Banshee

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Banshee
Release			26 January 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
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 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. 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.

Herbicide, Seedicide, Herb bag , the charming imp and a Gem bag are useful.

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 1,791.76 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 83,539 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	140	40
	Staff of air		1	4/128	2,053	900
	Mithril arrow		40	6/128	840	1,800
	Chaos rune		3; 7; 10	9/128	654-2,180	84-280
	Dark mystic gloves		1	1/512	7,769	3,000
	Grimy guam		1	8/128	439	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1	7/128	6,238	0
	Grimy tarromin		1	4/128	152	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1	3/128	735	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1	3/128	3,668	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1	2/128	3,533	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1	3/256	1,237	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1	2/256	12,761	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1	1/256	6,119	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1	1/512	10,039	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1	1/512	21,159	0
	Strawberry seed (m)		1	3/128	438	10
	Watermelon seed (m)		1	1/128	2,348	33
	Wildblood seed (m)		1	2/128	231	8
	Jangerberry seed (m)		1	2/128	197	36
	Whiteberry seed (m)		1	1/128	256	79
	Poison ivy seed (m)		1	1/512	314	99
	Limpwurt seed (m)		1	3/128	5,314	7
	Marrentill seed (m)		1	3/128	439	3
	Tarromin seed (m)		1	2/128	258	4
	Harralander seed (m)		1	1/128	343	7
	Ranarr seed (m)		1	1/128	989	11
	Spirit weed seed (m)		1	1/128	47,937	10
	Toadflax seed (m)		1	1/256	1,796	20
	Irit seed (m)		1	1/256	670	38
	Avantoe seed (m)		1	1/512	456	38
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	1/512	5,870	38
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	1/1024	321	38
	Cadantine seed (m)		1	1/2048	1,398	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	1/2048	273	38
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		1	1/4096	4,480	38
	Torstol seed (m)		1	1/8192	466	38
	Bittercap mushroom spore (m)		1	1/256	792	51
	Cactus seed (m)		1	1/512	595	59
	Belladonna seed (m)		1	1/256	1,021	106
	Coins		500–1,400	19/128	500-1,400	500-1,400
	Thin snail (m)		1–2	3/128	975-1,950	36-72
	Pike		1	12/128	41	15
	Iron stone spirit		1	8/128	20	Not alchemisable
	Uncut sapphire		1	4/128	680	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	4,054-40,540	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	4,054-8,108	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 680 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 1,837 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 1,769 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 4,829 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 217,305-265,595 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,923 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 12,039 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 10,956 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 493,020-602,580 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,613 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,090 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,842 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 534,600-653,400 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 895 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,793 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 698,274-853,446 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 61,463 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,844 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 16,385-19,865 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,036,260-1,266,540 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 414,324-499,626 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 17,340-20,910 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 40,635-49,665 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 534,375-653,125 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 17,204-20,746 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 318,780-389,620 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 9,500-13,300 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 5,880 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 10,075-12,090 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 806 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 73,500-88,200 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 6,630 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 7,725-10,815 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 499,680-610,720 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 148,050-180,950 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 144,720-176,880 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 287,235-351,065 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 3,822-4,368 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 62,720-71,680 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 110,488 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 224,140 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 65,700-80,300 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 27,270-33,330 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 300,600-367,400 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,260-15,990 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 131,625-160,875 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 25,200-30,800 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 518,670-633,930 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 260,025 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 15,162 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 467 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,119,657,444 300,000 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	19,275	Not alchemisable

Gallery

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  Concept art for a banshee

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  Concept art for a banshee

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• 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.