Slayer is much like combat training. The aim of this skill is to complete tasks set by your slayer master. There are slayer masters dotted all around RuneScape and they will each give you a different task to complete. The tasks will consist of killed a set amount of monsters. For example your slayer master could ask you to kill 20 cows. This skill so much like training combat because the aim is to kill monsters, but the experience gained system is different in this skill. In combat training you will gain experience from each hit you do to a monster, where as in slayer you will only gain experience once you have killed to monster.

When you start the slayer skill you will be given an enchanted gem, you can use this find out how many monster you still have to kill, it will also tell you what your current slayer task just incase you forget.

The slayer task involves killing certain monsters around RuneScape, but you might also have noticed that there have been some new monsters added specifically for the slayer skill. Some of these new monster require some specific equipment to enable you to kill them. If you do not use this equipment you will receive a lot of damage, and may not be able to fight back.

	Monster	Monster level	Level required	Equipment needed
	Crawling Hand	8, 12	5	None
	Cave Crawler	23	10	None
	Banshee	23	15	Earmuffs
	Rockslug	29	20	Bag of salt
	Cockatrice	37	25	Mirror shield
	Pyrefiend	43	30	None
	Basilisk	61	40	Mirror shield
	Infernal mage	66	45	None
	Bloodveld	76	50	None
	Jelly	78	52	None
	Turoth	83, 85, 87, 89	55	Leaf-Bladed Spear/Broad Arrows/Slayer's Staff
	Aberrant Specter	96	60	Nose peg
	Kurask	106	70	Leaf-Bladed Spear/Broad Arrows/Slayer's Staff
	Gargoyle	111	75	Rock hammer
	Nechryael	115	80	None
	Abyssal Demon	124	85	None

The equipment needed to kill these certain monsters can be brought from any slayer master. 

	Item	Level required	Cost	Use
	Enchanted gem	-	1	Allows you to contact your slayer master
	Bag of salt	1	60	Killing Rockslugs
	Rock hammer	1	500	Killing Gargoyles
	Earmuffs	15	200	Protection against Banshees
	Mirror shield	25 (Defence 20)	5000	Protection against Cockatrice and Basilisks
	Leaf-bladed spear	55 (Attack 50)	31000	Killing Turoths and Kurasks
	Broad arrows	55 (Range 50)	1 (each)	Killing Turoths and Kurasks
	Slayer's staff	55 (Magic 50)	21000	Allows use of the Magic Dart spell to kill Turoths and Kurasks
	Nose peg	60	200	Protection against Aberrant Specters

There are 5 different slayer masters dotted around RuneScape, each master requires that you have a certain combat and/or slayer level.

	Slayer master	Location	Minimum level	Difficulty
	Turael	Burthorpe	Any	Easy
	Mazchna	Canifis	Any	Easy/Medium
	Vannaka	Edgeville Dungeon	Any	Medium
	Chaeldar	Zanaris	70 combat	Harder
	Duradel	Shilo Village	100 combat	Hard

Each of these slayer masters will have a variety of different monster for you to kill, but obviously the harder slayer masters will give you harder monster to fight.

Turael - can give you the following monster to fight.

Possible Creatures Location Banshees Canifis Monster House Bats Coal Trucks, Keep la Faye, Taverley Dungeon Bears Lumbridge, Varrock, north of Falador, Ardougne Mine area Crawling Hands Canifis Monster House Dogs Brimhaven Dungeon, Ardougne Dwarves Taverley Dungeon, Wilderness, Dwarven Mine, Falador Ghosts Draynor Village, Edgeville Dungeon Goblins Goblin Village, Lumbridge, Draynor Village, etc. Kalphites Shantay Desert Kalphite Dungeon Monkeys Karamja, Brimhaven, Ardougne Zoo, Ape Atoll Skeletons Draynor Village, everywhere Spiders Everywhere Werewolves Canifis Wolves Top Wolf Mountain

Mazchna - can give you the following monster to fight.

Possible Monsters Location Basilisks Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Blue Dragons Taverley Dungeon, Gu'Tanoth Dungeon, Hero's Guild Dungeon Cave Crawlers Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Crawling Hands Canifis Monster House Dagannoths Lighthouse Dungeon Skeletons Edgeville Dungeon Green Dragons Wilderness Earth Warriors Edgeville Dungeon Hellhounds Ardougne Family Crest Dungeon, Taverley Dungeon Kalphites Shantay Desert Kalphite Dungeon Moss Giants Varrock Sewers, Wilderness West of Red Dragon Isle, West Of Fishing Guild, Crandor Isle, Brimhaven Dungeon, etc. Otherworldy Beings Zanaris (Lost City) Rock Slugs Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (next to the golden apple tree in Fremennik Province) Shadow Warriors Legend's Guild Dungeon Trolls Death Plateau, Random Fishing Event Vampires Canifis Swamp Werewolves Canifis

Vannaka - can give you the following monster to fight.

