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Dark beasts are monsters that require 90 slayer to kill. They are the only creature in the game to drop the dark bow and the death talisman. A dark beast can attack using magic or melee, but it only uses magic if the player initiates combat against the beast or moves away from the beast so that it cannot melee the player. Since dark beasts are always aggressive regardless of how long the player has been present, players can avoid the magic attacks simply by having Auto-retaliate activated and allowing the dark beasts to initiate combat. This allows players to safely kill dark beasts through use of the Protect from Melee prayer. Alternatively, a player can move to a Safe spot and use the Protect from Magic prayer.

A combat level of 100 is required to have them assigned to the player as a slayer task, unless you have spoken to a slayer master about the difficulty of assignments. You will still need 90 slayer to kill them, however.

Dark beasts are an often underestimated method of training combat stats. Using prayer prolonging gear, a powerful weapon, and potions (stat boosting and prayer Potions), players may kill these beasts fairly quickly, as their defence is only average. The cost of buying the needed potions may be offset by dark bow drops.

They are found in the Mourner Tunnels that lead to the Temple of Light, and require partial completion of the Mourning's Ends Part II quest to reach them.

To reach Dark beasts, it is recommended to use the Slayer ring. To craft Slayer rings player will need 75 Crafting and 300 Slayer reward points. Slayer rings can also be bought from Slayer masters for 75 points each. Without Slayer ring players will have to walk to West Ardougne, enter the Mourner headquarters in the north-eastern part of the city, climb down the ladders and walk south. There will be a door that requires the New key to enter. Please note that to enter the Mourners' headquarters players must ONLY wield the Mourner gear. If any other items are wielded, the mourner guards will not let the player in. The drop trick system can be used here so players can take a full inventory of supplies with them. Taking the mourner gear will extend the length of the task so players will need at least two trips to complete the task.

Drops

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Big bones Big bones 1 Always 262

Weapons

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Black 2h sword Black 2h sword 1 Common 909
Black battleaxe Black battleaxe 1 Common 502
Black axe Black axe 1 Uncommon 494
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Dark bow Dark bow 1 Rare (1/512) 398,440

Armour

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Adamant sq shield Adamant sq shield 1 Common 2,057
Rune chainbody Rune chainbody 1 Uncommon 29,475
Rune med helm Rune med helm 1 Uncommon 11,084
Rune full helm Rune full helm 1 Uncommon 20,588

Runes

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Death rune Death rune 20 Common 4,060
Chaos rune Chaos rune 30 Uncommon 2,670
Air rune Air rune 47 Uncommon 235
Blood rune Blood rune 15 Uncommon 5,505

Herbs

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Grimy guam leaf Grimy guam leaf 1 Common 15
Grimy marrentill Grimy marrentill 1 Common 13
Grimy tarromin Grimy tarromin 1 Common 132
Grimy harralander Grimy harralander 1 Uncommon 674
Grimy ranarr weed Grimy ranarr weed 1 Uncommon 7,640
Grimy irit leaf Grimy irit leaf 1 Uncommon 775
Grimy avantoe Grimy avantoe 1 Uncommon 1,814
Grimy kwuarm Grimy kwuarm 1 Uncommon 1,165
Grimy cadantine Grimy cadantine 1 Rare 1,312
Grimy lantadyme Grimy lantadyme 1 Rare 1,391
Grimy dwarf weed Grimy dwarf weed 1 Rare 448

Seeds

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Avantoe seed Avantoe seed 1 Uncommon 1,675
Kwuarm seed Kwuarm seed 1 Uncommon 379
Cadantine seed Cadantine seed 1 Uncommon 1,034
Snapdragon seed Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 54,551

Materials

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Adamantite ore Adamantite ore 5 (noted) Uncommon 5,250
Adamantite bar Adamantite bar 3 (noted) Uncommon 5,712
Runite ore Runite ore 1 (noted) Uncommon 11,169
Runite bar Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368

Other

Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 100 Coins 64–220 Common Not sold
File:Attack potion (3).png Attack potion(3) 1 Uncommon 3
Shark Shark 1–2 Uncommon 921–1,842
Death talisman Death talisman 1 Rare (1/128) 10,060
Clue scroll (hard) Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare (1/128) Not sold
Long bone Long bone 1 Rare (1/400) Not sold
Clue scroll (elite) Clue scroll (elite) 1 Very rare (1/1,200) Not sold
Curved bone Curved bone 1 Very rare (1/5,000) Not sold

Rare drop table

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

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Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 1000 Coins 3,000 Common Not sold
Loop half of key Loop half of key 1 Common 10,307
Tooth half of key Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840
Chaos talisman Chaos talisman 1 Common 505
Uncut sapphire Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455
Uncut emerald Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679
Uncut ruby Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249
Nature talisman Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744
Steel arrow Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940
Rune javelin Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875
Adamant javelin Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220
Runite bar Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368
Nature rune Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539
Law rune Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470
Death rune Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135
Rune battleaxe Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487
Rune 2h sword Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758
Rune sq shield Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459
Silver ore Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000
Dragonstone Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932
Uncut diamond Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627
Dragon med helm Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488
Rune kiteshield Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015
Rune spear Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933
Shield left half Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697
Dragon spear Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226


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