Corporeal Beast

The Corporeal Beast (a.k.a. the Corp, Corp Beast, the Beast, and CB) is currently the strongest monster in RuneScape, and is considered by many to be the most difficult creature to slay. It was released on 15 September, 2008 with the Summer's End quest, and completion of the quest is required to fight it. When it was released, players could stand underneath the Corporeal Beast and not be harmed; in the 15 October, 2008 updates Jagex changed this, giving the beast a stomp attack that harms players underneath it. The beast's health meter is three times as long as that of players and as long as that of almost all other NPCs.

The monster has a maximum melee hit of 513 and a maximum Magic hit of 650. It resides in a multicombat area, so it can be fought in teams. It has very high defence and life point levels, making it extremely hard to solo. For the first year of its release, no player had successfully killed the Beast by themselves without abusing a glitch (such as the 9 June 2009 game engine update glitch which prevented the Beast from retaliating).

Gravestones cannot be obtained within the area. However, players have exactly 2 minutes to return to the cave and pick up their lost items if they die. The fastest returning method is having a death spawn at Soul Wars, getting a super energy potion, teleporting to Clan Wars and running north-west. A grave will appear as usual, however, for players who die outside in the passageway.

Habitat
The Beast resides in the cave north of the ruined farms in the Wilderness in the final room. If players have not completed Summer's End, they will not see the beast; the cavern will be empty.

Getting there
World 22 is the unofficial Corporeal Beast extermination world. Usually, teams meet up at the Clan Wars arena at the Wilderness Volcano or outside the cave entrance.

The easiest way to get to the cave is to run from Clan Wars. From Clan Wars, players or teams may walk north/north-west until they come to the farm from the Spirit of Summer quest. Players then should walk north from the north-west corner of the farm until they come to the real-world version of the cave in which they fought the Spirit Beast during Summer's End. Enter, then walk through to the final room.

The Corporeal Beast is in the final room, so it is advised to stop outside the final room to regroup, turn on auto retaliate, activate prayers, drink potions, food, etc.

Beast attacks
The beast's attacks are:

Its attacks will always follow through to the area outside the passage if already discharged, even when players leave. However, if the beast kills you outside the main area, you will be granted a grave stone upon death.
 * 1) A semi-transparent ball of energy propelled at a player, which is a magic-based attack. This will deal ~550 life points without prayer and will drain a player's Magic, Prayer or Summoning level by a small amount. If the attack tries to drain a stat that is already at zero, the attack will instead drain life points.
 * 2) A more powerful spiky blast of energy, which is also magic-based. This can deal up to 650 life points, even through the Protect from Magic prayer.
 * 3) An attack that looks like a flying claw. This targets a location on the ground, rather than a player. If players move out of the way before it lands, the first Claw will not deal any damage. Once this lands, however, it will fire off four smaller Claws. These attacks will deal up to 300 life points individually; this is slightly reduced by Protect from Magic.
 * 4) The beast also has a single-target melee attack which hits up to 510. It can be blocked completely by Protect from Melee, although using this prayer makes the other attacks more dangerous. It will only use this attack when standing next to the target player. This move used to be avoidable by standing underneath the Beast until it targets another player, but is no longer effective because of the beast's stomp attack.So you shouldn't try defeating it that way.
 * 5) The beast will sometimes summon a Dark Energy Core. It is level 75, and has 250 life points. Even with its low Defence and life points, it may be difficult to kill as it can only be damaged some of the time. The Stranger plant special move and Emerald bolts (e) will help to freeze it for a long period of time, and it will cause damage at 1/100 the normal speed. The Dark Energy Core jumps around the room, hurting all players standing within one square of it for 60 to 120 life points rapidly; about every half second. Any damage this deals also heals the Beast. However, continually avoiding the Core will not help a team, because the Core cannot be attacked while it is jumping after a player. The best thing for players to do is just to kill it. They should not worry about the beast healing; these healed life points will be quickly depleted if the player has a good team.
 * 6) The beast was given a stomp attack that damages players standing underneath it. This attack cannot be blocked by Protect from Melee, and deals up to 510 life points. Players can run out of his range of stomping so that they cannot be attacked, but this is hard to do. Vengeance is not activated by this attack.

