OSRS Tombs of Amascut Strategy Guide

There's never a shortage of challenges to do in OSRS. Whether you're a casual player or someone who wants to do all that the game has to offer, then you'd definitely want to check out the Tomb of Amascut. This is definitely one of the toughest challenges that the game has to offer right now.

A lot of players call it TOA so for the purpose of this guide, we'll do that as well. On this guide, you'll see a complete walkthrough and strategy on what to do for the tomb. Before anything else though, let's first talk about what the Tombs of Amascut really is.

What Is TOA OSRS?

The Tombs of Amascut, better known as ToA within the OSRS community, is one of the most popular Raids in the game. The raid puts you and up to 8 players against a series of bosses and challenges, which lead up to a fight against Ellidini's Warden. Like with other raids in the game, ToA is high-level and requires a lot of cooperation between players.

Of course, finishing the Raid nets you a variety of rewards including Osmumten's Fang which is considered as one of the best melee weapons in the game. The community considers ToA and the Chambers of Xeric as two of the hardest Raids in the game right now.

Unlock OSRS ToA

To unlock the Tombs of Amascut raid, you simply have to beat the Beneath Cursed Sands quest. This might sound easy enough but it's the fourth in the Desert Series of quest so just getting to it is very lengthy. If you're already at Beneath Cursed Sands, here's a quick guide to follow.

How To Get To TOA?

Once you've finished Beneath Cursed Sands, the tombs are ready to be challenged. There are a few ways to get to the area so we're listing the below from most to least efficient,

1. Pharoah's Scepter - Using this item on the obelisk that's north of the Necropolis mine will grant you direct access to ToA.
2. Fairy Ring Code akp - If you use this method, there's going to be a shortcut blocking the way which will require level 62 Agility.
3. Magic Carpet - There's a magic carpet ride from Shantay Pass that will get you to Pollnivneach. From there, use the carpet south of the area to get to Sophanem. From there, walk southeast to get to ToA. This costs 400 coins but if you've finished Rogue Trader, it will only cost 200.
4. Construction Cape/Pollnivneach Teleport - When using either of these, head south from where you land and then use the carpet to Sophanem.
5. Nardah - Teleport to Nardah and get to the raid by going southwest.

The best way to do it would be with the 1 and 2 methods. The rest are still plausible methods but they can take considerably longer which isn't practical if you're going to farm the raid.

TOA Mechanics

The flow of ToA is fairly simple. A party of up to 8 players will need to go through four paths inside the dungeon. Each of the paths will consists of a few challenges and puzzles, and a boss fight. You and your team and go through the paths in any order but having a route can make the raid easiest and it can cut your clear time as well.

If you don't tinker with any of the raid's mechanics, you and your team will have no limits when it comes to how many times you die. There are a few invocations that will limit the death count to a certain number. If the team reaches this limit, they'll have to restart from the path that they died in but all finished paths up until that point will be retained.

If the entire team falls and there are no more attempts left, all unprotected items will be lost but you can still retrieve them from the lobby once you return. You can get these items for a fee.

Logging out of the raid will also cause all unprotected items to drop. It's recommended to bring a teleport or at least try to die instead of logging out so that your items don't drop. This rule is more difficult for Hardcore Ironmen as they should only leave via a teleport.

Another thing worth noting is the party size. The second and third members of the team will increase the base health of the bosses by 90% each. The fourth member and the beyond will increase the bosses' life by 60% each. That considered, it's still best to take on the raid with a group despite the higher health pool as you can make up for it by dealing massive damage.

TOA Bosses

The four paths in ToA are based on one of Tumeken's avatars: Apmeken, Cronsid, Scabaras, and Het. You'll have to beat each of these bosses before challenging the last one at the end of the dungeon.

Akkha, the Guardian of Het.

Ba-Ba, the Guardian of Apmeken.

Kephri, the Guardian of Scabaras.

Zebak, the Guardian of Crondis.

Tumeken's Warden, the final boss.

Elidinis' Warden, also the final boss.

Invocations And Raid Level

ToA has a unique system called Invocations. This basically puts in place a few modifications to the Raid to increase its difficulty. You have the choice to add whichever invocations that you like. Some Raids alter the stats of the enemies inside while there are those that can limit the timer on how long you need to beat ToA. There are a variety of invocations in ToA and choosing the right ones can increase your chances of winning.

Aside from making the raid more challenging, Invocations can also make ToA more rewarded. This means that you'll have the chance to increase the possibility of getting the best rewards in the game.

All details about the current Invocations can be seen in the game using the raid party interface.

