Vorago/Strategies

Vorago is the strongest boss in RuneScape, and you'll need the best of gear and equipment if you're planning to kill him. His drops are some of the best, as he is the only dropper of Tectonic energy, the raw material to create Tectonic armour, level 90 magic power armour which has similar effects to PvP armours. He's also the only dropper of the Seismic wand and Seismic singularity, level 90 magic weapons which, like their level 80 Virtus counterparts, are dual-wielded, but like their level 90 counterparts, the Drygore weapons and Ascension crossbows, only last for 10 hours before needing to be repaired.

Vorago's attacks will change on a weekly basis, so players will need to be careful when dealing with him.

Starting the Fight
Unlike the previous boss, the Kalphite King, Vorago's battles are just like the God Wars Dungeon Generals; he can be fought with or without an instance. To reach him, go inside the Borehole, which is north of the Falador Lodestone. Afterwards, you can click on the entrance, which gives you two options; start an instance or just go in. First-timers should go in first, unless they are with a group of players killing Vorago.

When starting an instance, Vorago's price is much higher, up to four or five times as high as your typical God Wars Generals. For 1 hour, you pay, and you can stack it up to four hours. Like all instances, the instance is over when there are no more players inside the instance (meaning no one is in the instance lobby/fight). Vorago also has a non-instanced variant, which anyone can use for free. Due to this however, only one team can fight him at a time. You cannot interact with Vorago by any means if his color is teal instead of yellow. You can challenge him after the team before yours wins or loses the challenge.

At all times, up to 50 players can challenge Vorago.

When talking to Vorago, you will introduce yourself to him. If you want to challenge him, you need to go through the challenge options until he has verified that you want to challenge him. Doing this results in two coloured messages showing up; if these two do not show up, it means he has not verified you yet. Once he verifies you, you are now capable of joining other player's challenges and challenging him personally.

When challenging him, he won't hold back on his "raw" power. Upon challenging him, he will start to charge a 50,000 damage power wave onto players. However, this attack will only hit players who wished to accept his challenge. The 50,000 damage wave is split amongst all the players, meaning without a group of five (which means 10,000+ health per player), Vorago will kill anyone with this wave. The more players who accept the challenge with you, the less damage split amongst the group. When Vorago unleashes this power wave, all players get hit with the right damage and are sent flying into the borehole, but only if they are in front of him. Players who accepted but are too far from him inside the borehole will be dealt with the damage and not sent flying in. After the rough landing, Vorago crashes in and the fight begins.

Hard Mode
Vorago also has a hard mode, but that is only when all four Vorago specialties have been defeated. The player also has to use the Maul of Omens on him first before the player can host this. Anyone can join the hard verison, but it can only be hosted by one that has meet all the requirements above.

There are a few differences in Hard Mode then Regular Mode:
 * Vorago's power wave does 75,000 damage instead of 50,000 damage.
 * Vorago unleashes a barrage of red bombs upon entry.
 * There are 8 phases rather then 5 (phase 3 is 4 phases, the original, and three more). You will be subjected to all four types of special attacks but the main one will stay throughout the whole kill.
 * Vorago's stomp attack (end of phase) is capable of killing familiars.

