TzKal-Zuk/Strategies (2024)

• 1 Recommended levels and equipment
  • 1.1 Styles
• 2 Presets
• 3 Overview
  • 3.1 Runs required for cape
  • 3.2 Damage reduction
  • 3.3 Quick guide
• 4 Monsters
  • 4.1 TzekHaar-Jad
  • 4.2 TzekHaar-Aken
  • 4.3 TzKal-Zuk
• 5 Waves
  • 5.1 Jad waves
  • 5.2 Igneous waves
  • 5.3 Challenge waves
• 6 Hard mode
  • 6.1 Igneous waves
  • 6.2 Challenge waves
  • 6.3 TzekHaar-Aken
  • 6.4 TzKal-Zuk
• 7 References

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This preset is the bare minimum recommended for Zuk. It is mainly aimed at players who lack good gear but are looking to get Igneous stones to upgrade the Kiln capes.

Equipment:

• Dual wield magic weapons to be used along with Greater Concentrated Blast.
• 3 pieces of Obsidian armour which provide a flat 19% damage reduction (or 29% with the Tokkul donation).
• Augmented armour to provide an essential damage and adrenaline boost:
  • Virtus robe top / Elite tectonic robe top / Seasinger's robe top / Cryptbloom top
  • Virtus robe legs / Elite tectonic robe bottom / Seasinger's robe bottom / Cryptbloom bottoms
• This setup allows learners to benefit from the damage reduction of the obsidian armour, while gaining sufficient damage using augmented body and legs.
• If players are using magic tank armour, they should cast Animate Dead for additional damage reduction (the obsidian mage helm is classified as magic tank armour).

Inventory:

• Saradomin brew flasks or Super Saradomin brew flasks to be used as far as possible
• Sailfish or Sailfish soups for panic healing
• Super restore flasks for prayer restoration and to counter Zuk's searing mechanic
• Vulnerability bombs for Har-Aken and Zuk
• Merciless kiteshield swap for Resonance and Barricade
• Grasping rune pouch (purple) with runes for Incite Fear or Exsanguinate
• Grasping rune pouch (green) with runes for Animate Dead

Familiar and Aura:

• Vampyrism aura to reduce food consumption
• Pack yak with the following:
  • 5 Super restore flasks
  • 15 Saradomin brew flasks or Super Saradomin brew flask
  • 10 Sailfish

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This preset uses 4 pieces of tank armour in conjunction with Animate Dead for a massive damage reduction. As players are using tank armour, they will not need much food and a DPS-boosting familiar and aura can be used.

Equipment:

• Dual wield magic weapons to be used along with Greater Concentrated Blast.
• Wand switch with Planted Feet.
• 2 pieces of Obsidian armour which provide some damage reduction.
• Augmented tank armour to provide an essential damage and adrenaline boost:
  • Seasinger's robe top / Cryptbloom top
  • Seasinger's robe bottom / Cryptbloom bottoms
• Animate Dead is to be used in conjunction with tank armour
• Double Surge and/or Mobile perk for additional mobility

Inventory:

• Saradomin brew flasks or Super Saradomin brew flasks to be used as far as possible
• Sailfish or Sailfish soups for panic healing
• Super restore flasks for prayer restoration and to counter Zuk's searing mechanic
• Vulnerability bombs for Har-Aken and Zuk
• Merciless kiteshield swap for Resonance and Barricade
• Reaver's ring swap for the Zuk fight
• Grasping rune pouch (purple) with runes for Incite Fear or Exsanguinate
• Grasping rune pouch (green) with runes for Animate Dead
• Grasping rune pouch (yellow) with runes for Smoke Cloud

Familiar and Aura:

• Maniacal aura which greatly improves DPS.
• Ripper demon which greatly improves DPS and helps clear the Har-Aken and Zuk waves in fewer cycles.

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This preset assumes the player is using a Ripper demon, either the whole time or bringing the pouch and scrolls in a beast of burden and summoning it before TzekHaar-Aken.

