Aberrant spectre

Aberrant Spectre
Level required	40
Prayer XP	18 xp
Type	Spectral creature
Required tool	Ectoplasmator

Aberrant spectre
Released	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	96
Size	2x2
Examine	A very smelly ghost.
Combat info
Attribute	Undead, Spectral
XP bonus	+0%
Max hit	8; 14 (without Nose peg)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Magic
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	60
Slayer XP	90 xp
Category	Aberrant Spectres
Assigned by	File:Konar chathead.png
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+0	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Not immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	2,3,4,5,6,7

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Aberrant spectres are Slayer monsters that require level 60 Slayer to kill. They frequently drop large numbers of grimy herbs and herb seeds. Because of this, bringing a herb sack and seed box when killing them is recommended.

Deviant spectres, found in the Catacombs of Kourend, can be killed in their place if you are assigned aberrant spectres.

Locations

Location

Levels

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Slayer Tower (1^st floor^[UK]2^nd floor^[US])

96

14

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Stronghold Slayer Cave

96

13

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Strengths and weaknesses

Wearing a nose peg or slayer helmet is required when fighting aberrant spectres; otherwise they will use a special attack which will always hit, even through Protection Prayers, and drain your combat stats extremely quickly. Boosts cannot be used to equip a nose peg, so either level 60 Slayer or a slayer helmet is required.

Aberrant spectres attack using Magic, so using the Protect from Magic prayer or wearing magic resistant armour such as dragonhide is helpful. As they are undead, the Salve amulet or one of its variants can be worn for a damage and accuracy bonus when fighting them. The Salve amulet's effects do not stack with those of a slayer helmet when both are worn, in which case only the Salve amulet effect will apply.^[1] Regardless, players should still wear their slayer helmet or nose peg to protect from the spectres' unforgiving damage and stat drains.

Note: It is possible to use a dwarf multicannon inside the Stronghold Slayer Cave. This is recommended for fastest slayer experience.

It is possible to safespot in the Slayer Tower by standing on the brick pile just west of the Agility chain shortcut and pulling spectres just in front of the suit of armour from the room south of the shortcut. A crossbow's rapid attack style will be able to target aberrant spectres from this distance, making it a very useful spot. It is also possible to wait out the 10 minute hostility period with minimal risk by hiding beside the table in the north-west corner. You may be attacked occasionally, but it won't be often. This works well in connection with the safespotting/trapping process.

It is also possible to safespot one of the aberrant spectres by using the south-eastern corner of the wall of the staircase-room.

In the Stronghold Slayer Cave, they can be safespotted around a section of the cave wall in the middle of the eastern part of the dungeon.

All safespots only work with Ranged or Magic, since there must be at least six spaces between the player and the aberrant spectre to avoid their attack range. Halberds or thrown weapons such as throwing knives and throwing axes do not have a long enough attack range to safespot. In addition, these safespots are only usable when the spectres are non-aggressive, since nearby spectres will attack the player and prevent them from killing the trapped spectre.

Safespot gallery

Safespot in the Stronghold Slayer Cave.
Second Aberrant spectre safespot in the Stronghold Slayer Cave.
Third Aberrant spectre safespot in the Stronghold Slayer Cave.
Fourth Aberrant spectre safespot in the Stronghold Slayer Cave.
Slayer Tower safespot.
Aberrant Spectre (Slayer Tower) second safespot
Aberrant Spectre (Slayer Tower) third safespot

Prayer info

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 820,736 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Konar task	Average drop value
Konar task	GE	HA
No	0	0
Yes	0	0

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Steel axe	1	3/128	97	120
Mithril kiteshield	1	1/128	1,053	1,326
Lava battlestaff	1	1/128	9,387	10,200
Adamant platelegs	1	1/128	3,488	3,840
Rune full helm	1	1/128	20,533	21,120
Mystic robe bottom (dark)	1	1/512	48,722	48,000

Herbs

There is a 78/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table. When the drop table is rolled, there is an 11/26 chance of dropping 1 herb, 11/26 chance of dropping 2 herbs and a 4/26 chance of dropping 3 herbs, leading to an average of 1.73 herbs per roll.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1–3	1/6.6	326–978	7–21
Grimy marrentill	1–3	1/8.8	398–1,194	8–24
Grimy tarromin	1–3	1/11.7	379–1,137	9–27
Grimy harralander	1–3	1/15	676–2,028	9–27
Grimy ranarr weed	1–3	1/19.1	6,709–20,127	18–54
Grimy irit leaf	1–3	1/26.3	1,472–4,416	10–30
Grimy avantoe	1–3	1/35	3,263–9,789	10–30
Grimy kwuarm	1–3	1/42	3,574–10,722	12–36
Grimy cadantine	1–3	1/52.5	2,987–8,961	13–39
Grimy lantadyme	1–3	1/70	1,861–5,583	13–39
Grimy dwarf weed	1–3	1/70	2,036–6,108	14–42

