Lost Soul

“A pale wisp that never found its rest. Sorrowful more than vicious, but grief has teeth, and it'll drift at you all the same.”

Fighting it

• It swings back once every 3 of your combat inputs, whether your attack hit or not.
• A kill is worth about 2,400 Melee or Ranged XP, or 3,300 Magic XP, plus about 801 Hitpoints XP. XP is paid per point of damage and shared out by your stance (a stance that sends half to Defence pays it at Defence's rate of 8). A finishing blow that overshoots adds a little more; poison and Vengeance damage pay nothing; XP bonuses from gear and food add on top.
• Its hits roll from 0 to 10 (half its Strength, plus one). The prayer Spellguard blocks them completely.
• Soft or unarmoured: Melee and Ranged tear in; Magic only lands normally.

Slayer

• Assigned as a task by Vex.
• On task, each kill gives 1,200 Slayer XP (4× its hitpoints).

Drops

Every row rolls on its own, so one kill can drop several things. Drops go straight to your bank (a pet goes straight onto you). Gear and potions that raise your rare find chance don't change these odds.

Item	Amount	Chance per kill
Gold	40–120	Always
Rune Essence	10–24	50%
Air Rune	10–24	40%
Soul Ember	1–2	25%
Cosmic Rune	1–2	10%
Blackamber	1	10%
Cosmic Talisman	1	5%
Wizard Hat	1	5%
Wizard Skirt	1	5%
Fenreed	1–2	5%
Wizard Robe	1	4%
Sacred Oil	1	3%
Nature Talisman	1	2%

After a kill the next one appears 2.5 seconds later. Dying costs nothing but time: a 15-second wait before you can fight again. The Agility perks Hot Pursuit and Second Wind shorten both (see Combat).