Nightmare

This article is about the slayer monster. For other uses, see Nightmare (disambiguation).

Nightmare

Release	21 November 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
The darkest vision of Mah's dreams brought to life.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
128	35,000	1,954	644.8
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
117 / 78 / 39
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
80	1540	Nightmare creatures
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1324	1324	1324	4000
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
90 90 90 Accuracy 2458 2458 2458
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1924	80
Affinities
90	55	45	65
Immunities

Defined properties:

All Life points: 35,000 Life points: 35,000 All Slayer experience: 1540 Slayer experience: 1540 All Combat experience: 1954 Combat experience: 1954 All Release date: 21 November 2016 Release date: 21 November 2016 All Combat level: 128 Combat level: 128 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 23696 NPC ID: 23696

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Nightmares are Slayer monsters that are unlocked after completion of Children of Mah. They require level 80 Slayer to be harmed. To be assigned as a task, the player must purchase the ability from a Slayer Master for 50 Slayer points.

Location

Nightmares can be found in Freneskae through the World Gate by utilising the ritual site option.

Mechanics

Nightmares normally attack with melee. When combat is initiated, they will often walk onto the square the player is currently standing on, moving them in the process. They can charge a slow-moving special attack (after 5 auto attacks) that can deal over 4000 total damage in two simultaneous ranged hits. The damage from this ranged attack can be reduced to under 1000 damage with Protect from Missiles and Deflect Missiles. They will raise a black sphere above themselves and swing their body (as if holding a ball with both hands and swinging from the side to the front) before using the attack, giving the target at least 1.8 seconds to switch to the appropriate prayer or use a defensive ability. Manually activate Protect from Missiles and/or Deflect Missiles at onset of the special attack and switch manually to Protect from Melee and/or Deflect from Melee, or Soul Split at end of the special attack. Placing protection prayers on a multiple action bar helps with the timing of this mechanic.

If the nightmare dies after beginning its ranged attack, the attack will still hit and should be protected against.

Drops

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Elder energy	15–25	Always	6,315–10,525
	Bones	1	Always	266

Main

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Rune claw	1	Uncommon	4,555
	Off-hand rune claw	1	Uncommon	3,835
	Rune 2h sword	2 (noted)	Uncommon	73,470
	Coins	8,414–14,975	Common	8,414–14,975
	Soul rune	20–29	Common	26,900–39,005
	Blood rune	40–60	Common	27,120–40,680
	Dragon dart tip	20–30	Common	18,200–27,300
	Dragon arrowheads	21–30	Common	5,817–8,310
	Dragon bolt tips	50–88	Common	12,800–22,528
	Shark	2	Common	3,866
	Elder energy	64–82	Uncommon	26,944–34,522
	Summoning potion (4)	1	Uncommon	31,223
	Super strength (4)	1	Uncommon	20,982
	Dragon battleaxe	1	Uncommon	119,464
	Off-hand dragon battleaxe	1	Uncommon	118,128
	Adamant minotaur pouch	1	Uncommon	2,737
	Steel titan pouch	1	Uncommon	4,334
	Unicorn stallion pouch	1	Uncommon	2,705
	Iron titan pouch	1	Uncommon	3,806
	Nightmare gauntlets	1	Very rare	39,249,704

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Elder charm	1	Common	Not sold
	Muspah spine	1–2	Common	Not sold

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

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	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	250–500	Common	250–500
	Uncut sapphire	1	Common	809
	Uncut emerald	1	Common	2,555
	Uncut ruby	1	Common	1,842
	Uncut diamond	1	Common	4,843
	Uncut diamond	45–55 (noted)	Rare	217,935–266,365
	Loop half of a key	1	Common	11,053
	Tooth half of a key	1	Common	11,538
	Uncut dragonstone	1	Uncommon	12,077
	Uncut dragonstone	45–55 (noted)	Rare	543,465–664,235
	Dragon longsword	1	Common	56,212
	Dragon spear	1	Rare	35,861
	Battlestaff	180–220 (noted)	Rare	542,160–662,640
	Rune javelin	5	Rare	905
	Rune platebody	1	Uncommon	37,480
	Rune platebody	15–25 (noted)	Rare	562,200–937,000
	Shield left half	1	Rare	64,399
	Dragon helm	1	Uncommon	58,601
	Rune arrowheads	113–137	Common	14,916–18,084
	Onyx bolts	135–165	Very rare	1,003,725–1,226,775
	Chaos talisman	1	Rare	1,923
	Nature talisman	1	Rare	1,473
	Water talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	164,320–207,296
	Earth talisman	65–82 (noted)	Rare	12,025–15,170
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	Rare	5,225–7,315
	Raw lobster	135–165 (noted)	Common	47,655–58,245
	Raw shark	225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	321,075–392,425
	Big bones	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,804–16,646
	Dragon bones	180–220 (noted)	Rare	384,480–469,920
	Coal	200–1,100 (noted)	Uncommon	22,400–123,200
	Gold ore	90–110 (noted)	Common	52,830–64,570
	Adamantite ore	180–220 (noted)	Uncommon	40,860–49,940
	Adamant bar	14–16 (noted)	Common	24,654–28,176
	Adamant bar	135–165 (noted)	Rare	237,735–290,565
	Runite ore	90–110 (noted)	Rare	127,710–156,090
	Rune bar	3 (noted)	Common	8,955
	Rune bar	45–55 (noted)	Rare	134,325–164,175
	Grimy torstol	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	485,010–592,790
	Grimy snapdragon	90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	161,010–196,790
	Super restore (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	125,910–153,890
	Prayer potion (4)	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	130,950–160,050
	Lantadyme seed	14–16	Uncommon	10,164–11,616
	Dwarf weed seed	14–16	Uncommon	11,508–13,152
	Magic seed	4	Uncommon	209,856
	Palm tree seed	10	Rare	396,000
	Flax	450–550 (noted)	Common	43,200–52,800
	Molten glass	45–55 (noted)	Common	27,585–33,715
	Soft clay	450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	188,550–230,450
	Yew logs	68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	11,356–13,694
	Yew logs	675–825 (noted)	Rare	112,725–137,775
	Teak plank	45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	16,740–20,460
	Mahogany plank	270–330 (noted)	Rare	356,670–435,930
	Blurberry Special	1	Uncommon	12,008
	Vecna skull	1	Very rare*	124,871
	Hazelmere's signet ring	1	Very rare*	1,432,268,388
	Brawling gloves (Melee)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Magic)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Ranged)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Agility)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Cooking)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (FM)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Fishing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Hunter)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Mining)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Prayer)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Smithing)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (Thieving)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Brawling gloves (WC)	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2	1	Very rare	Not sold
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3	1	Very rare	Not sold

Trivia

• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for this monster was 14,182 kills.
  • This had increased to 14,302 by 6 May 2018.

Gallery

Concept art of the Nightmare

Initial sketch concepts of the nightmare. The model on the left was the model chosen.