PvME/Slayer/Spiritual Warriors
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Some methods in this guide may not work after the combat changes made in Q1 of 2026
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Introduction
Spiritual warriors have four different variants, each resembling their respective god within the God Wars Dungeon. They're mostly similar, except that Armadylean spiritual warriors can't be attacked with melee melee
⬥ This guide will focus on killing spiritual warriors in the Sunken Pyramid, as this location yields the highest kills per hour
• Other methods of killing spiritual warriors, such as in the God Wars Dungeon will not be discussed
⬥ They can be assigned as a slayer assignment slayer by Jacquelyn, The Raptor, Vannaka, Sumona, and Laniakea
• They count as spiritual warriors, ghosts, and undead slayer tasks
⬩ Armadylean spiritual warriors also count as aviansie slayer tasks
Stats
⬥ slayer level: 68
• level 99 Slayer slayer is required to access the Sunken Pyramid
⬥ slayer XP per kill: 231
⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~1170 magic, ~1000 melee (All AFK)
⬥ Optimal slayer XP per hour: ~270k magic, ~231k melee (All AFK)
Desirable Drops
⬥ Spiritual warriors have a valuable loot table containing: coins goldacc, salvage springcleaner, super sets notepaper, and a variety of herb drops herbbag
⬥ Sealed clue scroll (hard) hardclue
⬥ Warpriest armour armadylcomp bandoscomp saradomincomp zamorakcomp
• They will drop warpriest armour for their respective faction, so they are a good source of god components
Useful Items and Unlocks
Location and How to Get there
The best place to kill spiritual warriors is in the Sunken Pyramid due to how spread out they are in other locations. You can teleport there with a teleport to house tablet, or with a Slayer Codex slayercodex
• Spiritual warriors will only spawn as the version you captured
Method: Magic and Melee
⬥ Spiritual warriors can be AFK'd for extended periods with minimal inputs required
• It is possible to AFK them with only one input every 10 minutes
⬥ Sacrifice sacrifice is used to help sustain your life points
⬥ They're aggressive to you if you're not wearing any armour for their respective faction; however, using aggression potions aggressionpotion will net you a higher kph and requires less inputs
⬥ If you're using melee melee you can't have Armadylean spiritual warriors
Where to stand
⬥ With your camera facing north, center yourself between the northern statue and the two green pots to the east
Presets
⬥ Magic (Best in Slot) magic Guide illustration
⬥ The alternative Magic preset can be used for accounts with minimal unlocks
⬥ If using inquisitorstaff, Air Wave will do the same damage as Air Surge, but use less runes
⬥ Precise 6 Caroming 1 p6 caroming1 + Eruptive 4 Ruthless 3 er4 ruthless3 are the best weapon perks if only doing this method
Action Bars
Note: You can place tuskas further up if on task.
⬥ Magic (Best in Slot)
Guide illustration ⬥ Magic (Alternative)
Guide illustration ⬥ Melee
Guide illustration • If Chaos Roar chaosroar isn't unlocked, shift the rest of the abilities forward
Video Examples
Attribution and source history
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