Skeletal horror

The Skeletal Horror is a monster you can kill once the wishlist for the quest Fur 'n' Seek is complete, once a week. While fighting it, both hands and the tail will come off, and its combat level will go down. Pick them up and bury these to make its level stay down. After the parts are buried you can kill it and talk to the Odd Old Man for your reward. The first fight will reward you with 10,000 Slayer experience and 7,000 Prayer experience. To fight the Skeletal Horror again you must first talk to the Odd Old Man and ask him to rebuild the creature for you (he will then rebuild the creature every week for you to fight it). Every subsequent fight after will reward you with 1,250 Slayer experience and 1,000 Prayer experience.

Habitat
East of the Odd Old Man once the wish list for the second part of Fur 'n' Seek is completed.

Strategy
The Skeletal Horror can be very dangerous for anyone not prepared. Wear high melee defence armour such as Barrows or Dragon and pray "Protect from Magic" as the magic attack appears to be faster than his melee and much more accurate. Unfortunately, the Skeletal Horror will not attack you with the attack-type that you are praying from, so high healing food such as sharks or rocktails is recommended. After you have cut both of its arms off, it seems to lose its magic attack. You can safely switch to Protect from Melee at this point.

Use a basic weapon set up of a Dragon dagger (p++) and an Abyssal whip or other strong melee weapon as well as a super set of potions. Use all four Dragon Dagger specials and then switch to your other weapon to finish him off. If a player has 80+ in attack, strength, and defence he or she should not have much trouble.

Basically, if you can kill a mithril dragon for the second bone wish-list, you are well prepared to fight this monster.

An excellent way to kill this monster is to use Range, as it is very weak to ranged attacks. Start with Ruby Bolts(e) and switch to Diamond bolts(e) when it becomes its lowest level. Optionally, use Runite bolts (p+) to poison it, and then switch to the other bolts. Also, keep in mind, if the fight is still too hard, you are able to use a cannon.

(Note: Those who wish to use less expensive bolts are suggested to use adamant bolts or broad bolts)

If using melee, crushing weapons, such as the Chaotic maul, Barrelchest anchor, or Zamorakian spear (on 'pound') are preferable to slash or stab weapons.

The only familiars that are useful here are healing familiars such as the Bunyip or beasts of burden such as the Spirit terrorbird, as this area is not multi-way combat.

If you die fighting the Skeletal Horror, your tombstone will appear outside the entrance to the stairs leading to the battle, so you can get your lost items back safely if you can make it back in time.

NOTE: At times during the fight the Skeletal Horror's limbs and tail will fall off and be thrown to the other side of the battlefield. First the right hand will fall off, then the left hand, and finally his tail. When this happens, the Skeletal Horror will be weakened, which will lower its combat level and hence max hit, accuracy, etc. The combat levels are as follows: 320, 260, 180, and lastly, 100. Take the time to pick up these limbs and bury them, as leaving them on the ground or in your inventory will cause them to return to their master, healing it considerably and returning its combat level; however, it is possible, albeit difficult to kill it without burying any of its limbs.

Drops

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Trivia

 * In the old diary, it is suggested that the Skeletal horror's skull was the model for the black mask.
 * The Skeletal Horror is supposed to be an ancient beast yet most of its bones are from other creatures. Some, such as the skull, are presumably the original bones of the ancient beast that the Odd Old Man found.
 * The Skeletal horror has one of the 'non-chafing manacles' that was on the Odd Old Man's wishlist after completing the Rag and Bone Man quest and the first wishlist. It appears that the Golden Fleece is what makes it non-chafing.
 * All the bones retrieved from Rag and Bone Man, Rag and Bone Man wishlist and the Fur 'n' Seek wishlist can be all found on the Skeletal horror.
 * The Skeletal Horror drops elite clue scrolls as of the update on 4 August 2010.
 * The Skeletal Horror is currently the only Elite clue dropping monster that does not drop Hard clues.
 * Although the skeletal horror is partly made out of dragon tail-bones it still takes damage from the dragonfire shield's special attack.