Slayer task/Skeletons

Skeletons
Requirements
Skills										None
Combat level										15
Other										None
Task amounts
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 defence against that style of attack.

Another strategy to kill them would be with magic, using the Crumble Undead spell on them.

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 Medium Wilderness Diary. Vet'ion has no requirements to access, 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
Calvar'ion	264	322.5	Skeletal Tomb	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	A wilderness boss that resides in Vet'ion's Rest.

Location Comparison

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Location	Maplink	Amount	Multicombat	Cannonable	Safespottable	Notes
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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
Stronghold of Security	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	No	Found on the fourth floor
Taverley Dungeon	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	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.
Tarn's Lair	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No
Tarn's Lair, Abandoned Mine	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No
Barrows	Unknown	Unknown	No	No	No
Shayzien Crypts	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Melzar's Maze	Unknown	6	No	Yes	No
Ape Atoll Dungeon	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No
Draynor Manor	Unknown	1	No	No	No
Wizards' Tower	Unknown	Unknown	No	No	No
Digsite Dungeon	Unknown	10	No	Yes	Yes	Requires partial completion of The Digsite (and its pre-requisites) to access the dungeon

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.
• The Skeleton hellhound summoned by Vanstrom Klause during the In Search of the Myreque quest although it looks like a skeleton, for some reason crumble undead does not work against this monster, and the salve amulet seems to have no effect.