OSRS Abyssal Demon Slayer Task Guide: Strategy & Gear

Abyssal demons are a popular high-level Slayer task known for their profitable Abyssal whip drops and efficient XP rates. Unlocking them at 85 Slayer is a significant milestone, and they remain one of the most farmed Slayer creatures in Old School RuneScape. This guide is for a boss variant. If you'd like to see a more detailed guide for the Abbysal Sire, the boss version of the regular Abyssal Demons click here for our OSRS Abyssal Sire Guide

Variants

Requirements

•   85 Slayer to kill Abyssal demons.
•   Combat stats: 85+ Attack/Strength for efficient kills. 80+ Magic if using bursting.
•   Quests: None required

Location

Abyssal Area (ALR)

Catacombs of Kourend

Slayer Tower (2nd floor)

Slayer Tower (basement)

Wilderness Slayer Cave

Fastest Way to Get There

• Abyssal Area:

• •   Drakan's medallion teleports to Ver Sinhaza, run north.

• Slayer Tower:

• •   Ectophial teleport, run west.
  •   Fairy ring code CKS is directly south of the tower.

• Catacombs of Kourend:

• •   Xeric's talisman teleports to Xeric's Heart.
  •   Kourend Castle teleport runs north-west.

Wilderness Slayer Cave

•   Revenant cave scrolls enter the cave, then run to the west.

Gear Setup

The gears will change depending on the location you are going to use; the one we will show below is a gear that is aimed at people who want to kill Abyssal Demons in areas that are NOT wilderness.

Max Melee DPS Setup

• Head slot: Torva Full Helm / Slayer helm (i)
• Neck slot: Amulet of Rancour / Amulet of Torture
• Cape slot: Infernal cape / Fire cape  
• Body slot: Torva Platebody / Fighter torso
• Leg slot: Torva Platelegs / Obsidian legs
• Weapon slot: Scythe of Virtur / Inquisitor's Mace
• Shield slot: None
• Ammo slot: Rada's blessing
• Glove slot:   Ferocious gloves / Barrows gloves
• Boot slot: Primordial boots / Dragon boots
• Ring slot: Ultor ring / Berserker ring (i)

Melee Budget Setup

• Head slot: Helm of Neitiznot / Slayer helm (i)
• Neck slot: Amulet of Fury / Amulet of Torture
• Cape slot: Infernal cape / Fire cape  
• Body slot: Initiate hauberk / Fighter torso  
• Leg slot: Initiate cuisse / Torva Platelegs  
• Weapon slot: Grazhi rapier / Abyssal whip
• Shield slot: Dragon Defender / Dragonfire shield
• Ammo slot: Rada's blessing
• Glove slot: Barrows gloves / Ferocious gloves
• Boot slot: Primordial boots / Dragon boots
• Ring slot: Ultor ring / Berserker ring (i)

Inventory

Super Combat Potion

Prayer Potions

Herb Sack

Soul bearer

Ash sanctiflier

POH tab

Max Magic Gear

• Helmet: Ancestral hat / Ahrim's hood
• Body: Virtus / Ancestral robe top  
• Legs: Virtus / Ancestral robe bottom  
• Weapon: Kodai ward / Tumeken's shadow
• Secondary Weapon: Dinh's bulwark
• Shield: Elidinis' Ward / Mage's book
• Cape: Imbued god cape / Ardougne cloak
• Boots: Eternal boots
• Gloves: Tormented bracelet
• Ring: Magus Ring / Seers' ring (i)

Cheaper Magic Option

• Helmet: Ancestral hat / Ahrim's hood
• Body: Ancestral robe top / Ahrim's top
• Legs: Ancestral robe bottom / Ahrim's bottom
• Weapon: Tumeken's shadow / Trident of the Swamp
• Secondary Weapon: Purging Staff
• Shield: Elidinis' Ward / Mage's book
• Cape: Imbued god cape / Ardougne cloak
• Boots: Eternal boots
• Gloves: Tormented bracelet
• Ring: Magus Ring / Seers' ring (i)

Inventory

Prayer potions or Super restores (if praying melee)

Barrage runes if picking up rune drops

Food: Sharks or higher if low Defence (if not using prayer)

