Ankou

Ankou are undead monsters found on the fourth level of the Stronghold of Security, known as The Sepulchre of Death. All varieties of Ankou have a maximum hit of 8 damage. The highest-level Ankous are one of the strongest monsters open to non-members, surpassed only by greater demons, and certain revenants. As said by Vannaka, the slayer master, "Ankous are neither skeleton or ghost, but both".

This monster is a very popular monster to train in members worlds because of its decent blood rune and death rune drops and their weakness against melee attack (stab seeming to be slightly more accurate) and the Salve Amulet. In the free world, Ankous are rarely attacked due to their high level, but some players may kill these monsters for their drops of law runes and adamant arrows. Members can use this monster for money making, the drops of blood runes, death runes, battlestaves, pure essence, adamant arrows, and their level 3 Clue Scroll drop. However, the popularity of Ankous makes it very crowded. Ankous act very similar to attackable human NPCs, and use crush style attacks. This makes a Chainbody such as Rune or Dragon preferable to a platebody. The Ankou is the only monster to drop the left skull half, a component needed to assemble the skull sceptre. There is a safespot to range or mage the level 82 Ankou. This makes it possible for low level players to obtain the sceptre piece. The safespot is located in the south-west part of the stronghold.

100% Drops

 * Bones

Weapons and armour

 * Battlestaff (m)
 * 5 to 19 Adamant arrows (fairly common)
 * Black robe
 * Black throwing knife (m)
 * 5 Rune Javelins (m) (rare)
 * Dragon spear (m) (rarely)
 * Shield left half (m) (rare)

Runes

 * 2 Law runes (common)
 * 10 or 20 Death rune (member worlds only) (more common)
 * 5, 6, 11, or 12 Blood Runes (m) (common)

Seeds (members only)

 * Harralander seed
 * Strawberry seed
 * Torstol seed
 * Jangerberry seed
 * Limpwurt seed
 * Marrentill seed
 * Whiteberry seed
 * Poison ivy seed
 * Ranarr seed (rare)
 * Tarromin seed
 * Snapdragon seed (rare)
 * Watermelon seed
 * Toadflax seed
 * Belladona seed
 * Cactus seed

Herbs (members only)

 * Grimy Marrentill
 * Grimy Ranarr

Charms (members only)

 * Gold charm (very common)
 * Crimson charm (rare)
 * Green charm (rare)
 * Blue charm (very rare)

Other items

 * Up to 500 Coins
 * 3 to 7 noted Mithril ore
 * Left skull half (rare)
 * Cooked Bass (m)
 * Fried mushrooms (m)
 * Clue scroll (level 3) (m) (rare)
 * Half of a key (m) (semi rare)
 * Uncut gems (rarely)
 * Weapon poison (m)
 * 15 noted Rune essence (f2p worlds only)
 * 15 noted Pure essence (m)
 * Nature talisman (m)

Trivia

 * In Bretons the word Ankou means Grim Reaper or Death
 * Although examine says "A boney ghost", they do not count as slayer monsters if you are assigned ghosts.