Tormented wraith

The Tormented wraith is a monster found in the part of the Spirit Realm accessed through the invisible portal at the centre of the Dark Warriors' Fortress. This portal can only be accessed with the upgraded Jennica's ring after the Summer's End quest. It is recommended to switch to and wear a Ring of Wealth once there. It is also recommended to bring alchemy runes, because of the common black armour drops.

Before it became a wraith, the being was apparently tormented and killed by the Black Knights, and as a wraith it seeks revenge against anyone who appears to be a Black Knight. To fight this monster or even have it become aggressive, full black armour and a black weapon must be equipped:

Notes:
 * Heraldic, trimmed, and gold-trimmed black armour cannot be used to fight the wraith.
 * Elite black armour can be used in lieu of normal black armour but does not seem to provide significantly more protection against the wraith.
 * All other equipped slots do not need to be black armour: Cape, gloves, boots, necklace, and ring can be any item. If the player plans to use Protect from Melee, it is recommended that prayer-boosting items be used for the cape, gloves, and boots slots.

It is helpful to fight this monster using the Protect from Melee prayer as it will hit frequent and hard through black armour and elite black armour. It is not possible to change equipped items while fighting this monster. Familiars will not attack the wraith and cannonballs will simply pass through it.

It is possible to slay this monster using some ranged weapons. When ranging, a black shield must be wielded. It is not possible to throw the last knife or dart, as then the hand slot would not have a black weapon, which is not allowed. It is also not possible to add to the equipped ammunition either (such as would normally be done when picking up dropped knives or darts).

When ranging the wraith, the black armour that must be worn will reduce the player's ranged ability. This cannot be avoided, as there is no black ranged armour. (Black dragonhide armour is not black metal armour.)

Magic can be used against the wraith. There is no black magic staff or black magic armour, however, so magic is not recommended due to the negative effects of the armour the player must wear to kill the wraith. Monster Examine states that the wraith is a Slayer monster and as such counts towards ghost assignments.

There is a safespot where players may range, mage, or attack with a halberd without taking any damage (as shown below).



There were complaints on the official Forums about high-levelled players "camping" at the wraith. As it is a multicombat area, those players would always get the drop. Also, the fact that there is only one wraith in each world, and that the wraith is easily killed with a small team, only led to more rants. Since then, the popularity of the wraith has dropped off, since Holy elixir is a very rare drop and many players regard the wraith's other drops as valuable enough for the time it takes to kill the wraith using black weapons. Accordingly, there is little competition for the wraith at present.

Unique

 * Spirit shield (rare)
 * Holy Elixir (very rare)

Armour

 * Black kiteshield
 * Black platelegs
 * Black platebody
 * Black chainbody
 * Black full helm
 * Black med helm

Weapons

 * Black longsword
 * 23 Mithril darts (p) (uncommon)



Runes and Charms

 * Gold charm
 * Crimson charm
 * Green charm
 * Blue charm (quite common)
 * 10 Death rune
 * 7 Blood rune
 * 15 Chaos rune

Herbs
(Herbs are dropped in pairs, but can be different herbs)
 * Grimy guam
 * Grimy marrentill
 * Grimy harralander
 * Grimy irit
 * Grimy cadantine
 * Grimy ranarr
 * Grimy dwarf weed

Other

 * 80 Oak planks (noted)
 * 50 Iron ore (noted)
 * 2 Prayer potion(3)
 * 3 Adamantite bar
 * 75 to 830 coins
 * 5 Big bones

Dialogue
While near the Tormented Wraith, and wearing a Ghostspeak amulet, the text box can display messages such as: Without the amulet, the text would display as "Woo wooo woo."
 * "The stench of Kinshra still lingers in my wounds."
 * "I can feel them closing in."
 * "I must have my vengeance."
 * "Bring me the dark warriors or suffer my displeasure!"
 * "I will not rest until every black knight is dead."
 * "Bid farewell to your breath, black knight!"
 * "Prepare to suffer as I have!"
 * "You shall die for what you did to me!"
 * "Zamorak cannot save you from my wrath!"
 * "Suffer the pain of my torment, wretch!"
 * "Spill your life for me!"
 * "Coward! Hiding behind your false gods!" (if you are praying to block its attacks)
 * "Your dark prayers will not keep you safe forever!" (if you are praying to block its attacks)
 * "Accept your punishment, weakling!"

Trivia

 * On the first day of release no melee experience could be gained by killing this monster, it now currently gives around 4.1 exp per damage point.
 * Even though it commonly drops black equipment, some of which sells well, many players feel that this is an unsatisfactory way to make money.
 * One way to maximise the value of the haul from the wraith is to bring high alchemy runes. When your inventory fills up with black equipment, use this guide on what to keep or alchemy. The goal is to keep the items that sell on the Grand Exchange for the highest premium over their high alchemy price. (Price differentials are based on early May 2009 rates.)
 * Black platebodies should be kept in preference to all other black equipment, as they can sell on the GE for a bonus of about 1,100-1,200 coins each above their high alchemy return.
 * Black platelegs and black full helms are next, each with a bonus of about 800-900 coins.
 * Black chainbodies have a bonus of about 600-700 coins.
 * Black kiteshields have a bonus of about 100-150 coins.
 * Black longswords have a bonus of about 50 coins.
 * Black medium helms do not sell for a bonus on the GE and should be alchemised (345 coins) or discarded.
 * It takes a few moments for the wraith to respawn after being killed. If your attention is likely to wander at this time, to be safe unequip one of the black items that must be worn. This way, the wraith won't start attacking you when it reappears. Just equip the item again when you are ready to fight.