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Introduction

Slayer is a combat related skill that is started by speaking to any 6 of the Slayer masters (Turael*, Mazchna, Vannaka, Chaeldar, Sumona, or Duradel*).

The slayer master in Burthrope is recommended if you are a low combat level.

After completing While Guthix Sleeps, Turael is replaced by Spria, and Duradel by Lapalok. Despite slightly different appearances, they act in the same way as their predecessors.

Training

The basics of Slayer is very easy. Basically, you are a hunter trying to kill a specific number of a monster and you will get slayer xp for killing them. Firstly. you must get an assignment of the said Slayer masters. They will tell you what monster to kill and the amount you have to kill. Slayer XP is dependent on the monsters Hitpoints level.

Recommendations

It is recommended you have a Slayer Gem or a Combat Bracelet(charged) on you when slaying at all times. After you have your task, ask for "Tips" to see what you need to do to kill your assignment. This can also be accessed through the Slayer Gem. It is also useful to have Lunar Magic for the spell (Contact Npc).

Slayer Monsters

There are many monsters you can unlock by training Slayer.

Monster	Combat Level/s	Slayer Required	Items Required
Crawling Hand	8, 12	5	None
Cave Bug	6,96	7	None
Cave Crawler	23, 138	10	None
Banshee	23, 90	15	Earmuffs/ masked earmuffs/ slayer helmet
Cave Slime	23	17	None, advised anti poisons
Rock Slug	29	20	Bag of salt
Desert Lizard	12, 24	22	Ice cooler
Cockatrice	37	25	Mirror shield
Pyrefiend	43	30	None
Mogre	60	32	Fishing explosive
Harpie Bug Swarm	46	33	Bug lantern
Wall Beast	49	35	Spiny helmet, spiky helmet, slayer helmet
Killerwatt	55	37	Insulated boots
Molanisk	51	39	Slayer bell
Basilisk	61	40	Mirror shield
Terror Dog	100, 110	40	None
Fever Spider	49	42	Slayer gloves
Infernal Mage	66	45	None
Brine Rat	70	47	None
Bloodveld	76	50	None
Jelly	78	52	None
Turoth	83, 85, 87, 89	55	Leaf bladed spear/ sword, slayer staff, broad arrows, broad tipped bolts
Warped Terrorbird	81	56	Crystal chime
Warped Tortoise	96	56	Crystal chime
Mutated Zygomite	74, 86	57	Fungicide spray
Cave Horror	80	58	Witchwood icon, light source
Aberrant Spectre	96	60	Nose peg, slayer helmet
Spiritual Ranger	115-127	63	None
Dust Devil	93	65	Facemask, masked earmuffs, slayer helmet
Spiritual Warrior	115-134	68	None
Kurask	106	70	Leaf bladed spear/ sword, slayer staff, broad arrows, broad tipped bolts
Skeletal Wyvern	140	72	Elemental shield
Gargoyle	111	75	Rock hammer
Nechryael	115	80	None
Spritual Mage	120-122	83	None
Abyssal Demon	124	85	None
Dark Beast	182	90	None

Slayer Masters

There are 6 slayer masters: Turael/Spria, Mazchna, Vannaka, Chaeldar, Sumona, and Duradel/Lapalok. Turael/Spria gives the easiest tasks and Duradel/Lapalok gives the hardest. For starting slayers, it is recommended to start with Turael/Spria as they give very easy tasks, even for low levels.

If at any time you are assigned a task by any slayer master EXCEPT Turael/Spria and you don't want to do the task, you can change it for a easier task by talking to Turael/Spria. However, if you have completed the "Smoking Kills" Quest and have obtained points, your task count would be reset to 0. You can only change tasks if the task you don't want to do isn't assigned by Turael himself.

