Slayer/Challenges

This article is about challenges offered by Slayer masters. For the challenge scrolls in Treasure Trails, see Treasure Trails guide/Challenge scrolls. For the Distraction and Diversion, see Champion's Challenge.

Slayer challenges are unique challenges occasionally offered by each respective Slayer Masters to players coming to seek a new assignment. It is possible to receive a challenge as a first task from a master. Each master's challenge is different and offers Slayer experience when completed, in addition to the regular slayer experience gained while killing the monsters in the task. This experience is not affected by experience boosts or bonus experience. For players who have completed Smoking Kills, completing a challenge for most masters also awards Slayer points, in addition to any Slayer points normally gained for completing a slayer assignment. Turael/Spria and Kuradal, however, do not award Slayer points for completing their challenges. When the challenge is finished, the chat box lists on separate lines the rewards for the challenge itself and the rewards, if any, for completing an assignment.

Players may decline the challenge without a slayer point penalty and accept a regular task instead. Declining will not permanently disable the opportunity to receive a challenge task; players may be assigned them again in the future. Turael/Spria can also assign another task to replace a challenge from another master.

Slayer challenges may be completed multiple times for the same master.

Slayer challenges do count as assignments, so the player should take this into account when approaching their 10th and/or 50th task (for more points).

Getting a challenge

Slayer special tasks are only given after the player meets certain criteria. These are:

• Complete at least 10 tasks from any Slayer Master
• Have not blocked getting special challenges (toggled by speaking with a Slayer Master)

If both of these criteria are met when requesting a slayer task, the player will have an $X/100$ chance to receive a special task, where $X$ is the number of consecutive tasks they've completed from any Slayer Master. Challenges from the Raptor are given at an increased rate of $X/50$.

Accepting either the main task or that offered via Slayer VIP tickets will improve the player's odds of receiving a special task by incrementing $X$ by 1 when the task is complete. Declining a task or cancelling a task through the rewards interface will reset $X$ back to 0, effectively resetting the improved odds and preventing the immediately following task to be a special challenge. This means that you can not force a challenge by repeatedly cancelling tasks. Receiving a special challenge from any Slayer Master will also reset your current streak with all masters, so care should be taken to only accept tasks from the master you are trying to get a challenge from if a specific one is desired.

The challenges

Turael/Spria

Turael or Spria asks the player to visit their new basement to slay all monsters there in one visit.

The monsters are:

• Level 1 goblin (2)
• Level 5 goblin (2)
• Level 11 goblin (1)
• Level 15 wolf (3)
• Level 19 wolf (2)
• Level 44 minotaur (5)

None of these monsters require any special equipment to defeat.

When done, the player is rewarded 1,000 Slayer experience for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task.

Jacquelyn

Jacquelyn asks the player to defeat Dragith Nurn at the end of the Lumbridge Catacombs.

No special equipment nor requirements are needed to defeat Dragith Nurn.

When done, the player is rewarded 1,000 Slayer experience and 5 Slayer points for the challenge.

Vannaka

Requires completion of What Lies Below.

Vannaka's special task is for the player to bring him one scale from each of the four types of Chromatic dragons:

• A Perfect green dragon scale
• A Perfect blue dragon scale
• A Perfect red dragon scale
• A Perfect black dragon scale

Both adult and baby chromatic dragons can drop scales. The scale is not a guaranteed drop, so the player should be prepared to slay several dragons to obtain one, although the drop rate is very good. Multiple scales of the same type of dragon can be obtained, but extras are destroyed when the task is complete. These scales are only available as drops when the player is on this special task.

The player is rewarded with 4,000 Slayer experience and 10 Slayer points for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task and any Slayer rewards points earned for completing the task. The challenge is only complete when the scales are brought to Vannaka; simply collecting all four scales does not finish the task.

The Raptor

Completing tasks from the Raptor has a chance that the next slayer task offered is a special challenge. This chance is rolled once per completed task. It is not required to complete one of the Raptor's unique tasks related to Zemouregal's undead to roll for a special challenge.

Upon receiving the Raptor's challenge, the player is required to slay 120–149 undead surrounding the fort. However, each of the creatures will count for a different number of kills toward the assignment:

• Fetid zombies grant one kill.
• Bound skeletons grant two kills.
• Risen ghosts grant three kills.
• Armoured phantoms grant four kills.

