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Slayer helmet
Released6 January 2014 (Update)
Also calledSlayer helm
MembersYes
Quest itemNo
League regionMorytania Morytania
Properties
TradeableNo
EquipableYes
StackableNo
NoteableNo
OptionsWear, Check, Disassemble, Drop
Worn optionsCheck, Partner, Log
ExamineYou don't want to wear it inside-out.
Values
Value40,000 coins
High alch24,000 coins
Low alch16,000 coins
Weight2.267 kg
Advanced data
Item ID11864
LinkMOID

A Slayer helmet is a piece of headgear made by combining a nose peg, facemask, earmuffs, spiny helmet, enchanted gem, and a black mask together. Reinforced goggles are additionally required only if the quest A Porcine of Interest is completed. The helmet can be created by players with level 55 Crafting (boosts work) and who have unlocked the "Malevolent masquerade" ability for 400 Slayer reward points. It requires 10 Defence to equip. Despite the helmet requiring a nose peg, which requires 60 Slayer to equip, the Slayer helmet requires no particular Slayer level to wear.

The helmet has the same defensive bonuses as a rune full helm. Additionally, while worn, the helmet provides the special effects of all of the Slayer equipment from which it was made. It will prevent infection from Nex's virus attack, and can be used as warm clothing for Wintertodt.

When worn on a Slayer assignment, the helmet provides an Attack and Strength boost of 16.67% (from the black mask used to make it) against monsters assigned as the player's Slayer task.[1] This does not stack with the boosts given by the Salve amulet or its enchanted/imbued variants against undead Slayer assignments. It does however stack with the 20% damage boost of a berserker necklace when using obsidian weapons. The helmet can be imbued through Soul Wars, the Nightmare Zone, or Emir's Arena (with a scroll of imbuing) to provide a 15% boost to Ranged and Magic damage and accuracy as well, as detailed below.

A lone exception to the boost application are the Awakened variants of Vardorvis, Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, and The Whisperer if assigned them as a slayer task. Additionally, the Slayer helmet's accuracy and damage bonuses do not apply to monsters outside of the designated assigned area (applicable when receiving tasks from Krystilia or Konar quo Maten), even if the monster type matches the task.

When killed by another player, and the helmet is not one of the items protected on death, the Slayer helmet is converted to a black mask and dropped for that player. It does not drop coins and leave the owner with a broken Slayer helmet, like other untradeable gear would.[2]

Players can own more than one Slayer helmet at a time.

Combat stats

 Attack bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
+0+0+0-6-2
 Defence bonuses
StabSlashCrushMagicRanged
+30+32+27-1+30
 Other bonusesSlot
StrengthRangedMagic damagePrayerHead slot table
+0+0+0%+0List

Slayer helmet vs. Salve amulet

For players with undead Slayer assignments, the boosts given by the Salve amulet and its variants do not stack with the effects of a Slayer helmet. If a player owns the enchanted or enchanted-imbued Salve amulet, it may be worth it to switch to another helmet and wear the amulet instead, since the amulet gives a 20% accuracy and damage bonus, as opposed to the 16.67% Melee, 15% Magic, and 15% Ranged accuracy and damage bonus the helmet grants.

However, this 3.33 - 5% margin from the Salve amulet may be less damage overall than if the player were to wear a different amulet with the Slayer helmet, as most helmets provide less offensive bonuses than comparable amulets. For example, the amulet of torture provides +10 Strength bonus, whereas a helm of Neitiznot only provides +3. Overall, the torture and Slayer helmet combination provides more damage output than a Salve amulet and helm of Neitiznot. This is also the case for the amulets of fury and glory, as well as the necklace of anguish and occult necklace for Ranged and Magic respectively.

Notably, the bonuses of the Salve amulet and its variants do stack with Void Knight equipment. This means that above certain levels, the Void set and Salve amulet have a greater damage output than a Slayer helmet and a torture/anguish/occult neckpiece at places such as ankou or Vorkath. This is not practical for aberrant spectres though, which will drain stats without a nose peg or Slayer helmet.