Possible Monsters Location Banshees Canifis Monster House Blue Dragons Taverley Dungeon, Gu'Tanoth Dungeon, Hero's Guild Dungeon Bloodvelds Canifis Monster House Crawling Hands Canifis Monster House Dagannoths Lighthouse Dungeon Earth Warriors Edgeville Wilderness Dungeon Elves Tirannwn Elf Camp Fire Giants Brimhaven Dungeon, Wilderness, Waterfall Hellhounds Ardougne Family Crest Dungeon, Taverley Dungeon Ice Giants White Wolf Mountain Dungeon, Ice Giant Dungeon, Wilderness Lesser Demons Karamja Volcano Dungeon, Wizard's Tower, Level 46 Wilderness, Taverley Dungeon, Melzar's Maze Moss Giants Varrock Sewer, Wilderness West of Red Dragon Isle, West Of Fishing Guild, Crandor Isle, Brimhaven Dungeon, etc. Rock Slugs Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (next to the golden apple tree in Fremennik Province) Shadow Warriors Legend's Guild Dungeon Trolls Death Plateau, Random Fishing Event Turoths Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Vampires Canifis Swamp Werewolves Canifis

Chaeldar - can give you the following monster to fight.

Possible Monsters Location Basilisks Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Bronze Dragons Brimhaven Dungeon Blue Dragons Taverley Dungeon, Gu'Tanoth Dungeon, Hero's Guild Dungeon Cave Crawlers Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Cockatrice Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Crawling Hands Canifis Monster House Dagannoths Lighthouse Dungeon Elves Tirannwn Elf Camp Fire Giants Brimhaven Dungeon, Wilderness, Waterfall Hell Hounds Ardougne Family Crest Dungeon, Taverley Dungeon Lesser Demons Karamja Volcano Dungeon, Wizard's Tower, Level 46 Wilderness, Taverley Dungeon, Melzar's Maze Pyrefiends Fremennik Slayer Dungeon Trolls Death Plateau, Random Fishing Event

Duradel - can give you the following monster to fight.

Possible Monsters Location Bronze Dragons Brimhaven Dungeon Iron Dragons Brimhaven Dungeon Kalphites Shantay Desert Kalphite Dungeon Steel Dragons Brimhaven Dungeon

You will only gain Slayer Experience once you have killed your assigned monster, unlike in combat training where you will gained experience for every hit you do.

Monster Monster Combat Level Slayer Experience (xp) Gained Chicken 1 3 Crawling Hand 8 16 Dwarf 10 16 Skeleton 25 17 Crawling Hand 12 19 Cave Crawler 23 20 Banshee 23 20 Ghost 19 25 Bear 21 25 Skeleton 22 29 Wolf 25 34 Hill giant 28 35 Kalphite Worker 28 40 Vampire 61 40 Pyrefiend 43 45 Guard dog 44 45 Baby blue dragon 48 50 Earth Warrior 51 54 Moss giant 42 60 Ice warrior 57 60 Wild dog 63 62 Otherworldly being 64 65 Shadow warrior 48 67 Ice giant 49 70 Dagannoth 73 70 Basilisk 61 75 Green dragon 79 75 Turoth 83, 85, 87, 89 76, 77, 79, 81 Lesser demon 82 79 Greater demon 92 83 Troll 69 90 Mountain troll 71 90 Berry (Troll) 71 90 Twig (Troll) 71 90 Kalphite Soldier 85 90 Werewolf (Wolfman/Wolfwoman) 85 90 Blue dragon 111 107 Elf 107 108 Fire giant 86 108 Hellhound 122 116 Bloodveld 76 120 Dagannoth 92 120 Bronze dragon 131 125 Pee Hat (Troll) 91 126 Kraka (Troll) 91 126 Stick (Troll) 91 141 Rock (Troll) 91 151 Rockslug 29   Monkey 3   Cockatrice 37   Infernal Mage 66   Jelly 78   Aberrant Specter 96   Kurask 106   Gargoyle 111   Nechryael 115   Abyssal Demon 124

Note: If you feel you can not defeat the higher level enemies, try using some of these alternatives:
Wolves - Ice Mountain Low Level Wolves
Kalphites - Kalphite Workers
Blue Dragons - Baby Blue Dragons
Red Dragons - Baby Red Dragons
Trolls - Lower Level Trolls
Birds - Chickens

Note: If you still find that your task if to hard for you then return to the slayer master in Burthope and he will give you a new easy task, then you can return back to your other slayer master for a task that would suit your combat level.