This article is a strategy guide for Stronghold of the Undead.

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This Stronghold contains 72 Monsters, all of which deal Pure Damage.

Accessing this Stronghold requires

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Slayer

Level 10 and 25 clears of the

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Undead Graveyard

.

This Standard Difficulty of the Dungeon rewards 1
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Undead Enhancement Scroll which always contains 1 Undead Enhancement.
This (Augmented) Difficulty of the Dungeon rewards 1
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Undead Enhancement Scroll (Augmented) which always contains 1 {{Undead Enhancement (Augmented)]].
This (Superior) Difficulty of the Dungeon has a 1/100 chance of rewarding a
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Undead Enhancement (Superior) .
- The (Superior) Difficulty also has a 1/250 chance of rewarding
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  Hades .

The Standard version of this Stronghold drops

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Undead Enhancement Scroll

that contains one of the following Enhancements, these need to be equipped to do the (Augmented) version of the Strongholds:

4/7 (57.14%) for
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Undead Enhancement 1
2/7 (28.57%) for
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Undead Enhancement 2
1/7 (14.29%) for
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Undead Enhancement 3

The (Augmented) version of this Strongholds drops

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Undead Enhancement Scroll (Augmented)

that contains one of the following Enhancements, these need to be equipped to do the (Superior) version of the Strongholds:

2/3 (66.67%) for
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Undead Enhancement 1 (Augmented)
1/4 (25.00%) for
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Undead Enhancement 2 (Augmented)
1/12 (8.33%) for
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Undead Enhancement 3 (Augmented)

All Data was gathered from the Combat Simulator. For more accurate numbers you will have to plug in your own Data on top of the setups.
- No Pets, Potions,
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  Agility or
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  Astrology were included in these calculations.

The clear per hour numbers are slightly lower on the (Augmented) and (Superior) versions of this Strongholds.
If you wish to tweak the Combat Simulator Exports yourself, they can be found here.

Standard Guide

Level 20-40 Idle

Melee is the best option to Idle this difficulty at this point. Be sure to use the Slash Attack Style when using a Scimitar.

The Food used to estimate Food usage was Shrimp.

It can be Idled with:

Level 20 Stats and Mithril Armour with
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Auto Eat - Tier III for 2.55 clears per hour. Using roughly 275 Shrimp
Level 30 Stats and Adamant Armour with
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Auto Eat - Tier II for 3.25 clears per hour. Using roughly 200 Shrimp
Level 40 Stats and Rune Armour with
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Auto Eat - Tier I for 4.05 clears per hour. Using roughly 115 Shrimp

Prayers:
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Superhuman Strength and
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Improved Reflexes
- Swap
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  Superhuman Strength for
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  Ultimate Strength at
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  Prayer Level 40.

Example of Gear to use:

Slot	Item
	(G) Mithril Helmet
	(G) Mithril Platebody
	(G) Mithril Platelegs
	(G) Mithril Boots
	Mithril Gloves
	Lesser Summoning Amulet
	Silver Ruby Ring
	Mithril Scimitar
	(G) Mithril Shield
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God Gear Idle

Level 90 Combat Stats were used for these calculations.

The Food used to estimate Food usage was Lobster.

A

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Ranged

Setup only gets roughly 2/3rds the clears per hour as

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Magic

or

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Melee

and is therefor skipped in this Guide.

Magic

Cloudburst Staff with
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Water Surge gets roughly 9.45 clears per hour. Using no Food. And uses roughly 12.7k Runes per hour.
- Magic Wand (Elite)/ Book of Eli with
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  Frostbite gets roughly 10.25 clears per hour. Using roughly 3 Lobster. And uses roughly 24.5k Runes per hour.

