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The Whisperer



Released		26 July 2023 (Update)
Members		Yes
Combat level		791
Size		3x3
Examine		Dare you face the shadows?

Combat info

Max hit		42 (x2) (Melee) 40 (Ranged) 36 (Magic) 45 (Screech) 50 (Soul Siphon)
Aggressive		Yes
Poisonous		No
Attack style		All
Attack speed		10 ticks (6.0 seconds)
Respawn time		30 ticks (18 seconds)

Slayer info

Slayer level		None
Slayer XP		900 xp
Category		Bosses
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Combat stats


900	280	280	250	180	180

Aggressive stats


+140	+30	+190	+58	+160	+70

Melee defence


+180		+300		+220

Magic defence


+10			60% weakness

Ranged defence


+300		+300		+300

Immunities

Poison		100% resistance
Venom		100% resistance
Cannons		Immune
Thralls		Not immune

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Advanced data

Monster ID		12204,12205
Link		MOID

The Whisperer is a siren found in the sunken cathedral of the Lassar Undercity, who is encountered during Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire. A high-ranking assassin^[1] in the Zarosian Empire whose real name was classified, the Whisperer succumbed to the darkness of the blackstone and was transformed into her current state. A stronger variant of her can be fought again after the completion of the quest.

Location

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map	League region
Lassar Undercity - Sunken Cathedral	587, 791, 1146		1	Show map	Asgarnia✓

The Whisperer is initially seen as an Odd Figure just beneath the surface in the middle of the Lassar Undercity's sunken cathedral. The undercity is accessible from the sinkhole north-west of Ruins of Camdozaal, located under Ice Mountain.

A scoreboard by the stairs leading down to the cathedral shows statistics related to the Whisperer.

History

The statue of the Whisperer in the Ancient Vault.

"The Whisperer", whose true name is unknown (as it was classified), was a siren deployed to Lassar at some point during the Third Age, after the Betrayal of Zaros. She was one of four individuals entrusted with a medallion - the means to open the Ancient Vault where the Elder Horn was sealed - alongside Perseriya, Duke Sucellus, and Vardorvis, who were all high-ranking personnel in the Zarosian Empire.

She was stationed at Lassar and tasked by Sliske with providing her expertise with the Shadow Realm to the researchers experimenting with a mysterious totem made of blackstone in the Undercity. The totem was noted by researchers as being extremely dangerous, requiring Sliske to enact protective measures on the totem.^[2] Findings on the totem showed that it strengthened the connection with the Shadow Realm in the area.^[3]

Eventually, The Whisperer was ordered by Sliske to remove protections on the totem and seal the Undercity off to more "thoroughly" experiment with it, allowing her to deal with the researchers in any way she desired.^[4] Following his orders, she had the Undercity sealed under the pretence of being the High Magister's orders before killing him,^[5] and then removed the totem's protective barriers with Sliske's assistance. The removal of the totem's protective measures caused many of the city's inhabitants to become corrupted by its influence,^[6] including the Whisperer herself. She would submerge herself beneath the waters of the Undercity's now-sunken cathedral, and remain there undisturbed for a very long time.

Eventually, an adventurer seeking her medallion would descend into the Lassar Undercity, navigate through the city via the dangerous Shadow Realm, and discover and kill her, before retrieving her medallion from her entrails.

Fight overview

The player must bring the blackstone fragment to initiate the fight, as parts of the fight will require the player to enter the Shadow Realm; without it, the player will refuse to fight her. She spawns as an Odd Figure, which while aggressive is not able to attack; disturbing her will cause her to fully emerge and attack.

During the fight, the player must maintain their sanity levels, which starts at 100%. This will decrease whenever the player is in the Shadow Realm or gets hit by her special attacks in varying amounts. This will restore slowly over time while the player is in the actual realm, at a rate of 3% every few seconds. If this value fully depletes, the player will go insane and die in a few seconds if they do not leave.

A player fighting the Whisperer.

The Whisperer's regular attack involves shooting three projectiles per attack in either Ranged or Magic. The ranged shots are purple barbs, while the magic shots are blue orbs. Protection prayers will fully block the attacks, and they will deal damage upon impact. The pattern of these projectiles will change depending on how far into the fight the player is. After each regular attack, four shadow tentacles will surface four tiles from the player in an "X" formation, converging on the tile they were on when they first appeared. Getting hit by this will deal 20 damage and drain sanity by 20%, regardless of how many shadow tentacles actually hit them. If the player is standing next to or under her, she will utilise a melee attack that hits twice, with the second hit dealing the same as the first and is only partially reduced by prayer.

