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
Actions
Backpack																				Wear, Disassemble
In bank																				Disassemble
Values
Value																				650 coins
High alch																				390 coins
Low alch																				260 coins
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 362,064 Reclaim: 362
Weight																				2.267 kg
Examine
You don't want to wear it inside-out.
Advanced data
Item ID																				13263
Links																				MRID • recipe
Calcval parsed																				365508
Calcval smw																				{{GETotal|Spiny helmet|Face mask|Earmuffs|Nose peg|Black mask}}
Calcval formatted																				Price(Spiny helmet) + Price(Face mask) + Price(Earmuffs) + Price(Nose peg) + Price(Black mask)

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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

Requirements
10
Class			Slot
Melee
Tier			Type
10			Tank armour
		Auto		Ability
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.

Damage analysis

The damage boost from any type of slayer helmet applies only to the variable portion (the damage between the ability's minimum and maximum hit) of damage. Typically, abilities have ability damage ranges where the maximum hit is 5 times the minimum hit. For example, for an ability with a damage range of 20% to 100%, the slayer helmet will not apply to first 20% of ability damage, but will modify the additional damage over that. With the exception of auto attacks, this means that slayer helmets will always provide a total lower damage increase than displayed.

Slayer helmets do not work on bleeds and burns.

Average damage increase based on ability and slayer helmet type

Skill	Ability			Slayer helmet type
	Name	Min hit	Max hit	Black mask Slayer helmet	Focus sight	Hexcrest	Full slayer helmet	Reinforced slayer helmet	Strong slayer helmet	Mighty slayer helmet	Corrupted slayer helmet
				12.5%				13.0%	13.5%	14.0%	14.5%
Auto-attacks and standard abilities
	Auto-attacks (in respective combat style)	0%	100%	12.5%				13.0%	13.5%	14.0%	14.5%
	Standard abilities (in respective combat style)	20%	100%	8.3%				8.7%	9.0%	9.3%	9.7%
Attack
	Slice	30%	120%	7.5%	N/A	N/A	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%	8.4%	8.7%
	Slice (Stun)	80%	146%	3.7%	N/A	N/A	3.7%	3.8%	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%
	Overpower	200%	400%	4.2%	N/A	N/A	4.2%	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%	4.8%
Strength
	Chaos Roar	20%	130%	9.2%	N/A	N/A	9.2%	9.5%	9.9%	10.3%	10.6%
	Hurricane	84%	161%	3.9%	N/A	N/A	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
	Hurricane (Adjacent)	66%	219%	6.7%	N/A	N/A	6.7%	7.0%	7.2%	7.5%	7.8%
	Meteor Strike	250%	350%	2.1%	N/A	N/A	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.4%
	Pulverise	250%	350%	2.1%	N/A	N/A	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.4%
	Frenzy (Hit #1)	80%	180%	4.8%	N/A	N/A	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
	Frenzy (Hit #2)	90%	200%	4.7%	N/A	N/A	4.7%	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%	5.5%
	Frenzy (Hit #3)	100%	220%	4.7%	N/A	N/A	4.7%	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%
	Frenzy (Hit #4)	110%	240%	4.6%	N/A	N/A	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%
Ranged
	Snipe	125%	219%	N/A	3.4%	N/A	3.4%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%
	Snap Shot (Hit #1)	100%	120%	N/A	1.1%	N/A	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%
Magic
	Magma Tempest(Targeted)	5%	19%	N/A	N/A	7.3%	7.3%	7.6%	7.9%	8.2%	8.5%
	Wild Magic	50%	215%	N/A	N/A	7.8%	7.8%	8.1%	8.4%	8.7%	9.0%
	Detonate	100%	350%	N/A	N/A	6.9%	6.9%	7.2%	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%
	Omnipower	200%	400%	N/A	N/A	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%	4.8%
	Tsunami	200%	300%	N/A	N/A	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%
Constitution
	Tuska's Wrath	30%	110%	7.1%				7.4%	7.7%	8.0%	8.3%

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

Slayer helmet

	-
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	1,289	1,289
	Face mask	1	1,223	1,223
	Earmuffs	1	891	891
	Nose peg	1	2,041	2,041
	Black mask	1	360,064	360,064
Total price				365,508

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.

Note that the helmet cannot be made with a black mask that still contains any charges. Use the "remove-charges" option on the black mask if necessary before assembling the Slayer helmet.

To obtain the black mask in Ironman Mode, players must either kill sea horrors in the Shadow Reef, or they must have 58 Slayer and need to have completed Cabin Fever to obtain it from cave horrors or unspeakable horrors on Mos Le'Harmless.

Upgrades

Slayer helmet upgrade progression
Name	Tier	Defence level	Initial upgrade cost	Initial financial cost	Re-upgrade cost	Notes
Slayer helmet	10	10	Spiny helmet + Face mask + Earmuffs + Nose peg + Black mask + 400 Slayer points	365,508	N/A	The slayer helmet is a single item worn in the head slot that combines multiple pieces of protective and beneficial Slayer gear.
Full slayer helmet	20	20	Hexcrest + Focus sight + Slayer helmet	325,620	N/A	Improves 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.
Reinforced slayer helmet	30	30	100 Slayer points + Full slayer helmet	N/A	10 Slayer points + Full slayer helmet	It provides a 13% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Strong slayer helmet	50	50	400 Slayer points + Reinforced slayer helmet	N/A	40 Slayer points + Reinforced slayer helmet	It provides a 13.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Mighty slayer helmet	70	70	600 Slayer points + Strong slayer helmet	N/A	60 Slayer points + Strong slayer helmet	It provides a 14% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Corrupted slayer helmet	85	70	1000 Slayer points + Mighty slayer helmet + Corrupted gem	319,461	100 Slayer points + Mighty slayer helmet + Corrupted gem	It provides a 14.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment. Gives codex access while worn and increased ushabti capture chance when on-task or at 120 slayer.

Miscellaneous slayer helmet upgrades
Name	Tier	Upgrade cost	Notes
Recoloured slayer helmets	Full slayer helmet + Full slayer helmet (red) + Full slayer helmet (blue) + Full slayer helmet (green) + Full slayer helmet (yellow)	4000 Loyalty points	Once purchased, its permanently unlocked and the player can swap between uncoloured, red, blue, green, or yellow. This is purely cosmetic and applicable to all versions of the Full slayer helmet and above.
Learn how to fuse rings to full Slayer helmets	All full slayer helmet variant	500 Slayer points	Level 60 Crafting and Smoking Kills is required for this. Once purchased, this ability can add up to five fully charged rings of slaying (40 teleports) and up to six fully charged ferocious rings (30 teleports) to any full slayer helmet variant to gain access to their teleports.
Slayer helmet stand	All versions of the slayer helmet	Tier 3 Slayer Lodge	Grants slayer helmet bonuses across Runescape without needing to wear it when a helmet is placed on the stand.

Products

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

Disassembly

Slayer helmet
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
Common materials
Cover parts	45/99
Deflecting parts	45/99
Rare materials
Powerful components	3/99
Evasive components	3/99
Protective components	3/99

Gallery

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  Concept art of the slayer helmet

Graphical updates

Inventory

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  Slayer helmet after 5 June 2008 (update)

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  Slayer helmet after 6 March 2012 (update)

Detailed

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  Slayer helmet after 5 June 2008 (update)

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  Slayer helmet after 6 March 2012 (update)

Equipped

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  Slayer helmet after 5 June 2008 (update)

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  Slayer helmet after 6 March 2012 (update)

Chathead

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  Slayer helmet after 5 June 2008 (update)

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  Slayer helmet after 6 March 2012 (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 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.