Slayer training/High-levelled

This article is about high-levelled Slayer training. For the general Slayer guide, see Slayer training.

This is a guide on how to train Slayer in the most efficient manner possible purely in terms of maximising Slayer experience per hour. It is aimed towards players with high levels in the various combat and combat-related stats, including Summoning, Prayer, Herblore and Invention, which provide access to various methods of augmenting the rate at which Slayer is trained. Due to the intended audience of this guide, not everything will be explained in detail, as the reader is expected to know the basics of RuneScape and the Slayer skill itself. This guide assumes you will be using Morvran exclusively as your Slayer master. This is a guide and while the user is encouraged to follow it as closely as possible for maximum efficiency, players are free to choose which parts to follow and which to ignore subject to their own opinions, stats, gear, cash, potential to make cash, and personal task preference.

Since this guide is focused on maximum Slayer experience per hour, tasks that award decent quantities of gold may be overlooked. The player is encouraged to research each and every Slayer monster page for strategies and potential wealth gains, as these topics will not be included in this guide.

Quest unlocks

Quest name	Reason	Slayer Assignment	Importance
Plague's End	Unlocks Morvran and the rest of Prifddinas.	Shadow creatures	Utmost
The Elder Kiln	Gives player TokKul-Zo, which can teleport player close to a bank and a fairy ring.		Very High
Icthlarin's Little Helper	Allows access to Sophanem Slayer Dungeon.	Corrupted creatures, Soul devourers	Very High
Hard Karamja Tasks	Allows access to Gemstone cavern.	Gemstone dragons	Very High
Ritual of the Mahjarrat	Unlocks bane ammunition. Allows access to Glacor Cave. Partial requirement for Rune dragon access.	Glacors, Rune dragons (with Fate of the Gods completed)	Very High
Start Fairy Tale II	Gives player access to fairy rings.		High
The Jack of Spades	Provides players with 99 slayer the Slayer Codex and personal dungeon.		High
Fate of the Gods	Allows access to first wing of Freneskae. Partial requirement for Rune dragon access.	Muspah, Nihil, Rune dragons (with Ritual of the Mahjarrat completed)	High
Children of Mah	Allows access to the rest of Freneskae.	Nightmares	Medium
The World Wakes	Full completion provides a ring capable of teleporting to the World Gate. Allows access to Guthix's Cave.	Automatons	Medium
One of a Kind	Allows access to Dragontooth Island resource dungeon.	Celestial dragons	Medium
The Brink of Extinction	Allows access to Fight Cauldron minigame.	TzHaar	Low
Birthright of the Dwarves	Chaos Giants now spawn at the end of Barendir caves.	Chaos giants	Low
The Light Within	Allows access to Tarddiad.	Crystal shapeshifters	Low
While Guthix Sleeps	Allows access to Ancient Guthix Temple.	Tormented demons	Low

Slayer Codex

With the release of Menaphos players with at least level 99 in slayer can fill their Slayer Codex. It is advised to invest slayer points and time to collect at least 100 different monster souls. Every 20 souls collected Slayer Helmet adds a +1% (up to 5% at 100 souls) to Slayer experience gain, effectively being an experience boosting item.

Reward points

To be able to achieve maximum experience per hour, one must have unlocked the following slayer rewards:

Reward	Cost	Reason
Ability to make Ring of slaying.	300	Reduces downtime between tasks.
Ability to deliver killing blows quicker.	400	Tasks such as Gargoyles will not be slowed down from need to manually kill each gargoyle when they are at low healh.
Ability to craft Slayer helmets.	400	Slayer helmet is the most important piece of equipment.
Learn how to fuse rings to full slayer helmets.	500	Ferocious rings fused into helmets work at Kuradal's dungeon, allowing person to wear a ring.
Full Slayer Helmet Upgrades.	2100	Increases the effectiveness of Slayer Helmet. 4 upgrades.

Other rewards are either quality of life improvements, task unlocks or general consumables.

Ushabti used to fill the Slayer Codex can be bought from the masters at 20 reward points each.