The Whisperer will follow one of two special attack rotations each kill. She will queue up a special attack upon reaching 80%, 55% and 30% of her health on the next attack she makes, should her health fall below this threshold. These special attacks generally require the player to enter the Shadow Realm in order to stop them. Failing to deal with the special attack in time generally incurs heavy damage and drains significant sanity.

Her attack patterns will also change after every special attack; after the first special attack, she will start attacking with two projectiles of one style and one of the other. After the second special attack, she will begin utilising a "+" tentacle pattern alongside the "X" pattern. Finally, after the third special attack, she will alternate between both combat styles.

Upon reaching 0 health, the Whisperer will heal 140 hitpoints and pull the player into the Shadow Realm. She will always start the phase off with a ranged attack, sending out two attacks and then switching to magic. She will continue to flip combat styles every two attacks, and a single tentacle will appear for every attack she makes.

Money making

The following money making guide is available for The Whisperer:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing The Whisperer	6,811,439	90+ 77+ recommended for Augury

Drops

Drop rates are estimated based on 318,722 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Average value

Uniques		"Perfect" kill	GE value (per kill)
Bellator vestige	Siren's staff	"Perfect" kill	GE value (per kill)
			417,985
			393,340
			199,265
			174,621
			374,246
			349,602
			155,526
			130,882

Mechanics

When the Whisperer is defeated, a drop will be rolled for until the roll results in a success, as described below:^[7]

Roll 1/64 for the tradeable unique drop table (3/64 for awakened variant).
- If unsuccessful, roll 1/34 for the awakener's orb.
- If unsuccessful, roll 1/25 for sirenic tablet.
- If unsuccessful, roll 1/200 for shadow quartz.
- If unsuccessful, roll 1/5 for the supply drop table.
If all rolls above were unsuccessful, the standard drop table is rolled.
Once the player rolls the entire drop table, roll 1/2,000 for Wisp and 1/40 for a clue scroll.

In addition, defeating the boss perfectly will earn 50% more loot from the standard drop table.^[8] This requires the player to kill the Whisperer without taking any avoidable damage, which includes:

Any damage from her ranged or magic attacks.
Unprotected damage from her melee attacks.
Getting hit by her tentacles.
Getting hit by her Screech attack.
Getting hit by her Soul Siphon attack.
Stepping on a dark green corrupted seed.
Any corrupted seeds being hatched.

Uniques

	Unique drop sound effect
The sound that plays when receiving a unique drop.

There is a 1/64 chance of rolling the unique drop table per kill. After hitting the table, there is a 1/8 chance to get a piece of the Virtus robes (then a separate 1/3 roll to determine which piece), a 3/8 chance to get a single vestige roll (each roll will drop a gold ring until the final roll which guarantees the vestige), a 3/8 chance for a chromium ingot, and 1/8 chance for the siren's staff. Below lists the effective drop rates.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Bellator vestige	1	1/512^{[d 1]}	Not sold	30,000
Chromium ingot	1	3/512	42,122	30,000
Siren's staff	1	1/512	Not sold	30,000
Virtus mask	1	1/1,536	5,496,621	120,000
Virtus robe top	1	1/1,536	34,721,077	360,000
Virtus robe bottom	1	1/1,536	26,882,723	240,000

^ To receive the bellator vestige, the player must roll an invisible ~1/170.66 drop on the tradeable unique table. The first roll will cause a gold ring to appear and increment a hidden variable, while the second drops two gold rings; when the third such roll occurs, the vestige is dropped and the variable is reset.

Secondary uniques

The items are rolled in the following sequence: awakener's orb, sirenic tablet, shadow quartz. These items will replace the normal loot rolls.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Sirenic tablet	1	1/26.2^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Awakener's orb	1	1/34.5	283,086	45,000
Shadow quartz	1	1/209.3^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A

^ The sirenic tablet will become more common at an unknown rate as kill count increases until the first drop is received. Afterwards, the item will no longer be dropped.
^ If the player has not yet received their first shadow quartz, its drop rate scales from 1/200 to 1/50 as the player's kill count increases, where the best rate is reached at 300 kill count. Once players obtain their first shadow quartz, the drop rate is reverted back to 1/200.^[9]

Supplies

These supplies are all dropped together.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Ancient brew(2)	1	1/5.5	1,643	90
Prayer potion(3)	1	1/5.5	6,688	91
Manta ray	3–4	1/5.5	4,359–5,812	360–480