Attacks
Vorago has many attacks. Vorago's attacks are split evenly towards the amount of players hit by the attack, so in large groups, staying very close is preferred against his standard attacks, but not against red bombs. Here are Vorago's set of attacks:
 * Melee attacks: Vorago swipes his claws onto a player. This can hurt other players within melee range also.
 * Dismember: Vorago uses this on one player. The player will be given a message "Vorago's raw power tears through your defences!" and deals up to 1000 damage per tick until it ends. Vorago uses this attack from phase two and does this until the end of the kill. This attack will break through Barricade's ability. The farther you are from Vorago, the less damage this attack will deal. Within melee distance it will deal regular damage.
 * Magic attacks: Vorago has two different types of magic-based attacks. They will target multiple players he picks out. Vorago usually sends two to three blue rocks at players he picks. The farther you are from Vorago, the more likely it becomes that he will use magic attacks on you.
 * Blue rock: A rock in blue aura. This heads for one player, however it can deal damage to other players if they're too close to a player that has been hit with this rock. It can hit up to 2300+, even through protection prayers.
 * Red rock: A rock in a red aura. Vorago sends this rock at one person, and has a base damage of 2000 and increases by 1000 for nearby players, up to 7000. This rock can hurt other players just like the blue rocks. Upon impact, it will disrupt all defensive abilities, and if any are in effect it will be negated by the rock.
 * Rampage: After the end of each phase (except the final one), Vorago will jump around the room, smashing the foundations of the ground. Players near him will get hurt. Players directly under Vorago can be hit up to 5500 damage, while those nearby will be dealt up to 1000. Three of these attacks will send you deeper into the Borehole, and can be blocked with Barricade.
 * Redirector: Vorago uses this on phase 2 and upwards. A select amount of players (usually two or three) are picked for any damage Vorago is dealt with sent to them instead. Protection prayers do not block the attacks; what Vorago gets dealt with will be sent straight to you. Stuns will also carry over to the player, and this attack can be blocked with Barricade.
 * Special attacks: Vorago has some special attacks (stage-wise):
 * Reflect: Vorago will redirect any damage he takes to one player, causing massive damage onto them and potentially cause death. It lasts for 10-20 seconds, and it is over when a game box appears saying "Vorago has released his mental link on you." The affected players will also have a green spiral when this is over.
 * Cloning: Vorago uses this on phase 4. Stone clones are spawned and scale with the combat level of the cloned player. While the clone is alive, attacks dealt to Vorago deal very little damage. If the player dies to the clone, the immunity will be lifted, and the same will occur if the clone is killed.
 * Smash: Players who are hit by the Dismember ability, once it ends Vorago will then use his two hands and smash the player, dealing 4000-4500 unblockable damage.
 * In the fourth phase, Vorago will summon a waterfall in one of the corners of the arena whilst charging a powerful fire attack. Players must move behind the waterfall to avoid damage that can be as high as 9800.
 * Weekly Specials:
 * Week 1: Vorago summons two Scopuli monsters that are level 180. Apart from the Scopuli, there is no difference in the fight against Vorago.
 * Week 2: Vorago summons Vitalis monsters that are level 165. To block their spawn, the player needs to interrupt the blue orb that Vorago sends out by standing on top of them.
 * Week 3: Vorago lands debris into one set spot. He starts this off by having an animation similar to Bombardment, and a few ticks later he will jump and hit another spot, with a large chunk of debris falling. The damage done by the debris is 8000, and spreads evenly to players hit by it. There is a small chance of a message saying "Rather then leaving you to your fate, Vorago summons you to him to finish you off personally.", which results in you getting teleported to him. There is also a small chance of being knocked away. Destroying the debris causes 4000 damage which can be reduced with damage-reducing abilities.
 * Week 4: Vorago now summons the green rock, which is something similar to that of "Let the virus flow through you!" by Nex. The rock will land on a designated spot, creating mist which will damage nearby players if they get too close to it. Afterwards, it will head to a random player in the area. To transfer, simply get near another player, and the rock will transfer to that player. If the player carrying the rock does not transfer in time, they will be hit up to 10000 damage.

Stages
'''NOTE: If a player holding a maul piece dies or logs off, the maul piece will drop under the spot of their death/log. If you die or leave Vorago's cave (only by logging), you will be unable to return to the fight. You cannot teleport from the cave, as Vorago prevents you from doing so.'''

Cliff Diving
After being knocked down by Vorago, you will be scattered across the Borehole. One player should stand near the cliffs to gain a headstart to climbing. While this occurs, only one player may navigate the cliffs, and Vorago can and will target them once in a while. The climber must get through five different obstacles until they reach a platform. While this phase occurs, Vorago has no special abilities in effect, and only uses melee and magic attacks. In order to get the first maul piece, the climber must be at the "Jump!" option, and Vorago's back must be in front of the player. The dots must also line up in order to do this. If no one jumps on Vorago, he will constantly heal to 35% of his health (back to aprox. 70,000 hitpoints). Once the player manages to jump on Vorago, they will obtain the first piece of the Maul of Omens. Then end this phase by reducing his hitpoints to 0.

Melee Rage
During this phase, Vorago adds new special attacks to his arsenal of attacks. Vorago will first pick a target, and then hit them with a very strong Dismember ability, and if he is focused on his target, will eventually do an attack that deals up to 4500 unblockable damage. You can either go under Vorago, or have someone use Provoke to restart this effect. While fighting, Vorago will also use a redirector special, and spawn a gravity orb nearby. You need to send this orb at him four times before he will stumble. When he falls to the ground, players should click on him. Depending on player sizes, they will be dealt with 150-250 damage until you finish taking him down. Vorago will then stumble and you must deal enough damage onto him.