Creation

Requirements
SkillLevelXP
Crafting Crafting55 (b)0
Slayer Unlocked Malevolent masquerade from a Slayer master
Members
Ticks0 (0s)
Materials
ItemQuantityCost
Black mask11,407,601
Earmuffs1607
Facemask1584
Nose peg1503
Spiny helmet11,106
Enchanted gem11
Reinforced goggles[r 1]1100
Total cost1,410,502
Slayer helmet1N/A
  1. ^ Only required after completion of A Porcine of Interest

The items used to assemble the Slayer helmet give the following perks:

The helmet is assembled by using any component on another while all components are present in the player's inventory. The helmet can be disassembled with a right-click option, turning it back into its component items.

Upgrading

Players can attach a pair of reinforced goggles to a Slayer helmet to gain its benefits. If players already own a Slayer helmet upon completion of the quest A Porcine of Interest, the goggles' benefits are automatically added to the helmet.

At the cost of 1,250,000 Nightmare Zone reward points or 625,000 with the hard tier of Combat Achievements, 500 Soul Wars Zeal Tokens, or a Scroll of imbuing, the Slayer helmet can be upgraded to a Slayer helmet (i), adding a 15% damage and accuracy boost to both Magic and Ranged. The Slayer helmet (i) also has a +10 magic defence bonus, a +3 magic attack bonus and a +3 ranged attack bonus.

Upon completion of the hard Kourend & Kebos Diary, players can speak to Captain Cleive to teach them how to use a Slayer helmet in place of a Shayzien helm when fighting lizardman shamans. The player must have obtained the Shayzien helm (5) before being able to do it.

Cosmetics

A variety of recolours can be purchased from Slayer masters. Along with their respective item, most cost 1,000 Slayer reward points, however some helmets requiring League item only require 200. Each recolour ability is purchased separately, meaning 8,400 Slayer reward points are required to fully access all the recolours, provided the player has the items readily available. Players can disassemble the recoloured helmet to retrieve the items back. All recolours have the same stats and bonuses as the original Slayer helmet and are thus purely cosmetic.

With the elite tier or above of Combat Achievements claimed, players may recolour their helm with the visage of certain bosses by bringing a Slayer helmet to Ghommal. The list of recolours offered by Ghommal depends on the tier of rewards claimed. Players may freely change this recolour at any time by speaking with Ghommal, or remove the recolour by disassembling the helm, upon which the un-coloured version will be returned.

The variants that can be created are as follows:

Notes
  1. ^ Requires an oathplate slayer helmet and 2,500 aether runes.

