Ankou

For the elite version, see Ankou (elite). For other uses, see Ankou (disambiguation).

"Anouk" redirects here. For the Davendale character, see Anouk Roachington.

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Ankou
Release																				4 July 2006 (Update)
Members																				No
Options																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Ghosts (Ankou), Ghost, Skeleton
Examine																				A bony ghost.
Combat info
Combat level																				54
Life points																				6,150
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				307.5
XP																				98
XP																				101.4
XP																				27 (two-handed) 13 (one-handed and armour)
Slayer info
Level																				1
Assignment																				Ankou, Skeletons, Ghosts, Undead
Master																				Jacquelyn: 15–25; 15–25 The Raptor: 130–170; 160–180; 80–120; 95–125 Vannaka: 40–70; 40–60 Mazchna: 60–100 Laniakea: 120–160
Offensive
Max hit
800												0												0												0												0
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
40															1															1															1
Accuracy
528															0															0															0
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
590										38
Base hit chance
90															55															45															65
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															4381, 4382, 4383, 29372
Links															bestiary • MRND

Ankou are undead monsters found on the fourth level of the Stronghold of Security and in the Wilderness Crater. They are described by the Slayer Master Vannaka as "neither skeleton nor ghost, but a combination of both."

Ankou are weak against Earth spells and the Salve amulet. In free worlds, they are often attacked because of their high experience yield and decent drops, although some players will kill them solely for their left skull half drops. In combat, ankou act similar to attackable human NPCs by punching their opponents.

The ankou is the only monster to drop the left skull half, a component needed to assemble the skull sceptre. Wearing Varrock armour while killing them increases the chance of receiving this component of the skull sceptre.

When killing ankou, an elite version may spawn (guaranteed while on a Slayer assignment), the chance of which can be further increased with the use of fellstalk incense sticks.

Prior to a hidden update in late 2024, Ankou could only drop ghost hunter equipment and Cremation in members' worlds. They can now drop ghost hunter equipment and Cremation in F2P worlds.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Requirements	Spawns	Map
Stronghold of Security (fourth level)	54		None	32	Show map
Wilderness Crater (level 28 Wilderness)	54		None	7	Show map

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 4,726 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Ankou (Members) kill is worth 2,090 coins.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bones	1	Always	228	1

Charms (m)

Nothing	1	1	1	1
72–73%	23–24%	2%	2%	0.3–0.5%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 37,853 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop (P2P)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins	100–200; 1,000–2,000	41/128	100–2,000	100–2,000
	Death rune	10	9/128	2,340	620
	Adamant arrow	20	12/128	1,020	2,060
	Battlestaff	1	2/128	3,854	4,200
	Bass	1	14/128	252	162
	Mahogany wood spirit	2	8/128	1,028	N/A
	Medium plated mithril salvage	1	8/128	3,119	1,800
	Mithril stone spirit	2	9/128	866	N/A
	Mystic cloth	1–3 (noted)	1/128	14,834–44,502	2,400–7,200
	Acadia wood spirit	3	8/128	4,107	N/A
	Grimy guam	1	4/128	266	18
	Grimy tarromin	1	2/128	207	1
	Grimy marrentill	1	3/128	4,664	1
	Grimy harralander	1	2/128	1,393	1
	Grimy ranarr	1	1/128	1,936	1
	Grimy irit	1	1/128	637	1
	Grimy avantoe	1	1/128	490	1
	Grimy kwuarm	1	1/256	4,563	1
	Grimy cadantine	1	1/256	894	1
	Grimy lantadyme	1	1/256	4,984	1
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/256	4,836	1

Main drop (F2P)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins	100–200; 1,000–2,000	Common	100–2,000	100–2,000
	Death rune	10	Common	2,340	620
	Adamant arrow	20	Common	1,020	2,060
	Mahogany wood spirit	2	Common	1,028	N/A
	Medium plated mithril salvage	1	Common	3,119	1,800
	Mithril stone spirit	2	Common	866	N/A
	Mystic cloth	1–3 (noted)	Rare	14,834–44,502	2,400–7,200
	Acadia wood spirit	3	Common	4,107	N/A