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Bronze longsword	16; 24 (noted)	1/100	1,056–1,584	384–576
Mithril longsword	7; 10 (noted)	1/100	3,227–4,610	5,460–7,800
Adamant longsword	9; 14 (noted)	1/100	14,859–23,114	17,280–26,880
Battlestaff	70; 105 (noted)	2/100	502,600–753,900	294,000–441,000
Dragon plateskirt	7; 10	1/100	1,125,579–1,607,970	1,134,000–1,620,000

Resources

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Pure essence	280; 420 (noted)	1/100	560–840	560–840
Iron ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	6,688–10,108	880–1,330
Coal	303; 455 (noted)	8/100	44,238–66,430	8,181–12,285
Gold ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	12,672–19,152	7,920–11,970
Mithril ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	13,288–20,083	8,536–12,901
Adamantite ore	105; 157 (noted)	8/100	56,700–84,780	25,200–37,680
Runite ore	42; 63 (noted)	2/100	429,450–644,175	80,640–120,960
Sapphire	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	8,580–12,980	5,850–8,850
Emerald	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	16,380–24,780	11,700–17,700
Ruby	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	32,760–49,560	23,400–35,400
Uncut ruby	58; 87 (noted)	5/100	63,046–94,569	3,480–5,220
Uncut diamond	58; 87 (noted)	5/100	141,462–212,193	6,960–10,440
Dragon javelin tips	84; 126	8/100	59,724–89,586	98,280–147,420
Runite bolts (unf)	84; 126	8/100	9,492–14,238	0
Raw monkfish	700; 1,050 (noted)	1/100	81,900–122,850	96,600–144,900

Runes and ammunition

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Water rune	280; 420	1/100	1,400–2,100	560–840
Steam rune	466; 700	8/100	43,338–65,100	5,592–8,400
Chaos rune	140; 210	1/100	14,840–22,260	7,560–11,340
Death rune	466; 700	8/100	86,210–129,500	50,328–75,600
Soul rune	933; 1,400	2/100	354,540–532,000	167,940–252,000

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Clue scroll (easy)	1	1/160^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Clue scroll (medium)	1	1/160^{[d 4]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/160^{[d 5]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/160^{[d 6]}^{[d 3]}	Not sold	12
Ancient blood ornament kit	1	Always^{[d 7]}	Not sold	N/A
Wisp	1	1/2,000	Not sold	N/A

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped while on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The easy clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/152 after unlocking the easy Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Clue scrolls will drop as scroll boxes after the completion of X Marks the Spot.
^ The medium clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/152 after unlocking the medium Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/152 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/152 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Only when defeated in the awakened encounter as the last of the four.

Combat Achievements

There are 9 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 45 points) available for Whisperer.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Whisperer Adept	Kill the Whisperer once.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	10%
Tentacular	Kill the Whisperer whilst only being on the Arceuus spellbook.	Restriction	Elite (4 pts)	6.3%
Whisperer Speed-Trialist	Kill the Whisperer in less than 3:00 without a slayer task.	Speed	Elite (4 pts)	5.5%
Whisperer Speed-Chaser	Kill the Whisperer in less than 2:25 without a slayer task.	Speed	Master (5 pts)	3.1%
Whisperer Master	Kill the Whisperer 50 times.	Kill Count	Master (5 pts)	5.5%
Perfect Whisperer	Kill the Whisperer without taking avoidable damage 5 times without leaving.	Perfection	Master (5 pts)	3.7%
Whisperer Speed-Runner	Kill the Whisperer in less than 2:05 without a slayer task.	Speed	Grandmaster (6 pts)	1.5%
Whispered	Kill the Awakened Whisperer.	Kill Count	Grandmaster (6 pts)	2.5%
Dark Memories	Kill the Whisperer whilst spending less than 6 seconds in the pre-enrage shadow realm.	Restriction	Grandmaster (6 pts)	4.1%

Dialogue

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Gallery

Concept of the Whisperer, by Mod Jerv.
Official artwork of the Whisperer, by Mod Jerv.
Concept art of the Sunken Cathedral, by Mod Grub.
Concept art of the Shadow Realm version of the Sunken Cathedral.

