Ankou (elite)

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Ankou
Release																				27 July 2015 (Update)
Members																				No
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Ghosts (Ankou), Skeleton
Examine																				A bony ghost.
Combat info
Combat level																				67
Life points																				23,550
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				1,177.5
XP																				314
XP																				388.5
XP																				105 (two-handed) 52 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				1
Assignment																				Ankou, Skeletons, Undead
Master																				Jacquelyn: 15–25 The Raptor: 130–170; 80–120; 95–125 Vannaka: 40–60 Mazchna: 60–100 Laniakea: 120–160
Offensive
Max hit
1,100												0												0												0												N/A
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
55															1															1															1
Accuracy
883															0															0															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
668										42
Base hit chance
90															60															50															70
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															21433
Links															bestiary • MRND

An Ankou (elite) is an elite version of the ankou. If on a Slayer assignment, an elite Ankou is guaranteed to spawn; otherwise, elite monsters have a spawn rate of 1 in 1,000. Elite spawn rates can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks.

If a player fails to damage it at any point, it will heal 300-500 per tick (until the player manages to damage it again). Unlike its normal counterpart, the elite version can manoeuvre around safe spots and get within melee distance of unsuspecting players.

Names

The elite versions have varying names, with a randomly generated prefix and suffix.

Prefix	Ankou	Suffix
Cruel		of Death
Dangerous		of Doom
Infamous		of Fear
Monstrous		of Pain
Notorious		of Peril
Powerful		of Suffering
Renowned

Drops

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

The average Ankou (elite) kill is worth 14,717 coins.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	235	1

Main drops

Elite monsters have three rolls of their main drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	3 × 1/400	Not sold	N/A
	Battlestaff (m)	1	3 × 4/56	4,819	4,200
	Adamant arrow	80	3 × 4/56	4,160	8,240
	Mithril stone spirit	6	3 × 8/56	996	N/A
	Coins	3,000	3 × 6/56	3,000	3,000
	Mahogany wood spirit	6	3 × 8/56	696	N/A
	Medium bladed mithril salvage	1	3 × 4/56	4,207	1,800
	Death rune	20	3 × 8/56	2,080	1,240
	Mystic cloth	3 (noted)	3 × 8/56	18,327	7,200

Gem drop table

There is a 6/56 chance to roll the gem drop table. This is increased to 10/56 in free-to-play, replacing the battlestaff drop.

Gem and rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins (m) 250–500 3 × 1/18.96 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 3 × 1/16.83 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 3 × 1/38.54 315 15 Uncut emerald 1 3 × 1/74.67 367 30 Uncut ruby 1 3 × 1/149.33 365 60 Uncut diamond 1 3 × 1/597.33 862 120 Rune javelin (m) 5 3 × 1/298.67 935 1,870 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 3 × 1/1,061.93–1/1,035.38 5,640 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 3 × 1/1,092.27–1/1,071.08 8,281 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 3 × 1/1,092.27–1/1,071.08 8,543 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) 3 × 1/15,291.73–1/12,424.53 38,074 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) 3 × 1/19,114.67–1/15,530.67 57,655–75,395 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 3 × 1/19,114.67–1/15,530.67 13,640–17,360 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) 3 × 1/19,114.67–1/15,530.67 39,620–50,940 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) 3 × 1/38,229.33–1/31,061.33 48,082 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 3 × 1/38,229.33–1/31,061.33 30,730–39,510 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/38,229.33–1/31,061.33 18,900–23,100 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) 3 × 1/38,229.33–1/31,061.33 39,830–51,210 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 3 × 1/34,076.29–1/27,686.98 58,425 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 3 × 1/122,948.61–1/99,895.75 55,823 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 3 × 1/122,948.61–1/99,895.75 57,662 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/19,114.67; 0 10,800–13,200 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 25–35 3 × 1/19,114.67; 1/17,920; 0 44,450–62,230 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) 3 × 1/19,114.67–1/16,725.33; 0 38,745–47,355 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 70,670 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 3 × 1/349,525.33–1/283,989.33 35,059 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) 3 × 1/815,559.11–1/662,641.78 685,332–837,628 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 462,375–565,125 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/407,779.56–1/331,320.89 126,000–154,000 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/407,779.56–1/331,320.89 237,510–290,290 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) 3 × 1/489,335.47–1/397,585.07 173,520–212,080 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) 3 × 1/815,559.11–1/662,641.78 531,090–649,110 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 89,088–148,480 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 40,664–49,036 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 867,420–1,060,180 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 414,990–507,210 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 1,032,615–1,262,085 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 14,541 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 3 × 1/815,559.11–1/662,641.78 12,428–16,252 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/489,335.47–1/397,585.07 38,790–47,410 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 253,800–310,200 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 399,600–488,400 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 152,010–185,790 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 146,880–179,520 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 3 × 1/582,542.22–1/473,315.56 1,068,210–1,780,350 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) 3 × 1/203,889.78–1/165,660.44 141,372–172,788 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) 3 × 1/815,559.11–1/662,641.78 203,881–258,655 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 283,500–346,500 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) 3 × 1/611,669.33–1/496,981.33 218,142–363,570 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) 3 × 1/815,559.11–1/662,641.78 641,318 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) 3 × 1/1,529,173.33–1/1,242,453.33 420,511–549,899 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 3 × 1/489,335.47–1/397,585.07 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 3 × 1/1,223,338.67–1/993,962.67 Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 3 × 1/1,242,453.33; 0 294,249 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 3 × ~1/12,233,386.67–1/10,704,213.33; 0 795 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 3 × ~1/11,044,029.63; 0 49,764 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 3 × ~1/99,396,266.67; 0 5,647,648,046 300,000

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Left skull half	1	3/80; 15/80	1	1
	Ghostly essence (m)	1–5	3 × 1/96	7,940–39,700	60–300
	Starved ancient effigy (m)	1	3 × 1/41,322–1/206,611	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token (m)	1	1/9,933	115,451	N/A
	Spirit sapphire (m)	1	3 × 5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit emerald (m)	1	3 × 3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit ruby (m)	1	3 × 2/2,000	Not sold	N/A

Charms (m)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Gold charm (m)	1	3 × 239/1,000	1	1
	Green charm (m)	1	3 × 7.47/1,000	1	1
	Crimson charm (m)	1	3 × 14.9/1,000	1	1
	Blue charm (m)	1	3 × 1.49/1,000	2	2

The quantity of charms dropped can be affected by a number of boosts including Familiarisation triple charm drops, Fang of Mohegan, and seasonal events such as Winter Weekends.

Achievements

• Guardian of the Realm ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Asgarnia & Misthalin.
  • Left skull half drop

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

• update 2 March 2026 (Update):
  • Default base hit chances increased:
    • Magic ('weak'): 65 → 70
    • Melee ('same'): 55 → 60
    • Ranged ('strong'): 45 → 50

• patch 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Replaced the yew logs drop with mahogany wood spirits.

• patch 12 February 2024 (Update):
  • Rebalanced several low level monsters that were harder to kill than intended

• patch 17 April 2023 (Update):
  • Fixed the issue of incorrect souls being captured by Ushabti.

• patch 11 April 2023 (Update):
  • Updated Undead Slayer categories gamewide.

• hotfix 9 October 2017 (Update):
  • The drop rate of mystic cloth from ankou has been reduced.

• update 27 July 2015 (Update):
  • Added to game.