Bossing Gear Guide

Divine vs Elysian

Players try to balance damage reduction, prayer and cost when choosing between these two shields:

  • Divine spirit shield reduces damage by 30% but drains prayer each hit
  • Elysian spirit shield soaks 25% of damage 70% of the time (an average reduction of 17.5%) and never drains prayer. It costs about half as much in GP.

Choose the elysian shield if its damage soak lets you skip food and preserve prayer. Choose the divine shield when you expect to eat and need a reliable 30% reduction to save on supplies.

Defence vs Offense

Some players swap their spirit shield for a dragon defender to boost DPS. A dragon defender raises your attack bonus and speeds up kills. This approach can clash with our divine/elysian shield recommendations. Use whatever gear maximises your damage and comfort.

Mixing Hybrid and Nex pieces

Some armour combinations pair the top half of one set with the bottom half of another to maximise stats. Use whichever hybrid mix best suits your defensive or offensive style.

Goliath vs Torva

You can choose between Goliath or Torva gloves:

  • Torva gloves offer superior slash bonuses and never degrade
  • Goliath gloves provide the highest stab and crush bonuses but degrade
Ring of wealth vs Dagannoth rings

Choose between drop bonuses and raw DPS:

  • Ring of wealth (i): greatly boosts your rare-drop rate and offers nearly the same DPS as an imbued Dagannoth ring
  • Dagannoth rings (i): deliver the highest DPS but give no drop bonus

You can also carry a ring of wealth (i) as a switch. Note that it doesn’t affect chest-based loot from the Noxious Demon and Queen Black Dragon.

Vesta vs Statius

Some players mix Vesta and Statius pieces (helm, platebody and tassets) for the highest melee bonuses. These sets degrade with use and are best reserved for Wilderness encounters or high-stakes DPS duels.

Swift/Goliath/Spellcaster gloves

Dominion Tower gloves degrade on use, so reclaiming them repeatedly can feel tedious. Many players reserve them for Wilderness bosses, while others stick to swift gloves as their only worthwhile upgrade. Just because they are recommended for being BIS, doesn’t mean they are necessarily worth using to you personally.

Want to mix and match your gear yourself? Compare the item stats of commonly used combat gear.

  • Melee is the most effective style at Zilyana. However, early-to-midgame players without end-game gear may find the boss much easier to navigate with ranged or magic.
  • Hybrid gear and a dragon defender/Zamorak’s unholy book/arcane spirit shield are higher DPS than tank gear and a divine/elysian spirit shield, but also makes for a lot more eating, banking, and a far higher chance of death if momentarily distracted.
Combat level:596
Auto attack max hit:270
Attack level:280
Defence level:275
Ranged level:250
Magic level:300
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:0
Magic attack:200
Stab defence:100
Slash defence:100
Crush defence:100
Magic defence:100
Ranged defence:100

  • Corporeal beast must be fought using a spear. Any other type of weapon has its damage reduced by 50%.
  • Always use a Statius’s warhammer to debuff this boss instead of a BGS, as the damage reduction also affects the BGS’s damage-based debuff.
  • It is highly recommended to unlock (at least) the first tier dwarven cannon from artisan workshop to deal with the “Core” spawned by the boss.
  • Familiars are eaten by the Corporeal beast and cannot be used here. But if you have the defence pet, it can save you a lot of deaths having it out.
  • It is possible to soul split the boss if you keep a close eye on your HP and eat if it drops below 500. In max gear, this will ultimately consume less food than praying against melee.
Combat level:624
Auto attack max hit:520
Attack level:280
Defence level:220
Ranged level:350
Magic level:80
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:100
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:90
Slash defence:90
Crush defence:90
Magic defence:298
Ranged defence:90

  • Melee is the most effective style at Graardor. However, its ranged defense is not high and ranged is totally viable if there’s a strong preference.
  • Magic is not recommended, as the boss has a very high magic defense.
Combat level:624
Auto attack max hit:520
Attack level:280
Defence level:220
Ranged level:350
Magic level:80
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:100
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:90
Slash defence:90
Crush defence:90
Magic defence:298
Ranged defence:90

