Slayer

What's going on guys, my name's Theoatrix and welcome to my updated level 1-99 Slayer Guide.

Why Train Slayer?

Slayer unlocks monsters that you can't normally kill, with some being the most profitable monsters in the game.

• Hydra: 3.6m/hr
• Cerberus: 2.8m/hr
• Thermy: 1.3m/hr
• Sire: 1.1m/hr
• Grotesque: 900k/hr
• Kraken: 800k/hr

Overall, on your journey to 99 Slayer, you can make a lot of money depending on your playstyle.

The skill unlocks unique drops like the Abyssal Whip, the Trident, the Occult Necklace and more. For Ironmen to be raids-ready, they need to train their Slayer for these upgrades.

• Level 58 - Cave Horrors: Black Mask
• Level 69 - Demonic Gorillas: Zenytes
• Level 83 - Spiritual Mage: Dragon Boots
• Level 85 - Abyssal Demon: Abyssal Whip
• Level 87 - Cave Kraken - Trident and Tentacle
• Level 91 - Cerberus: Crystals for Boots
• Level 93 - Smoke Devil: Occult Necklace
• Level 95 - Alchemical Hydra: Dragon Hunter Lance

Another reason to train Slayer is you level your combat stats as you go. Leveling to 99 Slayer gets you close to 99 in all of the combat stats.

It's efficient combat experience, because your XP per hour is boosted by the effects of the Black Mask or the Slayer Helmet, which give a damage and accuracy boost on Slayer tasks.

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10 quests in Old School have a Slayer level requirement. Some important ones include Desert Treasure 1, Animal Magnetism, The Fremennik Exiles and Monkey Madness 2.

• Level 10 - Desert Treasure I
• Level 18 - Animal Magnetism
• Level 30 - The Slug Menace
• Level 38 - A Taste of Hope
• Level 40 - Rag and Bone Man II
• Level 40 - Royal Trouble
• Level 42 - Rum Deal
• Level 50 - Sins of the Father
• Level 60 - The Fremennik Exiles
• Level 69 - Monkey Madness II

You need level 69 Slayer to get the Quest Cape, and you need level 95 Slayer for the Achievement Diary Cape.

How Slayer Works

By speaking to one of the 9 Slayer Masters in Old School, you're assigned a Slayer task. The task consists of a specific monster, and the quantity of that monster that you need to kill.

Each Slayer Master assigns monsters from their own task list, and higher level Slayer Masters give harder and longer tasks.

For every monster that you kill on your Slayer task, you're rewarded with Slayer experience equal to the total hit points of the monster.

Some Slayer monsters require items to be able to kill them. These Slayer items can be bought from any Slayer Master.

• Banshees: Earmuffs
• Wall Beasts: Spiny Helmet
• Devils: Facemask
• Basilisks: Mirror Shield
• Cockatrice: Mirror Shield
• Cave Horrors: Witchwood Icon
• Killerwatts: Insulated Boots
• Fever Spiders: Slayer Gloves
• Aberrant Spectres: Nose Peg

When you complete your Slayer task, you gain a number of Slayer points depending on the Slayer Master. Slayer points give access to a wide range of Slayer-related rewards, and I'll talk more about Slayer points soon.

Overall, Slayer is a skill that is significantly faster if you have high combat stats.

It's extremely slow at a low combat level, so I would suggest starting Slayer at a minimum of 70 combat. However, there are still come low-level strategies in this guide.

Slayer Masters

• No Requirements
• + Short, low level tasks
• Gives no points

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• Requires Porcine of Interest
• + Short, low level tasks
• Gives no points

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• Requires 1 task completion
• + Most points per task
• Tasks only in Wilderness

On her tasks, monsters drop Laran's Keys, which are worth over 170k on the Grand Exchange.

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• Requires 20 combat
• + Assigns tasks closeby
• Low Points

The tasks are great for low level accounts, although he gives very few Slayer points.

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• Require 40 combat
• + Longer tasks
• Hard tasks for 40 combat

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• Requires 70 combat + Lost City
• + Fast XP + decent points
• Assigns dragons commonly

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• Requires 75 Combat
• + Brimstone Key Drops
• Area Specific Tasks

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• Requires 85 Combat
• + Fast xp tasks
• Close to teleport

She is replaced with Steve after you complete Monkey Madness 2.

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• Requires 100 Combat + 50 Slayer
• + Best xp tasks
• + Longest tasks

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There's a neat update that Jagex introduced, where with 99 Slayer, you can access any Slayer Master regardless of the requirements.

That means that Pures with low combat can access Duradel, Nieve and Konar at 99 Slayer.

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Slayer Points

Slayer Points are rewarded for completing tasks. The Wilderness Slayer Master gives the most points, which is 25 per task, and Turael and Spria give 0 points.