Solo Method
The Corporeal Beast is considered nearly impossible to solo. However, higher levels, usually with 99 Herblore using overloads with brews via Pack yak can solo the beast easily. These players may also use the Statius Warhammer to lower the defense of the beast. The first successful solo by Woox16 was on September 20th 2009. Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtndtBgzJec&annotation_id=annotation_411950&feature=iv

The efficient method
Efficient teams use 6-8 players equipped with spears and armour with high magic defence. Players on the team should also carry a ranged weapon but only use it to poison the Dark Energy Core. The Beast should be killed as it spawns to maximize kills per hour and luring should be avoided. In some cases, if a player attempts to bank after only a few spawn kills he or she will be kicked from the team so players should avoid using foods such as monkfish. While the Beast is attacking a player that player should use Deflect Melee and Turmoil. Otherwise, players should use Soul Split or Deflect Magic and Turmoil.

Using overloads, Turmoil, Saradomin brews, and super restores, a 6-8 player team can average over 20 kills per hour.

Though this is a fine method with a large team, people with fairly good teams of 4-8 should lure the beast to either side of the entrance. The lurer then stands outside while the rest of the team surrounds the beast making it unable to move around. If there is one ranger they stand in the beast's one blind spot around the last corner from the entrance. They attack the beast until it turns to them, then they stand in the safespot. The rest of the team should use black dragonhide and Helms of neitiznot as well as the Ardougne Cloak 3. This enables them to have good magic defence with minimum loss if they die. The cape is used for teleporting to the Ardougne monastery to recharge prayer between kills. All of the meleers should use Zamorakian spears for the stab offence and rangers should use ruby bolts (e). Meleers protect melee at all times and turn on piety or turmoil, rangers protect magic and use eagles eye. High level meleers who wish to risk it can use soul split when the beast is not attacking them. With this set-up you can do maximum damage to the beast as well as forcing him to turn to attack each player in much the same way as when killing the King Black Dragon effectively. Each player should use stat boosting potions and meleers should bring a magic short bow with rune arrows equipped to deal with the dark core without moving, or use a mithril crossbow or above using emerald (e) bolts to "stun" the core to stop it draining life points rapidly and stop it moving ( a player has to be within a square of the core for it to stop moving and the life point drain rate will be the same as poison).

Starting off
Note: It is best that you do not bring Summoning Familiars due to the fact that the beast may devour their souls.
 * It's best to have a somewhat large team (8-25) using a mixture of melee and ranged. Magic is not recommended because it is ineffective, and players may have their magic drained during the fight. The only magic recommended are vengeance spells
 * Once your team is assembled outside the Corporeal Beast's lair, peek inside to see if any teams are already there.
 * If you are using LootShare, check now to make sure that everyone has turned it on, and the settings are how you want them.
 * If you are using Lunar Spells, cast Vengeance. Heal Other may also be useful.
 * Drink any potions, Protect from Magic helps a lot against the magic splash attack. Deflect Magic works better, however. It still can hit 650's, but that's rare.

The strategy
The strategy that most teams use is called the West Method. Players gather outside the entrance to the lair, where the beast cannot attack them. Using Protect from Magic or Deflect Magic, one player enters and lures the beast near the entrance, and then all players go in and attack. The player who lured the Beast quickly exits the cave, taking with him the attention of the Beast. Once the Corporeal Beast has its attention on the player outside the entrance, the team will run out when they get targeted, to avoid heavy damage.

