Slayer task/Skeletons

Skeletons

Requirements

Skills										None
Combat level										15
Other										None

Task amounts (extended)

Turael										15-30
Spria										15-30
Krystilia										65-100
Mazchna										30-50

Advanced data

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Skeletons are undead monsters that can be assigned as tasks at combat level 15 by various low-level Slayer masters. They are often found in cemeteries and dungeons. A good strategy to kill them is to use melee with a weapon with crush bonuses (such as a Viggora's chainmace) and a salve amulet or salve amulet (e), due to their low crush defence.

Another strategy to kill them would be with magic. Many skeletons have an elemental weakness to earth spells, making those a very effective option.

Players who seek a greater challenge can choose to kill Vet'ion or Calvar'ion. These bosses are significantly stronger than the typical skeleton, but provide plenty of rewards for players who seek to kill them. In order to access Calvar'ion, the player must have completed the Hard Wilderness Diary. Vet'ion only requires completing the Medium Wilderness Diary, but is deeper in the Wilderness and resides in a multicombat area. Accessing the bosses requires a one-time payment of 50,000 coins, which must be repaid again if the player dies to another player in the Wilderness. Note that the skeletal hellhounds they summon also count towards the task, so every kill at the boss is equal to five skeletons per spawn.

If players are not seeking to kill either skeleton boss but are assigned them in the Wilderness, an ideal location would be the Edgeville Dungeon, as there is a good cluster of skeletons that can be easily cannoned and has a quick escape, provided that the player is paying attention.

Monster Variants

Monster	Combat level	Slayer XP	Locations	Notes
Skeleton	21 22 25 45 60 68 85	24 29 17 59 70 70 77	Catacombs of Kourend Draynor Sewers Edgeville Dungeon Stronghold of Security Taverley Dungeon Varrock Sewers Waterfall Dungeon Wilderness	Common skeletons, found across Gielinor
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	40 42 59 63 72 77 81 87	26 40/42 53 58 69 80 71 92	Tarn's Lair Abandoned Mine	Skeletons found in the Abandoned Mine and Tarn's Lair, some of which animate from piles of bones on the floor when the player is near
Skeleton (mage)	94	85	Tarn's Lair	Magic-using skeletons found in Tarn's Lair
Skeleton (Barrows)	77	51	Barrows	Skeletons found in the Barrows minigame, which once killed contribute to the minigame's rewards
Skeleton (Shayzien Crypts)	132	54	Shayzien Crypts	Skeletons found in the Shayzien Crypts, which each attack with a different combat style
Skeleton (Melzar's Maze)	22	29	Melzar's Maze	Found in Melzar's Maze, killed for the yellow key to progress through the maze
Skeleton (Ape Atoll)	142	110	Ape Atoll Dungeon	Giant monkey skeletons found in the Ape Atoll Dungeon, aggressive to humans but not to players disguised using a monkey greegree
Skeleton (Draynor Manor)	22	29	Draynor Manor	A unique skeleton found in Draynor Manor, which attacks the player when they take the rubber tube
Skogre	44	71	Jiggig Jiggig Dungeon	Requires partial completion of Zogre Flesh Eaters.
Skeleton Mage	16 83	17 80	Piscatoris Fishing Colony Waterfall Dungeon Charred Dungeon	Requires completion of Swan Song, partial completion of Waterfall Quest, or 60 Sailing
Calvar'ion	264	322.5	Skeletal Tomb	Requires completion of the Hard Wilderness Diary. Weaker variant of Vet'ion who is fought in the Skeletal Tomb, a singles-plus combat area in level 21 Wilderness.
Vet'ion	454	624	South of Lava Dragon Isle	Requires completion of the Medium Wilderness Diary. A wilderness boss that resides in Vet'ion's Rest.

Location Comparison

Location	Maplink	Amount	Multicombat	Cannonable	Safespottable	Notes
Ape Atoll Dungeon	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Barrows	Unknown	Unknown	No	No	No
Catacombs of Kourend	Show map	6	Yes	No	No	Bones can be buried to restore one Prayer point, which can help save on Prayer restoration especially with a Bonecrusher. Killing Skeletons here also gives access to Ancient shards and Dark totem pieces as bonus drops.
Digsite Dungeon	Unknown	10	No	Yes	Yes	Requires partial completion of The Digsite (and its pre-requisites) to access the dungeon
Draynor Manor	Unknown	1	No	No	No
Draynor Sewers	Unknown	4	No	Yes	No
Edgeville Dungeon	Unknown	19, 7 in wild	No	Yes	Yes	Killing skeletons in the northern part of the Edgeville dungeon represents a high risk for those who decide to do their slayer task there because it is a pk zone Skeletons in the mine can be safespotted from behind the gate east of the mine
Jiggig	Show map	11	Yes	No	No	Brutal arrows work best against Skogres.
Jiggig Dungeon	Show map	36	No	No	Yes	Brutal arrows work best against Skogres.
Melzar's Maze	Unknown	6	No	Yes	No
Shayzien Crypts	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Stronghold of Security	Unknown	26	No	Yes	Yes	Found on the fourth floor Can be safespotted between bones in the south-western room
Taverley Dungeon	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	No
Tarn's Lair	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No
Tarn's Lair, Abandoned Mine	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No
Varrock Sewers	Unknown	7	Yes	Yes	No
Waterfall Dungeon	Unknown	7	No	Yes	No
Wilderness	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	Multicombat area and high Risk Player Killing makes this a very dangerous location.
Wizards' Tower	Unknown	Unknown	No	No	No

Safespots

Safespot in the Stronghold of security, utilising the floor skeletons on the southern wall of the south-western room.

Exceptions

Although it is insinuated in Tarn's diary that skeletal wyverns are undead, they are in fact re-animated remains, whereas actual undead creatures have come back to life. This causes the Salve amulet and its enchanted versions to not work against them.
Although the Skeletal hellhound summoned by Vanstrom Klause during the In Search of the Myreque quest looks like a skeleton, crumble undead does not work against this monster, and the salve amulet seems to have no effect.

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