Nechryael Best in Slot Gear & Strategy Guide

Nechryael can only be damaged with a Slayer level of 80. They are assigned by Krystilia, Vannaka, Chaeldar, Konar quo Maten, Nieve, and Duradel, so most mid-to-late-game Slayer masters can hand them out. Each kill gives 105 Slayer experience.

The normal variant spawns in the Slayer Tower (Basement and Top Floor) and the Charred Dungeon. One important catch: the Nechryael in the Slayer Tower Basement can only be attacked while you are on a Slayer task. The stronger Greater nechryael is a separate creature found in the Catacombs of Kourend, the Iorwerth Dungeon, and the Wilderness Slayer Cave, and it is the more common target for high-value Slayer trips.

Nechryael attack with Crush, so the fight is short and forgiving if your defence is reasonable. Their defence is even across the melee and ranged styles (a defensive bonus of 20 against stab, slash, crush, light and standard ranged) but they have no magic defence at all, which makes magic the standout weakness — this is why Greater nechryael are usually farmed with Ice spells. Against the normal variant, fast melee is the everyday choice; against demons, Emberlight is highlighted on the Wiki as very effective because Nechryael count as demonic creatures.

For melee trips, build around accuracy and fast kills with the strongest melee gear you can afford; if you prefer the magic route on Greaters, slot your best magic gear instead. Rather than list exact best-in-slot items here, use our Boss Gear Finder above to get a loadout matched to your stats and budget. Because they attack with Crush and never max above 11, you do not need top-tier defensive gear to survive — accuracy and damage matter far more than tank stats here, and a Strength bonus from those coveted rune boots feeds straight back into faster kills.

Because Nechryael only max 11 and the death spawns only max 2, sustained trips lean on efficiency rather than heavy healing. Bring food sized to your defence, prayer potions if you intend to pray against the main demon, and runes or a teleport for your return trip. The bigger drain on your time is the death spawns, not damage taken, so prioritise gear and a weapon that let you clear both the Nechryael and its spawns quickly. The Wiki does not prescribe a fixed supply list for this monster, so scale food and potions to your own stats and the location you choose.

The defining mechanic is the death spawn. A Nechryael can summon these small demons to aid it, up to a limit of two each per Nechryael. Death spawns have semi-inaccurate attacks with a max hit of 2, and crucially their attacks hit through Protect from Melee — so a prayer that blocks the main demon will not stop chip damage from the spawns.

Auto-retaliate does not work on death spawns, so you have to manually click each spawn to kill it. There are two useful levers: spawns will not be summoned if the Nechryael cannot attack you back (for example when it is safespotted), and the spawns will stop attacking any player who moves more than 7 tiles away from them. In the Slayer Tower, the many tables and buckets can be used to safespot Nechryael, which prevents the summons entirely.

Two clean approaches exist. First, the fast-kill method: stack accuracy and damage, ignore or quickly cleave the death spawns, and tank their small hits while you burn the Nechryael down. This is the standard high-XP-per-hour route for players with strong gear. Second, the safespot method using the Slayer Tower's tables and buckets: position so the Nechryael cannot reach you, which means it never summons death spawns at all — slower per kill but very low supply cost. For Greater nechryael in the Catacombs of Kourend, the meta switches to magic: the Wiki notes they are more commonly killed with Ice Burst or Ice Barrage, freezing groups for AoE damage. Check live values for any item on our GE price tracker before you commit to a setup.

The marquee drop is rune boots, one of the few boots that grants a Strength bonus, at a rate of 1/116. Every kill drops malicious ashes. Beyond that, Nechryael are valued as a steady source of seeds (the rare seed table plus a limpwurt seed) and combat runes (chaos, death, law and blood runes). On a Konar task you can also receive a Brimstone key. The full drop table with exact rates is shown above — this section just names the loot worth caring about.

• Praying Protect from Melee and assuming you are safe. Death spawn attacks hit through it, so you will still take chip damage and may underbring food.
• Waiting for auto-retaliate on spawns. It does not trigger on death spawns — you must click each one manually.
• Attacking Basement Nechryael off-task. The Slayer Tower Basement Nechryael can only be attacked while on a Slayer task.
• Confusing the variants. Greater nechryael in the Catacombs are a separate, stronger creature with a different optimal style (magic), not the same fight as the Slayer Tower normals.