The Slug Menace Requirements & Quick Guide
Everything you need before starting The Slug Menace in RuneScape 3: skill levels, the full chain of quests to finish first, and what completing it opens up. Check your own stats against it below.
Requirements from the RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), snapshot 2026-09-28.
Skill requirements
The Slug Menace itself
| Skill | Level |
|---|---|
| 30 | |
| 30 | |
| 30 | |
| 30 |
Including every prerequisite quest
The highest level of each skill you need across The Slug Menace and all the quests you must finish first.
| Skill | Level | Needed for |
|---|---|---|
| Quest points | 33 | Wanted! |
| 30 | The Slug Menace | |
| 30 | Sea Slug | |
| 30 | The Slug Menace | |
| 30 | The Slug Menace | |
| 30 | The Slug Menace | |
| 3 | Recruitment Drive |
Quest requirements
2 direct prerequisites, 4 quests in the full chain. The tree shows each quest's own requirements beneath it.
Quick guide: order to unlock The Slug Menace
One valid order: every quest comes after its own prerequisites. Skip any you have already done.
- Sea Slug
- Enter the Abyss (miniquest)
- Recruitment Drive
- Wanted!
- The Slug Menace
Ironman notes
Worth doing early (5/10 in our Ironman ranking).
See where it fits in the Ironman Quest Cape order.
XP rewards
Skills The Slug Menace gives guaranteed XP in (fixed XP or a skill-locked lamp; choice lamps not listed). See the wiki for exact amounts.
Crafting
Runecrafting
Thieving
Quests that need The Slug Menace
Full walkthrough, items needed and exact rewards: The Slug Menace on the RuneScape Wiki . Requirement data is adapted from the wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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