Ghoul

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Ghoul
Release			14 October 2004 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Ghoul
Examine
It's totally savage.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
64			2,300			138.3			45.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
8 / 5 / 2
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			35.8			Ghouls
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
184			0			0			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
46				1				1
Accuracy
755				0				0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
755		46
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID			1218
Links			bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Ghouls at the graveyard near Mausoleum and Myreque memorial statues

Ghouls are a humanoid race and the descendants of a long-dead society that degraded to the point that its people ate their dead. They feed on the rotting flesh of bodies scavenged from grave sites and battlefields. Their appetite for dead bodies is the reason they are found just north of Canifis outside the mausoleum in the graveyard. Players can quickly reach ghouls by using the Canifis lodestone.

Ghouls are not undead. They are in fact still alive and immune to the effects of the Salve amulet and Salve amulet (e).

Although the race as a whole is almost completely mindless, at least one non-violent ghoul known as Gus appears to have intelligence comparable to that of a human. Gus also appears to be the only ghoul (besides the Ghoul Champion) who resides west of the River Salve.

These monsters can be killed for 38 Slayer experience each when on a Slayer assignment for ghouls. They do not hit well against players with high defences, although they will occasionally damage even players at quite high levels.

The graveyard is an excellent place to use a Dwarf Cannon, due to the many ghouls and their fast respawn. This strategy can yield a lot of ranged experience and Slayer if killed for an assignment.

A ghoul bone, a special drop, is necessary to collect during the wish list after the Rag and Bone Man quest.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
North of Canifis	64		24	Maplink

Champion's Challenge

Ghouls' previous model at their previous location, near the Slayer Tower.

Concept art of the Ghouls graphical update

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

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 137,698 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Ghoul kill is worth 299 coins.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	254	1

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
79%	19%	0.6–0.7%	1%	0.1%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 512,188 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Other drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Congealed blood	3–11	7/166	279-1,023	Not alchemisable
	Law talisman	1	1/128	1,880	2
	Ghoul bone	1	Common	1	1
	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
	Ghoul Champion's scroll	1	1/5000	1	1
	Starved ancient effigy	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	1/10000	29,183	Not alchemisable

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 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • Ghouls no longer spawn within trees in the Canifis graveyard.

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

• update 14 October 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.