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There are very few requirements just for killing aberrant spectres, and a few more for killing them in their newer multicombat area. However, to fight them for long periods of time with high efficiency, my method design takes advantage of a fairly wide spectrum of skill, quest and other achievements in the game.

In the subsections below, I’ll tell you what you absolutely need to have, and what I recommend, in terms of skill levels, quest completion and more.

One of the best aspects of this method is that aberrant spectres are not difficult monsters to kill at all—they do not require very high levels, and they aren’t dangerous at all as long as you are properly prepared. Of course, higher levels are beneficial in a number of ways, but as you’ll see in Table 196, you can do this even with fairly modest levels in all combat skills.

**Table 196: Recommended Combat Skill Levels for Cannoning Aberrant Spectres**
Skill	Minimum Level	Recommended Level	Notes
Attack	--	70	You will be meleeing in addition to using your cannon, so having a reasonably high Attack skill—at least high enough to use an abyssal whip—is a good idea. But this is secondary damage (to the cannon) so your exact level is not that important.
Defence	--	--	The entire method is done with a protection prayer active, so your Defence level doesn’t matter much.
Strength	--	70	Pretty much the same comments I made for Attack apply here as well; you’ll get slightly faster kills with higher Strength but it is not that important.
Constitution	--	--	Again, prayer means that your Constitution level is not that relevant.
Ranged	70	85	Finally, a stat that matters! Having a higher Ranged skill level means your cannon will be more effective at killing the spectres. That said, they have rather low defence anyway, so your exact level is not that important.
Magic	--	--	This would matter for defensive purposes if fighting without prayer, but since you aren’t...
Prayer	37	60	The spectres are fought using the Protection from Magic prayer, so you need at least level 37 in that skill. You can actually get by with just that level, but I recommend having at least 60 Prayer points, so you can stay long enough to fill your inventory without having to use prayer potions.
Slayer	60	--	You must have level 60 Slayer to kill aberrant spectres.
Herblore	--	--	Jagex has effectively made Herblore into a combat skill by creating powerful untradeable potions. However, their use is not necessary for this method.

There are only two non-combat skills relevant to this technique: Summoning and Crafting.

Summoning can in some cases be considered a combat skill, but you won’t be using a combat familiar here. Instead, you’ll be using macaw pouches, for which you need level 41 Summoning. These familiars are very important for herb gathering, because they shift herb drop percentages so that you get more of the usually rare, higher-value herbs. Without a macaw, you typically get around 23 herbs above ranarr out of 100; with one, you get about 35, an increase of over 50%.

A Crafting level of 75 is needed in order to make rings of slaying. These items provide a teleport directly to the town of Pollnivneach and are important for the method to work effectively. If you don’t have that level, though, there are some slightly less efficient alternatives.

The only direct quest-related prerequisite is the need to have completed Smoking Kills. This is the quest that provides access to the Desert Slayer Dungeon in Pollnivneach, which is where the aberrant spectre multicombat area is located.

The highly efficient method of cannoning aberrant spectres that is described in this guide requires several pieces of equipment that can only be obtained after finishing quests or meeting other specific requirements. Some of these are mandatory for the method to work, while others are only recommended and you can do without them.

These items are optional but recommended, and the use of most of them is assumed in this guide: