Dark beast/Strategies Guide – OSRS

Dark beasts can be killed with Melee, Magic or Ranged. Melee is the most effective against them and should be used in conjunction with high prayer bonus armour, such as Proselyte armour, for Protect from Melee. To maximize profit, players should bring a herb sack and a gem bag so that they can loot all herbs and gems they receive.

Melee

Dark beasts are a unique monster in that they are permanently aggressive towards the player no matter how long they stay there for. They will only use Magic as their first attack if they are attacked by the player first, or if they cannot attack the player with Melee.

Due to their never-ending aggression, they can be safely killed without paying too much attention, apart from night beasts.

Suggested skills

Equipment

The Saradomin godsword is an excellent choice for many Slayer tasks as it can be used to regenerate prayer points. Armour with high prayer bonuses such as sunfire fanatic armour or proselyte armour is recommended to reduce the prayer point drain when fighting dark beasts.

Slot	Recommended equipment for Melee – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Amulet of rancour	Amulet of torture	Amulet of strength	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Ardougne cloak 3	Cape of Accomplishment (t)
	Torva platebody	Bandos chestplate (or:	Mixed hide top	N/A	N/A
	Torva platelegs	Bandos tassets (or:)	Mixed hide legs	N/A	N/A
	Scythe of vitur	Soulreaper axe	Ghrazi rapier > Blade of saeldor	Osmumten’s fang	Zamorakian hasta
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Rada’s blessing 4	God blessing / Rada’s blessing 3/2	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ferocious gloves	Barrows gloves	Regen bracelet	N/A	N/A
	Primordial boots	Dragon boots / Aranea boots	Echo boots / Guardian boots	N/A	N/A
	Ultor ring	Berserker ring (i)	Lightbearer	N/A	N/A
	Dragon claws / Burning claws	Voidwaker	Dragon dagger(p++)	N/A	N/A

Slot	Recommended equipment for Melee (Prayer bonus) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i)	Neitiznot faceguard	Serpentine helm	Helm of neitiznot	Berserker helm
	Amulet of rancour	Amulet of torture	Bonecrusher necklace	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Ardougne cloak 4	Ardougne cloak 3	Cape of Accomplishment (t)
	Sunfire fanatic cuirass	Proselyte hauberk	Initiate hauberk	Monk’s robe top	N/A
	Sunfire fanatic chausses	Proselyte cuisse	Initiate cuisse	Monk’s robe	N/A
	Scythe of vitur	Soulreaper axe	Osmumten’s fang	Ghrazi rapier > Blade of saeldor	Zamorakian hasta
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender	Dragonfire shield	Unholy book	N/A
	Rada’s blessing 4	God blessing / Rada’s blessing 3/2	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ferocious gloves	Barrows gloves	Regen bracelet	Combat bracelet	Granite gloves
	Primordial boots / Echo boots	Aranea boots	Guardian boots / Dragon boots	Devout boots	N/A
	Ultor ring	Berserker ring (i)	Ring of the gods (i)	Brimstone ring	Lightbearer
	Saradomin godsword	Dragon claws	Voidwaker	Dragon dagger(p++)	N/A

Inventory

• Saradomin godsword or other spec weapon
• 2-3 (divine) super combat potions, or super attack and super strength potions
• 12-18 prayer potions or super restores
• Rune pouch with runes for High Level Alchemy runes to turn drops into gold coins.
  • Alternatively, can be used to hold chaos, death, and blood rune drops
• Dwarf multicannon and cannonballs
  • Bring 2-3 food as well if using a cannon
• Slayer ring
• Bonecrusher (if not using a bonecrusher necklace)
• Herb sack
• Gem bag
• Seed box
• Holy wrench (if not using a ring of the gods (i) or a Prayer cape, to boost the effects of prayer potions)
• One-click teleport for emergency