Underground Lava Lake/Guide

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Dungeon Mechanics

Similar to the last dungeon, the

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Underground Lava Lake

harkens back to base game combat, it is a relatively simple dungeon that can is designed to be completed in the early game of the expansion. This means the dungeon does not require advanced tactics, high levels, or complete optimization. Each monster is pulled directly from the associated

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Slayer

Area, and as the player has been forced to fight each of these monsters before, they should be well versed in their dangers.

Intimidation

Just like every other monster in the  , each enemy in the

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has a passive effect that reduces the player's Damage Reduction. When in combat with   Trogark, the player's base damage reduction is reduced by 20%, before any modifiers from the Combat Triangle.

Manual Clear

Manually clearing the

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is a good way to get to the next dungeon,

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Lightning Region

, as soon as possible. Changing equipment sets to be able to fight each monster with Combat Triangle advantage can lower the required levels, especially

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Hitpoints

required to clear the dungeon efficiently. The player should already have setups available from clearing each monster in the

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Lava Lake

, but they will look similar to the following

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Magic

build.

Rewards

Completing this dungeon unlocks the

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Lightning Region

dungeon.

Stats and Buffs

Prayer

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    Battleborn
    >
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    Battleheart
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    Divination
    >
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    Augury

Potions

If the

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Waterfall Crossing

obstacle is active use   Damage Reduction Potion IV or   Magic Damage Potion IV, otherwise use   Diamond Luck Potion IV.

Summoning

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    Yak
    and
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    Dragon
    - Avoids damage from burns inflicted by enemies, particularly useful for   Trogark as it nullifies their burn lifesteal passive effect.
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    Witch
    and   Lightning Spirit
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    Witch
    and   Siren

Spells

There are three Archaic Spells unlocked by completing

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Ancient Sanctuary

, for the purposes of completing these dungeons, they are all extremely close in power level. Any one of these can be used in place of the other

Remember to wear the correct     Robes for the spell being used to get a fantastic boost to Accuracy Rating.

Using curses and auroras, unsurprisingly, increases your damage done:

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    Anguish III
    or
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    Decay
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    Surge II

Equipment

Slot Better to Worse
Head   Blazing Helmet     Mythical Wizard Hat
Body   Freezing Touch Body     Mythical Wizard Robes
Leggings     Mythical Wizard Bottoms
Boots   Lightning Boots     Mythical Wizard Boots
Hands   Burning Madness Gloves   Glacia God Gloves
Cape   Skull Cape   Maximum Skillcape
Neck   Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs   Allure Amulet   Guardian Amulet
Ring   Burning Madness Ring   Ring of Power   Palladium Cerulean Ring
Passive   Chapeau Noir   Elder Crown   Meteorite Spellcaster Ring
Weapon   Archaic Wand   Despair Wand   Meteorite Staff
Offhand   Shield of Magic Power   (P) Divine Shield

  Meteorite Staff/

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Meteor Shower

when used with the   Meteorite Warrior Ring will typically clear slower than other Archaic Magicks, and has less damage reduction, it is mentioned here mostly in case it receives a buff, and because its cool.