• Turael: 0 Points
• Spria: 0 Points
• Mazchna: 2 Points
• Vannaka: 4 Points
• Chaeldar: 10 Points
• Nieve/Steve: 12 Points
• Duradel: 15 Points
• Konar: 18 Points (20 with Elite Kourend Diary)
• Krystilia: 25 Points

If you complete the Elite Kourend Diary, Konar rewards 2 more Slayer per task, and the Elite Western Provinces Diary boosts Nieve Slayer Points to match Duradel's.

• 10th Task - 5x Points
• 50th Task - 15x Points
• 100th Task - 25x Points
• 250th Task 25x Points
• 1000th Task - 50x Points
• You don't get any Slayer Points for your first 4 tasks, but every 10 tasks you get a boosted amount of Slayer Points.
• You get 5 times the points every 10th task, 15 times every 50th, and it continues to 50 times for every 1000th.

With these Slayer Points, you can spend them at any Slayer Master by right-clicking and selecting Rewards.

The best unlock order for your Slayer Points comes down to your training style.

Unlocks:

• Unlock new slayer tasks
• Unlock new slayer items
• Unlock utilities and helmets

Extends:

• Increase number assigned
• Important for fast xp slayer

Buys:

• Convert slayer points to items
• Buy slayer rings, broad bolds or different bags

Tasks:

• Skip a slayer assignment
• Block a slayer task

1. Bigger and Badder
2. Block Tasks
3. Slayer Helmet

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Useful Unlocks

Next, I'd like to cover the useful unlocks that you should aim to have. There's a number of quests in Old School that unlock Slayer Tasks.

• Dragons: Started Dragon Slayer I
• Dagannoths Horror From the Deep
• Suqahs: Lunar Diplomacy
• Skeletal Wyverns: Elemental Workshop I
• Horros: Cabin Fever
• Killerwatts: Ernest the Chicken
• Elves: Underground Pass
• Dust Devils: Desert Treasure I
• Adamant and Rune Dragons: Dragon Slayer II
• Dark Beasts: Mourning's End Park II
• Dwarf Cannon Quest: Unlocks multicannon
• Desert Treasure I: Unlocks Ancient Spellbook
• Start Fairytale Part II: Unlocks Fairy Rings

Dwarf Cannon lets you use the multi-cannon, which greatly speeds up your tasks.

Desert Treasure 1 unlocks the Ancient Spellbook, which is important for bursting, and partially completing Fairy Tale Part 2 lets you use Fairy Rings, which are almost essential.

With 54 Crafting and 400 Slayer Points, you can learn to craft Slayer Helmets, which combines multiple Slayer equipment into one helmet.

With 75 Crafting and 300 Slayer Points, you can learn to craft Slayer Rings, which are vital for getting to Slayer locations the fastest.

On top of these unlocks, you should also get Expeditious Bracelets and Bracelets of Slaughter. These are a must if you want the best XP rates.

Iron Men should make these bracelets themselves, and you need 38 Crafting and 49 Magic to make them.

It's also very useful to have an upgraded player-owned house.

Expeditious Bracelets shorten your Slayer Task, whereas Bracelets of Slaughter extend your task.

• Teleports
• Jewelry Box
• Fairy Ring
• Restoration Pool
• Occult Alter

Armour & Weapons

With Slayer, it's recommended to mainly melee your tasks, while you use a cannon, and burst on the burstable tasks.

Melee is the most popular main style, due to its low cost, although ranged is another fairly popular option.

Magic is not recommended as your main combat style, and it should only be used when bursting.

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The best in slot for melee is the Fang, which is only 30mil right now. The Rapier, Inquisitor's Mace and Blade of Seldor are all second best in slot, and a cheaper option to use is a regular whip, which costs 1.7mil right now.

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As with melee armour, it's important to have the Dragon Defender unlocked. A Black Mask or a Slayer Helmet is also essential for Slayer training.

The best in slot melee gear is Torva, although you can get away with a Fighter Torso and Obsidian Plate Legs as a far cheaper option.

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On some Slayer tasks, you'll want to wear magic defensive gear. Masori is the best in slot, but Dragonhide does the trick. Don't use Armadyl, because it gives a negative melee attack bonus.

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When slaying, for a lot of tasks, you'll want to use Protection Prayers. After the Slug Menace quest, you can use Proselyte, which gives the highest prayer bonus.

Monk Robes are second best, and they give the same bonus as Initiate and God Vestment Robes.

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With ranged, if you cannon as many tasks as possible from level 1 to 99 Slayer, you'll get over 90 ranged.

This assumes you're using melee as your main combat style. But if you do choose to use ranged as your main style, a Bowfa, a Blowpipe or a Magic Shortbow are the best.

Masori is best in slot, although Black Dehide is a cost-effective option. You should always use an imbued Black Mask or an imbued Slayer Helmet if you're ranging.

