Chaos Temple (Wilderness)

The Chaos Temple in the Wilderness is a Temple of Zamorak located around level 10 Wilderness, north of Varrock. This Wilderness landmark is popular because it contains one of only two prayer altars in the Wilderness. The temple is accessible only from the north, as the entire building is near-completly surrounded by molten lava. It contains many spawns of bones. Free players may use these bones respawn points at a lower prayer level to raise prayer, especially if the player has low combat and cannot efficiently raise prayer from killing big bones dropping monsters such as hill giants.

This location has been used historically as a place to mount ambushes, due to its popularity as a Prayer recharge point and as there is only one entrance or exit to the temple. This gave large groups the advantage over players trapped within the lava moat, as it was difficult to escape a deliberate attack by running. It was also a very popular place for 'death matches': a set battle between two individuals with certain rules and handicaps.

Even after the wilderness update, the chaos temple is a dangerous location. Apart from being a Multi-combat area, a nearby volcano constantly shoots out flaming rocks that do minor damage to anyone nearby. Also, Revenants may pop up at any time. Revenants that teleport here head towards the entrance to Bounty hunter and then to the Graveyard of Shadows; a patrol route that could be used by Revenant Hunters. Also note that although Revenants patrol the area, they rarely, if ever come into the island and temple itself, effectively making it a fairly safe spot.

The pattern on the floor hints that the temple may once have been dedicated to Zaros, which is plausible given that many of his fortresses and outposts in the second age were in what is now the Wilderness, and were destroyed and/or aligned to different Gods during and after the God wars.

Simon can usually be found near the entrance or in the lava splash area selling Team capes 9, 19, 29, 39, and 49 with the teardrop pattern.

There is now a trapdoor behind the altar, and it is part of the Defender of Varrock quest.