Vannaka

VannakaCombat Instructor

Vannaka
Released								26 January 2005 (Update)
Members								Yes
Race								Human
Location								Edgeville Dungeon
Sells items								Slayer Equipment
Gender								Male
Options								Talk-to, Assignment, Trade, Rewards
Examine								He looks dangerous!
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID								403

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Vannaka is a highly accomplished fighter who serves as the Combat Instructor on Tutorial Island and a Slayer master in Edgeville Dungeon. He claims to be the greatest swordsman alive, which is suggested by his combat level of 146 and his ability to carry both a steel two-handed sword and dragon square shield at the same time, a trait unattainable by players. According to the 14th Postbag from the Hedge, his Strength level is 112.

During the tutorial, he dismisses the player character's attempts at making idle conversation, and proceeds to teach them how Melee and Ranged combat work. He tasks the player with slaying a giant rat in close combat. Afterwards, he instructs the player to kill a second rat from outside of the enclosure using ranged attacks, a strategy colloquially known as safespotting.

Vannaka gives the player a bronze sword, a wooden shield, a shortbow, and some bronze arrows to keep as part of his lessons on the island.

When encountered after the tutorial, Vannaka acts as a mid-level Slayer master. He is found due east of the Wilderness entrance within the Edgeville Dungeon, and is marked by a slayer master icon on the minimap. Players with Combat level 40 or higher may receive Slayer tasks from him.

Treasure Trails[edit | edit source]

• Vannaka is the solution to the easy cryptic clue: I wonder how many bronze swords he has handed out.
• Vannaka is the solution to the elite cryptic clue: You were 3 and I was the 6th. Come speak to me.

Slayer points[edit | edit source]

Players can receive Slayer reward points for completing Slayer tasks—this is based on how many tasks players have accomplished in a row. Completion of a task assigned by Vannaka will grant you:

Tasks[edit | edit source]

