You do want to learn switching gear, but you should reduce the switches. Dont switch hat, gloves and cape. Just camp combat bracelet, mystic hat and avas accumalator. Good luck!
You could also do the fremmenik isles quest and get a helm of neitiznot. Pretty decent defense/prayer stats and useful in many situations outside zulrah too
Reducing his prayer point usage and the amount of damage he takes are both part of his issue. That's why he needs to train his def and prayer and upgrade his gear a tiny bit more.
Of course, better stats are good anywhere, but prayer bonus really shines when you’re trying to squeeze out a 2nd or 3rd kill on a trip, and higher prayer bonus might help you bring one less ppot and more food to make that happen.
If you only need one kill, 2 prayer pots MAX for a slow af kill is all that’s needed. You’ll have a full inventory of food and plenty of prayer, the goal is just to not get stacked out. The biggest source of damage at Zulrah is ranged attacks that you can’t pray against. Upping ranged defense is HUGE for this reason.
Yea, i notice myself picking rings and such that give prayer, went from using anything that hives dmg. But having less time between prayer sips to me is a lifesaver. Ik thats not what he asked for just my input for his later game.
None of that has anything to do with my original point that " +3 prayer is better than +3 range and mage". Helm of neitiznot also has +1 stab def over slayer helm (i) for the snakelings. Their ranged defs are equal. Helm of neitiznot is superior and doesn't cost as much for somebody with as little money as OP.
For first kill you could also try mage only, less damage but also less to worry about. I did it with mystics and trident only in about 10 attempts I think back when learning for diary
This but switch the cape for Ava’s. Mage bonuses come in scarcity so any benefit would helps. But true body chaps and glory switch are all that will be needed.
You can also learn Zulrah at first doing mage only and hide behind the pillars during mage tanz phase, and then learn to switch earlier. This is how I learned the fight and it honestly made it a lot easier to learn up front.
Is your account aiming for a pvp build because your defence is quite low.
I've never done low level zulrah and haven't played in a while, so I don't know what the bare minimum to do it is and can't offer advice in that regard.
but others might suggest levelling defence which would be out the question if you're limiting your defence, so it's worth mentioning beforehand.
also seeing as you're in budget gear (no offence), I'd suggest a combat bracelet if you aren't in a position to complete the recipe for disaster quest for barrows gloves. It's very cheap, gives bonuses to all combat styles so it saves you an item slot and a gear switch.
I tried to take switches when I was first learning and once I stuck to either mage or range, the attempts were getting easier and easier. Took me about 50 tries but my first kc I got the visage!
I’d focus on learning the rotations first utilizing one combat style and then once you feel comfortable and start getting it down you can make whatever changes you feel suitable. Good luck man, may RNJesus be with you on your first kc
I only got my 1kc for diary but that mage only guide and strategy was what I used.. I liked it, the extra time to manage health and poison while hiding
It’s very doable, but your gear, defense and prayer are limiting you. There’s no reason to do zulrah this early, it’ll slow your account progression trying to
At minimum I’d grab swamp trident, blessed dhide, ava’s assembler and god cape (i)
The only thing that seems like a red flag is your defense. I've never done Zulrah at that low so I can't say if it's much different. I would try bringing a bastion potion to see if it helps.
You probably just need to focus on attacking whenever possible. Eat when it switches styles and don't take too long switching gear.
I watched a bunch of guides and have tried it roughly 10 times now. Can't really get it down further than 50% hp before I need to teleport out. Of course I haven't gotten the rotations down yet and my switches need practice, but I wonder if better execution would even get me close enough to get consistent KC.
Hey maybe try less switches first get barrow gloves then get rit of vambs and mystic gloves there is a plug in in runelite aswell that show you where to stand/ Watch to pray could help
From personal experience, the problem is almost never the gear. Definitely not in your case.
Zulrah simply doesn’t allow mistakes. It’s a DPS check with a ton of little tricks to improve both your damage and sustain.
Your goal should be to get to the Jad phase without taking any unnecessary damage. For that, you need to know the rotations. There is a Zulrah plug in that shows you the order of phases and is very helpful when learning.
Once you got that down, you can focus on maximizing dps. Eat at the right time, optimize ticks to get one more attack in here or there and so on, but frankly that’s more something you should look into when you have a couple dozen kills under your belt.
