Yama: how to defeat it (Ironman guide)
Demon at the bottom of the Chasm of Fire (A Kingdom Divided), solo or duo. 3 phases with glyphs, shadow waves, void flares and two Judge of Yama intermissions. Weak to slash and demonbane (Emberlight/Arclight); magic with a Purging staff or Shadow.
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Yama
- Tier
- Late
- Combat level
- 1238
- Style
- Mixed
- Requirements
- A Kingdom Divided. Duo or solo. 80+ Attack/Strength, 82 Magic (Dark Demonbane), 70+ Prayer
- Why kill it as an Ironman
- Oathplate armour (endgame melee), Soulflame horn, Forgotten lockbox, surge potions.
- 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
Demon at the bottom of the Chasm of Fire (A Kingdom Divided), solo or duo. 3 phases with glyphs, shadow waves, void flares and two Judge of Yama intermissions. Weak to slash and demonbane (Emberlight/Arclight); magic with a Purging staff or Shadow.
Left icon: what hits you. Right icon: what to pray.
Basic attacks
Magic: flames envelop you; ranged: shadow swirls; both fully blocked if you pray before he snaps his fingers (46). Melee only when adjacent and hits everyone within 3 tiles (Protect from Melee cuts it to 6). Poison starts at 20: Sanfew serum.
Glyphs and specials
Phases 1-2: after 3 basic attacks he uses a fire or shadow special. Stand on the centre of the matching glyph to negate it (10 ticks of immunity). Stepping on one costs 2-12 HP (fire) or Prayer (shadow) depending on how close Yama is.
Waves, streaks and flares
Shadow waves: skip over them or lose prayers (20). Fire streaks: keep moving and run straight through. Void flares (fire and shadow): destroy them with a Purging staff and Dark Demonbane within ~15 s or they explode (42-44) and heal him.
Judge of Yama
At 66% and 33% he pulls you out: hop the stones dodging fire spells every 5 ticks (or hit them with water spells) and kill the Judge (400 HP) with magic: it prays melee and ranged, then against your last style. You always max hit.
Phase 2: meteor and stomp
Meteor Strike: a 5x5 meteor on you that disables run; get 2+ tiles from the centre or die (80 at the edge). Shadow Stomp: 60, roots you 2 ticks and drains Prayer. Two shadow waves instead of one.
Phase 3: Shadow Crash
He stays in the centre attacking every 7 ticks, alternating ranged and magic (starting with the opposite of phase 1). No glyphs. Shadow Crash: 3 fireballs in a line, 3 times; step 1 tile perpendicular to the line. If you are adjacent he melees and spawns a flare: step out after attacking (Godfly).
Step by step
- Get to the bottom of the Chasm of Fire (chasm teleport scroll, fairy ring DJR; 73/83 Agility shortcuts with Protect from Melee) and talk to the Voice of Yama.
- Phase 1: slash melee with Emberlight/Arclight (3 specials drop his Defence to the 145 cap) or magic with Purging staff/Shadow. Count 3 attacks between specials and step on the right glyph.
- Void flares: kill them as they spawn with the Purging staff (Mark of Darkness plus Dark Demonbane); Death Charge triggers even if the transition destroys them.
- Judge x2: hop the stones and magic it down (SGS special heals). Phase 2 is phase 1 with meteors and 2 waves.
- Phase 3: stay out of melee, dodge crashes and waves; if melee gets messy finish with magic.
Key gear
Arclight
Neitiznot faceguard
Bandos chestplate
Bandos tassets
Amulet of torture
Ferocious gloves
Dragon defenderTypical inventory
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Purging staff · Occult necklace · Saradomin godsword · Super combat potion(4) · Sanfew serum(4) x3 · Anglerfish x10 · Book of the Dead
Ironman tips
- 💡 Yama has 120% demonbane vulnerability: Emberlight gets 84% extra damage and accuracy. The Scythe is far worse here.
- 💡 Without a Purging staff (plus 10% extra magic damage) you cannot 2-shot flares solo; a Trident or Sang always max hits them but slower.
- 💡 Until 10 kills the death fee is cut 75%. Duo: one with an Elder maul, the other with a Soulflame horn. If you mage, his magic defence rises from -30 to +60.
Wiki images and videos
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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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