The Phantom Muspah boss was launched in Outdated College RuneScape on January eleventh, along with the Secrets and techniques of the North quest. To realize 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 simply’ll want 69 Agility, 64 Thieving, and 56 Hunter to start out. You’ll additionally must have accomplished Making buddies with My arms, Devious Minds, Hazel cult quests, and The Common’s Shadow miniquest to start out it. The beneficial fight stage to finish the search is 85.
What to Count on
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 simple or laborious you’ll discover the boss after the search. When you end the search, you may repeat the boss combat as typically as you need in an occasion, however you’ll face a stronger type of the unusual creature referred to as the Phantom Muspah.
To get to the Phantom boss, you have to an Icy Basalt teleport, which you’ll be able to incorporate in your player-owned home both within the Portal Nexus or Portal Chamber. In contrast to most different teleports you may 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 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 acknowledged on November seventeenth, 2022, that the Phantom Muspah could be mechanically extra complicated than Vorkath however with decrease stats.
“Given it’s coming from a Grasp stage quest, we’re not Inferno stage of problem! We predict 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 have the ability to shred by the boss a lot simpler than you may towards 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’ll want to swap prayers for its vary type, he’s extra complicated 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 may forestall you from dealing injury for a while. Each Vorkath and Muspah can heal for those who step on one among their particular assault (the acid swimming pools for Vorkath and the spikes plus the defend section 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 trying on the total defensive stats, Vorkath is simply considerably stronger relating to its Assault, Power, and Vary ranges.
With regards to defensive stats, Muspah has the next:
- +185 Stab protection
- +134 Slash protection
- +120 Crush protection
- +437 Magic protection
- +56 Ranged protection
On launch, the state of affairs was so unhealthy that the very subsequent day (January twelfth), Jagex proceeded to steadiness the boss in order that gamers might 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 important assault for the methods developed towards him till now.
Offense
The state of affairs may very well be higher relating to offensive stats, as Vorkath has increased 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
Tougher Than Anticipated
Based mostly on what Jagex has promised, the Phantom boss feels way more difficult than anticipated. Regardless that the mechanics are complicated, they’re not those that add as much as the issue of the boss, however fairly the excessive defensive and offensive stats. Whereas the boss is fairly intuitive and never laborious to study, you’ll spend sufficient time kiting the boss and devour full inventories of prayer pots, meals, and stamina.