The fight

 * Once inside, spread out. The Claw attack will hit an area around where it lands, so spreading out will make this attack hit fewer people.
 * Warriors should form a ring around the beast, while rangers or mages should scatter, staying fairly close to the entrance.
 * The key to survival is knowing that the beast has targeted you, and run out of the cave before it can deal damage. However, if the entire team runs out of the cave, the beast will heal completely—regardless of how much damage it has already taken.
 * If massing, rangers should hug the north wall, as the beast will rarely attack them there.
 * In conjunction with Deflect Magic, the ancient curse Turmoil would be extremely helpful.

Weapons
Recommended weapons are:

Stab weapons
Some players suspect using a non-spear type weapon, such as a longsword, results in a damage reduction. This has been confirmed by Jagex as nothing more than rumor. However, to confirm the theory, there has been videos posted on people using Leaf Bladed Swords and Vesta's Longsword at Corporeal Beast, and has not hit any number beyond half of the weapon's max hit. What is even more interesting is that the Dark Bow special attack can only hit 4-4 minimum damage instead of 8-8, giving further evidence of the "Damage Reduction".
 * 1) Zamorakian spear**
 * 2) Dragon halberd
 * 3) Dragon longsword *
 * 4) Dragon spear**
 * 5) Guthan's warspear
 * 6) Verac's flail
 * 7) Vesta's longsword * #
 * 8) Vesta's spear#
 * 9) Leaf-bladed sword *
 * 10) Staff of light*
 * 11) Chaotic longsword* #
 * 12) Chaotic rapier* #

Note: * = Can be used with a shield slot, such as a Rune defender, further increasing stats.

Note: ** = Has a stunning special attack, which can be useful when killing the dark core.

Note: # = hard to obtain/ expensive
 * Pros: No risk of losing ammunition if you die; very effective. Staff of Light has a special attack that can cut melee damage in half.
 * Cons: The risk of dying is higher. The Claw attack is more likely to damage players who are using melee, as they are closer to the Beast and so have less time to avoid the first and then split attacks.

Ruby bolts (e)
Because the Corporeal Beast has 20,000 Life points, in theory, Ruby bolts (e) would be capable of hitting a 4000. However, the Corporeal Beast can only receive 1000 damage maximum from the special.


 * Pros: Ability to attack from a distance; hits up to 1000.
 * Cons: The risk of losing much more money (for the bolts) upon death, the beast often attacks you when the special of the bolt occurs.

Cannon
The Corporeal Beast is one of the few bosses that the Dwarf Multicannon can be used against. Teams should have 2–3 cannons, if possible, to minimize the chance of death.


 * Pros: Easily takes care of killing the Dark Energy Core when it appears, which greatly improves a team's chances of success. It will not be lost on death if it has been set up.
 * Cons: Cannon is somewhat inaccurate against the beast itself and also needs to be continually reloaded, plus the cannon could decay if the owner isn't paying attention.

Armour
Since the possibility of death is high, it is best to bring only what you need to fight, and little more. It is good advice to bring only offensive items, as the Beast's Attack is so high that wearing armour almost makes no difference. The only armours that noticeably affect how much damage you receive are the Elysian and Divine spirit shields, as they are the only shields in the game that actually reduce damage, rather than prevent it.

Rangers
Rangers are advised to bring:

Recommended Ranged level: 85+


 * Weapon: Rune crossbow, Crystal bow
 * Shield (if using a crossbow): Elysian spirit shield, Divine spirit shield, Unholy Book, Book of Balance, Spirit Shield
 * Headwear: Armadyl helm, Blessed dragonhide coif, Archer helm, Helm of Neitiznot
 * Neckwear: Amulet of Ranging, Amulet of fury, Amulet of glory, Games necklace, salve amulet(e)
 * Cape: Ava's accumulator, Ava's attractor, Fire cape, Skillcape, Vestment cloak, Ardougne cloak 3, Soul wars cape
 * Ammunition: Ruby bolts (e), Emerald bolts (e)
 * Body: Armadyl chestplate, Karil's leathertop or Black d'hide body
 * Legwear: Armadyl plateskirt, Karil's leatherskirt or Black d'hide chaps
 * Footwear: Ranger boots, Snakeskin boots
 * Ring: Archers' ring, Ring of life, Ring of recoil,Ring of wealth