Monster	Amount	Extended amt.	Unlock requirement	Alternative(s)	Weight
Aberrant spectres	60-120	200-250	60 , 65 , completion of Priest in Peril	Deviant spectres	8
Abyssal demons	60-120	200-250	85 , 85 , completion of Priest in Peril	Abyssal Sire	5
Ankou	25-35	90-150	40	Dark Ankou	7
Banshees	60-120	N/A	15 , 20 , completion of Priest in Peril	Twisted Banshee	6
Basilisks	60-120	200-250	40 , 40 , 20	Basilisk Knight	8
Bloodveld	60-120	200-250	50 , 50 , completion of Priest in Peril	Mutated Bloodveld	8
Blue dragons	60-120	N/A	65 , partial completion of Dragon Slayer I	Baby blue dragons, brutal blue dragons, Vorkath	7
Brine rat	60-120	N/A	47 , 45 , partial completion of Olaf's Quest	None	7
Bronze dragons	10-20	30-50	75 , partial completion of Dragon Slayer I	None	7
Cave bugs	10-20	N/A	7	None	7
Cave crawlers	60-120	N/A	10 , 10	None	7
Cave slime	10-20	N/A	17 , 15	None	7
Cockatrice	60-120	N/A	25 , 25 , 20	None	8
Crawling Hands	60-120	N/A	5 , completion of Priest in Peril	None	6
Crocodile	60-120	N/A	50	None	6
Dagannoth	60-120	N/A	75 , completion of Horror from the Deep	Dagannoth spawn, Dagannoth fledgeling, Dagannoth Kings	7
Dust devils	60-120	200-250	65 , 70 , partial completion of Desert Treasure	None	8
Earth warriors	40-80	N/A	35 , 15	None	6
Elves	40-100	N/A	70 , partial completion of Regicide	Elf warrior, mourner (Mourner Headquarters)	7
Fever spiders	60-120	N/A	42 , 40 , partial completion of Rum Deal	None	7
Fire giants	60-120	N/A	65	None	7
Gargoyles	60-120	200-250	75 , 80 , completion of Priest in Peril	Grotesque Guardians	5
Ghouls	10-40	N/A	25 , completion of Priest in Peril	None	7
Green dragons	40-80	N/A	52 , partial completion of Dragon Slayer I	Baby green dragons, brutal green dragons	6
Harpie Bug Swarm	60-120	N/A	33 , 45 , 33	None	8
Hellhounds	40-80	N/A	75	Cerberus, Skeleton Hellhound, Greater Skeleton Hellhound	7
Hill Giant	60-120	N/A	25	Obor, Cyclops	7
Hobgoblins	60-120	N/A	20	None	7
Ice giants	40-80	N/A	50	None	7
Ice warriors	60-120	N/A	45	None	7
Infernal Mages	60-120	N/A	45 , 40 , completion of Priest in Peril	None	8
Jellies	60-120	N/A	52 , 57	Warped Jelly	8
Jungle horrors	60-120	N/A	65 , completion of Cabin Fever	None	8
Kalphites	60-120	N/A	15	Kalphite worker, Kalphite soldier, Kalphite guardian, Kalphite Queen	7
Killerwatts	30-80	N/A	37 , 50 , completion of Ernest the Chicken	None	6
Kurask	60-120	N/A	70 , 65	None	7
Lizards	60-120	N/A	22	Small Lizard, Desert Lizard, Sulphur Lizard ( 44 )	7
Lesser demons	60-120	N/A	60	Zakl'n Gritch	7
Mogres	60-120	N/A	32 , 30 , completion of Skippy and the Mogres	None	7
Molanisk	39-50	N/A	39 , 50 , completion of Death to the Dorgeshuun	None	7
Moss giant	60-120	N/A	40	Bryophyta	7
Nechryael	60-120	200-250	80 , 85 , completion of Priest in Peril	Greater Nechryael	5
Ogres	60-120	N/A	40	Ogress Shaman, Ogress Warrior	7
Otherworldly beings	60-120	N/A	40 , completion of Lost City	None	8
Pyrefiends	60-120	N/A	30 , 25	None	8
Rockslugs	60-120	N/A	20 , 20	None	7
Shades	60-120	N/A	30	Loar, Phrin, Riyl, Asyn and Fiyr shades	8
Sea snakes	60-120	N/A	40 , 50 , completion of Royal Trouble	Sea Snake Hatchling, Sea Snake Young	6
Shadow warriors	40-80	N/A	60 , completion of Legends' Quest	None	8
Spiritual creatures	60-120	180-250	63 , 60 , completion of Death Plateau, level 60 in or	Spiritual ranger ( 63 ), warrior ( 68 ), mage ( 83 )	8
Terror dogs	20-45	N/A	40 , 60 , completion of Haunted Mine	None	6
Trolls	60-120	N/A	60	Mountain troll, ice troll, Troll general	7
Turoth	60-120	N/A	55 , 60	None	8
Vampyre	10-20	200-250	35 , completion of Priest in Peril	Feral Vampyre, Vampyre Juvinate, Vyrewatch, Vyrewatch Sentinel	7
Wall beast	10-20	N/A	35 , 30 , 5	None	6
Werewolf	40-80	N/A	60 , completion of Priest in Peril	None	7
Total task weight					392

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

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Trivia[edit | edit source]

• He is one of three NPCs to be seen wielding a two-handed sword with just one hand, the other two being General Khazard and Kamfreena.
• Vannaka is the only Slayer master to be consistently seen three times (Edgeville Dungeon, Tutorial Island, and Wilderness Resource Area).
• The Genie met during a random event has the same face paint and beard as Vannaka, only in a different colour.
• Although he is a swordsman, he also seems to have some Ranged combat expertise as he teaches the player to use distance to their advantage when ranging.
• His combat level is no longer displayed when found outside of Tutorial Island.
• When spoken to in Edgeville Dungeon, it is unclear whether Vannaka recognises the player from Tutorial Island.
• Vannaka appears to be wearing a Steel platebody without a right pauldron or chestplate, Steel platelegs, a pair of grey boots, a grey headband, grey gloves and a unidentified white necklace. He, along with the Hero, Mazchna and Oziach are the few NPC's to possess unobtainable different coloured armour.