Kurask

**Kurask**
Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	106
Life points	970
Experience for killing	388 (129 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 70
Slayer XP	97
Assigned by	Chaeldar, Sumona
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune; to poison?	Yes
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	120
Weakness	Slayer dart, Broad arrow, Leaf-bladed spear, Leaf-bladed sword, Broad-tipped bolts, ((slash))
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	Large, heavy, with sharp things attached to its head.; Larger, heavier, with sharper things attached to its head.;

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Kurask are large, green, bull-like monsters that can be found in the second to last chamber of the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon and on the lower level of the Desert Slayer Dungeon. They require 70 slayer to kill.

Kurask, like Turoth, must be killed with either a Leaf-bladed sword, Leaf-bladed spear, and/or Slayer's staff/Magic Dart spell (which also requires a Magic level of 50), or Broad arrows/Broad-tipped bolts, or else the player's attacks will be ineffective. As the only weapons capable of damaging them cannot be poisoned, Kurask are immune to poison. Kurask are assigned by Sumona and Chaeldar.

Biology and nature

Kurask are somewhat similar to gorillas, although they share some traits with other animals such as their large horns which are similar to a bull's. They are grey to pale green in colour and have rows of hooked horns protruding from their back. They have three stomachs, the third of which has a special stomach lining that prevents food from being digested. Within the stomach a ceremonial fruit is stored for the duration of the Kurask's life. Their lifespan is of an unknown length, but surpasses that of humans. They ideally come of age at 80 years. There is also evidence that they can breathe underwater.

It was revealed in issue 23 of Postbag from the Hedge that Kurask are somewhat intelligent, and have their own rites of passage and language<ref name="postbag">Jagex. Postbag 23 - "Wise old musings and demonic drills", Letter 5. Postbags from the Hedge. *</ref>. Kurask society dictates that individuals should not come in contact with other races unless they are hunting. Those that disobey this are generally shunned or even banished.

At age 80 Kurask partake in a coming-of-age ritual called Kurisk. This generally kills one-third of those that attempt it. The kurask are sent "over a plain" and then "under the sea" to retrieve a fruit from the human lands (this is thought to mean through northern Kandarin, under the Southern Sea, and onto Karamja). Those that return are treated as adults.

“	To become a kuraski, at the age of 80, a kura must leave the cave and complete the rite of Kurisk [...] a kura must then pluck a fruit from a tree and bring it back to Kuriskia. Then they become kuraski and the fruit is ingested whole, held in a third stomach until death and preserved by our stomach lining. You did not, by any chance, eat it, did you?	”
	— Skuhavi<ref name="postbag"></ref>

Since the discovery of the Desert Slayer Dungeon beneath the Kharidian settlement Pollnivneach, Kurask society's origins and schisms have been called into greater question. The nature of the Desert Slayer Dungeon is still largely unknown, although its workings are obviously artificial; it possesses constructed portals to the Fremennik caves, amongst other slayer-related locations. It is unknown whether Kurask originated in the Kharidian Desert or Fremennik Province, if either.

It is interesting to note that the idea of living in solitude and isolation that governs Kurask society is very similar in nature to that of the Scabarite race which follows Scabaras's ideologies. If the Kurask race originated in the Kharidian Desert, it is possible that they were influenced by the Scabarites, who were very active (although at the time probably all humans) during the Third Age, roughly when the dungeon is believed to have been created and active.

Language

Kurask possess a basic language. Little is known of it, and only a few words have been translated; most by Skuhavi, a kurask banished for his interest in humans. Below is a list of known words in the kurask language<ref name="postbag"></ref>.

Skutask - Interest.
Shallask - Alas, or an expression of anger/regret.
Skarooom - Dooom!
Kuraski - A kurask that has completed Kurisk, an adult. Must be at least 80 years old.
Kura - A child, or one who has not completed Kurisk.
Kurisk - Rite performed by Kura. Named after a legendary Kurask hero that first performed the travel to Karamja.
Kuriskia - A Kurask city, most likely their part of the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon.

Locations

Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (near Fairy Ring code A-J-R, a Slayer ring has a teleport to the dungeon). Kurask are the only aggressive monsters in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon.
Desert Slayer Dungeon (again, a Slayer ring has a teleport close to the dungeon) multi-combat area.