On completing the challenge and speaking to the Raptor, the player will receive a Slayer Trophy. There are three trophies—these are each received in order each time the challenge is completed, so long as the Slayer level requirement is met:

1. Slayer Trophy (Zombie)—level 30
2. Slayer Trophy (Skeleton)—level 50
3. Slayer Trophy (Phantom)— level 90

These trophies may be mounted on a trophy stand in the Guardhouse at Fort Forinthry for passive Slayer benefits. Doing so will also complete the A Place For My Heads achievement. Completing the third challenge also allows bone fragments to be automatically collected when they are dropped.

Each challenge also grants 3,000 experience and 20 Slayer points.

The challenge can continue to be offered by The Raptor after receiving all three trophies; choosing to complete it gives only the 3,000 experience and 20 Slayer points.

Mazchna/Achtryn

Mazchna asks the player to investigate the Morytania fairy rings. When near each ring, the player must contact Mazchna/Achtryn by clicking on an Enchanted gem in inventory. (If the player does not have an enchanted gem in inventory when accepting this challenge, Mazchna/Achtryn will give the player one for free.) When the player uses the gem to contact Mazchna/Achtryn near a ring, a monster soon appears that must be slain. The ring locations and monsters are:

• CKS near the mushroom patch west of Canifis; level 70 Ravenous ghoul.
• ALQ in the Haunted Woods east of Canifis; level 91 Ravenous vampyre.
• BKR in the Mort Myre Swamp; level 49 Ravenous snail.

The player does not have to use the fairy ring transport system to get to the rings; the player only needs to be near the rings. An enchanted gem or slayer helm must be used to contact Mazchna/Achtryn for the challenge; using a Ring of slaying instead, even though it is made with an enchanted gem, will not activate the challenge. Although the player will be given an enchanted gem if they do not have one, it is not needed if the player has a slayer helm, which can be used to contact Mazchna/Achtryn instead.

When all three monsters are killed, the player is rewarded with 2,000 Slayer experience and 3 Slayer points for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task and any Slayer rewards points earned for completing the task.

Chaeldar

Chaeldar will ask the player to test her new experimental fungicide spray on ten Mutated zygomites and survive to return to her and tell her the results of the test. The player uses the spray in place of the normal Fungicide spray, when the zygomite the player is attacking has been reduced to 20 life points or less. When applied, the experimental spray will have one of the following effects, chosen randomly:

• It kills the zygomite, like the normal fungicide spray.
• It enrages the zygomite, which regains some health and then attacks at a faster rate. The player can kill this zygomite by continuing to attack it until its life points reach 0; another application of the spray is not needed.
• It heals the monster completely. Again, the player can kill this zygomite by continuing to attack it until its life points reach 0; another application of the spray is not needed.

When complete, the player is rewarded 10,000 Slayer experience and 25 Slayer points for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task and any Slayer rewards points earned for completing the task.

The challenge is only complete when the player returns to Chaeldar and speaks to her; simply killing 10 zygomites with the experimental spray does not finish the task.

Note: Using the spray on the zygomite is enough to count as killing it for the task. It is not necessary to kill it afterwards if it turns red or green.

Sumona

Sumona will ask the player to travel to the Kalphite Hive to fight the Kalphite Queen. Teammates can be brought as long as the player does a majority of the damage. When complete, the player is rewarded with 15,000 Slayer experience and 30 Slayer points for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task and any Slayer rewards points earned for completing the task.

Duradel/Lapalok

Duradel or Lapalok will ask the player to go to the Morytania Slayer Tower and kill "all monsters there": 17 Crawling hands, 12 Banshees, 9 Infernal magi, 7 Bloodveld, 7 Aberrant spectres, 5 Gargoyles, 6 Nechryaels and 6 Abyssal demons in one trip without leaving the tower. When complete, the player is awarded 20,000 Slayer experience and 35 Slayer points for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer rewards points earned for completing the task. However, the player does not gain any slayer experience for the individual monsters killed during the challenge.

Players will need Earmuffs and a Nosepeg to survive the Banshees and Aberrant Spectres, or wear a Slayer helmet. They'll also need a Rock hammer to kill the gargoyles.