Changes

Date	Changes
25 June 2025 (Update)	Progress towards the bellator vestige is now indicated with a gold ring drop. For players who were in progress before this update, their next kill will guarantee one or two gold rings, indicating 1/3 and 2/3 vestige rolls respectively. The Whisperer now has a 60% Elemental weakness to Earth. (Previously none)
26 March 2025 (Update)	Getting saved by a phoenix necklace while fighting The Whisperer will no longer restore your sanity.
8 January 2025 (Update)	Fixed an issue where The Whisperer’s tentacles failed to spawn under certain conditions.
14 – 20 February 2024	Hotfix A bug causing Sanity to not properly drain while fighting the Whisperer was fixed. Players who killed the Awakened variant for the first time while the bug was active had their Awakened Whisperer killcount reset.^[10]
14 February 2024 (Update)	Sanity is now fully restored when teleporting away from the Whisperer.
31 January 2024 (Update)	Combat Achievements were added for the boss. Readjusted perfect loot qualifications; tentacles and dark green orbs will now disqualify players from perfect kills.
16 August 2023 (Update)	Disturbing the Odd Figure will no longer prompt players to use an awakener's orb if they received one as a drop in the same instance. Personal best kill times for the Whisperer will now broadcast in clan chat and group ironman channels.
9 August 2023 (Update)	An issue causing perfect kills to fail has been resolved. Sanity damage is now visible during the fight. The Whisperer should no longer fire more attacks in a row than intended. The Whisperer's entrails will spawn even if players are no longer in the fight arena when the boss is defeated. The Whisperer now properly drops clue scrolls. The Whisperer's respawn timer has been decreased slightly.
3 August 2023 (Update)	The combat level for the quest variant was increased from 568 to 587. The drop rate for the tradeable unique drop table was increased from 1/77 to 1/64. The Whisperer can no longer be received as a boss slayer task prior to completing Desert Treasure II. Slayer tasks no longer apply to the Awakened version.
28 July 2023 (Update)	The Whisperer should no longer fire more attacks in a row than intended. An issue preventing floating columns from being destroyed has been hotfixed.

Trivia

Prior to the release of Desert Treasure II, the Whisperer could be heard if players stood next to the mysterious chasm in Camdozaal Mines in the form of a strange voice, whispering Come... Come... Come... Down into the depths... Come...
The Whisperer took design inspiration from the Norwegian mythological creature the 'Nøkken', known for lurking beneath water, with only eyes exposed, and luring victims to their doom with its eerie presence.^[11]
According to Mod Jerv, she has been corrupted by Xau-Tak,^[12] a powerful being yet to be explicitly named in Old School RuneScape.

References

^ Mod Jerv. Desert Treasure II - Bosses. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2026. "The Whisperer, a key assassin and a siren, tasked to collect rare, powerful items and bring it to the vault."
^ Remnant. Old School RuneScape. "[Sliske]: I have shielded it. It will do you no harm."
^ Remnant. Old School RuneScape. "The totem seems to act as a conduit between our world and the Shadow Realm."
^ Remnant. Old School RuneScape. "[Sliske]: Have the undercity sealed, then remove the protections on the totem. We require a more thorough test.
[The Whisperer]: And the researchers?
[Sliske]: Their work is complete. Do with them as you wish."
^ Remnant. Old School RuneScape. "Mysterious Voice 2: The undercity is being sealed. They say the fortress has fallen.
Mysterious Voice 3: Sealed? On whose orders?
Mysterious Voice 2: Well... yours.
Mysterious Voice 3: I gave no such order. Round up the centurions! We have a traitor among us.
[The Whisperer]: No.
Mysterious Voice 3: You! This was your doing!
[The Whisperer]: You have served your Empire well, High Magister, but that servitude is at an end. Now it is time for a new one to begin."
^ Remnant. Old School RuneScape. "Mysterious Voice 1: Do not be afraid, my child, for you are not alone. Your voice will be one of thousands, singing an eternal silence.[...]And so another voice joins the Silent Choir."
^ "Desert Treasure II - Tweaks and Drop Rates". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 3 August 2023. Archived from the original.
^ Mod Ayiza. "Desert Treasure II - Tweaks and Drop Rates". Reddit. 3 August 2023. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Mod Ayiza: "You have to do the fight while avoiding any avoidable damage. Essentially a perfect fight (chip damage does not count)."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 September 2023. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Mod Ash: "If I'm reading my colleagues' code correctly, over your first 300 kills, the chance shifts from 1/200 to 1/50, where it stays thereafter."
^ Jagex. Old School RuneScape's Twitter account. 20 February 2024. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Old School RuneScape: "🐞 Last week we hotfixed a bug where Sanity wasn't draining correctly at Whisperer. 🩸 We're removing Awakened Whisperer killcount for any players who got their first kill while this bug was active. We know you're more than capable, but just want to make absolutely sure!"
^ Mod Jerv. "Mod Jerv - Concept Artist Behind ToA, Desert Treasure 2, Colosseum, & Varlamore" (in 54:08). YouTube video. 28 April 2025. "I took inspiration from my own culture actually, because I’m from Norway. We have this sea creature called Nøkken, it's basically the sea creature that lurks in the sea with its eyes poking up staring at you, that lures you in to eat you and I wanted to get that feeling through the design itself."
^ Mod Jerv. "Mod Jerv - Concept Artist Behind ToA, Desert Treasure 2, Colosseum, & Varlamore" (in 53:03). YouTube video. 28 April 2025. "So we do have sirens in the game already, but we wanted this one to be corrupted by those... I think it's revealed to be Xau-Tak in the Lassar Undercity, the whole shadowy side of that place."