  • K’ril is classed as a greater demon, and can be killed for a greater demon slayer task.
  • His minions are a lesser demon, a greater demon, and a black demon, and also count towards their respective slayer tasks.
  • Melee is the most effective style at K’ril. However, its magic and ranged defense is not high and the styles are totally viable if there’s a strong preference.
Combat level:650
Auto attack max hit:540
Attack level:340
Defence level:230
Ranged level:1
Magic level:200
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:0
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:80
Slash defence:80
Crush defence:80
Magic defence:130
Ranged defence:80

  • KQ is classed as a kalphite, and can be killed for a kalphite slayer task.
  • On Bliss, her prayers have no function and the boss can be damaged with any style at any time.
  • Melee is the most effective style. However, her magic and ranged defense is not excessively high and the styles are totally viable if there’s a strong preference.
  • It is not recommended to use a ring of wealth, as the drop table is full of valuable supplies and the ring will only attempt to reroll those in favor of a dragon 2h sword/dragon chainbody/KQ head.
  • If they’re bothersome, the kalphite guardians can be lured and trapped behind the middle section of the room, as long as you don’t teleport out.
Combat level:333
Auto attack max hit:310
Attack level:300
Defence level:300
Ranged level:1
Magic level:150
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:0
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:50
Slash defence:50
Crush defence:10
Magic defence:100
Ranged defence:100

  • Beware: using “;;KBD” takes you just outside the dragon’s lair in the wilderness, right in front of the lever. The KBD instance itself is not in the wilderness.
  • KBD is classed as a black dragon, and can be killed for a black dragon slayer task.
  • Melee is the most effective style. However, its magic and ranged defense is not high and the styles are totally viable if there’s a strong preference.
Combat level:276
Auto attack max hit:230
Attack level:240
Defence level:240
Ranged level:1
Magic level:240
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:0
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:70
Slash defence:90
Crush defence:90
Magic defence:80
Ranged defence:70

  • Kree’arra and his minions are classed as aviansies, and can be killed for an aviansie slayer task.
  • This boss cannot be attacked with melee weapons.
  • Standing in a corner of the room prevents you from being pushed around.
  • Praying ranged is recommended (and assumed in the gear recommendations).
Combat level:580
Auto attack max hit:480
Attack level:300
Defence level:220
Ranged level:380
Magic level:200
Melee attack:0
Ranged attack:120
Magic attack:0
Stab defence:180
Slash defence:180
Crush defence:180
Magic defence:200
Ranged defence:200

  • The Living rock patriarch has a powerful special attack that causes the cave (and your screen) to shake, before dropping rocks on everyone’s heads. The locations are marked with shadows a moment before they drop; move away from them!
  • If you splash your debuffs or hit low with a BGS, teleport out and recharge your special attack at the gamer’s grotto white/red portal. You can set a waypoint at the portals with bronze rank+.
  • While magic and ranged are not recommended, it only takes 2,000 damage to qualify for loot, making it completely doable for newer players to participate in lower tier combat gear of any style.
  • This is a single-combat area. Familiars cannot attack.
  • A monthly mass event takes place on the saturday after every DXP weekend (4 PM server time/EST) where the LRP is continuously spawned for 30 minutes and killed with a large group of players.
  • The living rock patriarch is classed as a living rock creature, and can be killed for a living rock creatures slayer task.
Combat level:350
Auto attack max hit:300
Attack level:300
Defence level:200
Ranged level:250
Magic level:150
Melee attack:140
Ranged attack:200
Magic attack:80
Stab defence:170
Slash defence:280
Crush defence:140
Magic defence:190
Ranged defence:210

  • If you’re soloing and splash your debuffs or hit low with a BGS, teleport out and recharge your special attack at the gamer’s grotto white/red portal. You can set a waypoint at the portals with bronze rank+.
  • Bliss has no ancient followers KC requirement to enter the Nex bank area. “;;Nex” takes you there directly.
  • If you prefer not to take a ranged defence switch for the shadow phase, make sure to pray ranged.
  • Ranging Nex is technically viable, but due to extremely long kill times and potentially high fail rates, it is not recommended.
Combat level:1001
Auto attack max hit:369
Attack level:245
Defence level:210
Ranged level:35
Magic level:180
Melee attack:200
Ranged attack:150
Magic attack:100
Stab defence:40
Slash defence:90
Crush defence:60
Magic defence:300
Ranged defence:190