Kuradal

Kuradal will ask the player to slay 280 monsters in the TzHaar Fight Cave. This can be done by completing all the waves prior to TzTok-Jad, and then also killing 9 monsters in the TzTok-Jad wave. This could be 8 Yt-HurKot healers and also TzTok-Jad himself, or alternatively 9 Yt-HurKot. Alternatively, killing Jad is sufficient to complete the task, regardless of the kill count. The kill count does not reset if the player fails; as such, the challenge can be completed on a subsequent run without dealing with Jad at all. When complete, the player is rewarded with 25,000 Slayer experience for the challenge itself, in addition to any Slayer experience earned during the task, resulting in a total of 76,500 Slayer experience. No additional Slayer rewards points are earned for the challenge beyond those earned for completing the task.

Morvran

Morvran will ask the player to slay a group of bosses (each has to be killed once). These bosses include Giant mole (hard mode), Kalphite Queen, all three Dagannoth Kings, King Black Dragon, Queen Black Dragon, Kree'arra, Commander Zilyana, K'ril Tsutsaroth, General Graardor and Araxxi. By killing bosses the player will acquire dark crystals in their inventory. These crystals will give the player debuffs for killing the remaining bosses. Although the crystals can be banked, the player must carry all collected crystals while killing the remaining bosses or they will not progress through the challenge. These debuffs will affect the player in various ways by reducing their damage dealt and amount healed by the player or increasing the damage they take. Thus, it is wise to do the harder bosses first and finish with the easier ones.

Once the last boss is killed, the crystals will be sent straight to Morvran and the player will be rewarded with 50,000 Slayer experience and 45 Slayer points (along with usual points from the player's current completed tasks). In addition, if the player has access to Max Guild or War's Retreat, the player will be rewarded with one free retuning of a boss portal. Each completion of Morvran's challenge also increases the cap of black crystals obtainable at once by one.

If another player is in the vicinity, the kill is not awarded regardless whether it was actually soloed or not. Deathtouched dart kills do not count towards the challenge. The player should ensure lootShare is disabled, and that they are not in a group. If your backpack is full after killing the boss, the dark crystal can be claimed from Morvran.

The dark crystals that are obtained are:

Crystal	Effect
Dark crystal (magic weakness)	+25% Magic damage to you.
Dark crystal (melee weakness)	+25% Melee damage to you.
Dark crystal (ranged weakness)	+25% Ranged damage to you.
Dark crystal (no ultimates/specials)	Stops you performing ultimate or special attacks.
Dark crystal (prayer drain)	Doubles the rate at which prayer points drain.
Dark crystal (reduced healing)	Reduces the effectiveness of healing by 25%.
Dark crystal (reduced magic)	Reduces your Magic damage output by 25%.
Dark crystal (reduced melee)	Reduces your Melee damage output by 25%.
Dark crystal (reduced ranged)	Reduces your Ranged damage output by 25%.

The order the player receives the dark crystals is random. It should be noted that the effects of these crystals only occur in the area that the boss is in (e.g. effects turn on in the Dagannoth Kings area, but not elsewhere in Waterbirth Island Dungeon).

It is advised to kill the bosses in order from hardest to easiest, corresponding roughly to the following sequence:

Araxxi

Queen Black Dragon

Dagannoth Kings

Commander Zilyana

General Graardor

Kree'arra

K'ril Tsutsaroth

Kalphite Queen

Giant mole (hard mode)

King Black Dragon

The Famous [Name] title is earned by completing this challenge.

Completing this challenge is a requirement for the completionist cape.

It is possible to cancel this Slayer challenge by asking Morvran about the challenge. He will then offer the option of cancelling the challenge with no penalty whatsoever. It is also possible to pay 100 Slayer points to have him assign the challenge once per week.

Laniakea

Laniakea will ask the player to gather a dose of poison from each of the Vile blooms. Each enemy only has to be killed once to receive the poison. The player is rewarded with 50,000 Slayer experience and 45 Slayer points upon completion.

Mandrith

To complete Mandrith's challenge the player is required to slay the following. The kills are counted only when performed within the Wilderness.

