PvME/Slayer/Dinosaurs
⚠️ Disclaimer
Some methods in this guide may not work after the combat changes made in Q1 of 2026.
Know of a newer method/rotation? Got a video? Share it in Suggestions (external Discord)!
Introduction
⬥ There are 4 types of dinosaurs (slayer monster), all of which are found on Anachronia:
• Feral dinosaurs feraldinosaur - 90 slayer
• Venomous dinosaurs venomousdinosaur - 105 slayer
• Brutish dinosaurs brutishdinosaur - 99 slayer
• Ripper dinosaurs ripperdinosaur - 114 slayer
⬥ Dinosaurs are only assigned by Laniakea laniakea and CANNOT be placed in the player owned dungeon.
⬥ All of them attack with melee
• This makes the best style to use against them magic, followed by melee
• range should not be used for any dinosaur tasks.
Desirable Drops
All dinosaurs have the same drop rates for uniques and Totem pieces. It is thus recommended to kill Venomous Dinosaurs venomousdinosaur if your slayer level is high enough as they have the highest KPH.
⬥ Dinosaur tooth - 1/800
• Needed for T3 Slayer Lodge for Slayer Helmet slayerhelm stand
⬥ Blowpipe pieces upgradedboneblowpipe - 1/6,000 on-task, 1/20,000 off-task
⬥ Totem of auras middle vitalitytotem - 1/300
⬥ Totem of Summoning middle summtotem - 1/300
⬥ Totem of intimidation base intimidationtotem - 1/300
⬥ Dinosaur rib bone - 1/1,000
• Needed for T3 Player Lodge for Skillcape stand
During the Roar of Osseous, blowpipe and totem pieces have a 10% increase in drop rate.
Useful Items
Venomous Dinosaurs
Venomous dinosaurs are the go-to for dinosaur tasks as they have the highest kills per hour of any dinosaur.
Stats
⬥ combat XP per kill : 1378 + 454.7 Constitution
⬥ slayer XP per kill : 1332
⬥ Optimal kills per hour: 480
⬥ Optimal slayer XP per hour : ~640k
Location and How to Get There
⬥ Venomous Dinosaurs are located on the northwestern part of Anachronia, easily accessed by using nwanachronia and heading east.
⬥ Place the cannon cannon on the yellow square and stand on the green square shown in the image below. This effectively aggros 5 dinosaurs. This works for all three methods.
• If a dinosaur is getting stuck on the bone to the south while using Melee melee, stand 1 tile east.
Method: Active and AFK Melee
⬥ Pray DeflectMelee and turmoil / malevolence
⬥ Sustain prayer with powderofpenance / penanceaspect
⬥ enhdev4 may be used to prevent excess damage.
⬥ The Corbicula Rex corbicula perk from Ranch out of Time can increase KPH.
Presets and Relics
⬥ Melee preset melee Guide illustration
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Method: AFK Magic
Thanks to the Venomous Dinosaurs' higher affinity to Magic (and susceptibility to inquisitorstaff) and damage reduction provided by animatedead and Cryptbloom Armour cryptbloomtop, magic can achieve a similar or slightly higher KPH than melee at ~480 KPH, while being both very safe and AFK.
Presets and Relics
⬥ Magic preset magic Guide illustration
Note: Prism of Restoration prismofrestoration should be cast at least every 5min to keep reaverpouch alive.
Note: This preset assumes the player has their slayerhelm in the Anachronia Stand.
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Guide illustration • Note: if magmatempest and/or gchain are not owned, simply ignore them and move the remaining abilities closer to the left. gsunshine is by no means a requirement, but can slightly improve KPH.
Method: AFK Necromancy
Thanks to Necromancies sustain with conjureghost and bloodsiphon, as well as its strong aoe damage potential with soulstrike and spectralscythe, it can effectively AFK Venomous Dinosaurs. Around 450-470kph can be achieved on task with this method while being safe and AFK with low input costs.
⬥ Pray DeflectMelee and sorrow / ruination
⬥ Sustain prayer with powderofpenance / penanceaspect
⬥ Upkeep elderovl, aggressionpotion, superprayerrenewal and weppoison at all times.
⬥ Use cannon to help aggroing the dinosaurs.
Presets and Relics
⬥ Necromancy preset necromancy Guide illustration
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Video Example
Other dinosaurs
It is only recommended to kill other dinosaurs if you do not have the level for Venomous dinosaurs or if collecting their souls in ushabti. Bars for all these dinosaurs might be sub-optimal, if you find a better bar please make a post in Suggestions (external Discord).
Rates
⬥ Feral Dinosaur feraldinosaur ~300kph
⬥ Brutish Dinosaur brutishdinosaur ~200kph
⬥ Ripper Dinosaur ripperdinosaur ~200kph
Location and How to Get There
⬥ brutishdinosaur are located east of venomousdinosaur, following the northern path at the fork in the road.
• feraldinosaur are in the same area, but found by following the south path.
⬥ For ripperdinosaur, teleport to laniakea using the slayercape and walk north.
Method: Melee AFK - Feral and Brutish
This method is viable for both feraldinosaur and brutishdinosaur, but not ripperdinosaur
⬥ Pray DeflectMelee and turmoil / Malevolence
⬥ Upkeep elderovl and weppoison at all times.
⬥ Bring some emergency food or reaverscroll for healing if having issues with HP.
⬥ Ensure vampscrim is active.
⬥ Ensure autoretaliate is active.
⬥ Use cannon for aggro.
Presets and Relics
Where to Stand
Player position (yellow) and cannon position (red) for Feral and Brutish dinosaurs respectively.
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⬥ Feral dinosaurs feraldinosaur - Remove zerk and Tuskas if off-task.
⬥ Brutish dinosaurs brutishdinosaur - Remove Tuskas if off-task.
Method: AFK Magic - Ripper
Ripper dinosaurs ripperdinosaur are highly damaging and generally not worth doing unless getting a soul ushabti. They can only be reliably AFK'd with multiple pieces of Cryptbloom cryptbloomhelm and with Vampyrism aura vampaura. The method below may not work if cutting corners such as not having omnipowerigneous
⬥ Pray DeflectMelee and torment / Affliction
⬥ Ensure animatedead is active at all times.
⬥ Ensure elderovl and weppoison is active.
⬥ Ensure autoretaliate is active before stocking the cannon
Presets and Relics
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Where to Stand
Place the cannon on the tile as shown below and stand close to it (specific tile not important).
Video Examples
Method: AFK Necromancy - Ripper
⬥ Pray DeflectMelee and sorrow or ruination
⬥ Upkeep elderovl, superprayerrenewal and weppoison at all times.
⬥ Use cannon to help aggroing the dinosaurs.
Presets and Relics
⬥ Necromancy preset necromancy
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Video Example
Attribution and source history
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