OSRS Elves Slayer Task Guide: Strategy & Locations

Elves are tall humanoids with elongated ears that can be assigned as a slayer task at level 70 combat after the completion of Regicide. It is generally not recommended to do Elves slayer tasks until the completion of the Song of the Elves to unlock access to the Iorwerth Dungeons, where cannons can be used , and the elves have better drops.

Elves Variants

There are 5 variants of the Elves as follows:

Where to find Elves

There are four locations where players complete Elves slayer tasks. This is because cannons can be used in those locations, making the kills so much faster.

Iorwerth Camp: it contains 6 archers and 6 warriors. The fastest way to get here is with the Iorwerth camp teleport scroll.

Iorwerth Dungeon: It contains 13 Iorwerth warriors and requires song of the Elves to access. The fastest ways to get here include: Charter ship, teleport crystal, Priffdinas teleport, spirit tree or POH teleport.

Lletya: there is one archer and 2 warriors in this location. The fastest way to get here is with the teleport crystal.

Prifddinas: This city requires completion of Song of the Elves to access and there are several Elves scattered across it. The fastest way here is through charter ship, teleport crystal, Prifddinas teleport or house tab if house is in Prifddinas

Gear and Inventory Setup for Killing Elves

All Elves except archers are weakest to ranged and stab. So it’s best to use any of these combat styles against them. 

Melee gear Setup for Elves

Head slot: Slayer helm(i)

Neck slot:  Amulet of rancour

Cape slot: Fire cape

Body slot: Torva platebody

Leg slot: Torva platelegs

Weapon slot: Ghrazi rapier

Shield slot: Dragon defender

Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4

Glove slot: Ferocious gloves

Boot slot: Boots of Brimstone: gives highest stab bonus in boot slot

Ring slot: Treasonous ring (i): gives highest stab bonus in ring slot

Melee inventory setup for Elves

• Food
• Divine super combat potion (4)
• Cannon and cannonballs
• Teleport method
• Prayer potions (4): There is no need for these if you are going to kill them at Lletya or Prifddinas since there is a nearby altar.

Ranged Gear Setup for Elves

Head slot: Slayer  helm (i) if on slayer task

Neck slot:  Necklace of anguish

Cape slot: Ava’s accumulator

Body slot: Armadyl chestplate

Leg slot: Armadyl chainskirt

Weapon slot: Toxic blowpipe

Ammo slot: Rada’s blessing 4

Glove slot: Zaryte vambraces

Boot slot: Blessed boot

Ring slot: Archers ring (i)

Ranged Inventory setup for Elves

• Food
• DIvine ranging  potion (4)
• Cannon and cannonballs
• Teleport method
• Prayer potions (4): There is no need for these if you are going to kill them at Lletya or Prifddinas since there is a nearby altar.

Strategy for Killing Elves

Killing Elves is quite easy. Use overhead prayers, a cannon, and your best gear with the highest DPS for the best results. You should set your cannon at the center of their spawn locations, shown above.

Best Cannon spots for Elves

Here are the best cannon spots for different locations where you can find Elves

Iorwerth Camp

Lletya

Priffddinas

Iorwerth dungeon

there are only warriors in here so you don’t need to worry about archers.

Safespots for Elves

If you’d prefer to use safe spots to conserve prayer potions or food, here are the best ones to use:

Iorweth dungeon

In the Iorwerth dungeon, attack the Elves and stand behind the red line. They should trap themselves, making the area behind the red line a safe spot.

Iorwerth Camp

Prifddinas

Attack the warrior then run behind Glenda in Prifddinas to safe spot them. They won’t be able to run through her like other NPCs. 

Drops from Elves

Elves are generally not profitable to kill. Each Iorwerth warrior kill is worth about 1K GP or 2.5K GP in the Iorwerth Dungeon. 

Here are the drops from the Iorwerth warrior. The drop table is also similar for other Elves variants.

100% drops

1 bone (always)

Pre-roll

Enhanced crystal teleport seed (1/1,024)

Weapons and armour
1 Green d'hide chaps (1/42.67), 1 Green d'hide body (1/32), 1 Mithril spear (1/64), 1 Mithril kiteshield (1/128), 1 Adamant full helm (1/128), 1 Rune dagger (1/128)

Runes
70 Water rune (1/16), 12 Nature rune (1/25.6), 2 Law rune (1/42.67), 37 Fire rune (1/42.67)

Herbs
1 Grimy guam leaf (1/34.1), 1 Grimy marrentill (1/45.5), 1 Grimy tarromin (1/60.7), 1 Grimy harralander (1/78), 1 Grimy ranarr weed (1/99.3), 1 Grimy irit leaf (1/136.5), 1 Grimy avantoe (1/182), 1 Grimy kwuarm (1/218.5), 1 Grimy cadantine (1/273.1), 1 Grimy lantadyme (1/364.1), 1 Grimy dwarf weed (1/364.1).

Coins
20 Coins (1/25.6), 44 Coins (1/4.414), 180 Coins (1/12.8)

Other
1 Crystal teleport seed (1/5.12), 1 Bass (1/42.67), 1 Shark (1/42.67), 1 Adamantite ore (1/128), 1 Teleport crystal (1) (1/128)

Gem drop table
1 Uncut sapphire (1/102.4), 1 Uncut emerald (1/204.8), 1 Uncut ruby (1/409.6), 1 Uncut diamond (1/1,638), 1 Nature talisman (1/1,092), 1 Loop half of key (1/3,277), 1 Tooth half of key (1/3,277), 1 Rune javelin (1/3,277), 1 Rune spear (1/52,429), 1 Half of a key (1/8,192), 1 Dragon spear (1/139,840)

Tertiary
3–5 Crystal shard (1/24), 1 Ensouled elf head (1/50), 1 Clue scroll (hard) (1/128)