OSRS 1–99 Slayer Training Guide
Slayer is the skill where a Slayer Master assigns you a monster to kill a set number of times. Finish the task, get another. It’s slow if you fight the system and fast once you learn it — and it’s worth learning, because Slayer is one of the best money-making skills in the game and the only way to unlock some of the strongest gear (the Slayer helmet, the abyssal whip, and boss tasks like the Alchemical Hydra).
This guide is the fast path from level 1 to 99: how tasks and points actually work, which Master to stand in front of at each stage, the unlocks to buy first, and the realistic XP rates at every level — split by whether you want fast XP, points, profit, or AFK. Every number here is checked against the OSRS Wiki (and re-checked after the August 2025 points rework, which changed several unlock costs).
Want the gear for your tasks rather than the training route? See the dedicated OSRS Slayer Gear guide. To plan exactly how long your 99 takes, load the OSRS XP & Skill Calculator.
New to Slayer? Three words first. A task (or “assignment”) is the monster + count a Master gives you. Your streak is how many tasks you’ve finished in a row without resetting — it drives bonus points. A Master is the NPC who hands out tasks; higher Masters give tougher monsters and more points. Slayer is members-only (you need a paid membership to train it).
How Slayer Works
Talk to a Slayer Master, get a task, kill that monster until the task is done. You earn Slayer XP for every kill (equal to the monster’s Hitpoints, roughly) plus Slayer reward points when you finish the task. Points are the currency for every Slayer upgrade — the helmet, broad ammo, task blocks, superior monsters.
- Your first four tasks pay no points. You start earning from the fifth completed task, so don’t panic when the counter sits at zero early.
- Higher Master = more points (and longer, tougher tasks). You unlock better Masters as your combat level rises, not your Slayer level.
- Build a streak. Finishing tasks back-to-back banks bonus points at the 10th, 50th, 100th, 250th and 1,000th task. Asking Turael to swap a task you don’t want for an easier one resets that streak to zero — but simply completing tasks (Turael’s own short tasks included) keeps the streak going. That difference is the key to the points trick below.
The Slayer Masters — Who to Use, and When
You’re assigned tasks based on your combat level. As a rule, once you can use a higher Master for steady XP, do — but keep a low Master (Turael) in mind for point tricks. Points/task is the base before streak bonuses.
| Master | Requirement | Location | Points / task | Use it for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turael / Aya | None | Burthorpe | 0 | Free task swaps when you dislike a roll (a swap resets your streak), and the fast point-boost trick below. |
| Spria | A Porcine of Interest | Draynor | 0 | Same task list as Turael; for Ironmen near Draynor. |
| Mazchna | 20 combat · Priest in Peril | Canifis | 6 | Early tasks; now a viable point-boost Master. |
| Vannaka | 40 combat | Edgeville Dungeon | 8 | Mid-level filler before you out-grow it. |
| Chaeldar | 70 combat · Lost City | Zanaris | 10 | Solid mid-high tasks; convenient via fairy rings. |
| Konar quo Maten Most points | 75 combat | Mount Karuulm | 18 (20) | The most points outside the Wilderness, plus boss-key (brimstone) tasks — but you must kill in the location she names. |
| Nieve / Steve | 85 combat | Tree Gnome Stronghold | 12 (15) | The convenient main-XP Master for most accounts. |
| Duradel / Kuradal Best XP | 100 combat · 50 Slayer · Shilo Village | Shilo Village | 15 | The highest-tier tasks and biggest XP — the endgame Master. |
| Krystilia | None | Edgeville | 25 | Wilderness-only tasks: the most points in the game, on a separate streak — risky (you can be PKed — killed by another player — and lose your gear). |
Numbers in brackets are the boosted points after finishing the relevant Elite Achievement Diary (Western Provinces for Nieve, Kourend & Kebos for Konar). Tip: a popular early goal is simply “reach Nieve/Duradel and stay there” — convenience beats squeezing points until you’re unlocking the expensive rewards.
