Ankou

For the ankous found in Daemonheim, see Ankou (Daemonheim).

Ankou

Release date	4 July 2006 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	75, 82 and 86
Life points	600, 660 and 700
Experience for killing	240, 264 and 280 (80, 88 and 93 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	60, 66, 70
Assigned by	Vannaka
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee (Crush)
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	84 (level 75 and 82); 89 (level 86)
Weakness	crumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab,, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to [[attack types|]], magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attackscrumble undead, salve amulet, salve amulet (e) very weak to stab, magic, and ranged attacksCrumble Undead, Salve amulet, Salve amulet (e) Very weak to stab, Magic, and Ranged attacks
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	A bony ghost.

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Ankou are undead monsters found on the fourth level of the Stronghold of Security, in the Wilderness Volcano, and in the Forinthry Dungeon. They are described by Vannaka, a Slayer Master, as "neither skeleton nor ghost, but a combination of both." The level 86 ankous have a maximum hit of 89. The highest-level ankous are one of the strongest monsters open to non-members, surpassed only by greater demons, hellhounds and certain revenants.

This monster is a very popular monster to train in members worlds because of its decent blood rune and death rune drops and their weakness against melee attacks and the Salve amulet. In free worlds, ankous are less often attacked due to their high level and poorer drops, but some players may kill these monsters for their Left skull half drops. Members can use this monster for money making; the drops of blood runes, death runes, battlestaves, pure essence, adamant arrows, and level 3 clue scrolls are a good source of money. However, the popularity of ankous makes it very crowded. Ankous act very similar to attackable human NPCs, and attack by punching (crush-type attack). This makes a chainbody, such as rune or dragon, preferable to a platebody.

The ankou is the only monster to drop the left skull half, a component needed to assemble the skull sceptre. It is very helpful to wear Varrock armour while killing these if you want the left skull half, as the chance of receiving a component of the skull sceptre is improved.

Locations

• Wilderness Volcano (level 22 Wilderness)
• Forinthry Dungeon (level 30 Wilderness)
• Stronghold of Security (Fourth level)
• Daemonheim (Warped Floors)

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Armour and Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Exchange:Black robe top	Black robe top	1	3 Uncommon
	Black knife	1	3 Uncommon <ref name="Members item">Members item</ref>	76
	Battlestaff	1	3 Uncommon <ref name="Members item">Members item</ref>	8,061
	Adamant arrow	5–14,25	3 Uncommon	480–2,400
Exchange:Wizard hat (black)	Wizard hat (black)	1	4 Rare

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Blood rune	5,6,10,11,12,16	2 Common <ref name="Members item">Members item</ref>	975–3,120
	Law rune	2	2 Common	298
	Death rune	10	2 Common <ref>Only dropped on members worlds</ref>	1,850

Seeds (members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Belladonna seed	1	3 Uncommon	29
	Cactus seed	1	3 Uncommon	20
	Irit seed	1	3 Uncommon	100
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,042
	Limpwurt seed	1	3 Uncommon	147
	Marrentill seed	1	3 Uncommon	3
	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	31
	Strawberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	92
	Tarromin seed	1	3 Uncommon	7
	Toadflax seed	1	3 Uncommon	989
	Whiteberry seed	1	3 Uncommon	24
	Harralander seed	1	3 Uncommon	4
Nasturtium seed	Nasturtium seed	1	3 Uncommon	1
	Avantoe seed	1	4 Rare	1,306
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	43,732
	Jangerberry seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Bittercap mushroom spore	1	4 Rare	7
	Watermelon seed	1	4 Rare	1,861
	Wildblood seed	1	4 Rare	2
	Spirit weed seed	1	4 Rare	3,869
	Ranarr seed	1	4 Rare	2,935
	Torstol seed	1	5 Very rare	274,040

Herbs (members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Grimy harralander	1	2 Common	385
	Grimy marrentill	1	2 Common	41
	Grimy guam	1	2 Common	521
	Grimy avantoe	1	3 Uncommon	2,877
	Grimy irit	1	3 Uncommon	1,496
	Grimy cadantine	1	3 Uncommon	1,336
	Grimy dwarf weed	1	3 Uncommon	7,525
	Grimy kwuarm	1	3 Uncommon	2,902
	Grimy ranarr	1	3 Uncommon	3,508
	Grimy lantadyme	1	4 Rare	6,002
	Grimy tarromin	1	4 Rare	56

Food (members only)

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bass	1	3 Uncommon	209
	Fried mushrooms	1	3 Uncommon	187

