The Phantom Muspah boss was launched in Outdated Faculty RuneScape on January eleventh, along with the Secrets and techniques of the North quest. To achieve entry to the boss, you have to to finish the Secrets and techniques of the North quest, which is a master-level quest in that you just’ll want 69 Agility, 64 Thieving, and 56 Hunter to start out. You’ll additionally must have accomplished Making mates with My arms, Devious Minds, Hazel cult quests, and The Normal’s Shadow miniquest to start out it. The really useful fight stage to finish the hunt is 85.
What to Anticipate
In the course of the quest, you’ll encounter the boss for the primary time within the type of the Unusual Creature. Nonetheless, it is a weaker model of the boss, so defeating it through the quest gained’t communicate volumes about how straightforward or laborious you’ll discover the boss after the hunt. When you end the hunt, you’ll be able to repeat the boss battle as usually as you need in an occasion, however you’ll face a stronger type of the unusual creature known as the Phantom Muspah.
To get to the Phantom boss, you have to an Icy Basalt teleport, which you’ll incorporate in your player-owned home both within the Portal Nexus or Portal Chamber. Not like most different teleports you’ll be able to add right here, there’s no Magic stage requirement for this one.
When you attain Weiss, undergo the shortcut close to the herb plots, then transfer east, sneak by means of the fence, and climb down. Undergo the primary door after which transfer north, because the rubble blocking that passage through the quest is now eliminated. Use the identical door as through the quest to enter the occasion, and be ready!
Weaker Than Vorkath?
Jagex initially said on November seventeenth, 2022, that the Phantom Muspah can be mechanically extra complicated than Vorkath however with decrease stats.
“Given it’s coming from a Grasp stage quest, we’re not taking a look at Inferno stage of problem! We expect a good comparability is a barely extra mechanical model of Vorkath however with decrease stats. You may need to focus a bit extra, however you’ll be capable of shred by means of the boss a lot simpler than you’ll be able to in opposition to the beasty blue boi.”
Nonetheless, it is a considerably questionable assertion. From a mechanical perspective, one might argue that provided that the Phantom Muspah is transferring, however Vorkath is static and that you will want to swap prayers for its vary kind, he’s extra complicated than Vorkath.
Stats
Phantom Muspah has a complete HP is 850, which is bigger than Vorkath, and on prime of this, he additionally good points a defend that can forestall you from dealing harm for a while. Each Vorkath and Muspah can heal in case you step on certainly one of their particular assault (the acid swimming pools for Vorkath and the spikes plus the defend part for Muspah).
Protection
Vorkath’s protection stage is 214, and Muspah is shut by with a 200 protection stage. Each have the identical Magic stage of 150, so wanting on the total defensive stats, Vorkath is just considerably stronger concerning its Assault, Power, and Vary ranges.
In terms of defensive stats, Muspah has the next:
+185 Stab protection
+134 Slash protection
+120 Crush protection
+437 Magic protection
+56 Ranged protection
On launch, the scenario was so unhealthy that the very subsequent day (January twelfth), Jagex proceeded to stability the boss in order that gamers might extra precisely freeze him. They did this by growing the accuracy of the ice spells by 10 % when the boss was not frozen. Nonetheless, the boss manages to drop this vital assault for the methods developed in opposition to him till now.
Offense
The scenario could possibly be higher concerning offensive stats, as Vorkath has greater offensive stats for its vary assaults.
Right here’s a have a look at the Phantom Muspah’s offensive stats:
+393 Assault
+11 Strenght
+280 Magic
+180 Magic Strenght
+64 Ranged
+6 Ranged Power
More durable Than Anticipated
Primarily based on what Jagex has promised, the Phantom boss feels rather more difficult than anticipated. Though the mechanics are complicated, they’re not those that add as much as the issue of the boss, however quite the excessive defensive and offensive stats. Whereas the boss is fairly intuitive and never laborious to be taught, you’ll spend sufficient time kiting the boss and eat full inventories of prayer pots, meals, and stamina.