If you fail to deal enough damage to him, a game message will say "The piece doesn't look like it has budged off.", and Vorago will restore all of his hitpoints, and you will need to do this again. If you do deal enough damage, the second piece of the maul will fall off, and he will not restore his hitpoints. Quickly end all of his hitpoints to end the phase.

Special Time
During this phase, Vorago's weekly special takes effect starting on this phase. There are four different specials, which are mentioned in his attacks section. Apart from this special ability, Vorago does not use any dangerous moves during this phase. Depending on the week, you will need to do the following:
 * Scopulius: Kill the two to proceed to the next phase. Vorago is immune to all attacks.
 * Anything else: Deplete all of his hitpoints.

Waterfall
During this phase, upon Vorago's entry he will charge up for 10 ticks. The sides of the game screen will show red flames (so you can see where you're going clearer). At the same time, a waterfall will spawn in one of the four corners of the arena. To avoid taking damage, you need to be behind the waterfall, not at the waterfall edge. If you are caught in his blast you will be dealt up to 10000 damage, enough to kill a player who does not have level 75+ equipment (hybrid excluded), a bonfire boost and a level 70+ shield.

After the explosion, Vorago will then summon stone clones to at a reasonable rate, depending on party size. The stone clones give huge damage reduction to Vorago, so killing one will lift some of the reduction. Kill all the clones because they can cause you to die as they will use stuns often against you.

Once Vorago starts his reflector, stay off him. A short while later, he will use the waterfall attack. Three explosions will cause the maul piece to fall. Knock all of his hitpoints to start the last phase.

Final Stand
During this phase, you end up on a narrow strip of land. Vorago comes crashing down soon after. Upon entry, Vorago will be desperate to kill you and will try to knock you off the land. If he is successful in doing so, everyone in the battle will die. In order to knock Vorago back, you must deal more damage to him than he does to you, so dual-wielding is highly advised during this phase. Two players should tank his magic attacks and bombs. Avoid attacking Vorago when he summons his reflectors.

If you have maul pieces, quickly form them. Otherwise, the maul pieces will come to life and deal 100 unblockable damage per tick to the player(s) carrying them, until they are combined.

Make sure your maul is formed. Once Vorago has low health and is on his side (at least one or two spaces behind his edge), use the Maul of Omens to finish him off. Grab his loots before leaving by the red orb he provides.

Unique Rewards
Vorago's drops may not be that of Nex's, but a kill will gurantee a large sum of value to players who can recieve them. Vorago drops 5 sets upon defeat and kills can be as much as millions of coins.


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Tips

 * Before the fight, you may want to have roles among your group. This will make it less tedious during the kill. Here are the roles you should have in your group:
 * Mauler - the person who will kill Vorago with the Maul of Omens. Make sure they get all the pieces.
 * Lurer - to lure Vorago to allow the jumper to get the maul piece.
 * Jumper - to grab fragment one of the maul.
 * When killing Vorago, stay close to each other. This way, his attacks won't deal as much damage as it would on you only. It has been recorded up to 4000+ damage from a single magic attack without prayers, and 2800 with prayers.
 * Long-range attackers should use shields to deal with Vorago's attacks. Dual-wielding should only be attempted if you have to fight a Stone clone or during the final phase.
 * When dealing with red bombs, get away from other players. The red bomb's base damage is 2000, but can reach up to 7000 if you have more players nearby. The bomb can also hurt other players, dealing the same damage onto them.
 * When a phase ends, watch where Vorago faces before he jumps. That's the direction he will jump towards, so you can avoid him easier. If he doesn't show any direction, he will stomp back at the same spot. Damage can vary, up to 4000 so be careful when moving around.
 * Although more players may seem like a good idea (to reduce the blast damage), it is not recommended because it will simply make Vorago harder with his attacks and defence. All of his attacks are AoE, and redirectors can easily kill a player. Smaller groups do not need to worry about this, but the damage given is the only worry.
 * Use everything that can improve your accuracy. The best ability for long-range fighters is Debilitate, as it will cut damage in half, saving food in the long run.
 * When using a shield, always have Preparation after Resonance is used. Vorago's attacks will easily restore it, allowing you to get another free heal. If Resonance is unavailable, use Barricade to avoid being hurt from his attacks.