If You Disassemble a Slayer Helmet Do You Get the Head Back

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Slayer helmet

Release	5 June 2008 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions ^[?]
Backpack	Wear, Disassemble
In bank	Disassemble
Values
Value	650 coins
High alch	390 coins
Low alch	260 coins
On death	Reclaimable Reclaim: 97 Sacrifice: 388
Weight	2.267 kg
Examine
You don't want to wear it inside-out.
Advanced data
Item ID	13263
Links	MRID • recipe
Calcval parsed	306674
Calcval smw	{{GETotal\|Spiny helmet\|Face mask\|Earmuffs\|Nose peg\|Black mask}}
FAQ • doc

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Slayer helmet chathead.png

The slayer helmet is a single item worn in the head slot that combines multiple pieces of protective and beneficial Slayer gear. It may be assembled after a player spends 400 Slayer points to learn how to craft one. In addition, it requires level 55 Crafting and level 35 Slayer, which is also needed to complete the pre-requisite quest Smoking Kills. When worn, the helmet provides the special effects of all of the Slayer equipment that it was made from. Masked earmuffs will not work when crafting the Slayer helmet; they must first be disassembled (not in the sense of the Invention ability, but simply separated into its original parts).

The Slayer helmet can be upgraded to the full slayer helmet by combining it with a hexcrest and a focus sight. These improve the damage and accuracy for Ranged and Magic attacks by 12.5% during Slayer tasks, just as the black mask boosts Melee as part of the base Slayer helmet. Hexcrests are dropped by jungle strykewyrms (73 Slayer required) and focus sights are dropped by desert strykewyrms (77 Slayer required).

Combat stats [edit | edit source]

Class		Slot
Requirements
10
Melee
Tier		Type
10		Tank armour
Weapons	Main		Off
Damage	-		-
Accuracy	-		-
Style	-
Range	-
Attributes				Damage reduction
Armour			40.4	PvM: 0.2%		PvP: 0.375%
Life points			0	Style bonuses
Prayer			0	0.0	0.0		0.0
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Effects [edit | edit source]

The slayer helmet combines the effects of several pieces of head slot Slayer equipment, all of which are required to create it:

Like a black mask, it provides a 12.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee against the player's current Slayer assignment. The boost does NOT work on Shattered Worlds' mobs.
Like a spiny helmet, it protects players from wall beasts when traversing the Lumbridge Swamp Caves.
Like earmuffs, it deafens the screams of banshees.
Like a face mask, it protects players from the dust in the Smoke Dungeon and from stat-draining attacks by dust devils.
Like a nose peg, it blocks stat-draining attacks by aberrant spectres.
Every 20 souls added to the Slayer Codex add a 1% boost to Slayer experience gained while wearing the helmet, up to 5% for adding 100 souls.

The helmet retains the abilities of all the items used to make it. It still gives the effect that the black mask does, but with better defence and bonuses, making it one of the best helms for Slayer assignments. If the black mask still has charges, they must first be expended.

With the addition of Anachronia, a slayer helmet can be placed on the Slayer helmet stand of a Tier 3 Slayer Lodge. This allows the player to have the effects of the slayer helmet at all times, without needing to wear it.

Damage analysis [edit | edit source]

The damage boost from any type of slayer helmet applies only to the variable portion (the damage between the ability's minimum and maximum hit) of damage. Typically, abilities have ability damage ranges from 20% to 100%, and in these cases the slayer helmet will not apply to first 20% of ability damage, but will modify the additional damage over that. With the exception of auto attacks, this means that slayer helmets will always provide a total lower damage increase than displayed.

Slayer helmets do not work on damage over time abilities.

For each ability, the actual damage increase is listed below:

Skill	Ability			Slayer helmet type
	Name	Min hit	Max hit	Black mask Slayer helmet	Focus sight	Hexcrest	Full slayer helmet	Reinforced slayer helmet	Strong slayer helmet	Mighty slayer helmet	Corrupted slayer helmet
	Name	Min hit	Max hit	12.5%				13.0%	13.5%	14.0%	14.5%
Auto-attacks and standard abilities
	Auto-attacks (in respective combat style)	0%	100%	12.5%				13.0%	13.5%	14.0%	14.5%
	Standard abilities (in respective combat style)	20%	100%	8.3%				8.7%	9.0%	9.3%	9.7%
Attack
	Slice	30%	120%	7.5%	N/A	N/A	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%	8.4%	8.7%
	Slice (Stun)	80%	146%	3.7%	N/A	N/A	3.7%	3.8%	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%
	Overpower	200%	400%	4.2%	N/A	N/A	4.2%	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%	4.8%
Strength
	Hurricane	84%	161%	3.9%	N/A	N/A	3.9%	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
	Hurricane (Adjacent)	66%	219%	6.7%	N/A	N/A	6.7%	7.0%	7.2%	7.5%	7.8%
	Meteor Strike	250%	350%	2.1%	N/A	N/A	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.4%
	Pulverise	250%	350%	2.1%	N/A	N/A	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%	2.4%
	Frenzy (Hit #1)	80%	180%	4.8%	N/A	N/A	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%	5.6%
	Frenzy (Hit #2)	90%	200%	4.7%	N/A	N/A	4.7%	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%	5.5%
	Frenzy (Hit #3)	100%	220%	4.7%	N/A	N/A	4.7%	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%
	Frenzy (Hit #4)	110%	240%	4.6%	N/A	N/A	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.4%
Ranged
	Snap Shot (Hit #1)	100%	120%	N/A	1.1%	N/A	1.1%	1.2%	1.2%	1.3%	1.3%
	Snap Shot (Hit #2)	100%	210%	N/A	4.4%	N/A	4.4%	4.6%	4.8%	5.0%	5.1%
	Snipe	125%	219%	N/A	3.4%	N/A	3.4%	3.6%	3.7%	3.8%	4.0%
Magic
	Omnipower	200%	400%	N/A	N/A	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%	4.8%
	Detonate	100%	350%	N/A	N/A	6.9%	6.9%	7.2%	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%
	Tsunami	200%	300%	N/A	N/A	2.5%	2.5%	2.6%	2.7%	2.8%	2.9%
Constitution
Constitution	Tuska's Wrath	30%	110%	7.1%				7.4%	7.7%	8.0%	8.3%

Creation [edit | edit source]

Unlocking the helmet [edit | edit source]

If a player were to use only one slayer master, the minimum number of tasks needed to be completed to earn the points required is as follows (this includes the 4 no-point tasks, and excludes any special task):

Master	Before Smoking Kills	After Smoking Kills
Mazchna/Achtryn	254	132
Vannaka	132	70
Chaeldar	50	32
Sumona	50	30
Duradel/Lapalok	44	23
Kuradal	37	20
Morvran	32	20
Laniakea	30	19

One way to decrease the time it takes to get 400 points is by doing 9 low-level tasks, and on the 10th completing a harder slayer master's task.

After unlocking the ability to make the helmet, a message appears in the chat window stating: The secret is yours. You can now combine a black mask, face mask, spiny helm, nosepeg and earmuffs into one useful item.

Crafting the helmet [edit | edit source]

Slayer helmet
	-
0 XP	-	1 (0.6s)		-
Requirements
Crafting level				55
Completion of Smoking Kills
Unlocked ability to create from a Slayer Master for 400 Slayer points
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Spiny helmet	1	1,291	1,291
	Face mask	1	865	865
	Earmuffs	1	856	856
	Nose peg	1	1,170	1,170
	Black mask	1	302,492	302,492
Total price				306,674

All of the aforementioned items are required to craft the helmet, as well as a Crafting level of 55. Boosts can be used to combine the parts, but the Assist System cannot.

For a player to construct the helmet, they must use one item on another if all the necessary items are in the player's inventory. The quest Smoking Kills is required to make the Slayer helmet, and therefore must be completed before the Slayer helmet can be crafted, and worn. After being made, the Slayer helmet may be disassembled (taken apart) and reassembled at any time.

Note that the helmet cannot be made with a black mask that still contains any charges. Use the "remove-charges" option on the black mask if necessary before assembling the Slayer helmet.

To obtain the black mask in Ironman Mode, players must either kill sea horrors in the Shadow Reef, or they must have 58 Slayer and need to have completed Cabin Fever to obtain it from cave horrors or unspeakable horrors on Mos Le'Harmless.