The imbue gives damage and accuracy boosts to ranged, and it can be imbued at the Nightmare Zone, Soul Wars or the PvP Arena.

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For a weapon, you should bring at least an Ancient Staff to autocast Ancient Magics.

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For mage armour, Ancestral is the best in slot, and God Vestment Robes are a good option because of their prayer bonus. You should have an imbued Black Mask or imbued Slayer Helmet as well, plus always bring an Occult Necklace.

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Training Styles

• Low Level Training
• Fastest Experience
• Profitable Slayer
• AFK Slayer
• Most Slayer Points

Low Level Training

Upon speaking to a Slayer Master and retrieving your first Slayer Task, you'll receive an Enchanted Gem. This lets you check your current task, and how many you have left.

• Varrock Museum Quiz: +1k Slayer XP (1-9)
• A Porcine of Interest: +1k Slayer XP (9-13)
• 40- Combat use Canifis Slayer Master Mazchna

Vanakka can be used at 40 combat, but he assigns Dragons and harder tasks, so I don't recommend him at level 40.

If you're starting Slayer at a high combat level, then you can start with Slayer Masters like Chaeldar or Nieve for decent XP rates.

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Fastest Experience

• For the Fastest Slayer Experience in Old School, you'll be extending burstable tasks with Slayer Points and the Bracelet of Slaughter.
• Then you'll be using the Expeditious Bracelet and a cannon on tasks that aren't burstable.
• Then you'll skip and block the absolute slowest tasks, regardless of how profitable they are.

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Duradel is the best master to use for the fastest experience. And next is Nieve or Steve. You should not use Konar if you're going for the fastest XP.

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These are the tasks that you should skip. All of these tasks are not cannonable and slow.

• Turoth
• Kurask
• Wyverns
• Waterfiends
• Drake
• Wyrm
• Gagoyles
• Kraken
• Spiritual Creatures
• Dragons

In terms of tasks you should block, it depends on the task weightings, which means how often they get assigned.

• Drake
• Wyrm
• Kraken
• Gargoyle
• Spiritual Creatures

With your Slayer Points, this is the unlock order that you should use.

1. Bigger and Badder
2. Block tasks
3. Extend Dust Devils
4. Extend Nechryaels
5. Slayer Helmet
6. Slayer Rings

You should always start with Bigger and Badder for the extra Slayer XP, then block tasks, extend Dust Devils and Necroyals, then unlock the Slayer Helmet and Slayer Rings.

As I mentioned, you should always be using the Bracelet of Slaughter on burstable tasks, and you should always use the Expeditious Bracelet on any other task that you do.

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Profitable Slayer

For this, you won't be bursting or using a cannon, and you'll be blocking and skipping tasks that don't make money, even if they're really fast XP.

The best Slayer Masters to use for money are Konar and Crystillia, although you can make good money from Duradel and Nieve as well.

As I mentioned earlier, you get Brimstone Keys on Konar's Slayer tasks, and each key averages 86k in loot.

Krystilia is the Wilderness Master, and her tasks drop Larence Keys.

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There are a number of tasks you should unlock to make more profit, some of them require quests, and others can be unlocked with Slayer Points.

• Lizardmen - Slayer Points
• Aviansies - Slayer Points
• Jungle Horrors - Cabin Fever
• Ice Trolls - Fremnik Isles
• Rune Dragons - Dragon Slayer II
• Adamant Dragons - Dragon Slayer II
• Demonic Gorillas - Monkey Madness II
• Skeletal Wyverns - Elemental Workshop I
• Dark Beasts - Mourning's End Part II

These are the tasks you should skip if you're going for the most profit.

• Kalphites
• Suquahs
• Dagannoths
• Bloodvelds
• Turoths
• Ankous
• Elves
• Fire Giants
• Waterfiends

Despite Dagonoths and Kalphites being decent experience, they don't drop anything valuable.

As with blocks, once again, it depends on the Slayer Master.

Nieve/Duradel Blocks

• Bloodvelds
• Fire Giants
• Kalphites
• Dagannoths
• Suqah

Konar Blocks

• Bloodvelds
• Fire Giants
• Kalphites
• Dagannoths
• Ankous

With your Slayer Points, you should start with Bigger and Badder, then Block Tasks, then you unlock Aviances and Lizardmen, and then unlock the Slayer Helmet and Slayer Rings.

• Bigger and Badder
• Block Tasks
• Unlock Aviansies
• Unlock Lizardmen
• Gargoyle Smasher
• Like a Boss
• Slayer Helmet
• Extend Tasks

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AFK Slayer

To AFK, you'll be fighting aggressive monsters, monsters that you can stack in multi, and you'll be using a cannon.

• 10-20 minutes AFK depending on the monster
• This lets you sit AFK until they stop attacking you.

