Black mask



A Black mask requires 10 Defence, 20 Strength, and 40 Combat to wear. It gives a player 15% Attack and Strength boosts against all Slayer task monsters. The mask also has ten charges that are invoked at random against any combat opponents, not just slayer task monsters. A charge lowers the opponent's Defence level by 3-10. Once the charges are gone, there is no way to recharge it (the slab outside the cave has no effect on it), although its attack and strength bonuses remain after being uncharged. The charge is only lost when initiating combat, so fighting one opponent cannot be used as a way of uncharging it.

For players on undead Slayer assignments, the boosts of a Salve amulet (unenchanted) or Salve amulet (e) do not stack with the effects of a black mask. Only one (the bigger boost of Salve amulet (e)) will be effective. However, the Black mask does stack with the effects of the Dragon slayer gloves.

The effects of any prayer bonus will, however, stack upon the already 15% attack/strength increase on Slayer Monster bonus.

The black mask's stats are identical to a Black med helm, except the Black med helm offers +4 summoning defence, which the Black mask does not.

Black masks are dropped by Cave horrors (Level 58 Slayer required), found in the Mos Le'Harmless Caves.



A 2008 update with the release of the Smoking Kills quest allowed players to craft a black mask and other slayer items into a Slayer helmet, provided they had acquired the ability to make the helmets. Slayer helmets are valued because of their effects and the fact that they are not tradeable. The Black mask has recently been steadily increasing in price due to the update which added the Hexcrest and Focus Sight used in the making of the Full slayer helmet which also requires a Black mask to make.

Charged Black Masks can not be made into a Slayer helmet. Also, they can not be sold on the Grand Exchange unless they are fully charged or completely uncharged. If you get one as a drop and intend to sell it, it's best to not wear it, as you may use a charge unintentionally, making it unsellable.

If you wish to sell a Black mask with less than 10 charges, but more than none, despite common beliefs the mask discharges quickly. It seems that the best way to use charges quickly is to wear it while fighting more difficult and higher level monsters. It can take up to one slayer task to fully discharge. It is confirmed that charges are used when engaging in combat, so it may be useful to try to exit and re-enter combat with a high level monster to use charges. Some players believe that the best way to get charges off the mask is to fight Bloodvelds on a second floor in the Slayer Tower.