Theatre of Blood: how to defeat it (Ironman guide)

Tier

Late

Combat level

Raid

Style

Mixed

Requirements

Priest in Peril (Entry). 90+ stats, high gear, group

Why kill it as an Ironman

Scythe of vitur, Ghrazi rapier, Justiciar, Sanguinesti staff, Avernic defender hilt.

Loot

The live drop table (wiki rates) and the drop simulator are in the app. ⚔ Open in the interactive guide

Linear raid in Ver Sinhaza (Priest in Peril): Maiden, Bloat, Nylocas, Sotetseg, Xarpus and Verzik, always in that order. Melee dominates; you also need Ice Barrage, ranged and poison. No teleports: only the Escape crystal. Entry mode from 75+ stats.

Left icon: what hits you. Right icon: what to pray.

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Maiden

Magic only (Protect from Magic halves it; it always hits). At 70/50/30% she summons Nylocas Matomenos: freeze them with Ice Barrage or they heal her for double their HP. Stay off the blood splats.

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Bloat

Undead: Salve amulet. While walking its flies hit 20 per tick (Protect from Missiles -25%) and your damage is halved: hide behind the pillar. When it goes down you have ~18 s of slash melee; run before the stomp (40-80).

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Nylocas

31 waves: green ranged only, blue magic only, grey melee only; hit one with the wrong style and you can no longer damage it. Kill the ones attacking players first and do not let the 4 pillars fall. Vasilias swaps form every 10 ticks: Protect from Melee when attacking and switch prayer with its form.

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Sotetseg

Melee (45) and a red projectile (magic) that splits into red (magic) or black (ranged); the right prayer blocks everything. Big red ball after 10 magic attacks: lethal alone, stack up to split it. At 66% and 33%: one player runs the maze and the others follow their tiles from the room.

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Xarpus

Phase 1: stand on the exhumed so they cannot heal him. Phase 2: he spits 3x3 poison on your tile; drain his defence (2 hammers plus BGS). Phase 3 (25%): he stares at a quadrant for 8 ticks; never attack from it or he returns 50-80 per hit.

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Verzik P1

Everyone on Protect from Magic before starting. Damage capped (10 melee, 3 ranged/magic) except the Dawnbringer (75-150 per special). Every 14 ticks she charges a 137 attack: hide behind a pillar.

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Verzik P2

Protect from Missiles and split up (2 east, 2 west). Urns on your tile: step off. Lightning ball every 5 attacks: stay near the team. Exploding nylos: let them get to 3 tiles and run. The Athanatos only dies to poison. At 35% switch to Protect from Magic.

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Verzik P3

All 3 styles; pick a tank who steps away 1-2 ticks before each attack to avoid the melee (63). Rotation: nylos, webs (break your teammate's), power blast (one player per yellow pool), green ball (bounce next to someone). At 20% enrage: a tornado per player; keep HP at 50-60 and dump specials.

1. Reach Ver Sinhaza with Drakan's medallion. Entry mode from 75+ stats; trio or smaller gets bosses at 75% HP.
2. Roles: melee (Arceuus, thralls), ranger (Lunar, potion share, blowpipe and chinchompas) and freezer (Ancients, Ice Barrage at Maiden).
3. Maiden: 2 Elder maul plus BGS to 0 def; freeze the nylos. Bloat: Salve amulet and only attack while it is down.
4. Nylocas by style then Vasilias. Sotetseg with defence specials after each maze. Xarpus: exhumed, poison, quadrants.
5. Verzik: pillars in P1, formation in P2, tank and rotation in P3. After Bloat and Sotetseg buy supplies from the chest (stamina, brews).

Void melee helmElite void topElite void robeVoid knight glovesAbyssal tentacleAmulet of tortureDragon defender

Typical inventory

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Toxic blowpipe · Trident of the Swamp · Dragon warhammer · Salve amulet (e) · Saradomin brew(4) x6 · Super restore(4) x4 · Rune pouch

• 💡 Bring poison for Verzik (Dragon dagger(p++), blowpipe or Serpentine helm): without it you cannot kill the Nylocas Athanatos and must restart.
• 💡 Bandages after each death and after Bloat/Sotetseg; the chest sells brews, restores and stamina for performance points. Escape crystal costs 75k; item reclaim 100k.
• 💡 Better NPC Highlight with IDs 8348-8353 flags the aggressive nylos. Elite void saves 2 slots and beats mid melee gear without Ferocious or torture.
• 💡 No team: the We Do Raids Discord (wedoraids.com) teaches ToB for free with mentors and forms learner groups.

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