Dark beast

OS

For the elite version, see Dark beast (elite).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and strategy are on the subpage.

Dark beast

Release	17 October 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
From a darker dimension.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
105	8,500	846.4	279.3
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
50 / 33 / 16
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
90	331.4	Dark beasts
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
600	0	600	0
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
70 1 75 Accuracy 1486 0 1694
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1694	75
Affinities
90	45	65	55
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 8,500 Life points: 8,500 All Slayer experience: 331.4 Slayer experience: 331.4 All Combat experience: 846.4 Combat experience: 846.4 All Release date: 17 October 2005 Release date: 17 October 2005 All Combat level: 105 Combat level: 105 All Is members only: true Is members only: true

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Dark beasts are large, dog-like monsters requiring level 90 Slayer to harm. They attack with both magic and melee, though they use magic far more frequently than melee. The Iorwerth Clan encountered dark beasts in the Mourner Tunnels during the Elven Civil War, and they often killed the slaves that the Iorwerth Clan were using to find the Temple of Light.

A Mask of Gloom (and its upgraded variant) can be used to have slayer masters give you the option of taking a dark beast task once a day, provided that you are wearing it. The dark beast assignment token also has similar mechanics, but only works on Morvran.

Dark beasts are well known for their slightly uncommon blue charm drop, the dark bow, and dark arrowheads. They are one of two creatures able to drop death talismans, the other being dragon implings. They are also good droppers of the rare drop table, and are one of the slayer monsters to drop the crystal triskelion pieces.

While dark beasts can only be accessed by members, their lower-level revenant counterparts are on both member and free to play worlds. If assigned as a Slayer task, revenant dark beasts may take their place, although this is not recommended due to their higher damage output, slow respawn, and the risk of player killers.

Using good ranged equipment, soul split, a bonecrusher and demon horn necklace, a player can stay as long as they want as their defence is quite low for their level.

Locations

• Mourner Tunnels
• Kuradal's Dungeon
• Forinthry Dungeon

If the player is killing dark beasts for a Slayer assignment then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned dark beasts as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses stack, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience.

Strategy and tactics

Main article: Dark beast/Strategies

“	Well last time I fought Dark beasts I used a crossbow with bolts and took them down effectively. Dark beasts are large, dog-like predators with massively muscled bodies that protect them from crushing weapons. I've managed to trap a few in the dungeon I'm guarding.	”
	— Kuradal

“	Well last time I fought Dark beasts I used a crossbow with bolts and took them down effectively. Dark beasts are large, dog-like predators with massively muscled bodies that protect them from crushing weapons. We found some while mining the Mourner tunnels, in search of the Temple of Light.	”
	— Morvran

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

Charms

No charm
65%	9%	4%	8%	14%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 145,030 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune full helm	1	Uncommon	20,892
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
	Dark bow	1	Rare	77,444
	Fellstalk seed	3	Common	2,175
	Grimy toadflax	2 (noted)	Uncommon	22,500
	Grimy lantadyme	1 (noted)	Uncommon	7,551
	Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,476
	Belladonna seed	1	Uncommon	1,007
	Cactus seed	1	Uncommon	1,016
	Toadflax seed	1	Uncommon	9,872
	Irit seed	1	Uncommon	1,018
	Avantoe seed	1	Uncommon	375
	Kwuarm seed	1	Uncommon	12,857
	Snapdragon seed	1	Uncommon	293
	Lantadyme seed	1	Rare	726
	Dwarf weed seed	1	Rare	822
	Torstol seed	1	Very rare	540
	Poison ivy seed	1	Unknown	302
	Coins	6,000–18,000	Common	6,000–18,000
	Death talisman	1	Common	932
	Shark	2	Uncommon	3,866
	Dark arrowheads	5–15	Uncommon	1,415–4,245
	Death rune	10	Uncommon	2,320
	Adamantite ore	6 (noted)	Uncommon	1,362
	Sirenic scale	1	Rare	698,722
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Ferocious ring (5)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	Rare	Not sold
	Long bone	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit sapphire	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit emerald	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spirit ruby	1	Rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These drops are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold
	Mimic kill token	1	Very rare	5,575

Trivia

• Dark beasts were involved in the God Wars, as evidenced by the revenant dark beasts located in the Forinthry Dungeon.
• Dark beasts used to drop normal bones, despite being a large monster. This was changed on 11 April 2012 to big bones. This also gave them a chance to drop long bones and curved bones.
• On 13 October 2014, dark beasts were one of many monsters to receive a reworked drop table.
• Before 5 June 2017, Protect/Deflect magic reduced their damage by 95%; this was changed to 50%. Their max hit was also increased to 1,080, though this was unintentional. This was reverted on 12 June 2017.
• Dark beasts resemble an ancient rhinoceros species named Elasmotherium. Both have large, stocky bodies, and very large horns on the face.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 1,239,731 kills.
  • This had increased to 1,415,899 by 6 May 2018. At this time, these were the most killed monsters of those tracked.