Warriors
Warriors are advised to bring:
 * Weapon: Chaotic Rapier, Vesta's spear, Zamorakian spear, Dragon halberd, Leaf-bladed sword, Guthan's warspear, Verac's flail, Vesta's longsword, Dragon spear(p++), Dragon Longsword.
 * Alternate weapon: Dragon dagger(p++),Statius's warhammer,Darklight.
 * Shield (if using a 1h weapon): Dragonfire shield, Rune defender, Divine or Elysian spirit shield, Dragon sq shield, Rune kiteshield, Rune berserker shield
 * Headwear: Verac's helmet, Helm of neitiznot, Warrior helm, Proselyte sallet, Initiate sallet, Dragon full helm
 * Neckwear: Amulet of fury, a Salve Amulet may work, but this claim is unverified, Amulet of Strength.
 * Cape: Fire cape, Skill Cape, Obsidian cape, Cape of legends, Ardougne Cloak 3, Soul Wars Cape
 * Body: Verac's brassard, Fighter torso, Proselyte hauberk, Black d'hide body, Bandos chestplate, Initiate hauberk
 * Legwear: Verac's plateskirt, Bandos tassets, Proselyte cuisse/Proselyte tasset, Black d'hide chaps, Initiate cuisse
 * Footwear: Bandos boots, Dragon boots, Climbing boots, Rune boots, Infinity boots or Jester boots for magic defence
 * Glove: Best Recipe for Disaster gloves you have, any Family Crest Gauntlets, Regen bracelet
 * Ring: Ring of life, Ring of recoil, Berserker Ring, Warrior Ring, Ring of wealth
 * Guthan's and Verac's set may be used for their set effect. The Dragon and Zamorakian spear's special attack, "Shove" may be used to deal with the Dark Energy Core, though it will not work on the Corporeal Beast.
 * Statius's warhammer special attack can be used at the start of the fight to reduce the beast's defence by 30%, which makes attacks done to the beast significantly more effective.

Inventory
The rest of the inventory can be filled with:
 * Food: Shark, Saradomin brews, Monk Fish, Manta Rays, Tuna Potatoes. Be aware that the beast can kill a player very quickly (sometimes in one hit), so food can not be always depended on during the fight.
 * Potions: Super restore potions/Prayer potions, Super sets for warriors, Ranging potions for rangers
 * Dwarf Multi-Cannon (more is better)
 * One-click teleport: Ectophial, Teleport crystal, teleport tablets, etc.
 * A Games necklace for teleporting to Wilderness Volcano.
 * Lumbrige Teleport Tabs to recharge your pray at an altar.

Miscellaneous

 * The Vengeance spell deals large amounts of damage and will not miss, but it is hard to make sure the spell is active for the whole team. Use Vengeance Other if a player does not have 94 Magic, but make sure you have Vengeance activated.
 * Be cautious and stay away from the beast if bringing Summoning familiars, as the Beast will devour them after a set time period.
 * Warning: Always confirm the Items Kept on Death before entering. It is very probable that you will die, regardless of circumstances. Use of quick-prayers for Deflect Magic and Protect Item is recommended. After receiving an item from LootShare, recheck your Items Kept on Death. Gaining a Mystic Robe piece, Dragon longsword or other items might cause those to be kept over something else you might want to keep.
 * Important: It is highly recommended to have a stock of at least one Games Necklace, because if you die you can go back to retrieve your items quickly.
 * A Ring of Life or Phoenix necklace may be used to prevent death. However, this will only help sometimes as the Beast can easily hit more than 10%/20% of any player's life points. It is also recommended that you have a necklace or amulet for replacing(If you used a Phoenix Necklace).
 * If standing directly under the beast, the Retribution prayer will not activate.

