Soul Reaper

"Reaper" redirects here. For the title, see the Reaper.

For bosses that can be killed to fulfil a slayer assignment, see Slayer#Boss slayer.

[view] • [talk]

Soul Reaper
Release date								18 August 2014 (Update)
Location								Death's office
Members								Yes
Currency								Reaper points

This repeatable content has a soft reset.

The next period's content will become available only once a player has logged out and in.

Soul Reaper, also known as Boss Slayer or Reaper Task, is a daily activity released on 18 August 2014, although it is possible to unlock the ability to participate in the activity multiple times a day.

It involves the player helping Death harvest the souls of various boss monsters, as, in Death's words, there is an imbalance in the harmony of life and death — specifically, there is too much life. Death tasks players with "reaping" various boss monsters in special assignments, which reward Slayer experience and reaper points that can be spent for various items and effects at Death's Store, including hydrix gems, a new title, and a set of cosmetic gear.

Getting a task

To start the activity, the player must visit Death's office via a portal next to the Draynor lodestone. The player can then speak to Death to obtain a grim gem and get assigned their first task. A task may be rerolled up to five times per day, but doing so reduces the point rewards by 25% for each reroll, excluding the first reroll. Since the introduction of the skilling boss Croesus, there is no minimum combat level required to receive a task.

A task can be cancelled for free if the player does not complete the task by 00:00 UTC, if they go to Death. If this is done via gem, it will take a few days, and the first reroll will be consumed. One task can be obtained for free daily. The only way to get more than one task a day is by purchasing the "Additional Tasks" from the rewards, which costs 250 Slayer Points to get a new task. The option to purchase additional tasks with Slayer Points may be unlocked by paying 150 Reaper Points, an effective cost of up to 28,701,599 gp. When buying a new task, players will get the option to reroll up to 5 times, just like the daily reset task. If this option is pursued, it is recommended to have a large quantity of slayer points on hand due to the immense cost of obtaining numerous reaper assignments.

It is possible to complete three free tasks in one day, if the player is running late on their daily. To do this, the player must have a task from two days before reset, but log in any time before reset. The player can then finish the task from two days ago, without logging out claim their free task of the day before reset (can be claimed even after 00:00 UTC as long as they did not log out or lobby), and finish that one, and then relog finally to claim the task from the day after reset and complete that one too.

After the first task, further ones can be obtained by using the grim gem, which acts similarly to the enchanted gems for standard slayer, making travelling back to his office unnecessary apart from collecting rewards.

Frank filling in for Death

As Death is kidnapped by Sliske during the events of Missing, Presumed Death, his clanmate Frank fulfils his role in the activity for him for the duration of the quest.

By unlocking the Reaper's Choice perk (250 reaper points), there is a 10% chance that Death will allow the player to pick a boss of their choice, rather than assigning a random boss. It is possible to carry over a Reaper's Choice from one day to another by not selecting an option when prompted, even if it's a reroll. Then, after reset, the Reaper's Choice prompt will re-appear as the player's first roll.

Assignments

Death (or Frank) may assign the following bosses, with numbers depending on the difficulty of the boss, as long as the player meets all the requirements.

In the Slayer section of Settings under Skills & Experience, players can toggle:

1. Enabling group bosses (the Ambassador, the Barrows: Rise of the Six, black stone dragon, Kalphite King, Nakatra, Devourer Eternal, Nex, Nex: Angel of Death, Seiryu, the Azure Serpent, Solak, Vorago, and Zamorak, Lord of Chaos) as possible assignments;
2. Enabling skilling bosses (Croesus and the Gate of Elidinis) as possible assignments;
3. Extending the amount of bosses. This simply doubles the amount that is normally assigned.

Selecting either group bosses or extended tasks increases the number of reaper points rewarded for all tasks by 25%, even for solo boss assignments when group assignments are enabled. Selecting both options increases the number of reaper points rewarded by roughly 50% (the bonus points for both +25% are rounded down before adding to base, example: 23 to 28 to 33 or 10 to 12 to 14). Players can toggle these options only when they are not on an assignment. It is recommended to toggle both options, especially if the player can find a team for group bosses where needed. Otherwise, they can be safely skipped for another assignment with maximum point potential.

Unlike normal slayer:

• Players do not receive Slayer experience for every boss killed. It is instead awarded at the end of the assignment.
• Players only need to deal a small amount of damage to a boss for it to count for the task, as opposed to the majority of it.
• The usual bonuses from the slayer helmet do not work on Soul Reaper tasks, unless the player has a regular slayer assignment for the same monster.

