talk to the other Slayer Master or continue with the Slayer Master you are already using.

When you are given an assignment it is a good idea to ask the Slayer Master if they have any tips for you. They will tell you if any special equipment is required and sometimes let you know where the enemy can be found.

If you think the assignment is too tough or you just don't want to kill that enemy, you can visit the Slayer Master in Burthorpe. He will give you a new assignment. You must complete the assignment he gives you. Once finished you can visit the Slayer Master of your choice again.

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Using the Enchanted Gem

When you activate the gem the Slayer Master will talk to you and you will be given a few questions that you can ask, such as asking how you are doing so far to find out how many more enemies to go and if they have any tips for you.

The Slayer Master that will talk to you is the one best suited to train you. You can also ask who and where they are.

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Special Equipment

Some enemies require specific items, weapons, or armour to be able to defeat them. These items are sold by the Slayer Masters. They are:

Item	Cost	Ememy used with (required Slayer level to fight)	Required Slayer level (other requirements)
Enchanted Gem	1	-	-
Bag of Salt	10	Rockslug (20)	1
Ice Cooler	1	Desert Lizards (22)	1
Rock Hammer	500	Gargoyle (75)	1
Spiny Helmet	350	Wall Beast (35)	1 (Defence 5)
Facemask	200	Dust Devil (65)	10
Earmuffs	200	Banshee (15)	15
Mirror Shield	5000	Cockatrice (25) Basilisk (40)	25 (Defence 20)
Fishing Explosive	60	Mogres (32)	32
Bug Lantern (shown unlit and lit)	130	Harpie Bug Swarm (33)	33
Slayer Boots	200	Killerwatts (37)	37
Slayer Gloves	200	Fever Spiders (42)	42
Broad Arrows	60	Turoth (55) Kurask (70)	55 (Ranged 50)
Leaf-bladed Spear	31000	Turoth (55) Kurask (70)	55 (Attack 50)
Slayer's Staff	21000	Turoth (55) Kurask (70)	55 (Magic 50)
Fungicide	10	Mutated Zygomites (57)	57
Fungicide Spray (10)	300	Mutated Zygomites (57)	57
Nose Peg	200	Aberrant Specter (60)	60

To begin your assignment, gather the items (weapon, armour, food, etc...) you will need to defeat the enemy that you have been assigned. Next, figure out where the enemy is. Then start killing away. You gain experience in the Slayer skill each time you kill the enemy that you have been assigned. You will also gain experience in your combat skills. When working on your Slayer skill, you must be on a Members Server. Enemies killed on a Free Server will not count for your assignment or give you Slayer experience.

Once you've completed an assignment, you will get a message telling you to return to a Slayer Master to get a new assignment.

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Slaying Tips

• Slayer experience is based on the hitpoints of the creature you kill
  
  
• When fighting some of the slayer creatures (Jellys, Bloodvelds) wearing Dragon Leather armor seems to be better protection. The creatures are fighting melee style but the higher magic defense of the ranger armor will protect you more. Example of armor with high defense - Black Dragonhide Body, Chaps, Vambraces, Archer Helm, Mage Boots, Elemental Shield.
  
  
• Slayer monsters seem to have better drops than normal monsters of the same level. I seem to get better drops from normal monsters while doing slayer tasks.
  
  
• Not sure if its coincidence... but I seem to take more damage when the Enchanted Gem is in my inventory...
  
  
• If you don't want to carry the Enchanted Gem but still want to keep track of your progress, watch your slayer experience. When you kill the first one figure out how much exp it was worth then use a calculator to figure out what your exp should be when you are done with the task. (This method is not 100% accurate, sometimes you actually have to kill a few more or less.) This also doesn't work well in multi-combat areas or with creature that have different levels (like Turoths).
  
  
• Cannons can not be set up in the Slayer Tower or dungeons.
  
  
• When going through the Aberrant Specter Room, you must wear a Nose Peg. They will hit you for 13 even with prayer on and your combat stats will drop by about 40 points per hit.
  
  

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Slayer Enemies & Locations

Maps of the Slayer Dungeons/Tower can be found in our Dungeons Guide.

You must complete the Priest in Peril Quest to get to the Canifis Slayer Tower.
You must complete the Desert Treasure Quest to enter the Smokey Well.

* You must use Rock Hammer to make the final hit on the Gargoyle. There are a couple safe spots for ranging.
* * There is one safe spot in room. Nechryael does melee damage, Undead Spawn damage considered mage
* * * There are no safe spots, they teleport you or themselves so you are always melee distance away

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