Dark beasts are large monsters with a combat level of 182. They are good slayer tasks and should not be skipped since killing them gives good slayer XP rates and is quite AFK. This is because they become permanently aggressive to the player no matter how long they stay near. Additionally, they have a chance to drop the Dark bow.
Requirements for Dark Beasts
90 slayer to kill
At least a combat level of 90 before they can be assigned as a slayer task.
Started Mourning's End Part II
Recommended Skills for Dark Beasts
80+ attack
80+ strength
80+ defence
43+ prayers for protect from melee.
Locations of Dark Beasts
Dark beasts can only be found in the Iorwerth Dungeon and the Mourner tunnels.
Iorwerth Dungeon: there are 10 spawns in this location. The fastest way to get here is with the teleport crystal obtained from killing Elves. Alternatively, players can use the house teleport tab if their house is located in Prifddinas or the Elf camp teleport.
Mourner tunnels: There are 19 spawns in this location. The fastest ways to get here include: Slayer Ring, West Ardougne teleport, and Ardougne teleport. Take note that the mourner's outfit is required to enter the hideout when using any option except the slayer ring.
Gear and Inventory Setup for Dark Beasts
Dark beasts are weak to stab and slash attack styles, so you should these against them.
Best Melee Gear Setup for Dark Beasts
Head slot: Slayer helm(i)
Neck slot: Amulet of rancour
Cape slot:infernal cape
Body slot: Torva platebody
Leg slot: Torva platelegs
Weapon slot: Scythe of Vitur
Ammo slot: Rada's blessing 4
Glove slot: Ferocious gloves
Boot slot:Primordial boots
Ring slot:Ultor ring
Cheaper Melee gear for Dark Beasts
Head slot: Helm of Neitiznot
Neck slot: Amulet of fury
Cape slot:fire cape
Body slot: Proselyte hauberk
Leg slot: Proselyte cuisse
Weapon slot: Ghrazi rapier
Shield slot: Dragon defender
Ammo slot: Rada's blessing 3
Glove slot: Barrows gloves
Boot slot:Dragon boots
Ring slot:Berserker ring (i)
Melee inventory setup for Dark beasts
- Cannon
- food
- Dwarf multicanon
- 12-18 prayer potions
- Rune pouch with runes for high-level alchemy
- Teleport method
Dark Beasts's Attacks
Dark beasts attack with both melee and magic.
- Magic attack: Dark beasts will only use magic as their first attack if they are attacked by the player first or if the player is not in melee range. Its magic attack has a max hit of 8.
- Melee attack: Dark Beasts will use their melee attack when the player enters their melee range. It has a max hit of 17, but cannot hit through protect from melee.
Strategy for Killing Dark Beasts
The best strategy to kill Dark Beasts is to pray protect from melee and attack them with melee while wearing your gear with the highest DPS. This way, they will use their melee attack instead of magic since you are close to them, and you won't take much damage. You could use a cannon, but it's not worth it, since it will aggro them from a distance and make them use magic more often.
Drops from Dark Beasts
The Average Dark Beast kill is worth 5K GP, 6.6K GP when on a Konar task, or 7.4K when killed in the Iorwerth Dungeon due to the additional chance of receiving a crystal shard as a tertiary drop.
100% drops
Big bones
Weapons and armour
1 Black battleaxe (1/42.67), 1 Adamant sq shield (1/128), 1 Rune chainbody (1/128), 1 Rune med helm (1/128), 1 Rune full helm (1/128), 1 Rune 2h sword (1/128), 1 Rune battleaxe (1/128), 1 Dark bow (1/512)
Runes
20 Death rune (1/16), 30 Chaos rune (1/18.29), 15 Blood rune (1/32)
Herbs
1-2 Grimy guam leaf (1/21.3), 1-2 Grimy marrentill (1/28.4), 1-2 Grimy tarromin (1/39.7), 1-2 Grimy harralander (1/48.8), 1-2 Grimy ranarr weed (1/62.6), 1-2 Grimy irit leaf (1/85.3), 1-2 Grimy avantoe (1/136.5), 1 Grimy kwuarm (1/136.5), 1 Grimy cadantine (1/170.7), 1 Grimy lantadyme (1/227.6), 1 Grimy dwarf weed (1/227.6)
Seeds
1 Toadflax seed (1/160.7), 1 Irit seed (1/236), 1 Belladonna seed (1/243.6), 1 Poison ivy seed (1/343.3), 1 Avantoe seed (1/343.3), 1 Cactus seed (1/359.6), 1 Potato cactus seed (1/503.5), 1 Kwuarm seed (1/503.5), 1 Snapdragon seed (1/755.2), 1 Cadantine seed (1/1,079), 1 Lantadyme seed (1/1,510), 3 Snape grass seed (1/1,888), 1 Dwarf weed seed (1/2,517), 1 Torstol seed (1/3,776)
Coins
152 Coins (1/3.2), 64 Coins (1/21.33), 95 Coins (1/21.33), 220 Coins (1/25.6)
Other
1 Shark (1/42.67), 3 Adamantite bar (noted) (1/64), 5 Adamantite ore (noted) (1/128), 1 Death talisman (1/128), 1 Runite ore (1/128), 2 Shark (1/128)