Spell:
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Frostbite or
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Water Surge with Cloudburst Staff
Aurora:
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Surge II (Optional) Gives 0.35 extra clears for 5.5k Runes per hour.
- Aurora:
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  Surge III with Book of Eli (Optional) Gives 0.75 extra clears for 6k Runes per hour.
Prayers:
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Augury &
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Battleheart

Slot	Item
	Hunters Hat
	Glacia God Platebody
	Glacia God Platelegs
	Sand Treaders
	Glacia God Gloves
	Skull Cape
	Elite Amulet of Magic
	Warlock Ring
	Magic Wand (Elite)
	Book of Eli
	Elder Crown
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Melee

All these Weapons are pretty similar when it comes to clears per hour and use no Food.

Sunset Rapier gets 8.40 clears per hour
Ancient Claw gets 8.81 clears per hour
Infernal Claw gets 8.85 clears per hour
Tidal Edge gets 8.95 clears per hour

Eradicating Gloves (m) is a slight increase to clears per hour if owned.

Prayers:
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Piety &
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Battleheart
Point of Interest: Unhallowed Wasteland

Slot	Item
	Hunters Hat
	Ragnar God Platebody
	Ragnar God Platelegs
	Sand Treaders
	Ragnar God Gloves
	Infernal Cape
	Lesser Summoning Amulet
	Fighter Ring
	Infernal Claw
	Knight's Defender
	Elder Crown
	Monster Hunter Scroll
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Ranged

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Ancient Crossbow/ Jadestone Bolts gets 8.05 clears per hour. Using roughly 545 Lobster.
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Shockwave/ Jadestone Bolts gets 8.30 clears per hour. Using roughly 460 Lobster.
Stormsnap/ Ancient Arrows gets 7.70 clears per hour. Using roughly 795 Lobster.
Engulfing Vortex Longbow/ Ancient Arrows gets 9.60 clears per hour. Using roughly 270 Lobster.

Eradicating Gloves (m) is a slight increase to clears per hour if owned.

Prayers:
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Rigour &
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Battleheart

Slot	Item
	Prats Hat
	Aeris God Platebody
	Aeris God Platelegs
	Sand Treaders
	Aeris God Gloves
	Cape of Prat
	Elite Amulet of Ranged
	Deadeye Ring
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	Scaled Shield
	Jadestone Bolts
	Elder Crown
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Post Throne of the Herald Idle

Includes Atlas of Discovery Expansion Items.

Pets,

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Agility

and

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Astrology

are included in this section.

Agility

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Agility

is the same for all 3 setups.

Slot	Obstacle	Bonuses
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cargo Net	+3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP
2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Monkey Bars	-4% Firemaking Interval
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pipe Climb	+5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit
4	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cave Climb	-40 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ammo Preservation +5% Rune Preservation +5% Melee Max Hit
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cliff Balance	+20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating
6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lake Swim	+1% Damage Reduction +5% Damage To All Monsters +3% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points
7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boulder Trap	-20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
8	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Raft Building	+20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction
9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lava Jump	-6% Damage Reduction -6% Auto Eat Efficiency -6% Mastery XP in all Skills -0.3s Monster Respawn Timer
10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragon Fight	-16% Auto Eat Efficiency -0.3s Monster Respawn Timer
11	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frozen Maze	+1% Damage Reduction -0.1s Monster Respawn Timer -3 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -20% Rune Preservation -20% Ammo Preservation
12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boulder Balance	-20% Global Accuracy +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit -0.1s Attack Interval
13	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rope Trap	-10% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only +8% Damage To Bosses
14	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Freezing Climb	+30% Accuracy Rating +30% Global Evasion -150% GP from Combat -6% Chance To Double Loot in Combat +15% Damage to Monsters in Dungeons
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Waterfall Crossing	-100 Maximum Hitpoints Your Attacks now roll twice (Select highest chance) -10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales)
Pillar	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pillar of Combat	+10% Ranged Evasion -0.2s Monster Respawn Timer +5% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Melee Evasion +10% Magic Evasion +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +10 Flat HP Regen
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