Skeleton Mage
Skeleton Mage is a level 19 members monster found in Kandarin, with 700 life points. It is weak to arrows (bows). It is the top source of Iron dagger, Iron off hand dagger and Skeleton Champion's scroll.
“An undead worker of dark magic.”
Level 19MembersAttacks with magic
Updated . Stats and drops from the RuneScape Wiki's monster and drop data (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), checked 2026-10-09. Wiki page. Item sprites © Jagex.
Combat stats
- Combat level
- 19
- Life points
- 700
- Combat XP per kill
- 35
- Max hit
- 56
- Armour
- 245
- Attack style
- Magic
- Weakness
- Arrows
- Aggressive
- No
- Poisonous
- No
Slayer
- Slayer level
- None needed
- Slayer XP per kill
- 9.4
- Task
- Skeletons, Undead
- Assigned by
- Jacquelyn, Raptor, Vannaka, Laniakea
Where
Kandarin
Ironman notes
- Counts as a Slayer task from Jacquelyn, Raptor, Vannaka and Laniakea (task: skeletons and undead). Killing it on task earns Slayer XP and points.
- Weak to arrows (bows): bring that style for faster kills.
- A herb source: it drops 11 kinds of grimy herb, useful for Herblore without farming runs.
- Always drops Bones: Prayer XP as you go.
- It can also roll the shared rare drop table (gems, key halves and bulk supplies); luck items improve those odds.
Best for
Best drop rate anywhere
Of every monster that drops these, this one gives the most per kill.
- Iron dagger6/256
- Iron off hand dagger6/256
- Skeleton Champion's scroll1/5,000
Drops (28)
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
| Coins | 12 | 15/128 |
| Bones#2 rate | 1 | Always |
| Air rune | 12 | 2/128 |
| Bronze arrow | 5 | 4/128 |
| Chaos rune | 3 | 2/128 |
| Earth rune | 3 | 2/128 |
| Grimy guam | 1 | 1/24.4 |
| Fire rune | 2 | 2/128 |
| Iron arrow | 1 | 4/128 |
| Grimy marrentill | 1 | 1/32.5 |
| Iron daggerBest rate | 1 | 6/256 |
| Iron off hand daggerBest rate | 1 | 6/256 |
| Nature rune | 3 | 1/128 |
| Grimy tarromin | 1 | 1/43.3 |
| Grimy harralander | 1 | 1/55.7 |
| Fire talisman | 1 | 2/128 |
| Grimy ranarr | 1 | 1/70.9 |
| Grimy irit | 1 | 1/97.5 |
| Iron ore | 1 | 1/128 |
| Steel arrow | 1 | 1/128 |
| Wheat | 1 | 1/128 |
| Grimy avantoe | 1 | 1/130 |
| Bone fragments | 1 | 1/150 |
| Grimy kwuarm | 1 | 1/156 |
| Grimy cadantine | 1 | 1/195 |
| Grimy dwarf weed | 1 | 1/260.1 |
| Grimy lantadyme | 1 | 1/260.1 |
| Skeleton Champion's scrollBest rate | 1 | 1/5,000 |
Most common first. “Best rate” and “#2/#3 rate” compare expected drops per kill with every other monster that drops the item. Rare drop table items are not repeated here.