Products

Treasure Trails

Tier Emotes STASH location Items Cost
Master Raspberry Show 1,526,803
RankMethod
2Pay-to-play Prayer training (High Magic defence)
2Pay-to-play Prayer training (Dinh's bulwark)
1Slayer training (Melee)
1Slayer training (Melee)
1Slayer training (Magic (Barrage))
1Slayer training (Ranged)
1Slayer training (Ranged (Wilderness))
1K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Ranged)
1K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Solo Melee)
1K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Melee Tank)
1K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Melee)
1K'ril Tsutsaroth/Strategies (Magic)
1Commander Zilyana/Strategies (Magic)
1Commander Zilyana/Strategies (Ranged)
1Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Tribrid (All Kings))
1Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Magic (Rex only))
1Dagannoth Kings/Strategies (Ranged)
1TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Ranged)
1TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Melee)
1TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Magic)
1TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Early-game iron)
1TzHaar Fight Cave/Strategies (Ranged (Atlatl))
1Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Melee)
1Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Ranged)
1Skeletal Wyvern/Strategies (Magic)
1King Black Dragon/Strategies (4-item melee)
1King Black Dragon/Strategies (Melee BIS smuggle)
1King Black Dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
1King Black Dragon/Strategies (Crossbow)
1King Black Dragon/Strategies (Ranged BIS smuggle)
1Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1Mithril dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Mithril dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
2Mithril dragon/Strategies (Melee tank)
1Kalphite Queen/Strategies (High level melee)
1Kalphite Queen/Strategies (High level ranged)
1Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Max Mage (0 switches))
1Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Flinching)
1Kalphite Queen/Strategies (Flinching)
1Kree'arra/Strategies (Magic)
1Kree'arra/Strategies (Chinchompas)
1Kree'arra/Strategies (Ranged Tank)
1Kree'arra/Strategies (Tbow / Bowfa)
1Kree'arra/Strategies (Melee (soulflame horn))
1General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Solo))
1General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged (Solo))
1General Graardor/Strategies (Melee Attacker)
1General Graardor/Strategies (Ranged Attacker)
1General Graardor/Strategies (Magic (Group))
5Nightmare Zone/Strategies (Ranged (Absorption, AFK))
1Zulrah/Strategies (Magic)
1Zulrah/Strategies (Ranged)
1Zulrah/Strategies (Melee)
1Metal dragons/Strategies (Melee)
1Metal dragons/Strategies (Ranged)
1Metal dragons/Strategies (Magic)
1Scorpia/Strategies (Magic)
1Crazy archaeologist/Strategies (Magic)
1Kraken/Strategies (Magic)
1Venenatis/Strategies (Melee)
1Venenatis/Strategies (Ranged)
1Callisto/Strategies (Ranged)
1Callisto/Strategies (Magic)
1Cerberus/Strategies (Melee)
1Cerberus/Strategies (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee)
1Slayer task/Dark beast (Melee (Prayer bonus))
1Demonic gorilla/Strategies (Melee)
1Demonic gorilla/Strategies (Ranged)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 1 Melee)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 1 Magic)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 1 Ranged)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 1 Melee)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Melee - DPS)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Other Melee Weapons)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Magic)
1Abyssal Sire/Strategies (Phase 2 Ranged)
1Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic)
1Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Magic)
1Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
1Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies (Melee)
1Lizardman shaman/Strategies (Ranged)
1Lizardman shaman/Strategies (Melee)
1Chaos Elemental/Strategies (Ranged)
1Chaos Elemental/Strategies (Melee)
1Chaos Fanatic/Strategies (Ranged)
1Green dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Lava dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Lava dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1Krystilia/Strategies (Ranged)
1Krystilia/Strategies (Melee)
1Krystilia/Strategies (Magic)
1Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Melee)
1Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Prayer)
1Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Magic)
1Fossil Island Wyverns/Strategies (Ranged)
1Grotesque Guardians/Strategies (Melee)
1Grotesque Guardians/Strategies (Ranged switches)
1Giant Mole/Strategies (Ranged)
1Giant Mole/Strategies (Magic)
1Giant Mole/Strategies (Melee)
1Giant Mole/Strategies (Melee & Prayer Budget)
1Vorkath/Strategies (Melee)
1Rune dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1Rune dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
1Rune dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Aviansie/Strategies (Ranged)
1Aviansie/Strategies (Ranged - Low Risk)
1Aviansie/Strategies (Ranged - Low Risk)
1Skotizo/Strategies (Melee)
1Skotizo/Strategies (Ranged)
1Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Ranged)
1Alchemical Hydra/Strategies (Melee)
1Inferno/Strategies (On task)
1Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (Low level))
1Sarachnis/Strategies (Melee (High level))
1Sarachnis/Strategies (Magic)
1Ultimate Ironman Guide/Slayer
1Ultimate Ironman Guide/Slayer
1Basilisk Knight/Strategies (Ranged)
1Basilisk Knight/Strategies (Melee)
1Basilisk Knight/Strategies (Magic)
1Slayer task/Gargoyles (Melee)
1Slayer task/Gargoyles (Ranged)
1Smoke devil/Strategies
1Slayer task/Dust devils (Melee)
1Slayer task/Dust devils (Magic (Barrage))
1Slayer task/Dust devils (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Drakes (Melee)
1Slayer task/Drakes (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Drakes (Magic)
1Vyrewatch Sentinel/Strategies (DPS)
1Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Melee)
1Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Prayer)
1Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Magic)
1Slayer task/Fossil Island wyverns (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Magic)
1Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Abyssal demons (Melee)
1Slayer task/Jellies (Melee)
1Slayer task/Jellies (Magic)
1Slayer task/Jellies (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Low level))
1Slayer task/Trolls (Magic)
1Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Ice trolls))
1Slayer task/Trolls (Melee (Mountain trolls))
1Slayer task/Trolls (Magic)
1Adamant dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1Adamant dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
1Adamant dragon/Strategies (Magic - Tumeken's Shadow)
1Adamant dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Fight Caves Speed-Runner (Ranged)
1The Bane of Demons (Magic)
3Nex/Strategies (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Wyrms (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Wyrms (Melee)
1Slayer task/Wyrms (Magic)
1Slayer task/Waterfiends (Melee)
1Slayer task/Waterfiends (Magic)
1Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Magic)
1Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Ranged)
1Phantom Muspah/Strategies (Melee)
1Slayer task/Suqah (Ranged (North))
1Slayer task/Suqah (Melee (South))
1Spindel/Strategies (Melee)
1Spindel/Strategies (Ranged)
1The Whisperer/Strategies (Magic)
1The Leviathan/Strategies (Ranged)
1The Leviathan/Strategies (Magic)
1Duke Sucellus/Strategies (Melee)
1Vardorvis/Strategies (Melee)
1Artio/Strategies (Ranged)
1Artio/Strategies (Magic)
1Budget Cutter
1Brutal black dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
1Brutal black dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Tormented Demon/Strategies (Melee switch)
1Tormented Demon/Strategies (Ranged switch)
1Tormented Demon/Strategies (Magic switch)
1Slayer task/Nechryael (Magic)
1Slayer task/Nechryael (Melee)
1Araxxor/Strategies (Melee)
1Araxxor/Strategies (Ranged)
1Amoxliatl/Strategies (Melee)
1Royal Titans/Strategies (Melee)
1Royal Titans/Strategies (Ranged)
1Royal Titans/Strategies (Melee)
1Royal Titans/Strategies (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Magic)
1Slayer task/Custodian stalker (Melee)
2Shellbane gryphon/Strategies (Melee)
1Shellbane gryphon/Strategies (Melee)
1Slayer task/Aquanites (Melee switch)
1Slayer task/Aquanites (Ranged)
1Aquanite/Strategies (Melee switch)
1Slayer task/Kurasks (Melee)
1Slayer task/Kurasks (Ranged)
1Slayer task/Kurasks (Mage)
1Frost dragon/Strategies (Melee)
1Frost dragon/Strategies (Ranged)
1Frost dragon/Strategies (Magic)
1Brutus/Strategies (Ranged)
1Maggot King/Strategies (Mage)
1Maggot King/Strategies (Range)
1Maggot King/Strategies (Melee)

