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Dark beast

Dark beast

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Weak to Melee Slayer Weak to earth +60%
Use the gear I own Everything below is best in slot at 99s. This finds your best setup from your own bank.
Gear

Best in slot

The best setup using every item in the game, at 99s with potions and the best prayer.

Melee

Best here
Torva full helm
Infernal cape
Amulet of rancour
Holy blessing
Scythe of vitur
Oathplate chest
Oathplate legs
Ferocious gloves
Avernic treads (max)
Ultor ring
12.09DPS 18s
Max hit50
Accuracy83.1%
Speed5t / 3.0s
StyleSlash

Scythe of vitur · Holy blessing

Magic

Ancestral hat
Imbued saradomin cape
Occult necklace
Holy blessing
Tumeken's shadow
Ancestral robe top
Ancestral robe bottom
Confliction gauntlets
Avernic treads (max)
Magus ring
9.98DPS 22s
Max hit70
Accuracy85.5%
Speed5t / 3.0s
StyleMagic

Tumeken's shadow · Holy blessing

Ranged

Masori mask (f)
Blessed dizana's quiver
Necklace of rupture
Dragon dart
Toxic blowpipe
Masori body (f)
Masori chaps (f)
Zaryte vambraces
Avernic treads (max)
Venator ring
9.78DPS 22s
Max hit33
Accuracy71.0%
Speed2t / 1.2s
StyleRapid

Toxic blowpipe · Dragon dart

Alternatives

Other options by slot

The best melee pick for each slot and the next best options. Each percentage is the DPS you lose by swapping in just that item against Dark beast.

head Torva full helm209.5M 12.09
Oathplate helm 82.2M −1.2% Neitiznot faceguard 12.3M −1.9% Inquisitor's great helm 69.0M −1.9%
cape Infernal capeuntradeable 12.09
Fire cape untradeable −2.5% 3rd Age cloak 274.1M −3.7% Cape of skulls 4.4M −3.7%
neck Amulet of rancour49.9M 12.09
Amulet of torture 20.0M −2.7% Amulet of torture (or) 20.2M −2.7% Amulet of fury 2.8M −3.5%
ammo Broad bolts54 12.09
Amethyst broad bolts 198 −0.0% Holy blessing 2K −0.0% Unholy blessing 12K −0.0%
weapon Scythe of vitur1.2B 12.09
Soulreaper axe 413.6M −12.3% Noxious halberd 38.9M −23.9% Saradomin's blessed sword untradeable −25.6%
body Oathplate chest82.8M 12.09
Fighter torso untradeable −1.3% Bandos chestplate 23.2M −1.3% Torva platebody 171.5M −1.3%
legs Oathplate legs82.5M 12.09
Bandos tassets 15.4M −1.0% Torva platelegs 108.6M −1.0% Inquisitor's plateskirt 116.1M −1.0%
hands Ferocious gloves9.0M 12.09
Barrows gloves untradeable −2.2% Dragon gloves untradeable −2.8% Rune gloves untradeable −2.9%
feet Avernic treads (max)205.0M 12.09
Avernic treads (pr) untradeable −0.0% Primordial boots 18.8M −0.2% Avernic treads 142.8M −1.9%
ring Ultor ring111.2M 12.09
Bellator ring 19.6M −0.9% Berserker ring (i) 3.6M −2.3% Brimstone ring 1.9M −3.1%
The fight

Mechanics

Dark beasts are always aggressive.

They only use magic if you attack them first or they can't reach you with melee, so stay in melee range. Pray melee and wear prayer gear like proselyte. If superiors are unlocked, a night beast can spawn. It isn't aggressive and always opens with magic.

Which style: Melee.

From the OSRS Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

What to bring

Inventory

At 18s a kill with the best-in-slot melee setup, a trip is more than 40 kills. Our suggestion: the OSRS Wiki's setups for Dark beast list gear but no inventory.

Super combat potion(4) Boosts Attack, Strength and Defence by 19
Prayer potion(4)×4 Restores prayer, to keep your protection prayer up
Shark×22 Heals 20
Teleport to house (tablet) Takes you home when the trip is done
OSRS Wiki

The wiki's own setups

Equipment and inventory as the OSRS Wiki's strategy page lists them, slot for slot. These are what people actually take; the solved kits above are what the maths prefers.