The Forgotten Four

Bosses

	The Leviathan The Whisperer Vardorvis Duke Sucellus
Fight elements	Abyssal pathfinder Tail Shadow tentacle Corrupted seed Floating Column Lost Soul Large Tendril Vardorvis' Head Extremity Fermentation Vat Arder mushrooms Musca mushrooms Salt Deposit

Rewards

Virtus robes

Ancient rings

	Venator Bellator Ultor Magus
Vestiges	Venator Bellator Ultor Magus
Fremennik icons	Archers Warrior Berserker Seers
Ancient icons	Venator Bellator Ultor Magus

Axe parts

Quartzes

	Smoke Shadow Blood Ice
Ancient sceptres	Smoke Shadow Blood Ice

Tablets

Pets

Other

	Chromium ingot Awakener's orb Ancient blood ornament kit
Sanguine Torva armour	Full helm Platebody Platelegs

Music

Scoreboards

Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire

NPCs

	Golem Mysterious Figure Kasonde Catalytic Guardian Wizard Persten Assassin Ketla Mysterious Bandit Ancient Guardian Crawling hand Lost Soul Me? Shadow Keeper Strangled
Archaeologists/Historians	Asgarnia Smith Barus Dr Banikan Elissa Helena Prescott Terry Balando
The Forgotten Four	Perseriya (The Leviathan) The Whisperer Vardorvis Duke Sucellus
The Scar	Abyssal antibody Abyssal axon Abyssal leech Abyssal Tether Abyssal Walker Catalyst Cerebral pathfinder Cerebral pathbreaker Crimson sanguisphera Lesser demon The Leviathan? Light leech Radiant sanguisphera Scarred hellhound Scarred imp Scarred black demon Scarred greater demon Scarred lesser demon
Mahjarrat	Jhallan Azzanadra Hazeel Enakhra Akthanakos Sliske
Wights	The Forsaken Assassin Ketla the Unworthy Kasonde the Craven Persten the Deceitful ^{(Wighted Leech)} ^(Portal) Ahrim the Blighted Dharok the Wretched Guthan the Infested Karil the Tainted Torag the Corrupted Verac the Defiled

Items

The Stranglewood

	Potion note Tatty page Stink bomb Mucky note Temple key Vardorvis' medallion
Horde defence	Barricade Detonator Satchel
Potions/ingredients	Strange potion Argian berries Korbal herb Unfinished serum Strangler serum

The Scar

Notes/tablets

Runic nerves

Elemental	Air Water Earth Fire
Catalytic	Mind Cosmic Astral Nature Law Blood Soul Wrath
Combination	Dust Smoke Steam Lava

Ghorrock Prison

	Chisel Knife Lockpick Rations Magic lantern Strange slider Sucellus' medallion
Keys	Sapphire Emerald Ruby Diamond Odd
Texts	Code converter Evacuation note Grid note Library note Orders note Prayer note Prisoner's letter Protest note Refugees note Request note Requisition note Thank you note Warning letter
Potion/ingredients	Arder-musca poison Salax salt Arder mushroom Arder powder Musca mushroom Musca powder

Lassar Undercity

	Very long rope Blackstone fragment Shadow key Icon segment Strange icon Whisperer's medallion
Schematics	Anima portal Revitalising idol Shadow blocker Basic shadow torch Superior shadow torch Perfected shadow torch
Devices	Anima portal Revitalising idol Shadow blocker Basic shadow torch Superior shadow torch Perfected shadow torch