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{{tocleft}}[[Image:Lizardman_Slayer.png|frame|An Example of a Creature Specific Slayer]]
The '''Slayer''' property is found on certain melee weapons, [[instrument]]s, [[talisman]]s, and [[spellbook]]s. This property will do the following when used in an offensive manner:
*double damage to the monsters/group they are meant for;
*cause most spells to do double damage to the monsters they are meant for;
*slayer instruments will increase your success chance by 20% when used on the creatures it is meant for;
*slayer instruments will decrease your success chance by 20% when used on the creatures from its opposing group; and
*successful use of a slayer weapon, spellbook, or musical instrument will yield a little white flash on the monster.

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The Slayer property can be found as a rare drop in monster loot or [[Crafting|crafted]] by a character when using [[Runic Tools]]. Slayer instruments can '''only''' be found on monster loot. A slayer [[spellbook]] however can only be crafted by [[Inscription|scribes]] using a scribe pen, and not necessarily a runic.

Player crafted spellbooks have a chance to have slayer properties, all slayer groups are included. You must have the spellbook equipped to receive the double damage bonus from most direct damage spells (except [[Mind Blast]] and [[Harm]]). 

There are two types of slayers, Super Slayers and Lesser Slayers. Super Slayers are effective against a large group of different, but racially or elementally similar, creatures. The Super Slayer comes in two forms: [[Talisman]]-based and instrument/[[spellbook]]/weapon-based. 

Talisman Slayers do not affect spells. The [[Damage Increase]] from both talisman-based and instrument/spellbook/weapon-based forms is cumulative, or stacks, subject to the 300% cap.

* The following Super Slayers primarily are found on Talisman: [[Bat Slayer|Bat]], [[Bear Slayer|Bear]], [[Beetle Slayer|Beetle]], [[Bird Slayer|Bird]], [[Bovine Slayer|Bovine]], [[Flame Slayer|Flame]], [[Ice Slayer|Ice]], [[Mage Slayer|Mage]], [[Vermin Slayer|Vermin]], & [[Wolf Slayer|Wolf]].
* The following Super Slayers primarily are found on musical instruments, weapons, and spellbooks: [[Abyss Slayer|Abyss]], [[Arachnid Slayer|Arachnid]], [[Elemental Slayer|Elemental]], [[Fey Slayer|Fey]], [[Repond Slayer|Repond]], [[Reptilian Slayer|Reptile]], and [[Undead Slayer|Undead Slayer]].

==Slayer Opposites==
In a mechanic of the game that was long thought dormant but not, each slayer type has an "opposite." Wielding a slayer type against its opposite will cause the attacker to take more damage then he or she would otherwise.  For example, using an Undead Slayer against a reptile will cause the attacker to take additional damage from the reptile. The same applies to using an Ophidian Slayer against a Terathan.  (This limits the usefulness in combat of the [[Berserker's Bardiche]], an [[artifact]] found during the [[Ophidian War]] event cycle.)

==History==
* Initially, the Slayer property was called Virtue Weapons, applied only to melee weapons, and operated in a far different manner than currently.
* [[Publish_16_-_Barding_Changes|Publish 16]] (July 12-22, 2002) saw the introduction of Slayer Musical Instruments. They they worked the same way as Slayer melee weapons. However, they increased the chance of a successful use of the Barding skill that was mentioned in the tool tip, instead of doing double damage to the creatures for they were meant.
* The [[Ultima Online: Age of Shadows]] (February 2003) expansion changed the way Slayer weapons work, to the current manner.
* The Slayer [[Spellbook]]s were released with [[Publish 31]] (March 17, 2005) as part of an attempt to make mages more balanced in [[PvE]].

==Super & Lesser Slayers==
Super Slayers apply to whole groups of creatures. The Lesser Slayers are creature specific. They will say the name of the creature then slayer. For example: "Lizardman Slayer."

