Impending Darkness Event/Guide

This page was last updated for (v1.0.3).

This writeup is intended to be mobile-friendly as the UI can make switching difficult. Thus, there will be a focus on limiting the amount of switching necessary, from gear to prayers. Using a web browser or PC will help, as you will be able to swap gear much faster, but is not required. Using a PC will allow you to switch prayers, gear, or spells to optimize DPS, but these will not be discussed in depth.

Event Mechanics

Event mechanics are explained on the Impending Darkness Event page. In summary, you will need to clear 4 Slayer areas a total of 5 times to complete the entire event. At the end of every area cleared, a harder Boss monster will spawn - it is simply a regular monster with extra combat modifiers. At the end of every round of 4 slayer areas cleared, Bane will spawn. You will have time to swap gear before starting the fight with Bane.

Setup

Equipment Sets

You will need to equip each outlined set as you will be switching between equipment sets frequently.

Gear is DR-focused for both mobile- and Hardcore-friendly completion. The rewards given while clearing the event are not required but may help with DPS if you so choose to use them. The Maximum Skillcape is non-negotiable, as fights take place in Slayer areas.

Slayer Negation Sets

This is the most important set and is targeted for Unhallowed Wasteland. You can use this set for the remaining Slayer areas, but it will be helpful to swap to God Armor for better bonuses once completed.

Melee

If you choose the immune to stun modifier, switch off Fighter Amulet.

Slot	Item
Helmet	Slayer Helmet (Master)
Platebody	Slayer Platebody (Master)
Platelegs	Terran God Platelegs
Boots	Terran God Boots
Weapon	Tidal Edge
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Fighter Amulet - Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Terran God Gloves
Quiver	Whetstone
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

Ranged

Slot	Item
Helmet	Slayer Cowl (Master)
Platebody	Slayer Leather Body (Master)
Platelegs	Aeris God Platelegs
Boots	Aeris God Boots
Weapon	Shockwave
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Deadeye Amulet - Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Aeris God Gloves
Quiver	Jadestone Bolts
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

Magic

Slot	Item
Helmet	Slayer Wizard Hat (Master)
Platebody	Slayer Wizard Robes (Master)
Platelegs	Glacia God Platelegs
Boots	Glacia God Boots
Weapon	Ocean Song
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs - Elite Amulet of Magic
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Glacia God Gloves
Quiver	Prayer Scroll or Wizard's Scroll
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

God Armour Set

The God Armour sets can be used for all Slayer areas beside Unhallowed Wasteland. Being mobile-focused, an emphasis on DR options is preferred. Thus Terran Armor and ELS are recommended for all 3 combat styles, but can be swapped for Ragnar Armor and DPS shields ( Dragonfire Shield and Scaled Shield) respectively if you feel comfortable, ELS should remain on your Magic set as it has no real alternative shield until you have killed the third Bane.

Melee

If you choose the immune to stun modifier, switch off Fighter Amulet.

Slot	Item
Helmet	Terran God Helmet
Platebody	Terran God Platebody
Platelegs	Terran God Platelegs
Boots	Terran God Boots
Weapon	Tidal Edge
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Fighter Amulet - Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Terran God Gloves
Quiver	Whetstone
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

Ranged

Slot	Item
Helmet	Aeris God Helmet
Platebody	Aeris God Platebody
Platelegs	Aeris God Platelegs
Boots	Aeris God Boots
Weapon	Shockwave
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Deadeye Amulet - Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Aeris God Gloves
Quiver	Jadestone Bolts
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

Magic

Slot	Item
Helmet	Glacia God Helmet
Platebody	Glacia God Platebody
Platelegs	Glacia God Platelegs
Boots	Glacia God Boots
Weapon	Ocean Song
Shield	Earth Layered Shield
Amulet	Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs - Elite Amulet of Magic
Ring	Hunter's Ring
Gloves	Glacia God Gloves
Quiver	Prayer Scroll or Wizard's Scroll
Cape	Maximum Skillcape
Passive	3rd Master Slayer Piece

Agility Course

1. Any
2. Any
3. Pipe Climb
4. Coal Stones
5. Cliff Balance
6. Lake Swim/Rocky Waters
7. Boulder Trap/Water Trap
8. Raft Building/Pipe Crawl
9. Ice Jump
10. Ocean Rafting
11. Pillar of Combat

Potions

Diamond Luck Potions for the entire event.

Summoning

Dragon + respective Combat style for each set.

Astrology

Maximize combat-focused Astrology bonuses. However, the difference is relatively small, so don't focus on getting optimal bonuses.

Modifier Tier List

Listed from best (choose it) to worse (avoid it). All modifiers apply to the enemies, not the player. You can start and stop the event when beginning to fish for a decent first modifier. If you receive choices of modifiers or a series of modifiers after a few rounds that are completely awful, you can always restart the event for better RNG.

1. +100% chance to ignore Stuns and Freezes and Immune to Sleep
2. +20% Maximum Hit and -10% Maximum Hitpoints
3. +20% Maximum Hit and +20% Accuracy Rating
4. +2000 Maximum Hitpoints and -10% Maximum Hit
5. +50% chance to apply poison when hitting with an attack and +10% Maximum Hitpoints
6. +15% Damage Reduction and +15% Global Evasion
7. +50% Chance to apply burn when attacking and +50% chance to apply frostburn when attacking
8. +100% chance to ignore Slow effects and -5% Attack Interval
9. +10% Maximum Hit, -10% Attack Interval, and -10% Global Evasion
10. +15% chance to apply affliction when attacking and +15% Lifesteal
11. Slayer Area Effects are 5% Stronger
12. Heal 4% of current hitpoints every 2 turns and +40% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit

Area Order

The recommended order of areas to clear is as follows:

1. Unhallowed Wasteland
2. Dark Waters
3. Shrouded Badlands
4. Perilous Peaks

You can clear in any order you wish, but the recommended order minimizes gear swaps and optimizes Bane fight locations. It is strongly recommended to never clear Unhallowed Wasteland and Dark Waters last.

Fight Details

Prayers

Prayer choice is different for each Slayer area. Prayers are listed in priority order and are recommended this way to reduce the need to change them on mobile as it can be difficult given the UI.

Prayers for Bane fights will be Protect from combat style and Battleheart.

Slayer Area	Required Prayer	Optional Prayer	Reasoning
Shrouded Badlands		Battleheart	There are no difficult base monsters. Battleheart for damage plus your choice of any desired DPS prayer.
Perilous Peaks		Battleheart	There are no difficult base monsters. Battleheart for damage plus your choice of any desired DPS prayer.
Dark Waters	Protect from Ranged	Battleheart Stone Skin	Rokken can be scary, so Protect from Ranged is recommended for the entire area. Battleheart for damage or Stone Skin for extra DR safety for Rokken.
Unhallowed Wasteland	Protect from Melee	Protect from Magic Stone Skin Battleheart	Protect from Melee is required for any Greater Skeletal Dragons. Protect from Magic is recommended to reduce Cursed Lich lifesteal but is not required. Stone Skin will help with Spiked Red Claws. If you feel comfortable, your second Prayer can be Battleheart.

Eating Patterns

Impending Darkness Event takes more attention than Into the Mist. High healing food such as Whale (Perfect) is highly recommended. Pay attention to all attacks throughout the event, and eat to full whenever in doubt. Listed below are the high priority monsters and attacks to watch out for.

Monster	Attack	Notes
Rokken/Rokken Boss	Shockwave	Modifiers can make Rokken hurt, and a boss Rokken will be very fast. Eat to full.
Ku-tul	Curse of the Deep	If you don't switch to god armor, modifiers + affliction can make this hit hard, since Ranged has no DR amulet. Eat to full.
Greater Skeletal Dragon	Bone Crush	Being stunned by a Bone Crush, the -10% DR debuff from Spiked Tail Whip, affliction stacks, plus any additional modifiers makes this pretty dangerous. If you have full debuffs (stun, -10% DR), Eat to full.
Spiked Red Claw	Savage Spike	If you're bleeding, Eat to full.
Bane, Bane, Instrument of Fear	Suffocate	Eat at around 60% HP or earlier. You want to avoid the sleep completely.
Bane, Bane, Instrument of Fear	Fragile Mind	If you are debuffed by Fragile Mind, Eat to full.
Bane, Instrument of Fear	Overwhelming Power	Spam eat.

Area Fights

These notes are strictly for the monsters in each area. Fire Surge is the recommended spell. Anguish III and Surge II are not required but do provide better DPS; however, they will have to be selected every time you swap to your Magic set.

Slayer Area	Notes
Shrouded Badlands	You can use Magic and Ocean Song the entire area.
Perilous Peaks	Swap each set for Combat Triangle advantage.
Dark Waters	Swap each set for Combat Triangle advantage.
Unhallowed Wasteland	Swap each set for Combat Triangle advantage. Incinerate and its burn can be used to help quickly DPS each melee UW monster if you wish, but Ocean Song and normal magic works fine.

Bane Fights

Bane's attack style randomly rolls when he spawns. Similar to Into the Mist, you must fight him with the SAME combat style as he is immune to all attacks from other combat styles. If you don't want to fight with a particular style, you can run - do not Stop the event as this will reset all progress - and reclear the last slayer area to roll a new Bane spawn. Bane has the same abilities no matter his combat style.

Melee Bane

Probably the most annoying style as the modifiers stack up. Nothing special, just let Tidal Edge do the work as you pay attention to his attacks.

Ranged Bane

Decent fight due to the Dragon + Centaur synergy adding a lot of extra damage. Nothing special, as Shockwave is a strong weapon.

Magic Bane

Probably the easiest style as you can Incinerate the entire fight for guaranteed burn and damage. You can switch to any normal spell and start relying on Ocean Song as the burn damage will drop off around half HP if you want, but is not really necessary. You can use normal Magic and Ocean Song the entire fight too. Using Incinerate the entire fight allows you to use Damage Reduction Potions instead of Diamond Luck as your hits are already guaranteed at 20k+ Accuracy Rating.

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