Consumable Items

The tombs gives you access to a variety of helpful items from the Helpful Spirit. If you're able to complete two paths, you can get the items. Then you'll receive even more items after completing two more paths.

What you get will depend on a few Invocations but at the base level, you can get at least one supply of a certain item. Some Invocations increase or decrease the supply you get.

Dying Within TOA

Without any Invocations, you and your raid party can die an infinite amount of times while inside the Raid. With certain invocations, death limits are placed within the raid party. If the party runs out of chances, they'll have to restart the room they're currently in regardless of the progress. However, any previously finished section will remain finished.

If the team dies with no more attempts left, everyone will lose their unprotected items which can be reclaimed for a fee. Dying again without reclaiming the items first will cause the items to be gone forever.

If there are death limits within the game, disconnections or logging out is considered a death.

TOA Best Builds

This part of the section will focus on how you can beat ToA. Let's talk about the best setups for this fight first.

As each of the boss fights inside ToA has different weaknesses, it's best to bring switch setups for the fight. These three below are the best selections for Melee, Magic, and Ranged combat.

Melee

Range

Magic

ToA Walkthrough

This section will take you through each of the fights. Keep in mind that you can do this in any order that you want to.

Path of Crondis

In the Path of Crondis, your goal is to make the Palm of Resourcefulness fully grow by giving it 200 units of water per player. There will be water containers around the map which you can use to get water from waterfalls around the path.

There will be a few hurdles in your way such as statues that launch spikes and toxic gas cloud. Aside from lowering your Defense, Agility, and Prayer Points, the gas cloud also reduces the water you currently have by 50% meaning, you'll have to make additional trips. You can run or do tile-skipping to avoid the traps. It's worth noting that the traps follow a set pattern so you can plan around then accordingly.

The amount of water falls in the area will change depending on how big the team is. Once you get enough water, you can either wait for it resource point to spawn more water, or you can move to a different one as well.

There will be one red crocodile for every two players that will spawn occasionally. They will usually go to water resources. However, they'll also go towards players that are currently carrying water with them. They can deal 18 damage and reduce you water by 50% as well.

If you're doing the raid alone, then there should only be one crocodile. You can outpace the crocodile by going to the northeast and then northwest waterfalls first.

Zebak Fight

After filling up the Palm of Resourcefulness, you'll have to fight against Zebak. This is by far the easiest boss in ToA which is why it's suggested you take it out first.

Zebak has the highest melee hit of all the bosses and it causes bleed as well. However, since most of his attacks are blockable, it's fairly easy. He attacks using all styles and only Magic and Ranged can be blocked. What makes him a walk in the park is that his attacks can deal damage right before they hit so you can flick it easily. With the right setup, Zebak's Defense can be lowered to 50.

Zebaks uses his special attacks once his HP drops to 85%, 70%, 55% and 40%. When he uses Tidal Waves, you can easily avoid getting damaged by using rock safespots within the map or the two waterfalls in the south. If there are poison pools, you can destroy the jugs nearby to clear them out.

His other attack is called Great Roar. He will summon blood clouds or perform Blood Barrage. In groups, it's best to spread out once he begins to use this attack. The clouds will follow one player so spreading out can mitigate the damage for everyone else.

Zebak can also activate Upset Stomach. If this is active, you can push jars to paths 2 and 4 which can create safe spaces for the attacks.

Zebak becomes faster and more aggressive at 25% health. There's not much to do about this rather than to prepare and be just as aggressive to end the fight quickly.

Path of Scabaras

For this path, you'll walk through two branches where you'll have to solve 5 puzzles. The challenging part here isn't the puzzles, but the scarabs that will emerge from the two rooms. If you get near enough, they'll start chasing you down. They can attack with Ranged attacks but you can use Protect from Missiles to minimize the damage that they deal.

The puzzles need to be finished before you can fight Kephri. If you're doing the raid solo, you only need to solve one side of the puzzle to proceed.

Kephri Fight

Kephri is another easy fight inside ToA but she does require a bit more cooperation between the raid party. She deals damage mostly by using fireballs which can be telegraphed with a warning before hand. You can simply move away from targeted tiles to avoid getting damage. If there's no space to move, you can cast Protect from Magic to lessen the damage.

She can cast a shield on herself that can lessen the damage you deal. While the shield is active, she can use Dung Strike which sees a group of scarabs target a single player. Getting hit by this will stun you for 2 seconds, while there will be dung piles around the map that can prevent movement.