Slayer Points & Streak Bonuses
You get a Master’s base points every task, then a big lump at milestone tasks. The milestone multipliers are the same for everyone — it’s the base that differs:
- 5× base every 10th task · 15× every 50th · 25× every 100th · 35× every 250th · 50× every 1,000th.
- Over a long streak this averages out to about 1.775× a Master’s base points per task — which is why staying on streak matters.
| Master | Base | 10th | 50th | 100th | 250th | 1,000th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazchna | 6 | 30 | 90 | 150 | 210 | 300 |
| Vannaka | 8 | 40 | 120 | 200 | 280 | 400 |
| Chaeldar | 10 | 50 | 150 | 250 | 350 | 500 |
| Nieve / Steve | 12 | 60 | 180 | 300 | 420 | 600 |
| Duradel / Kuradal | 15 | 75 | 225 | 375 | 525 | 750 |
| Konar quo Maten | 18 | 90 | 270 | 450 | 630 | 900 |
| Krystilia (Wildy) | 25 | 125 | 375 | 625 | 875 | 1,250 |
Want points fast, not XP? Complete nine quick tasks from Turael or Mazchna (they pay 0–6 points each but still advance your streak), then take every 10th task from Konar for the big milestone payout. This “Turael boosting” trick farms points far quicker than grinding high-level tasks. The catch: it earns almost no Slayer XP, so treat it as a separate goal from levelling — and it only works if you finish the small tasks, not if you ask Turael to swap a task (swapping resets your streak).
The Unlocks to Buy First
Spend your first points in this order. These are the ones that change how you train — everything else can wait.
| Unlock | Cost | Why it’s worth it |
|---|---|---|
| Bigger and Badder Get first | 50 pts | Lets Superior versions of task monsters spawn — a much bigger XP and loot hit (and the only source of the imbue-able Slayer rings/boots). Cheap now (it was 150 before August 2025). |
| Malevolent Masquerade Core | 400 pts | Learn to build the Slayer helmet (needs 55 Crafting). This is the Slayer item — see below. Save for it from day one. |
| Broader Fletching If you range | 300 pts | Fletch broad bolts / arrows — the only ammo that hurts Turoths and Kurask, and cheap, strong ammo for many Ranged tasks (needs 55 Slayer). |
| Ring Bling Convenience | 150 pts | Craft the Slayer ring (75 Crafting) for one-click teleports to task sites — small time saver every task. Also cheaper now (was 300). |
| Block a task As needed | 40–100 pts | Permanently stop a Master assigning a bad task. You get up to 7 block slots (one per 50 quest points, plus one from the Elite Lumbridge & Draynor Diary). Block the slow, low-XP, un-cannonable tasks. |
Blocking is per-Master now (since August 2025) — a block stops that Master from giving the task, with costs from 40 points (Turael) up to 100 (Duradel). Skipping a task instead (same point cost, doesn’t use a block slot) is fine for a one-off bad roll.
The Slayer Helmet — Your One Must-Have
The Slayer helmet gives +16.67% melee accuracy and damage against your current task monster — a free, permanent DPS boost on every kill you do for the rest of the account. Nothing else in Slayer comes close.
You assemble it from a black mask, facemask, earmuffs, nose peg, spiny helmet and an enchanted gem (plus reinforced goggles if you’ve completed A Porcine of Interest) — once you have 55 Crafting and the Malevolent Masquerade unlock (400 points). You only need 10 Defence to wear it.
Later, imbue it — an upgrade earned from minigames (Nightmare Zone 1.25M points, Soul Wars 500 Zeal, or a Scroll of Imbuing) — for the Slayer helmet (i), which adds +15% Magic and +15% Ranged accuracy and damage on top — so the imbued helm boosts all three combat styles on task. One catch: against undead tasks the helmet doesn’t stack with a Salve amulet (the Salve’s 20% is bigger — wear it instead there), and the helmet’s bonus doesn’t apply to Konar/Krystilia kills outside the named area.
XP Rates — How Fast Is 99?
