Throne of the Herald/Guide
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This content is part of the Throne of the Herald Expansion.
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This article is a strategy guide for Throne of the Herald.
Information on equipment, mechanics and strategies are on this page.
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Due to justified nerfs to Poison and 
Despair in Patch 1.3, the requirements and length of the fight has gone up.
Rewards
Harold - This pet has a ludicrous amount of bonuses for every aspect of the game.
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 
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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
Low Level Method
Manual Eating will be required to defeat 
Throne of the Herald with this Method.
There are 2 options on how to Manual Eat:
- Simply holding down the Eat button the entire Fight.
- Reactionary Manual Eating, this is quite tricky as The Herald attacks quite fast.
Requirements
This is a list of all Skill Requirements.
Level 70
Level 90
Level 100
Level 103
Level 104
Level 105
Level 108
Level 110
Level 112- Level 115
Level 115
Level 115
Level 115 with 
Spectre Mark Level 2
Level 118
Level 118
Level 120
Level 120
Level 120
Agility for all 3 phases
| Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP | Level 1 |
| 2 | Balance Beam | +2% Agility Skill XP | Level 10 |
| 3 | Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit | Level 20 Level 10 Level 10 |
| 4 | Gap Jump | +3% Runecrafting Mastery XP | Level 30 |
| 5 | Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating | Level 40 Level 20 Level 20 Level 20 |
| 6 | Lake Swim | +1% Damage Reduction +5% Damage To All Monsters +3% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points | Level 50 Level 50 Level 50 |
| 7 | Boulder Trap | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills | Level 60 |
| 8 | Raft Building | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction | Level 70 Level 70 Level 70 |
| 9 | Water Jump | +3% Global Mastery XP +8% Magic Max Hit +8% Ranged Max Hit +8% Melee Max Hit | Level 80 Level 70 Level 70 Level 70 |
| 10 | Ocean Rafting | +5% Damage To All Monsters +10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales) +5% Auto Eat Efficiency | Level 90 Level 99 |
| 11 | Pipe Maze | +5% Damage to Monsters in Dungeons -20% Chance To Double Loot in Combat | Level 100 Level 100 Level 100 Level 100 |
| 12 | Boulder Balance | -20% Global Accuracy +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit -0.1s Attack Interval | Level 105 Level 105 Level 105 Level 105 |
| 13 | Rope Trap | -10% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only +8% Damage To Bosses | Level 110 |
| 14 | 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 | Level 115 Level 110 Level 110 Level 110 |
| 15 | Waterfall Crossing | -100 Maximum Hitpoints Your Attacks now roll twice (Select highest chance) -10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales) | Level 118 Level 120 |
| Pillar | 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 | Level 99 |
| Elite Pillar | Elite Pillar of Conflict | +10% Lifesteal +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +25% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points -3 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +50% Hitpoint Regeneration +350% GP from Combat | Level 120 |
Phase 1
This Phase should take around 4-5 minutes.
- Spell:
Tsunami - Aurora:
Surge II - Curse: Despair
- Potion:
Deadly Toxins Potion - Prayers:
Holy Aegis & 
Battleborn
- Enhancements:
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- Error creating thumbnail: File missingDragon Enhancement (Superior)
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Phase 2
This Phase should take around 4-5 minutes.
- Potion:
Damage Reduction Potion IV - Prayers: Holy Aegis & Battleborn
- Enhancements:
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Phase 3
This Phase should take around 3-4 minutes.
- Spell:
Incinerate - Aurora: Surge II
- Potion: Deadly Toxins Potion
- Prayers:
Battleheart & Battleborn
- Enhancements:
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Combat Simulator Exports
You can double-check the Combat Simulator Exports here.
Please follow the link and Expand each Phase as desired.
(near) Superior Max Method
Requirements
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 will require the following Skill Levels:
- Level 99
- Level 110
- Level 118
- Level 118
- Level 120
- Level 90 or Level 120 - Will need atleast Level 90 for Damage Reduction Potion IV, Waterfall Crossing is not required but cuts clear time in half.
- Level 120
- Level 120
It will require a bunch of Pets too, if almost no Pets are obtained it is still possible to Idle this boss if 
Leonardo, 
Erran and 
Finn, the Cat are owned.
Bouncing Bob, 
Peri, 
Otto, 
Ren, 
Azuzu, 
Harry and 
Webbie.
Agility for all 3 phases
| Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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| 1 | Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP |
| 2 | Rope Jump | +3% Smithing Mastery XP |
| 3 | Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit |
| 4 | Coal Stones | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
| 5 | Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating |
| 6 | Lake Swim | +1% Damage Reduction +5% Damage To All Monsters +3% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points |
| 7 | Boulder Trap | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
| 8 | Raft Building | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction |
| 9 | Water Jump | +3% Global Mastery XP +8% Magic Max Hit +8% Ranged Max Hit +8% Melee Max Hit |
| 10 | Ocean Rafting | +5% Damage To All Monsters +10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales) +5% Auto Eat Efficiency |
| 11 | Frozen Maze | +1% Damage Reduction -0.1s Monster Respawn Timer -3 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -20% Rune Preservation -20% Ammo Preservation |
| 12 | Boulder Balance | -20% Global Accuracy +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit -0.1s Attack Interval |
| 13 | Rope Trap | -10% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only +8% Damage To Bosses |
| 14 | 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 | Waterfall Crossing | -100 Maximum Hitpoints Your Attacks now roll twice (Select highest chance) -10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales) |
| Pillar | 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 |
| Elite Pillar | Elite Pillar of Expertise | +8% Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only -3% Interval for all Non-Combat Skills +40% Global GP (except Item Sales) +8% Chance to Double Items Globally |
Phase 1
- Spell:
Slicing Maelstrom - Aurora: Surge II
- Curse: Despair
- Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
- Prayers: Battleheart & Battleborn
The following Enhancements:
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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.
