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Introduction
Combat in the 
follows a similar progression to the base game, and will be divided into three parts, the Early Game, the Mid Game, and the Late Game for Throne of the Herald.
This entire part of the guide is subject to change and will be updated as time goes by, for now, following some basic guidelines will be a good way to get started: Combat in the Throne of the Herald Expansion revolves significantly around using 
Slayer areas to prepare to complete a dungeon. Leveling can be done in the first 2 Slayer Areas, the 
Jungle Labyrinth and 
Lava Lake - note that Deadly Poison is simply a more damaging version of Poison, it deals 25% of the player's HP over the duration instead of 10%.
A simplistic order for completing Combat:
- Jungle Labyrinth for the
Labyrinth Solution
Ancient Sanctuary - See Ancient Sanctuary/Guide- Lava Lake and
Forsaken Tundra
Underground Lava Lake and 
Lightning Region Dungeons- *optional*:
Lair of the Spider Queen - must be cleared manually at this stage.
Foggy Lake for powerful midgame tools
Midnight Valley for powerful midgame weapons
Cursed Forest and 
Necromancers Palace for powerful lategame equipment
Golden Cloud Mountains only until obtaining the 
Golden Shard
Millennium Gate for BIS endgame Armor with the highest Damage Reduction- Golden Cloud Mountains for BIS endgame weapons
- Lair of the Spider Queen
Throne of the Herald
How Throne of the Herald affects Base Game Combat
All combat skills can be leveled up to 120, providing increased stats as a reward for the time spent:
Hitpoints 200 extra HP can alleviate pain points in progression and allow the player to accomplish more difficult challenges without needing to make as many equipment tradeoffs.
Prayer is likely to end up higher than level 99 while completing base game combat, allowing the player to use the extremely powerful 
Battleborn and 
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, the highest level "Max Hit" Prayers.
Attack, 
Strength, 
Defence, 
Ranged, 
Magic allow the player's max hit, accuracy rating, and evasion ratings will all increase, making the player more powerful
Stats and Buffs
Astrology
At this point in the player's journey it can be safely assumed that they have unlocked the vast majority of bonuses from 
Astrology, if the player is just starting in the expansion and hasn't completed Astrology, there are some major benefits that can be obtained from 
Ashtar and some from 
Rosaniya that should be picked up as soon as possible.
Clearing the Cursed Forest for the 
Sign of the Stars is of course helpful, but is rather deep into Expansion Combat and is likely unnecessary. Similarly, upon the defeat of 
Bane, Instrument of Fear, the 
Township worship for Bane will be unlocked which provides the powerful (
Nightfall) Season that reduces the interval of Astrology by 50% for 3 days.
Agility
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Obstacle
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Reason
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| 11
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 Frozen Maze
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A great all-rounder with the primary bonus of additional Damage Reduction.
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| Water Maze
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Global doubling is fantastic for monsters that die very quickly.
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| Forest Maze
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Fantastic for Slayer if Area Effect Negation is required or the player is specifically hunting 
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| Pipe Maze
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Fantastic for killing enemies of all kinds, can be detrimental to how fast the player can collect items due to its high negative doubling.
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| 12
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Boulder Balance
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More damage and a faster Attack Interval making the player deal even more damage and possibly able to avoid dangerous Stun, Freeze or Sleep effects.
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| 13
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Rope Trap
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Particularly useful for the earlier stages of Expansion Combat where the player can be hampered by the dps requirement of dungeon bosses.
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| Balance Trap
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Great for general use.
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| 14
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Freezing Climb
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Great for Expansion dungeons, deal more damage, take damage slightly less often!
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| Gap Climb
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Great for Slayer, adding more damage and Area Effect Negation.
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| 15
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Waterfall Crossing
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This grants the effect of  Diamond Luck Potion IV for an generally inconsequential penalty of Hitpoints.
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| Freezing Rafting
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This should be the player's absolute last line of defence for survivability, and should not be considered unless absolutely necessary.
