TzTok-Jad


 * See TzHaar Fight Cave for more information.

TzTok-Jad, commonly called "Jad" or "The 702", is the highest-levelled and strongest monster in all of RuneScape, and it can easily kill most players in one hit with any of its three attacks: a melee attack with its claws, a blast of magic in the form of a fireball, and causing a boulder to drop from the ceiling as a ranged attack. To add to the challenge, players must fight TzTok-Jad single-handedly. Players must also fight several other monsters before fighting TzTok-Jad, resulting in a high usage of food, potions, etc. TzTok-Jad is powerful enough to be a danger to any player regardless of strength, skill, or equipment.

Reaching TzTok-Jad
TzTok-Jad is the end monster of the TzHaar Fight Cave minigame, and this is the only place where it can be found. Although Jagex suggests that their players take short breaks in between playing and encourage players not to spend large amounts of time on the game, battling your way to TzTok-Jad will almost always require in excess of 90 minutes of solid gameplay. Previously, logging out during the fight caused the minigame to end and forced players to restart; however, now if a player logs out in between stages, they will reappear at the stage they left. There will be a few seconds of delay between logging in after a save and when the monsters actually start to appear, and twice that time when the player logs out right before TzTok-Jad, so run to a safespot and turn on your prayer at this time.

Fighting TzTok-Jad
WARNING! If you don't have a prayer level of at least 43, you should not attempt to fight TzTok-Jad. Without protection prayers, you will most likely be killed in 1 to 2 hits.

Once TzTok-Jad is reached, fighting him requires a lot of skill and fast reflexes with the mouse. It is possible to engage TzTok-Jad using melee, but it requires skill to switch between Protect from Melee, Protect from Missiles, and Protect from Magic prayers (recommended only for more experienced players). TzTok-Jad uses all three types of combat to engage the player, though he only uses his melee attacks if the player is right next to him. Therefore, a combination of Ranged attacks and Prayer is usually preferred. A sharp eye and swift reflexes are necessary to stand any chance of defeating this monster.

TzTok-Jad will use magic and ranged attacks to defeat a player that is not meleeing him. It is critical that players know the warning signs for these attacks and switch between the protection prayers accordingly before the attack lands:


 * Melee: TzTok-Jad thrusts forward with a sharp bite without delay for those who choose to come close to melee him.
 * Magic: TzTok-Jad rears up on his hind legs and dangles his forward legs for a few seconds before launching a fireball from his mouth at the player.
 * Ranged: TzTok-Jad rears up on his hind legs, then slams down his forward legs onto the ground causing a boulder to fall on the player (it is not possible to evade this boulder by running).

TzTok-Jad can deal up to 97 damage. It is rumoured he can hit higher with his magic and ranged attacks, but it has not been confirmed. If you are above 98 hitpoints, you will most likely survive if you are at maximum hitpoints. Most players also use Saradomin brews in conjunction with Restore potions to boost their hitpoints above 97, to reduce the chance of dying from Jad's attacks if something goes wrong. Once TzTok-Jad is reduced to half health, he will summon four Yt-HurKots to come and heal him repeatedly - the player must deal with them whilst warding off TzTok-Jad's attacks. After you kill these Yt-HurKot, they will re-appear and persist to heal TzTok-Jad, causing you to have to concentrate on them rather than Jad to draw their attention to you. The only way to ensure that they do not re-appear, is to make sure you kill them when TzTok-Jad is below half health (if you kill them when Jad is above half-health, they'll just reappear and heal again once he is back at half-health). However, you can simply hit each of them once at a time to make turn aggressive towards you, which means they'll stop healing TzTok-Jad. Players can then either choose to get them stuck behind Jad or a rock, or just let them attack you while you deal with TzTok-Jad (the latter is not recommended for players unless they have a reasonable defence, as Yt-HurKots can hit up to 14).

Even though this sounds simple enough, in reality it is much harder. You may become very tense and lose concentration for a few seconds which is more than enough time for TzTok-jad to kill you. It is recommended that you make yourself as comfortable and calm as possible in order for you to not lose focus, since one mistake can get you killed. If Jad spawns in a position where he cannot attack you, i.e. behind the so-called "Italy rock", you should probably make the most of that time before you attack to calm down, and only attack when you are ready.



Rewards
TzTok-Jad does not drop any items. Once players manage to beat this monster, however, they will be rewarded with the much-coveted Fire Cape along with 8,032 Tokkul. The Fire Cape is untradeable, so it is a very clear symbol to other players that the player has defeated this mighty foe. This special cape is also the only cape to date that is animated. As of 18 March 2008, players will always receive a fire cape after killing TzTok-Jad, even if they already own one. Any spare fire capes can also be sold to TzHaar-Mej-Jal for 8,000 Tokkul per cape. Before 18 March 2008, it was only possible to own one fire cape at a time.