She can also use Mass Incubation. With this attack, Kephri will scatter eggs in the arena. You'll have to destroy these as fast as you can because they'll eventually hatch into Agile Scarabs.

Kephri's shield will eventually run out. When this happens, she'll call on scarabs to restore her shield's charge. When this happens, make sure to have the party attack the swarms instead of Kephri so that her shield remains down. The scarabs come in various forms including:

• Bomber Scarabs - Can mimic Kephri's auto-attack
• Arcane Scarab - will explode on impact
• Spitting Scarab - uses Ranged attacks to deal poisong
• Soldier Scarabs - attacks with melee and will restore Kephri's Shield.

The scarabs will spawn in a clockwise pattern. The best way to take them out would be by using Ranged attacks and fast weapons.

Kephri moves on to her fourth phase once you clear her shield. She'll attack all players on the field with Dung Strike. You can deal damage to her fully at this phase. Just keep the same patterns from before even during this phase.

Swarms will be more active if the Medic! Invocation is active and when this is the case, make sure to have the party use Ranged weapons to kill the scarabs easily.

Path of Het

In the Path of Het, you'll need to break the seal at the center of the dungeon. This seal will have a health of 130 in solo raids but it will become larger the more players are in the raid. There aren't any Invocations that can increase the level of the seal.

To break the seal, there are pickaxes scattered around the exit and entrance of the area. They're held by a statue. They only carry bronze pickaxes but you can carry higher-tier pickaxes with you. These can help you destroy the seal much faster.

Breaking the seal isn't as easy as simply hitting it with the pickaxe. You'll actually need to use mirrors which will then redirect energy beams from a source to a shielded status. The mirrors can be picked up, rotated, and pushed around the map but there are also some fixed mirrors.

If you're doing the raid with a group, some of the mirrors will be dirty and will need cleaning. There will also be stone barriers that you'll need the pickaxes to destroy.

You also need to worry about Orbs of Darkness that will move around the map. These can deal damage if you get hit by them.

The challenge itself is relatively easy once you know what to do. Once inside the area, stand on top of the marked tiles and then click the seal right before one of the statues use their beam of light. Now, the light beam will hit the shielded statue afterwhich, you'll have 9 seconds to hit the obelisk with the pickaxe before it bcomes sealed. At maximum efficiency, raid parties can hit the statue around eight times per cycle.

The damage you deal on the seal will depend on the pickaxe and your current mining level. If you're planning on using boosts to increase damage, make sure that they're visible as these are the only once that will work. This is by far the hardest puzzle in all of the four paths but the risks in doing them isn't as big as others. Due to the nature of how the puzzle works, it might take you longer to beat it.

Akkha Fight

Akkha is considered as the toughest of the bosses outside of the last boss in ToA. If you're doing the tombs on your own, then expect an even bigger of a challenge.

He is aggressive from the get-go. He will attack the first player who enters the room. Akkha's aggressiveness is dependent on two factors: who's the nearest player and who has the best defence bonuses. With that in mind, you can have one player use a tank setup to take up most of the damage that Akkha deals. Akkha can use all attack types as well. There are four quadrants in the map which are associated with an element type. You can use these as a guide to know which element Akkha is currently using.

You can use spells, Prayers and other abilities to reduce his Defense to a minimum of 70. Considering that this is a battle of attrition, we highly recommend getting it down as much as you can. Akkha can regenerate his health faster than the other bosses. Keeping his Defense up will make the fight much longer.

While using melee attacks, have the target player move around the map counterclockwise or clockwise, following the quadrants. Doing this will allow players to freely hit Akkha while he's busy targeting the single player. Just be prepared as if he gets to close to someone else, he might switch targets quickly.

If you get his health down to 80%, Akkha becomes invulnerable. You'll need to kill his shadows if you to start damaging him again.

He will use a few special attacks. One is Detonate. In this attack, he will mark players who will then take damage over time. There's Memory Blast which will force players to move to safe quadrants to avoid getting damaged. Last is Trailing Orbs which will move alongside players while dealing damage.

Akkha will eventually enter into an enraged phase where he'll begin restoring health automatically. He will also become more resistant to Ranged and magic attacks. While enraged, make sure to watch out for orbs that will deal damage once they hit you.

Path of Apmeken

This is one of the most challenging paths on ToA. Once inside, you'll see a large room that has pillars on each side, vents on the corners, and crates that should contain hammers and potions.

The first thing to do would be to grab the items from the crate. Now, before anything else, it's worth noting that it matters who's going inside first. The player who first enters will be given Apmeken's Sight. He'll be the one to give instructions to the other players. This player should be a good communicator as without them, progressing through the path will be near impossible.

