Otherworldly being

Otherworldly beings are found in the south-west of Zanaris, south of the range. They used to be popular monsters due to the chance of their dropping Dragon med helms and their proximity to a bank; however, this was back when dragon med helms were rare and above 1m in price. Due to the frustrating and constant random events, the otherworldly beings are not commonly fought unless it is assigned as a slayer task. They use melee and can hit a maximum of 70. They can be located just south of the bank and range in a separate room. It can be quite dangerous for lower level players, because in Zanaris you get lots of random things (like turning into a pig or a chicken, or randomly performing the Dance emote). While that is happening, the otherworldly being attacks you, hitting for no damage, while you are unable to retaliate.

Slayer masters give the following advice for this creature: "Otherworldly Beings are ethereal beings making them weak to magical attacks."

Although the picture shows the beings crowding around a small pond, it is more difficult to safe spot them than most think. They hardly ever get stuck at the corners, so the best spot is in both crooks of the nearby pond (on the North and the South side respectively). If you fail to do this, move fast to the another side of the pond from the attacking being, as they are very persistent. In most cases, when you are on the other side, they would just ignore you and continue walking to and fro, leaving your ammo strewn on the floor (if ranging), and this cannot be countered by using an Ava's device. Another idea is to hold them behind the large trees, but this might take a few tries before succeeding, so it is dangerous to lower levels.

Great care is recommended for lower levels as they can frequently hit 60s and 70s, therefore it is recommended you have good food (lobsters or better).

Otherwordly beings received a graphical update along with Zanaris on 13 May 2010.

"The beings that thou speak of are not wholly tied to this realm; they flitter between the dimensions like butterflies across a meadow. When thou slay them, thou force their remains into one dimension alone; this one. As long as they are alive they canst remain incorporeal, but once their fate hast been decided and they hath died they canst no longer travel between realms as they could when they were alive."

- Guthix

Methods


 * New Method:

There is a way to safe-spot range or mage the otherworldly beings from almost anywhere in the area.

First, wait until a fairy has positioned itself in an open area, where the 8 squares around it are unblocked, then talk to the fairy without walking through it.

Next, without walking though the fairy, or away from it (you can walk around it by clicking diagonally to where you are twice) attack an otherworldly being on the other side of the fairy.

As long as you don't walk away from the fairy it will stay next to you where it is, blocking the path of the otherworldly being.

As long as you don't walk through the fairy, the otherworldly being will not be able to walk through it.

Miscellaneous

 * Nothing (uncommon)
 * 4-15 Coins (very common)
 * Half of a key (rare)
 * Mackerel (rare)

Runes and talismans

 * 2 Blood runes (rare)
 * 4 Chaos runes (common)
 * 2 Cosmic runes (common)
 * 2 Death runes
 * 2 Law runes (common)
 * 5, 10 Nature runes (common, uncommon, respectively)
 * Chaos talisman
 * Cosmic talisman
 * Nature talisman

Weapons and armour

 * 15 Mithril arrows
 * Adamant hatchet
 * Dragon med helmet (very rare)
 * Dragon spear (very rare)
 * Mithril mace
 * Ruby ring (uncommon)
 * 5 Rune javelins
 * Battlestaff (uncommon/rare)
 * Rune spear (rare)
 * Shield left half (very rare)

Gems

 * Uncut diamond (rare)
 * Uncut emerald (rare)
 * Uncut ruby (rare)
 * Uncut sapphire (rare)

Herbs

 * Grimy cadantine (rare)
 * Grimy dwarf weed (very rare)
 * Grimy avantoe (rare)
 * Grimy ranarr (rare)
 * Grimy marrentill (rare)
 * Grimy Guam (uncommon)
 * Grimy irit (rare)
 * Grimy tarromin (uncommon)
 * Grimy lantadyme (very rare)
 * Grimy kwuarm (uncommon)
 * Grimy harralander (uncommon)
 * Grimy Snapdragon (very rare)

Trivia

 * Prior to the graphical update on 13 May 2010, otherworldy beings were apparently invisible beings, and hence appeared as floating Dark Wizard robes. However, after the update they now have visible body parts.
 * Runescape used to have a bestiary which showed Otherwordly Being's level to be infinite.
 * Their old examine text was: Is he invisible or just a set of floating clothing?
 * One of their drops is a ruby ring. There is also an otherworldly being in the Zanaris marketplace selling ruby rings, so it may be a common jewellery item for this race.
 * Oddly if you turn into a chicken near an Otherworldly Being, then click yourself very quickly it will say you are a level 1 Otherworldly Being.