1-99 Slayer Guide OSRS: Masters, Points, and Gear

How Slayer Works and Why You Should Train It

Slayer is simple at its core. You visit a Slayer Master, they assign you a monster and a number to kill, and you go kill them. Each kill gives Slayer XP roughly equal to the monster's Hitpoints. Finish the task, come back, and get a new one.

Task and streak basics

Every finished task adds to your streak. Your first four tasks pay no points. From the fifth task on, each completion pays Slayer points, with big bonus payouts on every 10th, 50th, 100th, 250th, and 1,000th task. Asking Turael to swap your task resets the streak to zero, so avoid that unless you must.

Rewards that unlock the best gear

Slayer is one of the most profitable skills in the game and the only way to get some of the best gear. The Slayer helmet, abyssal whip, trident of the seas, and occult necklace all come from Slayer. Boss tasks like the Alchemical Hydra are locked behind it too. You also train combat stats the whole time.

Every Slayer Master Compared

Nine masters hand out tasks. Higher masters give longer, harder tasks and more points per completion.

Master	Requirement	Location	Points per task	Use when
Turael	None	Burthorpe	0	Point boosting or task resets
Spria	A Porcine of Interest	Draynor Village	0	Same list as Turael plus sourhogs
Mazchna	20 combat, Priest in Peril	Canifis	6	Early levels
Vannaka	40 combat	Edgeville Dungeon	8	Mid-level filler
Chaeldar	70 combat, Lost City	Zanaris	10	Mid to high tasks before 75 combat
Konar	75 combat	Mount Karuulm	18 (20 with elite diary)	Points and brimstone key profit
Nieve / Steve	85 combat	Tree Gnome Stronghold	12 (15 with elite diary)	Main XP master
Duradel	100 combat, 50 Slayer, Shilo Village	Shilo Village	15	Fastest XP and boss tasks
Krystilia	None (one task done)	Edgeville	25	Fastest points, Wilderness only

At 99 Slayer, every master becomes available no matter your combat level.

Slayer Points: What to Buy First and In What Order

Points buy unlocks, task extensions, blocks, and items. Spend them in the right order and Slayer gets faster and richer.

Priority unlock order

Unlock	Cost	Why
Bigger and Badder	50 points	Superior monsters spawn on task. More XP, plus drops like the imbued heart and eternal gem
Malevolent Masquerade (Slayer helmet)	400 points	Build the Slayer helmet with 55 Crafting. Plus 16.67% melee accuracy and damage on task
Ring Bling (Slayer ring)	150 points	Craft Slayer rings at 75 Crafting for fast task teleports
Broader Fletching	300 points	Broad ammo, the only ammo that works on turoths and kurask
Blocks and extensions	40 to 100 points per block	Block slow tasks, extend cannon and barrage tasks
Task Storage	500 points	Store a task and swap it later for free
Like a Boss	Optional	Boss tasks from Konar, Nieve, and Duradel. Best for profit

You get one block slot per 50 quest points, up to six, with a seventh from the elite Lumbridge and Draynor diary.

Milestone bonus point totals by master

Master	Base	10th task	50th	100th	250th	1,000th
Vannaka	8	40	120	200	280	400
Chaeldar	10	50	150	250	350	500
Nieve	12	60	180	300	420	600
Duradel	15	75	225	375	525	750
Konar	18	90	270	450	630	900
Krystilia	25	125	375	625	875	1,250

Gear and Weapons for Every Combat Style

Style	Budget	Best
Melee weapon	Dragon scimitar	Ghrazi rapier or Osmumten's fang for tough monsters, scythe of Vitur for large 3x3 monsters, dragon hunter lance for dragons, emberlight for demons
Melee armour	Obsidian, Blood Moon	Bandos, Oathplate, or Torva. Prioritise Strength bonus
Magic (barrage)	Ancient staff, Ahrim's robes	Kodai wand, occult necklace, Virtus or Ancestral
Ranged	Toxic blowpipe	Venator bow. Its ricochet hits extra monsters

The Slayer helmet and black mask

Always wear a black mask or Slayer helmet on task. Both boost melee accuracy and damage by 16.67% against your assigned monster. Imbue the helmet at Nightmare Zone or Soul Wars and it also boosts Ranged and Magic by 15%, which barraging requires. One exception: on undead tasks, the Salve amulet's 20% bonus is bigger and does not stack, so wear that instead.

Enchanted bracelets: when to use each

The bracelet of slaughter sometimes stops a kill counting, which stretches out good tasks. The expeditious bracelet sometimes counts a kill twice, which shortens bad ones. They give no combat stats, so swap them in as monsters are about to die.