After each kill, the player is notified how much they have left for the task. Upon completing the task, the player is awarded with a hefty sum of Slayer experience and some reaper points. Every 10 tasks completed awards an additional 10 points, while every 50 tasks completed awards an extra 50 points. The higher point rewards override lesser ones; at 100 tasks completed, the player would get an extra 50 points instead of 60.

Bosses that possess a harder variant, such as hard or challenge mode (not successors, like Nex: Angel of Death), provide additional slayer experience and reaper points. However, all of the kills must be done on said mode.

If a deathtouched dart is used to collect a soul, the kill will not count towards the task, as it does not register on the Beasts tab. This effect will also persist for 15 minutes after throwing the dart, so don't kill the assigned boss right away after a dart has been thrown.

While on a Reaper assignment, custom-fit trimmed masterwork armour will not degrade until the task is completed.

Bosses

Boss		Task requirements	Required kills		Slayer XP	Reaper points			Effective profit
			Normal	Extended		Normal	Extended or group	Extended and group
	The Ambassador	110 ! 110 Combat	2	4	Group: 30,000	Group: 20	Group: 25	Group: 30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
					Solo: 45,000	Solo: 25	Solo: 31	Solo: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Araxxi	120 ! 120 Combat	3–4	6–8	20,000	20	25	30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
	Arch-Glacor	110 ! 110 Combat	4–7	8–14	15,000	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
					Hard: 25,000	Hard: 25	Hard: 31	Hard: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	The Barrows Brothers	85 ! 85 Combat	4–15	8–30	7,000	7	8	9	1,339,408 coins to 1,722,096 coins
	The Barrows: Rise of the Six	120 ! 120 Combat	3–4	6–8	20,000	20	25	30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
	Black stone dragon	110 ! 110 Combat	2	4	Group: 40,000	Group: 20	Group: 25	Group: 30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
					Solo: 45,000	Solo: 25	Solo: 31	Solo: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Chaos Elemental	090 ! 90 Combat	2–5	4–10	10,000	10	12	14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	Commander Zilyana	80 ! 80 Combat 70 Agility Access to the God Wars Dungeon	10–15	20–30	12,000	12	15	18	2,296,128 coins to 3,444,192 coins
					Hard: 15,000	Hard: 15	Hard: 18	Hard: 21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Corporeal Beast	90 ! 90 Combat Summer's End	5–10	10–20	12,000	12	15	18	2,296,128 coins to 3,444,192 coins
	Croesus	None	2–9	4–18	10,000	11	13	15	2,104,784 coins to 2,870,160 coins
	Dagannoth Kings	90 ! 90 Combat	10–15	20–30	10,000	10	12	14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	The Gate of Elidinis	90 ! 70 Combat Ode of the Devourer	3-4	6-8	10,000	11	13	15	2,104,784 coins to 2,870,160 coins
	General Graardor	80 ! 80 Combat 70 Strength Access to the God Wars Dungeon	10–15	20–30	12,000	12	15	18	2,296,128 coins to 3,444,192 coins
					Hard: 15,000	Hard: 15	Hard: 18	Hard: 21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Giant mole	60 ! 60 Combat	3–8	6–16	7,000	7	8	9	1,339,408 coins to 1,722,096 coins
					Hard: 10,000	Hard: 10	Hard: 12	Hard: 14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	Gregorovic	110 ! 110 Combat 80 Prayer	5–10	10–20	17,000	18	22	26	3,444,192 coins to 4,974,944 coins
					Challenge: 22,000	Challenge: 23	Challenge: 28	Challenge: 33	4,400,912 coins to 6,314,352 coins
	Har-Aken	90 ! 90 Combat The Elder Kiln Sacrificed a fire cape to TokHaar-Hok	1–2	2–4	15,000	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Helwyr	110 ! 110 Combat 80 Magic	5–10	10–20	17,000	18	22	26	3,444,192 coins to 4,974,944 coins
					Challenge: 22,000	Challenge: 23	Challenge: 28	Challenge: 33	4,400,912 coins to 6,314,352 coins
	Hermod, the Spirit of War	90 ! 90 Combat The Spirit of War	7–15	14–30	14,500	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Kalphite King	110 ! 110 Combat	10–15	20–30	15,000	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Kalphite Queen	80 ! 80 Combat	4–10	8–20	10,000	10	12	14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	Kerapac, the bound	110 ! 110 Combat	4–10	8–20	22,000	22	27	32	4,209,568 coins to 6,123,008 coins