  • WARNING: You must travel through the lava maze in the wilderness to reach the demon’s lair. The boss has a pre-requisite miniquest that partly takes place in the wilderness as well.
  • The instance itself is not a wilderness area, and therefore the 25% skull damage boost does not apply here.
  • After killing the demon, a bank chest spawns in the cave. As long as you don’t die, you won’t have to re-enter the wilderness at all.
  • The Noxious Demon is classed as a black demon, and can be killed for a black demon slayer task.
  • The ring of wealth has no effect on the loot chest.
  • Refer to the Cyrisus’s Quest & Nox Demon Guide for more info.
Combat level:1002
Auto attack max hit:640
Attack level:141
Defence level:147
Ranged level:259
Magic level:169
Melee attack:320
Ranged attack:320
Magic attack:110
Stab defence:180
Slash defence:230
Crush defence:230
Magic defence:240
Ranged defence:120

  • ACCIDENTAL PKS: It’s very easy to accidentally hit other players (and for their titan to retaliate) during this boss fight, especially with scythes involved. Keep your item protect prayer on until you’ve left the loot pile (at the very least) — accidents happen.
    • If a teammate dies and you’re credited for the kill, leave their dropped items alone unless they tell you otherwise; players (including ironmen!) can simply pick their items back up.
    • If you die and the kill is credited towards another player, drink your super antifire and pray magic before teleporting back to pick up your items.
  • Activate ;;skull to deal 25% more damage against the boss.
  • The Noxious Dragon is classed as a black dragon, and can be killed for a black dragon slayer task.
  • Most untradable items cannot be lost though PKs and may be reclaimed from death. (Including degraded ancient warriors, imbued rings, void, slayer helm, items from the DG shop, dom tower gloves, kiln/fire cape, max/comp cape, 99/120 capes)
  • Refer to the Noxious Dragon Guide for more info.
Combat level:1407
Auto attack max hit:600
Attack level:144
Defence level:129
Ranged level:1
Magic level:240
Melee attack:120
Ranged attack:130
Magic attack:170
Stab defence:189
Slash defence:309
Crush defence:309
Magic defence:310
Ranged defence:200

  • The Noxious Wyrm drops for 2 PLAYERS. You don’t get 2 drops for soloing it.
  • Activate ;;skull to deal 25% more damage against the boss.
  • 800 typeless damage is distributed among players in the area upon spawning. Any familiars in range are instantly killed.
  • Players who have the ash sanctifier may prefer to sacrifice some DPS and opt for the demon horn necklace to passively regain prayer points from some of the mobs dying in the area.
  • Most untradable items cannot be lost though PKS and may be reclaimed from death. (Including degraded ancient warriors, imbued rings, void, slayer helm, items from the DG shop, dom tower gloves, kiln/fire cape, max/comp cape, 99/120 capes)
  • Refer to the Noxious Wyrm Guide for more info.
Combat level:382
Auto attack max hit:500
Attack level:270
Defence level:150
Ranged level:300
Magic level:300
Melee attack:260
Ranged attack:260
Magic attack:260
Stab defence:125
Slash defence:125
Crush defence:125
Magic defence:165
Ranged defence:135

  • It’s worth starting the kill wearing a Saradomin’s whisper and Torva gloves if ranging (or Vesta’s body and skirt if meleeing) to boost your accuracy and strength for debuffs.
  • If you splash your debuffs or hit low with a BGS, teleport out and recharge your special attack at the gamer’s grotto white/red portal. You can set a waypoint at the portals with bronze rank+.
  • QBD is classed as a black dragon, and can be killed for a black dragon slayer task.
  • The ring of wealth has no effect on QBD’s loot chest.
  • Magic is not recommended due to its significantly lower DPS output than ranged and melee, making the fight extremely long and painful.
Combat level:2100
Auto attack max hit:175
Attack level:205
Defence level:130
Ranged level:205
Magic level:205
Melee attack:105
Ranged attack:105
Magic attack:105
Stab defence:125
Slash defence:200
Crush defence:200
Magic defence:150
Ranged defence:150

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