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Crystal Shapeshifters

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Introduction

Crystal Shapeshifters crystalshapeshifter are a slayer monster found on Tarddiad and are accessible via the World Gate (looks like the number 1), they can be assigned by Morvran or Laniakea after the completion of The Light Within quest. Crystal Shapeshifters will change their attacking style to what your armour is weakest against (if this is equal, attack styles will be random).

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Stats

⬥ slayer level: 80

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Level 99 Slayer slayer is required to access the Sunken Pyramid

⬥ slayer XP per kill: 1,269.8

⬥ Optimal kills per hour: ~490 magic, ~780 melee, ~570 necromancy

⬥ Optimal slayer XP per hour: ~622k magic, ~990k melee, ~724k necromancy

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Desirable drops

⬥ Ancient elven wedding ring

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Required for masterquestcape

⬥ Tarddian crystal

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Used to exchange for Attuned crystal armour at Angof's Crystal Armour Shop

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Useful Items and Unlocks

Owning the following increases the efficiency of your sessions, but is by no means mandatory
Items
⬥ Slayer Codex slayercodex     • Once 50 souls are added, it can be used to teleport to the Sunken Pyramid ⬥ Sixth-Age circuit sixthagecircuit     • Used to teleport to the World Gate if doing the Tarddiad method ⬥ Each piece of crystal armour attunedcrystalhelm worn increases the drop rate of the Ancient elven wedding ring     • Attuned crystal armour boosts this drop rate massively

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Location and How to Get there

⬥ If killing Crystal Shapeshifters in Tarddiad use option 2 on sixthagecircuit to select the World Gate.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Make sure to attune the World Gate to Tarddiad.

⬥ If killing Crystal Shapeshifters in the Sunken Pyramid use a slayercodex

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• Relocating your house to Menaphos and using a teleport to house tablet also works.

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Method: Tarddiad

⬥ Make sure you toggle on aggression by speaking to Angof on Tarddiad (north, near the camp fire).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This makes the Crystal Shapeshifters permanently aggressive and eliminates the need for aggressionpotion

Guide illustration

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Guide illustration ⬥ If using magic or necromancy then go east and stand just to the east of the bridge.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• If you find yourself getting dragged around then simply return back to the position shown above when convenient.

⬥ If using Melee melee then go northwest and kill them here.

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⬥ Pray soulsplit and torment / turmoil / sorrow

⬥ Sustain prayer with powderofpenance / penanceaspect

⬥ Ensure elderovl, superprayerrenewal and weppoison are active at all times

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Presets and Relics

⬥ Melee preset melee

⬥ Necromancy preset necromancy Guide illustration

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Ability Bar

⬥ Melee

Guide illustration ⬥ Necromancy

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Example Kills

⬥ Melee

⬥ Necromancy

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Method: Sunken Pyramid

⬥ Make sure you toggle on aggression by speaking to Angof on Tarddiad (north, near the camp fire).

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎• This makes the Crystal Shapeshifters permanently aggressive and eliminates the need for aggressionpotion

⬥ Place 5 Crystal Shapeshifters in the small room of the Sunken Pyramid.

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Guide illustration ⬥ Position yourself in the southeast corner of the small room.

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⬥ Pray soulsplit and torment / turmoil / sorrow

⬥ Sustain prayer with powderofpenance / penanceaspect

⬥ Ensure elderovl, superprayerrenewal and weppoison are active at all times

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Presets and Relics

⬥ Melee preset melee

⬥ Necromancy preset necromancy Guide illustration

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Ability Bar

⬥ Melee

Guide illustration ⬥ Necromancy

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Example Kills

⬥ Melee

⬥ Necromancy

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Source & licence

By PvME contributors under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Navigation and typography adapted. Unavailable source links and contributor names are labelled. Embedded media has separate rights.

Copied on 10 Nov 2026. Not rechecked against the current game.

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