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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 1 Always 262
Weapons
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Black 2h sword 1 Common 909 Black battleaxe 1 Common 502 Black axe 1 Uncommon 494 Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758 Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487 Dark bow 1 Rare (1/512) 398,440
Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Adamant sq shield 1 Common 2,057 Rune chainbody 1 Uncommon 29,475 Rune med helm 1 Uncommon 11,084 Rune full helm 1 Uncommon 20,588
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 15 Uncommon 5,505
Herbs
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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
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Avantoe seed 1 Uncommon 1,675 Kwuarm seed 1 Uncommon 379 Cadantine seed 1 Uncommon 1,034 Snapdragon seed 1 Uncommon 54,551
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price 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
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 64–220 Common Not sold File:Attack potion (3).png Attack potion(3) 1 Uncommon 3 Shark 1–2 Uncommon 921–1,842 Death talisman 1 Rare (1/128) 10,060 Clue scroll (hard) 1 Rare (1/128) 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 also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000 Common Not sold Loop half of key 1 Common 10,307 Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,840 Chaos talisman 1 Common 505 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 455 Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 679 Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,249 Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 744 Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800 Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,940 Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 875 Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,220 Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,368 Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,539 Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,470 Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,135 Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,487 Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,758 Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,459 Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,000 Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,932 Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,627 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,488 Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,015 Rune spear 1 Rare 11,933 Shield left half 1 Rare 65,697 Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,226