Changes

Date Changes
15 January 2025
(Update)

The Slayer helmet can now be used as warm clothing for Wintertodt.

30 August 2023
(Update)

All slayer helmet variations now correctly show as lost on death in the Items Kept on Death interface.

21 June 2023
(Update | poll)

Wearing a slayer helmet will now prevent players from becoming infected by a player infected from Nex's choke attack.

13 September 2018
(Update | poll)

The slayer helmet received a graphical update.

26 May 2016
(Update)

The item's inventory sprite was adjusted with the release of recoloured helmets.

11 February 2016
(Update)

The "Check" option was added, allowing players to see their current Slayer task.

8 October 2015
(Update)

The message shown when trying to create a slayer helm now correctly refers to the enchanted gem, rather than the slayer gem.

16 July 2015
(Update)

The slayer helm now connects to a female character's neck line.

20 February 2014
(Update)

The slayer helm's chathead model has had a green tint removed from its jaw.

16 January 2014
(Update)

The item's value was increased from 1 to 40,000.

6 January 2014 –
20 February 2014
20 February 2014 –
26 May 2016
26 May 2016 –
13 September 2018
13 September 2018 –
present

Trivia

  • The Slayer helmet was the first item to conform (either by remodelling or conversion [unclear from source]) to the Old School model format (from a later undefined format) and to be introduced to the game.[3]
  • Despite the fact that reinforced goggles are added as a component of the Slayer helmet after completion of A Porcine of Interest, neither the player model nor the chathead model reflect this, as they both display open eye sockets in the helmet.
  • The Slayer helmet's examine text is identical to the Spiny helmet.

References

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1
  2. ^ Mod Ronan. Dev Blog: PvP & POH Rooms (Reddit). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. ^

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