Equipment:

• Augmented Kalphite rebounder for Planted Feet switch and shield in one slot
• Augmented magic off-hand with Caroming 4 perk to tag four additional monsters with Greater chain
• Elite tectonic as a swap for DPS checkpoints and safe waves to speed up clear times
• Reaver's ring as a switch for Zuk
• Grimoire for increased critical chance if using the Fractured Staff of Armadyl special. Otherwise, substitute for a Ful/Wen/Jas scripture
• Essence of finality secondary amulet with Armadyl battlestaff if using the Fractured Staff of Armadyl
• Augmented Seren godbow for TzekHaar-Jads, TzekHaar-Aken, Zuk, and the Conduit of Ful

Inventory:

• Rune pouches with runes to cast Incite Fear, Exsanguinate, Animate Dead, Smoke Cloud, Spellbook Swap, and Disruption Shield.
• Spiritual prayer potions to increase Ripper demon special move rate during Zuk and TzekHaar-Aken fights
• Super restore flask to counter Zuk's searing mechanic

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This preset assumes the use of a Ripper Demon or other damage boosting familiar. If damage intake is an issue, bring a Blood Reaver familiar instead as its special move will heal the player for 1,000 life points. This also assumes the encounter will be completed in under 35 minutes; otherwise, additional Overloads and Prayer Renewals are needed. It is very possible to get sub 30 minute kills using this setup.

Auras

• An Vampyrism aura is recommended due to the high damage taken during the fight.
• If you don't need the extra healing, its recommended to use the appropriate War's aura, to increase DPS:
  • Berserker aura for Melee (not recommended).
  • Reckless aura for Ranged.
  • Maniacal aura for Magic.

Equipment

• Augmented Ranged Power Armour to provide an essential damage boost, see Optimal PvM Perk Setup for the best perks:
  • Augmented sirenic hauberk and Augmented sirenic chaps or if you are unable to wear Sirenic:
  • Augmented Pernix body / Augmented Pernix chaps.
• Augmented ascension crossbow and Augmented off-hand ascension crossbow again, see Optimal PvM Perk Setup for the best perks to use. If the player does not have access to Ascension crossbows, use an Augmented chaotic crossbow and Augmented off-hand chaotic crossbow instead.
• An Essence of Finality amulet for the benefits to Soul Split, increased accuracy, and the ability to store a Weapon Special Attack; the minimum recommended is the Dark bow special attack.
• Fleeting boots for the ability to use Rapid Fire while moving and with a +10% increased hit chance.
• A TokKul-Zo as this is the best-in-slot ring for the monsters in the waves leading up to Zuk.
• Cinderbane gloves as the monsters in the waves leading to Zuk are poisonable.
• Enchanted Bakriminel bolts should be used:
  • Onyx bakriminel bolts (e) for healing.
  • Dragonstone bakriminel bolts (e) for increased DPS.
  • Hydrix bakriminel bolts (e) for increased Adrenaline.
• A Tirannwn quiver 4 or Pernix's quiver for the added prayer bonus.
• If the Igneous Kal-Xil is not owned, use either the TokHaar-Kal-Xil or any other strong cape such as a Cape of Accomplishment.
• If the Scripture of Wen is not owned, use either a Scripture of Jas or God Book.

Inventory:

• The best Overload available to you. In this case, an Elder overload potion.
• An Adrenaline renewal flask which provides 40% adrenaline over 10 game ticks. Very useful for wave 15, and the DPS rotation during the final Zuk fight.
  • If you don't have access to Adrenaline Renewal Potions, you can also use Adrenaline Potions, however it will make it more difficult to gather the required Adrenaline.
• One or two Super restore flasks to counter Zuk's searing mechanic.
• Spiritual prayer potions to increase Ripper demon special move rate during Zuk and TzekHaar-Aken fights. If using a Beast of burden instead of a DPS familiar, swap these for extra food.
• A few Saradomin brew flasks if taking too much damage is an issue. (Optional based on damage taken)
• A few pieces of the best food available to use as a panic heal. In this case, Sailfish. (Optional based on damage taken)
• Some Super prayer flasks as prayer points need to be kept up during the fight to be able to prayer switch, or if you have one, a Blessed flask
• A Large rune pouch containing runes to cast Disruption Shield. (Optional)
• A Vengeful kiteshield required to be able to use Barricade and Resonance during the fight. Having an Augmented version with the Turtling perk makes wave 15 (The third challenge wave) much easier.
• The Enhanced Excalibur is a nice-to-have as it can heal 4% of maximum life points every 4.2 seconds five times, resulting in a total heal of 20% over 21 seconds. By completing the Elite Seers' Village achievements, this is increased to a 40% heal over 42 seconds.
• The Ring of vigour is used as a switch when using an ultimate ability, as it will leave the player with 10% adrenaline. It also reduces weapon special attack adrenaline usage by 10%. (Not required if you have unlocked the Warped gem passive effect).
• A Reaver's ring used as a ring switch for Zuk, as the TokKul-Zo's 10% damage boost does not work on Zuk, as well as to reduce death costs if the player is dying a lot during attempts.
• An Ancient elven ritual shard for free prayer point recovery.
• A Powerburst of vitality can halve incoming damage for six seconds in a panic situation. This is especially useful if either of the first two Challenge Waves are failed.

Familiar:

• If you are not worried about your health, use a Ripper Demon (familiar) Binding contract (ripper demon) with scrolls as this greatly increases DPS.
• If you are worried about your health, or unable to keep your health up during the fight, use a Blood reaver (familiar) Binding contract (blood reaver).

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This preset assumes the player is using a Ripper demon, either the entire time or bringing the pouch and scrolls in a beast of burden and summoning it before TzekHaar-Aken. It also assumes the player is completing the fight in under 35 minutes, or under 48 minutes if using Lantadyme incense sticks. If that's not the case, another overload flask is necessary.

Equipment:

• Augmented repriser for Planted Feet switch and shield in one slot
• Three Essence of Finalty amulets, charged with the special attacks of a Dark bow, a Seren godbow and an Eldritch crossbow

Inventory:

• Rune pouches with runes to cast Spellbook Swap and Disruption Shield
• Spiritual prayer potions to increase Ripper demon special move rate during Zuk and TzekHaar-Aken fights
• Super restore flasks to counter Zuk's searing mechanic

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This preset is recommended for players who aim to get Igneous Stones to upgrade the Kiln Capes using Necromancy.

It is assumed that the Well of Souls is filled, all talents are unlocked, and Kili's tasks for Tier 90 gear has been completed.

This preset assumes a Ripper Demon is used, although as an alternative, a Beast of Burden may be used to carry additional food, or a Hellhound can provide additional damage reduction but will require the player monitors its HP.

Equipment:

• Tier 90 Deathwarden armour is used for its greatly increased HP.

• Tier 90 Deathdealer or Robes of the First Necromancer can also be used if owned.

• Obsidian Boots with TokKul donation grant a total of 15% damage reduction.

• Gloves may be Obsidian, Deathwarden, or Cinderbane.

• Excalibur is brought both for its healing effect, and as a switch to forcibly clear conjured summons, allowing them to be re-summoned with a full timer.

Inventory:

• Super restore flasks to counter Zuk's searing mechanic and provide Prayer throughout the waves.
• Ectoplasm and Necrotic Runes.
• One of the following: Rune Pouches with runes to cast Spellbook Swap and Disruption Shield, or an augmented Shield with the Turtling perk, to counter Wave 15.

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This preset is aimed at farming TzKal-Zuk on Hard Mode for an experienced player, and prioritises fast kills over gear accessibility.

This preset assumes the player is using a Ripper demon or other damage increasing Familiar, and is completing the fight in under 35 minutes.

Equipment:

• The First Necromancer's equipment is used for the increased duration of conjured spirits.

• Foot wraps of the First Necromancer may be replaced with Obsidian boots with TokKul donation grant a total of 15% damage reduction.
  • If using Obsidian boots, bring a Hand wrap of the First Necromancer in place of Cinderbane gloves for the 4 piece set bonus when conjuring spirits for increased duration.

• An Essence of Finality amulet, charged with the special attack of a Tier 70, 80 or 90 Death Guard.

• Excalibur is brought both for its healing effect, and as a switch to forcibly clear conjured summons, allowing them to be re-summoned with a full timer.

• A Reaver's ring as a DPS switch against Zuk.

Inventory:

• Super restore flasks to counter Zuk's searing mechanic
• Ectoplasm and Necrotic Runes.
• Rune pouches with runes to cast Spellbook Swap and Disruption Shield
• A Powerburst of vitality to assist surviving the final phase.
• Blue blubber jellyfish may be brought in place of Super Saradomin brew flasks or Sailfish at the player's discretion.

Requirements to upgrade all four TokHaar-Kal capes:

• Melee: TokHaar-Kal-Ket + Igneous stone = Igneous Kal-Ket
• Ranged: TokHaar-Kal-Xil + Igneous stone = Igneous Kal-Xil
• Magic: TokHaar-Kal-Mej + Igneous stone = Igneous Kal-Mej
• Necromancy: TokHaar-Kal-Mor + Igneous stone = Igneous Kal-Mor

The total runs required are:

• Four deathless runs without banking. (Normal or hard mode)
• Any challenge can be failed and the stone will still be obtained. (Flawless run is not required)
• Unlike in the Fight Kiln, any combat style can be used. (It is not required to do this activity once in each style)

Requirements to obtain the hybrid Igneous Kal-Zuk cape:

• Four deathless runs without banking, to obtain Four igneous stones. (Normal or hard mode)
• A flawless normal mode run to unlock hard mode.
• A flawless hard mode run to unlock the ability for the player to combine all four capes.
• Combine the four igneous capes.

Safe spots should be made use of to minimise damage taken. Standing next to a tall rock forces monsters that don't have line of sight to wait behind the rock. This prevents monsters from attacking the player simultaneously. In this way, the player should rarely leave their safespot to reduce the chances of all spawned monsters attacking them simultaneously.

The image on the right shows the best safe spot when using Magic and Ranged. During Jad waves, it allows the player to kill all other monsters first without aggro'ing the Jads.

The monsters encountered deal high amounts of damage to the player. The player should make use of prayer switching and Devotion as shown below:

Action recommended	Situation	Reasoning
Deflect Missiles	When there are many TzekHaar-Xil and TzekHaar-Tok-Xil	Reduces food consumption.
Deflect Magic	When there are many TzekHaar-Mej and TzekHaar-Ket-Zek	Reduces food consumption.
Soul Split	When Zuk becomes attackable at the end of the challenge waves.	Free healing; Zuk does not attack while on the throne.
Devotion	4+ of a certain type of monster is in the area.	Devotion blocks 100% of the incoming damage from a particular combat style. Keep killing monsters quickly to extend the devotion effect.

Prioritisation of killing particular monsters is important to prevent drain of adrenaline, prayer points, and life points.

Priority	Monster	Wave
1	TzekHaar-Kih	Focus on them whenever they spawn and kill them immediately. Their melee attack drains 50 prayer points, and their ranged attack drains 60 prayer points and some adrenaline. Since prayer gets drained, the player will eventually lose their overhead prayers, requiring them to restore prayer points and consume food to heal, further draining resources.
2	TzekHaar-Jad	Jads are the second priority. Kill all other monsters in between Jad kills.
3	TzekHaar-Tok-Xil	Xils are the third priority as they deal heavy ranged damage, even more so if left on the same tile for a long time.
4	TzekHaar-Ket-Zek	Ket-Zeks are the fourth priority as they deal heavy magic damage when present. Their Geothermal Burn bleed also deals very fast (and high damage if stacked) damage even when factoring in magic tank armour with Animate Dead. Ket-Zeks only appear with Tok-Xils on waves 12 and 13 but it is still recommended to take them out first to avoid their bleed. Once one is killed, the player will not need to worry about them until the bleed expires.
5	N/A	All other TzekHaar monsters are low priority.

Used when in MD	Used when outside MD

Jad swipes at the player without warning using his right claw. This attack is only used if the player is within melee range, and Jad will not move closer to the player if they attack from outside of his melee range.

This is not always used when in melee range; Jad can use his Magic/Ranged attack too.

Prayer required: Deflect Melee

Used when in MD	Used when outside MD

Jad slams down his front legs onto the ground, causing large cracks to appear in the floor, and a boulder will fall from the ceiling onto the player. This cannot be avoided by moving.

Prayer required: Deflect Missiles

Used when in MD	Used when outside MD

Jad breathes fire shortly and lowers his head before raising his front feet and emitting a fireball that deals Magic damage upon hitting the player.

Prayer required: Deflect Magic

Har-Aken does not have any auto-attacks, but the tentacles nearby will attack the player with Magic and Ranged damage. Each of Magic Tentacles provide additional Defence for TzekHaar-Aken.

• Deal 1,500 soft typeless damage.
• Drain adrenaline by 20%.
• Inflict Adrenaline Gain Reduced, halving adrenaline gain for 10 seconds.

While submerged, Har-Aken will occasionally bombard the player with multiple lava blobs targeted at their position at the time of the attack.

Five lava blobs will target the player in a "+" formation, before following up with six lava blobs forming a "/" and then six more forming a "\" across the initial plus formation.

Each lava blob that is not avoided will cause the effects listed in #Lava Blob.

Message: TzekHaar-Aken is bombarding you, look out!.

Action required: This attack can be avoided by running at least 3 tiles away in any cardinal direction.

At the start of the battle, Zuk will lift his sword from the lava and jump to the centre of the arena to personally confront the player, destroying all of the rocks in the chamber. The geysers will no longer spew lava.

The moment you start the Zuk fight:

• Ensure your overloads, Animate Dead and Weapon poison+++ are active
• Swap to a DPS ring (TokKul-Zo does not work on Zuk)
• Deflect Melee (important)
• Vulnerability bomb (important)
• Guthix staff special attack from Essence of finality (important)
• Smoke Cloud (optional)
• Sunshine (optional)
• Devotion (important unless you are using cryptbloom)
• Freedom immediately after he strikes you to clear the Geothermal Burn debuff.

Zuk strikes at the player with his sword, dealing melee damage. This has an attack range of four tiles. If the player is further away than that, then Zuk will clench his hand and launch a fireball at the player, dealing magic damage.

Prayer recommended: Deflect Melee

Message: You will break beneath me!

This attack inflicts the Geothermal Burn debuff. This debuff functions similar to the TzekHaar-Ket-Zek's, applying a magic bleed, albeit with a shorter duration and disables defensive abilities on hit.

Action required: Use Freedom to clear the bleed early.

Important: Do NOT use Freedom at any other point during this battle as it needs to be reserved for responding to this attack. Freedom is the only way to clear this bleed early.

Prayer recommended: Deflect Melee

Message: Sear! or Suffer!

Zuk performs one melee hit followed up by two magic hits on the tick immediately after, giving time to switch to Deflect Magic for them. This attack will also apply 15 stacks of the Searing Pain debuff that drains the player's Constitution level over time. Each stack of the debuff is reduced by one for each tile the player moves via any means such as: running, walking, and using movement abilities like Surge and (Bladed) Dive.

Action required:

1. Switch to Deflect Magic to avoid the Fireball attack that Zuk performs when you leave his melee-distance
2. Using Surge will instantly remove 10 stacks of the debuff; the remaining five stacks can then be removed by running, which could be back to the player's activated Sunshine or Death's Swiftness area.
3. Switch back to Deflect Melee when you enter melee-distance of Zuk
4. Drink Super restore flask as required to restore Constitution levels.

Notes:

• Surge is only recommended here if the player is using the Mobile perk, has unlocked Double Surge or Dive, or has unlocked and brought along switches for Bladed Dive; a movement ability needs to be ready for the next special attack: Quake.
• Try not to eat while affected by the debuff; food will heal for less than normal when Constitution levels are drained.

Message: Tremble before me!, Fall before my might! or The earth yields to me!

Zuk slams his sword onto the player, dealing a large melee hit before creating five eruptions in an AoE around the player. Each eruption is 5x5 tiles in area, deals soft typeless damage, and applies stacks of Geothermal Burn every tick if struck by them. The eruptions will also apply a debuff that decreases armour rating by 1% per stack. Fortunately, the arena is large; enough space is provided to avoid the small AoE of the eruptions.

Action required:

1. Switch to Deflect Magic to avoid the Fireball attack that Zuk performs when you leave his melee-distance
2. Surge, Dive or Bladed Dive past Zuk to the other side of the arena to easily avoid all of the quakes. Surge right after Zuk's sword hits the ground.
3. Switch back to Deflect Melee when you enter melee-distance of Zuk

Notes:

• Freedom should be off cooldown shortly after the eruptions occur if it was used immediately after the Geothermal Burn special attack. If the Geothermal Burn bleed is received from the eruptions, Freedom should be used to clear it; the bleed can both hit very high depending on how many stacks were gained, and snipe Resonance/Disruption Shield for the upcoming Empowered Magic special attack.
• This mechanic may 'lock on' to the player later than Zuk's animation may suggest, so surging too early before Zuk has actually chosen a point to slam could cause the eruptions to be locked onto a very close tile.

Message: Die!, Begone! or Ful's flame burns within me!

Zuk summons a magical ball and then drops a rock from above on the player that deals around 5,000 damage.

Action required: This attack is considered soft typeless and can be dealt with accordingly.

• Disruption Shield, Resonance, or Barricade can be used to completely negate the damage.
• Debilitate, Reflect, Powerburst of vitality, or Shield Dome can be used to halve the damage.
  • These can stack multiplicatively.

Message: The skies burn! or Flames consume you! or Fall, and burn to ash! followed by Burn!

Zuk will jump to the centre of the room and become invulnerable to attacks. Zuk will then forcibly drag the player to a random location near him, stunning and binding them for three seconds before covering most of the arena in flames which deals increasing magic damage the longer the player stands in it. Only one section of the arena 135° clockwise to the player's position is safe, and the following Igneous TzekHaar will spawn in the safe areas in the following order:

• Igneous TzekHaar-Hur - Rise, warrior of flame! - Takes reduced damage and constantly heals until stunned.
• Igneous TzekHaar-Xil - Rise, ashen ranger! - Takes reduced damage and constantly heals until a damaging threshold or ultimate hits.
• Igneous TzekHaar-Mej - Rise, mage of embers! - Takes reduced damage and constantly heals until damaged within the 5x5 shield dome.

Each of the igneous TzekHaar spawn around 15 seconds after the previous one, whether it has been killed or not. They spawn on the section 135° clockwise from the last - e.g. if Zuk drags the player south-east at the start of the mechanic, then the first minion spawns in the west area, the second minion in the north-east area, and the third minion in the south area.

All three Igneous TzekHaar must be killed to gain charges, as around 15 seconds after the TzekHaar-Mej appears, Zuk will begin to channel the lava for an instant kill attack, indicated by him saying Flames unending... and an adrenaline bar appearing over him. If the player has killed all three Igneous TzekHaar, the button will appear, which must be used to stagger and stop TzKal-Zuk's instant kill, as otherwise it will kill the player, ignoring signs of life and Immortality. The player has roughly 10 seconds to interrupt Zuk before this happens. It is worth noting that a soul phylactery can revive the player if this happens, thus allowing them to continue the fight.

Action required:

1. The moment Zuk starts walking to the centre of the arena, use Anticipation to avoid Zuk's bind, or use Freedom if you get bound.
2. Switch to Deflect Magic as the lava floor deals magic damage (optionally use Devotion).
3. The first minion spawns 135° clockwise from the player. (see picture)
4. When the first minion spawns:
   1. Click on it and wait for the character to face towards it.
   2. Surge to instantly get up close.
   3. Execute a stunning ability first to remove its defences. (Deep Impact, Asphyxiate, Impact)
   4. DPS it down (Save a threshold for the next minion).
5. When the second minion spawns:
   1. Surge to it.
   2. Execute a threshold ability or ultimate ability (e.g: Omnipower or Tsunami) first to remove its defences.
   3. DPS it down.
6. When the third minion spawns:
   1. Surge to it.
   2. Stand within its 5x5 shield dome and damage it to remove its defences.
   3. DPS it down.
7. When the appears, spam-click on it to prevent Zuk's instant kill attack.
   1. There is up to 10 seconds here to build up adrenaline and set up a damage boosting ultimate.
8. Switch to Deflect Melee.
9. Throw a Vulnerability bomb on Zuk.

Wave 6[edit | edit source]

• A single Jad spawns to the south-centre and will immediately attack upon spawning if in range.

Wave 11[edit | edit source]

• Two Jads will appear to the north-west and north-east. These Jads will immediately attack upon spawning if in range.

Wave 16[edit | edit source]

• Three Jads will appear, following wave 11's Jad spawn points and one directly in front of Zuk, slightly south but between of the two spawns.
• They will not attack upon spawning for roughly three seconds, with the north-western Jad attacking first.
• The Jads attack counter-clockwise, with the remaining two Jads having a 1–2 second delay before each other to allow the player to prayer flick.

Action required:Players must use the correct safespot in order to defeat this encounter correctly, otherwise they risk aggro'ing multiple Jads which would be fatal.

• Jad 1 - Use the north-west safespot, and stay close to the rocks so that Jad 2 and 3 get caught behind the rocks.
• Jad 2 - Walk slightly north-west and attack the 2nd Jad, ensuring Jad 3 is caught behind the rocks.
• Jad 3 - Walk east or south, making sure to stay out of melee-distance of Jad 3.

Wave 4[edit | edit source]

• Zuk will summon TzekHaar-Hurs to the battlefield, along with three Igneous TzekHaar-Hurs.
• The Igneous TzekHaar come with a passive 50% damage reduction and the ability to heal for 2,500 every few ticks regardless of how much health they actually have. While possible to kill them without dealing with the damage reduction, it is not recommended.

Action required:

• Switch to Deflect Melee and Devotion to reduce incoming damage.
• Surge around the arena in order to defeat the three Igneous monsters.
• Successfully land a stun to remove the damage reduction and healing capabilities.
  • They will be vulnerable for some time. Stunning them again will make them vulnerable again.
  • Necromancy: Soul Strike
  • Magic: Asphyxiate, Horror, Deep Impact, Shock or Impact
  • Ranged: Rout, Tight Bindings, Demoralise, or Binding Shot

Wave 9[edit | edit source]

• Zuk will summon TzekHaar-Xils to the battlefield, along with three Igneous TzekHaar-Xils.
• The Igneous TzekHaar come with a passive 50% damage reduction and the ability to heal for 2,500 every few ticks regardless of how much health they actually have. While possible to kill them without dealing with the damage reduction, it is not recommended.

Action required:

• Switch to Deflect Missiles and Devotion to reduce incoming damage.
• Surge around the arena in order to defeat the three Igneous monsters.
• Successfully land a damaging threshold or ultimate ability to remove the damage reduction and healing capabilities. Recommendations:
  • They will be vulnerable for some time. Hitting them again with these abilities will reset their timer.
  • Necromancy: Death Skulls, Finger of Death, Bloat, or Spectral Scythe
  • Magic: Omnipower or Tsunami
  • Ranged: Deadshot, Incendiary Shot, Unload, Snap Shot, Rapid Fire, or Tight Bindings
  • Melee: Massacre, Overpower, Pulverise, or Frenzy.

Wave 14[edit | edit source]

• Zuk will summon TzekHaar-Mejs to the battlefield, along with three Igneous TzekHaar-Mejs. Unlike the previous two, they are static and do not move around, and are considered "solid" enemies.
• The Igneous TzekHaar come with a passive 50% damage reduction and the ability to heal for 2,500 every few ticks regardless of how much health they actually have. While possible to kill them without dealing with the damage reduction, it is not recommended.

Action required:

• Switch to Deflect Magic and Devotion to reduce incoming damage.
• Surge around the arena in order to defeat the three Igneous monsters.
• Walk underneath the 5x5 shield dome and attack the Mej until it shatters, which is accomplished in 2–4 successful hits.

Wave 5[edit | edit source]

• Zuk will summon five Volatile TzekHaar-Hur in a star formation around the player (centred at the spot).
• These TzekHaar-Hur do not attack, but instead charge up destructive energies to themselves for 20 seconds in an attempt to kill the player.
• If their bar fills, they will explode and deal up to 6,000 typeless damage for each one not killed, which ignores defensive abilities.
• These only have 8,000 health each. Destroying all five before they can explode will grant the player a success.
• Destroying less than five also completes the wave, but the player will be dealt 6,000 damage for each monster alive, and the challenge will fail.

Action required:

• Quickly attack all 5 monsters to complete the wave.
• If you built up to 100% adrenaline on Zuk, use Sunshine to boost your damage output.
• Alternatively, you can use Threads of Fate followed by a hard hitting threshold such as Finger of Death, Volley of Souls or the Death Grasp special attack.

Wave 10[edit | edit source]

• Zuk will summon a single Unbreakable TzekHaar-Ket that attacks the player with melee.
• Like the previous challenge wave, this TzekHaar-Ket also charges up and deals up to 6,000 damage if not destroyed within 20 seconds.
• It is very durable, possessing a Defence level of 100 and is weakest to magic, especially from the inquisitor staff.
• It will soak up any damage inflicted by the player if the hit deals less than 3,000 damage, although this does not apply to familiars and the eldritch crossbow's special attack, Split Soul.
• It has 20,000 health. Destroying it before it can explode will grant the player a success.