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! rowspan="4" style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Repond Slayer''
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|[[Cyclopean Warrior]]<br>[[Ettin]]<br>[[Evil Mage]]<br>[[Evil Mage Lord]]<br>[[Meer Captain]]<br>[[Meer Eternal]]<br>[[Meer Mage]]<br>[[Meer Warrior]]<br>[[Ratman]]<br>[[Ratman Archer]]<br>[[Ratman Mage]]<br>[[Savage Rider]]<br>[[Savage Shaman]]<br>[[Savage Warrior (Female)]]<br>[[Savage Warrior (Male)]]<br>[[Titan]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Orc Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Orc]]<br>[[Orc Bomber]]<br>[[Orc Brute]]<br>[[Orc Captain]]<br>[[Orc Chopper]]<br>[[Orc Scout]]<br>[[Orc Lord]]<br>[[Orc Mage]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Ogre Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Arctic Ogre Lord]]<br>[[Ogre]]<br>[[Ogre Lord]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Troll Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Frost Troll]]<br>[[Troll ]] 
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#9F3215; border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" |<h3  align="center"><font  color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial">Undead Slayer Chart</font></h3>
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! style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Undead Slayer''
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|[[Ancient Lich]]<br>[[Bone Knight]]<br>[[Bone Magi]]<br>[[Dark Guardian]]<br>[[Darknight Creeper]]<br>[[Flesh Golem]]<br>[[Ghoul]]<br>[[Gore Fiend]]<br>[[Hellsteed]]<br>[[Lady of the Snow]]<br>[[Lich]]<br>[[Lich Lord]]<br>[[Mummy]]<br>[[Revenant]]<br>[[Revenant Lion]]<br>[[Rotting Corpse]]<br>[[Shade]]<br>[[Shadow Knight]]<br>[[Sir Patrick]]<br>[[Skeletal Knight]]<br>[[Skeletal Mage]]<br>[[Skeletal Steed]]<br>[[Skeleton]]<br>[[Spectre]]<br>[[Wraith]]<br>[[Zombie]]
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#9F3215; border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" |<h3  align="center"><font  color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial">Elemental Slayer Chart</font></h3>
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! rowspan="8" style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Elemental Slayer''
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|[[Acid Elemental]]<br>[[Crystal Elemental]]<br>[[Efreet]]<br>[[Kaze Kemono]]<br>[[Rai-Ju]]<br>[[Sand Vortex]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Air Elemental Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Air Elemental]]<br>[[Summon Air Elemental|Air Elemental (Summoned)]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Blood Elemental Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Blood Elemental]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Earth Elemental Slayer 
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Agapite Elemental]]<br>[[Bronze Elemental]]<br>[[Copper Elemental]]<br>[[Dull Copper Elemental]]<br>[[Earth Elemental]]<br>[[Summon Earth Elemental|Earth Elemental (Summoned)]]<br>[[Golden Elemental]]<br>[[Shadow Iron Elemental]]<br>[[Valorite Elemental]]<br>[[Verite Elemental]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Fire Elemental Slayer 
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Fire Elemental]]<br>[[Summon Fire Elemental|Fire Elemental (Summoned)]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Poison Elemental Slayer 
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Poison Elemental]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Snow Elemental Slayer 
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Ice Elemental]]<br>[[Snow Elemental]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Water Elemental Slayer 
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Water Elemental]]<br>[[Summon Water Elemental|Water Elemental (Summoned)]]
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! rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Demon Slayer''
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|[[Abyssmal Horror]]<br>[[Arcane Daemon]]<br>[[Balron]]<br>[[Bone Daemon]]<br>[[Chaos Daemon]]<br>[[Daemon]]<br>[[Summon Daemon|Daemon (Summoned)]]<br>[[Dark Father]]<br>[[Devourer of Souls]]<br>[[Fan Dancer]]<br>[[Gibberling]]<br>[[Horde Minion]]<br>[[Ice Fiend]]<br>[[Imp]]<br>[[Impaler]]<br>[[Moloch]]<br>[[Oni]]<br>[[Ravager]]<br>[[Semidar]]<br>[[Succubus]]<br>[[Tsuki Wolf]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Gargoyle Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Enslaved Gargoyle]]<br>[[Fire Gargoyle]]<br>[[Gargoyle]]<br>[[Gargoyle Destroyer]]<br>[[Gargoyle Enforcer]]<br>[[Stone Gargoyle]]
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#9F3215; border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" |<h3  align="center"><font  color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial">Arachnid Slayer Chart</font></h3>
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! rowspan="4" style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Arachnid Slayer''
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Scorpion Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Miasma]]<br>[[Scorpion]]<br>[[Speckled Scorpion]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Spider Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Dread Spider]]<br>[[Frost Spider]]<br>[[Giant Black Widow]]<br>[[Giant Spider]]<br>[[Lady Lissith]]<br>[[Lady Sabrix]]<br>[[Mephitis]]<br>[[Silk]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Terathan Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Terathan Avenger]]<br>[[Terathan Drone]]<br>[[Terathan Matriarch]]<br>[[Terathan Warrior]] 
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! style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Fey Slayer''
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|[[Corporeal Brume]]<br>[[Dread Horn]]<br>[[Dryad]]<br>[[Enslaved Satyr]]<br>[[Ethereal Warrior]]<br>[[Fetid Essence]]<br>[[Insane Dryad]]<br>[[Ki-Rin]]<br>[[Lady Melisande]]<br>[[Lord Oaks]]<br>[[Mantra Effervescence]]<br>[[Pixie]]<br>[[Satyr]]<br>[[Shimmering Effusion]]<br>[[Silvani]]<br>[[Treefellow]]<br>[[Unicorn]]<br>[[Wisp]]
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! rowspan="5" style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px; text-align:left; vertical-align:center;" | ''Reptile Slayer''
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|[[Juka Lord]]<br>[[Juka Mage]]<br>[[Juka Warrior]]<br>[[Reptalon]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Dragon Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Ancient Wyrm]]<br>[[Dragon]]<br>[[Drake]]<br>[[Greater Dragon]]<br>[[Hiryu]]<br>[[Lesser Hiryu]]<br>[[Serpentine Dragon]]<br>[[Shadow Wyrm]]<br>[[Skeletal Dragon]]<br>[[Swamp Dragon]]<br>[[White Wyrm]]<br>[[Wyvern]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Lizardman Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Lizardman]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Ophidian Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Ophidian Apprentice Mage]]<br>[[Ophidian Avenger]]<br>[[Ophidian Brood Queen]]<br>[[Ophidian Enforcer]]<br>[[Ophidian Healer]]<br>[[Ophidian Justicar]]<br>[[Ophidian Knight-Errant]]<br>[[Ophidian Matriarch]]<br>[[Ophidian Shaman]]<br>[[Ophidian Warrior]]<br>[[Ophidian Zealot]]
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| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | Snake Slayer
| style="border:1px solid #000000; padding:5px;" | [[Deep Sea Serpent]]<br>[[Giant Ice Serpent]]<br>[[Giant Ice Worm]]<br>[[Giant Serpent]]<br>[[Ice Snake]]<br>[[Lava Serpent]]<br>[[Lava Snake]]<br>[[Sea Serpent]]<br>[[Serado the Awakened]]<br>[[Silver Serpent]]<br>[[Snake]]<br>[[Yamandon]]
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==See Also==
{{Slayers}}

[[Category: Creature Slayers]]