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Dark beasts are monsters that require 90 Slayer to kill, and are found in the Mourner Tunnels as well as in the Dragon's Den (north-west) area of the Catacombs of Kourend. Along with their superior variant, they are the only monster in the game to drop the dark bow and the death talisman.
Dark beasts attack with both Melee and Magic; however, they will only use Magic if they are attacked by the player first, or if they cannot attack the player with Melee. Dark beasts do not follow tolerance rules, and are always aggressive to the player regardless of how long they have stayed in their presence. Their highly accurate melee attacks means that using Protect from Melee is recommended when killing dark beasts.
A combat level of 100 is required to have them assigned to the player as a Slayer assignment, unless the player has spoken to a Slayer Master about the difficulty of assignments; progressing through Mourning's Ends Part II to the point where the player can access the tunnels is also required, as well as 90 Slayer.
Players who have a Slayer ring and completed Mourning's End Part II can rub the ring to immediately teleport to the dark beasts in the Mourner Tunnels. Another fast method to reach these dark beasts is the death altar through the Abyss. If the player cannot use these methods, then they will need to enter through the Mourner Headquarters wearing a full mourner set (with no non-regulated items being worn) and the new key to open the door.
Drops[]
100%[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 
Big bones 1 Always 262
Weapons and armour[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Black 2h sword 1 Common 909
Black battleaxe 1 Common 502
Black axe 1 Common 494
Adamant sq shield 1 Uncommon 2,057
Rune chainbody 1 Uncommon 29,475
Rune med helm 1 Uncommon 11,084
Rune full helm 1 Uncommon 20,588
Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Dark bow 1 Rare (1/512) 398,440
Runes[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Death rune 20 Common 4,060
Chaos rune 30 Uncommon 2,670
Air rune 47 Uncommon 235
Blood rune 10–15 Uncommon 3,670–5,505
Herbs[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 674
Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy kwuarm 1 Uncommon 1,165
Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312
Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391
Grimy dwarf weed 1 Rare 448
Seeds[]
- This monsters drops seeds from the rare allotment seed drop table.
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Toadflax seed 1 Uncommon 795
Irit seed 1 Uncommon 47
Belladonna seed 1 Uncommon 57
Poison ivy seed 1 Rare 18
Cactus seed 1 Rare 98
Avantoe seed 1 Rare 1,675
Kwuarm seed 1 Rare 379
Snapdragon seed 1 Rare 54,551
Cadantine seed 1 Rare 1,034
Lantadyme seed 1 Rare 2,358
Dwarf weed seed 1 Rare 423
Torstol seed 1 Very rare 58,385
Other[]
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 64–220 Common Not sold
Attack potion(3) 1 Uncommon 3
Shark 1–2 Uncommon 921–1,842
Adamantite ore 5 (noted) Uncommon 5,250
Adamantite bar 3 (noted) Uncommon 5,712
Runite ore 1 (noted) Uncommon 11,169
Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368
Death talisman 1 Rare (1/128) 10,060
Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare (1/128) Not sold
Ancient shard 1 Rare (1/186.66)[1] Not sold
Dark totem base 1 Rare (1/280)[1] Not sold
Dark totem middle 1 Rare (1/280)[1] Not sold
Dark totem top 1 Rare (1/280)[1] Not sold
Long bone 1 Rare (1/400) Not sold
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Very rare (1/1,200) Not sold
Curved bone 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Only dropped by those found within the Catacombs of Kourend.
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the standard rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 3,000 Rare Not sold
Loop half of key 1 Rare 10,307
Tooth half of key 1 Rare 10,840
Uncut sapphire 1 Rare 455
Runite bar 1 Rare 12,368
Chaos talisman 1 Very rare 505
Nature rune 67 Very rare 14,539
Rune 2h sword 1 Very rare 37,758
Rune battleaxe 1 Very rare 24,487
Uncut emerald 1 Very rare 679
Law rune 45 Very rare 7,470
Death rune 45 Very rare 9,135
Steel arrow 150 Very rare 4,800
Rune arrow 42 Very rare 2,940
Adamant javelin 20 Very rare 1,220
Rune sq shield 1 Very rare 22,459
Dragonstone 1 Very rare 11,932
Silver ore 100 (noted) Very rare 7,000
Uncut ruby 1 Very rare 1,249
Rune kiteshield 1 Very rare 32,015
Dragon med helm 1 Very rare 58,488
Rune spear 1 Very rare 11,933
Shield left half 1 Very rare 65,697
Dragon spear 1 Very rare 37,226
Uncut diamond 1 Very rare 2,627
Rune javelin 5 Very rare 875
Trivia[]
- Upon their release, dark beasts used to look like a dark-brown version of the Temple guardian with a black horn.