Gem drop table

There is a 6/100 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Gem and rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High Alch Coins (m) 250–500 1/33.86 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 1/30.05 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 1/68.82 572 15 Uncut emerald 1 1/133.33 704 30 Uncut ruby 1 1/266.67 386 60 Uncut diamond 1 1/1,066.67 876 120 Rune javelin (m) 5 1/533.33 910 1,870 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 1/1,896.3–1/1,848.89 5,209 600 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 1/1,950.48–1/1,912.64 8,557 1 Loop half of a key (m) 1 1/1,950.48–1/1,912.64 8,554 1 Huge plated rune salvage 1 (noted) 1/27,306.67–1/22,186.67 37,313 40,000 Magic logs (m) 65–85 (noted) 1/34,133.33–1/27,733.33 52,650–68,850 12,480–16,320 Rune arrowheads 110–140 1/34,133.33–1/27,733.33 17,600–22,400 660–840 Soft clay (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/34,133.33–1/27,733.33 82,600–106,200 35–45 Small bladed orikalkum salvage (m) 1 (noted) 1/68,266.67–1/55,466.67 47,485 50,000 Catalytic anima stone (m) 35–45 1/68,266.67–1/55,466.67 45,885–58,995 6,300–8,100 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/68,266.67–1/55,466.67 8,325–10,175 13,500–16,500 Dragon bones (m) 35–45 (noted) 1/68,266.67–1/55,466.67 68,705–88,335 35–45 Dragon helm (m) 1 1/60,850.51–1/49,441.04 57,522 60,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 1/219,551.09–1/178,385.26 57,746 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 1/219,551.09–1/178,385.26 57,526 60,000 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/34,133.33; 0 16,740–20,460 45–55 Runite stone spirit (m) 27–33 1/34,133.33; 1/32,000; 0 50,058–61,182 N/A Raw lobster (m) 135–165 (noted) 1/34,133.33–1/29,866.67; 0 33,480–40,920 22,950–28,050 Shield left half (m) 1 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 70,905 66,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 1/624,152.38–1/507,123.81 34,143 37,440 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) 1/1,456,355.56–1/1,183,288.89 671,634–820,886 720,000–880,000 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 445,500–544,500 64,800–79,200 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/728,177.78–1/591,644.44 123,795–151,305 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) 1/728,177.78–1/591,644.44 321,435–392,865 5,130–6,270 Raw rocktail (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/873,813.33–1/709,973.33 159,120–194,480 64,800–79,200 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) 1/1,456,355.56–1/1,183,288.89 244,350–298,650 243,000–297,000 Magic seed (m) 3–5 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 77,136–128,560 759–1,265 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 47,124–56,826 136–164 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 693,720–847,880 756,000–924,000 Hardened dragon bones (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 580,095–709,005 45–55 Onyx bolt tips (m) 135–165 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 850,095–1,039,005 729,000–891,000 Ciku seed (m) 1 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 36,882 300 Golden dragonfruit seed (m) 13–17 1/1,456,355.56–1/1,183,288.89 25,987–33,983 3,900–5,100 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) 1/873,813.33–1/709,973.33 39,420–48,180 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 234,405–286,495 27,000–33,000 Soul rune (m) 450–550 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 293,850–359,150 36,900–45,100 Light animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 144,180–176,220 N/A Dark animica stone spirit (m) 270–330 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 139,320–170,280 N/A Primal stone spirit (m) 90–150 1/1,040,253.97–1/845,206.35 1,738,080–2,896,800 N/A Crystal key (m) 9–11 (noted) 1/364,088.89–1/295,822.22 146,313–178,827 9–11 White berries (m) 67–85 (noted) 1/1,456,355.56–1/1,183,288.89 127,903–162,265 402–510 Ectoplasm (m) 270–330 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 481,680–588,720 1,620–1,980 Medium spiky orikalkum salvage (m) 3–5 (noted) 1/1,092,266.67–1/887,466.67 216,219–360,365 225,000–375,000 Large blunt necronium salvage (m) 2 (noted) 1/1,456,355.56–1/1,183,288.89 644,496 650,000 Wine of Saradomin (m) 13–17 (noted) 1/2,730,666.67–1/2,218,666.67 538,525–704,225 13–17 Aura refresh (m) 1 1/873,813.33–1/709,973.33 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (daily) (m) 1 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (weekly) (m) 1 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 Not sold N/A Distraction & Diversion reset token (monthly) (m) 1 1/2,184,533.33–1/1,774,933.33 Not sold N/A Vecna skull (m) 1 1/2,218,666.67; 0 473,708 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 ~1/21,845,333.33–1/19,114,666.67; 0 728 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 ~1/19,721,481.48; 0 45,087 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 ~1/177,493,333.33; 0 6,344,705,771 300,000

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bone fragments	1	Uncommon	Not sold	N/A
	Left skull half	1	3/128	1	1
	Tiny plated adamant salvage	1	1/128	1,225	2,000
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/512	Not sold	N/A
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit sapphire (m)	1	5/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit emerald (m)	1	3/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Spirit ruby (m)	1	2/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Ghost hunter goggles	1	~1/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Ghost hunter body	1	~1/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Ghost hunter legs	1	~1/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Ghost hunter backpack	1	~1/2,000	Not sold	N/A
	Ectoplasmator (m)	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A
	Ghostly essence (m)	1–4	1/256	2,724–10,896	60–240
	Deployable herb burner (m)	1	~1/5,000	Not sold	N/A
	Cremation	1	1/1,000	Not sold	N/A

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Key token	1	Rare	Not sold	N/A
	Mimic kill token (m)	1	1/10,000	74,103	N/A

Achievements

• Guardian of the Realm ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Asgarnia & Misthalin.
  • Left skull half drop

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 9 December 2024 (Update):
  • Non-elite ankou now drops ghost hunter equipment and Cremation on free-to-play and members worlds.

• hidden 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Non-elite ankou now drops ghost hunter equipment and Cremation on free-to-play and members worlds.

• patch 25 November 2024 (Update):
  • Replaced the yew logs drops with acadia wood spirits.
  • Replaced the medium bladed mithril salvage drops with mahogany wood spirits.

• patch 12 February 2024 (Update):
  • Rebalanced several low level monsters that were harder to kill than intended

• patch 17 April 2023 (Update):
  • Fixed the issue of incorrect souls being captured by Ushabti.

• patch 11 April 2023 (Update):
  • Can be killed as part of the new undead slayer task.

• hotfix 9 October 2017 (Update):
  • The drop rate of mystic cloth from ankou has been reduced.

• ninja 17 August 2015 (Update):
  • Various gauntlets are now dropped from additional NPCs:
    • Adamant - ankou

• update 4 July 2006 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• In Breton mythology, the ankou is a personification of death. The word ankou in the Breton language means Grim Reaper.
• Although the examine info says, "A bony ghost." they do not count towards a Slayer assignment of ghosts. Instead, they are a Slayer task by themselves while also counting towards skeleton assignments.
• They used to be located in the Forinthry Dungeon, but were replaced by dark beasts on 8 August 2016 as part of the Wilderness Improvements update.
• Due to excessive botting, ankou had their health boosted. This led to player complaints as the ankou then had too many life points for low-levelled players. The boost was eventually reverted with the update on 17 October 2016.