Impending Darkness Event/Guide: Difference between revisions

Event mechanics are explained on the [[Impending_Darkness_Event#Event_Mechanics|Impending Darkness Event]] page. In summary, you will need to clear 4 slayer areas a total of 5 times to complete the entire event. At the end of every area cleared, a harder Boss monster will spawn - it is simply a regular monster with extra combat modifiers. At the end of every round of 4 slayer areas cleared, Bane will spawn. You will have time to swap gear before starting the fight with Bane.

Gear is DR-focused for both mobile- and hardcore-friendly completion. The rewards given while clearing the event are not required but may help with DPS if you so choose to use them. Maximum Skillcape is non-negotiable, as fights take place in the slayer area.

This is the most important set and is targeted for Unhallowed Wasteland. You can use this set for the remaining slayer areas, but it will be helpful to swap to God Armor for better bonuses once completed.

If you choose the immune to stun modifier, switch off Fighter Amulet.

====God Armor Set====

The god armor sets can be used for all slayer areas beside Unhallowed Wasteland. Being mobile-focused, an emphasis on DR options is preferred. Thus Terran and ELS are recommended but can be swapped for Ragnar and DPS shields respectively if you feel comfortable.

If you choose the immune to stun modifier, switch off Fighter Amulet.

Diamond Luck Potions for the entire event.  

Dragon + respective combat style for each set.

Maximize combat-focused astrology bonuses. Not going into detail of this since it's far more difficult to easily change astrology modifiers than agility obstacles, and the difference/improvement will be minimal.

# Heal 4% of current hitpoints every 2 turns, 40% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit

The recommended order of areas to clear are as follow:

# Unhallowed Wasteland

# Dark Waters

# Shrouded Badlands

# Perilous Peaks

You can clear in any order you wish, but the recommended order minimizes gear swaps and optimizes Bane fight locations. It is strongly recommended to never clear Unhallowed Wasteland and Dark Waters last.

Prayer choice is different for each slayer area. Prayers are listed in priority order and are recommended this way to reduce the need to change them on mobile as it can be difficult given the UI.

| Shrouded Badlands || || Battleheart || There are no difficult base monsters. Battleheart for damage plus your choice of any desired DPS prayer.

| Perilous Peaks || || Battleheart || There are no difficult base monsters. Battleheart for damage plus your choice of any desired DPS prayer.

| Dark Waters || Protect from Ranged || Battleheart, Stoneskin || Rokken can be scary, so Protect from Ranged is recommended for the entire area. Battleheart for damage or Stoneskin for extra DR safety for Rokken.

| Unhallowed Wasteland || Protect from Melee || Protect from Magic, Stoneskin, Battleheart || Protect from Melee is required for any Greater Skeletal Dragons. Protect from Magic is recommended to reduce Cursed Lich lifesteal but is not required. Stoneskin will help with Spiked Red Claws. If you feel comfortable, your second prayer can be Battleheart.

{{ZoneIcon|Impending Darkness Event}} takes more attention than {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}}. High healing food such as {{ItemIcon|Whale (Perfect)}} are highly recommended. Pay attention to all attacks throughout the event, and Eat to full whenever in doubt. Listed below are the high priority monsters and attacks to watch out for.  

| Rokken/Rokken Boss || Shockwave || Modifiers can make Rokken hurt, and a boss Rokken will be very fast. Eat to full.

| {{MonsterIcon|Ku-tul}} || Curse of the Deep || If you don't switch to god armor, modifiers + affliction can make this hit hard, since ranged has no DR amulet. Eat to full.

These notes are strictly for the monsters in each area. Fire Surge is the recommended spell. Anguish III and Surge II are not required but do provide better dps; however, they will have to be selected every time you swap to your magic set.

| Shrouded Badlands || You can magic set and Ocean Song the entire area.

| Perilous Peaks || Swap each set for combat triangle advantage.

| Dark Waters || Swap each set for combat triangle advantage.

| Unhallowed Wasteland || Swap each set for combat triangle advantage. Incinerate and its burn can be used to help quickly DPS each melee UW monster if you wish, but Ocean Song and normal magic works fine.

Bane's attack style randomly rolls when he spawns. If you don't want to fight with a particular style, you can run - do not Stop the event as this will reset all progress - and reclear the slayer area to roll a new Bane spawn.

Probably the most annoying style as the modifiers stack up. Nothing special, just let Tidal Edge do the work as you pay attention to his attacks.

Decent fight due to the Dragon/Centaur synergy adding a lot of extra damage. Nothing special, as Shockwave is a strong weapon.

Probably the easiest style as you can Incinerate the entire fight for guaranteed burn and damage. You can switch to any normal spell and start relying on Ocean Song as the burn damage will drop off around half HP if you want, but is not really necessary. You can use normal magic and Ocean Song the entire fight too. Using Incinerate the entire fight allows you to use Damage Reduction Potions instead of Diamond Luck as your hits are already guaranteed at 20k+ Accuracy Rating.