Basilisk

A Basilisk is a Slayer monster that requires a Slayer level of 40 to kill. Players must equip a mirror shield when fighting these monsters. Without the shield their stats dangerously reduced by the Basilisk's stare. In addition to stats being drained, they will constantly hit 11's on you without a miss. Basilisks attack with melee, so wearing good melee armour will ensure that the player takes minimal damage.

Shortly after the release of Summoning, the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon was almost always inundated with people seeking charms from the Basilisks. This area is not nearly as crowded these days, but it can still get quite busy at peak times.

Players with level 70 defence or above will not get hit very often, so less food is recommended to make room for drops. The spell Bones to peaches is highly recommended for lower levels or mage "pures". It is also possible to safe spot them from the south in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon if you hug the eastern wall near the south entrance. (NOTE: You still need a mirror shield even if you kill Basilisks from a safe spot.)

Basilisks have a high slash defence and a low crush defence, it is recommended that the player does not use slash style and uses instead a weapon with crush style.

A player can obtain a baby basilisk as a pet, by taking a rare Basilisk head (stuffed or unstuffed) to Nomad or Zimberfizz (after Nomad's Requiem) in the Soul Wars lobby. Turning the head into the pet costs 40 zeal points. A Ring of Wealth does not increase the Basilisk head drop rate as it is an "extra drop" like a Clue Scroll.

Their attack speed is equal to that of a dagger.

Locations

 * Fremennik Slayer Dungeon
 * Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon (multi-combat area)

100% drop

 * Bones

Runes

 * 75 or 150 Water runes
 * 15 or 37 Nature runes
 * 3 Law runes
 * Chaos talisman (uncommon)
 * Nature talisman (uncommon)

Weapons & Armour

 * Steel battleaxe (common)
 * Mithril spear
 * Mithril hatchet
 * Mithril kiteshield
 * Rune dagger
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * Rune javelin (rare)
 * White/gold Mystic hat (rare)
 * White/gold Mystic boots (very rare)
 * Shield left half (very rare)
 * Dragon spear (very rare)
 * Rune scimitar (very rare)
 * Rune full helm (rare)
 * Adamant full helm (semi-rare)

Gems

 * Uncut sapphire
 * Uncut emerald
 * Uncut ruby
 * Uncut diamond

Herbs

 * Grimy guam  (common)
 * Grimy marrentill (common)
 * Grimy tarromin (common)
 * Grimy harralander (common)
 * Grimy ranarr (common)
 * Grimy irit (uncommon)
 * Grimy lantadyme (rare)
 * Grimy avantoe (uncommon)
 * Grimy cadantine (rare)
 * Grimy kwuarm (uncommon)
 * Grimy dwarf weed (rare)

Other

 * 11, 44, 132, 200 or 440 coins (very common)
 * Clue scroll (level 2)
 * Adamantite ore (semi-common)
 * Basilisk bone - only during the Wish List section of the Rag and Bone Man quest.
 * Basilisk head (extremely rare)
 * Half of a key (rare)
 * Nothing

Trivia

 * In the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, there was a crevice that basilisks would walk over and subsequently appear to float above the ground. This has now been fixed.
 * When they defend, their rear right foot pivots on the floor unrealistically. This has not been fixed.