The Fastest 1-99 XP Route by Level Bracket

Stage	Master	Method	Approx XP per hour
1 to 50	Turael, Mazchna, Vannaka	Best melee gear, quick tasks	15,000
50 to 75	Nieve or Konar	Cannon every large task	35,000 to 40,000
75 plus (fast)	Nieve or Duradel	Barrage stacked tasks in multicombat	100,000
75 plus (fastest)	Duradel	Barrage smoke devils at 93 Slayer	150,000

Low level (1-50)

Honestly, do not rush to train Slayer at low combat. It is slow and awkward. Most players should build combat first and start Slayer properly at 75 combat, or 85 for Nieve. Use your first four tasks at Turael to clear the no-points period.

Mid level (50-75)

Buy a dwarf multicannon after the Dwarf Cannon quest and use it on every task where it works. Take super combat potions and use Piety.

Fast and fastest (75+)

Finish Desert Treasure I for Ancient Magicks, then burst or barrage dust devils, nechryael, and smoke devils in multicombat caves. Block everything that cannot be cannoned or barraged, and extend the tasks that can. The Wilderness Slayer Cave lets you cannon and barrage at the same time, with over 100,000 XP per hour possible at hellhounds.

Task-by-Task: Do It, Skip It, or Block It

These verdicts assume you are chasing XP at Duradel. If you want money instead, several skips become keeps.

Task	Approx XP/hr	Verdict
Smoke devils	150,000 magic	Do. Best XP in the game
Dust devils	100,000 to 110,000 magic	Do
Nechryael	100,000 magic	Do
Bloodveld	100,000 cannon and Venator bow	Do
Araxytes	100,000 cannon and Venator bow	Do
Dagannoth	85,000	Do
Abyssal demons	80,000 magic	Do for money, block for pure XP
Kalphites	75,000	Do
Ankou	55,000 magic	Do
Suqah	55,000	Do
Trolls	50,000	Do
Dark beasts	42,000	Do
Fire giants	40,000	Do with magic, otherwise skip
Greater demons	38,000 to 50,000	Skip unless killing Tormented Demons for profit
Black dragons	30,000	Do
Gargoyles	30,000	Do for profit, skip for XP
Metal dragons	15,000 to 30,000	Do for profit, block for XP
Blue dragons	25,000	Skip unless killing Vorkath
Hellhounds	40,000	Block unless killing Cerberus
Black demons	45,000	Block unless killing demonic gorillas
Kurask	20,000	Do for profit, skip for XP
Cave kraken	15,000	Block once done with kraken
Skeletal wyverns	15,000	Skip
Fossil Island wyverns	15,000	Block (costs 500 points, toggles free after)
Cave horrors	25,000	Skip unless Ironman hunting a black mask
Waterfiends	15,000	Skip
Mutated zygomites	10,000	Skip
Elves	25,000	Skip
Aberrant spectres	35,000	Skip unless farming herb drops

Most Profitable Slayer and How Much You Actually Earn

Konar and brimstone keys

Konar tasks have a chance to drop brimstone keys, worth around 100,000 gp in loot per key on average. That stacks on top of normal drops, so Konar is the best steady-income master. Extend her good tasks with a slaughter bracelet and rush bad ones with an expeditious bracelet.

Boss Slayer with Like a Boss

Boss tasks are the most profitable way to play Slayer overall. Unlock Like a Boss and use Duradel, who assigns boss tasks more often than Nieve. You will need a separate gear setup for each boss and real starting capital, but the drop tables are the best in the game.

Best profit-per-task monsters

Task assigned	Kill this instead	Why
Black demons	Demonic gorillas	Zenyte shard drops (needs Monkey Madness II)
Greater demons	Tormented demons or K'ril	Much better loot than regular greaters
Blue dragons	Vorkath	One of the best money makers on task
Hellhounds	Cerberus	Primordial, pegasian, and eternal crystals
Abyssal demons	Abyssal demons	Whip drops while you train

Farming Slayer Points Fast with Turael Boosting

Turael boosting trades XP for points. It works because milestone tasks pay a multiplier no matter which master the small tasks came from.

Check your task count. You want your streak sitting at a multiple of nine.
Complete nine quick tasks from Turael in Burthorpe. His tasks are short and easy. Finish them, never swap them, or your streak resets.
Take your 10th task from Konar or Duradel. Konar pays slightly more.
Wear an expeditious bracelet on every kill to finish faster.
Repeat. Every 10th task pays 5 times base points, and the 50th, 100th, 250th, and 1,000th pay even more.
Use a toxic blowpipe for the quick tasks, and duo with a partner to split the nine Turael tasks if you want more speed.