If you're a player with Apmeken's Sight, make sure to constantly check your chat box. This is where the problems that need to be fixed will appear. These are categorized into simple messages.

• Roof Supports: For this, you'll need to have your teammates repair the roof. You can press P on the chat as a signal.
• Floor Vents: Someone needs to stand on the vents and then use the potion on it. For this, press V on the chat.
• Corruption: This happens when the members of the party start to glow red. Have them gather on a single tile and use the potion to fix the problem. Press DD for this signal.

Failing to fix the problems a few times will result in massive damage to players inside the room. The amount of damage taken will depend on how much failed actions happened. Additionally, if the team tries to fix the pillar when it doesn't require repairs will also cause damage.

Keep in mind that the members who aren't calling out fixes will have to fight enemies throughout the entire phase. Players are required to defeat all enemies for the first 2 waves. For waves 3 to 9, these will start if only two baboons are remaining on the field. Due to the nature of this path, it's very important for players to remain as attentive as possible. Finishing the path as soon as possible is highly recommended as the enemies can deal a ton of damage.

Once the fighting party reaches the fifth wave, it's recommended for everyone to switch to Ranged gear.

If you think you're taking too much damage during the fight, you can use prayers to lessen the damage. However, make sure to switch it up depending on the baboons that are present. It's important for each members of the raid party to target a specific baboon so that they can get that enemy's attention. Having each members fight their own enemies is more practical to avoid having some of the players take on multiple targets at once.

Ba-Ba Fight

Ba-Ba is another tough opponent to face but for many players, Akkha is still the hardest of all the fights. You can lower her Defense to 60 which is highly recommended. Ba-Ba isn't as durable as Akkha but she can deal more damage than him so ending the fight quickly is important.

The first player who enters the fight will be targeted by Ba-Ba immediately. After that, she will begin attacking players with the lowest health. This is a good thing as you can manipulate Ba-Ba into attacking the tank of the team. Ba-Ba has 4 primary attacks.

1. Shockwave: Ba-Ba slams the ground, causing an AoE attack indicated by a shadow. Damage scales based on proximity to the center.
2. Rockfall: Boulders fall, creating debris piles. Ba-Ba hurls large boulders at players, damaging them. Debris, sarcophagi, or baboons can mitigate damage.
3. Baboon's Discharge: Ba-Ba summons baboons that attack players and may target sarcophagi, dealing damage. The damage increases if Gotta Have Faith is enabled.
4. Rolling Stones: Ba-Ba knocks players back and throws boulders. Players must destroy cracked boulders with ranged attacks. Baboons and rubble in the way are instantly killed/destroyed.

In group encounters, coordinate movements and attacks to avoid undesired mechanics. Synchronize actions to let Ba-Ba focus on a designated player, preventing panic and minimizing the risk of death. Be strategic in handling the mechanics, and consider using the "red-X" option to conserve supplies in higher-level raids.

The Wardens

After finishing all of the paths, you can then head to the lower levels to fight the final bosses. These are Tumeken's Warden and Elidinis' Warden. To begin the battle, you'll need to talk to Osmumten or Amascut. Before that though, make sure that you have liquid adrenaline with you so you can easily spam special attacks while inside. The upcoming fights are really difficult.

Phase 1

Once the battle begins, you'll see an obelisk emiting an orb. These are intended to charge the wardens throughout the fight. You can prevent it from happening by standing in front of the beams that hit the bosses. Doing this will reduce their energy gain but it will also cause damage to the player standing in the beam. Make sure that the ones who do these are the tanks.

You can then scramble the Warden's attack patterns by blocking only one side of the beams. You can effectively choose which warden to fight next by blocking the beams from them. To make destroying the obelisk easier, lowers its Defense to 60 first.

Make sure to keep at least 25% of your special energy for the next phase of the fight. In group encounters, start with Tumeken's Warden; in solo encounters, start with Elidinis' Warden unless Aerial Assault is active.

When a Warden is charged, they unleash Charged Shot or UFOs. For Charged Shot, in group encounters, stand apart for Elidinis' and together for Tumeken's; in solo encounters, tank or accept the damage. UFOs can be avoided by standing at the arena edge or blocking energy paths to offset timings.

Wardens alternate between UFOs and Charged Shot until the phase ends. In solo encounters, block the flow to Tumeken's orb or tank Elidinis' orbs for Redemption. When the obelisk's health reaches zero, the more disrupted Warden is destroyed, and the other engages.

