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TzKal-Zuk

The Inferno: 69 waves where prayer flicking, kill order and pillar use keep you alive, ending against TzKal-Zuk behind a moving shield while Jads and healers join.

Requires: Fire cape (given once to enter)

Skill profile

Movement
Prayer
Gear switching
Resources
Extra enemies
Timing

What it teaches

  • Prayer 7/7Flick between magers, rangers, meleers and blobs, then Jads and Zuk
  • Extra enemies 7/7Plan kill order, stack waves on pillars and handle healers at Jad and Zuk
  • Resources 6/7Ration brews and restores over a long run with no restocking
  • Timing 6/7Time Zuk's attack cycle and keep pace with each wave's spawns
  • Gear switching 4/7Swap to a blowpipe or barrage for nibblers and a bow or crossbow for the rest
  • Movement 3/7Stay behind the moving shield at Zuk and use pillars to line up waves

How hard is it?

Punishment10/ 10
How hard a mistake hits you
Intensity8/ 10
How many correct inputs it asks of you
Max hit148
Zuk's projectile when you're out from behind the moving shield
LEARNING ZONE: mistakes won't kill youLEARNING ZONE: mistakes won't kill youEND-GAME: TURNED UP TO 11END-GAME: TURNED UP TO 11lowlowhighhighINTENSITYINTENSITYhow many correct inputs it asks of youhow many correct inputs it asks of youPUNISHMENTPUNISHMENThow hard a mistake hits youhow hard a mistake hits youBrutus: punishment 2, intensity 2, max hit 19Obor: punishment 2, intensity 1, max hit 26Bryophyta: punishment 2, intensity 2, max hit 16Giant Mole: punishment 1, intensity 1, max hit 21Scurrius: punishment 2, intensity 4, max hit 24Amoxliatl: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 34Barrows: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 57Sarachnis: punishment 2, intensity 2, max hit 31Royal Titans: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 30Deranged Archaeologist: punishment 5, intensity 2, max hit 56Chaos Fanatic: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 31Crazy Archaeologist: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 24King Black Dragon: punishment 4, intensity 1, max hit 65Mad Angel: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 31Shellbane Gryphon: punishment 6, intensity 4, max hit 64Moons of Peril: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 32The Hueycoatl: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 25Tombs of Amascut: Entry Mode: punishment 3, intensity 4, max hit 26Kalphite Queen: punishment 4, intensity 3, max hit 31Dagannoth Kings: punishment 5, intensity 4, max hit 50General Graardor: punishment 5, intensity 3, max hit 60K'ril Tsutsaroth: punishment 5, intensity 3, max hit 49Callisto & Artio: punishment 5, intensity 3, max hit 55Vet'ion & Calvarion: punishment 5, intensity 3, max hit 44Venenatis & Spindel: punishment 5, intensity 3, max hit 35Scorpia: punishment 2, intensity 2, max hit 16Chaos Elemental: punishment 3, intensity 1, max hit 28Kraken: punishment 1, intensity 1, max hit 28Skotizo: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 38Abyssal Sire: punishment 6, intensity 4, max hit 96Grotesque Guardians: punishment 5, intensity 4, max hit 65Hespori: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 40The Mimic: punishment 3, intensity 2, max hit 23Vorkath: punishment 9, intensity 4, max hit 121Zulrah: punishment 6, intensity 4, max hit 41TzTok-Jad: punishment 10, intensity 3, max hit 97Cerberus: punishment 5, intensity 4, max hit 30Thermonuclear Smoke Devil: punishment 1, intensity 1, max hit 8Commander Zilyana: punishment 4, intensity 4, max hit 27Kree'arra: punishment 4, intensity 3, max hit 69Corporeal Beast: punishment 5, intensity 2, max hit 65The Gauntlet: punishment 5, intensity 4, max hit 50Galvek: punishment 9, intensity 5, max hit 121Fragment of Seren: punishment 9, intensity 3, max hit 98Lowerniel Drakan: punishment 6, intensity 8, max hit 80Maggot King: punishment 5, intensity 6, max hit 55Alchemical Hydra: punishment 5, intensity 5, max hit 55Araxxor: punishment 5, intensity 5, max hit 38Phantom Muspah: punishment 6, intensity 6, max hit 80Duke Sucellus: punishment 9, intensity 4, max hit 101The Leviathan: punishment 7, intensity 8, max hit 60Vardorvis: punishment 6, intensity 7, max hit 43The Whisperer: punishment 6, intensity 7, max hit 75The Nightmare: punishment 5, intensity 5, max hit 60Phosani's Nightmare: punishment 8, intensity 8, max hit 80Nex: punishment 7, intensity 6, max hit 80TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Challenges: punishment 10, intensity 7, max hit 113Tombs of Amascut: punishment 6, intensity 6, max hit 52Chambers of Xeric: punishment 6, intensity 5, max hit 41Theatre of Blood: Entry Mode: punishment 3, intensity 5, max hit 60Theatre of Blood: punishment 8, intensity 8, max hit 137Theatre of Blood: Hard Mode: punishment 9, intensity 9, max hit 137Corrupted Gauntlet: punishment 8, intensity 6, max hit 68Yama: punishment 9, intensity 7, max hit 162Tombs of Amascut: Expert Mode: punishment 9, intensity 8, max hit 65Chambers of Xeric: Challenge Mode: punishment 8, intensity 7, max hit 41Sol Heredit: punishment 9, intensity 8, max hit 75Doom of Mokhaiotl: punishment 8, intensity 8, max hit 99TzKal-Zuk: punishment 10, intensity 8, max hit 148148148TzKal-ZukTzKal-Zuk

One step away

Players often arrive from TzTok-Jad, The Leviathan, TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Challenges, Theatre of Blood: Hard Mode, Corrupted Gauntlet, Tombs of Amascut: Expert Mode, Sol Heredit or Doom of Mokhaiotl.

Worth the trip

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