Unique drops

 * Spirit shield (also dropped by Tormented wraith and Ghostly warriors) (1/75 drop rate)
 * Holy elixir (also dropped by Tormented wraith) (1/150 drop rate)
 * Spectral sigil (1/1125)
 * Arcane sigil (1/1500)
 * Divine sigil (1/2250)
 * Elysian sigil (1/4500)

Collected logs of 20k+ Corporeal Beast kills favouring this rate It is interesting to note that holy elixirs are 3 times rarer than spirit shields and sigils are 7 or more times rarer than holy elixirs.

Weapons, armour and ammo

 * Mystic air staff
 * Mystic fire staff
 * Mystic earth staff
 * Mystic water staff
 * 750 Adamant arrows
 * 250 Rune bolts
 * 175 Onyx bolts (e)
 * 2,000 Cannonballs
 * Mystic robe top (blue/white)
 * Mystic robe bottom (blue/white)
 * 5 Rune javelin (Rare)
 * Dragon Spear (extremely Rare)

Essence and runes

 * 25,000 Pure Essence (noted)
 * 2,500 Law runes
 * 5,000 Cosmic runes
 * 3,000 Death runes
 * 2,500 Soul runes

Potions

 * 40 Super strong anti-poison potion (4 dose; noted)

Ores, bars, gems, and jewellery

 * 125 Adamant ore (noted)
 * 20 Runite ore (noted)
 * 35 Adamantite bars (noted)
 * Regen bracelet
 * 2 Uncut gems

Others

 * 20,000 to 65,000 coins
 * 100 Teak planks (noted)
 * 150 Mahogany logs (noted)
 * 100 Green dragonhides (noted)
 * 24 Watermelon seeds
 * 10 Ranarr seeds
 * 120 White berries (noted)
 * 30 Tuna potato (unnoted)
 * 70 Raw sharks (noted)
 * 120 Desert goat horns (noted)
 * Nature talisman
 * 75 Magic logs (noted)
 * Shield Left Half
 * Half of key (extremely rare)
 * Crystal key

Trivia

 * During the 9 June 2009 game engine update glitch, players could solo the Corporeal Beast because it would not retaliate in any way. The only users banned were the ones who revealed their names in posted videos.
 * When entering the cave of the Corporeal Beast, the Wilderness level will go to 107 for a split second.
 * The Corporeal Beast is featured in the RuneScape trailer when visiting the website for the first time, under the caption "Slay the mightiest of foes."
 * The Corporeal Beast, so far, has the most life points among all of the NPCs in RuneScape. Also, at the time of its release, it was the only creature to have an extra-long LP bar.
 * Even though the Divine sigil is worth a lot more than the Elysian sigil, the Divine sigil has a much higher drop rate than the Elysian sigil.
 * Corporeal means material; tangible; physical. It is the antonym of "ethereal," which means spiritual in form. Hence when the Spirit Beast was killed in the spirit realm, and the spirit and normal (or ethereal and corporeal) worlds are antonymous, the Corporeal Beast was born in the corporeal realm.
 * The Corporeal Beast is immune to dragonfire blasts from the Dragonfire shield and resulting attempts will hit 0 life points.
 * The Corporeal Beast does not have the max hit, despite being the highest level monster in the game. Tz-Tok-Jad is capable of hitting much higher and with the release of the quest Nomad's Requiem, Nomad has an attack with a max hit based on your Constitution level. However, what it lacks in high hits, it makes up for with very high defence and life points.
 * While being the strongest monster, it is not the hardest to defeat, as it can be piled by lots of high levelled players at once, yet it is the hardest monster to solo known to date as it takes a lot of concentration and a very high level.
 * The Corporeal Beast is one of two monsters that drops the complete Crystal key (not just one half of it), the other one being Kree'arra.

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