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 random event monsters, greater demons, and certain revenants.

This monster is a very popular monster to train in members world because of its decent blood and death rune drops and their weakness against basically any melee attack (stab seeming to be slightly more accurate). 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 bloods, deaths, battlestaves, pure essence and adamant arrows.

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. Look at the picture below to more easily see where this safespot is at.



Other drops
Equipment and Ammunition Seeds and herbs (members only)
 * Battlestaff (members only)
 * 5 to 14 Adamant arrows
 * Black robe
 * Black throwing knife (members only)
 * 5 Rune Javelins (Rarely) (members only)
 * Dragon spear (Rarely) (members only)
 * Shield left half (Rarely) (members only)
 * Harralander seed
 * Strawberry seed
 * Jangerberry seed
 * Limpwurt seed
 * Marrentill seed
 * Whiteberry seed
 * Poison ivy seed
 * Ranarr seed (Rarely)
 * Tarromin seed
 * Snapdragon seed (Rarely)
 * Watermelon seed
 * Toadflax seed
 * Belladona seed
 * Cactus seed
 * Herbs

Runes & Talismans
 * 15 noted Rune essence (f2p only)
 * 15 noted Pure essence (members only)
 * 2 Law runes (common)
 * 10 Death rune (members only) (more common)
 * 5, 6 or 11 Blood Runes (members only) (common)
 * Nature talisman (members only)

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 (members only)
 * Fried mushrooms (members only)
 * Clue scroll (level 3) (members only) (Rare)
 * Half of a key (members only)
 * Uncut gems (rarely)
 * Weapon poison (members only)
 * Nothing