Krystilia is the other point machine. Her Wilderness tasks pay 25 points each on a separate streak, with 1,250 points on the 1,000th task. Bring only three valuable items, since player killers roam her task areas.

AFK Slayer Setups

Slayer can be very low effort if you set it up right. Use Nieve or Duradel and lean on these tools:

Fight aggressive monsters. They attack you on their own for 10 minutes before losing interest.
Set up a cannon. It fires by itself, and Combat Achievements let you load more cannonballs at once.
Stand in multicombat so several monsters pile onto you while you fight back automatically.
Drink a goading potion to make all nearby monsters aggressive for 6 minutes.
Wear Sunfire Fanatic armour so Protect from Melee lasts around 10 minutes per prayer bar.
Bring prayer regeneration potions and a holy wrench to stretch prayer further.

Quests That Unlock Tasks and Give Slayer XP

Task-unlocking quests worth prioritising

Around 20 quests gate specific tasks. These matter most:

Priest in Peril: abyssal demons, nechryael, gargoyles, bloodveld, and more
Desert Treasure I: dust devils, plus the Ancient spellbook for barraging
Horror from the Deep: dagannoths
Monkey Madness II: demonic gorillas
Mourning's End Part II: dark beasts
Dragon Slayer I and II: metal, black, blue, adamant, and rune dragons

Quests that give direct Slayer XP

Quests hand out 191,348 Slayer XP in total. The biggest payouts:

Quest	Slayer XP	Slayer level needed
Monkey Madness II	80,000	69
The Fremennik Exiles	50,000	60
Perilous Moons	40,000	48
Champions' Challenge	40,348	None
The Path of Glouphrie	20,000	56
Shadows of Custodia	10,000	54

Best Slayer Locations and How to Get There Fast

Multicombat caves for barrage XP

Location	Best for	Notes
Catacombs of Kourend	Barraging nechryael, dust devils	Multicombat, better drops, no cannon allowed
Wilderness Slayer Cave	Cannon plus barrage together	All multicombat, superiors spawn 10% more often, PK risk
Stronghold Slayer Cave	Cannon tasks near a bank	Often crowded
Slayer Tower	Abyssal demons, gargoyles	No cannon, Morytania diary boosts XP
Chasm of Fire	Demon tasks	Easier to cannon black demons here
Iorwerth Dungeon	Crystal shard farming	Monsters drop 3 to 5 shards, needs Song of the Elves

Fairy rings, Slayer rings, and POH teleports

Fairy rings reach most remote task spots. Slayer rings teleport to the Stronghold Slayer Cave, Slayer Tower, and Fremennik Slayer Dungeon. Karamja gloves 3 or 4 put you next to Duradel. A player-owned house with an ornate jewellery box, rejuvenation pool, and occult altar removes almost all downtime, and NPC Contact at 67 Magic lets you get new tasks without walking anywhere.

Slayer Cost Calculator: What 99 Really Costs You

Cannonball and rune spend for fastest XP

The fastest route is expensive because cannonballs and blood runes burn every hour. Plan for this:

Supply	Typical use	Notes
Cannonballs	750 to 1,500 per average Duradel task	Multicombat tasks can pass 1,500
Ancient Magicks runes	Every barrage task	The single biggest cost of the fast route
Super combat potions	Every melee task	Small but constant spend
Prayer potions	Dangerous tasks	Holy wrench and flicking cut this a lot
Enchanted bracelets	Every task	Cheap, and they pay for themselves in saved time

Cheaper routes that trade speed for GP

If you would rather earn than spend, melee your tasks without a cannon, take Konar tasks for brimstone keys, high alch drops on task, and unlock Like a Boss once you can kill bosses safely. You will train slower, but Slayer becomes an income instead of a bill.

Ironman vs Main: How Your Route Changes

The route is broadly the same, but the details shift.

Skip the cannon, keep the sacks

Cannoning most tasks is not worth it. Making cannonballs is slow, though the Giants' Foundry mould makes it viable for AFK tasks.
Carry a herb sack and gem bag. Slayer drops feed your Herblore and Crafting.
Reach at least 75 combat before starting, ideally 70 plus in each melee stat, with a dragon scimitar and dragon defender.
Skip low-level Wilderness Slayer. It is not practical without strong gear, and duo Slayer is off the table entirely.

Supplies and gear you can only get here

Slayer is your only source of the whip, trident, occult necklace, and dragon boots, so it is close to mandatory.
Unlock Broader Fletching early. Broad ammo is the only ammo that hurts turoths and kurask.
Take Bigger and Badder as your first unlock. Superior drops like the imbued heart cannot be bought.
Do cave horror tasks. That is where your black mask comes from.