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• 1-3 minutes AFK
• You can attack multiple enemies at once, and then AFK and you'll kill them one by one.

• 5-10 minutes AFK
• To AFK the longest, you can use either Guthans or a prayer bonus setup.
• Wearing Full Proselyte with Protect from Melee active lasts 10 minutes, for 70 prayer points.
• On tasks that you can AFK for a long time, you should be using Bracelets of Slaughter to extend them.

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As with skipping tasks for AFK experience, you'll want to skip Dragons tasks, as well as other non-AFK tasks, regardless of their XP rate and how profitable they are.

• Dragons
• Gargoyles
• Wyverns
• Drakes
• Wyrms
• Cave Horrors Waterfiends
• Kurasks

These are the blocklists for Duradel and Nieve for AFK Slayer training.

• Mithril Dragons
• Wyverns
• Spiritual Creatures
• Steel Dragons
• Iron Dragons
• Gargoyle Smasher
• Shroom Sprayer
• Blocks
• Slayer Helmet
• Slayer Rings
• Bigger and Badder
• Extends

With your Slayer points, you should start with unlocking Gargoyle Smasher, then Shroom Sprayer. These reduce the amount of clicking required to kill Gargoyles and Zygomites.

Then block tasks, unlock the Slayer Helmet, Slayer Rings, then Bigger and Badder.

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Most Slayer Points

Now, to get the most Slayer points in Old School, there's 2 different methods. You can use either the Wilderness Slayer Master, or you can boost with Konar.

• Wilderness Slayer is up to 250 points per hour.
• For the fastest points, you can take a Cannon with you into the Wilderness, but I advise taking as little as 300 Cannonballs.

You can also burst some Slayer tasks in the Wilderness Slayer Caves, although it's very dangerous to do.

For Wilderness Slayer, some players choose not to skip or block any tasks, but on the screen are some suggestions of tasks you might consider skipping.

• Spiritual Creatures
• Magic Axes
• Black Demons
• Moss Giants
• Earth Warriors
• Fire Giants
• Bloodvelds
• Lava Dragons

It's up to you which tasks you want to block out of these.

• I Wildy More Slayer
• Bigger and Badder
• Block Tasks
• Extend Tasks
• Slayer Helmet

This involves doing 9 tasks at Turael in Berthorpe, then completing the 10th task milestone at Konar.

With the right teleports, boosting is pretty effortless, and you can get up to 200 Slayer points per hour.

In the description, I've linked a Konar boosting guide with all of the information that you'll need.

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Slayer Tips & Tricks

Now, I'm going to show some Slayer tips and tricks that will greatly improve your training.

1. If you get a Slayer task from a Slayer Master and it's too difficult, you can go to Turael and get an easier task at the expense of resetting your task streak.
2. You start getting points from the 5th task in your task streak, so it's recommended to use Turael for the first 4 tasks.
3. There are certain monsters you should be careful running past, particularly in the Morytania Slayer Tower.
4. If you don't wear the right items, your stats get drained very quickly.
5. There's a number of alternative monsters that you can kill that provide better XP rates or profit on certain Slayer tasks. Below, are some of them.

• Trolls: Ice Trolls
• Black Demons: Demonic Gorillas
• Black Dragons: KBD/Brutal/Baby
• Blue Dragons: Vorkath/Baby
• Dagannoths: Kings
• Greater Demons: K'ril Tsutaroth
• Zygomites: Ancient Zygomites
• Lizards: Sulphur Lizards
• Most Tasks: Ensouled Heads Reanimation

Reanimating ensouled Heads is a notable one, where you can train Prayer while you complete your Slayer task.

1. Learn how to Prayer Flick

• You can Prayer Flick Protection Prayers or you can Prayer Flick Offensive Prayers as well.

1. When you're using a cannon in a single way combat area, it acts as if it's multi-combat if you're in a safe spot.

• This is very useful in Nieve's Cave.

1. If you get assigned a Jad Slayer task, you can skip it for free by entering and exiting the Fight Caves.

1. You can complete some Slayer tasks in the Nightmare Zone.

• You can complete Black Demons, Hellhounds or Trolls.

1. If you've completed Lunar Diplomacy and have 67 Magic, you can use NPC Contact to contact Slayer Masters.

• This means you can get a new task very quickly from anywhere.

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Ironman Tips

Cannoning is not efficient as an Iron Man, since cannonballs take a very long time to make.

1. Making cannonballs is only worth it if you're solely looking for something to AFK and you have the mold from the Giant's Foundry.
2. As an Iron Man, the Herb Sack is particularly useful with Slayer.

• You'll come across thousands of herbs on your journey to 99 Slayer, and it's best not to miss any.

Anyways, that's my updated level 1-99 Slayer guide for Old School. Thanks for reading. - Theoatrix

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