Seeds

There is a 19/128 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Toadflax seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Toadflax seed with rarity 1/33.8 in quantity 1	Toadflax seed	1	1/33.8	1,406	6
Irit seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Irit seed with rarity 1/49.7 in quantity 1	Irit seed	1	1/49.7	63	3
Belladonna seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Belladonna seed with rarity 1/51.3 in quantity 1	Belladonna seed	1	1/51.3	175	106
Poison ivy seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Poison ivy seed with rarity 1/72.3 in quantity 1	Poison ivy seed	1	1/72.3	16	99
Avantoe seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Avantoe seed with rarity 1/72.3 in quantity 1	Avantoe seed	1	1/72.3	2,486	4
Cactus seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Cactus seed with rarity 1/75.7 in quantity 1	Cactus seed	1	1/75.7	67	59
Potato cactus seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Potato cactus seed with rarity 1/106 in quantity 1	Potato cactus seed	1	1/106	12	84
Kwuarm seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Kwuarm seed with rarity 1/106 in quantity 1	Kwuarm seed	1	1/106	3,820	6
Snapdragon seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Snapdragon seed with rarity 1/159 in quantity 1	Snapdragon seed	1	1/159	41,659	36
Cadantine seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Cadantine seed with rarity 1/227.1 in quantity 1	Cadantine seed	1	1/227.1	3,987	4
Lantadyme seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Lantadyme seed with rarity 1/318 in quantity 1	Lantadyme seed	1	1/318	451	5
Snape grass seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Snape grass seed with rarity 1/397.5 in quantity 3	Snape grass seed	3	1/397.5	22,698	168
Dwarf weed seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Dwarf weed seed with rarity 1/530 in quantity 1	Dwarf weed seed	1	1/530	883	3
Torstol seed.png: Aberrant spectre drops Torstol seed with rarity 1/794.9 in quantity 1	Torstol seed	1	1/794.9	6,381	42

Coins

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	460	1/128	460	460

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	18/128	N/A	N/A

Gem drop table

There is a 5/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Nothing	N/A	1/51.29; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
Uncut sapphire	1	1/102.4; 1/52^{[d 2]}	238	15
Uncut emerald	1	1/204.8; 1/104^{[d 2]}	463	30
Uncut ruby	1	1/409.6; 1/208^{[d 2]}	988	60
Chaos talisman	1	1/1,092.27; 1/554.67^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	309	2
Nature talisman	1	1/1,092.27; 1/554.67^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	328	2
Uncut diamond	1	1/1,638.4; 1/832^{[d 2]}	2,142	120
Loop half of key	1	1/3,276.8; 1/1,664^{[d 2]}	11,919	60
Tooth half of key	1	1/3,276.8; 1/1,664^{[d 2]}	11,925	60
Rune javelin	5	1/3,276.8; 1/1,664^{[d 2]}	950	1,200
Rune spear	1	1/52,428.8; 1/3,120^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	11,871	12,480
Shield left half	1	1/104,857.6; 1/6,240^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	65,394	66,000
Dragon spear	1	1/139,810.13; 1/8,320^{[d 2]}^{[d 4]}	38,854	37,440

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 The talisman dropped depends on where the monster is located: monsters above ground level drop the nature talisman, and monsters below ground level drop the chaos talisman.
^ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
	Reward casket (elite)	1	Always^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Brimstone key.png: Aberrant spectre drops Brimstone key with rarity 1/82 in quantity 1	Brimstone key	1	1/82^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Only if you have an elite cryptic clue that requires you to kill an Aberrant spectre; in this case, it will drop the next step of the Treasure Trail (or a casket, if this was the last step).
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed as a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Treasure Trails

Killing an aberrant spectre is the solution to the elite cryptic clue: You'll have to plug your nose if you use this source of herbs. A deviant spectre may also be killed for this step.

Combat Achievements

There are 0 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 0 points) available for Aberrant Spectre.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:6 January 2021\| \|0}} {{#explode:6 January 2021\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:6 January 2021\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Aberrant spectres were made into spectral creatures.
[[{{#explode:28 April 2016\| \|0}} {{#explode:28 April 2016\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:28 April 2016\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	More Aberrant Spectre spawns have been added to the Slayer Tower.
[[{{#explode:29 May 2007\| \|0}} {{#explode:29 May 2007\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 May 2007\| \|2}}]] (update)	The NPC was renamed from "Aberrant specter" to "Aberrant spectre".

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Mod Ash: "Salve effects override the Slayer helm / black mask effects (because they're either identical or bigger). So you'll get bonuses for Void, then multiplied up by the Salve effect, then multiplied up again for the dragonbane bonus."

[2] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-3] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[rowt-4] 3.0 ^3.1 The talisman dropped depends on where the monster is located: monsters above ground level drop the nature talisman, and monsters below ground level drop the chaos talisman.

[rowm-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Only dropped if Legends' Quest has been finished; if not, a talisman is dropped instead.

[elite-6] 1.0 ^1.1 Only if you have an elite cryptic clue that requires you to kill an Aberrant spectre; in this case, it will drop the next step of the Treasure Trail (or a casket, if this was the last step).

[7] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed as a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[8] The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/121 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Mod Ash: "Salve effects override the Slayer helm / black mask effects (because they're either identical or bigger). So you'll get bonuses for Void, then multiplied up by the Salve effect, then multiplied up again for the dragonbane bonus."

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