Hard Mode modifies the fights to be more challening.įight your way through Amascut's thralls inside the Jaltevas Pyramid.Ī unique invocation system allows players to scale the raid to the difficulty level of their choice, by selecting which challenging mechanics they want to tackle, which determines the raid's 'difficulty', presented as Entry, Normal and Expert mode. Entry Mode is a beginner's introduction to the raid with the mechanics made more friendly for them, albeit at the cost of less rewards and no chance of obtaining rare rewards. The Theatre of Blood includes a Hard Mode as well as an Entry Mode. Unlike the other raids, the Theatre of Blood features only combat encounters, with five mini-bosses leading up to the confrontation with Verzik Vitur, currently the strongest monster in Old School RuneScape.

Survive the blood sports of the vampyres in Meiyerditch. Challenge Mode presents players with all twelve encounters in a set order, before facing The Great Olm. The raid can also be attempted by up to 100 participants in a single instance. In addition, players have the opportunity to catch and cook food, farm and brew potions, and build storage containers, all to use while within the raid. Each one features its own unique mechanics that make the three raids very different in practice to one another, with different balances of combat, puzzles, and skilling encounters, as well as different amounts of customisability and difficulty levels.Įxplore a large cave system underneath Mount Quidamortem built by Xeric.Ī randomly generated arrangement of combat and non-combat encounters mean each raid is different from the last. There are currently three raids, the Chambers of Xeric, the Theatre of Blood, and the Tombs of Amascut. Raids can be identified with a brown star icon on the map. In all raids, having more people increases the enemies' stats - health, combat or both. In the Chambers of Xeric, the team's overall skill total determines what resources can appear and the requirements to complete some puzzle rooms. Raids scale based on the team's numbers and skills. All three raids have a hard mode variant to them, and the Theatre of Blood and Tombs of Amascut both have easier, entry mode variants as well. Due to the high-level nature of raids, players are usually required to bring all forms of combat to successfully clear the instance, and may also be expected to utilise different non-combat skills and solve various puzzles.Īll raids take place in an instance, with the Chambers of Xeric (barring Challenge Mode) having a randomly generated arrangement. Raids are group activities in which the goal of the player(s) is to defeat several mini-bosses before reaching the final boss of the raid to claim their rewards, which include multiple best-in-slot equipment in the entire game. A group of players fighting together in the Chambers of Xeric raid.

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