PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (2024)

Slayer is a combat-based skill, where XP is awarded for killing the mobs tasked to you by a slayer master, with harder mobs generally giving more XP. Slayer is a skill where high effort rewards high XP rates, and afk methods offer lower XP rates, so gaining PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (1) XP is proportional to the effort put in. As such, AOE damage is king.

To start with, using your highest level slayer master is always advised, with the exception of Mandrith who only offers wilderness tasks. Some tasks are higher weighted than others, so the tables on the wiki should be used to check which tasks are more likely to appear, blocking the tasks that have high weight but low XP/h. Early Slayer tasks offer poor XP rates, so the player should aim to gain slayer XP from other methods, such as squashing Scarabs in Menaphos, Reaper tasks or completing quests. Most tasks below level 85 offer low XP mobs, however a greater demon task can be used to kill Greater Demon Berserkers for much better xp. With these methods, low-level, poor XP tasks can be avoided.

Since AoE damage is the king of slayer, a lot of lower and higher levelled slayer tasks are generally done with melee, with a halberd weapon, making melee the main overall style when slaying. However, both magic and ranged have their own sets of tasks that they are best for, especially at the higher end, so all three styles are recommended to be used.

Some base presets are shown below

Base Melee Preset

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Base Magic Preset

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Base Ranged Preset

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Note: The gear shown above isn't indicative of what one should wear on every slayer task, as many tasks require specific gear or items, the presets are just a general idea of what to remember to take with you.

Some base action bars are shown below

Basic Melee Afk Bar

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Basic Magic Afk Bar

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Basic Ranged Afk Bar

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Note: Specific tasks may require their own action bars, due to requiring certain abilities like Devotion PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (8) or Anticipate PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (9) in a specific spot, or if AoE is not required. These bars should be taken as a baseline and not as the absolute best bar. The ranged bar assumes 1v1 combat, as AoE ranged is usually in the form of Mechanised Chinchompas PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (10). If gFury PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (11) is not owned, shift everything up one slot and put Slice PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (12) at the end.

General Tips and Tricks

⬥ There are a lot of tasks that benefit from using aggression potions to lure mobs together, often in conjunction with the Dwarven Multicannon PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (13) or Oldak Coil PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (14) to achieve a stronger effect.

⬥ Prayer restoring items, such as Super Restores PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (15) or Super Prayer Renewals are extremely cheap, so prayers should always be used when slaying.

⬥ As soon as the player hits 105 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (16), the highest priority is to obtain the Dinosaur Tooth drop, a 1/800 drop from slayer creatures on Anachronia. The droprate is further boosted under the effect of the Osseous Roar, to 1/720. Whilst 105 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (17) is not required, the lowest level slayer creature on anachronia is level 90 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (18), Venomous dinosaurs are easily afk-able and give high kph. The Dinosaur Tooth is used to build the slayer helmet stand, which allows the Slayer Helm PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (19) buff to be available at all times without wearing it, making it extremely ideal for all slayer tasks.

⬥ Slayer points should be spent

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Firstly on building a good block + prefer list, unlocking good tasks such as Nightmare creatures, and upgrading the Slayer Helm PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (20).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• After that, tooltbelt upgrades for the seedicide, gold accumulator, bonecrusher and charming imp, then abilities such as broader fletching and crafting slayer rings.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If the player plans to do Gargoyles early on, Finishing blows is a higher priority, however a Legendary Pet can be used for the same effect without purchasing the ability.

Recommendations

T70 GW1 Armour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (21) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (22) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (23) - Cheap but good gear, these armours are ideal for most slayer tasks, providing suitable armour, augmentable for perks, and good damage bonus.

Custom-Fit Trimmed Masterwork PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (24) - exceptionally powerful slayer armour due to it's non-degrade whilst on task feature, highest level armour in the game currently.

Note: Never use hybrid armour, the damage gained from slayer perks does not cover damage lost by not using power armour, most slayer perks are cheap and t70 gear has a low drain rate which suffices for most tasks. If necessary, an item such as Akrisae's Robe Skirt can be used with universal perks.

Gear

Slayer Helm PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (25) - The single strongest piece of gear, vital for any slayer task. Highest tier provides a 14.5% damage and accuracy boost to mobs whilst on task.

Halberd Weapon PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (26) - For melee AOE, these weapons have a 2-square range, allowing AoEs to hit in a 5x5 area.

Mechanised Chinchompas PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (27) - For ranged AOE, all non-AoE abilities now hit every target in a 3x3 area.

Ring of Vigour PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (28) - Refunds 10% adrenaline on use of an ultimate ability.

Kethsi Ring - Provides a 4% damage buff against metal dragons, 8% inside Kuradal's dungeon.

Darklight - Upgraded after the Dimension of Disaster quest, BiS mainhand weapon for killing demons.

Tirannwn Quiver PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (29) - Provides a 5% damage buff against Shadow Creatures, Elves and Dark Beasts, depending on the tier of achievements completed.

Dragon Slayer Gloves - Provides a 10% accuracy buff against dragons, alongside a 15% PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (30) experience boost. Can be obtained with 100 thaler, or an hour of Fist of Guthix boosting.

