Aberrant spectre

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Slayer TowerSmoke Dungeon
Aberrant spectre
Release			26 January 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
A very smelly ghost.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
72			6,000			274.5			90.5
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
16 / 10 / 5
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
60			109.6			Aberrant spectres
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
0			0			208			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
1				1				52
Accuracy
0				0				901
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
901		52
Affinities
90			45			65			55
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1604, 1605, 1606, 1607
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Aberrant spectres are Slayer monsters that require level 60 Slayer to kill. They frequently drop large amounts of valuable herbs and herb seeds. A Macaw Summoning familiar is helpful as it will improve herb drops (however herbs will no longer be noted; requires level 41 Summoning), as will herb gloves (a reward from the Fist of Guthix minigame). They are an excellent source of medium-high level herbs such as ranarrs and lantadymes, and also drop various low and high-priced seeds.

Strengths and weaknesses

Aberrant spectres have an extremely potent stench that drains stats and life points very quickly, so they are very deadly to fight without proper protection. A nose peg, mask of stench/helm of foulness, or slayer helmet (or any of its upgrades) protects against the stench. A gas mask does not work for this.

They are weak against either thrown weapons or arrows, depending on their location – spectres in Morytania Slayer Tower are weak to thrown weapons, whereas spectres in Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon are weak to arrows.

Spectres use a rapid and quite accurate Magic attack with a max hit of 297, which will hit fairly often even with good magic defence. If fought without appropriate protection you will be hit for heavy damage every hit, and suffer massive stat drains.

If a tank approach is desired when killing aberrant spectres, a shield or shield-bow is of utmost importance, as it enables the use of defensive and healing abilities. It is possible for a player in Karil's armour with a dark bow or blisterwood stakes and a shield to stay for an extended period of time with minimal food or prayer if Rejuvenate, with shield, or Guthix's Blessing, without shield, is used upon filling the adrenaline bar.

Another easy and fast method to kill aberrant spectres in the Slayer Tower would be to use Blisterwood stakes, Sagaies, or Dragon darts with either off-hand dragon darts or a d'hide shield with full dragonhide armour along with the proper protection while using ranged abilities, using rejuvenate and regenerate as and when needed. Using this method along with ava's accumulator will allow for extended trips with minimal loss of ammunition and food. Using sacrifice appropriately will eliminate the need for food and any defensive abilities if you are above level 130 combat.

Spectres have a short-range magical attack. Players can take advantage of this in the Slayer Tower and Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon by luring them into an obstacle and using a weapon with a large attack range. Spectres were made aggressive in the 14 July 2014 update.

A salve amulet, or a salve amulet(e), may also prove to be useful.

Locations

Morytania Slayer Tower (middle floor)

Slaying spectres in the Tower.

These aberrant spectres are located on the middle (first) floor of the Morytania Slayer Tower, on the east side. There are gates that can be opened to get to them at the entrances to their area.

There are a number of ways to reach the slayer tower. The fastest is the teleport from the Mask of Stench/Helm of Foulness to just outside the door to the spectres. A ring of slaying teleports a player directly outside the tower. Alternatively, the CKS fairy ring, Canifis Lodestone, Kharyrll teleport or Kharyryll Portal will teleport players near-by to return. The player can also use a Mask of Broken Fingers, a Mask of the Abyss or their upgraded versions to teleport to other floors of the Slayer Tower and then use the central stairs.

The spectres here are weak to thrown weapons, so the best option is to use sagaies or blisterwood stakes. Other Tier 70 ranged weapons such as Crystal bow and Karil's crossbow are also viable options, as they can always hit the spectres. If your range level isn't that high, any other weapons below 70 are fine.

In addition, the spectres in the tower are in lower numbers than the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon and are fairly spread out, so players may need to wait for the spectres to respawn on occasion. Extra combat xp or cash is available at this location by taking a Slayer contract with Markus so many players come here to do their tasks. The contract gives an extra 22 Slayer experience per kill, regardless of whether or not you have aberrant spectres as your task. If you are interested only in faster kills it might be suggested to use other locations for a slayer task.

Killing aberrant spectres at the Slayer Tower is often used as a way to make money, due to the short distance between the tower and the bank in Canifis. Fast teleport options to a bank, such as the ring of kinship or TokKul-Zo, will reduce banking time further. Another possibility is to use the Tool leprechaun at the farming patch due south of the Slayer Tower to note the herb drops and then return to the tower.

Players who use Summoning familiars can recharge their summoning points at the obelisk on the way to the tower.

Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon

Concept art of aberrant spectres.

These aberrant spectres are located in the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon, in the central area of the bottom floor of the dungeon. The dungeon is accessed by descending the well in Pollnivneach. Players will need to have completed the Smoking Kills quest to access the dungeon. In the dungeon you will be subjected to harmful smoke as well as the Aberrant spectre's stench, so using a slayer helmet is mandatory. Using only the individual components of the helmet will result in almost certain death, either from the spectres' stench or the smoke in the well.