Cancelling and blocking tasks

Tasks that the player does not wish to ever do can be permanently blocked at the cost of 100 reward points. Up to seven assigned monsters, or group of monsters such as grotworms or mutated jadinkos, can be blocked in this manner, with one block allowed every 50 quest points.

Cancelling the assignment costs 30 points. The monster must be the currently assigned task for it to be blocked. In order to maximize efficiency, players should cancel tasks which are commonly assigned yet offer slow rates of Slayer experience, often due to issues such as the inability to use a cannon and/or a titan, low life points, or other factors, such as long animations or specialized killing methods. Please see the task summary section below to determine which tasks should be considered for the use of a block.

Players are recommended to use the cancel option as often as it can be used while maintaining a stable level of Slayer reward points. This will ensure that the player spends as much time as possible doing tasks which offer fast Slayer experience.

The task summary section of this guide will tell you which tasks to block, what to skip, and the ones to complete if you are running low on Slayer points. For example, a player that is running low on points may do a greater demon task despite the fact that these tasks are usually cancelled. These tasks also give out more ferocious rings if done in Kuradal's Dungeon.

If a toggle able task is on that the player does not wish to do, toggle the task off to avoid wasting slayer points on cancelling.

Tool belt

Players can add many Slayer items to their tool belt, such as a Rock hammer, and some special items (Charming imp, Bonecrusher, Herbicide, Seedicide). The latter items require 500 slayer points each to be able to be added to the tool belt.

Bonecrusher upgrade, bought from Waiko for 25,000 Chimes and 25 Taijitu can pick up bones, rather than only crush them.

Combat assisting skills

To get maximum possible experience rates it is not only required that player gets as high of combat stats as he possibly can, but other skills also need to be trained to very high levels.

Prayer

Level 95 Prayer is required to unlock Turmoil, Anguish, Torment. These Ancient Curses greatly increase your damage dealt and reduce damage taken. Soul Split, unlocked at level 92, can extend trips significantly. For most tasks it completely removes the need to other consumable items for healing, thus providing more inventory space and making banking for healing supplies unnecessary.

Players with access to Leech Curses and don't mind spending extra money and inventory space, can make use of Amulet of zealots, which at a cost of much higher prayer drain makes leech curses outclass turmoil and its counterparts in damage. It only outclasses them in damage, not accuracy. For that reason it should only be used on monsters where player has 100% hit chance.

For some tasks, notably dragon, you can use a Bonecrusher in conjunction with Demon horn necklace. This method negates the need for prayer potions during task. To be able to use this necklace's special ability with ash remains, you need to use a charged Attuned ectoplasmator.

Herblore

Level 96 Herblore is required to unlock Overloads, the second highest accuracy increasing consumable in the game. The first one being the upgraded version of overload - Supreme overload. Dependent on the creature slayed, these potions will have the effect anywhere in between of slightly increasing kill speed and making a task able to be completed with ease. This is mostly notable in tasks where high accuracy and defense is a necessity.

A cheaper, and on occasions more powerful, alternative to using overloads is Berserk blood essence with Supreme > Extreme > Super potions and the Berserker curse. This when worn in the pocket slot boosts player's current combat style stat by 14% + 2 for 20s when activated, or 4s on a passive proc when getting hit. Stacks with other stat boosts excluding overloads, thus allowing a skill to be temporarily boosted to level 136 at 99 base.

Another, possibly the most important, potion is the Super antifire. Unlocked at level 85 it makes a player immune to most sources of dragonfire. In the few instances this potion doesn't provide 100% immunity it greatly reduces the damage received. An upgraded version of this potion - Wyrmfire potion also provides protection against Wyvern breath.

Summoning

There are 2 categories for familiars that would assist in high level slayer tasks - Combat and Beast of Burden.

Use of combat familiars like Nihil at level 87 or Steel titans at level 99 can greatly increase the experience rates received by increasing damage dealt to the target.

