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guide to combat. For frequently asked questions (FAQ), see
Into the Abyss FAQ.
Introduction
The following guide takes the player through the combat of the
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Into the Abyss Expansion with as little effort as possible. This guide is targeted at people who have either completed or nearly completed the base game. Completion of at least the
Air God Dungeon is recommended to follow the largest portion of this guide.
Frequent skill swapping in
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Into the Abyss is a lot more important than in
base game, so if you are struggling to progress try leveling some non-combat skills first.
Skill Trees are also extremely important, make sure you are acquiring the buffs as those points come in to make progression significantly faster.
This Guide is NOT designed with the Ancient Relics Game Mode in mind. Players looking for more information about that Game Mode should visit the Ancient Relics Guide.
A simplistic order for completing
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Combat (WIP):
- Farm
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Abyssal Cow
- Complete
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Depths of Woe
How Into the Abyss affects Combat
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Reversed Combat Triangle
In the Abyssal Realm, the direction of the combat triangle is reversed. Note that if your AR is reduced by the Abyssal Intimidation passive, the combat triangle is applied last.
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Ranged
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Reversed Combat Triangle (Standard Mode)
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Reversed Combat Triangle (Hardcore Mode)
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Abyssal Damage
Abyssal Damage is dealt by all monsters in the
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Into the Abyss Expansion, making
Damage Reduction useless.
Abyssal Resistance is the stat required to reduce damage by these enemies.
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Combat Simulator
Because the combat mechanics in this expansion are rather complex, and minor changes in enemy, equipment and player stats can make specific items better or worse it is always recommended to use the Combat Simulator to verify how to get the most kills per hour or drops per hour.
Stats and Buffs
Having progressed through
Throne of the Herald and
Atlas of discovery combat will make
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Into the Abyss significantly easier. This is due to
powerful starting potions from
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Herblore,
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Agility bonuses,
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Astrology bonuses and
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Summoning familiars.
also has many benefits such as the
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Point's of interest added which give many useful combat buffs, some of the
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Unholy Items can be useful too.
Make sure to run in Combat Simulator to find out what to use! These are just recommendations.
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Enhancements
Enhancements are very useful for both non-combat skilling and combat. They are obtained from
Strongholds. Before starting
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it is reccomended that you acquire all four
realm enhancements:
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Abyssal Stronghold enhancements will be acquired as progress is made in the expansion.
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Summoning
There are a few useful summoning synergies to have going into
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combat before you get [
Familiars]:
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Gear
Base Game
Collect the first three god sets from:
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Air God Dungeon,
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Water God Dungeon and
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Earth God Dungeon. Collecting the fire god set from
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Fire God Dungeon will also be helpful but not strictly required. It is only for endgame clear speed improvement when you have enough damage reduction already.
Throne of the Herald
Ensure you have the following armour from
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Necromancers Palace. This will be BIS save for a few items near the end of
:
Collect the three weapons from
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Golden Cloud Mountains as these are the BIS for most
encounters:
Acquiring the 
Superior Max Skillcape will also be helpful.
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Herblore
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Critical Strike Potion IV +20% crit chance
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Shadeveil Potion IV +20% crit chance and +50% chance to apply Shadeveil when critically hitting with an attack
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Prayers
Roughly in order of unlock. Be sure to look at dungeon guides.
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Terrorize
Consumables
Atlas of Discovery Combat
Early Game Atlas of Discovery
After collecting the first three god sets from:
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Air God Dungeon,
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Water God Dungeon and
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Earth God Dungeon the player will be well equipped to start combat. Immediate goals are to begin gathering
Barrier damaging equipment. The first gear the player will get is actually from the
Ancient Market in
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Archaeology. Remember
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Cartography and
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Archaeology are crucial to progressing
Atlas Of Discovery combat.
Major Goals
- Excavate
Old Summoning Amulet and 
Ring of Summoning from 
Ritual Site
- Farm
Barrier Gem from Ancient Market to create 
Tortoise (you only need one for 
gem slot if you have a lot of 
Spectre 
Spider already)
Lesser Summoning Amulet from 
Blind Ghost- Craft
Ring of Barrier Touch
Sapping Barrier Gem and 
Barrier Sapping Gloves from 
Vampiric Bat- Excavate
Ancient Silk from 
Bazaar to craft 
Ancient Infernal Cape
- Optionally; Max all skills for the
Max Skillcape
- Excavate
Ancient Stone Tablet from 
Monuments
- Farm 11
Draining Barrier Gem from Golem Territory to upgrade your gloves to 
Barrier Draining Gloves and to equip one in your gem slot
Mid Game Atlas of Discovery
After completing the early game the next goal is to unlock the 
Cult Grounds dungeon as fast as possible and farm it to upgrade your god gear to 
(B). The difficulty starts ramping up here. If you are struggling to defeat these dungeons check the individual strategy guides on each dungeons page.
Major Goals
- Find
Old Route Chart
- Complete
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Unholy Forest once
- Find
Torn Scrolls
- Complete
Trickery Temple once
- Find
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Cult Imp- Farm Cult Grounds until you have enough
Barrier Exalted Shard and 
Siphoning Barrier Gem to upgrade your 
air god and then earth god armour to (B). The helmet for both should be skipped if you have the 
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Cult Member
- Equip
Summoner's Blessed Ring from Cult Grounds unless you are using the 
summon set from
Late Game Atlas of Discovery
The main goal of late game is to find 
Melantis, collect the three weapons from 
Underwater Ruins, finishing 
Underwater City and then acquiring endgame clear speed items for the subsequent 
pet farms.
Major Goals
- Optionally; Finish
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Into the Mist at least once for the 
passive slot
- Discover Melantis through following a trail of clues (solution here for lazy people)
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Merman Guard can be acquired but they are easily replaced- Underwater City (guide higly reccomended!). Equip
Eradicating Gloves (m) as soon as they are found (for those using summon set play around with the Combat Simulator to decide whether to use them or not)
Devouring Barrier Shield for 
shield slot and 
Knight's Summoning Defender for passive slot are both reccomended for further farming
Fox 
Siren 
Lightning Spirit
Amulet of Curse Totem Summon
Gloves of Greater Shade Summon
Monster Hunter Scroll
Summoner's Blessing is good but requires a lot of effort to get so use sparingly
Blood Chalice
Power Crystals
Relic Whetstone and 
Charged Relic Quiver are technically good but they take so much effort to get they are ultimately useless
