The Phantom Muspah boss was launched in Outdated Faculty RuneScape on January eleventh, along with the Secrets and techniques of the North quest. To realize entry to the boss, you will want 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 begin. You’ll additionally must have accomplished Making associates with My arms, Devious Minds, Hazel cult quests, and The Basic’s Shadow miniquest to begin it. The beneficial fight degree to finish the search is 85.
What to Count on
Throughout the quest, you’ll encounter the boss for the primary time within the type of the Unusual Creature. Nevertheless, it is a weaker model of the boss, so defeating it in the course of the quest received’t communicate volumes about how simple or onerous you’ll discover the boss after the search. When you end the search, you may repeat the boss struggle as typically 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 will want 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 may add right here, there’s no Magic degree requirement for this one.
When you attain Weiss, undergo the shortcut close to the herb plots, then transfer east, sneak via the fence, and climb down. Undergo the primary door after which transfer north, because the rubble blocking that passage in the course of the quest is now eliminated. Use the identical door as in the course of 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 advanced than Vorkath however with decrease stats.
“Given it’s coming from a Grasp degree quest, we’re not Inferno degree of issue! We expect a good comparability is a barely extra mechanical model of Vorkath however with decrease stats. You may need to focus a little bit extra, however you’ll be capable to shred via the boss a lot simpler than you may in opposition to the beasty blue boi.”
Nevertheless, it is a considerably questionable assertion. From a mechanical perspective, one may argue that provided that the Phantom Muspah is transferring, however Vorkath is static and that you’ll want to swap prayers for its vary kind, he’s extra advanced than Vorkath.
Stats
Phantom Muspah has a complete HP is 850, which is bigger than Vorkath, and on high of this, he additionally good points a defend that can forestall you from dealing harm for a while. Each Vorkath and Muspah can heal if you happen to step on considered one of their particular assault (the acid swimming pools for Vorkath and the spikes plus the defend section for Muspah).
Protection
Vorkath’s protection degree is 214, and Muspah is shut by with a 200 protection degree. Each have the identical Magic degree of 150, so wanting on the total defensive stats, Vorkath is simply 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 may extra precisely freeze him. They did this by growing the accuracy of the ice spells by 10 p.c when the boss was not frozen. Nonetheless, the boss manages to drop this essential assault for the methods developed in opposition to him till now.
Offense
The scenario might be higher concerning offensive stats, as Vorkath has greater offensive stats for its vary assaults.
Right here’s a take a look at the Phantom Muspah’s offensive stats:
- +393 Assault
- +11 Strenght
- +280 Magic
- +180 Magic Strenght
- +64 Ranged
- +6 Ranged Power
Tougher Than Anticipated
Primarily based on what Jagex has promised, the Phantom boss feels far more difficult than anticipated. Although the mechanics are advanced, they’re not those that add as much as the issue of the boss, however somewhat the excessive defensive and offensive stats. Whereas the boss is fairly intuitive and never onerous to study, you’ll spend sufficient time kiting the boss and eat full inventories of prayer pots, meals, and stamina.