Penance Queen

The Penance Queen is the boss monster of the Barbarian Assault minigame, as well as RuneScape's 15th most powerful monster in combat level, though some believe she is easily as hard as the Kalphite Queen. She uses magic attacks in rapid succession that can easily hit over 20, and simultaneously strike all players fighting her. Players may not use protection prayers whilst fighting her. She can easily wipe out a whole party of players, if there is no cooperation between team members.

Upon defeating her, players will receive 80 Honour Points in their chosen class, as well as 5 points in all other classes. Also, players may now receive trade items from Commander Connad on the ground floor of the Barbarian Assault building. Previously, this was not the case.

Since the Queen is located within a "safe" minigame, you will not lose any items when fighting her.

Fighting Strategy


Recommended group formation:


 * 1 Attacker
 * 1 Defender
 * 2 Healers
 * 1 Collector

After a certain amount of time, the Queen will come out and fire wave upon wave of magic attacks. Level 63 Queen Spawns will be aggressively moving around the chamber; ignore those as they will have little effect on the outcome of the fight. Upon arrival of the Queen, the team should start making Omega eggs. Around 8-12 Omega eggs are needed to kill the Penance Queen.

The CHAD system must be used to defeat her, it goes as follows:
 * The Collector gathers Yellow eggs that the Queen drops. The eggs are passed ("Use" option) to the Healer.
 * The Healer dunks the eggs in the poison springs. Once done, the eggs are given to the Attacker.
 * The Attacker adds spikes to the eggs from the spiked mushrooms. The eggs are passed along to the Defender.
 * The Defender dunks the eggs in the lava craters, and hands them back to the Collector.
 * The Collector places them in the Egg Hopper, and the Egg Launcher is ready to be fired.

Once the Omega eggs are loaded, any team member can start shooting the Penance Queen. Each hit damages the Queen by about 30+ damage. Keep hitting with Omega eggs until the Queen is killed. (This is harder than it sounds.)



Tips

 * Guthan's is quite useful for this fight. Players with this set can heal off the Queen Spawn, taking some of the pressure off the healers.
 * It is best for the team to stay near one of the healing pools, so that they can be constantly healed by the second healer.
 * Dragonhide armour seems to make no difference than Rune armour *in protecting against her Magic attacks, as she can hit constant 20s on either armour
 * Patience is necessary, as killing the Penance Queen may take a while.
 * As with all of Barbarian Assault, prayer cannot be used.

Trivia

 * The examine text, "Run Away! Run Away!," may be a reference from the movie, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"

Records

 * Strongest team-based minigame monster. 4 January, 2007 - Present