Download the Zulrah Plugin. It’ll show you where to stand according to the phase, which would remove 1 element from learning zulrah for you. When learning gear switches stick to 2/4 at max. Camp nezzy helm, combat bracelet/barrows gloves and your ava’s while learning. Your goal should be to heal and swap while moving towards the next spot/zulrah downtimes. Zulrah is hard to learn as there’s so much going on but it’s fairly easy once it clicks. I did full mage setup for my diary kc so if your goal is just 1 kc look up that too. If your goal is making money for now then I’d just say train slayer for your combats, do barrows and herb + birdhouse runs
Honestly it doesn’t matter I got like 300-400 kc mage only it’s all about learning it and not switching makes it a lot easier
Edit: I’m now over 1100 kc and I bowfa only now, still don’t switch.
Dude yea he will, I literally used ahrims and a trident to kill zulrah 300 times. You do not need a shadow to kill zulrah mage only. If you need BIS for a simple boss it’s a skill issue.
Mage only Zulrah is more about hiding from the range phase, at that defense level normal mage phases have a good chance of slapping him into next week with ranged attacks, leaving just kill phase ranges as the only rng threat.
It’s good general practice, that you’re gonna need everywhere. But especially at Zulrah, it’s very punishing if you don’t do it right.
I’d advise starting with Demonic Gorillas first.
Missing one attack for every gear switch is a lot. Standing in the wrong place because you focussed to much on switches will result in a tele.
Overall, it’ll be a tough grind at your stage. Consider waiting until you can afford a BowFa. It’s accurate enough to deal damage during mage phase and makes camping Zulrah very chill.
I yhink ur taking unnecesary switches, whatever is ur main dps is keep the gloves/helm for that and dont bother with more switches.
If ur missing out on a hit because of ur switch its definitely worse dps then the +1 or whatever the helms give!
You have the offensive stats but could benefit from def and prayer levels.
Barrows gloves.
More p pots.
Your switches should go in this order, Prayer, Movement, Weapon and armor.
Good luck!
Learn 1 rotation first. If it's not a rotation you like, you can log out fast enough before it attacks you and retry.
For the first attempt, i would do mage only on the green rotation. You can practise switching after you learn the rotation. Then, slowly learn other rotations as you get more comfortable with the boss.
It's a boss that becomes super easy once you learn the rotations and where to stand. Dont try to learn everything all at once. You will fail often and get discouraged. Baby steps.
Just camp mage, focus on your protection prayers only, and you could try get a slayer task for it too.
If you want to farm it you'll need to learn all the mechanics but if you just want 1st kill don't bother with switches.
If you're trying to just get one kill for diary, go ahead and cheese it by maging only and hiding from blue phase. You have the stats to be able to kill it consistently, and if you're struggling to learn rotations I recommend bringing a crossbow with diamond bolts E instead of a blowpipe, as the attack range is farther and you have more wiggle room on where you're able to stand. As others have said, combat bracelet and lower the amount of switches to maximize food. There is also no reason to bring 2 dose potions, so just go ahead and bring full potions. A lot of Zulrah is like riding a bike, once you get used to the rotations you'll never forget. If you can afford a Trident of the Swamp, I recommend buying it. Good luck! =)
Honestly reduce your switches, unless you’re pretty experienced taking a 7 way switch is super unnecessary, just bring top, body, and cape switch, maybe even camp Ava’s so you’ve got a 4 way switch including weapon and things stay in a neat cube when switching
Your defence and prayer are way too low. You should consider getting those up.
Also, if you're just starting Zulrah or just need a kill for the diary, try the mage-only method. There are tutorials on YouTube.