The Phase can be fully Idled, it should take roughly 30 minutes ( 10 minutes if Astrology has been reached.).
The 
Palladium Onyx Ring should be equipped in the Passive Slot, this way you don't get the negative -1% DR when it's equipped in the Ring Slot.
This will require the following Skill Levels on top of the Phase 1 requirements:
- Level 120
- Level 120
- Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
- Prayers: Battleheart & Battleborn
The following Enhancements:
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- Error creating thumbnail: File missingDragon Enhancement (Superior)
- Error creating thumbnail: File missingGods Enhancement (Superior)
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!
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.
When Manual Eating this boss there are 2 choices of how to do this.
- You can apply Reaction Manual Eating, Eating only when needed, after The Herald hits you, you hit The Herald then you Eat before The Herald hits again. This gets nearly impossible to do effectively at highh stacks of "Reign over TIme"
- Just hold the eat button the entire fight.
The Herald does not apply stacks of Affliction, which does make things easier.
The Phase should last roughly 30 minutes, 5 minutes if 
Ashtar is fully maxed.
The 
Yak 
Dragon will prevent Burn from doing any damage, saving you a lot of Manual Eating or risk of Death.
- Spell: Slicing Maelstrom
- Aurora: Surge II
- Curse: Despair
- Potion: Deadly Toxins Potion
- Prayers: Battleheart & Battleborn
The following Enhancements:
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- Error creating thumbnail: File missingMagic Enhancement (Superior)
- Error creating thumbnail: File missingGods Enhancement (Superior)
Ancient Relics
Due to the nature of Ancient Relics, this mode is a lot more powerful than it's standard counterpart.
The Standard Method here works just fine for this mode, however it can be done with much less gear and Levels in Ancient Relics Mode
This method will require the following Relics numbers to be obtained:
- Attack - 1,2,3,4,5 - Master Relic
- Strength - 1,2,3,4,5 - Master Relic
- Defence - 1,2,3,4,5 - Master Relic
- Hitpoints - 2
- Agility - 3,5
- Magic - 5 (Relics 1,2,4 speed up the kill time quite a bit but aren't required)
- Astrology - 1,2,3,4,5 - Master Relic
Much like the previous Cheese Method, there are 2 ways of Eating, Reaction Manual Eating - Eating whenever Damage is taken, or just holding "Enter" on the Eat button (only possible on PC). You need to double click the word "Food" in-game, then press tab, this will allow you to hold "Enter" for the entire fight. Do notice that the popup for Harold at the final Kill of Phase 3 will not Show up this way.
This will require the following Skill Levels:
- Level 90 or
Level 90 for Damage Reduction Potion IV - Level 99
- Level 99
- Level 112
- Level 112
- Level 112
- Level 114
- Level 115
- Level 115
- Level 90
- Level 118
- Level 118
Agility for all 3 Phases
| Slot | Obstacle | Bonuses |
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| 1 | Cargo Net | +3% Global GP (except Item Sales) +2% Fishing Mastery XP |
| 2 | Rope Jump | +3% Smithing Mastery XP |
| 3 | Pipe Climb | +5% Melee Evasion +5% Melee Max Hit |
| 4 | Coal Stones | -4% Global Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value +20% GP gained from Thieving +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
| 5 | Cliff Balance | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +5% Ranged Accuracy Rating +2 Prayer Point Cost for Prayers +5% Magic Accuracy Rating +5% Melee Accuracy Rating |
| 6 | Lake Swim | +1% Damage Reduction +5% Damage To All Monsters +3% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points |
| 7 | Boulder Trap | -20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills |
| 8 | Raft Building | +20 Maximum Hitpoints +2% Damage To All Monsters +1% Damage Reduction |
| 9 | Water Jump | +3% Global Mastery XP +8% Magic Max Hit +8% Ranged Max Hit +8% Melee Max Hit |
| 10 | Ocean Rafting | +5% Damage To All Monsters +10% Global Slayer Coins (except Item Sales) +5% Auto Eat Efficiency |
| 11 | Pipe Maze | +5% Damage to Monsters in Dungeons -20% Chance To Double Loot in Combat |
| Pillar | 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 |
Phase 1 & 2
There is no need to swap equipment between Phase 1 and Phase 2, Swapping Minotaur to Centaur is highly suggested for slightly faster kills.
Optional If 
Bleed Burner Cape is obtained, equip this instead of 
Ancient Infernal Cape for less healing interruptions and thus faster kills.
- Curse: Despair
- Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
- Prayers: Battleheart & Battleborn
The following Enhancements:
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Phase 3
- Spell:
Thunder Strike - Aurora:
Surge IV - Curse:
Weakening III - Potion: Damage Reduction Potion IV
- Prayers: Battleheart & Battleborn
The following Enhancements:
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- Error creating thumbnail: File missingDragon Enhancement (Superior)
- Error creating thumbnail: File missingGods Enhancement (Superior)
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