Dark beast

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Dark beast

Release date	17 October 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	150
XP per kill	846.4 (and 279.3 experience)
Examine text	From a darker dimension.
Slayer info
Slayer level	90
Slayer XP	331.4
Assigned by	Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal
Combat info LP Max hit 8,500 233 (Melee), 488 (Magic) Attack Defence Ranged Magic 70 75 1 75 Immune to Poison Stun Deflect No Yes No Attack speed Undefined Aggressive Poisonous No No Attack styles Weakness Melee Magic Bolts

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Dark beasts are level 150 monsters found in the Mourner Tunnels on the path to the Temple of Light and inside Kuradal's Dungeon. Requiring level 90 Slayer to kill, dark beasts are the only creatures to drop dark bows and along with dragon implings are the only droppers of death talismans. A dark beast can attack using magic or melee. If the player is not adjacent to the beast, it only uses magic and does not try to move into melee range. If the player is within melee range, it uses melee most of the time. These monsters are weak to bolts.

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. However, killing their revenant counterparts is not a good idea because the profit between the regular and revenant version is extremely varied, the revenant counterpart respawns somewhat slow and players risk all of their items within the wilderness.

Dark beasts are an often underestimated method of training combat stats. Using good ranged armour, a good crossbow and bolts, and potions (stat boosting and prayer potions), players may kill these beasts swiftly, as their defence is only average. The cost of buying the needed potions may be offset by dark bow drops.

Dark beasts have a higher chance (14% ) to drop blue charms than most other creatures, exception being glacors, which have a 35% chance of dropping blues and tormented demons, which have a 40% chance of dropping 3 blue charms. However, glacors and tormented demons have more requirements than dark beasts.

Dark Beasts also have a high chance of dropping items from the Rare Drop Table. It is very possible to obtain the high-valued drops, even the very rare onyx bolts. Wearing a Ring of wealth can further increase your chances.

If using Soul Split, deflect magic or  protect from magic, one can stay there for as long as they have prayer potions for. Note that by staying out of melee range, the player can wear ranged armour that is resistant to magic but weak to melee, as the beasts will not attack with melee in this case. Dark beasts are no longer aggressive, therefore do not remain an effective 'afk' training method in Kuradal's Dungeon.

Locations

• The Mourner Tunnels
• Kuradal's Dungeon

Mourner tunnels

File:TempleOfLight mine.png

A map of the Mourner tunnels, with Dark beast locations marked in yellow.

The dark beasts are in the tunnels between the Mourner headquarters in West Ardougne and the entrance to the Temple of Light.

When entering from the headquarters, the player must wear mourner gear and have the new key to enter the tunnels from the mourner headquarters basement. Mourner gear can be obtained during and after the Mourning's Ends Part I quest, but the player must have started the Mourning's Ends Part II quest to obtain the new key and enter the tunnels.

The new key is easily obtained in the mourner headquarters and can be readily discarded once in the tunnels to free up an inventory slot. Mourner gear is not well suited for fighting dark beasts, so players prefer to switch to ranged gear and heal up once in the tunnels. Mourner gear takes up six inventory slots which could otherwise be used more efficiently. The gear is sufficiently time consuming to obtain, however, so many players prefer not to discard it once in the tunnels. This leads players to seek other routes to the dark beasts.

After Mourning's Ends Part II, players can go to the death altar via the Abyss and then reach the tunnels by going through the Temple of Light. This method requires the crystal trinket from the quest to be in inventory to reset the light beam in the temple. This route is somewhat long and dangerous, however, since both the Abyss and the temple have aggressive monsters.

After the Within The Light quest, players can have Eluned help them add a Temple-of-Light teleport to their teleport crystals. This teleport is a very fast and safe way to reach an area near the dark beasts and avoids cluttering inventory with mourner gear, keys, or trinkets.

Kuradal's Dungeon

File:Kuradal dungeon map.png

A map of Kuradal's dungeon.

The release of Kuradal's Dungeon has made it possible to receive dark beasts as a Slayer task by players who have not completed Mourning's Ends Part II. The beasts are located in the second to last chamber of the dungeon, immediately before the iron and steel dragons. However, as with all monsters in Kuradal's dungeon, they may only be fought if they have been assigned to do so by Kuradal.

Players with 90 Agility can take the shortcut near the dungeon entrance to get to them quickly.

The entrance to the dungeon is located in the Ancient Cavern. Players may quickly reach this area by using the ferocious ring's teleport to arrive next to Kuradal or by using the fairy ring code BJQ which will take players near the steps leading up to the dungeon entrance.

Strategy and tactics

“	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

Main article: Dark beast/Strategies

Drops

100% drop

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Charms

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Big bones	1	Always	203

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).

Weapons

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Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune 2h sword	1	Uncommon	36,735
	Black 2h sword	1	Common	5,896
	Black battleaxe	1	Common	7,052
	Off-hand black battleaxe	1	Uncommon	3,155
	Black hatchet	1	Uncommon	3,295
	Rune battleaxe	1	Rare	24,988
	Dark bow	1	Rare	77,444

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Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Adamant sq shield	1	Common	5,225
	Rune chainbody	1	Uncommon	29,002
	Rune full helm	1	Rare	20,892
	Rune sq shield	1	Rare	22,047

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Herb and seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Chaos rune	10	Common	1,520
	Blood rune	7	Common	4,746
	Air rune	47	Uncommon	4,230
	Death rune	3–5	Uncommon	696–1,160
	Law rune	3	Uncommon	1,710

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Grimy guam	1–2	Common	709–1,418
	Grimy marrentill	1–2	Common	2,307–4,614
	Grimy tarromin	1–2	Common	105–210
	Grimy harralander	1–2	Uncommon	741–1,482
	Grimy ranarr	1–2	Uncommon	1,860–3,720
	Grimy irit	1–2	Uncommon	5,008–10,016
	Grimy avantoe	1–2	Uncommon	1,043–2,086
	Grimy cadantine	1–2	Uncommon	4,322–8,644
	Grimy lantadyme	1–2	Uncommon	7,551–15,102
	Grimy kwuarm	1–2	Uncommon	11,782–23,564
	Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	Uncommon	8,476–16,952
	Fellstalk seed	2	Uncommon	1,450

 

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Rare drop table drops

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.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Dark arrowheads	13–35	Uncommon	3,679–9,905
	Coins	64; 95; 152; 220; 299; 3,000	Common	64–3,000
	Attack potion (3)	1	Uncommon	226
	Shark	1–2	Uncommon	1,933–3,866
	Death talisman	1	Uncommon	932
	Adamant bar	1	Uncommon	1,761
	Ferocious ring	1	Rare	Not sold
	Curved bone	1	Rare	Not sold
	Long Bone	1	Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	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

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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

Trivia

• Dark beasts were involved in the God Wars, as evidenced by the revenant dark beasts that are located in the Forinthry Dungeon.
• Dark beasts used to drop normal bones. As of the 11 April 2012 dark beasts drop big bones instead. This also gave them a chance to drop long bones and curved bones.