Other items

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1–500	2 Common <ref>8 coins Common, other quantities Rare</ref>	Not sold
	Left skull half	1	3 Uncommon <ref>Dropped in Stronghold/ Forinthy Dungeon</ref>	Not sold
	Rune essence	15 (noted)	3 Uncommon <ref>Dropped only in free worlds</ref>	435
	Pure essence	15 (noted)	3 Uncommon <ref name="Members item"/>	1,605
	Mithril ore	3–7, 14 (noted)	3 Uncommon	1,230–5,740
Exchange:Weapon poison	Weapon poison	1	3 Uncommon <ref name="Members item"/>
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare <ref name="Members item"/>	Not sold
	Fire talisman	1	5 Very rare	1,938
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

Rare drop table drops

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item Quantity Rarity GE Market Price Coins 250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000 2 Common Not sold Uncut sapphire 1 2 Common 810 Uncut emerald 1 2 Common 1,295 Uncut ruby 1 2 Common 2,613 Loop half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 9,402 Tooth half of a key 1 3 Uncommon 12,758 Uncut diamond 1 3 Uncommon 9,520 Uncut dragonstone 1 4 Rare 13,572 Dragonstone 1 4 Rare 10,393 Dragon dagger 1 2 Common 17,356 Rune javelin 5 4 Rare 1,285 Adamant javelin 20 5 Very rare 800 Rune spear 1 5 Very rare 12,130 Dragon spear 1 5 Very rare 40,021 Dragon dagger 50 (noted) 5 Very rare 867,800 Rune kiteshield 1 5 Very rare 34,977 Shield left half 1 5 Very rare 65,553 Dragon helm 1 5 Very rare 60,107 Adamant bolts 200 3 Uncommon 31,600 Rune arrow 150–200, 500 4 Rare 28,500–95,000 Onyx bolts 150 4 Rare 1,315,350 Battlestaff 200 (noted) 4 Rare 1,612,200 Air orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,216,000 Fire orb 1000 (noted) 4 Rare 1,406,000 Vecna skull 1 5 Very rare 457,724 Water talisman 1 3 Uncommon 4,485 Earth talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 20,650–28,910 Fire talisman 25–35 (noted) 3 Uncommon 48,450–67,830 Chaos talisman 1 3 Uncommon 137 Nature talisman 1 3 Uncommon 165 Pure essence 500–15000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 53,500–1,605,000 Template:ExchangeItemNat Nature rune 47–77 4 Rare – Soul rune 20 4 Rare 6,360 Death rune 50, 121 4 Rare 9,250–22,385 Blood rune 50 4 Rare 9,750 Raw swordfish 125 – 250, 1000 (noted) 3 Uncommon 37,875–303,000 Raw shark 250–500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 129,750–259,500 Big bones 150 – 500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 52,650–175,500 Coal 150–7500 (noted) 3 Uncommon 39,450–1,972,500 Adamantite ore 150–800 (noted) 3 Uncommon 248,250–1,324,000 Silver ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 9,200 Adamant bar 1000–7000 (noted) 4 Rare 2,175,000–15,225,000 Runite ore 100 (noted) 4 Rare 1,067,100 Rune bar 1,50,150 (noted) 4 Rare 13,029–1,954,350 Clean ranarr 33 (noted) 3 Uncommon 115,665 Clean toadflax 25–250 (noted) 3 Uncommon 69,100–691,000 Clean snapdragon 30–120 (noted) 3 Uncommon 168,210–672,840 Clean torstol 10–100 (noted) 3 Uncommon 277,960–2,779,600 Saradomin brew (4) 250 (noted) 5 Very rare 854,750 Watermelon seed 3 3 Uncommon 5,583 Yew seed 1–50 4 Rare 84,903–4,245,150 Magic seed 1–6 4 Rare 294,483–1,766,898 Palm tree seed 10 4 Rare 1,219,220 Snapdragon seed 1 4 Rare 26,078 Torstol seed 1–31 4 Rare 274,040–8,495,240 Fellstalk seed 2 4 Rare 2,052 Yew logs 100–20000 (noted) 4 Rare 49,400–9,880,000

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Trivia

• In Breton, the word Ankou means Grim Reaper or Death. It is also a psychopomp (someone who escorts deceased souls to the afterlife) in Breton mythology.
• Although the examine info says, "A bony ghost," they do not count towards a Slayer assignment of ghosts.
• Ankous located in the Forinthry Dungeon can drop a left skull half, this glitch has yet to be fixed.
• It appears that when an ankou drops a Left skull half, it'll usually drop a seed/item or a battlestaff too. For non-members an ankou will usually drop a gem as well as the Left skull half.