Dark beast

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For the elite version, see Dark beast (elite).

For the pet, see Dark beast (pet).

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Dark beast
Release																				17 October 2005 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Actions																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Dark beast
Examine																				From a darker dimension.
Combat info
Combat level																				105
Life points																				8,500
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				846.4
XP																				331.4
XP																				279.3
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				50 / 33 / 16
Slayer info
Level																				90
Assignment																				Dark beasts
Master
Offensive
Max hit
600															0															600															0
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
70																				1																				75
Accuracy
1,486																				0																				1,694
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,694										75
Base hit chance
90															45															65															55
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															2783
Links															bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Dark beasts are large, bull-like monsters requiring level 90 Slayer to harm. They attack with both magic and melee, though they use magic far more frequently than melee. The Iorwerth Clan encountered dark beasts in the Mourner Tunnels during the Elven Civil War, and they often killed the slaves that the Iorwerth Clan were using to find the Temple of Light.

A Mask of Gloom (and its upgraded variant) can be used to have Slayer Masters give you the option of taking a dark beast task once a day, provided that you are wearing it. The dark beast assignment token also has similar mechanics, but only works on Morvran.

Dark beasts are well known for their slightly uncommon blue charm drop, the dark bow, and dark arrowheads. They are the only creatures that drop death talismans. They are also good droppers of the rare drop table, and are one of the slayer monsters to drop the crystal triskelion pieces.

While dark beasts can only be accessed by members, their lower-level revenant counterparts are on both member and free to play worlds. If assigned as a Slayer task, revenant dark beasts may take their place, although this is not recommended due to their higher combat stats, a single spawn with a slow spawn rate, and the risk of player killers. When killing dark beasts, an elite version may spawn (guaranteed while on a Slayer assignment), which can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks and tier 3 luck.

Using good ranged equipment, soul split, a bonecrusher and demon horn necklace, a player can stay as long as they want as their defence is quite low for their level.

Completing 8 dark beast tasks assigned by Morvran will unlock the [Name], of the Iorwerth title.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Morytania Slayer Tower dungeon	105		14	Maplink
Kuradal's Dungeon	105		6	Maplink
Mourner Tunnels	105		19	Maplink
Forinthry Dungeon	105		9	Maplink
North of The Forgotten Cemetery	105		10	Maplink

If the player is killing dark beasts for a Slayer assignment then they can gain 20% additional Slayer experience by equipping a demonic skull. They can gain another 20% extra experience per kill if they accept a special slayer contract from Erskine while assigned dark beasts as a Slayer task. These experience bonuses stack, meaning the player may gain 40% extra Slayer experience. Completing a special slayer contract rewards the player with a choice of coins or combat experience.

The dark beasts in the Forinthry Dungeon are the same as other dark beasts; the ones in the hobgoblin mine have double the health.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 3,837,109 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Dark beast kill is worth 10,378 coins.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	447	1

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
65%	9%	4%	8%	14%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 147,460 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Medium plated rune salvage	1	1/32	21,867	24,000
	Large plated rune salvage	1	1/32	29,700	32,000
	Dark bow	1	1/1024	1,595,865	72,001
	Fellstalk seed	3	3/64	51,645	114
	Grimy toadflax	2 (noted)	5/64	8,308	2
	Grimy lantadyme	1 (noted)	1/16	4,007	1
	Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	1/16	4,562	1
	Cave nightshade seed	1	21/1600	934	106
	Cactus seed	1	7/800	837	59
	Toadflax seed	1	39/2560	1,198	20
	Irit seed	1	27/2560	660	38
	Avantoe seed	1	9/1280	2,369	38
	Kwuarm seed	1	3/640	452	38
	Snapdragon seed	1	9/2560	2,394	38
	Cadantine seed	1	3/1280	736	38
	Lantadyme seed	1	9/5120	894	38
	Dwarf weed seed	1	3/2560	3,683	38
	Torstol seed	1	3/5120	6,559	38
	Poison ivy seed	1	3/320	249	99
	Coins	6,000–18,000	5/32	6,000–18,000	6,000–18,000
	Death talisman	1	3/32	2,153	2
	Shark	2	3/32	820	360
	Dark arrowheads	5–15	1/16	4,250–12,750	900–2,700
	Death rune	10	5/64	3,380	620
	Necrite stone spirit	1	5/64	282	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Ferocious ring	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Long bone	1	1/400	3	3
	Curved bone	1	1/5000	4	4
	Court summons	1	Very rare	1	1
	Sirenic scale	1	1/768	69,995	6,000
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Rare drop table	1	1/64	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Wilderness shared loot table	1	Rare	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
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m)	1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m)	1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m)	1	1/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