15 abyssal demons

15 Acheron mammoths

15 black demons

15 greater demon ash lords or berserkers

15 hellhounds

15 hydrix dragons

15 ice strykewyrms

15 Kal'gerion demons

15 lava strykewyrms

15 revenants

15 Ripper Demons

15 soulgazers

15 waterfiends

He also provides additional rewards if player slays the following before completing the challenge. Kills made with a deathtouched dart do not count.

Chaos Elemental

Corporeal Beast

King Black Dragon

Wildywyrm

As hydrix dragons are part of the assignment, level 101 Slayer is required to obtain and complete the challenge. There is currently a glitch where the player may be asked to kill Kal'gerion demons without having 90 Dungeoneering required to slay them.

The rewards for completing the challenge are:

• 35 Slayer points
• If the optional bosses aren't killed: 21,500 experience
• If the optional bosses are killed: 30,000 experience
• The usual rewards for completing a Slayer assignment: Slayer points, a Reaper point, and a Wilderness slayer chest

Any monsters killed during the challenge don't yield Slayer experience or other extra rewards.

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Update history

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• patch 22 April 2024 (Update):
  • Players can now progress Mandrith's Slayer challenge by participating in the Wildywyrm Wilderness flash event.

• patch 24 April 2023 (Update):
  • Doubled the chance of the player receiving a special Raptor assignment, with the chance to get it now set to 1/50
    • The chance to receive a special Raptor assignment still increases by 1 after every consecutive task you complete.

• patch 5 September 2022 (Update):
  • Mandrith's slayer challenge reworked with the old list removed, as fire giants had been removed from the Wilderness following its rehaul.

• patch 1 April 2019 (Update):
  • Players can no longer get assigned Mandrith's special assignment without having the correct requirements to get all required kills.

• patch 14 January 2019 (Update):
  • Quick-chatting your active Slayer task whilst on Morvran's special challenge will now state you're on a special challenge, rather than needing a new task.

• ninja 12 February 2018 (Update):
  • A 'don't ask me again' option has been added when declining a special Slayer assignment. This can be re-enabled via dialogue options with the relevant Slayer Master when asking about special assignments.

• patch 11 January 2016 (Update):
  • Fixed a typo when attempting to get a slayer task while on a special assignment.

• patch 3 August 2015 (Update):
  • Black crystals - which act as permanent dark crystals - can be unlocked by completing Morvran's special challenge.
  • Completing Morvran's special challenge now earns a free retune of a Max Guild portal.
  • Morvran's special challenge can now be started once per week by spending slayer points.
  • Instanced versions of the King Black Dragon and Kalphite Queen now count towards Morvran's special challenge.
  • Morvran's slayer challenge can now be cancelled correctly.
  • Slayer challenges can now be cancelled using the Slayer Rewards interface.

• patch 13 April 2015 (Update):
  • Players will no longer be directed to the wrong slayer masters when getting tips on their special slayer tasks.

• patch 13 October 2014 (Update):
  • After declining a slayer master's special challenge while holding a Slayer VIP ticket, players will now only be offered an alternative once and will receive the assignment chosen.

• patch 29 August 2013 (Update):
  • Players can no longer re-roll the chance of getting a Special Challenge over and over when asking for a new Slayer task.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • After declining a Slayer challenge, players can now force a Slayer task using their Slayer masks.

• patch 7 June 2011 (Update):
  • The Morytania slayer challenge can be completed again.

• patch 24 November 2010 (Update):
  • The Lapalok/Duradel slayer challenge will begin upon entering the Slayer Tower.

• patch 9 June 2010 (Update):
  • Losing your familiar while asking about a special Slayer task shouldn't interrupt it any more.

• update 21 April 2010 (Update):
  • Slayer challenges added to game, with Kuradal's special task also becoming a challenge.

• update 8 December 2009 (Update):
  • Kuradal added to game with a special task.

Trivia

• If the player is on a daily challenge of assignment type "kill slayer creatures that are assigned to you by a slayer master", doing these special challenges count as one kill toward the completion of the daily challenge.
• When doing the challenge of Mazchna/Achtryn the old fairy ring teleport animation would show.
• When assigned a challenge by Mazchna, text in the chatbox about the challenge (such as when using an Enchanted gem) will instead claim that Achtryn assigned it.
• Special slayer challenges can override the slayer masks/helms guaranteed task effect.
• Deathtouched darts will not award Dark Crystals when completing Morvran's Slayer Challenge.