Scrimshaw of Sacrifice - At the cost of all primary and secondary drops, increases the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (31) and PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (32) XP gained by 50%.

Enhanced Excalibur PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (33) - After completion of the Elite Seer's Village tasks, heals the player for 40% of their max hp over time when activated.

Blood Amulets - BiS amulets for low-hp AoE tasks, damages nearby targets for 200-500 damage every 15s and heals the player for the same amount, cheap to use.

Annihilation PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (34) - When stored in an Essence of Finality amulet PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (35), the special attack becomes very strong for AoE mobs, building stacks quickly. Similar to a PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (36) for damage boost and adrenaline cost, without sharing a cooldown. Stacks are cleared upon splashing, so use for low defence mobs. This can be a much cheaper alternative for the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (37), however will not be nearly as useful for general pvm, just AoE slayer.

Perks

Slayer Perks PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (38) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (39) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (40) - Demon/Undead/Dragon slayer perks increase the damage taken by their respective mobs by 7%. A must have if you plan to do a large amount of these types of mobs.

Scavenging - Generates uncommon + rare invention components upon killing mobs, 1% per rank chance of activation, with a further 1% chance for the component to be rare. A good gp generator when killing mass amounts of mobs.

Enhanced Devoted PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (41) - Has a 4.5% chance per rank to activate and make protection prayers 100% effective for 3s. Heavily reduces damage taken on a large amount of slayer tasks.

Genocidal PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (42) - As the task progresses, this perk provides a damage buff to the player, up to 7%.

Abilities

Bladed Dive PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (43) - Purchaseable from Shattered Worlds, this ability deals 127% ability damage in a 5x5 area if using PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (44), and resets it's cooldown if the target dies. Extremely powerful for slayer, must be manually activated.

Corruption PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (45) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (46) - AoE abilities for magic/ranged, very strong for AoE damage.

Death's Swiftness/Sunshine PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (47) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (48) - Damage boosting ultimate abilities, unlockable upon completing The World Wakes quest, boosts damage by 50% for 30s.

Slayer's Insight - Purchaseable from Shattered Worlds, this ability increases the slayer XP gained by 10% for 30 seconds, with a 120s cooldown.

Aggression - Purchaseable from Shattered Worlds, this ability draws the aggression of all nearby mobs, with a 90s cooldown.

Kuradal's Favour - Purchaseable from Shattered Worlds, this ability instantly respawns all dead mobs inside Kuradal's dungeon, with a 60s cooldown.

Sacrifice PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (49) - This ability heals the player for 25% of the damage it deals, or 100% if it kills the target. Useful for healing off low HP mobs.

Devotion PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (50) - When activated, this ability makes protection prayers 100% effective for 10s, and is extended by 5s for every mob killed up to 10s.

Tuskas Wrath PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (51) - This ability, when used on a slayer task, hits the target for 100x the player's slayer level, capping at 15000 damage. Has a 2 minute cooldown when used on task.

Relics

Slayer's Introspection PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (52) - Unlockable at 118 Archaeology, this relic allows the player to choose either the minimum or maximum for a task, helpful for drop hunting, xp and gp.

Berserker's Fury PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (53) - Unlockable at 56 Archaeology, this relic provides a damage buff of up to 5.5% as the player's lifepoints decreases.

Luck of the Dwarves - Unlockable at 83 Archaeology, this relic provides the luck enhancing effect of the Luck of the Dwarves ring PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (54), whilst allowing the player to use another ring.

Death Note - Unlockable at 108 Archaeology, this relic makes all bone and ash drops noted by default.

Auras

Penance PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (55) - Gain prayer points equal to 5% of the damage you receive.

Vampyrism PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (56) - Gain lifepoints equal to 5% of the damage you deal, capped at 50 lifepoints per hit.

Inspiration PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (57) - Gain 0.5% adrenaline for each successful hit, useful on large aoe tasks.

Berserker PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (58) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (59) / PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (60) - Provides a 10% damage buff, boosts the combat levels by 10%, increases accuracy by 10% at the cost of reducing the player's defence by 15%.

Other

Slayer Helmet Stand - Available after upgrading the Slayer lodge at Anachronia Base camp to T3. Allows the player to recieve the effect of the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (61) at all times, without having to wear it.

Slayer VIP Tickets PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (62) - An absolute must for all slayer tasks, provides the ability to pick between two tasks when receiving a new task. Obtainable through various means, via the Travelling merchant or Cabbage Facepunch Bonanza minigame.

Cannon Upgrades - Purchaseable with Artisan's Workshop Respect, the Dwarven Multicannon PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (63) , and it's melee and magic variants, the Kinetic Cyclone PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (64) and Oldak Coil PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (65), can be upgraded in their capacity and with an auto-reloading perk. A total of 250% respect is required to fully upgrade the cannon.

Slayer Codex - Contains information on the souls collected by the player, and provides bonuses at certain numbers of souls collected. Every 10 souls provides a 1% slayer experience increase, up to a maximum of 5%. At 50 souls collected, the Codex unlocks the ability to teleport the player directly to the Player-Owned Slayer dungeon.