Upgrades [edit | edit source]

Slayer helmet upgrade progression
Name	Tier	Defence level	Initial upgrade cost	Initial financial cost	Re-upgrade cost	Notes
Slayer helmet	10	10	Spiny helmet + Face mask + Earmuffs + Nose peg + Black mask + 400 Slayer points	306,674	N/A	The slayer helmet is a single item worn in the head slot that combines multiple pieces of protective and beneficial Slayer gear.
Full slayer helmet	20	20	Hexcrest + Focus sight + Slayer helmet	144,946	N/A	Improves the damage and accuracy for Ranged and Magic attacks by 12.5% during Slayer tasks, just as the black mask boosts Melee as part of the base Slayer helmet.
Reinforced slayer helmet	30	30	100 Slayer points + Full slayer helmet	N/A	10 Slayer points + Full slayer helmet	It provides a 13% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Strong slayer helmet	50	50	400 Slayer points + Reinforced slayer helmet	N/A	40 Slayer points + Reinforced slayer helmet	It provides a 13.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Mighty slayer helmet	70	70	600 Slayer points + Strong slayer helmet	N/A	60 Slayer points + Strong slayer helmet	It provides a 14% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment.
Corrupted slayer helmet	85	70	1000 Slayer points + Mighty slayer helmet + Corrupted gem	86,468	100 Slayer points + Mighty slayer helmet + Corrupted gem	It provides a 14.5% boost in damage and accuracy on Melee, Ranged, and Magic attacks against the player's current Slayer assignment. Gives codex access while worn and increased ushabti capture chance when on-task or at 120 slayer.

Miscellaneous slayer helmet upgrades
Name	Tier	Upgrade cost	Notes
Recoloured slayer helmets	Full slayer helmet + Full slayer helmet (red) + Full slayer helmet (blue) + Full slayer helmet (green) + Full slayer helmet (yellow)	4000 Loyalty points	Once purchased, its permanently unlocked and the player can swap between uncoloured, red, blue, green, or yellow. This is purely cosmetic and applicable to all versions of the Full slayer helmet and above.
Learn how to fuse rings to full Slayer helmets	All full slayer helmet variant	500 Slayer points	Level 60 Crafting and Smoking Kills is required for this. Once purchased, this ability can add up to five fully charged rings of slaying (40 teleports) and up to six fully charged ferocious rings (30 teleports) to any full slayer helmet variant to gain access to their teleports.
Slayer helmet stand	All versions of the slayer helmet	Tier 3 Slayer Lodge	Grants slayer helmet bonuses across Runescape without needing to wear it when a helmet is placed on the stand.

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Disassembly [edit | edit source]

Slayer helmet

Disassembly category

Hybrid armour

Disassembly XP

6.0

Item quantity required

Material count

Base junk chance

?78.0%

Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched.
See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information.

Reduction		Junk chance
None	1	78.0%
1	34	77.3
2	49	75.7
3	64	74.1
4	69	72.6
5	78	71.0
6	83	68.7
7	91	67.1
8	95	64.8
9	105	62.4

Common materials

Cover parts

45/99

Deflecting parts

45/99

Rare materials

Powerful components

3/99

Evasive components

3/99

Protective components

3/99

Gallery [edit | edit source]

Concept art of the slayer helmet

Graphical updates [edit | edit source]

Update history [edit | edit source]

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

patch 13 January 2020 (Update):
- Equipping Slayer helmet from the bank now has wear in the options.

patch 4 November 2019 (Update):
- Original slayer helmet now correctly give any accuracy bonus to melee.

patch 14 October 2019 (Update):
- Fixed an issue causing the Slayer helmet stand to not work as a helmet slot.

ninja 28 August 2018 (Update):
- Players with non usable 'enchanted slayer helmet' will now be able to convert the item to regular slayer helmet.

patch 26 June 2017 (Update):
- Slayer helmets now correctly equip from the Bank menu.

patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
- The Rellekka Slayer Caves teleport option that is displayed when the ring of slaying or the slayer helm are activated has been renamed to "Fremennik Slayer Dungeon" to remain consistent with the name of the dungeon elsewhere.

patch 13 October 2014 (Update):
- It is no longer possible to teleport to Morvran using the slayer helm teleport function without first unlocking the ability to do so.

ninja 6 October 2014 (Update):
- A fused slayer helmet will now tell the player how many charges remain after teleporting.

ninja 23 June 2014 (Update):
- Players will now be asked how many items they would like to recharge with a slayer helmet.
- Fused slayer helmets now benefit from the ferocious ring damage boost.

ninja 10 March 2014 (Update):
- Upgrading Slayer helmets now costs significantly less if the player has upgraded a helmet before.

