Every tick counts
Every tick counts
This update is all about bossing. Every boss kill in a private instance is now timed to the game tick, there's a new Bosses hub on the website, a new NPC in Falador who tailors boss capes for the fastest slayers, and every boss now has a chance to drop a boss pet.
Kill times
Kill a boss in a private instance and the clock runs from your first swing to the killing blow, exact to the tick. You'll see You killed King Black Dragon in 00:16:20. after every kill, and a purple New personal best! when you beat your own record. Times are minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second - 00:16:20 is 16.2 seconds.
- Only private instances count. Open-world and free-instance kills aren't timed.
- Your clock is void for that kill if you teleport, log out, die or leave the instance mid-fight.
- Valkor is ranked separately as Solo, Duo and Trio, because he scales to the party. Everyone who deals their share of the damage is credited with the time.
- Check your bests in game with ::kt, or ::kt kbd for one boss, and ::kt kbd chat to say it in public chat.
The Bosses hub
The old NPCs boss lists have moved into a new Bosses page with four tabs:
- Times - the fastest kill of every boss, plus a full board per boss (Solo/Duo/Trio for Valkor) with who did it and when.
- Kills - lifetime kill counts per boss and the top killers.
- Capes - who has earned which boss cape, highest first; combined capes have their own boards.
- Pets - who has earned which pet and the kill it dropped on.
In game, ::bosses opens a new scrollable panel with the same idea: Times, Kills, Individual capes and Combined capes, showing your own numbers against every requirement. ::kc now shows your boss kill counts too.
Dominus and the boss capes
Meet Dominus, the boss master of Gielinor, roaming the town of Rimmington. Beat a boss fast enough and he'll sell you a cape to prove it. There are three tiers per boss, and a faster time earns a better cape. Valkor capes are for solo kills only.
| Boss | Apprentice cape | Veteran cape | Master cape |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Black Dragon | 60s or less | 45s or less | 28s or less |
| Nyrex the infernal | 60s or less | 45s or less | 22s or less |
| Enraged shadow giant | 60s or less | 45s or less | 26s or less |
| Valkor (solo) | 4:00 or less | 3:30 or less | 2:45 or less |
| Cape | Price | Perk when worn |
|---|---|---|
| Apprentice cape | 25,000gp | 25% off that boss's private instance cost |
| Veteran cape | 50,000gp | 50% off |
| Master cape | 125,000gp | 75% off |
Combined capes
Bring Dominus all four capes of a tier, with the kills and the gp to match, and he'll combine them into something stronger. The three combined capes then make the Legendary Boss cape, which also demands a best time on every boss. Kill counts are lifetime kills; the capes and gp are consumed.
| Cape | Made from | Minimum kill count | Cost | Kill time requirements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiate boss cape | Apprentice King Black Dragon cape Apprentice Nyrex the infernal cape Apprentice Enraged shadow giant cape Apprentice Valkor cape | 200 King Black Dragon 200 Nyrex the infernal 200 Enraged shadow giant 50 Valkor | 500,000gp | - |
| Elite boss cape | Veteran King Black Dragon cape Veteran Nyrex the infernal cape Veteran Enraged shadow giant cape Veteran Valkor cape | 500 King Black Dragon 500 Nyrex the infernal 500 Enraged shadow giant 150 Valkor | 2,250,000gp | - |
| Champion boss cape | Master King Black Dragon cape Master Nyrex the infernal cape Master Enraged shadow giant cape Master Valkor cape | 1,250 King Black Dragon 1,250 Nyrex the infernal 1,250 Enraged shadow giant 500 Valkor | 5,000,000gp | - |
| Legendary Boss cape | Initiate boss cape Elite boss cape Champion boss cape | 5,000 King Black Dragon 5,000 Nyrex the infernal 5,000 Enraged shadow giant 1,500 Valkor | 10,000,000gp | King Black Dragon: 15s or less Nyrex the infernal: under 8s Enraged shadow giant: 16s or less Valkor: 1:30 or less |
| Cape | Chance (each effect) | Attack effect | Strength effect | Defense effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiate | 30% | Re-roll a miss | Critical hit, +25% of max hit | Halve the hit |
| Elite | 35% | Re-roll a miss | Critical hit, +32.5% | Halve the hit |
| Champion | 40% | Re-roll a miss | Critical hit, +37.5% | Halve the hit |
| Legendary | 42.5% | Re-roll a miss | Critical hit, +45% | Halve the hit |
Each cape makes every boss's private instance a flat 1,000gp. The Legendary Boss cape also gives you unlimited teleports to any boss lair.
Boss pets
Each boss now has a rare chance to drop an item that, once used, unlocks a mini version of the boss that follows you around. Every player who deals their share of a kill rolls separately, so duo and trio Valkor kills count for everyone.
| Boss | Drop | Pet | Base rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Black Dragon | Giant scale | Baby black dragon | 1/2,500 |
| Nyrex the infernal | Possessed blood vial | Little Nyrex | 1/3,000 |
| Enraged shadow giant | Tainted beard hair | Lesser shadow giant | 1/3,000 |
| Valkor | Cracked rune | Mini Valkor | 1/1,000 |
- The more you kill a boss, the better your odds: every 1,000 lifetime kills takes 75 off the denominator, up to 7,000 kills (KBD floors at 1/1,975, Nyrex and the giant at 1/2,475, Valkor at 1/475).
- You can't receive a second version of the same pet drop while you're holding one (inventory or bank), and never again once you've unlocked the pet.
- The drop item is untradeable. Dropping it destroys it, which allows you to receive the pet as a drop again. It's also destroyed if you die with it, PvM or PvP - the pet itself is safe.
- The whole server hears about it: [Pet] Name received the Giant scale from King Black Dragon at 1,234 kills!
- Pets follow you everywhere - teleports, instances, logging out and back in. Right-click your pet for your kill count. One pet out at a time: ::pets lists yours, ::pet kbd summons one, ::pet hide puts it away.
Odds and ends
- Nav is now Play, Hiscores, Bosses, NPCs, Hall of Fame, News, Join our Discord. Bosses no longer appear on the NPCs page.
- Kill count and kill time boards on the website update within seconds of the kill.
Go on then - boss your heart out.