Banshee

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Banshee



Release				26 January 2005 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Ghost
Examine				A tortured screaming soul.

Combat info

Combat level				24
Life points				2,500
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				125
XP				46
XP				41.2
XP				11 (two-handed) 5 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				15
Assignment				Banshees, Undead, Ghosts
Master				Jacquelyn: 15–25 The Raptor: 130–170; 160–180 Vannaka: 40–70 Mazchna: 50–90 Chaeldar: 110–170 Sumona: 120–185 Laniakea: 120–160

Offensive
Max hit

360		0			440			0		990
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels

18			1			22			1
Accuracy

192			0			241			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
245	14
Base hit chance

90			45			65			55
Immunities

Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			1612
Links			bestiary • MRND

Banshees are Slayer monsters found in the Slayer Tower that require level 15 Slayer and earmuffs to kill. Additionally, banshees tend to frequently drop many different types of herbs. Mighty banshees are a higher-levelled alternative if seeking greater experience for a slayer assignment.

When banshees are killed with a normal contract, the player will get 3.1 experience points, and 18.6 on special contracts.

Locations[edit | edit source]

Strategy[edit | edit source]

Players should wear earmuffs, masked earmuffs, a Slayer helmet, or a Mask of Mourning/Helm of Keening when fighting banshees. Not having the required equipment will cause the player to take damage equal to 10% of their Constitution level. Combat statistics and Agility are also reduced, which can be annoying for players wishing to use the shortcuts in the Slayer Tower.

Banshees use a magic attack which hits from a distance. The Protect from Magic Prayer will work against them, but most players are likely better off using armour with a high magic defence bonus, such as dragonhide armour.

Banshees are considered undead, so a salve amulet or salve amulet (e) will work. An ectoplasmator will also provide the player with Prayer experience.

Morytania legs 4 will provide a 10% boost to slayer experience if in the slayer tower and on task. A contract with Markus will provide even more additional slayer experience if the task is completed in the Slayer Tower.

As banshees drop many types of herbs and seeds, players can make use of seedicide and herbicide to convert them to experience. A herb bag, charming imp and gem bag can also be useful for collecting their drops.

Champion's Challenge[edit | edit source]

Banshees are one of the 'races' who have lesser champions in the Champion's Challenge Distraction and Diversion. To fight the Banshee Champion, the player must kill banshees until one drops a Champion's scroll, a very rare drop.

Drops[edit | edit source]

Drop rates estimated based on 64,500 samples from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Banshee kill is worth 1,277 coins.

Charms[edit | edit source]

Nothing	1	1	1	1
89%	2–3%	7%	1%	0.3–0.4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 83,662 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Weapons and armour[edit | edit source]

Runes and ammunition[edit | edit source]

Herbs[edit | edit source]

There is a 30/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Grimy guam	1	1/17.1	260	18
Grimy marrentill	1	1/22.8	4,671	1
Grimy tarromin	1	1/30.3	207	1
Grimy harralander	1	1/39	1,472	1
Grimy ranarr	1	1/49.6	2,066	1
Grimy irit	1	1/68.3	649	1
Grimy avantoe	1	1/91	510	1
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/109.2	4,808	1
Grimy cadantine	1	1/136.5	925	1
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/182	5,035	1
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/182	4,843	1

Seeds[edit | edit source]

There is a 22/128 chance of rolling the uncommon seed drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Limpwurt seed	1	1/43.8	402	7
Strawberry seed	1	1/45.8	438	10
Marrentill seed	1	1/48.8	797	3
Jangerberry seed	1	1/65.5	195	36
Tarromin seed	1	1/71.8	519	4
Wildblood seed	1	1/72.7	203	8
Watermelon seed	1	1/96.1	411	33
Harralander seed	1	1/104.5	2,221	7
Ranarr seed	1	1/152.8	2,475	11
Spirit weed seed	1	1/156.8	1,670	10
Whiteberry seed	1	1/180.5	194	79
Bittercap mushroom spore	1	1/212.8	1,087	51
Toadflax seed	1	1/229.1	663	20
Cave nightshade seed	1	1/331	581	106
Irit seed	1	1/331	366	38
Poison ivy seed	1	1/458.3	209	99
Cactus seed	1	1/496.5	1,070	59
Avantoe seed	1	1/541.6	1,383	38
Kwuarm seed	1	1/662	333	38
Snapdragon seed	1	1/1,191.6	2,412	38
Cadantine seed	1	1/1,489.5	335	38
Lantadyme seed	1	1/1,985.9	356	38
Dwarf weed seed	1	1/2,978.9	1,027	38
Torstol seed	1	1/5,957.8	510	38

Other[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins	500–1,400	19/128	500–1,400	500–1,400
Pike	1	12/128	204	15
Iron stone spirit	1	8/128	8	N/A
Oak wood spirit	1–2	6/128	575–1,150	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	4/128	607	15
Thin snail	1–2	3/128	6,794–13,588	36–72

Tertiary[edit | edit source]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Bone fragments	1	~1/10^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Sealed clue scroll (easy)	1	1/128	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
Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	N/A
Banshee Champion's scroll	1	1/5,000	1	1
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)	1–10	1/512^{[d 2]}	2,811–28,110	60–600
Deployable herb burner _(m)	1	~1/5,000	Not sold	N/A
Cremation	1	1/1,000^[1]	Not sold	N/A

^ Only dropped during a Slayer assignment given by the Raptor.
^ The drop rate for ghostly essence is affected by the rooster perk in player-owned farm.

Universal drops[edit | edit source]

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

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

Products[edit | edit source]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Concept art for a banshee
Concept art for a banshee
Game jam update concept art

Graphical updates[edit | edit source]

Banshee after 26 January 2005 (update)
Banshee after 5 June 2008 (update)

Update history[edit | edit source]

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 16 December 2024 (Update):
- Added Normal and Oak wood spirits to more drop tables:
  - Replaced Small Spiky Bronze Salvage with Oak 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):
- Creatures such as Banshees will work for Ghost and Undead Slayer tasks.

patch 5 July 2021 (Update):
- Slayer Masters are now able to assign banshee tasks to players wearing the Mask of Mourning.

ninja 26 October 2020 (Update):
- Monsters with multiple variants will now consistently spawn as those variants when newly placed in the Personal Slayer Dungeon.
  - This includes banshees.

patch 18 March 2013 (Update):
- Grotworms, moss giants, banshees, jungle spiders, shadow spiders, spiders, giant spiders, deadly red spiders, ice spiders, scorpions, poison scorpions and pit scorpion will no longer hit for 1 hit point worth of damage.

update 26 January 2005 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

The name "banshee" comes from the Irish, meaning "Fairy Woman"; in Irish mythology a banshee is said to scream when a person they know dies.

References[edit | edit source]

^ Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

[1] Only dropped during a Slayer assignment given by the Raptor.

[2] The drop rate for ghostly essence is affected by the rooster perk in player-owned farm.

[cremation-drop-rate-3] Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

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