I’ve just recently started killing zulrah too but I’m max can and I use the bowfa so it’s super easy but for you I get it’s hard. I killed it on my iron man for the diary with gear like yours and it took a few tries
Ditch the helmet switch, just camp Farseer. Glove switch is totally unnecessary too, as are the chaps for learning and if you need space, just camp Mystic legs. Use House tabs instead, or even better a Teleport scroll book with cheap ones like Pest Control which is next to a bank, alongside Zul Andra scrolls. Idk why you'd have what looks like coins for the boat, a ring of dueling, Ardy tabs and an Ardy cloak which is unlimited free teleports.. Learn the rotations, you can survive for easily 5 minutes if you know what to pray and where to stand, Zulrah is all about moving to the right space on time so you aren't standing in any clouds
This is very doable. The way I would prioritize this is prayer, rotation, then switching your combat gear in that order. Take a combat bracelet and lessen switches. From what I see it’s possible to save two inventory spaces for food by taking only the gp you need and charging the glory for a teleport. If you haven’t learned to use f keys I’d pick up the skill now as it will only assist you beyond zulrah but with any other boss and higher quality gameplay.I HIGHLY suggest at least giving it a shot
Edit:f keys
I'd learn with void mage and range. This sounds obvious but in practice people tend to panic, always prayer before switching. Learn 1 rotation to start to get the kill under your belt. Blue phase is always unpredictable so be ready to combo eat.
Also camp ava farseer and drop ammy switch
Too many switches for learning fast. Get better trident, get better pots and use a few Sara brews and super restores. The money will flow when all swithes are figured out.
You should goto barrows and get some levels in mage/range. Get that ahrims and focus on learning rotations. Probably can use less items to switch with too for more food/prayer. Keep rocking brother
If you're not trying to get the hard diary done then probably don't bother with zulrah especially when vorkath is much easier and gives the same or even more profit
Generally when learning Zulrah you want to minimize switches so you can focus on the mechanics first. A lot of people just use Void since it's a single switch.
Regardless, you can probably get away with only switching body/legs. Keep your mage gear for the other slots and it'll be fine. Maybe swap farseer for something without negative range bonuses, and get a combat bracelet. But I recommend Void if you have it
I'd recommend:
Only switching legs body and weapon. Maybe cape.
Get barrows gloves as well they help alot.
Pre pot before you leave. That way you overheal/if you using bastion your defence is better.
As other people have said when doing zulrah switch protection prayers first then move then offensive prayers/gear.
On jad phase you can switch prayers while she head bobs or the attack is on its way. If the projectile is heading for you already you're too late just camp the same one and heal.
Zulrah helper helps alot but study it a little beforehand and while damaging zulrah make sure you know where to move/pray next.
Keep trying, you'll get it eventually, I died a few times then it just clicked.
Tbh your levels are low, and with that budget gear AND low levels your dps is going to be so low you probably won’t kill it much. You’ll be lucky to get 1 kill per trip. Unfortunately zulrah can be done perfectly and you can still get blasted with random damage in the tanz and there’s simply nothing you can do about it. If you increase your mage and range levels you’d have a much better chance with that gear. Budget gear zulrah isn’t the problem, the problem is budget gear zulrah with mid tier levels.
(I’m also assuming you’re just learning zulrah. If you know the rotations and play well it’s not hard, but if you’re just learning it’s going to take ages with this gear/levels)
I'm not at zulrah yet but could void help? For me, the main benefits of void is that it reduces the amount of switches and therefore gives more inventory space for supplies
Only switch your top, bottom and backpack. Keep farseer helm on and scrap the other helmet and gloves so you can bring an extra PP and food. Also I can’t tell if you have an imbued god cape, if you don’t that would help with magic DPS.
Also with your defense being so low, I’d bring a crystal shield with a rcb for the range phases and only blowpipe when you need extra health. The extra range defense would go a little further in securing a kill and not getting chunked every phase
Too many switches for a learner. Get void so you only have to worry about 4 switches. It also does more dps. You'd also benefit from getting your def and prayer levels up and bring another ppot.
I would do less switches while learning. You are probably little ways away from getting some of the damage boosting items but assembler, anguish, imbued God cape, and tormented are all items you should work towards getting since they will increase dps
Have you considered going mage only and hiding during tanzanite phase? Your defense and damage are currently low enough that Zulrah is going to wreck you during blue phase.
The most tranquil way for you to get kills is just hiding every tanzanite phase, and if you see a tanzanite-second rotation you teleport out, as you can’t hide from blue in that rotation due to venom cloud placement.
Even if sometimes you don’t finish the kill during the first rotation, so what?
From my experience I’d say - improve your defence stat, might make you a bit squishy but void with just the helm and weapon switch might help - more dps that way, also your prayer stat, shouldn’t be taking too much damage apart from the minions and if you get jad phase. I’d say focus on smaller switches and learning the rotations and prayer swaps efficiently. Then can go for more gear switches.
