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Ankou Slayer Guide OSRS (Fast Task Fast Points)
Date 2020-04-16
Type guide
Video youtu.be/9QNIj0pLk5o

Summary

A short guide to Ankou Slayer tasks from Duradel. Gnomonkey says they give poor loot and XP but are an extremely fast task, so they are worth doing rather than skipping.

Outline

  • 0:00 Introduction: why Ankou tasks are worth doing despite poor rewards
  • 0:20 Gear
  • 0:33 Inventory
  • 1:12 Getting to the Ankou in the Catacombs of Kourend
  • 1:40 Loot and conclusion

Topics covered

Ankou

  • (0:00) A task of 53 Ankou took Gnomonkey roughly seven minutes, making it one of Duradel's shortest tasks.
  • (0:00) Gnomonkey says Ankou have horrible drops and terrible XP rates, but like Zygomites and Dark Beasts the task is worth doing just because it is so fast.
  • (0:00) Ankou have an average weight of five from Duradel, so they come up occasionally.
  • (0:00) Ankou have no requirements to fight and Gnomonkey calls them incredibly easy.
  • (0:00) For Ankou Gnomonkey brings standard melee gear, and says the gear does not matter much so pieces can be downgraded.
  • (0:33) The Salve amulet works on Ankou but does not stack with the Slayer helmet, and Gnomonkey says the Slayer helmet's bonus is more beneficial.
  • (0:33) Ankou do not drop bones, so Gnomonkey says a bone crusher is not needed, and they have no alchable drops so the rune pouch can be skipped.
  • (1:12) To reach Ankou, teleport to Xeric's Heart, enter the Catacombs, run south of the altar and climb through a hole to get to them.
  • (1:12) With decent stats and armour you can tank multiple Ankou at once without needing food, so Gnomonkey uses auto-retaliate and piety.
  • (1:40) Gnomonkey's Ankou task of about seven minutes gave only 30k in loot and 3k Slayer XP.
  • (1:40) Ankou drop items worth picking up, such as arrows and runes, but the loot is not great overall.

Slayer

  • (0:00) Gnomonkey groups Ankou with Zygomites and Dark Beasts as Slayer tasks worth doing rather than skipping because they are so fast.
  • (0:33) For an Ankou task Gnomonkey brings a Xeric's talisman for teleporting to the Catacombs, a Desert amulet and Karamja gloves for restocking and getting a new task, a divine super combat potion, prayer potions to keep piety up, and some sharks.
  • (0:33) Gnomonkey brings a wrench and Saradomin godsword to save prayer potions on Ankou tasks, and a herb and gem sack to save inventory space.