Rune pouch with Blood/Death/Water if using magic for barrage tasks

Any darts for fast attacking

Stamina potions

Dinh's bulwark

Imbued Heart

Soul bearer

POH tab

Melee method for killing Abyssal Demons

1. Use Protect from Melee
2. Multi-location advantage: Use multi-target spells like Ice Barrage or Burst to tag multiple spawns if power slaying for XP.
3. Teleport: They will occasionally teleport a few tiles away; simply run back and continue attacking.
4. Auto Retaliate: If you're not going to use barrage, you can also use a semi-AFK method. This involves attacking all the Abyssal Demons around you, and when you have the most aggro on you, you can go AFK while your auto-relatite does all the work.
   
   

Bursting method for killing Abyssal Demons

If you want to optimize your kills per hour, the option we'll describe below is for you. This method, called "bursting," consists of attacking all the Abyssal Demons around you to stack them in the same place (as much as possible) and then attacking them with ice barrage or any variant (blood barrage for emergency healing). This way, we'll be taking advantage of the fact that they're in a multi-zone, allowing us to attack them all simultaneously, which means more KC per hour. If you kill them all at once, it's recommended to have the hop world ready for greater efficiency, although some prefer to wait for more to spawn and continue. Either way, it's faster than attacking them with melee and AFK. I hope you try this method because once you do it, there's no going back. You'll always want to do it, even if it requires money, because it saves time.

Drops

Unique Drops

Clue scroll (hard) (1/128)

  Abyssal whip (1/512)

  Clue scroll (elite) (1/1,200)

  Abyssal dagger (1/32,000)

  Abyssal Head (1/6,000)

  Always

Abyssal ashes  

  Weapons and armour

Black sword (1/17), Steel battleaxe (1/22.67), Black axe (1/34), Mithril kiteshield (1/68), Rune chainbody (1/68), Rune med helm (1/68)

  Runes

Air rune (1/8.5), Chaos rune (1/9.714), Blood rune (1/17), Law rune (1/68)

  Herbs

Grimy guam leaf (1/14.3), Grimy marrentill (1/19.1), Grimy tarromin (1/25.5), Grimy harralander (1/32.7), Grimy ranarr weed (1/41.6), Grimy irit leaf (1/57.3), Grimy avantoe (1/76.4), Grimy kwuarm (1/91.6), Grimy cadantine (1/114.5), Grimy lantadyme (1/152.7), Grimy dwarf weed (1/152.7)

  Materials

Pure essence (1/13.6), Adamantite bar (1/34)

  Other

Cosmic talisman (1/68), Chaos talisman (1/68), Defence potion(3) (1/68)

  Rare and Gem drop table

Uncut sapphire (1/51.2), Uncut emerald (1/102.4), Loop half of key (1/192.1), Tooth half of key (1/192.1), Uncut ruby (1/204.8), Coins (1/207.2), Nature talisman (1/546.1), Uncut diamond (1/819.2), Runite bar (1/870.4), Nature rune (1/1,451), Rune 2h sword (1/1,451), Rune battleaxe (1/1,451), Rune javelin (1/1,638), Law rune (1/2,176), Death rune (1/2,176), Steel arrow (1/2,176), Rune arrow (1/2,176), Adamant javelin (1/2,176), Rune sq shield (1/2,176), Dragonstone (1/2,176), Silver ore (1/2,176), Rune spear (1/3,944), Rune kiteshield (1/4,352), Dragon med helm (1/4,352), Shield left half (1/7,888), Dragon spear (1/10,517)

  Tertiary

Looting bag (1/3), Ensouled abyssal head (1/25), Clue scroll (hard) (1/128), Clue scroll (elite) (1/1,200), Abyssal head (1/6,000)

Conclusion

Abyssal demons remain a top-tier Slayer task due to their profit potential, consistent whip drops (~1/512 drop rate), and solid XP rates. For optimal efficiency:

• Unlock the Slayer helmet (i) for boosted damage.
• Train to 90+ melee or 90+ magic stats for fast kills.
• Use Catacombs for barraging tasks or the Slayer Tower for AFK melee tasks.
• It is recommended to carry Soul Bearer to save the greatest number of unsouled heads that these monsters drop.