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| EP
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Elite Pillar of Expertise
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The default pillar for nearly all of the Expansion - immensely powerful buffs for all skills, Global Doubling being very powerful in combat particularly.
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| Elite Pillar of Conflict
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This Pillar is only recommended if Slayer Area Effect Negation is 'required', its effects are rather lacklustre otherwise.
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Herblore
With Waterfall Crossing active, Diamond Luck Potion IV are no longer a near-necessity for the amount of damage they provide, this opens up many new options for which potion the player can use.
Max Hit potions can be a solid and reliable source of increased damage.
Damage Reduction Potion IV is incredibly useful for meeting DR requirements, especially for Late Expansion monsters and dungeons.
Slayer Bounty Potion IV is a hugely powerful buff for farming .
Area Control Potion IV can be useful for negating harmful Slayer Area Effects like those of Lava Lake, Forsaken Tundra or Foggy Lake.
Penetration Potion IV are potentially the highest amount of raw dps that can be gained from a potion and, once unlocked, can be used as the default combat potion for all Expansion Combat as soon as 
Ectoplasm is easily farmed.
Critical Strike Potion IV are about equal to Penetration Potions in most situations, but require a material that is easier to obtain without doing difficult combat.
Adaptive Potions feature a mechanic originally found on 
Pegasus, these potions should generally never be used as their effect actually decreases the player's stats if they fall below 57% of their max Hitpoints, and the effect is lacklustre compared to the myriad available options.
Summoning
Some particular synergies of note are:
and 
Spectre - a lot of bonus damage, particularly against enemies with high Damage Reduction.- and
Fox - a lot of bonus damage, particularly against enemies with less Damage Reduction.
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Siren - Extra damage with the added benefit of CC, most useful with multi-hit special attacks - monsters that are asleep can't deal damage!
Occultist and Spectre - generally add up to an insane amount of raw accuracy and chance to hit, one of the few places where simply getting more accuracy is actually a tangible benefit instead of a minor change in power.- Fox and
Dragon - Great with multi-hit special attacks against enemies with high HP.
Spider and Dragon - particularly when paired with 
Hinder Potion IV and the 
Royal Toxins Spear, 
Poison Pods or 
Natures Bloom
Consumable Slot
Throne of the Herald Combat
Early Game Throne of the Herald: Levels 100-110
After defeating Bane, Instrument of Fear in the 
Impending Darkness Event, the player unlocks the ability to wear all level 100+ weapons and armor. The immediate goals will be gearing up with new equipment and beginning the journey into expansion combat by defeating the monsters in the Jungle Labyrinth to unlock the Clues required to unlock the Ancient Sanctuary.
Major Goals
- New weapons and armor from non-combat skills. All level 100+ armor is a direct upgrade from
Aeris, 
Glacia, and 
Terran God Armors with better offensive stats and Damage Reduction. Unfortunately, the extra accuracy and damage of the 
Ragnar God Armor is lost, but the large amount of extra damage reduction is more than worth the tradeoff:
Smithing is used to create 
Corundum, 
Augite, 
Meteorite, and 
Divinite armor and weapons. All armor except Meteorite must be upgraded with 
Iridium and 
Palladium Bars to achieve their maximum values.
Crafting is used to create 
Elderwood, 
Revenant, and 
Carrion, armor and weapons. All armor must be upgraded with the same logs used to create the original pieces to achieve their maximum values. Carrion Armor requires 
Carrion Bark from the Ancient Sanctuary.
Runecrafting is used to create 
Poison, 
Lightning, and 
Infernal Wizard robes of Master, Legendary, and Mythical tier. Robes do not need to be upgraded to acquire new stats. There are also new 
Runes and 
Weapons that facilitate the usage of the new Archaic Magicks - the first of which is unlocked after defeating the Ancient Sanctuary.
- Jungle Labyrinth monsters drop the items required to purchase the Labyrinth Solution as well as the earliest gear upgrade options.
- Ancient Sanctuary drops some items and unlocks the rest of the expansion.
