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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Combat]] skill that allows players to earn access to unique [[Shop#Slayer|equipment]] and [[Slayer areas|combat locations]]. Slayer experience can be earned by killing [[monsters]] in [[Slayer areas|Slayer Areas]] or through Slayer Tasks. Killing monsters assigned as a Slayer Task also provides [[File:Slayer_Coins.svg|25px|middle|link=Slayer Coins]] [[Slayer Coins]], which can be spent at the [[Shop#Slayer|Shop]] to purchase equipment that gives a boost to slayer experience rates or allows the player to access new [[Slayer areas|Slayer Areas]].

Slayer Tasks are randomly assigned in the combat page of the game, and are completed by killing the displayed [[Monsters|monster]]. [[Monsters]] killed for Slayer Tasks earn {{Icon|Slayer Coins}} and Slayer experience points equal to 10% of the slain monster's hitpoints.

A Slayer Task can be completed by killing the specified number of the assigned task monster, when complete a new task in that same tier will be automatically picked at no cost to the player. Optionally, the current task can be extended before it has been completed (increasing the number of monster kills required for task completion), or a new task of any tier can be chosen. Both extending a task and choosing a new task costs [[File:Slayer_Coins.svg|25px|middle|link=Slayer Coins]] [[Slayer Coins]], the costs for each are listed in the above task tier table.

The number of monsters assigned per task is a random number that generally increases as the task's tier and the player's {{Skill|Slayer}} level increase. Formulas used to determine both the minimum/maximum possible task size and the increase when extending a task are included within the [[#Slayer Task Mechanics|Slayer Task Mechanics]] section.

In addition to killing [[monsters]] for Slayer Tasks, Slayer experience can be earned by killing [[monsters]] found in [[Slayer areas|Slayer Areas]], at a rate equal to 5% of the slain [[monsters|monster's]] hitpoints. If the player's Slayer Task is for a [[monsters|monster]] from a [[Slayer areas|Slayer Area]], the experience rates will stack, giving 15% of the [[monsters|monster's]] total hitpoints as experience. Slayer experience gained can be increased further by equipping Slayer armour, which can be purchased from the [[Shop#Slayer|Shop]].

Auto Slayer is an unlock that can be purchsed from the [[Shop]] for {{SC|150000}}. Once unlocked, it adds a checkbox to the Slayer Task panel on the Combat screen labelled "Automatically fight new Slayer Task?" Once purchased, the option can be toggled off and on freely without needing to spend any additional Slayer Coins.

While this option is checked, after killing the final monster in a Slayer Task the player will automatically swap to fighting their next Slayer target. '''Only monsters in areas the player can currently access can be rolled while auto-slayer is enabled'''. For example, a player who does not have either a {{ItemIcon|Mirror Shield}} or a cape such as the {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} that bypasses slayer area requirements equipped would not be assigned {{MonsterIcon|Strange Eyed Monster}}s while auto slaying.

Players looking to take advantage of Auto Slayer should make sure they have gear equipped that will allow them to survive facing all of the monsters in a given category, even after [[Combat Triangle]] modifiers to Damage Reduction are taken into account.