Signature drop: Off-hand steel knife

Skeleton thug

Skeleton thug is a level 85 members monster found in Kandarin, with 3,050 life points. It is weak to earth spells. It is the top source of Off-hand steel knife, Steel knife and Mithril grapple.

“Floats like an anvil, hits like a hammer.”

Level 85MembersAttacks with melee

Updated 9 October 2026. 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: 85
Life points: 3,050
Combat XP per kill: 152.5
Max hit: 244
Armour: 1,164
Attack style: Melee
Weakness: Earth
Aggressive: No
Poisonous: No

Slayer

Slayer level: None needed
Slayer XP per kill: 73.6
Task: Skeletons
Assigned by: Jacquelyn, Raptor, Vannaka

Where

Kandarin

Ironman notes

Counts as a Slayer task from Jacquelyn, Raptor and Vannaka (task: skeletons). Killing it on task earns Slayer XP and points.
Weak to earth spells: 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.

Drops (44)

Item	Quantity	Rarity
Coins	142	10/123
Bones#2 rate	1	Always
Steel arrow	20	3/123
Yew wood spirit	4–5	12/123
Death rune	5	5/123
Coal stone spirit	3	5/123
Off-hand steel knifeBest rate	10	3/246
Silver bolts#3 rate	5	3/123
Silver stone spirit	3	5/123
Steel knifeBest rate	10	3/246
Medium plated iron salvageBest rate	1	13/123
Adamant arrow	5	2/123
Blood rune	3	3/123
Gold stone spirit	1	7/123
Small bladed steel salvage	1	7/123
Mithril grappleBest rate	2	3/123
Off-hand steel dart	10	1/246
Steel dart	10	1/246
Strength mix (2)Best rate	1	5/123
Tiny spiky steel salvage	1	5/123
Ancient pageBest rate	1	1/32
Maple shortbow	1	3/123
Adamantite stone spirit	1	2/123
Sapphire ring	1	2/123
Tiny blunt steel salvage#3 rate	1	2/123
Grimy guam	1	1/98.4
Battlestaff	1	1/123
Medium bladed adamant salvage	1	1/123
Medium bladed rune salvage	1	1/123
Medium plated steel salvage	1	1/123
Small plated mithril salvage	1	1/123
Small plated steel salvage	1	1/123
Tiny plated mithril salvage#3 rate	1	1/123
Sealed clue scroll (medium)	1	1/128
Grimy marrentill	1	1/131.2
Grimy tarromin	1	1/174.9
Grimy harralander	1	1/224.9
Grimy ranarr	1	1/286.3
Grimy irit	1	1/393.6
Grimy avantoe	1	1/524.8
Grimy kwuarm	1	1/629.8
Grimy cadantine	1	1/787.2
Grimy dwarf weed	1	1/1,049.6
Grimy lantadyme	1	1/1,049.6

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.