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 are dangerously reduced by the Basilisk's stare. In addition to stats being drained, they will constantly hit from 90 to 110 LP on you without a miss. Basilisks attack with melee, so wearing good melee armour will ensure that the player takes minimal damage. If set as a slayer assignment, besides the good melee armour, players are recommended strength boosts for quicker kills. Basilisks have a poor crush defence, and have a high slash defence. It is recommended that the player does not use slash style and uses instead a weapon with crush style, such as a Dragon mace, but the abyssal whip works well on them. 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.) 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.

Locations

 * Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (Players cannot use Dwarf Multicannon in the dungeon.)
 * Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon, after defeating the Basilisk boss (Multi-combat area)

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 * 1 The Basilisk bone only drops during the Rag and Bone Man Wish list "quest".

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 attacking, one of the basilisks rear foot pivoted unrealistically. It was fixed until Jagex made a graphical update. It is, currently, not fixed.
 * The fact that a player needs a Mirror shield to fight basilisks is a reference to Basilisks, which, in European legends, had the power to cause death with a single glance.