Sophanem Slayer Dungeon

Not to be confused with Sophanem Dungeon.

Sophanem Slayer Dungeon

Release date	5 June 2017 (Update)
Kingdom	Sophanem
Members	Yes
Main music	None
Levels	2
Strongest monster	The Magister (level 899)
Dwarf multicannon allowed	No
Quests taking place here	Icthlarin's Little Helper
Inhabitants	Corrupted creatures, Soul devourers

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The entrance of the dungeon as shown on the world map.

The Sophanem Slayer Dungeon is a Slayer Dungeon located in south-west Sophanem. To enter and begin killing monsters within the dungeon requires level 88 Slayer and completion of part of Icthlarin's Little Helper.

Access

The dungeon can be easily reached through the following methods:

• The fastest method is to use a Sophanem Slayer Dungeon teleport tablet. The ability to craft them is gained upon reaching rank 4 with any of the Menaphos factions.
  • The Mask of dust (or its transformed variant) can provide two free teleports to the entrance each day, assuming that the player has 97 Slayer.
• Use the Menaphos Lodestone, go through the gate connecting the two cities and run south-east. Using this method requires completion of Contact!.
• Teleport to the Luminous wisp colony south of Sophanem via a Max Guild's skill portal and head north for the dungeon.
• Take a magic carpet flight to Sophanem. Upon arrival, run south and the enter the gate. Once inside, a Menaphite guard is located at the dungeon entrance, located on the southernmost side of the large southern structure.
  • There are several access points to the magic carpet network, including:
    • Shantay Pass to southern Pollnivneach to Sophanem
  • Ring of slaying or the slayer cape perk to Sumona in Pollnivneach then run south to southern Pollnivneach.
  • Pollnivneach tablet then run south to southern Pollnivneach.

Monsters

Monster	Combat level	Slayer level	Weakness
Corrupted scorpion	98	88	Water spells
Corrupted scarab	101	91	Fire spells
Corrupted lizard	105	94	Stab
Corrupted dust devil	107	97	Crush
Corrupted kalphite marauder	110	100	Arrows
Corrupted kalphite guardian	110	100	Earth spells
Corrupted worker	113	103	Water spells
Salawa akh	106	105	Water spells
Feline akh	109	107	Water spells
Scarab akh	122	109	Fire spells
Crocodile akh	115	111	Water spells
Gorilla akh	111	113	Water spells
Imperial mage akh	130	117	Arrows
Imperial warrior akh	130	117	Water spells
Imperial ranger akh	130	117	Crush
The Magister	899	115	Nothing

There is a chance for the Menaphosian cat Katarina to spawn when killing any of these monsters.

Mechanics

Players can collect the loot monsters drop from the chest.

To kill the monsters in this dungeon (barring the Magister and his summoned akhs), the feather of Ma'at is required in the player's inventory. One is consumed for each kill, unless the player has unlocked the overall reputation reward slayer feather buff at 141,900 reputation, which has a chance of preventing the feather from being consumed. They can be obtained from Shifting Tombs, or from the Menaphite guard outside the dungeon.

There are twelve different types of monsters in the dungeon; six are labelled as "corrupted", while the remaining six are labelled as "akh" (soul devourer). Both types are a possible assignment from Kuradal, Morvran or Sumona, however Sumona has the highest chance to assign them. Some monsters can be killed for another task, e.g corrupted kalphite marauders for a kalphite task. The first half of the dungeon contains corrupted creatures, while the second half contains soul devourers. As players venture deeper into the dungeon, stronger monsters will be encountered.

The Sophanem Slayer Dungeon also has multiple chests throughout the dungeon; one at the entrance, another near the salawa akhs and a final one near the First Gate. The chest will automatically gather drops from the monsters, reducing the need to manage the inventory during a task. Players may opt to disable the auto-loot feature if desired. If this feature is disabled, there is a 20% chance for monster drops to be doubled. Tertiary drops, with exception of vital sparks, will not get doubled. If the player dies with loot collected in the chest, they can either pay a small fee (which increases as the total value of items held in the chest increase) or forfeit all of the items inside. The chest can only hold up to 30 different items. Any new items that the chest tries to take in for storage is instead dropped by the monster onto the ground.

The Font of Elidinis can cleanse the player's corruption stacks.

The dungeon also has a corruption feature. Stacks are added as the player kills the monsters in the dungeon. They are given in 1, 2, 3, and 5% intervals, depending on the monster's slayer level and type. For example, killing corrupted scorpions or salawa akhs (the weakest monster in their respective category) would add 1% to the player's stack. Killing corrupted workers or imperial guard akhs (the strongest in their respective category) would add 5% to the player's stack. For every stack obtained, the player takes and inflicts 1% additional damage. The normal maximum cap of this corruption is at 25%. The Magister's chamber also shares the corruption feature, though the corruption cap is temporarily doubled to 50% when fighting him; upon his death, it resets back to 25%.

In the corrupted worker, feline akh and crocodile akh areas is a Font of Elidinis which will remove all corruption stacks the player has accumulated.

Once aligned with a faction, players can gain reputation from killing the monsters in the dungeon. The stronger the monster, the more reputation is awarded. If killing the monsters on a slayer task, the reputation gained from killing them is doubled.

If a player is given corrupted creatures or soul devourers as a slayer task, they will be able to find a hetite stone in the dungeon. Its placement is different for each player.

Features

Layout

Players start off in a three room catacomb containing only corrupted scorpions, scarabs and lizards. There are two shortcuts in this area: one near the scorpions that drops players off to the feline akhs, and another near the scarabs that drops players off to the gorilla akhs. At the corrupted lizard room is a rope that leads to the remaining section of the dungeon. To unlock these shortcuts, players must clear the large rock blocking the way in the second half of the dungeon.

In the next section is a spiral path going down, where the remaining corrupted monsters can be found. At the base of this section, soul devourers can be found. A bridge heads deeper into a more developed area, where the imperial guard akhs (warrior, ranger and mages) are found. The First Gate is right past this group, where the Magister resides.

Drops

The dungeon has several features, including signature drops which are shared by the common monsters:

• Corrupted magic logs - tainted magic logs, these can be fletched for more Fletching experience (nothing is created from it), or burned for Firemaking experience.
• Vital spark - used to create several unique sigils.
• Key to the Crossing - a special key which allows players to battle the Magister.
• Corrupted gem - a gem that can be combined with a mighty slayer helmet to create a corrupted slayer helmet, a tier 80 helmet (in addition to 1000 slayer points).
• Khopesh of the Kharidian - Tier 82 main-hand melee weapon that can be upgraded using the Magister's drops to the tier 92 Khopesh of Tumeken. The off-hand is obtained in Shifting Tombs and can also be upgraded using the Magister's drops to the tier 92 Khopesh of Elidinis.

Achievement

• Diary of Oreb ( 25) - Discover and read all five journals of The Magister.

Gallery

Concept art of the Sophanem Slayer Dungeon

Trivia

• On release, there were several issues in the dungeon:
  • There was a bug where the chest ignored the player's luck of the dwarves ring, resulting in them getting drops that would be filtered from it, such as flax and molten glass. This was hotfixed on 20 June 2017.
  • A rogue tile in the dungeon would remove any corruption stacks the player obtained if they stood on it. This was fixed with the 19 June 2017 update.
  • When killing the monsters on a slayer task, upon finishing it, any monsters that died after the task completion gave normal reputation rather than doubled reputation. This was also fixed with the 19 June 2017 update.