Legendary pets are by far the best option for those, who want to make some money off of slayer without hindering their experience rates much. These pets have 2 incredibly useful abilities: Scavenge and Beast of Burden. Scavenge ability picks up items after killing enemies with a 10-15 second cool down. The second ability makes it act as a beast of burden.

Equipment

Any variant of Slayer Helmet, the corrupted one being the best, should be used for every task. The bonuses of the helmet plus the ability to store familiar scrolls make it an essential part of any serious Slayer's gear. 

Players should use the best weapons they can for damage, preferably tier 90, although tier 75 is good enough for most tasks, and at least tier 70 power armour from God Wars Dungeon. All of the items should be augmented using the table below.

Stay with the corresponding armour equal to your combat style, unless you are using Hybrid armour! Not doing so can result in accuracy decreases with your weapon which can slow down experience rates.

Augmentation

Using good perks on augmented items through Invention will highly increase the damage dealt and thus increase overall Slayer experience per hour.

Recommended perks for slayer:

Perk	Type	Max Tier	Description
Aftershock	Weapon	3	After dealing 50,000 damage, create an explosion centered on your current target, dealing up to 40% per rank weapon damage to nearby enemies.
Precise	Weapon	5	Increases your minimum damage by 1.5% per rank of your maximum damage.
Equilibrium	Weapon	3	Increases minimum hit by 3% per rank, and decreases maximum hit by 1% per rank.
Biting	Weapon, Armour	3	+2% chance per rank to critically hit opponents.
Genocidal	Weapon, Armour	1	Deal up to 7% extra damage depending on how far you are through your Slayer task.
Crackling	Weapon, Armour	3	Periodically zaps your combat target for 50% per rank of your weapon's damage. 1 minute cooldown.
Undead Slayer	Weapon, Armour	1	Deal 7% additional damage to undead.
Demon Slayer	Weapon, Armour	1	Deal 7% additional damage to demons.
Dragon Slayer	Weapon, Armour	1	Deal 7% additional damage to dragons.
Impatient	Weapon, Armour	3	9% chance per rank for basic abilities to generate 3 extra adrenaline.
Scavenging	Weapon, Armour	3	1% chance per rank to get an uncommon Invention component as a drop from combat (with a 1% chance it will be a rare component instead).
Looting	Weapon, Armour	1	Most enemies have a 25% chance to drop an additional high-level resource. 5 minute cooldown.
Mobile	Weapon, Armour	1	Reduces cooldown of Surge, Escape, Bladed Dive and Barge by 50%, but these abilities no longer generate adrenaline.
Planted Feet	Weapon	1	The duration of Sunshine and Death's Swiftness is increased by 25%, but they no longer deal periodic damage to your target.

Equipment Type	Perks	Components	Notes
Weapon	Aftershock 3	5 Ilujankan
	Precise 4 + Equilibrium 2	1 Armadyl + 4 Precise	Can use 5 Precise components instead.
Top	Biting 2 + Genocidal	3 Direct + 1 Bandos + 1 Undead
	Crackling 3 + X (see below)	4 Explosive + X
Bottom	Impatient 3 + Devoted 2-3	5 Zamorak	Devoted is unnecessary.
	Scavenging 2 + Mobile	2 Smooth + 3 Connector
Enhanced Excalibur	Planted Feet + Aftershock 1-2	2 Cywir + 3 Ilujankan	Use before using Sunshine or Death's Swiftness.
Sunspear	Planted Feet + Aftershock 1-2	2 Cywir + 3 Ilujankan	Aftershock resets after weapon switch.
	Mobile + X	1-2 Dexterous + X	Replaceable.

For top with Crackling 3 you have several options for X. If you are low on money, you can choose Imbued to almost guarantee to obtain crackling 3. Otherwise you can use Dragonfire to get Dragon Slayer (recommended for ranged). For other styles you can choose Undead or even Ancient for Undead or Demon Slayer respectively.