Strengths and weaknesses

File:Kurasksafespot.png

A player hides in one of several safe spots.

Players must use a leaf-bladed weapon, broad arrows, Broad-tipped bolts or the Magic Dart spell when fighting these. Using any other weapon or spell is completely ineffective. The Dwarf multicannon does not work, and the deflect curses will reflect damage although not much. (familiars do work)

Fighting tips

Killing them can be slow work. In the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, Safe spots in the northeast corner make broad arrows/bolts one of the faster options. In this dungeon, it is also safe to range or mage them standing in the small entrance to the area. A good place to range Kurask is from the entrance of the Kurask cave in the Rellekka Slayer Dungeon, as the Kurask cannot reach you if you stand in the right place, as they are too large to move through the passage.

Range strategy

Helm: Slayer helm (if task or in Desert slayer dungeon) > Armadyl helmet > Helm of neitiznot
Amulet: Amulet of ranging > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory > Amulet of power
Weapon: Chaotic crossbow > Rune crossbow or Dark bow > Magic shortbow
Ammo: Broad-tipped bolts or Broad arrow
Body: Armadyl chestplate > Royal d'hide body > Black d'hide body
Chaps: Armadyl chainskirt > Royal d'hide chaps > Black d'hide chaps
Vambraces: Culinaromancer's Gloves 10 > Royal d'hide vambraces > Black d'hide vambraces
Boots: Dragon boots > Bandos boots > Snakeskin boots
Cape: Ava's device or Completionist cape > Obsidian cape

Kurask are very weak to range. Their lack of defence and their extreme aggressiveness means players can kill a whole task of Kurask this way as their skin is highly unprotected (similar to Bloodvelds), without using Prayer potions or a lot of food. Coupled with a Rune/Chaotic crossbow, players can kill more then 200 Kurasks per trip with the commonly dropped Broad-tipped bolts. Their attacks are either slash or stab, so armour with high slash/stab defence can block off most of their attacks.

Kurask younglings, the "Heavy, large with sharp things attached on its head" are extremely aggressive towards players; similar to a Mithril dragon's aggressiveness towards players. This makes it very easy to lure them into your safespot, as soon as they spawn, they will attempt to attack you. This makes it easy to kill them without using other weapons or your bolts (if not using Ava's devices) to get them to try to attack you. The Kurask adults, the "Heavier, larger with sharper things attached on its head" will only be aggressive if you attack them or get too close to them.

Both dungeons have multiple safespots that can be used. However, the Desert Slayer Dungeon is highly recommended because there are more safespots. The Kurask aren't spread out when tolerant, unlike the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon, where there are no Kurask behind you (just Aquanites/Turoths). The Kurask room in the Fremennik dungeon is larger and there are only 5 or 6 spawns of Kurask in there, compared to the Desert Slayer Dungeon where there are around 20 spawns of Kurasks. Players can use the room connectors in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon to safespot Kurasks, though this will lead to only 3 or 4 Kurasks attempting to attack the player.

The Desert Slayer Dungeon has many semi-safespots and four safespots. The semi-safespots are the rubble and crystals scattered all over the room. These safespots are the cavern connectors, a crystal rubble near the portal, some rocks near the cavern portal, and one a near the opposite side of the portal on the corner. Players will always get 3-5 aggressive Kurasks in each safespot.

If your combat strategy includes using food to heal, bring a knife to cut up the Pineapples frequently dropped by them. You can either eat the Pineapple rings to heal a total of 80 life points or add them to the Plain pizza drops to make Pineapple pizzas (level 65 Cooking required). This adds 80 LP to the healing effect of the pizza. Note that you will need 3 empty inventory spaces to slice a pineapple. Much more frequently they drop noted pineapples and one banana which only heal 20 life points.

Another, more versatile way of healing is to bring Bones to Peaches tablets made in player-owned houses. They are used to transform normal or big bones into peaches that heal 80 life points. It is also recommended to bring some Nature Runes and Fire Runes, as they commonly drop Adamant Platebodies, which can be converted to 9,984 coins by using the High Alchemy spell.