The 6 Slayer Masters:

Name	Requirements	Location	Possible Tasks
Turael/Spria	Level 3 Combat	East Burthorpe	15-50 Banshees,15-50 Bats,15-50 Bears,15-50 Birds,15-50 Cave Bugs,15-50 Cave Crawlers,15-50 Cave Slimes,15-50 Cows,15-50 Crawling Hands,15-50 Desert Lizards,15-50 Dogs,15-50 Dwarves,15-50 Ghosts,15-50 Goblins,15-50 Icefiends,15-50 Kalphites,15-50 Minotaurs,15-50 Monkeys,15-50 Scorpions,15-50 Skeletons,15-50 Spiders,15-50 Wolves and 15-50 Zombies.
Mazchna	Level 20 Combat	North-east Canifis	40-70 Banshees,40-70 Bats,40-70 Bears,40-70 Catablepons,40-70 Cave Bugs,40-70 Cave Crawlers,40-70 Cave Slimes,40-70 Cockatrice,40-70 Crawling Hands,40-70 Desert Lizards,40-70 Dogs,40-70 Earth Warriors,40-70 Flesh Crawlers,40-70 Ghosts,40-70 Ghouls,40-70 Hill Giants, Hobgoblins,40-70 Ice Warriors,40-70 Kalphites,40-70 Mogres,40-70 Pyrefiends,40-70 Rockslugs,40-70 Shades,40-70 Skeletons,40-70 Vampires,10-20 Wall Beasts,40-70 Wolves and 40-70 Zombies.
Vannaka	Level 40 Combat	East of the Wilderness Gate in the Edgeville Dungeon	60-120 Aberrant spectres,60-120 Ankous,60-120 Banshees,60-120 Basilisks,60-120 Blue dragons,60-120 Bloodvelds,60-120 Brine Rats,60-120 Cave Bugs,60-120 Cave Crawlers,60-120 Cave Slimes,60-120 Cockatrice,60-120 Crawling Hands,30-60 Crocodiles,60-120 Dagannoths,30-60 Desert Lizards,60-120 Dust Devils,30-60 Earth Warriors,30-60 Elves,60-120 Fever Spiders,60-120 Fire Giants,60-120 Ghouls,30-60 Green Dragons,60-120 Harpy Bug Swarms,60-120 Hellhounds,60-120 Hill Giants,30-60 Ice Giants,60-120 Ice Warriors,60-120 Infernal Mages,60-120 Jellies,60-120 Jungle Horrors,60-120 Kalphites,60-120 Killerwatts,60-120 Kurasks,60-120 Lesser Demons,60-120 Mogres,60-120 Molanisks,60-120 Moss Giants,60-120 Ogres,60-120 Otherworldly Beings,60-120 Pyrefiends,60-120 Rock Slugs,60-120 Sea Snakes,60-120 Shades,60-120 Shadow Warriors,60-120 Trolls,60-120 Turoths,60-120 Vampires,10-20 Wall Beasts and 60-120 Werewolves.
Chaeldar	Level 70 Combat	Throne Room of Zanaris	110-170 Aberrant Spectres,110-170 Abyssal Demons,110-170 Banshees,110-170 Basilisks,110-170 Bloodvelds,110-170 Brine Rats,30-60 Bronze Dragons,110-170 Cave Bugs,110-170 Cave Crawlers, Cave Horrors,110-170 Cave Slimes,110-170 Cockatrices,110-170 Crawling Hands,30-60 Crocodiles,110-170 Dagannoths,30-60 Desert Lizards,110-170 Dust Devils,60-90 Elves,110-170 Fever Spiders,110-170 Fire Giants,110-170 Gargoyles,110-170 Harpy Bug Swarms,110-170 Hellhounds,30-60 Iron Dragons,110-170 Infernal Mages,110-170 Jellies,110-170 Jungle Horrors,110-170 Kalphites,110-170 Kurasks,110-170 Mogres,110-170 Molanisks,30-60 Mutated Zygomites,110-170 Nechryaels,110-170 Pyrefiends,110-170 Rock Slugs,110-170 Shadow Warriors,110-170 Spiritual Mages,110-170 Spiritual Rangers,110-170 Spiritual Warriors,110-170 Trolls,110-170 Turoths,10-20 Wall Beasts,110-170 Warped Terrorbirds and 110-170 Warped Tortoises.
Sumona	Level 85 Combat, Level 35 Slayer, and the completion of "Smoking Kills"	Pollnivneach	120-185 Aberrant Spectres,120-185 Abyssal Demons,120-185 Banshees,120-185 Basilisks,120-185 Black Demons,120-185 Blue Dragons,120-185 Bloodvelds,120-185 Cave Crawlers,120-185 Cave Horrors,120-185 Dagannoths,120-185 Dust Devils,60-90 Elves,120-185 Fire Giants,120-185 Gargoyles,120-185 Greater Demons,120-185 Hellhounds,30-60 Iron Dragons,120-185 Kalphites,120-185 Kurasks,120-185 Nechryael,30-60 Red Dragons,30-60 Scabarites,120-185 Spiritual Mages,120-185 Spiritual Warriors,30-60 Terror Dogs,120-185 Trolls,120-185 Turoths and 120-185 Warped Tortoises.
Duradel/Lapalok	Level 100 Combat, and Level 50 Slayer	Shilo Village (Go up the ladder in the fishing shop and head north to find him)	130-200 Aberrant Spectres,130-200 Abyssal Demons,130-200 Black Demons,40-80 Black Dragons,130-200 Bloodvelds,130-200 Cave Horrors,130-200 Dagannoths,130-200 Dark Beasts,130-200 Dust Devils,130-200 Fire Giants,130-200 Gargoyles,40-80 Goraks,130-200 Greater Demons,130-200 Hellhounds,40-80 Iron dragons,130-200 Jungle Horrors,130-200 Kalphites,4-8 Mithril Dragons,130-200 Nechryaels,40-80 Scabarites,40-80 Skeletal Wyverns,130-200 Spiritual Mages,40-80 Steel Dragons,40-80 Suqahs,130-200 Turoths,130-200 Warped Terrorbirds and 130-200 Waterfiends.

