Cursed Forest/Guide

Why Idle This?

Cursed Forest is mainly cleared for the Curse Masks. These have 1% dr over the previous BIS gear and apply a curse when the enemy spawns.
Voodoo Trinket is obtained during this dungeon and is required for a smooth Throne of the Herald fight.
Once cleared 100 times, the Despair Curse is unlocked and will be used against enemies with high health, as it does percentage based damage.

Dungeon Mechanics

This dungeon's gimmick is that all enemies are immune to curses and attack styles other than magic. As such, you will need to use the Magic to clear this dungeon
Cursed Forests's final enemy, Lady Darkheart has a passive effect which gives them +500% curse lifesteal. Additionally, they have 3 attacks which will apply curses to you, and another attack which deals double damage if you are cursed. The lifesteal by iteself already makes this boss incredibly annoying, and the double damage requires you to balance survivability and damage output.

Stats and Buffs

Minimum Recommended Levels

Suggestion	Benefit
Level 120	Less need for DR
Level 120	Pillar of Combat and Elite Pillar of Expertise
Level 120	Battleborn

Astrology

As many combat bonuses from Astrology constellations are recommended, but not required. In total, Astrology serves as a massive buff to combat and will make the fight easier. The main bonuses are:

+5 Hidden Levels for Melee Ranged Magic
- Iridan, Terra, Syllia, and Arachi. The +5 hidden Defence levels in Tellus are redundant.
5% reduced Attack Interval and Enemy Damage Reduction decreased by 5%, from Ashtar

Agility

#	Obstacle	Reason
1	X
2	X
3	Pipe Climb	No particular reason beyond being the only obstacle that grants any combat benefits.
4	Coal Stones	No negative modifiers, technically saves some food.
5	Cliff Balance	+20 HP.
6	Rocky Waters	+50 HP. Lake Swim can be used instead if the player gets more damage reduction.
7	Boulder Trap	No negative combat modifiers.
8	Raft Building	Gives a bit more survivability which is rather important.
9	Water Jump	More damage. The 20 HP from Ice Jump is not needed.
10	Ocean Rafting	Free damage!
P	Pillar of Combat	Lots of beneficial combat bonuses.
11	Frozen Maze	More damage reduction and faster monster respawns.
12	Boulder Balance	Lower attack interval and more damage for the low price of lower accuracy.
13	Rope Trap	More damage.
14	Freezing Climb	More evasion, accuracy and damage.
15	Waterfall Crossing	Is the equivalent of a permanent Diamond Luck Potion IV, which frees up the potion slot for Damage Reduction Potion IV It is necessary to have this obstacle at 99 mastery to halve the -100hp modifier.
EP	Elite Pillar of Expertise	Provides 8% doubling, which helps a lot with chests.

Idle Gear

For spells, use Dragon Storm Call and Surge II
Use Damage Reduction Potion IV for 10% extra DR.
Note that if you are able to squeeze in a little more DR, Superior Max Skillcape is a direct and substantial upgrade to Skull Cape. However, since it provides 0% DR, it is sometimes hard to reach the DR requirement if you're using it.

Slot	Better to Worse
Head	Mask of Despair	Blazing Helmet
Body	Freezing Touch Body	Slayer Wizard Robes (Mythical)
Leggings	Lightning Mythical Wizard Bottoms	Lightning Legendary Wizard Bottoms
Boots	Frostspark Boots	Lightning Boots
Hands	(U) Carrion Vambraces
Cape	Superior Max Skillcape	Skull Cape
Neck	Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs	Allure Amulet
Ring	Ring of Power	Ring of Wealth
Passive	Chapeau Noir	Elder Crown
Weapon	Archaic Wand	Ocean Song
Offhand	Shield of Magic Power	Leviathan Shield
Prayer	Battleborn and Divination	Battleheart and Augury
Summons	Spectre and Occultist	Fox and Dragon