Ankou are skeletal monsters commonly assigned as a slayer task by Vannaka, Nieve/Steve, Krystillia, Duradel/Kuradel, and Konar quo Maten. They are generally a good slayer task as they give good slayer XP and are quick to complete.
60 attack
60 strength
60 defence
There are 6 locations where players can find Ankou, but in this guide, we will focus on the 4 best locations listed below.
Stronghold Slayer Cave: there are 8 Ankous spawns here, with combat levels 75, 82, and 86. The fastest way to get here is through the Slayer Ring or the spirit tree from the grand exchange.
Catacombs of Kourend: there are 10 Ankous spawns here. The fastest way to get here is through the portal chamber or nexus in a POH attuned to Kourend Castle. Alternatively, players can use Hosidius's page in the Kharedst’s memoirs, or fairy ring CIS.
Wilderness Slayer Cave: there are 16 level 98 Ankou spawns here. The fastest way to get here is by teleporting to the Ferox enclave and then running east to the level 18 entrance. Alternatively, players can teleport to Corporeal Beast and run east, use the wilderness crabs to teleport and run west, or use a burning amulet to Chaos Temple and run north to the level 18 entrance.
Sepulchre of Death in Stronghold of Security: There are a total of 32 Ankous in this location.
Ankous are weak to all attack styles, but it’s better to use melee since it is the cheapest option. Alternatively, ranged and magic can be used with cheaper ammunition since it can still give decent slayer rates.
Head slot: Slayer helm(i)
Neck slot: Amulet of Fury
Cape slot: Fire cape
Body slot: Fighter torso
Leg slot: Verac’s plateskirt
Weapon slot: Abyssal whip
Shield slot: Dragon defender
Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 3
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Dragon boots
Ring slot: Berserker ring
Head slot: Slayer helm(i)
Neck slot: Amulet of Fury
Cape slot: Ava’s accumulator
Body slot: Saradomin d’hide body
Leg slot: Saradomin chaps
Weapon slot: Toxic blowpipe
Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot: Saradomin d’hide boots
Ring slot: Archers ring (i)
Ankou attack with melee and have a max hit of 8. Some players can task these hits, but if you take too much damage, you should bring prayer potions and pray protect from melee.
In the Stronghold Slayer Cave, attack the Ankou and stand one tile away from the aggression range. That tile is a safespot as they can’t attack you from there.
The Safespot above can be used when killing Ankous in the Catacombs of Kourend.
Players can aggro the Ankous and then stand behind the Skeleton to safespot the Ankous as shown.
A cannon should be used when fighting the Ankous to speed up kills. The best locations for using a Cannon is at Wilderness Slayer Cave and Stronghold Slayer Cave.
In the Wilderness Slayer cave, set up your cannon in the middle of where they spawn, attack them, and stand close to your cannon. It is a multi-combat zone, so multiple Ankous will be aggro to you when a cannonball hits them. Players will get the most Slayer XP rates from killing Ankou with a cannon in this location.
In the Stronghold Slayer cave, the best places to set up your cannon are highlighted on the floor when using RuneLite.
Players can expect these XP rates based on their combat stats.
The average drop from an Ankou kill is worth 700 GP or 1.2K GP when on Konar’s task.
100% drop
1 bones (always)
Weapons and Armour
1 Black knife (1/100), 1 Black robe (1/100)
Runes and Ammunition
10 Death runes (1/10), 11 Blood rune (1/16.67), 5–14 Adamant arrows (1/25), 2 Law rune (1/25), 5 Blood rune (1/33.33)
Herbs (3/100 chance to roll the herb drop table)
1 Grimy guam leaf (1/133.3), 1 Grimy marrentill (1/177.8), 1 Grimy tarromin (1/237), 1 Grimy harralander (1/304.8), 1 Grimy ranarr weed (1/387.9), 1 Grimy irit leaf (1/533.3), 1 Grimy avantoe (1/711.1), 1 Grimy kwarm (1/853.3), 1 Grimy cadantine (1/1,067), 1 Grimy lantadyme (1/1,422), 1 Grimy dwarf weed (1/1,422)
Seeds (1/100 chance to roll the uncommon seed drop table)
1 Limpwurt seed (1/765), 1 Strawberry seed (1/800), 1 Marrentill seed (1/838.4), 1 Jangerberry seed (1/1,139), 1 Tarromin seed (1/1,233), 1 Wildblood seed (1/1,263), 1 Watermelon seed (1/1,864), 1 Harralander seed (1/1,871), 1 Snape grass seed (1/2,620), 1 Ranarr seed (1/2,682), 1 Whiteberry seed (1/3,082), 1 Mushroom spore (1/3,614), 1 Toadflax seed (1/3,882), 1 Belladonna seed (1/5,822), 1 Irit seed (1/5,822), 1 Poison ivy seed (1/8,062), 1 Avantoe seed (1/8,733), 1 Cactus seed (1/11,644), 1 Kwarm seed (1/11,644), 1 Potato cactus seed (1/13,100), 1 Snapdragon seed (1/20,960), 1 Cadantine seed (1/26,206), 1 Lantadyme seed (1/34,933), 1 Dwarf weed seed (1/52,400), 1 Torstol seed (1/104,800)
Materials
15 Pure essence (noted) (1/20), 3–7 Mithril ore (noted) (1/50)
Coins
8 coins (1/3.03), 5-204 coins (1/10)
General Drops
60 Dark fishing bait (1/3.03), 1 Left skull half (1/33.3), 1 Bass (1/50), 1 Weapon poison (1/50), 1 Fried mushroom (1/100)
Gem Drop Table (2/100 chance to roll)
1 Nothing (1/100; Never), 1 Uncut sapphire (2/200; 1/204), 1 Uncut emerald (1/400; 1/203), 1 Uncut ruby (1/800; 1/46), 1 Chaos talisman (1/2,133; 1/1,083), 1 Nature talisman (1/2,133; 1/1,083), 1 Uncut diamond (1/630; 1/1,625), 1 Loop half of key (1/660; 1/3,250), 1 Tooth half of key (1/660; 1/3,250), 1 Rune javelin (1/6,400; 1/3,200), 1 Rune spear (1/102,400; 1/6,994), 1 Shield left half (1/204,800; 1/12,188), 1 Dragon spear (1/273,067; 1/16,250)
Tertiary Drops
1 Clue scroll (elite) (Always), 1 Reward casket (elite) (Always), 1 Looting bag (1/3), 1 Brimstone key (1/225–1/139), 1 Clue scroll (hard) (1/512; 1/256)
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