In group encounters without Aerial Assault, fight Tumeken's Warden to handle typeless boulders instead of Elidinis' chaotic fireballs.

Phase 2

Regardless of the Warden powering up, the second phase remains nearly identical. The Warden will always have protection prayers active against two attack styles so expect him to be durable throughout the fight. Tumeken's Warden initially prays against magic, while Elidinis' Warden prays against ranged.

During this phase, the Warden has an active shield similar to The Nightmare's totems. Your accuracy is 100%, but damage depends on your accuracy bonuses. Maximizing accuracy, especially with the twisted bow and Tumeken's shadow, is recommended for increased damage. Avoid standing near the central tiles and edges to prevent unnecessary damage from the Windmill Beam and Converging Beam attacks. Also, avoid the tiles next to the obelisk to prevent zapping.

Attack the Warden until it's thrown off balance, ejecting the core from its body. The Warden attacks with all styles, including a red skull for magic and a normal skull for ranged. Reduce damage by avoiding impact and pray melee when in melee distance. Elidinis' Warden stops short, while Tumeken's Warden closes the gap.

The Warden's special attacks include Divine Projectile, disabling prayers and launching a scimitar, arrow, or spell. Imprisonment encases the player in stone. The obelisk simultaneously performs Converging Beam, Windmill Beam, and Lightning Skull attacks. Avoid these attacks to prevent damage and prayer disablement.

Eventually, the Warden's core will be out in the open. Damaging it in this state will help you take out a huge chunk of their health. It's at this phase where you and your team needs to go all out when it comes to attacks. The lower the Warden's health is, the quicker this phase will be.

To two-cycle the phase on lower levels, maximize strength bonus, use liquid adrenaline, and employ a combination of special attacks and strong two-handed weapons. The Warden reclaims its core after some time, changing overhead prayers. Death Charge works against the core, and once destroyed, the Warden's body collapses. The Warden uses the last of its power to restore the destroyed Warden from the first phase, triggering the final phase.

Phase 3

As you face the restored Warden, it abandons protection prayers and combat attacks, opting for ground-raising and slamming, dealing typeless damage. Its Defense can be minimized to 120 from 150. Stand strategically during side attacks and slam sequences, adjusting to the speed influenced by Overclocked, Overclocked 2, and/or Insanity.

Equip your melee weapon when the Warden hits 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% health, activating protection prayers. It then launches Energy Siphons, red skull-shaped, onto the arena. Destroy siphons promptly to avoid a damaging shockwave. Solo and group encounters have different siphon layouts, and their health varies with team size.

To avoid siphon explosions, stand four or five tiles east or west of the center tile and run towards the center when the skulls explode. Disable siphons promptly to converge and explode on the Warden, resetting the slam sequence unless Insanity is active. Solo deaths alter future layouts. Consider "skull skipping" cautiously, as leaving two skulls alive causes an instant blast death.

Some of the previous bosses in ToA will appear once the Warden drops to a certain health. Handle each phantom strategically, considering their unique attacks. Enrage phase triggers below 5% health, emitting bolts of energy across all walkable tiles. Tumeken's Warden heals, Defense increases, and it emits bolts instead of slamming.

In the enrage phase, a dark phantom tears tiles, limiting movement. Without Tumeken's shadow, use Defense-draining specials to enhance hit chances. Ambrosia use is advised for this phase; avoid brews due to stat penalties. Once defeated, the phantom consumes the Warden, leaving a teleport crystal to Osmumten's burial chamber for claiming rewards.

TOA Rewards

After the fight with the Wardens, you can head to the treasure room. This is where you'll get your rewards for beating ToA.

The rewards for ToA function similarly to the Theatre of Blood in which you and all players have a chance for a unique drop which is only rolled once the raid ends. Players who get one of the Raid's unique items will see Osmumten's sarcophagus glow purple instead of white. Keep in mind that you can only get one unique item per raid but getting one isn't always guaranteed.

Uniques

These are obviously the best items to gun for during the raid. Osmumten's Fang and Tumeken's Shadow are two excellent weapons. Osmumten's Fang is regarded as the best melee weapon in the game, while Tumeken's Shadow is considered as the second best Magic weapon next to the Sanguinesti Staff.

Mages are also going to benefit a lot from Elidinis' Ward as it's considered as the best off-hand weapon for them.

Masori's set is currently the best set gear for Rangers. It provides the best Ranged bonuses out of all the sets out there.

ToA provides great rewards for all players out there so going through the dungeon again and again is definitely worth it.