Melee

Equipment
Slayer helmet (i)
Infernal cape
Amulet of rancour
Rada's blessing 4
Scythe of Vitur
Oathplate chest
Avernic defender
Oathplate legs
Ferocious gloves
Avernic treads (max)
Ultor ring

Melee (Prayer bonus)

Equipment
Slayer helmet (i)
Infernal cape
Amulet of rancour
Rada's blessing 4
Scythe of Vitur
Sunfire fanatic cuirass
Avernic defender
Sunfire fanatic chausses
Ferocious gloves
Avernic treads (max)
Ultor ring

Required: 90 Slayer · Mourning's End Part II (started)

Loot

What it drops

90 drops, with rates from the OSRS Wiki. Open this boss in the planner for what a kill is worth at today's prices.

Big bones Always
Coins×152 1/3
Death rune×20 1/16
Chaos rune×30 1/18
Coins×64 1/21
Coins×95 1/21
Crystal shard×3–5 1/24
Coins×220 1/26
Grimy guam leaf 1/27
Blood rune×15 1/32
Grimy marrentill 1/36
Black battleaxe 1/43
Shark 1/43
Grimy tarromin 1/48
Grimy guam leaf 1/51
Grimy harralander 1/62
Adamantite bar×3 1/64
Brimstone key 1/67
Grimy marrentill 1/68
Grimy ranarr weed 1/78
Grimy tarromin 1/91
Grimy irit leaf 1/108
Snapdragon seed 1/114
Grimy harralander 1/117
Adamant sq shield 1/128
Rune chainbody 1/128
Rune med helm 1/128
Rune full helm 1/128
Rune 2h sword 1/128
Rune battleaxe 1/128
Adamantite ore×5 1/128
Death talisman 1/128
Runite ore 1/128
Shark×2 1/128
Clue scroll (hard) 1/128
Grimy avantoe 1/144
Uncut sapphire 1/148
Grimy ranarr weed 1/149
Grimy kwuarm 1/173
Grimy irit leaf 1/205
Toadflax seed 1/215
Grimy cadantine 1/216
Loop half of key 1/258
Tooth half of key 1/258
Coins×3,000 1/260
Grimy avantoe 1/273
Grimy lantadyme 1/287
Grimy dwarf weed 1/287
Uncut emerald 1/295
Irit seed 1/314
Belladonna seed 1/325
Grimy kwuarm 1/328
Long bone 1/400
Grimy cadantine 1/410
Poison ivy seed 1/452
Avantoe seed 1/460
Cactus seed 1/484
Dark bow 1/512
Grimy lantadyme 1/546
Grimy dwarf weed 1/546
Uncut ruby 1/590
Potato cactus seed 1/664
Kwuarm seed 1/674
Runite bar 1/1,092
Clue scroll (elite) 1/1,200
Cadantine seed 1/1,453
Nature talisman 1/1,575
Nature rune×67 1/1,820
Rune 2h sword 1/1,820
Rune battleaxe 1/1,820
Lantadyme seed 1/2,022
Snape grass seed×3 1/2,325
Uncut diamond 1/2,362
Law rune×45 1/2,731
Death rune×45 1/2,731
Steel arrow×150 1/2,731
Rune arrow×42 1/2,731
Adamant javelin×20 1/2,731
Rune sq shield 1/2,731
Dragonstone 1/2,731
Silver ore×100 1/2,731
Dwarf weed seed 1/3,322
Rune javelin×5 1/4,724
Curved bone 1/5,013
Torstol seed 1/5,168
Rune spear 1/5,408
Rune kiteshield 1/5,461
Dragon med helm 1/5,461
Shield left half 1/10,823
Dragon spear 1/14,430
Defence

What it defends with

The monster
Hitpoints220
Defence level120
Magic level160
Size 3×3
Melee defence
Stab +30
Slash +40
Crush +100
Ranged and magic defence
Magic +90
Light +100
Standard +100
Heavy +100
Getting there

Mourning's End Part II

Dark beasts. Needs 9 quests done first.

2 quest points 60,000 experience
Everything Mourning's End Part II gives you