Melee strategy

Helm: Slayer helm (on task or Desert Slayer Dungeon) > Dragon full helm > Helm of neitiznot > Dragon helm
Cape: Completionist cape > Max cape > Ardougne Cloak 3/4 > Fire cape > Obsidian cape
Amulet: Amulet of Fury > Amulet of Glory
Ring: Ring of wealth / TokKul-Zo (Charged)
Weapon: Leaf-bladed sword
Shield: Dragon defender > Dragonfire shield > Dragon sq shield > Rune defender > Rune kiteshield
Torso: Bandos chestplate > Torag's platebody > Dragon platebody > Dragon chainbody > Rune platebody
Leggings: Bandos tassets > Torag's platelegs > Dragon platelegs or Dragon plateskirt > Rune platelegs or Rune plateskirt
Boots: Steadfast boots > Dragon boots > Rune boots
Gloves: RFD Gloves 10 > RFD Gloves 9

The Saradomin godsword can be used to heal. Although the godsword cannot damage a kurask, its special effect will still heal the player based on how much damage the sword would have done to the kurask. Players can also use this on the nearby Aquanites or if possible, the Turoths or Jellies nearby. Higher Agility can also be used on nearby Pyrefiends.

File:Kurask- trip gear.jpg

Using melee against Kurask (Leaf Bladed Spear OR Sword) will hit frequently. This is a good tactic to use while slaying these creatures. It is also recommended to use a stab attack while using melee. Kurask will hit a player for occasional hits maxing at 120 life points. A Player with a combat level 100+ can slay over 100 of these in a single trip if they bring an inventory of food and a secondary weapon with a healing special attack. It is also recommended to use super attack potions and super strength potions for faster kills. The leaf-bladed sword does not have as high an attack bonus as other weapons players would normally use.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Charms

Template:Charm:Kurask

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	5–30	3 Uncommon	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".–Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
	Death rune	1–6	3 Uncommon	185–1,110
	Mind rune	4–16	3 Uncommon	16–64

Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Broad-tipped bolts	Broad-tipped bolts	1–10	2 Common	115–1,150
	Unfinished broad bolts	21–60	2 Common	1,617–4,620
Broad arrowheads	Broad arrowheads	21–60	2 Common	1,386–3,960
	Adamant bolts	5–19	3 Uncommon	790–3,002
	Mithril hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	204
	Broad arrow	1–10	3 Uncommon	Not sold
Rune longsword	Rune longsword	1	4 Rare	18,916
	Leaf-bladed sword	1	5 Very rare <ref>Estimated at 1/554 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012.</ref>	40,382

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,727
	Mithril kiteshield	1	4 Rare	1,086
Exchange:Mystic robe top (light)	Mystic robe top (light)	1	5 Very rare	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".

Herblore ingredients

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	White berries	1	2 Common	752
	Limpwurt root	2	2 Common	1,688

Herbs

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

Seeds

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Irit seed	1	3 Uncommon	100
Cactus seed	Cactus seed	1	3 Uncommon	20
	Toadflax seed	1	3 Uncommon	989
Poison ivy seed	Poison ivy seed	1	3 Uncommon	31
	Avantoe seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,306
	Kwuarm seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,042
	Cadantine seed	1	3 Uncommon	997
	Belladonna seed	1	3 Uncommon	29
	Lantadyme seed	1	3 Uncommon	28,328
Morchella mushroom spore	Morchella mushroom spore	4	3 Uncommon	1,984
	Fellstalk seed	1	3 Uncommon	1,026
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	26,078
	Dwarf weed seed	1	4 Rare	43,732

Food

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Banana <ref>Always together with noted pineapples.</ref>	1–2	2 Common	76–152
Pineapple <ref>Unnoted if 2 are dropped.</ref>	2–8 (noted)	2 Common	142–568
Plain pizza	1	4 Rare	688

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	22–748	2 Common	Not sold
	Flax	20–30 (noted)	2 Common	1,420–2,130
Super strength (1)	Super strength (1)	1	2 Common	912
Exchange:Ranging potion (1)	Ranging potion (1)	1	3 Uncommon	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
	Bones	1,2	3 Uncommon	105–210
	Big bones	1,2	3 Uncommon	351–702
	Anagogic ort	20, 40	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Clue scroll (Hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
File:Kurask head.png	Kurask head	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	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.

Show/hide rare drop table

	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	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".–Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
	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