patch 17 February 2014 (Update):
- Reinforced, strong and mighty slayer helmets now return summoning scrolls correctly after being infused.

patch 4 February 2014 (Update):
- Tiered slayer helmets now show the correct colour on chatheads.

patch 13 January 2014 (Update):
- Summoning scrolls stored in re-coloured and enchanted Slayer helms now automatically trigger familiars' special moves.

patch 2 October 2013 (Update):
- An issue with Slayer Helmets converting bacon scrolls to bones has been fixed.

patch 28 November 2012 (Update):
- We've brought all the slayer helm variants up to the stats that they should be, regardless of their colour.

patch 11 April 2012 (Update):
- Pikkupstix no longer tries to wipe paint off of unpainted Slayer helmets when trying to enchant them.

update 5 June 2008 (Update):
- Added to game.

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RS3 Melee headgear

Tank

Med helms	Bronze Iron ⁽⁺¹⁾ Steel ⁽⁺¹⁾ Black White Mithril ^{(+1 • +2)} Adamant ^{(+1 • +2)} Rune ^{(+1 • +2 • +3)}
Full helms	Bronze Iron ⁽⁺¹⁾ Steel ⁽⁺¹⁾ Black White ^{(Initiate • Proselyte)} Mithril ^{(+1 • +2)} Adamant ^{(+1 • +2)} Rune ^{(+1 • +2 • +3)} Orikalkum ^{(+1 • +2 • +3)} Necronium ^{(+1 • +2 • +3 • +4)} Bane ^{(+1 • +2 • +3 • +4)} Elder rune ^{(+1 • +2 • +3 • +4 • +5)}
Other	Khazard Academy Tyras Dragith Nurn mask Spiny Black mask Slayer Fremennik Warrior Dwarven Granite Neitiznot Second-Age Tetsu ^(Superior) Teralith ^(Achto)

Power

Elite black
Berserker
Rock-shell ^(Superior)
Dragon ^(Corrupt
Dragon full
Bandos ^(Lucky)
Statius's ^{(Corrupt • Superior)}
Anima Core of Zaros ^(Refined)
Torva
Malevolent
Masterwork
Trimmed masterwork
Custom-fit trimmed masterwork
Custom-fit trimmed spiked masterwork

Barrows

Dharok's
Guthan's
Torag's
Verac's
Linza's

Minigame

Zamorak halo
Ram skull ^(Enchanted)
Sacred clay
Fighter ^(Hardened)
Void knight ^(Superior)
Obsidian warrior

Promotional

Starfire
Starfury

Trimmed

Black
Adamant
Rune

Gold trimmed

Black
Adamant
Rune

Black heraldic

Adamant heraldic

Rune heraldic

Rune god

Ancient
Armadyl
Bandos
Guthix
Saradomin
Zamorak

Dragon

Lucky
Spiked
Ornamental
Dragonbone

Dyed

Barrows
Blood
Ice
Shadow
Third Age

Other

Spiked
Bandos mitre
Gilded
Third age

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RS3 Slayer equipment

Slayer Equipment shop

Equipment	Broad arrow Earmuffs Face mask Insulated boots Leaf-bladed spear Nose peg Mirror shield Slayer gloves Slayer's staff Spiked gauntlets Spiny helmet Unlit bug lantern ^(Lit) Witchwood icon
Items	Bag of salt ^(Shaker) Enchanted gem ^(Pack) Fishing explosive ^(Shaker) Fungicide spray ^(Shaker) Fungicide Rock hammer Ice cooler ^(Shaker) Slayer bell Broad arrowheads Unfinished broad bolts
Slayer points	Ring of slaying ^(Compacted) Broad-tipped bolts Ushabti ^(Cursed) Slayer helmet Full slayer helmet Reinforced slayer helmet Strong slayer helmet Mighty slayer helmet Corrupted slayer helmet

Others

Quest related	Masked earmuffs Super fishing explosive ^(Shaker) Crystal chime
Monster drops	Black mask Leaf-bladed sword ^(Off-hand) Staff of light ^{(Blue • Green • Red • Yellow)} Abyssal wand Abyssal orb Hexcrest Focus sight Whip vine ^{(Abyssal vine whip)}
Other	Dragon slayer gloves Headhunter's thrill Headhunter's sacrifice Spiked helmet Slayer Dart Corrupted gem