Banshee mistress

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Banshee mistress
Release																				5 June 2008 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Ghost
Examine																				A howling banshee.
Combat info
Combat level																				93
Life points																				15,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				750
XP																				222
XP																				247.5
XP																				67 (two-handed) 33 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				35
Assignment																				Banshees, Ghosts, Undead
Master																				Jacquelyn: 15–25 The Raptor: 130–170; 160–180 Vannaka: 40–70 Mazchna: 50–90 Chaeldar: 110–170 Sumona: 120–185 Laniakea: 120–160
Offensive
Max hit
201												201												268												0												0
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
50															67															67															1
Accuracy
850															1,372															1,372															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,372										67
Base hit chance
90															50															70															60
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Immune															? (edit)
Advanced data
NPC ID															7793
Links															bestiary • MRND

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Banshee mistress
Release								5 June 2008 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Banshee
Quest								Smoking Kills
Location								Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon
Gender								Female
Options								Attack, Examine
Examine								? (edit)
Advanced data
NPC ID								7794
Links								MRND7794

The Banshee mistress is an exceptionally strong banshee, and acts as the final boss of the Smoking Kills quest. She is located at the northern end of the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon. To enter her chamber, players must have a Banshee voice. She is inaccessible after the quest.

When she is at half of her full life points, she will call her minions to help. When this happens, four level 81 Insectoid assassins will attack with powerful ranged attacks. When you kill her, the assassins vanish and a cutscene is played. It is strongly recommended that players wield masked earmuffs before attempting to fight her and also whilst in the cave; otherwise there is a very high risk of death.

Due to an update, if a player dies while fighting the Banshee mistress, they will now automatically keep the masked earmuffs and their gravestone will spawn next to the well in Pollnivneach.

Strategies

Throughout the fight, the mistress will randomly hit players with an acoustic attack, causing the player to fall over. This hits 20% of max LP and you can't prevent it. If auto-retaliate is off, then the player will not attack the mistress again, possibly causing the player to die.

During the fight, players should stand away from her, using Protect from Magic and eating when necessary. When the mistress says, 'Minions, aid me', the player should quickly swap to Protect from Ranged as they deal more total damage than the mistress. Players should then watch their health and prayer carefully and eat as often as required.

Required items

• Masked earmuffs
• Decent food (such as monkfish or sharks)
• 1-2 prayer potions
• Emergency teleport (such as a teletab)
• A ring of life could prove useful
• The best available Ranged armour.
• A good weapon. The mistress is weak to bolts so it is strongly recommended to bring the best crossbow you can use along with suitable bolts. The best options are the Royal crossbow or twin Chaotic crossbows, but the Black salamander or even the Red salamander will work too, as they are inexpensive and deal decent bolt damage (though they require tar instead of bolts). Another alternative for those with a high Firemaking level and completion of Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf is the hand cannon.
• Plenty of runes/arrows; about 100 bolts should be more than enough.

While bolts is her weakness, other styles can be used fine. It is possible to defeat her with as low as Spider silk equipment and Air Blast.

Gallery

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  The room the banshee mistress appears

Update history

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

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

• patch 11 April 2023 (Update):
  • Can be killed as part of the new undead slayer task.

• update 5 June 2008 (Update):
  • Added to game.