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The Whisperer: how to defeat it (Ironman guide)

Siren with magic and ranged, tentacles that converge on your tile and 3 specials solved by entering the Shadow Realm with the Blackstone fragment. Sanity drops inside: at 0 you die within 10 ticks.

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The Whisperer

The Whisperer
Tier
Late
Combat level
791
Style
Magic
Requirements
Desert Treasure II. Magic 75+, Shadow/Sang/Trident. Blackstone fragment required
Why kill it as an Ironman
Magus ring (magic BIS), Siren's staff, Virtus. Hardest of the 4.
Loot
The live drop table (wiki rates) and the drop simulator are in the app. ⚔ Open in the interactive guide

Mechanics: what hits you and what to pray

Siren with magic and ranged, tentacles that converge on your tile and 3 specials solved by entering the Shadow Realm with the Blackstone fragment. Sanity drops inside: at 0 you die within 10 ticks.

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

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Triple projectiles
Grey barbs = Protect from Missiles (40), blue orbs = Magic (36). At first 3 of one style; after each special they mix (M-M-R, then M-R-M). Prayer blocks all if on before impact.
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Tentacles
After each attack 4 tentacles converge on your tile (20 and -20% sanity). Do the L move: 2 tiles forward and 1 sideways.
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Melee
If adjacent: 2 hits through prayer and the second mirrors the first. Stay 5+ tiles away.
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Specials 80/55/30%
Seeds: step on the light green seeds (only visible in the Shadow Realm) or take 75. Screech: 20, then 40, then 60 HP pillar. Souls: kill a full set (yellow heal, blue Prayer, cyan sanity, green 50 damage) or take 50 and she heals 100.
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Bind
After each special she binds you ~8 s and walks in to melee: freeze her (any ice spell/bind lands) or stay 10+ tiles away.
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Enrage
At 0 HP she heals 140 and pulls you into the Shadow Realm: attacks every 2 ticks swapping style every 2 attacks (starts ranged), 1 tentacle per attack. Restore Prayer and run in a big square.

Step by step

  1. Mind Altar Teleport then south-east to Camdozaal (or Ring of shadows with the Sirenic tablet), north-west rope, teleporter to the cathedral. Bring the Blackstone fragment.
  2. Disturb the Odd Figure. Stay 5+ tiles away, pray by colour and do the L after each attack.
  3. On each special enter the Shadow Realm just to read the pattern and leave to save sanity.
  4. After the special freeze her when she fires the bind and get free hits.
  5. Enrage: restore Prayer, keep moving, swap prayer every 2 attacks. Sanity resets to 100% on the kill.

Key gear

Trident of the SwampTrident of the SwampSanguinesti staffSanguinesti staffTome of EarthTome of EarthAhrim's robetopAhrim's robetopAhrim's robeskirtAhrim's robeskirtOccult necklaceOccult necklaceTumeken's shadowTumeken's shadow

Typical inventory

Blackstone fragment
Toxic blowpipe
Anglerfish3
Prayer potion(4)13
Super restore(4)
Book of the Dead
Divine rune pouch

Blackstone fragment · Toxic blowpipe · Anglerfish x3 · Prayer potion(4) x13 · Super restore(4) · Book of the Dead · Divine rune pouch

Ironman tips

  • 💡 Weak to earth: earth spells + Tome of Earth beat a trident at low levels, but you lose thralls.
  • 💡 A blowpipe kills up to 7 souls; if short, kill the yellow ones and leave. She drops manta rays, a prayer potion(3) and an ancient brew(2) that extend trips.

Wiki images and videos

Tap a video to play it. Source: OSRS Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

Guide summarised from the OSRS Wiki strategies (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Icons and images: OSRS Wiki. In the app: live drop table, drop simulator, map and Set builder with this boss as target.

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