Minotaur

For the summoning familiars, see: Bronze minotaur, Iron minotaur, Steel minotaur, Mithril minotaur, Adamant minotaur, or Rune minotaur.

Minotaur

Release date	4 July 2006 (Update)
Members?	No
Combat level	12, 27
Life points	100, 220
Experience for killing	54, 88
Slayer level	Level 1
Slayer XP	10, 22
Assigned by	Turael or Spria
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	FastInterval: 3.0 seconds
Max hit	24 (level 12); 39 (level 27)
Weakness	rangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedrangedRanged
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	He doesn't look very pleased to see you.

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Minotaurs are found on level one of the Stronghold of Security. They are also found in Turaels/Spria basement, however, the player must be on their Slayer Challenge in order to access it. They drop the right skull half, the first piece of the Skull sceptre. Many players train Ranged on these monsters, as they often drop iron arrows.

Minotaurs are commonly used for training for low and mid level players, but some times even high level ones, because they have low strength and defence. However, their accuracy can be a problem for long training sessions, especially if the player has a low defence level or uses insufficient protection. They do hit high for their level so be sure to bring food.

Setting up a dwarf cannon at Minotaurs can be a decent way to obtain an easy Clue Scroll.

Drops

100% Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Weapons, Armour and Ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bronze full helm	1	2 Common	16
	Iron arrow	5–20	2 Common	50–200
	Black knife	1–5	2 Common	76–380
	Bronze dagger	1	2 Common	44
	Bronze arrow	3	2 Common	30
	Bronze spear (m)	1	3 Uncommon	145
Exchange:Sling	Sling	1	3 Uncommon
	Staff of air	1	3 Uncommon	786

Gems, Ores and Bars

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Tin ore	1 (noted)	2 Common	54
	Copper ore	1 (noted)	2 Common	58
	Pure essence (m)	5–15 (noted)	2 Common	535–1,605
	Rune essence	5–30 (noted)	3 Uncommon	145–870
	Gold bar	1	3 Uncommon	126

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	1–469	2 Common	Not sold
	Mind rune	1	2 Common	4
	Water rune	5	3 Uncommon	35
	Earth rune	5	3 Uncommon	30
	Right skull half	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Cooked meat	1	3 Uncommon	117
	Fire talisman	1	4 Rare	1,938
	Clue scroll (easy) (m)	1	4 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

Trivia

• Strangely, Minotaurs cannot be damaged by a salamander's magic attacks.
• Their max hit exceeds that of the next monster that drops a piece of the Skull sceptre, the Flesh Crawler.
• When a player defeats a minotaur the drop will always appear next to the player. This is unique.
• The minotaur is one of the few NPC's that has not received a graphical update for several years.
• Minotaurs often retreat at low health.