					Hard: 32,000	Hard: 27	Hard: 33	Hard: 39	5,166,288 coins to 7,462,416 coins
	King Black Dragon	65 ! 65 Combat	4–14	8–28	7,000	7	8	9	1,339,408 coins to 1,722,096 coins
	Kree'arra	80 ! 80 Combat 70 Ranged Access to the God Wars Dungeon	10–15	20–30	12,000	12	15	18	2,296,128 coins to 3,444,192 coins
					Hard: 15,000	Hard: 15	Hard: 18	Hard: 21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	K'ril Tsutsaroth	80 ! 80 Combat 70 Constitution Access to the God Wars Dungeon	10–15	20–30	12,000	12	15	18	2,296,128 coins to 3,444,192 coins
					Hard: 15,000	Hard: 15	Hard: 18	Hard: 21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Legiones	110 ! 110 Combat 95 Slayer Corresponding ascension keystone per kill	10–15	20–30	15,000	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	The Magister	120 ! 120 Combat 115 Slayer Partial completion of Icthlarin's Little Helper (access to the Sophanem Slayer Dungeon) Key to the Crossing per kill	3–8	6–14	18,000	15	18	21	2,870,160 coins to 4,018,224 coins
	Nakatra, Devourer Eternal	110 ! 110 Combat Completion of Soul Searching miniquest	2–3	4–6	20,000	20	25	30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
					Hard: 30,000	Hard: 25	Hard: 31	Hard: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Nex	110 ! 110 Combat 70 Agility 70 Constitution 70 Strength 70 Ranged Access to the God Wars Dungeon	5–10	10–20	17,000	17	21	25	3,252,848 coins to 4,783,600 coins
	Nex: Angel of Death	120 ! 120 Combat 70 Agility 70 Constitution 70 Strength 70 Ranged Access to the God Wars Dungeon	3–6	6–12	30,000	25	31	37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Queen Black Dragon	100 ! 100 Combat 60 Summoning	5–10	10–20	10,000	10	12	14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	Raksha, the Shadow Colossus	120 ! 120 Combat Raksha, the Shadow Colossus (quest) Access to Anachronia	3–4	6–8	22,000	21	27	32	4,018,224 coins to 6,123,008 coins
	Rasial, the First Necromancer	110 ! 110 Combat Alpha vs Omega	4–8	8–16	33,000	21	27	32	4,018,224 coins to 6,123,008 coins
	Rex Matriarchs	105 ! 105 Combat Access to Anachronia	6–11	12–22	17,000	18	22	26	3,444,192 coins to 4,974,944 coins
	Seiryu the Azure Serpent	110 ! 110 Combat Impressing the Locals	2	4	Group: 40,000	Group: 20	Group: 25	Group: 30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
					Solo: 45,000	Solo: 25	Solo: 31	Solo: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Solak	130 ! 130 Combat	2–4	4–8	32,000	27	33	39	5,166,288 coins to 7,462,416 coins
	Telos, the Warden	120 ! 120 Combat 80 Attack 80 Magic 80 Prayer 80 Ranged	3–4	6–8	23,000	23	28	33	4,400,912 coins to 6,314,352 coins
	The Twin Furies	105 ! 105 Combat 80 Ranged	5–10	10–20	17,000	18	22	26	3,444,192 coins to 4,974,944 coins
					Challenge: 22,000	Challenge: 23	Challenge: 28	Challenge: 34	4,400,912 coins to 6,505,696 coins
	TzKal-Zuk	110 ! 110 Combat	1–2	2–4	22,000	22	27	32	4,209,568 coins to 6,123,008 coins
					Hard: 32,000	Hard: 27	Hard: 33	Hard: 39	5,166,288 coins to 7,462,416 coins
	TzTok-Jad	085 ! 85 Combat	1–2	2–4	10,000	10	12	14	1,913,440 coins to 2,678,816 coins
	Vindicta & Gorvek	110 ! 110 Combat 80 Attack	5–10	10–20	17,000	18	22	26	3,444,192 coins to 4,974,944 coins
					Challenge: 22,000	Challenge: 23	Challenge: 28	Challenge: 34	4,400,912 coins to 6,505,696 coins
	Vorago	110 ! 110 Combat	3–4	6–8	20,000	20	25	30	3,826,880 coins to 5,740,320 coins
					Hard: 25,000	Hard: 25	Hard: 31	Hard: 37	4,783,600 coins to 7,079,728 coins
	Zamorak, Lord of Chaos	128 ! 128 Combat	2	4	Group: 22,000	Group: 23	Group: 28	Group: 33	4,400,912 coins to 6,314,352 coins
					Solo: 33,000	Solo: 26	Solo: 32	Solo: 38	4,974,944 coins to 7,271,072 coins
	Zemouregal & Vorkath	115 ! 115 Combat Battle of Forinthry	3-6	6-12	Normal: 33,000	Normal: 22	Normal: 27	Normal: 32	4,209,568 coins to 6,123,008 coins
					Hard: 48,000	Hard: 27	Hard: 33	Hard: 39	5,166,288 coins to 7,462,416 coins

Rewards

Main article: Death's Store

Players can access the reward shop, Death's Store, only by speaking with him in person. It is not accessible via the grim gem.