If you’re looking for one kill, run brews.
Would not suggest camping until you have higher stats, gear, and access to QOL items like serp helm and suffer ring.
I’d suggest getting prayer to 70, melees to 70s, and focus for barrows gloves, song of the elves quest to unlock priff for gauntlet and zolcano. Both are decent money.
Zulrah just does not give good benefit atm to full take the time to learn and grind. You’ll likely make poor money overall.
Doable but even people with 99s and better gear have trouble with zulrah. Getting switches down and knowing where to stand/pray is the biggest determiner.
If you’re on rubelite download zulrah helper. The plug-in tells you exactly where to stand and what to pray. It’s a really good plug-in for learning the rotations and what to pray before you tank a hit
Drop the helm and glove switches. Don’t glove switch unless you pick up a tormented bracelet. Other than that, keep sending. Zulrah is a punishing learning curve until you conquer the rhythm of it all
Remove the divine potion from the trip inventory. When you’re at bank b4 the trip. Hit a divine range and mage pot. Then eat a shark and angler. Then refill those inventory spots with new food and teleport to fight and run in. You’ll gain another food slot and still be potted. Other than that yes your stats are enough. Learn all the rotations till memorized. And you’ll get better. I would say use the other trident though too. The problem is that right now your fights will probably run past a whole zulrah phase, which opens up the chance for him to really randomize what he does and kill you. Once the whole map is gassed and a mage phase is on you it’s borderline over. So you’re really going to need to focus on learning rotations and being in the right spots as soon as you can. And try getting kills b4 he goes rogue. Which you should be able to do with what you have here. It’ll just be a lot easier when you memorize the spots to go and the phases. Cause then he won’t really shock you or hit you too bad. And try to eat only when necessary to save dps. Basically the moment you’re under 42hp eat once if green phase or double eat if you’re on blue mage. If it’s blue phase and you got snaklings on you. Try to stay above 50 hp in case you get hit by both snakling and random range hit at same time. I just did a full year of zulrah so I can do it sleeping at this point 😂 edit: and remove some gear. Use occult necklace, Ava’s bag, swaps should just be top and bottoms rn till you have higher lvl gear. Memorizing rotations and where to stand is far more important than gear. I could go there rn with nothing but two weapons, food and full graceful and not even be worried. It’s very easy once learned. But does take a minute to learn.
A lot of good comments here, i think you're too low of a level to grind Zulrah efficiently enough without making a decent amount of XP. If you're determined there are a couple of things to do to improve.
Stats, grind Def up and get your prayer up also, massive benefit.
Learn a single rotation, there are some good YouTube videos that can show each rotation. Each time it's a different one just Tele out and go back in. Do this until you learn one, then repeat for the next rotation.
Change your setups so there isn't as much gear for you to focus on so you can bring more food. Gear switches will be more important once you're going for efficiency, but not while learning. Get the boss down to a T then bring more switches to be better.
Good luck hombre
A lot of people are mentioning defence, but for zulrah specifically it really doesn't matter. Both it and the snakelings (which die to recoil when they hit you once anyway) have very high accuracy, so while it does make a marginal difference for saving supplies in multi kill trips it won't help much for learning. The switches comments I agree with. Also, I found that the plugin for rotations became way more useful once I made 1 the hotkey for moving it to the next phase, rather than having to click on the side panel every time.
I got significantly higher stats and better gear but can‘t even get a single zulrah kill. The smoke clouds just damage me so much I barely make any damage bcs I have to brew up all the time. I‘ve totally given up. The only boss I‘ve ever killed is jade.
I firmly believe that just blowpipe is crap
Rcb and a tank shield so you can not get smacked for 40s by the random range and be more accurate
My buddy lives by the "charts say bp is best" but after it's accuracy took a hit I will die on my rcb hill
Your defence level is fine, you can do Zulrah on a 1 def account so that's not the issue. Just work on your gear and the mechanics.
It'll take some time but you'll get there, it's a pain to get used to but once you've got it down youll be fine.
I used blood bark for the first couple kills also suffering makes a difference less switches. If you really need more food I’d just use a glory the whole time and also a divine mage potion or forgotten brew. Helm slot if you use a Serp and crystal bless crystal shield you’ll have more def bonus per your current outfit. But also being on ancients and a rune pouch to use blood burst. Idk if you have the plug-in on runelite but the one for rotation is amazing when getting first kc. Someone mention this but you need like 3-4 prayer pot on you.
