Throne of the Herald/Guide
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Dungeon Mechanics
Similar to Into the Mist and
Impending Darkness Event, this Dungeon consists of 3 boss phases, each tailored to a specific Combat Style. There will be a paused screen as soon as you enter the dungeon, and before each phase of the boss, where the player can read the boss's abilities and damage values. Unlike those dungeons, there are significantly less mechanics that dynamically change the amount of damage the boss can do, outside of the returning Affliction. Due to this it is generally easier to determine the circumstances in which the player can survive without manually eating. The third phase has a mechanic that instantly kills the player (by dealing about a million damage) if they fall below 90%
HP.
Intimidation
Just like every other monster in the ,
The Herald has a passive effect that reduces the player's Damage Reduction. When in combat with
The Herald, the player's base damage reduction is reduced by 44%, before any modifiers from the combat triangle.
Deja-Vu
This ability is found on all three phases of the boss, and is reminiscent of the passive immunities of Bane and
Ahrenia. When the boss uses this ability, he becomes immune to all damage from combat styles different than his own for a few turns. This ability is designed to encourage the player to swap equipment sets actively to be able to deal damage, however, the boss generally does too much damage to not take advantage of the Combat Triangle increase to Damage Reduction, and this mechanic can be ignored if you can deal enough damage in between Deja-Vu effects.
Immunities
Each phase of The Herald is immune to stuns and freeze effects as has a 50% chance to avoid Burn, Bleed, Slow and Frostburn.
Each boss also heals 4% of its max HP every 2 turns.
Growing Madness
Every time the boss attacks, it gets faster and can deal more damage, with up to 50% reduced attack interval, and 50% increased Max Hit.
Standard Guides
Rewards
Harold - This pet has a ludicrous amount of bonuses for every aspect of the game.
Stats and Buffs
Minimum Recommended Levels
Suggestion | Benefit |
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Less need for DR | |
Pillar of Combat and Elite Pillar of Conflict | |
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Large amount of damage reduction paired with decent Reflect Damage |
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Extremely powerful |
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Extremely powerful |
Astrology
As many combat bonuses from Astrology constellations are recommended, but not required. In total, Astrology serves as a massive buff to combat and will make the fight easier. The main bonuses are:
- +5 Hidden Levels for
Melee
Ranged
Magic
- 5% reduced Attack Interval and Enemy Damage Reduction decreased by 5%, from
Ashtar
Agility
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3 | No particular reason beyond being the only obstacle that grants any combat benefits. | ||||
4 | No negative modifiers, technically saves some food. | ||||
5 | +20 HP. | ||||
6 | +5% Damage, +1% DR. | ||||
7 | No negative combat modifiers. | ||||
8 | More damage, damage reduction, and hitpoints. | ||||
9 | More damage. The 20 HP from | ||||
10 | Free damage! | ||||
P | Lots of beneficial combat bonuses. | ||||
11 | More damage. | ||||
12 | Lower attack interval and more damage for the low price of lower accuracy. | ||||
13 | More damage. | ||||
14 | More evasion, accuracy and damage. | ||||
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EP | Lots of beneficial combat bonuses. |
Consumables
- Food
- Food which heals a large amount of
HP such as
Whales or better is recommended throughout. However, since the
final phase has an attack which will one-shot the player if they are below 90% health, a food which can heal to full health in 1 click is highly recommended.
Mystic Shark or similar.
- Food which heals a large amount of
- Consumable Slot
- The only item which benefits DPS that fits into this slot is the
Whetstone. However, they only affect
Melee.
Blood Vial or
Portable Rations can be used outside of your melee set, but have very little effect.
- The only item which benefits DPS that fits into this slot is the
Prayer
For Melee, use Battleborn and
Valor or the highest level combat style prayers you have available.
For Ranged, use Battleborn and
Avidity or the highest level combat style prayers you have available.
For Magic, use Battleborn and
Divination or the highest level combat style prayers you have available.
Potions
For all combat styles, use Damage Reduction Potion IV.
Summoning
For all combat styles, use Spectre and
Occultist. This synergy adds a ridiculous amount to the player's chance to hit, even with otherwise maxed stats, and helps a lot in actually landing hits.
Phase 1
Here, you will fight The Herald Phase 1. This phase uses
Melee, so to make best use of the Combat Triangle,
Magic will be the best bet.
This build has 1,200 Hitpoints and 78% Damage Reduction. It also relies on
Leviathan Shield being fully stacked (for a total of 85% DR) - this is guaranteed to happen well before the player is in any danger due to the length of time it takes for Affliction to fully stack.
Switching the ring and passive slot for the more damage oriented options will likely kill the boss slightly faster, but this should not be necessary, and they will enable a very low chance that the player can die if they are hit with a Normal Attack when the boss is at full stacks of Growing Madness and the player is at full stacks of Affliction. If going this route, make sure to Manually Eat before a normal attack connects if its damage is higher than your auto-eat threshhold
The Palladium Runestone Ring MUST be equipped in the passive slot and NOT the ring slot, as it has a "hidden" -1% Damage Reduction stat that only applies in the ring slot.
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Phase 2
Here, you will fight The Herald Phase 2. This phase uses
Ranged so using
Melee will be the best bet due to the Combat Triangle bonuses against Ranged.