In addition to Slayer experience, players also are rewarded with reaper points, which are used to purchase items and effects. Most of these can also be purchased with 250 slayer points. There are also cosmetic rewards that are unlocked by completing certain objectives. Unlocking all permanent effects is a requirement for the trimmed completionist cape. The Final Boss title is not required for the trimmed completionist cape.

It is possible to obtain Crabbe, the Slayer pet when completing an assignment and receiving Slayer experience.

Each reaper point is worth 191,344 coins, based on the median GE price of an incomplete hydrix (or 71,460 coins based on death notes). Since some rewards can be purchased with either reaper points or slayer points, one of those two options will usually be cheaper because of the different opportunity costs. The value of a slayer point (based on the value of Slayer Dart runes) is 2,164 coins, so for example the bonfire upgrade effectively costs 47,835,998 coins if purchased with reaper points, and only 5,410,714 coins if purchased with slayer points.

Money making guide

The following money making guide is available for Soul Reaper:

Method	Profit per instance	Skills	Other requirements
Completing Soul Reaper tasks	3,878,945	90 , 90 , 90 , or 90  recommended 99  recommended 96  recommended 95  recommended	None

Gallery

• 

  The "Beasts" interface, accessed from the Adventures screen

• 

  A female player wearing the Vanquisher cosmetic override set

• 

  A male player wearing the Vanquisher cosmetic override set

• 

  Concept art for the Vanquisher set

• 

  Initial concept art for an alternative lootbeam; the rainbow loot beam was decided to be the official reward

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 5 August 2024 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue that prevented 'Nakatra, Devourer Eternal' from being correctly set as a hard mode Reaper kill if the boss was killed in hard mode.
  • The boss will now correctly award the following for a hard mode Reaper kill:
    • 30,000 Slayer XP
    • 25 Reaper Points (at a base level, this may be increased with boons or unlocks)

• update 22 July 2024 (Update):
  • New boss Nakatra, Devourer Eternal added with the launch of the Sanctum of Rebirth

• hidden 27 February 2023 (Update):
  • Reduced the Slayer experience and reaper points awarded for Croesus reaper tasks.
    • Slayer experience from 20,000 to 10,000 per task.
    • Reaper points from 22, 27, 32 to 11, 13, 15 points for normal; extended or group; and extended and group tasks respectively.

• ninja 18 July 2022 (Update):
  • Reduced Soul Reaper task of Zamorak, Lord of Chaos from 1-4 (2-8 extended) to 2-3 (4-6 extended).

• patch 1 November 2021 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue with TzekHaar-Jad Souls not counting towards the Reaper Task.

• patch 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • Reaper Assignments will now correctly indicate that the Arch-Glacor is the target when using quick-chat.
  • Fixed an issue that caused some of the boss buttons on the Reaper's Choice list to be disabled even when players met the requirements.
  • Raids bosses and the first two bosses of each Elite Dungeon are once again hidden in Reaper's Choice, and cannot be assigned as a Reaper Task.
  • Fixed an issue where all subsequent bosses in the Reaper's Choice interface after the first locked boss were also locked.
  • Death once again ignores 'soft conditions' on bosses when determining whether he can assign them as a Reaper Task. For example, Death will assign the Magister provided you have 115 Slayer even if you don't have any Keys to the Crossing. Soft conditions include acquirable items like Barrows Totems, Ascension Keystones, etc.
  • Corrected an issue where Song from the Depths was unintentionally a requirement for Death to assign Queen Black Dragon as a Reaper Task.

• patch 6 September 2021 (Update):
  • Slayer and Reaper tasks in the Activity Tracker now include a 'Weakness' field in their description which highlights the most effective combat style. During a task, an icon for this weakness will replace its Activity Tracker icon.
  • The text which appears when hovering over the Slayer Counter if you are able to capture the target's soul and have not yet done so will now also appear in the Activity Tracker description for that task.
  • Slayer and Reaper tasks in the Activity Tracker now continue to display the name of the target when there are no kills left, instead of displaying 'no task'. This makes it consistent with the Slayer/Reaper counter.
  • Slayer and Reaper tasks in the Activity Tracker will now refresh correctly if the target changes but the number of kills left remains the same.

• hotfix 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • Death will no longer assign bosses he shouldn't.