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 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 530 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 330 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 378 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 890 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 40,050–48,950 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,749 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 258,705–316,195 27,000–33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,038 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,048 1 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 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,400 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,221 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,795 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 663,480–810,920 756,000–924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 910 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,817 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 680,706–831,974 720,000–880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 76,300 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 57,914 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 23,956–29,044 678–822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 836,460–1,022,340 1,104,165–1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 49,368–59,532 136–164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 12,988–15,662 136–164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 53,865–65,835 22,950–28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 188,100–229,900 40,500–49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 30,396–36,654 68–82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 643,500–786,500 180–220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 5,350–7,490 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 564 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,325–7,590 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 506 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 7,050–8,460 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,883 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 5,075–7,105 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 12,516–14,304 532–608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 51,562–58,928 532–608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 158,900 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 34,200 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 254,790–311,410 90–110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 114,120–139,480 90–110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 154,890–189,310 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 402,435–491,865 5,130–6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 43,200–52,800 1,350–1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 42,480–51,920 45–55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 844,200–1,031,800 450–550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 28,560–34,440 6,528–7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 283,500–346,500 64,800–79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 32,985–40,315 13,500–16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 510,840–624,360 243,000–297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 792,553 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 608 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 17,069 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,647 300,000

Wilderness shared loot table

This monster has access to the Wilderness shared loot table, which is a tertiary drop. To access the table, it has to be killed inside the Wilderness.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but do increase the chance of doing so, as does doing higher-level content.

Wilderness shared loot table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Wilderness hilt 1 Rare 45,898 48,000 Adrenaline crystal 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 31,195–93,585 12,000–36,000 Preserved meat 1 Common Not sold Not alchemisable Fremennik equipment patch 1 Uncommon 2,942 Not alchemisable Ancient warriors' equipment patch 1 Very rare 584,408 Not alchemisable Revenant drop enhancer 1 Rare Not sold Not alchemisable Bloodweed seed 1–3 Uncommon 68,876–206,628 38–114 Brawling gloves (Agility) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action 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	1/10000	80,657	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• La Petite Mort ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Kandarin.
  • Dark bow drop

Gallery

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  Concept art for the dark beast pet which will be used to graphically update the Slayer monster

Graphical updates

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  Dark beast after 17 October 2005 (update)

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  Dark beast after 11 June 2007 (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 13 March 2023 (Update):
  • Moved the dark beasts from the necrite mine to the area north of the Forgotten Cemetery, as they kept aggro'ing players killing lava strykewyrms.

• patch 8 August 2022 (Update):
  • Dark beasts in the Wilderness now drop loot matching other dark beasts.

• patch 4 May 2020 (Update):
  • Adamantite stone spirits have been replaced by necrite stone spirits.

• patch 5 August 2019 (Update):
  • Dark beasts are now bored of imitating Ganodermic Beasts and once again sound as expected.

• patch 12 June 2017 (Update):
  • Dark Beasts max hit has been changed back to 600 from 1080.

• patch 5 June 2017 (Update):
  • Protection Prayers at Dark Beasts now reduce damage by 50% instead of 95%.
    • Before this update, Protect/Deflect magic reduced their damage by 95%.
    • Their max hit was also increased to 1,080, though this was unintentional. This was reverted on 12 June 2017.

• ninja 25 April 2016 (Update):
  • Improved respawn rates for Dark Beasts.

• ninja 9 June 2014 (Update):
  • The drop rate of sirenic scales from airut and dark beasts has been reduced.

• patch 4 March 2013 (Update):
  • Dark beasts’ magic attacks now display hit splats at the correct point in the animation.

• patch 11 April 2012 (Update):
  • Dark beasts now drop big bones.

• update 17 October 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Dark beasts were involved in the God Wars, as evidenced by the revenant dark beasts located in the Forinthry Dungeon.
• Dark beasts used to drop normal bones, despite being a large monster. This was changed on 11 April 2012 to big bones, which also gave them a chance to drop long bones and curved bones.
• There was a bug affecting dark beasts, causing them to sound like ganodermic beasts. This was patched on 5 August 2019. The change reverted the audio to a much older file.
• On 13 October 2014, dark beasts were one of many monsters to receive a reworked drop table.
• Dark beasts resemble an ancient rhinoceros species named Elasmotherium. Both have large, stocky bodies, and very large horns on the face.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 1,239,731 kills.
  • This had increased to 1,415,899 by 6 May 2018. At this time, these were the most killed monsters of those tracked.