Quarry

Quarry is Tideward's slayer skill, renamed from "Slayer". Take a task to fell a number of one monster, hunt it, and every task kill pays Quarry XP and Quarry Marks on top of your ordinary combat XP. Your Quarry level opens harder task tiers and the Quarry areas, hunting grounds that stay closed until you reach them.

How Quarry works

Tasks come in five tiers that open with your Quarry level: Easy at 1, Normal at 25, Hard at 50, Elite at 75 and Master at 85. Each tier draws from its own band of monsters, and the higher your Quarry level, the longer a task can run. A new task is free once the last one is done; abandoning one early costs Quarry Marks on every tier above Easy, from 2,000 on Normal to 25,000 on Master. Between tasks the bounty board shows you three and lets you choose.

Quarry XP is paid by the monster: a kill inside a Quarry area pays 5% of the monster's Vitality, a kill of your task monster pays 10%, and a task kill inside a Quarry area pays both. Task kills also pay Quarry Marks.

Quarry areas open with your level, from The Half-Light and The Kelpwood at 1 to The Blightwaste at 95, and some ask for a piece of gear at the door: a Mirror Shield for The Sunless Sound, a Desert Hat for The Sunscour, a Magical Ring for The Highmoor, a Beacon Lantern for The Mistflats and Climbing Boots for The Riven Peaks. A true chart of the Bonefield Reach in Chartwork opens one more, the Charted Hunting Ground.

Tips for training Quarry

1. Fight your task monster inside a Quarry area when you can. The area and the task each add Quarry XP, and the two stack.
2. Finishing a task makes the next one free. Abandoning one costs marks on every tier above Easy.
3. Read the bounty board before you take a task: choosing the monster you farm best is the board's whole point.
4. The Quarry Keeper's Cloak stands in for every Quarry area's gear requirement.

Skills that pair with Quarry

The 28 trades aren't isolated. Quarry works best alongside these:

Frequently asked about Quarry

Why is it called Quarry instead of Slayer?

"Slayer" is RuneScape's name for the skill. The rebrand to Quarry in May 2026 gave it a name of Tideward's own; the task loop is the same idea.

Can I do Quarry assignments offline?

Yes. A task keeps counting while the app is closed, for up to 24 hours away, with the same Quarry XP and Quarry Marks it would pay in active play.

What if I die mid-assignment?

The task stays where it was; dying does not reset its count. You come back at 30% of your maximum Vitality, and one piece of equipped gear goes to your bank unless Protect Item is active.