• patch 17 February 2020 (Update):
  • Players can no longer receive the first two bosses from Elite Dungeons as Reaper assignments.

• patch 20 January 2020 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue stopping Death from allowing players to reroll Reaper tasks.

• patch 5 August 2019 (Update):
  • Removed a comma from the "Seiryu the Azure Serpent" in the reaper task interface and dialogue.

• patch 20 May 2019 (Update):.
  • Both God Wars Dungeon 2 and Elite Dungeon bosses now award more Reaper points and Slayer XP when killed in challenge/hard mode.

• update 25 February 2019 (Update):
  • Increased slayer experience and reaper point rewards from Elite Dungeon reaper assignments.
  • Allowed Death to assign the Elite Dungeon's final boss as a potential reaper assignment without having to rely on the "Reaper's Choice" perk.

• patch 8 October 2018 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue with the settings refresh that caused Group reaper assignments setting to be inverted.

• patch 4 June 2018 (Update):
  • The minimum and maximum amount of reaper kills assigned for Solak has been lowered.

• patch 4 September 2017 (Update):
  • The base Reaper points received from completing bosses in the Heart of Gielinor in Challenger mode have been increased by 2.
  • The base Reaper points received from defeating Telos has been increased by 1.

• patch 20 March 2017 (Update):
  • Players will no longer lose slayer points if they click out of the task selection interface after purchasing an additional Soul Reaper task.

• hotfix 23 January 2017:
  • An achievement to unlock all permanent effects from Soul Reaper has been added as a requirement for the trimmed completionist cape.

• patch 23 January 2017 (Update):
  • Players will no longer be assigned the Queen Black Dragon from Death without 60 Summoning.

• patch 17 October 2016 (Update):
  • Slayer XP rewarded from completing Reaper tasks as an Ironman is no longer halved.

• patch 8 September 2014 (Update):
  • Hydrix jewellery can now be repaired with onyx. You can now use a cut onyx on any enchanted hydrix jewellery to recharge it by 50% per gem.
  • The cost of buying additional tasks has been reduced from 500 to 250 slayer points.
  • The cost of an incomplete hydrix has been reduced from 400 to 300 reaper points.
  • You can now obtain multiple grim gems.
  • There is now a total Slayer creature kills counter on the Slayer kills tab. This is the sum of kills for all the tracked monsters.
  • There is now a new Boss Kills tab similar to the Slayer kills tab that displays all boss kills along with a total.
  • Players can now request to have their assignment size doubled to earn an extra 25% reward points. The option for this can be found in the 'Options' tab on Death's reward interface.
  • Quick Chat for Soul Reaper can now be found in the Skills > Slayer section.
  • Death and Frank now have right-click options for getting an assignment or viewing rewards when you visit them via Death's portal.
  • Choosing to reroll a Soul Reaper task on a new day will no longer stop you from being able to receive another task that day.
  • Har-Aken will no longer be assigned as a Soul Reaper task to those that are yet to sacrifice a fire cape.
  • The rewards for God Wars bosses on the Beasts interface no longer shows combined godsword shards.
  • There is no longer a 'Fastest Kill Time' icon in the Beasts interface for bosses that do not store this information (Barrows; Corporeal Beast; Chaos Elemental; Dagannoth Kings; Kalphite Queen; King Black Dragon).

• patch 26 August 2014 (Update):
  • Killing Commander Zilyana in hard mode will now count towards Soul Reaper assignments correctly.

• patch 18 August 2014 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Reaper points obtained by completing assignments received a 50% bonus after the release of War's Retreat on 27 January 2020 until the end of 9 February 2020.
  • This was notified with the login message War's recent return has inspired Death to reward 50% bonus reaper points. Be sure to visit War in his new retreat near the Draynor lodestone! on 28 January 2020.
  • When points were obtained, the following message was shown: War's recent return inspires Death to reward 50% bonus reaper points.
• This happened again when the Alchemical hydrix was released on 17 August 2020 until the end of 31 August 2020.
  • This was notified with the login and reward message: The Alchemical Hydrix rewards have inspired Death to reward 50% bonus reaper points.
• From 10 February 2020 the player was able to be assigned the non-final boss of Elite Dungeons as reaper assignments. Although these tasks provided descriptions from Death, it was confirmed to be a bug. They gave the same number of reaper points as the final boss would and were not included in the Reaper's choice list. This was later fixed in an update on 17 February 2020.
  • This bug reappeared again during the 6 September 2021 update.
• The Arch-Glacor used to award the same points and experience as in normal mode even if the task is fully completed in hard mode. This was quickly changed in an unknown update.