Hespori/Strategies
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Hespori can be periodically killed in the Farming Guild, grown from a hespori seed.
Typically, a melee slash weapon is used to kill Hespori.
Requirements
- Level
- One hespori seed for each kill
Suggested skills
60 +
60 +
60 +
Mechanics
The Hespori is benign until the player attempts to harvest it. You can enter the cave, drink potions and enable prayers before starting the fight.
The Hespori is surrounded by four flower buds that keep it invulnerable while it attacks the player. These buds open three times during the fight, on initiation of the fight and again when the Hespori has 66% and 33% health remaining. Each bud has 10 hitpoints but will die in one hit from any weapon.
The Hespori has a ranged attack, a magic attack, and a special attack:
Ranged Attack:
Throws green spores that hit twice with a max hit of 8+8 (reduced to 2+2 with Protect from Missiles).
Magic Attack:
A green wave with a max hit of 14 (reduced to 3 with Protect from Magic).
Special Attack:
Hespori entangles you in some vines! will appear in the chatbox when the Hespori uses this special attack, with roots immobilizing the player preventing movement and attacks. After 6 seconds (10 ticks) the player will take 40+ damage unless they break free early by clicking repeatedly on either a new tile or the Hespori. As you click You feel the vines loosen slightly as you try to move. will appear in the chatbox and after the 5th such message, clicking again will prevent the special attack and allow the player to move and attack again.
Equipment
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Hespori can easily be tackled with low cost equipment. Use knives, darts, or a powered stave to attack the flowers that hespori spawns at 100%, 66% and 33% health, and use special attacks such as a dragon dagger where possible to speed up the fight. At lower levels you will encounter Hespori's immobilizing special attack at least once per fight, and it is important to click away repeatedly or risk taking a large amount of damage at once.
Thralls and death charge for the flowers can be used for additional damage and access to an extra special attack or two during the fight.
Inventory
- Dragon dagger for special attacks
- Hespori seed, spade, and, if the bare-handed planting section of Barbarian training is incomplete, a seed dibber to harvest and replant Hespori
- Super combat potion or a super set
- Knives or darts to quickly kill flowers
- Rune pouch and Book of the dead to use Thralls
- A prayer potion in case of a long fight, or at lower prayer levels
- Any form of antipoison
- The rest any cooked food
Notes
- If casting a thrall, do so after waking hespori.
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With high combat stats and good equipment, little to no food or prayer restore will be needed when fighting hespori.
Blisterwood stake is an easily renewable "free" dart that has long range, allowing the player to stand still during the fight.
With the rite of vile transference unlocked, the upgraded Death Charge can be used on the second set of flowers, along with a dose of surge potion at 81 Herblore, for a total of 155 special attack energy.
| Slot | Item (most effective → least effective) | ||||
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 |  Torva full helm /  Oathplate helm |  Neitiznot faceguard | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Amulet of rancour |  Amulet of torture | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Infernal cape |  Fire cape | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Oathplate chest /  Torva platebody |  (or:  ) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Oathplate legs /  Torva platelegs |  Blood moon tassets (or: ) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Scythe of vitur |  Blade of saeldor |  Abyssal tentacle >  Noxious halberd |  Soulreaper axe[a] |  Abyssal whip |
 |  Avernic defender |  Dragon defender | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Rada's blessing 4 |  Any other blessing | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Ferocious gloves |  Barrows gloves | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 |  Avernic treads (max) |  Primordial boots |  Dragon boots | N/A | N/A |
 |  Ultor ring |  Berserker ring (i) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
 | Dragon claws |  Burning claws[b] | Dragon dagger |  Voidwaker |  Crystal halberd |
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Due to Hespori's elemental weakness to fire spells, maging Hespori is viable, especially at lower levels and with access to gear that boosts elemental spell damage, such as the Harmonised nightmare staff, Twinflame staff, and Smoke battlestaff or Tome of fire. However, meleeing Hespori provides access to thralls and better special attack weapons, and will typically be cheaper especially if using Sunfire runes or pages.
Inventory
- Hespori seed, spade, and, if the bare-handed planting section of Barbarian training is incomplete, a seed dibber to harvest and replant Hespori
- Knives or darts to quickly kill flowers, preferrably Blisterwood stake
- Runes for the best fire spell you have access to
- A prayer potion in case of a long fight, or at lower prayer levels
- Antipoison or 1 dose of Super antipoison
- The rest any cooked food
| Slot | Item (most effective → least effective) | ||||
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|  Ancestral hat |  Virtus mask |  Ahrim's hood (or:  ) | Void mage helm[a] | N/A |
| Occult necklace |  Amulet of fury | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Imbued god cape | God cape | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ancestral robe top | Virtus robe top | Ahrim's robetop (or:) | Elite void top[a] | N/A |
| Ancestral robe bottom | Virtus robe bottom | Ahrim's robeskirt (or:) | Elite void robe[a] | N/A |
| Harmonised nightmare staff > Twinflame staff > | Staff of the dead (or:) | Purging staff (or:) | Ancient sceptre (with ) > ) | (or:) |
| Tome of fire | Mage's book | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Rada's blessing 4 | Any other blessing | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Confliction gauntlets | Tormented bracelet | Void knight gloves[a] | N/A | N/A |
| Avernic treads (max) | Eternal boots | Infinity boots/Aranea boots | N/A | N/A |
| Magus ring | Seers ring (i) | N/A | N/A | N/A |