Slayer helmet

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This article is about the regular slayer helmet. For other uses, see Slayer helmet (disambiguation).

Slayer helmet
Release	5 June 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	650 coins
High alch	390 coins
Low alch	260 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 97 Sacrifice: 388
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
You don't want to wear it inside-out.
Advanced data
Item ID	13263
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

The slayer helmet is a single item worn in the head slot that combines multiple pieces of protective and beneficial Slayer gear. It may be assembled after a player spends 400 Slayer points to learn how to craft one. In addition, it requires level 55 Crafting and level 35 Slayer, which is also needed to complete the pre-requisite quest Smoking Kills. When worn, the helmet provides the special effects of all of the Slayer equipment that it was made from. Masked earmuffs will not work when crafting the Slayer helmet; they must first be disassembled (not in the sense of the Invention ability, but simply separated into its original parts).

The Slayer helmet can be upgraded to the full slayer helmet by combining it with a hexcrest and a focus sight. These improve the damage and accuracy for Ranged and Magic attacks by 12.5% during Slayer tasks, just as the black mask boosts Melee as part of the base Slayer helmet. Hexcrests are dropped by jungle strykewyrms (73 Slayer required) and focus sights are dropped by desert strykewyrms (77 Slayer required).

Combat stats

Combat Stats

Requirements
10
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier			Type
10			Tank armour
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				40.4		PvM: 0.2%			PvP: 0.375%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		0.0		0.0		0.0
FAQ • docs

Effects

The slayer helmet combines the effects of several pieces of head slot Slayer equipment, all of which are required to create it:

• Like a black mask, it provides a 12.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee against the player's current Slayer assignment. The boost does NOT work on Shattered Worlds' mobs.
• Like a spiny helmet, it protects players from wall beasts when traversing the Lumbridge Swamp Caves.
• Like earmuffs, it deafens the screams of banshees.
• Like a face mask, it protects players from the dust in the Smoke Dungeon and from stat-draining attacks by dust devils.
• Like a nose peg, it blocks stat-draining attacks by aberrant spectres.
• Every 20 souls added to the Slayer Codex add a 1% boost to Slayer experience gained while wearing the helmet, up to 5% for adding 100 souls.

The helmet retains the abilities of all the items used to make it. It still gives the effect that the black mask does, but with better defence and bonuses, making it one of the best helms for Slayer assignments. If the black mask still has charges, they must first be expended.

With the addition of Anachronia, a slayer helmet can be placed on the Slayer helmet stand of a Tier 3 Slayer Lodge. This allows the player to have the effects of the slayer helmet at all times, without needing to wear it.

Creation

Unlocking the helmet

If a player were to use only one slayer master, the minimum number of tasks needed to be completed to earn the points required is as follows (this includes the 4 no-point tasks, and excludes any special task):

Master	Before Smoking Kills	After Smoking Kills
Mazchna/Achtryn	254	132
Vannaka	132	70
Chaeldar	50	32
Sumona	50	30
Duradel/Lapalok	44	23
Kuradal	37	20
Morvran	32	20
Laniakea	30	19

One way to decrease the time it takes to get 400 points is by doing 9 low-level tasks, and on the 10th completing a harder slayer master's task.

After unlocking the ability to make the helmet, a message appears in the chat window stating: The secret is yours. You can now combine a black mask, face mask, spiny helm, nosepeg and earmuffs into one useful item.

