Banshee

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Banshee
Release			26 January 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Ghost
Examine
A tortured screaming soul.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
37			1,350			58.5			19.3
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
3 / 2 / 1
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
15			15.2			Banshees
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
108			0			108			? (edit)
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
27				1				27
Accuracy
409				0				409
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
409		27
Affinities
90			45			65			55
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1612
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Banshees are Slayer monsters found in the Slayer Tower that require level 15 Slayer and earmuffs to kill. Additionally, banshees tend to frequently drop many different types of herbs. Mighty banshees are a higher-levelled alternative, if this is given as your Slayer assignment.

When banshees are killed with a normal contract, the player will get 3.1 experience points, and 18.6 on special contracts.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Slayer Tower ground floor[UK]1st floor[US]	37		12	Maplink

Strategy

Players should wear earmuffs, masked earmuffs, a Slayer helmet, or a Mask of Mourning/Helm of Keening when fighting banshees. Not having the required equipment will cause the player to take damage equal to 10% of their constitution level. Combat statistics and Agility are also reduced, which can be annoying for players wishing to use the shortcuts in the Slayer Tower.

Banshees use a magic attack which hits from a distance. The Protect from Magic Prayer will work against them, but most players are likely better off using armour with a high magic defence bonus, such as dragonhide armour.

Banshees are considered undead, so a salve amulet or salve amulet (e) will work. An ectoplasmator will also provide the player with Prayer experience.

Morytania legs 4 will provide a 10% boost to slayer experience if in the slayer tower and on task. A contract with Markus will provide even more additional slayer experience if the task is completed in the Slayer Tower.

As banshees drop many types of herbs and seeds, players can make use of seedicide and herbicide to convert them to experience. A herb bag, charming imp and gem bag can also be useful for collecting their drops.

Champion's Challenge

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

Drops

The average Banshee kill is worth 1,233.83 coins.

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
89%	2–3%	7%	1%	0.3–0.4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 83,610 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Small spiky bronze salvage		1	3/128	205	40
	Staff of air		1	4/128	2,001	900
	Mithril arrow		40	6/128	1,000	1,800
	Chaos rune		3; 7; 10	9/128	411-1,370	84-280
	Dark mystic gloves		1	1/512	9,531	3,000
	Grimy guam		1	8/128	502	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	7/128	7,668	0
	Grimy tarromin		1	4/128	166	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	3/128	962	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	3/128	4,372	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	2/128	900	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	3/256	1,261	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	2/256	1,815	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/256	2,365	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/512	9,868	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/512	12,512	0
	Strawberry seed (m)		1	3/128	459	10
	Watermelon seed (m)		1	1/128	1,126	33
	Wildblood seed (m)		1	2/128	335	8
	Jangerberry seed (m)		1	2/128	303	36
	Whiteberry seed (m)		1	1/128	423	79
	Poison ivy seed (m)		1	1/512	929	99
	Limpwurt seed (m)		1	3/128	1,213	7
	Marrentill seed (m)		1	3/128	380	3
	Tarromin seed (m)		1	2/128	483	4
	Harralander seed (m)		1	1/128	590	7
	Ranarr seed (m)		1	1/128	1,301	11
	Spirit weed seed (m)		1	1/128	345	10
	Toadflax seed (m)		1	1/256	881	20
	Irit seed (m)		1	1/256	900	38
	Avantoe seed (m)		1	1/512	801	38
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	1/512	735	38
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	1/1024	859	38
	Cadantine seed (m)		1	1/2048	618	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	1/2048	339	38
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		1	1/4096	4,299	38
	Torstol seed (m)		1	1/8192	928	38
	Bittercap mushroom spore (m)		1	1/256	977	51
	Cactus seed (m)		1	1/512	809	59
	Belladonna seed (m)		1	1/256	1,345	106
	Coins		500–1,400	19/128	500-1,400	500-1,400
	Thin snail (m)		1–2	3/128	1,110-2,220	36-72
	Pike		1	12/128	77	15
	Iron stone spirit		1	8/128	8	Not alchemisable
	Uncut sapphire		1	4/128	631	15
	Rare drop table		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (easy) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Ghostly essence (m)		1–10	1/512	3,161-31,610	60-600
	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
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Banshee Champion's scroll (m)		1	1/5000	0	0
	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	3,161-6,322	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 are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

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 631 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 506 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 523 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 979 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 44,055-53,845 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,157 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,277 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,585 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 251,325-307,175 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,712 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,382 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 34,054 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 730,800-893,200 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 900 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,661 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 695,898-850,542 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 65,630 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 57,673 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 17,063-20,687 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 985,635-1,204,665 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 33,320-40,180 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 14,416-17,384 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 58,185-71,115 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 363,825-444,675 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 18,360-22,140 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 256,320-313,280 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 3,875-5,425 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 704 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 6,350-7,620 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 508 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 8,800-10,560 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,886 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 4,000-5,600 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 686,610-839,190 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 153,000-187,000 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 172,080-210,320 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 388,305-474,595 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,746-5,424 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 60,186-68,784 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 169,784 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 42,460 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 60,750-74,250 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 23,760-29,040 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 368,550-450,450 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 22,372-26,978 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 222,075-271,425 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 21,465-26,235 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 411,210-502,590 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 606,449 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 503 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 13,165 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,446,846 300,000 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	15,260	Not alchemisable

Gallery

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  Concept art for a banshee

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  Concept art for a banshee

Graphical updates

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  Initial in game appearance of Banshee from 26 January 2005 (update)

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  Appearance of Banshee after 5 June 2008 (update)

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!

• patch 5 July 2021 (Update):
  • Slayer Masters are now able to assign banshee tasks to players wearing the Mask of Mourning.

• ninja 26 October 2020 (Update):
  • Monsters with multiple variants will now consistently spawn as those variants when newly placed in the Personal Slayer Dungeon.
    • This includes banshees.

• patch 18 March 2013 (Update):
  • Grotworms, moss giants, banshees, jungle spiders, shadow spiders, spiders, giant spiders, deadly red spiders, ice spiders, scorpions, poison scorpions and pit scorpion will no longer hit for 1 hit point worth of damage.

• update 26 January 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.