Fight Nex with a team in the Ancient Prison. Master five phases, defeat her mages and earn Torva, Zaryte equipment, the ancient hilt and Nexling.
Nex is a group boss with 3,400 hitpoints in the Ancient Prison. Bring a team, a strong ranged weapon, food and Prayer restoration. Her five phases require movement, target changes and protection prayers.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Teleport | Minimap teleport panel → Bosses → Nex, 40,000 coins. Lands outside the Ancient barrier. |
| Enter | Pass the Ancient barrier to join the shared fight. No frozen key or essence requirement in Ashmarch. |
| Leave | Use the altar at the east side of the arena or pass back through the barrier. |
| Death | Normal item-loss rules apply. This is not a safe-death minigame. |
| Phase | What to do |
|---|---|
| Smoke | Protect from Magic at range. Move away from teammates when infected by the virus. Move off your tile when Nex calls NO ESCAPE. |
| Shadow | Protect from Missiles. Move away from shadow patches before they burst, and keep out of melee distance. |
| Blood | Stop hitting Nex during her blood siphon: your damage heals her. Kill the Blood Reavers. Run at least seven tiles from Nex when marked for a blood sacrifice. |
| Ice | Stay clear of Contain this. If a teammate is imprisoned, click an adjacent stalagmite to break the prison before it explodes. |
| Zaros | Nex heals 500 hitpoints and attacks faster. Use ranged when she deflects melee; her curses rotate every four attacks. Move away from her immediately when she shouts Taste my wrath. |
At 2,720 / 2,040 / 1,360 / 680 HP, Nex calls Fumus / Umbra / Cruor / Glacies respectively. Kill the called mage before attacking Nex again. The other mages remain protected.
Deal at least 50 damage to Nex and remain in the chamber to qualify. Every eligible player receives kill-count credit and a personal reward. Unique chance is your fraction of the total Nex damage divided by 43. The following effective whole-kill rates are before splitting by contribution.
| Unique | Effective rate |
|---|---|
| Ancient hilt | 1/516 |
| Nihil horn | 1/258 |
| Torva full helm (damaged) | 1/258 |
| Torva platebody (damaged) | 1/258 |
| Torva platelegs (damaged) | 1/258 |
| Zaryte vambraces | 1/172 |
| Nexling | 1/500, scaled by contribution |
Nihil shards and a common supply/resource drop are also awarded. The MVP receives big bones. Nex has a dedicated Bosses collection log containing the six uniques and Nexling. Kill count and obtained entries are saved.
| Recipe | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Damaged Torva + Bandosian components | 90 Smithing. Helm uses 1 component; body and legs use 2 each. Use components on the damaged armour. |
| Bandos chestplate / tassets → components | Use the item on the prison anvil at the west side: 3 components from a chestplate, 2 from tassets. Leave inventory space first. |
| Nihil horn + Armadyl crossbow + 250 Nihil shards | 90 Fletching. Use the horn on the crossbow. |
| Ancient hilt + godsword blade | Use either part on the other. |
Repaired Torva requires 80 Defence. Zaryte vambraces require 80 Ranged and 45 Defence. The Zaryte crossbow requires 80 Ranged. The Ancient godsword requires 75 Attack.