Morytania Only

Morytania Only (#252)
Released		21 July 2021 (Update)
Members		Yes
Description		Complete the Theatre of Blood without any member of the team equipping a non-barrows weapon (except Dawnbringer).
Tier		Grandmaster
Monster		Theatre of Blood
Type		Restriction
League region		Morytania✓
Advanced data
ID		252

Morytania Only is a grandmaster combat achievement which requires the player to complete a Theatre of Blood run using only Barrows brothers weapons, barring the Dawnbringer.

Players will be limited to Barrows weapons for their run. Non-barrows armour is permitted, though every room will be a significant struggle due to the slow speed and damage output of Barrows weapons. This achievement is possible in any team size, with 4-5 man being highly recommended. Lower team size completions are possible, but means a significant struggle.

Roles are fundamentally the same: Melee DPS, Range DPS, North Freeze and South Freeze, and each player performs the same actions as in regular runs while fighting The Maiden of Sugadinti and Nylocas Vasilias.

Meleers should opt for Guthan's Warspear with strongest melee gear available. Dharok's Greataxe with its respective full set results in higher damage output, however, it requires staying at lower HP thresholds. Rangers and magers are locked with Karil's crossbow and Ahrim's staff respectively.

One or two players should bring Serpentine helm to inflict poison to Nylocas Athanatos. An alternative poison method is casting Smoke spells, although this is highly inconsistent and less practical.

It is possible to bring runes for Surge spells and Vulnerability to considerably speed up the raid, which is only possible with Magic cape. All bosses in the raid are susceptible to Vulnerability's defence reduction, except for Sotetseg and Verzik Vitur.

Main differences with regular Theatre of Blood completions will be listed below.

For the most part this encounter is similar to regular runs. All players should melee except for the ranger, since ranged results in higher DPS compared to any other style.

When attacking Nylocas Matomenos, consider using Torag's hammers instead of the spear for more consistent damage output.

If the player decides to autocast Ice Barrage with Ahrim the Blighted's equipment with Amulet of the damned, keep in mind that unequipping the staff cancels the autocast setting.

This encounter is almost identical as in regular runs. Make sure to play safe, as each death means less supplies, which will be more noticeable than usual runs during this challenge.

Meleers in this room should use Torag's hammers to deal with both small and large Nylocas Ischyros. Previous strategies involved using Avernic defender and punch/kick them, however, this is a slighly inferior method due to the better hit distribution the hammer's double hitsplats provide.

Rangers should exclusively focus on Nylocas Toxobolos, while magers should Ice barrage their respective Nylocas Hagios and any other Nylocas whenever possible.

Before entering the boss room, make sure each member has their respective corners, while having on each east/west side at least one Serpentine helm user. This will help later on when fighting Verzik Vitur in order to deal with their Nylocas summons. It's possible for just one single player to bring the helmet, although this will make their job harder and might put the completion at risk. Two players bringing the helmet is ideal.

All players should melee, although magers can choose to autocast Ancient magicks, as its damage heavily competes with other roles, potentially surpassing it.

Before proceding, each player should have 7 or 8 Super restore(4). Unlike regular runs, it's imperative all players have one Stamina potion(4).

It's possible to drop Karil's crossbow and Magic cape for additional supplies.

All players should melee. Magers with Magic cape can cast Wind Surge because of Xarpus 50% air elemental weakness (see: Mage (swap spellbook) below). This doesn't require moving back and forth and potentially missing attacks, and gives more breathing room for meleeing players while they're attacking and moving.

Rangers should avoid using Karil's crossbow, unless Xarpus surrounding tiles are completely covered in poison.

Once again all players should melee.

• Part 1: Torag's hammers is the strongest weapon for this achievement. Players without hammers should punch or kick instead.

• Part 2: Magers can choose to either melee or cast spells from a distance, while all other players melee.

• Part 3: At this point Verzik has 50% fire elemental weakness, making Fire Surge a strong spell to cast on her. Make sure all players are constantly using Thralls and if needed wait for yellow safespots before pushing below 20% HP to have easier time with the tornadoes.

If a player dies at any point while fighting Verzik, the achievement will not be awarded to the player that died.

There are 24 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 126 points) available for Theatre of Blood.

• The achievement's name is a reference to the Old School RuneScape content creator Settled, known for his series Swampletics where he attempts to complete the Theatre of Blood on an Ultimate Ironman that can't leave Morytania.

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Rewards	Antique lamps Easy Medium Hard Elite Master Grandmaster Ghommal's hilt 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dragon hunter crossbow Black Turquoise Slayer helmet TzTok (imbued) Vampyric (imbued) TzKal (imbued) Other Ghommal's lucky penny Ghommal's avernic defender 5 Ghommal's avernic defender 6