Transportation options

The Slayer cape ability or upgraded ferocious rings allow for fast transport to Morvran, and are always the fastest and best options when obtaining a new task. If the player doesn't have access to either of these, they may simply teleport to the Prifddinas lodestone. Players can use the same item to quickly get to Kuradal's Dungeon.

The TokKul-Zo, obtained as a reward for completing The Elder Kiln quest, is great for transport during Slayer. While charged, it has unlimited teleports to the entrance to the Fight Caves, along with several other locations. The Fight Caves teleport location has a bank and is extremely close to a fairy ring.

With 99 Dungeoneering, you have access to the Dungeoneering cape, which has a teleport option to any resource dungeon and can be convenient for reaching some otherwise remote slayer monsters, such as the Dragontooth Island celestial dragons resource dungeon. A charged Hoardstalker ring has the same teleport options, however with limited charges.

After Fate of the Gods and having completed all optional quests for The World Wakes, gives the player a fast transportation method to the World Gate, from which you can reach Muspah, Nihils, Nightmares, Crystal Shapeshifters, and Rune dragons.

Having a ring of slayer provides the fastest means of transportation to the Slayer Tower, where creatures like Abyssal demons reside.

Task summary table

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This is a list of all monsters assigned by Morvran. Do keep in mind that the experience rates are only true at 100% accuracy, and some experience rates are better when using a style the monster is not necessarily weak to. Also notice that there may be more than 1 creature in a category.

