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The Skeletal horror is a monster which may be fought after completing the Rag and Bone Man and Fur 'n' Seek wish list miniquests. The horror may be killed once a week after completion of the miniquests, resetting every Wednesday at 00:00 UTC.

Once defeated, the Odd Old Man will thank the player and reward them for their efforts. The first time the creature is defeated, the player will be rewarded with 10,000 Slayer experience and 7,000 Prayer experience.

To fight the Skeletal Horror again the player must speak with the Odd Old Man and ask him to rebuild the creature; he will then rebuild the creature every week for the player to fight. Every subsequent fight after will reward the player with Slayer and Prayer experience based on the level of the respective skill.

Fighting the horror[]

Slayer experience[]

The minimum Slayer level required to finish the prerequisites of fighting the Skeletal Horror is level 72. Only the experience rewarded from that level onward is shown below.

Level Slayer Experience
72 9,125
73 9,250
74 9,375
75 9,500
76 9,625
77 9,750
78 9,875
79 10,000
80 10,125
81 10,250
82 10,375
83 10,500
84 10,625
85 10,750
86 10,875
87 11,000
88 11,125
Level Slayer Experience
89 11,250
90 11,375
91 11,500
92 11,625
93 11,750
94 11,875
95 12,000
96 12,125
97 12,250
98 12,375
99 12,500
100 12,625
101 12,750
102 12,875
103 13,000
104 13,125
Level Slayer Experience
105 13,250
106 13,375
107 13,500
108 13,625
109 13,750
110 13,875
111 14,000
112 14,125
113 14,250
114 14,375
115 14,500
116 14,625
117 14,750
118 14,875
119 15,000
120 15,125

Prayer experience[]

The minimum Prayer level required to finish the prerequisites of fighting the Skeletal Horror is level 30. Only the experience rewarded from that level onward is shown below.

Level Prayer Experience
30 3,100
31 3,200
32 3,300
33 3,400
34 3,500
35 3,600
36 3,700
37 3,800
38 3,900
39 4,000
40 4,100
41 4,200
42 4,300
43 4,400
44 4,500
45 4,600
46 4,700
47 4,800
48 4,900
49 5,000
50 5,100
51 5,200
52 5,300
53 5,400
Level Prayer Experience
54 5,500
55 5,600
56 5,700
57 5,800
58 5,900
59 6,000
60 6,100
61 6,200
62 6,300
63 6,400
64 6,500
65 6,600
66 6,700
67 6,800
68 6,900
69 7,000
70 7,100
71 7,200
72 7,300
73 7,400
74 7,500
75 7,600
76 7,700
77 7,800
Level Prayer Experience
78 7,900
79 8,000
80 8,100
81 8,200
82 8,300
83 8,400
84 8,500
85 8,600
86 8,700
87 8,800
88 8,900
89 9,000
90 9,100
91 9,200
92 9,300
93 9,400
94 9,500
95 9,600
96 9,700
97 9,800
98 9,900
99 10,000
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Drops[]

100% drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Sealed clue scroll (elite)Sealed clue scroll (elite)1Always[d 1]Not sold
Decaying journalDecaying journal1Always[journal 1]Not sold
  1. ^ There is a 1% chance of this being a sealed clue scroll (master); If Pieces of Hate is completed, the chance increases to 1/12 instead.
  1. ^ 100% chance of dropping if not owned

Main drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Crystal triskelion fragment 1Crystal triskelion fragment 11UncommonNot sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 2Crystal triskelion fragment 21UncommonNot sold
Crystal triskelion fragment 3Crystal triskelion fragment 31UncommonNot sold

Tertiary drops[]

Item Quantity Rarity GE price
Skeleton Champion's scrollSkeleton Champion's scroll1Very rareNot 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 tokenKey token1RareNot sold
Mimic kill tokenMimic kill token1Very rare5,575

Achievements[]

  • Bone I Fired (RuneScore 10) - Defeat the Skeletal Horror whilst wielding Zanik's crossbow and using bone bolts.
  • Skeletrail Horror (RuneScore 5) - Claim an elite clue scroll by defeating the skeletal horror.

Trivia[]

  • In the old diary, it is suggested that the Skeletal horror's skull was the model for the black mask.
  • The Skeletal Horror is supposed to be an ancient beast yet most of its bones are from other creatures. Some, such as the skull, are presumably the original bones of the ancient beast that the Odd Old Man found.
  • The Skeletal horror has one of the 'non-chafing manacles' that was on the Odd Old Man's wishlist after completing the Rag and Bone Man quest and the first wishlist. It appears that the Golden fleece is what makes it non-chafing.
  • All the bones retrieved from Rag and Bone Man, Rag and Bone Man wishlist and the Fur 'n' Seek wishlist can be found on the Skeletal horror.
  • The Skeletal Horror dropped elite clue scrolls 1/20th of the time after 4 August 2010. It was changed to 100% after 26 May 2015.
  • The Skeletal Horror is currently the only elite clue dropping monster that does not drop hard clues.
  • During the cutscene before the fight, the Skeletal Horror's health bar is set to 3,250 life points.
  • It is possible to kill the Skeletal Horror without burying all body parts.
  • Instead of burying, Skeletal Horror's limbs can be disassembled with the Invention skill.
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