Corbicula Perk PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (66) - Grants a 20% additive critical hit chance increase to meteor strike PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (67) per tier, up to 40%. Granted by having an elder Corbicula Rex in each large pen in the Ranch out of time.

Armour/Alloy Spikes PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (68) - Smithable at 90/99 smithing respectively, these deal damage to a target equal to the player's Smithing level, Alloy spikes have a 10% chance to do 10x normal spike damage. Only useable with melee, these are useful when dealing with poisonable mobs, and they aid healing with vampyrism aura/scrimshaw.

Permanent Gold Accumulator - Purchaseable for 1.5m Dungeoneering tokens, this picks up all gold drops at 90% value, able to be placed in the toolbelt for 500 slayer points.

Spring Cleaner - Craftable at 43 invention, the Spring Cleaner provides the ability to alch salvage drops, dissassemble salvage, and break down common slayer creature drops. Extremely useful for passive gp gain and drop cleaning.

Bonecrusher/Ectoplasmator PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (69) - Another drop cleaner, destroys bones/ashes respectively, used in conjunction with the Demon Horn Necklace to regain prayer points.

Gem Bag - Stores gems, up to 30/60 of each type, purchaseable and upgradeable with 2000/20,000 dungeoneering tokens.

Dominion Mines PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (70) - Deployable twice every minute, deals up to 10,000 damage each to a target below 138 combat level, useful on high hp creatures such as Rune Dragons, Living Wyverns, Acheron Mammoths, and Soulgazers.

Wilder Pie - Provides a +6 static slayer level boost for 6 minutes, useful for killing higher levelled mobs for more XP.

Premier Artefact PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (71) - Usable once per day, the Premier Artefact has a function that has a 10% chance of not decreasing your slayer task counter for each mob killed, lasts 1 hour.

Note: This category is ordered loosely in priority of unlock.

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Introduction

⬥ This method consists of doing 9 slayer tasks with Jacquelyn PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (73) (Lumbridge Slayer Master), followed by the 10th task with Laniakea PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (74) (highest-level Slayer Master, requiring level 90 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (75) and 120 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (76)).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This is done to take advantage of the 10th and 50th task points bonus (110 and 330 respectively, from Laniakea), while doing the nine tasks in between as fast as possible.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Ideally, you set up a block list that allows you to do all of Jacquelyn tasks inside the Lumbridge Catacombs, and use the NPC Contact spell to receive a new one without leaving the catacombs, speeding this up further.

⬥ This method can net you an average of 660 slayer points/hour.

Recommended Unlocks/Items

⬥ The Blood Pact quest completed (mandatory)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Required to access the Lumbridge Catacombs

⬥ Gchain PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (77) with Caroming 4 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (78) (highly recommended)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If using Melee, Bladed Dive PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (79) with halberd-style weapon (PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (80) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (81) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (82) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (83)) and Laceration boots PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (84)

⬥ Slayer VIP Tickets PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (85) (highly recommended)

⬥ Lunar Diplomacy quest completed

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Gives access to SBS PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (86) and NPC Contact PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (87) spells

⬥ Slayer Introspection relic PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (88)

⬥ Slayer (master) cape PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (89)

⬥ Slayer Masks (Abyss, Dagannoth, Ganodermic)

Presets

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (90) with Caroming 4 PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (91) (any staff works, can use PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (92) to save runes)

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (93) with Scavenging 4

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (94) alongside PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (95) to upkeep PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (96) PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (97)

PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (98) inactive for passive stats (optional)

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Action Bar

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Block List

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Method

Jacquelyn PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (120) (1-9th tasks)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Start by going to the Lumbridge Catacombs by teleporting to the Lumbridge Lodestone and walking south to the cemetery.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Once inside, climb down stairs twice to reach the lower catacombs.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• There, PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (121) + PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (122) to get assigned your first task.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ If you do not have PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (123) unlocked, get your tasks directly from Jacquelyn, who is located at the Lumbridge's castle entrance, by teleporting via the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (124) or Lumbridge Lodestone.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This method can be done efficiently in two ways.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ It can be done with Magic PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (125) using the preset and action bar above

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Alternatively, it can be done with Melee PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (126) by killing the mobs with Bladed Dive PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (127) while using an halberd-style weapon (e.g. PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (128)) and Laceration boots PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (129) for the increased AoE (5x5)

Laniakea PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (130) (10th task)

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• After completing your 9 tasks with Jacquelyn, you must go to Laniakea to get assigned your 10th task.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• To get there, teleport using the PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (131) or the Anachronia lodestone and walk NE to the slayer lodge inside your base camp.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ It is highly advised that you use either slayer maks (namely Abyss, Dagannoth or Ganodermic) or Slayer VIP Tickets PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (132) to get assigned quick tasks, maximizing your slayer points/hour.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ Using the Slayer Introspection relic PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (133) in order to select the minimum amount of kills for each assignment will further speed up this method.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎⬩ If owned, PvM Encyclopedia Guides - Overview Of Slayer (134) can be useful aswell due to its 20% chance to choose what your next task will be.

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