Places To Train

Apart from where you kill your assignment, there are specialist Slayer Caves placed around RuneScape.

The Fremenik Slayer cave is located east of the Golden Apple Tree that you went to in The Fremmink Trials Quest. Here you can find Cave Crawlers, Cockatrices, Pyrefiends, Basilisks, Jellys, Turoths & Kurasks

The Canifis Slayer Tower can be found southwest to Canifis. You can find Crawling Hands, Banshees, Infernal Mages, Bloodvelds, Aberrant Spectres, Gargoyles, Nechryaels & Abyssal Demons here. You must have completed Priest in Peril to access this dungeon.

The Lumbridge Swamp caves are located in the obvious location; below Lumbridge. You will need a Light Source to proceed (Bullseye Lantern and Spikey Helmet Recommended). You can find Cave Bugs, Cave Crawlers, Cave Slimes, Rock Slugs & Wall Beasts here.

Slayer Points

After completing the quest Smoking Kills you can gain Slayer Points from tasks.

Points

You gain Slayer points by completing slayer tasks, however to start you need to complete 5 tasks in a row before gaining any, these tasks can also not be from Turael. If you use Turael for a task then your count is reset to 0 and you need to complete 5 more to get points again.

Each Slayer Master gives points as follows:

Mazchna: 1
Vannaka: 4
Chaeldar: 10
Sumona: 12
Duradel: 15

Every 10th task you get 5 x the points, every 50th task you get 15 x the points.

Buy

10K Slayer Experience for 400 points
Ring of Slaying* for 75 points
250 Slayer Dart Spells (1,000 Mind Runes, 250 Death Runes) for 35 points
Broad arrows/ bolts for 35 points

* This teleports you to the main slayer locations, and enables you to check you task progress.

Learn

How to fletch broad arrows and bolts, for arrows add broad heads to flighted arrows, for bolts add feathers.
How to craft rings of slaying, smelt gold bar with slayer gem.
How to make Slayer Helmet, combine black mask, nosepeg, earmuffs, facemask and spiky helmet.

Assignments

Cancel task - skip a slayer task without losing your run of consecutive tasks for 30 points
Remove task* - make it so you never get a certain 4 tasks again for 100 points per monster.

* You can cancel the removal, but you will not get refunded the points.

Rewards

The most wanted rewards that are only obtained from slayer monsters are the Abyssal whip, which is gotten from killing Abyssal Demons (need 85 slayer to kill), the Dark Bow, which is gotten from killing Dark Beasts (need level 90 slayer to kill), Dragon Boots, which are gotten from killing Spiritual Mages (need level 83 slayer), the Black Mask, which is gotten from killing Cave Horrors (level 58 slayer) The most sought after reward is the new Slayer Helmet. (Infused with a Black mask, Facemask, Nosepeg, Earmuffs, and Spiny Helmet).

Additionally, Dust Devils(level 65 slayer) are one of the 2 monsters that drop the dragon chainbody. (The second being the mighty Kalphite Queen)

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