OSRS Ankou Guide

It's hard to take a pick which of the monsters in Gielinor are the scariest. However, if you were to ask any player their choice, they'd probably choose the terrifying Ankous. These skeletal ghosts are far more dangerous than they look and can easily overwhelm you if you aren't prepared.

As Slayer monsters, you can get Ankou tasks from masters Nieve/Steve, Vannaka, Krystilia, Konar quo maten, and Krystillia.

Where To Find Ankou In OSRS

Ankous can be found in many areas of the world and their levels range from 75-95. Some Ankous are only accessible in P2P areas but luckily, you can still fight them in a few F2P areas. Ankous come in groups at all of their spawns so take caution when fighting them.

Ankou Variants

Tips For Killing Ankous

As with any other monster on a Slayer task, it's very important to fight Ankous while you're wearing a Slayer Helmet so that you get the sweet bonuses of it. While Ankous are beatable even without a Slayer Helmet, the risk of dying becomes higher, especially when you get surrounded.

If fighting them off of a Slayer task, you can use the Salve Amulet instead. The effects of the item on undead creatures. If you have this on, you can get a 16.67% increase in your Attack and Strength when fighting against any undead monster including Ankous.

If you have both the Salve Amulet and the Slayer Helm at the same time, the bonuses won't stack on top of one another. Instead, the game will prioritize the effects of the Salve Amulet first. Both are very effective and just choose to wear one that fits your current build. To get a Salve Amulet, you first have to beat the Haunted Mine quest.

We highly suggest using the dwarf multicannon wherever it's accessible when doing Ankou Slayer tasks. This is useable in the Stronghold Slayer Cave and the Wilderness Slayer Cave. This makes the fight a lot easier than it is and it can save you time as well. If you're in the Catacombs of Kourend, you can use burst or barrage attacks to kill Ankous but you'll need to get their aggro until their stacked together properly.

Now, if you want to farm Ankous in specific areas, here are a few things to consider:

1. The Forgotten Cemetery

As this is a level 30 Wilderness, you need to be very careful against PKers, as well as other players inside the area. Once you're inside, rush for the safespot located at the southwest coffin. You'll know you're in the right place if there's a bone spawn nearby. Once there, you can use range or magic to start killing Ankous.

1. Stronghold Slayer Cave

This is one of the areas where you can use the dwarf multicannon for the fight. If you don't have it in your inventory, you can instead try to get an Ankou stuck around the corners of an area where there's a pile of rocks. It can be tricky but you'll have to get the Ankou to walk on a northern corner tile, and then have them stand one tile either north or south of them. Once that's done, move into the southern tile to keep the Ankous stuck. It might take a few tries but it's worth it.

You can keep a single Ankou stock on the rockslide itself but you'll still be susceptible to other ankous while this is happening.

1. Stronghold of Security: Sepulchre of Death

The dwarf multicannon is also available here but if you want a safespot to kill Ankous, you should go to the southwest room first. Once inside, head south and look for a skeleton in the south-easternmost area. Stand here and start attacking Ankous using ranged or melee for a quick kill.

Ankou Rewards

Ankous drop many great rewards. It's different one whether you're killing ones in a P2P/F2P world or in the Wilderness. Because of their great rewards, they're a viable way to make money in your mid-game journey.

If you can kill around 185 Ankous per hour, you have an expected profit of 86,595. This could change depending on a lot of factors including your precision at killing them, and of course, luck.

Of all the ankous in the game, the bet ones to fight for money making are those in the fourth floor of the Stronghold of Security or those in the Catacombs. Try to avoid the ones in the Wilderness as much as possible because they're riskier to kill.

The goal when fighting Ankous is to farm high-value items like death runes, blood runes, noted mithril ore and noted pure essence, and even hard clue scrolls. The good thing about Ankous is that it's easy to get their aggro, making Ankou slaying methods potentially AFK.

If you're really going to farm the ones in the Wilderness, you can get dark fishing bait as drops as well. However, as the risks involved is significantly greater, we highly suggest going to other areas instead.

P2P World Drop Table

F2P World Drop Table

Wilderness Slayer Cave Drop Table

Another Slayer Task Down

With this guide, you shouldn't have any worries when fighting the Ankous anymore. They look scary and tough but as with any other monster in the game, killing them is easy once you know the trick to it.