Despair - Curse, must have
Voodoo Trinket equipped to activate.
Damage Reduction Potion IV
Whetstone
With the Voodoo Trinket equipped, the player is able to use curses without a
Magic weapon. This is essential, as using the
Despair curse is the primary way to deal damage to the boss. This boss becomes SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT if this trinket and curse are not used.
This build has 1,200 Hitpoints and 75% Damage Reduction. It also relies on
Leviathan Shield being fully stacked (for a total of 81% DR) - this is guaranteed to happen well before the player is in any danger due to the length of time it takes for Affliction to fully stack.
Using the suggested equipment, this phase is relatively low risk as the Herald's maximum hit will often be below the player's Auto Eat threshold. However, manually eating is advised if the Herald performs a normal attack while the player is affected by Sleep, as this can be lethal. For any special attacks, rely on Auto Eat instead.
While the Herald can apply Affliction in this phase, the stacks take a very long time to accumulate, therefore this is not usually a concern. The easiest recommendation would be to start the fight with Ring of Power equipped and then either switch to
Wasteful Ring once the player hits 8 stacks of Affliction or simply manually eat after this stage.
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Phase 3
Here, you will fight The Herald. This phase uses
Magic, so to make best use of the combat triangle, Ranged would be ideal. However, since this fight is impossible to idle no matter what, the guide will default to a skill that does not have its damage reduced when manually eating,
Magic!
Slicing Maelstrom and
Surge II
Despair
Damage Reduction Potion IV
Holy Aegis can be swapped instead of
Divination for more safety
This fight is different from the others. The Herald has a special unavoidable attack Sealed Fate which instantly kills the player if they are below 90% health when it activates. This means this phase cannot be idled, and the player must pay attention to the fight in order to heal themselves to full
HP when the boss is using the attack and keep themselves alive for all other attacks. Remember that the boss will be attacking very quickly due to Reign over Time.
The Herald does not apply stacks of Affliction, which does make things easier.
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To fight this boss with Ranged in a more-idle setup, use the following equipment. Once again, the
Voodoo Trinket is worn in order to use Curses without a
Magic weapon. This is essential, as using the
Despair curse is the primary way to deal damage to the boss. This boss becomes SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT if this trinket and curse are not used.
This build has 1,200 Hitpoints and 73% Damage Reduction. It also relies on
Leviathan Shield being fully stacked (for a total of 80% DR). The goal here is to be completely safe against all attacks other than Sealed Fate, this will require at least 4 stacks of the
Leviathan Shield effect. The only strategy required here is to manually eat no matter what whenever the boss uses Sealed Fate.
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Cheese / Low level method
How to kill
Hold the eat button during the entire fight for all 3 phases (Use the highest food you have available with around 1000-2000 stock). This makes it very cheesy and kinda bypasses any challenge this fight offers. The entire 3 phase fight should take around 5-6 minutes with this method and is 100% safe as long as you don't let go of the eat button.
Make sure you have the Despair curse active for all 3 phases.
You will need to clear Cursed Forest 100 times.
Requirements
These are all the level requirements for this method. Any skill that is not listed is not required, higher levels than listed are also not required but won't hurt.
Level 112
Level 85
Level 100
Level 112
Level 115
Level 110
Level 118
Level 80
Level 90
Level 100
Level 108
- Alternatively
Level 104 to obtain
Soul Rune and
Despair Rune - Replaces
and
requirement
- Alternatively
Level 35 Would be advised for
The Shimmering Oasis.
Level 90 To visit (31,17)
The Sand-Covered Treasure for 1,000
Damage Reduction Potion IV which you can turn in for 5,000
Damage Reduction Potion IV with
Township Hard Task 15.
- Alternatively
Level 90 To craft
Damage Reduction Potion IV - Replaces
requirement.
- Alternatively
Yak Mark Level 4
Dragon Mark Level 4
Phase 1 Setup:
Gear
- Prayer:
Stone Skin and
Holy Aegis
- Potion:
Damage Reduction Potion IV
- Point of Interest:
The Shimmering Oasis
Disclaimer: Gem slot is not required but recommended.
Agility
Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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1 | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP | |
2 | -4% Firemaking Interval | |
3 | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit | |
4 | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | |
5 | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating | |
6 | +50 Maximum Hitpoints | |
7 | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | |
8 | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction | |
9 | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Food Healing Value +5% Chance to Double Items Globally +10 Mining Node HP +10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
Phase 2 changes
Swap Prayers to: Protect from Ranged and
Holy Aegis or
Battleborn if available.
Rest of the setup is identical to Phase 1
Phase 3 changes:
- Equip any Wand, which one doesn't matter at all
- The spell chosen has 0 impact on phase 3,
Wind Strike works just as well as
Slicing Maelstrom.
- The spell chosen has 0 impact on phase 3,
- Put on
Earth Layered Shield or any (P)
TotH Shield
- Swap Prayers back to
Stone Skin and
Holy Aegis
Rest of the setup is identical to Phase 1 & 2
Ancient Relics Comments
Seeing as Ancient Relics will be capped at 118, you cannot use the first Method listed in this guide.
The Low Level/Cheese method works just fine for Ancient Relics.
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