Dark beast

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This article is about the Slayer monster. For the superior variant, see Night beast.

Dark beast
Release date	17 October 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	182
Always drops	Big bones
Examine	From a darker dimension.
Examine	From a darker dimension.
Combat info
Hitpoints	220
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Max hit	17 (melee), 8 (magic)
Weakness	Stab
Attack Styles	Melee (crush), Magic
Attack Styles	Melee (crush), Magic
Slayer info
Slayer level	90
Slayer XP	225.4
Category	Dark Beast
Assigned by
Assigned by
Combat stats
	140
	140
	160
	160
	120
	120
	160
	160
	1
	1
Aggressive stats
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
Defensive stats
	+30
	+30
	+40
	+40
	+100
	+100
	+90
	+90
	+100
	+100
Other Bonuses
	?
	?
	?
	?
	+0
	+0
	+0%
	+0%
Immunities
	Not immune
	Not immune
	Not immune
	Not immune
Attack speed
Attack speed

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)	Not sold
	Dark totem base	1	Rare (1/280)	Not sold
	Dark totem middle	1	Rare (1/280)	Not sold
	Dark totem top	1	Rare (1/280)	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

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has access to the standard rare drop table.

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	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.