Bossing is among the most difficult but rewarding actions you possibly can do in OSRS. Nonetheless, attending to the purpose the place you can begin bossing can take many hours. It’s because to begin bossing, you have to sure fight ability ranges and particular items of drugs.
On prime of this, your Agility degree might additionally assist you whereas bossing as a result of it can make reaching them simpler within the case of particular bosses. Some achievement diaries is also useful.
Moreover, there are Slayer-specific bosses that you just’ll want a sure Slayer degree and a Slayer job to kill, and managers locked behind quests corresponding to Zulrah, Vorkath, or the Phantom Muspah. Usually talking, for a big number of bosses to kill, you must work in your fight abilities.
Fight Ability Ranges
Totally different bosses would require you to have completely different fight ranges. There are newbie bosses corresponding to Obor or Bryophyta, which you’ll kill with low fight ranges. There are additionally mid-level bosses corresponding to Sarachnis, which you’ll tackle mid-game, however there are tougher bosses corresponding to Zulrah or Vorkath, for which you’ll want a excessive fight degree.
Getting your fight degree prepared for bossing is comparatively straightforward and could be executed in an AFK method both at Sand or Ammonite Crabs or via the Nightmare Zone minigame, supplied you’ve executed sufficient quests. You’ll have 10 minutes, respectively 20 minutes AFK instances, so you probably have sufficient GP at hand for just a few consumables and the Nightmare Zone payment, you will get your fight stats of their 90s in a few weeks, relying on how a lot you play.
In case you’re questioning what fight abilities to degree, that’s a matter of what particular boss you’re making an attempt to kill. There are bosses weak to the vary, however having your melee abilities excessive can also be a superb technique. Having all of the fight abilities excessive will in the end can help you select from a bigger number of bosses to kill.
Additionally, guarantee your Prayer degree is not less than 77 so you might have entry to the entire Prayers. Whereas some bosses received’t require this, the upper your Prayer degree, the extra you’ll save on prayer pots.
Spellbooks
Just a few bosses, like Zulrah or the Kraken, are weak to Magic, however a excessive Magic degree will assist you in some boss fights with some utility or fight spells. Such instances are, for instance, the Kalphite Queen struggle, the place regardless that you’ll have to make use of Melee and Vary to defeat the 2 phases of the boss, casting Vengeance will assist you velocity up the kill and doubtlessly get extra kills per journey. The spell belongs to the lunar spellbook.
One other useful trick in opposition to sure bosses is freezing them with ice spells from the Historic spellbook. This can be a good technique in opposition to bosses like the brand new Phantom Muspah. For different bosses, it’s finest to make use of thrall spells discovered within the Arceuus spellbook. Within the struggle in opposition to Cerberus, for instance, summoning thralls will assist you defeat the boss sooner, which in the end means you’ll have extra kills per run and therefore extra revenue.
Gear
Whereas the best-in-slot gadgets or optimum setup for every boss can differ vastly, some items of apparatus are typically good and that you must receive for bossing, contemplating an ideal number of bosses.
Capes
For the cape slot, three capes will assist you when bossing: the Hearth Cape from the Combat caves minigame for melee, the Imbued God Cape from the mage area 2 for magic, and the Ava’s Accumulator or Assembler after the Animal Magnetism quest.
Elite Void gear
The Elite Void gear could be good for a lot of bosses requiring a number of assault kinds as a result of it can can help you swap between ranged, melee, and magic simply. To acquire it, you have to each Pest Management factors and to have accomplished the laborious Western Provinces diary.
Rada’s Blessing 4
Rasa’s blessing 4 is the BiS for the ammo slot when utilizing melee and magic whenever you’re not utilizing ranged gear that requires ammo or whenever you’re utilizing ranged gear that works with expenses such because the crystal bow or poisonous blowpipe. It gives you a plus two prayer bonus, however you’ll want the elite Kourend and Kebos diary to acquire it.
The Fighter Torso
The Fighter Torso is an untradeable piece of apparatus that’s nearly nearly as good because the Bandos Chestplate, which is the second best-in-slot for many bosses you’ll struggle with melee gear. You may get it from the Barbarian Assault minigame.
Imbued rings
To enhance your outfit, you need to use an imbued ring: Berserker ring for melee, Seer’s ring for Magic, and Archer’s ring for vary. You’ll be able to receive the rings from the Dagannoth Kings or the Grand Trade, however you’ll must imbue them utilizing Nightmare Zone factors or Soulwars factors.
Amulet of Fury and Barrows Glove
Regardless that there are particular attack-style neck slots, such because the Necklace of Anguish for Vary, Amulet of Torture for melee, or the Occult Necklace for Magic, having an Amulet of Fury might be environment friendly in opposition to most boss encounters. You need to save on stock area. Equally, the Barrows Gloves, which you will get after finishing the Recipe for Catastrophe quest, is the second best-in-slot merchandise for many bosses and one much less merchandise to swap if you’ll want to gear swap for that particular boss struggle.
