Basilisk

Basilisk

Release date	26 January 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	61
Life points	750
Experience for killing	300 (100 Constitution experience)
Slayer level	Level 40
Slayer XP	75
Assigned by	Chaeldar, Sumona, Vannaka
Aggressive?	No
Poisonous?	No
Immune to poison?	No
Attack style	Melee
Attack speed	AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
Max hit	59, 120 (without mirror shield)
Weakness	crush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbane[[]], basiliskbanecrush, basiliskbaneCrush, Basiliskbane
Always drops	Bones
Examine text	The eyes of evil.

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A Basilisk is a Slayer monster that requires a Slayer level of 40 to kill. Like Cockatrices, players must equip a mirror shield when fighting these monsters. Players without 20 defence would not be assigned these as 20 defence is required to wield the shield.

Basilisks are a good source of runes and have somewhat similar drops to Green dragons.

Without the shield, the player's stats will be greatly reduced, and the player will take damage frequently. Protect from Melee/Deflect melee can block the attack, as it is still a melee attack, but the stats will still be lowered.

Players with level 70 defence or above will not get hit very often, so less food is recommended to make room for drops. The spell Bones to peaches is highly recommended for lower levels or mage "pures". The Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon has many safe spots created by rocks in the floor. It is also possible to safe spot them from the south in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon if you hug the eastern wall near the south entrance. (NOTE: You still need a mirror shield even if you kill Basilisks from a safe spot.) A player can obtain a baby basilisk as a pet, by taking a rare Basilisk head (stuffed or unstuffed) to Nomad or Zimberfizz (after Nomad's Requiem) in the Soul Wars lobby. Turning the head into the pet costs 40 zeal points.

Locations

• Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (Single-combat area; Players can not use Dwarf Multicannon in this dungeon.)
• Pollnivneach Slayer Dungeon, after defeating the Basilisk boss (Multi-combat area; Players can use Dwarf Multicannon in this dungeon.)

Safe spots in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon

File:Basilisks.png

Basilisks in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon.

• File:Basilisk safe 1.png
• File:Basilisk safe 2.png
• File:Basilisk safe 3.png
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  The Eyes of Evil!

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Bones	1	1 Always	105

Runes

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Water rune	75, 150, 175	2 Common	525–1,225
Template:ExchangeItemNat	Nature rune	15, 30, 37	3 Uncommon	–
	Chaos rune	12	3 Uncommon	1,032
	Law rune	3	3 Uncommon	447

Weapons and armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Steel battleaxe	1	2 Common	282
	Mithril spear	1	3 Uncommon	393
	Mithril hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	204
	Mithril kiteshield	1	3 Uncommon	1,086
	Rune dagger	1	3 Uncommon	4,562
	Adamant full helm	1	3 Uncommon	1,884
Exchange:Mystic hat (light)	Mystic hat (light)	1	4 Rare
Exchange:Mystic boots (light)	Mystic boots (light)	1	5 Very rare

Herbs

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

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	11–495	2 Common	Not sold
	Basilisk bone	1	2 Common <ref>Only dropped during the Rag and Bone Man wish list quest.</ref>	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20	2 Common <ref>Only with RDT drops.</ref>	Not sold
	Earth talisman	1	3 Uncommon	826
	Adamantite ore	1	3 Uncommon	1,655
	Lobster	1	4 Rare	223
	Basilisk head	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Spin Ticket	1	5 Very rare	Not sold

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Rare drop table

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

• The name "Basilisk" comes from the Greek word "basilískos", which means "Little King".
• The fact that a player needs a Mirror shield to fight Basilisks derives from the European legend of Basilisks, which had the power to cause death with just a single glance and were reputed to cause an unwanted death to themselves if they saw their reflection.
• When attacking, there is a glitch in which all of the Basilisk's right rear feet pivoted into the ground unrealistically. It has not been fixed.
• Most of a Basilisk's drops are worth bringing High Level Alchemy runes for, as they return more gold than selling a Nature Rune and 5 Fire Runes would, especially with their reasonably high drop rate of Nature Runes cancelling out any cost that would be incurred.
• Basilisks are occasionally aggressive towards the player. It is unknown if this is a glitch.
• Basilisks appear to have the same moving and dying animation as the cockroaches in the Stronghold of Player Safety.