Skeletal horror

This is a dangerous Distraction and Diversion. If you die, you will lose your items and will need to reclaim them from Death or your grave.

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

IntactMissing one armMissing both armsMissing both arms and tail

Skeletal horror

Release	10 August 2009 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
I can't believe the Odd Old Man was carrying that on his back.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
91	50,000	344.4	113.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
20 / 13 / 6
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	N/A	N/A
Assigned by
Not assigned
Offensive
Max hit
390	390	390	? (edit)
Style		Speed
		6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
90 90 90 Accuracy 2458 2458 2458
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
2765	95
Affinities
-	55	55	55
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 50,000 Life points1: 50,000 All Life points: 37,500 Life points2: 37,500 All Life points: 25,000 Life points3: 25,000 All Life points: 12,500 Life points4: 12,500 All Slayer experience: N/A"N/A" is not a number. Slayer experience: N/A"N/A" is not a number. All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 344.4 Combat experience1: 344.4 All Combat experience: 1932.4 Combat experience2: 1932.4 All Combat experience: 1212.3 Combat experience3: 1212.3 All Combat experience: 612 Combat experience4: 612 All Release date: 10 August 2009 Release date: 10 August 2009 All Combat level: 91 Combat level1: 91 All Combat level: 86 Combat level2: 86 All Combat level: 84 Combat level3: 84 All Combat level: 81 Combat level4: 81 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 9176 NPC ID1: 9176 All NPC ID: 9178 NPC ID2: 9178 All NPC ID: 9179 NPC ID3: 9179 All NPC ID: 9180 NPC ID4: 9180

[FAQ] • [doc]

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

Main article: Skeletal horror/Strategies

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	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	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	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	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	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	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
N/A
N/A

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	Always	Not sold
	Decaying journal	1	Always	Not sold

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Uncommon	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Uncommon	Not sold

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Skeleton Champion's scroll	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

Achievements

• Bone I Fired ( 10) - Defeat the Skeletal Horror whilst wielding Zanik's crossbow and using bone bolts.
• Skeletrail Horror ( 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.