Welcome to a new era of bossing: Instances.

Making waiting in line for bosses a thing of the past

Boss Instances let you pay to create a private copy of a boss encounter, fight it without interference, and leave when you’re done.

What Are Boss Instances?

A boss instance is a private version of a boss area created just for you. When you open an instance, you’re moved into a separate “layer” of the same location.

• You won’t see other players inside the instance, and other players cannot see you.
• Other players can’t enter your instance.
• The boss encounter runs independently from the public world.
• Drops inside the instance are visible only within your instance.
• If you die, your items remain in the instance and follow normal death despawn rules.
• You can only open one private boss instance at a time.
• If you die inside a boss instance and make a new one, you will lose your items forever.

This system is designed to reduce friction around popular bosses while keeping the public world intact and active.

How it works

Boss Instances are accessed via instance levers placed near boss entry points. When you interact with the lever, you can create a new instance, rejoin your current active instance (if available), or leave back to the normal world.

• Leave: Exit the instance and return to the normal world.
• Create: Pay the boss-specific fee to open a fresh private or free instance†.
• Rejoin: Return to your active instance if it’s still running.

Costs Per Boss

Instance pricing is boss-specific and intended to reflect difficulty, demand, and reward pacing. Current costs:

• King Black Dragon: 25,000 gp
• Nyrex the Infernal: 50,000 gp
• Enraged Shadow Giant: 75,000 gp

Boss Respawns Inside Instances

Boss instances include instance-only respawn handling, and respawns only occur while your instance is active.

• Respawns are tied to the instance lifetime (1 hour). Once the timer is up, no more bosses with spawn and you will need to create a new instance.
• Respawns occur only while the instance is active.
• Respawn times are slightly faster in a private instance.
• If you leave an instance via teleportation, death or logging out the instance remains active and the timer counts down.

Unlock Requirement

To create private instances, you must first unlock Boss Instancing via the Slayer unlocks shop for 1,250 slayer points. Once unlocked, you can create and rejoin instances for supported bosses.

†: Creating a free instances is not affected by the requirement to unlock via slayer. You can always create a free instance, but this is the same as the current setup whereby other players can also join a free instance with you.

Supported Bosses

Boss Instances currently support the following:

• King Black Dragon
• Nyrex the Infernal
• Enraged Shadow Giant

Ongoing Monitoring

Boss Instances affect pacing and the economy so we'll monitor how these things are affected over time. If adjustments are needed, they’ll be communicated clearly.

Do I need to update my client?

• Desktop: Yes
• Android: Yes