- Lava Lake and Underground Lava Lake drop the
Burning Protection Material and the 
Ward of Flame Material, as well as the 
Blazing Helmet.
- Forsaken Tundra and Lightning Region drop the
Freezing Touch Material as well as the various pieces to make the 
Frostspark Boots, 
FrostSpark 1H Sword, and 
FrostSpark Amulet.
Melee
Melee training should typically be done on 
Alraune or in the Ancient Sanctuary, depending on the players long term goals.
Ranged
The first few slayer areas have lots of potential Magic monsters to be killed for Ranged experience. The 
Spectral Ice Wolf is preferable as obtaining all of the 
Spectral Ice Sword Shards to create the FrostSpark 1H Sword requires an average of 10k Wolves with no item doubling.
Magic
The first few slayer areas have lots of potential Melee monsters to be killed for Magic experience. Unfortunately none hold items that are either rare or simply take a long time to obtain - so the choice comes down to whatever is most convenient or is simply the best XP rate.
Mid Game Throne of the Herald: Levels 111-120
Here the players goal is to finish collecting as many special pieces of equipment to fully kit out their character in preparation for the final stretch of combat. This will include all of the non-final boss Dungeons and all but the last two Slayer Areas.
Major Goals
- Foggy Lake monsters drop the
Allure Amulet, 
Bleed Burner Cape, and pieces to make the 
Leviathan Shield.
- The
Goliath Werewolf drops the 
Gauntlets of Rage.
- Lair of the Spider Queen drops the powerful Royal Toxins Spear.
- Cursed Forest drops the powerful
Mask of Madness, 
Mask of Torment, and 
Mask of Despair that are designed to be used with Melee, Ranged, and Magic. These masks can be worn for the rest of the game.
- Necromancers Palace drops items that are not particularly powerful, and can be avoided except for completion purposes.
- Midnight Valley monsters drop the
Ethereal Greataxe, 
Ethereal Longbow, and 
Ethereal Staff that can help cracking the tough damage reduction of other mid-late game monsters. Each monster also has Ectoplasm as their Bones drop, which can be used to create Spectre Summoning tablets.
Melee
Cockatrice will typically be the best source of XP, but it is always important to make sure you have all the items you need/want before exclusively chasing XP.
Ranged
Siren will typically be the best source of XP, but it is always important to make sure you have all the items you need/want before exclusively chasing XP.
Magic
Gret-Yun will typically be the best source of XP, but it is always important to make sure you have all the items you need/want before exclusively chasing XP.
Late Game Throne of the Herald: Levels 118-120
Here we beat up the final, toughest monsters the game has to offer, then we kill the 
The Herald and put an end to his reign.
Major Goals
from 
from 
from 
Necromancers Crown from 
Level 102 automatically doubles all 
Bones, as well as 
Holy Dust and 
Shards dropped by monsters in the God Dungeons.
Herblore Potions can be created and used without any progression into 
Diamond Luck Potion to reliably connect with attacks.
Summoning without requiring high level combat.
Superior Max Skillcape is a direct upgrade to the level 99 
Maximum Skillcape as a reward for players who have fully leveled all of their skills.
Explorers Map and 
Explorers Map II for a very powerful group of buffs for 
Whetstone let the player deal more 
Wizard's Scroll and 
Wizard's Scroll II to preserve Runes.
Slayer Torch and 
Mystic Lantern to unlock the 
Afflicted City and 
Superior Slayer Skillcape - the 
Slayer Skillcape will not work for these items.
Torvair, 
Arctair, and 
Harkair drop fragments of the most powerful weapons in the game - the 
Agile Wings Rapier, 
Feather Storm Crossbow, and 
Slicing Maelstrom Wand. A guide for these monsters can be found at Golden Cloud Mountains/Guide
Vorloran Protector, 
Vorloran Watcher, and 
Vorloran Devastator drop the highest damage reduction armor in the game - the 
Vorloran Protector Armor, 
Vorloran Watcher Armor, and 
Vorloran Devastator Armor. A guide for these monsters can be found at Millennium Gate/Guide
Combat:
