Profane waters

Profane waters are a sailing hazard found surrounding the Cursed Archipelago in the Eastern Ocean. Attempting to traverse these waters will significantly slow the player's boat and continuously deal 5 damage to both the player's hitpoints and their boat, as well as drain the player's prayer points by 5. Once prayer drops to 0, the damage dealt to players increases to 7, though the boat damage remains at 5. It will also give the chatbox message No boat can withstand these profane waters! and prevent the usage of any prayers. Currently, there is no way to mitigate the effects of profane waters.

• In RuneScape 3, there is a malevolent entity associated with shadow and miasma that is central to the history of the Cursed Archipelago. Visually, the profane waters are distinguished by what appears like wiggling shadow tendrils and coils of miasma.
• This visual also corresponds to an attack used by The Whisperer, a being corrupted by a similar entity.

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