Action required:

• Switch to Deflect Melee.
• Use hard-hitting threshold abilities: Recommendations:
  • Necromancy: Death Skulls, Finger of Death or the Death Grasp special attack.
  • Magic: Omnipower, Detonate, Asphyxiate, Deep Impact or Wild Magic.

Wave 15[edit | edit source]

• Zuk summons three Fatal TzekHaar-Yt-HurKot, who are invulnerable to all damage. They deal 8,000 damage per hit.
• The middle HurKot attacks with soft typeless damage, the west HurKot with ranged, and the east HurKot with magic.
• They will attack four times in total as a group, with an attack speed of 4 (2.4 seconds).
• The middle HurKot is guaranteed to attack twice. The two on the side will attack at random, with both attacking once or one attacking twice, the other doing nothing.
• To pass the challenge, the player must not take any damage outside of Devotion, Resonance and Divert.

Action required:

• Drink a super adrenaline potion if you don't have 100% adrenaline.
• Equip a tier 90 shield with Turtling 4, allowing Barricade to last long enough to tank all four hits. Use Barricade before the first hit connects.
  • Turtling 3 also works, but gives less time, meaning Barricade has to be activated slightly later
• Alternatively, you can Resonance/Disruption Shield the first hit, use Devotion on the next two hits, and then the other unused ability for the last typeless hit. This will provide 100% adrenaline for the next wave.

Upon reaching 100,000 life points, Zuk begins a phase unique to hard mode: he will jump right in front of his throne, raise a Conduit of Ful in the centre of the arena, and generate a barrier of fire to separate him and the player. However, if a player manages to phase Zuk to 100,000 life points before the first Igneous Rain, Zuk will instead place the player in the Igneous Rain mechanic before initiating the Conduit of Ful phase.

In the Conduit of Ful phase, Zuk will drag the player to the middle of the arena if they are to the north of the barrier when it is summoned. Zuk will no longer use auto-attacks, so it is safe to camp Soul Split during this phase. The conduit is capable of attacking with melee, but it only has a max hit of 1; nonetheless, it is best to avoid being close to it to avoid having Resonance or Disruption Shield sniped.

Zuk will draw power from the conduit and continually launch fireballs from the lava outside the arena at the player once every 3 seconds until Zuk has 20,000 life points remaining. These fireballs deal up to 9,000 soft typeless damage in a 7x7 AoE. The damage is dependent on how close the player is to the centre tile when they are struck, with a minimum of 1,300 damage at the rims of the explosion.

The player must damage the conduit sufficiently in order to sabotage the power being channelled to Zuk while dodging the fireballs. The conduit has 50,000 life points and will have to be destroyed five times.

If the conduit reaches 0 life points during the tick before a fireball lands (before it would damage the player), Zuk will not launch any fireballs for 6–7 seconds after the charged attack. The player can use this time to use channelled abilities on the conduit, stand in Sunshine/Death's Swiftness, and take a short respite from running. Zuk will raise his left arm as he launches fireballs; one can Surge last second to avoid being hit and get in a few extra hits from channelled abilities. After the conduit resets the fourth and final time with Zuk at 20,000 life points, Zuk begins launching fireballs in an alternating pattern of 1.8s and 1.2s, although a player can still outpace them by running.

• Resonance (30s)/Divert (30s)
  • Completely negates the attack.
  • Shares a cooldown.
• Disruption Shield (60s)
  • Completely negates the attack.
• Barricade (60s)
  • Completely negates all attacks for a length of time.
  • Only recommended if run energy is low as this costs 100% adrenaline and requires a shield to stay equipped.
• Reflect (30s) + Shield Dome (120s)/Powerburst of vitality (120s)
  • Reflect/Shield Dome/Vitality each effectively halves damage taken. This stacks multiplicatively so combining Reflect with one of the others will reduce the damage by 75% down to 3750. This is not absolutely required though if the player dodges the fireballs.

1. ^ The RS Guy. "A conversation with Elder God Wars Developer Mod Sponge! (part 1)." (49:05), YouTube video. 4 November 2021.