Category	Monster name	Experience (Elite/Minion)	Notes	Drops	Special (Style) requirements	Estimated Exp/h
Abyssal demon	Abyssal demon	278 (1,069)	Available within Slayer Tower and Kuradal's dungeon. Can be crowded most of the time.	Abyssal whip, Abyssal wand, Abyssal orb, Abyssal head	Melee Halberd, Agression potion	290,000
Adamant dragons	Adamant dragon	655.6		Draconic visage	Bane Super antifire
Airuts	Airut	800.2	Extremely high defense, goes up over time. Unless able to kill quickly, experience rates will drop significantly.	Razorback gauntlets	Melee High accuracy, High damage	220,000
Ascension creatures	Rorarius	140	Quick task.	Ascension keystones, Ascension grips	Ranged	135,000
Ascension creatures	Legiones	1829.2 - 1938.8	Requires Ascension keystones to attack.	Ascension signets, Ascension keystones, Ascension grips, Corrupted ascension signets	Ranged
Automatons	Automaton Generator, Automaton Guardian, Automaton Tracer	624	Unlocked after The World Wakes.	Static gloves, Tracking gloves, Pneumatic gloves, Cresbot	Ranged Magic	220,000
Aviansie	Aviansie	171	Good noted Adamant bar drops.		Ranged Magic
Aviansie	Kree'arra	580 (180)	All monsters required for kill count counts towards the Aviansie task.	See main article for loot.	Ranged Magic	235,000
Aquanites	Aquanite	212.6 (968)	Far away, very spread out. Killing them with seedicide can give fast farming xp. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points.	Amulet of ranging	Ranged	110,000
Acheron mammoths	Acheron mammoth	3952	Has powerful attacks and a "Dishonor" mechanic. See the article.	Mammoth tusk, Raptor key part 4	Melee (use stab weapons)
Black demons	Black demon	294.4			Silverlight	93,000*
Black dragons	Black dragon	245		Draconic visage, Black dragon egg	Bane Super antifire	100,000*
Black dragons	King Black Dragon	1050.6		King black dragon head, Draconic visage, King black dragon scale	Bane Super antifire	71,500
Black dragons	Queen Black Dragon	1693.5		Royal crossbow components, Dragon kiteshield, Draconic visage, Queen black dragon scale	Bane Super antifire
Camel warriors	Camel Warrior	3609	Has a split mechanic, similar to glacors. Player is subject to desert heat.	Camel staff, Raptor key part 3	Ranged High accuracy	320,000
Celestial dragons	Celestial dragon	976.3	Unlocked after One of a Kind. While standing outside melee distance they only use dragonfire.	Celestial handwraps, Draconic visage, Dragon Rider armour	Bane Super antifire	230,000
Chaos giants	Chaos Giant	929.3	Unlocked after Birthright of the Dwarves. Always aggressive, unless player is under attack.	Dragon pickaxe, Dragon throwing axe	Ranged High accuracy	220,000
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted scorpion	371	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Requires feather of Ma'at to kill.	Khopesh of the Kharidian, Key to the Crossing, Corrupted gem	Melee	240,000
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted scarab	371			Melee	230,000
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted lizard	560			Melee
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted dust devil	714			Melee
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted kalphite marauder, guardian	494			Ranged Magic
Corrupted creatures	Corrupted worker	653			Melee (with halberd-type weapon)
Crystal shapeshifters	Crystal Shapeshifter	1269.8	Unlocked after The Light Within.	Tarddian crystals (Amount can be increased by wearing Crystal armour), Attuned crystal seeds	Ranged	230,000
Dagannoths	Dagannoth Kings	1068		Fremennik rings, Dagannoth scale, Shrivelled dagannoth claw, Dagannoth egg	Melee Magic Ranged	110,000*
Dagannoths	Dagannoth Guardian	326.5			Ranged	100,000*
Dark beasts	Dark beast	331.5 (1,372.8)	Available within Kuradal's dungeon.	Dark bow	Ranged	171,000
Desert strykewyrms	Desert strykewyrm	376.5	Killable only on task.	Focus sight	Ranged	70,000*
Elves	Elf warrior	73.6			Magic
Elves	Iorwerth guard, Iorwerth scout	608		Attuned crystal seeds	Magic
Elves	Cadarn magus, Cadarn ranger	608		Attuned crystal seeds	Magic	370,000
Edimmu	Edimmu	800.2 (2,044)	Requires 115 Dungeoneering. Killable only on task.	Blood necklace shard	Ranged Magic Melee Salve amulet	175,000
Ganodermic creatures	Ganodermic beast, Ganodermic runt	565		Items for Ganodermic equipment.	Fire spells	260,000
Gargoyles	Gargoyle	197.4	Available within Slayer Tower and Kuradal's dungeon.	Granite maul, Dark mystic robe top	Magic	117,000
Gemstone dragons	Dragonstone dragon	1448.4	Expensive to kill off task. Requires completion of hard Karamja tasks. Special attack removes 20s of any active anti fire potions.	Gemstone gauntlets, Gemstone boots, Draconic visage	Bane Super antifire
Gemstone dragons	Onyx dragon	1858.8	Expensive to kill off task. Requires completion of hard Karamja tasks. Special attack heals dragon for 5,000 HP.	Gemstone helm, Gemstone greaves, Draconic visage	Bane Super antifire
Gemstone dragons	Hydrix dragon	4768.8	Expensive to kill off task. Requires completion of hard Karamja tasks. Special attack completely drains player's adrenaline and reduces gain by 50%.	Gemstone hauberk, Draconic visage	Bane Super antifire	570,000
Glacors	Glacor	1881	Unlockable after completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points.	Shards of Armadyl, Glaiven boots, Steadfast boots, Ragefire boots	Fire spells	200,000
Greater demons	Greater demon	135.4 (620)			Ranged Magic	95,000
Greater demons	K'ril Tsutsaroth (HM)	2151.5 (209)		See main article for loot.	Ranged MagicHigh Accuracy	211,000
Grotworms	Mature grotworm	343.6	Far spread out.		Ranged	70,000*
Ice strykewyrms	Ice strykewyrm	693.2	Killable only on task.	Staff of light	Fire spells Fire/Kiln cape	255,000
Iron dragon	Iron dragon	245	Fast task.	Draconic visage	Magic	120,000*
Kal'gerion demons	Kal'gerion demon	1858.8	Requires 90 Dungeoneering or willingness to go to Wilderness.	Kal'gerion battle commendation, Demon slayer crossbow	Silverlight	160,000*
Kalphites	Kalphite	59.3 - 3963			Ranged	86,000*
Lava strykewyrms	Lava strykewyrm	1872	Only found in the Wilderness. Can be killed with a Slayer Contract.	Fury sharks, Wyrm heart, Wyrm scalp, Wyrm spike	Ranged	260,000
Mithril dragons	Mithril dragon	564.4		Dragon Full Helm, Draconic visage	Bane Super antifire	140,000*
Muspah	Bladed, Force, Throwing Muspah	469	Unlockable after Fate of the Gods. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points.	Nightmare muspah pouch ingredients	Magic Ancient Spells	230,000
Mutated jadinkos	Mutated jadinko male	209.6		Herblore Habitat ingredients	Melee Halberd, Agression potion	170,000
Nechyaels	Nechryael	251.6, (1,120)			Melee Halberd, Agression potion	240,000
Nihils	Smoke, Shadow Nihil	423 - 705.4	Unlockable after Fate of the Gods. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points.	Nihil pouch ingredients, Zaryte bow	Ranged	120,000*
Nightmares	Nightmare	1540	Unlockable after Children of Mah. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points.	Nightmare gauntlets	Ranged
Ripper demons	Ripper Demon	2,721.5 (3,203)	Turns aggressive at low HP. Deals high amount of damage. Has a 1-shot mechanic.	Ripper claws, Raptor key part 2	Silverlight	440,000
Rune dragon	Rune dragon	2,051 (3,399)	Unlocked after Ritual of the Mahjarrat and Fate of the Gods.	Glaiven wing-tip, Ragefire gland, Steadfast scale, Draconic visage, Kethsi ring	Bane Super antifire	180,000
Shadow creature	Truthful, Blissful, Manifest shadow	343 - 930	Tirannwn quiver 2+ increases damage dealt by 5%.	Dark Soul, Dark Mind, Dark Body	Ranged Magic	200,000*
Soul devourers	Salawa akh	504	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper.	Khopesh of the Kharidian, Key to the Crossing, Corrupted gem, Vital sparks, Corrupted egg	Magic Melee (melee with halberd-type weapon)	230,000
Soul devourers	Feline akh	536.2	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. At low health can call for help.		Magic Melee	250,000
Soul devourers	Scarab akh	714.8	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Uses Vulnerability.		Ranged Magic	270,000
Soul devourers	Crocodile akh	799	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Deals massive melee damage every 5 attacks.		Magic
Soul devourers	Gorilla akh	748	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Deals massive damage in front of them. Move away to mitigate damage.		Magic
Soul devourers	Imperial mage, warrior, ranger akh	1780.5	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Can use abilities like elves in Prifddinas.		Magic (attack mages and warriors only) Ranged (attack rangers and mages only) Melee (attack warriors and rangers only)
Soul devourers	The Magister	8000	Unlocked after Icthlarin's Little Helper. Requires Key to the Crossing. Slayer helmet does not provide buffs.	Phylactery, Key to the Crossing, Gloves of Passage	Magic
Steel dragons	Steel dragon	350	Very quick task.	Draconic visage	Magic	154,000*
Tormented demons	Tormented Demon	1136	Unlockable after While Guthix Sleeps. Requires to be unlocked with 50 slayer points. Protection prayers protect 100% of the damage.	Dragon limbs, Dragon claws, Ruined dragon armour	Silverlight Holy water Ranged Magic	180,000
TzHaar	Fight cauldron (place)	Varies	Task can be used to do TzHaar Fight Cave instead.	TokHaar-Hok drops an experience lamp	Water spells Ice spells Obsidian armour	46,000*
Vyrewatch	Vyrelord	340			Blisterwood	80,000*
Waterfiends	Waterfiend	335 (1181.5)			Ranged	110,000*
Living Wyverns	Wyvern	1878.8 (2654)	Deals very high and constant damage. Has cold-based mechanics and poison capability.	Wyvern crossbow, Draconic visage, Raptor key part 1	Melee Stuns, high accuracy and damage weapons Wyrmfire potion	298,000