Skeleton (Ape Atoll)

Skeletons (Ape Atoll) are found in the Ape Atoll Dungeon and are commonly killed by players for high rates of Ranged experience by using red and  grey Chinchompas. Many players also use various burst and  barrage spells to obtain great amounts of experience. Players are advised to use Protect from Melee against these monsters, as they are in a multicombat area and several can attack at a time.

They are a form of Undead, meaning players can use the Crumble Undead spell to train on them, as well. Players can also equip a Salve amulet (or Salve amulet (e)), if wishing to train Melee on them. Because of this, one can potentially earn vast amounts of melee experience because the Salve amulet (e) and the Dragon 2h sword special attack can be fully utilised while fighting these.

It is worth noting that Skeletons (Ape Atoll) have the tendency of spawning from the bones they drop. To prevent an overflow of extra skeletons, they will disappear into a pile of burning bones after a short while. When they respawn, they do so with an animation of them coming out of the ground, this is unique among other monsters. The bones cannot be taken away from Ape Atoll, and when teleporting out a message appears saying 'The skeleton bones you are carrying crumble to dust'. Ashes are then left in your inventory.

The bones were not originally able to be crushed for Prayer experience by the Bonecrusher, but a small update made it possible to do so. However, it is still not recommended to crush the bones since the skeletons spawn from them.



Red Chinchompa Range training method
To earn (arguably) the fastest Ranged experience in RuneScape is it recommended the player wears a similar or identical set-up. '''It should be advised that upon death, ALL red chinchompas will be lost, and they will not retrievable from your grave. Low levels or people who suffer from lag should consider bringing far fewer chinchompas.'''


 * Void ranger helm > Armadyl Helmet > Robin Hood Hat
 * Completionist Cape > Max Cape > Ava's alerter > Ava's accumulator > Skillcape.
 * Amulet of ranging > Amulet of Fury > Amulet of Glory
 * Elite void knight top > Void knight top > Monk's robe
 * Elite void knight robe > Void knight robe > Monk's robe
 * Glaiven boots > Ranger boots > Snakeskin boots
 * God book or Anti-poison totem
 * Void gloves/Any Metal gloves
 * Archers' ring (i) &gt; Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > Archers' ring > RoL
 * 2000-2500 Red Chinchompas

Expensive but better Inventory (recommended):


 * 4x Prayer Renewal Flask (6)
 * 15x Prayer Flask (6)
 * 4x Ranging Flask (6) or Extreme Ranging Flask (6) or Overload Flask (6)
 * 1x Antipoison++ Potion (4)
 * 1x Greegree of any type
 * 2x Rocktail
 * 1x Teleport to House Tablet (Recommended) or 1x Teleport to Varrock Tablet

Cheaper Inventory:


 * 4x Prayer Renewal (4)
 * 15x Prayer Potion (4)
 * 4x Ranging Potion (4) or Extreme Ranging Potion (4) or Overload Potion (4)
 * 1x Antipoison++ Potion (4)
 * 1x Greegree of any type
 * 2x Shark
 * 1x Teleport to House Tablet (Recommended) or 1x Teleport to Varrock Tablet

Ice Burst/Barrage Magic training method
As well as training range these skeletons are also great for training magic. This is considered the best magic experience in the game but most people use rock lobsters instead. Rock lobsters are good for magic but are commonly killed for their high charm rate. The only down side is is that once the first few die off, there are less to kill so your experience per hit gets lower, costing you more time and money, not to mention the fact that they have to be re-lured each time. Ape Atoll skeletons are a much better option for purely training magic because they always spawn back where they die, and if enough are lured or are with a few people, there are constantly 10+ skeletons on the pile. This means no luring is necessary, and the area-of-effect attacks are always hitting 9 at a time.
 * Virtus mask > Ahrim's hood > Void mage helm
 * Completionist cape > God cape > Max cape > Soul Wars cape
 * Arcane stream necklace > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
 * Virtus robe top > Ahrim's robe top > Void knight top
 * Virtus robe bottom > Ahrim's robe bottom > Void knight bottom
 * Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Wizard boots
 * Mage's book > Zamorak's unholy book > Void deflector
 * Any metal gloves > Void Knight gloves
 * Onyx ring (i) > Dragonstone ring (i) > TokKul-Zo > Seer's ring > Ring of life
 * Chaotic staff > Staff of light > Master wand > Polypore staff

Inventory:
 * 4-6 Prayer renewals (4)
 * 4-6 Magic potions (4), to save space you can bring a Vecna skull which raises magic level by 6 and can be reused every 7 minutes, or a wolpertinger with scrolls and two extra pouches
 * 14-16 Prayer potions (4)
 * 2 cooked food/Enhanced Excalibur
 * Super antipoison (4)
 * Monkey greegree
 * 3 slots for runes for your spell (prefered are water runes, death runes and chaos runes for Ice burst, or blood runes instead of chaos for Ice Barrage)
 * 1 teleport tab for quick escape or banking(House is best)