The fastest access is the teleport from the Mask of Stench/Helm of Foulness to just outside the barrier to the spectres. Quick access to the dungeon can also be gained by using a ring of slaying to teleport to Sumona, moving one's house to Pollnivneach and using Teleport to House, or using a Pollnivneach tablet (requires completion of the Love Story quest).

These spectres are weak against arrows, so a crystal bow or magic shieldbow with broad arrows or above is very helpful in killing them quickly. Utilising a combat familiar would greatly speed up kills, as there is a small obelisk in the same area as the spectres.

This place is more deserted than the Slayer Tower, making it an ideal option to finish a slayer task quickly and efficiently. It is recommended to use a cannon here with healing abilities such as Soul Split and Rejuvenate, as protection prayers only offer 50% protection against their magic attacks.

Champion's Challenge

Aberrant spectres are one of the 'races' who have lesser champions in the Champion's Challenge Distraction and Diversion. To fight the Aberrant Spectre Champion, the player must kill aberrant spectres until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop.

Drops

The average Aberrant spectre kill is worth 3,456.45 coins.

Charms

No charm
73–74%	12%	6%	4%	5%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 646,930 kills. 1 charm is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Fellstalk seed (m)		2	4/128	1,382	76
	Morchella mushroom spore (m)		3	3/256	411	153
	Grimy guam		1–5 (noted)	12/128	753-3,765	18-90
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1–3 (noted)	9/128	2,277-6,831	0
	Grimy tarromin		1–3 (noted)	7/128	110-330	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1–3 (noted)	5/128	676-2,028	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1–3 (noted)	4/128	1,870-5,610	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1–3 (noted)	2/128	4,932-14,796	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1–3 (noted)	2/128	1,006-3,018	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1–4 (noted)	2/128	10,868-43,472	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1–3 (noted)	3/256	4,411-13,233	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1–3 (noted)	2/256	7,374-22,122	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1–3 (noted)	2/256	7,725-23,175	0
	Tiny blunt rune salvage		1	4/128	6,741	8,000
	Lava battlestaff (m)		1	2/128	8,971	10,200
	Medium plated rune salvage		1	3/256	22,662	24,000
	Dark mystic robe bottom		1	1/512	9,536	6,000
	Snape grass (m)		8 (noted)	16/128	1,024	48
	Jangerberries (m)		2 (noted)	9/128	1,848	0
	Swamp tar (m)		25	8/128	2,950	0
	Coins		250–3,457	12/128	250-3,457	250-3,457

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ghostly essence (m)		7–18	3/512	47,236-121,464	420-1,080
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit sapphire (m)		1	5/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit emerald (m)		1	3/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit ruby (m)		1	2/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Aberrant Spectre Champion's scroll (m)		1	1/5000	0	0
	Court summons (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter goggles		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter body		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter legs		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghost hunter backpack		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ectoplasmator (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghostly essence (m)		1–2	Very rare	6,748-13,496	60-120
	Deployable herb burner (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Cremation		1	1/1000	Not sold	Not alchemisable

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.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 722 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,505 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 1,645 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 4,451 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 200,295-244,805 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,078 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,712 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 12,165 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 547,425-669,075 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,216 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,867 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 551,880-674,520 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 910 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,700 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 696,600-851,400 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 64,294 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,566 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 14,690-17,810 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,004,670-1,227,930 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 178,228-214,922 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,668-16,482 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 46,845-57,255 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 297,450-363,550 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,600-16,400 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 409,860-500,940 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 24,675-34,545 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 11,690 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 23,425-28,110 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,874 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 146,125-175,350 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 1,134 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 15,200-21,280 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 502,290-613,910 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 155,430-189,970 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 119,745-146,355 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 137,295-167,805 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 10,500-12,000 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 12,754-14,576 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 227,908 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 401,350 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 45,000-55,000 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 21,600-26,400 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 177,750-217,250 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 11,356-13,694 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 112,725-137,775 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 15,660-19,140 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 309,960-378,840 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 117,363 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,631 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 426 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,432,268,388 300,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	5,241	Not alchemisable

Update history

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• ninja 25 April 2016 (Update):
  • Improved respawn rates for Aberrant Spectres.

Trivia

• The name of the monster used to be spelled "Aberrant specter", but it was changed to the British -re ending in an update several years ago.
• This monster's examine is similar to that of the Plague frogs, which is "A very smelly frog."
• With the bloom lighting update on 28 November 2011, the appearance of aberrant spectres changed for players who enabled the feature.
• Their arrival at the Slayer Tower is mentioned in a journal found in a bookcase near their location in the Tower.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 101,439 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.