Mighty banshee

**Mighty banshee**
Release date	5 June 2008 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	90
Life points	850
Experience for killing	340 (113 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 35
Slayer XP	85
Assigned by	Turael or Spria, Sumona
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	No
Immune; to poison?	No
Attack style	Magical melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	90 (approx)
Weakness	Crumble Undead, Salve amulet, Salve amulet (e), slash, crush
Always drops	Nothing
Examine text	Not the best of vocalists.

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File:Bansheedraghallysafespot.png

A player safe spotting a Mighty Banshee using a Dragon Halberd

The Mighty banshee is a stronger version of the Banshee and is first encountered in the quest Smoking Kills. They are found in the Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon. Players must wear Masked earmuffs, a Slayer helmet or a Full slayer helmet when fighting them, otherwise their stats will be dangerously reduced by the banshees AND they will sustain damage every few seconds by the swirling dust. As Mighty Banshees have a magic-based melee attack, wearing dragonhide armour is suggested when fighting them. Be warned; they are in a Multi-combat area and are aggressive; however, there are several useful safe spots for magers, rangers, or use of the dragon halberd.

Mighty Banshees can be used for making money, as they drop Pure Essence relatively frequently (23 noted).

Tactics

File:Bansheesafespot.png

Safe spot for rangers.

Using protect from melee and prayer boosting armour is a good strategy when fighting Mighty Banshees. This method is fast and effective, as well as a good money and experience earner, and with a combined Attack and Strength level of around 180-185+, it is possible to receive 150-350k gp an hour profit, plus 60-80k+ combat exp (excluding Constitution), as well as level 3 clue scrolls, which are more often than not received during a 40-45 minute trip. A Salve amulet (e) or Slayer helmet will raise the wearer's attack and strength by 20% or 15%, respectively. The bonuses do not stack. A Black mask, although giving the same attack and strength boost as the Slayer helmet, cannot be used due to the need of both earmuffs and a facemask - something only provided by the (full) Slayer helmet or Masked earmuffs. If the player does not possess a full slayer helmet, then using a salve amulet is highly recommended.

A simple way to sustain your prayer for a bit longer is to use the Ancient mace special attack, which increases your prayer by the amount you hit. You can also use the Holy Wrench, which increases the amount of prayer points gained from a dose of Prayer potion or Super restore by an extra 10 to 30 points depending on the player's Prayer Level. The Saradomin Godsword is preferable to the mace, however, as it not only restores LP but a minimum of 50 prayer points per landed special, and gives a +8 prayer bonus. Having a chapel in your Player Owned House (moved to Pollnivneach or the ability to make chipped tele tabs; though using chipped tele tabs requires you to use two tabs instead of simply leaving your house, but is cheaper than moving your house simply for a task) eliminates the need for food as players can teleport to their house and recharge there, assuming they have a chapel and altar. If using a ranger safe spot, next to the red barrier or one of the several safe spots in between the pillars, the Banshees will eventually become non-aggressive towards you. If you would like to make them aggressive towards you again, just pass the barrier, go down the stairs, and then walk back to where you originally were.

Another good tactic is to use the dwarven multicannon and stay behind one of the safespots, while the cannon does all the work. Since Mighty Banshees use a magic based melee attack, armour with a high magic defence bonus is recommended (preferably karil's or dragonhide).

Banshees are agressive. They will try to reach you from relatively far away.

File:Agressive Banshees.png

7 aggressive banshees around one player.

They will normally not reach the player due to the large amount of obstacles that they can get stuck behind.

A good strategy is to pick up all of the coins that the Mighty Banshee's drop, and when out of food, simply climb the rope to the surface and buy Kebabs from the Ali the Kebab trader.

Alternatively, you can simply exit the dungeon and take a magic carpet ride to Nardah, where you can pray at the statuette of Elidinis and be fully healed with a small LP boost. After that, simply take the carpet back to Pollnivneach. This method only works after the completion of Spirits of the Elid quest. While you are there, you can also quickly stock up or bank your supplies in the town bank.

Also, if you have completed the easy tasks of the Ardougne Diary, and have enough slayer rings, you can use the Ardougne cloak 1 to teleport to the Kandarin monastery, recharge your prayer, and note any herbs you have looted with the Farming Leprechaun just outside. The slayer ring provides a quick teleport back to the dungeon. (The Ardougne cloak 3 also provides an excellent prayer boost of +6, which is very high for the cape slot, and the Ardougne cloak 2 provides a +4 bonus.)

To avoid using prayer and food entirely, you can range, mage or halberd the banshees from numerous safespots. Crumble undead is a cheap and effective option for mages.

Drops

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Cosmic rune	12	3 Uncommon	1,320
Chaos rune	17–23	3 Uncommon	1,462–1,978
Air rune	43	3 Uncommon	344
Fire rune	70	4 Rare	980

Armour & Weapons

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril mace	1	2 Common	242
	Adamant kiteshield	1	4 Rare	3,103
Exchange:Mystic gloves (dark)	Mystic gloves (dark)	1	4 Rare	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
	Adamant dagger	1	4 Rare	386

Herbs and secondaries

Herb drops often are two herbs simultaneously.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Grimy guam	1–2	2 Common	521–1,042
Grimy marrentill	1–2	2 Common	41–82
Grimy tarromin	1–2	2 Common	56–112
Grimy harralander	1–2	2 Common	385–770
Grimy ranarr	1–2	3 Uncommon	3,508–7,016
Grimy irit	1–2	3 Uncommon	1,496–2,992
Grimy avantoe	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,877–5,754
Grimy kwuarm	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,902–5,804
Grimy cadantine	1–2	3 Uncommon	1,336–2,672
Grimy lantadyme	1–2	3 Uncommon	6,002–12,004
Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	4 Rare	7,525–15,050

Gems

Gems are often dropped in pairs.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
Uncut sapphire	1–2	4 Rare	810–1,620
Uncut emerald	1–2	4 Rare	1,295–2,590
Uncut ruby	1–2	4 Rare	2,613–5,226
Uncut diamond	1–2	4 Rare	9,520–19,040

Charms

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Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	195	2 Common	Not sold
	Pure essence	23 (noted)	2 Common	2,461
File:Banshee voice.png	Banshee voice <ref>Only during Smoking Kills.</ref>	1	2 Common	Not sold
	Fishing bait	15	2 Common	135
	Eye of newt	10 (noted)	3 Uncommon	90
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Adamantite ore	1	4 Rare	1,655
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
File:Champion's scroll (banshee).png	Champion scroll (banshee)	1	5 Very rare <ref>Only obtainable if access to the Champions' Guild is gained and the Banshee Champion hasn't already been defeated in the Champions' Challenge.</ref>	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	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