Slayer XP rate depends almost entirely on how you kill, not which Master. These are realistic ranges from our drift-checked training database (estimates — Slayer has no fixed per-action XP table):
Quick glossary for the table: a cannon (the Dwarf multicannon) is a deployable machine that auto-attacks every monster around you; bursting / barraging means casting AoE (area-of-effect) Ancient Magicks that hit a whole stack of monsters in one cast. Both let you damage many task monsters at once — that’s the secret behind the high rates. They cost gp (cannonballs, or runes for barrage), so the “fastest” rows are also the most expensive per hour.
| Stage | How you train | Approx XP/hr |
|---|---|---|
| Early (≈1–50) | Just do tasks from Turael → Mazchna → Vannaka with your best melee gear | ~15,000 |
| Mid (50+) | Nieve / Konar tasks, Dwarf multicannon on big tasks | ~35,000–40,000 |
| Fast (75+) XP meta | Burst / barrage stacked tasks in multi-combat (Catacombs), e.g. Nechryael | ~100,000 |
| Fastest (75+) | Barraging smoke devils — the highest Slayer XP in the game | up to ~150,000 |
Pick your goal — you can’t have all four at once: Fastest XP = AoE burst/barrage (needs 75+ Magic and a big rune budget). Most profit = high-level Duradel tasks with strong gear (Slayer is among the top money skills — rare drops, gear, and alchables (items you turn into gold with the High Alchemy spell) add up). Most points = Turael-skip to Konar milestones. AFK = cannon a long task and tab out. Most players mix: cannon for convenience early, barrage when they want the grind over fast.
Ironman Notes
(An Ironman is a self-made account that can’t trade or buy from other players — skip this if that’s not you.) Slayer is one of the best skills on an Ironman because it supplies you: tasks drop the herbs, alchables, runes and rare gear (whip, trident, occult, dragon boots) you can’t buy. The training route is identical — reach Nieve/Duradel and stay there — but lean harder on point unlocks (broad ammo, superior monsters) since drops are your only income.
Slayer Guide FAQ
What is the fastest way to train Slayer in OSRS?
The fastest Slayer XP comes from AoE magic — bursting or barraging stacked task monsters in a multi-combat area, which reaches around 100,000 XP per hour and up to roughly 150,000 barraging smoke devils, the highest rate in the game. It needs 75+ Magic and a large rune budget. Below that, using a Dwarf multicannon on big tasks from Nieve or Konar gives about 35,000–40,000 XP per hour.
Which Slayer Master should I use?
Use the highest-level Master your combat level allows for the best tasks and XP — Nieve at 85 combat, then Duradel at 100 combat and 50 Slayer once you can reach Shilo Village. Konar (75 combat) gives the most reward points outside the Wilderness but locks each task to a set location. Keep Turael in mind for fast point-farming, not XP.
How do I get the Slayer helmet?
Buy the “Malevolent Masquerade” unlock for 400 Slayer reward points, reach 55 Crafting, then combine a black mask, facemask, earmuffs, nose peg, spiny helmet and enchanted gem. The helmet gives +16.67% melee accuracy and damage against your current task. Imbue it (Nightmare Zone, Soul Wars or a Scroll of Imbuing) to also add +15% Magic and Ranged, covering all three combat styles.
Is Slayer worth training in OSRS?
Yes — Slayer is one of the best money-making skills in the game (tasks drop herbs, alchables, runes and rare gear like the abyssal whip), it trains your combat stats at the same time, and it’s the only way to unlock the Slayer helmet and boss tasks such as the Alchemical Hydra. It’s also a requirement for several high-value bosses.
What are the first Slayer unlocks to buy?
Buy “Bigger and Badder” first (50 points) so superior monsters can spawn, then save for “Malevolent Masquerade” (400 points) to build the Slayer helmet. After that, “Broader Fletching” (300) for broad ammo if you range, and “Ring Bling” (150) for the Slayer ring’s teleports. Use task blocks (40–100 points each) to remove slow tasks.
Build Your Setup
Use the OSRS Best in Slot Gear Calculator to rank every item in a slot by the stats that matter, or the OSRS DPS Calculator to compare two setups against a real target. For boss-specific setups, see our boss gear guides.
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