Crafting the helmet

Required materials:

Spiny helmet Face mask Earmuffs Nose peg Black mask 1 - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

{"quantity":1,"method":"","link":"Slayer helmet","exp2":"?","ticks":"1","skill":"Crafting","product":"Slayer helmet","mats":[{"quantity":"1","name":"Spiny helmet","image":"Spiny helmet.png"},{"quantity":"1","name":"Face mask","image":"Face mask.png"},{"quantity":"1","name":"Earmuffs","image":"Earmuffs.png"},{"quantity":"1","name":"Nose peg","image":"Nose peg.png"},{"quantity":"1","name":"Black mask","image":"Black mask.png"}],"image":"[[File:Slayer helmet.png|link=Slayer helmet]]","level2":"?","exp":0,"skill2":"?","level":55,"facility":"","improved":0}

Slayer helmet

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0 XP	-	1 (0.6s)		-
Requirements
Crafting level				55
Completion of Smoking Kills
Unlocked ability to create from a Slayer Master for 400 Slayer points
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Spiny helmet	1	1,192	1,192
	Face mask	1	1,087	1,087
	Earmuffs	1	1,138	1,138
	Nose peg	1	1,471	1,471
	Black mask	1	2,219,793	2,219,793
Total price				2,224,681

All of the aforementioned items are required to craft the helmet, as well as a Crafting level of 55. Boosts can be used to combine the parts, but the Assist System cannot.

For a player to construct the helmet, they must use one item on another if all the necessary items are in the player's inventory. The quest Smoking Kills is required to make the Slayer helmet, and therefore must be completed before the Slayer helmet can be crafted, and worn. After being made, the Slayer helmet may be disassembled (taken apart) and reassembled at any time.

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Full slayer helmet	55	1 × Slayer helmet 1 × Hexcrest 1 × Focus sight	N/A

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Hybrid armour
Disassembly XP	6.0
Item quantity required	1
Material count	6
Base junk chance	?  78.0% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 78.0% 1 34 77.3 2 49 75.7 3 64 74.1 4 69 72.6 5 78 71.0 6 83 68.7 7 91 67.1 8 95 64.8 9 105 62.4
Possible materials
Often
Cover parts	45/99
Deflecting parts	45/99
Rarely
Powerful components	3/99
Evasive components	3/99
Protective components	3/99

Gallery

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  Concept art of the slayer helmet

Update history

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• patch 13 January 2020 (Update):
  • Equipping Slayer helmet from the bank now has wear in the options.

• patch 4 November 2019 (Update):
  • Original slayer helmet now correctly give any accuracy bonus to melee.

• patch 14 October 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue causing the Slayer helmet stand to not work as a helmet slot.

• ninja 28 August 2018 (Update):
  • Players with non usable 'enchanted slayer helmet' will now be able to convert the item to regular slayer helmet.

• patch 26 June 2017 (Update):
  • Slayer helmets now correctly equip from the Bank menu.

• patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • The Rellekka Slayer Caves teleport option that is displayed when the ring of slaying or the slayer helm are activated has been renamed to "Fremennik Slayer Dungeon" to remain consistent with the name of the dungeon elsewhere.

• patch 13 October 2014 (Update):
  • It is no longer possible to teleport to Morvran using the slayer helm teleport function without first unlocking the ability to do so.

• ninja 6 October 2014 (Update):
  • A fused slayer helmet will now tell the player how many charges remain after teleporting.

• ninja 23 June 2014 (Update):
  • Players will now be asked how many items they would like to recharge with a slayer helmet.
  • Fused slayer helmets now benefit from the ferocious ring damage boost.

• ninja 10 March 2014 (Update):
  • Upgrading Slayer helmets now costs significantly less if the player has upgraded a helmet before.

• patch 17 February 2014 (Update):
  • Reinforced, strong and mighty slayer helmets now return summoning scrolls correctly after being infused.

• patch 4 February 2014 (Update):
  • Tiered slayer helmets now show the correct colour on chatheads.

• patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
  • Summoning scrolls stored in re-coloured and enchanted Slayer helms now automatically trigger familiars' special moves.

• patch 2 October 2013 (Update):
  • An issue with Slayer Helmets converting bacon scrolls to bones has been fixed.

• patch 28 November 2012 (Update):
  • We've brought all the slayer helm variants up to the stats that they should be, regardless of their colour.

• patch 11 April 2012 (Update):
  • Pikkupstix no longer tries to wipe paint off of unpainted Slayer helmets when trying to enchant them.

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