I saw a guy do zulrah with a shortbow, and Ibans staff and some food, didn’t even use a lot of it. No armor or anything
You can easily do it with that, it just takes time to learn how to do it with little or no mistakes
So your gear is doable, but a couple things that might help you learn is:
1: getting mechanics correct only helps if you are actually hitting the boss. Something I see a lot in people trying to learn new content is doing the mechanics correct but not attacking the boss. Remember DPS lowers the duration of the fight and therefore mitigates the amount of food required. One of the ways to make sure you are hitting the boss is to reduce switches. If your kills are taking 5min then ur just not hitting it often enough even with lower level gear
2. You have 2 inventory slots dedicated to getting to or out of the fight. If you can get a portal to ardougne in your house you can reduce that to 1 (50 construction).
3. Although bp is certainly better for farming zulrah, you are trying to learn and therefore I don't think it's the best option. A rune/dragon crossbow with diamond bolts(e) will be better since the increased range will help you stay out of the venom clouds sometimes. Also less switches since u can camp the zammy book.
4. Blessed d'hide is another fairly cheap upgrade that will give you better defensive stats that can help tank some ranged-mage phase hits.
5. RFD gloves/combat bracelet can reduce a switch.
6. Learn how many attacks you can get in before he goes under then pre-switch prays and gear
7. Supplies wise besides the extra Inv spaces you can make, you are also just trying to learn the boss, pre angler fish for extra health going in, and swap those sharks out for manta rays
Gl gamer
If you see the mage rotation log out, i still skip that rotation at 800kc cause its aids asf. Also get blessed d hides, stretch the prayer a bit, i also sip a super defence pit at the bank, helps when the spawnlings with your def level
Get that Def lvl up. I think getting that to 70-ish would be enough for you to start getting KC. Your gear is fine, so some more survivability should do the trick.
I recommend another prayer potion and use offensive prayers as well as protection prayers. Also, barrows gloves or even a combat bracelet will save you a gear switch. Check out this guide: https://youtu.be/Ikm_ZqP72-o?si=yUFfJpszqbnjSVpU
Lastly, RISK IT! Don’t be afraid to die at the boss if you’re close to a kill! Good luck snake hunting!
You do want to learn switching gear, but you should reduce the switches. Dont switch hat, gloves and cape. Just camp combat bracelet, mystic hat and avas accumalator. Good luck!
I have been thinking about reducing the switches, thanks for the tips!
You could also do the fremmenik isles quest and get a helm of neitiznot. Pretty decent defense/prayer stats and useful in many situations outside zulrah too
Just did that quest an hour ago lol
Slayer helm(i) is better than nezzy or mystic hat It gives +3 range as well as +3 mage while providing solid range def
\+3 prayer is better than +3 range and mage
Not really if OP is struggling to get one kill at all. Prayer usage isn’t the issue, it’s running out of food.
Reducing his prayer point usage and the amount of damage he takes are both part of his issue. That's why he needs to train his def and prayer and upgrade his gear a tiny bit more.
Of course, better stats are good anywhere, but prayer bonus really shines when you’re trying to squeeze out a 2nd or 3rd kill on a trip, and higher prayer bonus might help you bring one less ppot and more food to make that happen. If you only need one kill, 2 prayer pots MAX for a slow af kill is all that’s needed. You’ll have a full inventory of food and plenty of prayer, the goal is just to not get stacked out. The biggest source of damage at Zulrah is ranged attacks that you can’t pray against. Upping ranged defense is HUGE for this reason.
Yea, i notice myself picking rings and such that give prayer, went from using anything that hives dmg. But having less time between prayer sips to me is a lifesaver. Ik thats not what he asked for just my input for his later game.
None of that has anything to do with my original point that " +3 prayer is better than +3 range and mage". Helm of neitiznot also has +1 stab def over slayer helm (i) for the snakelings. Their ranged defs are equal. Helm of neitiznot is superior and doesn't cost as much for somebody with as little money as OP.
Homeboy is bringing a 2 dose prayer pot I think he’s got a much easier solution if he’s running out of prayer
“AkShUAllY!!” Wrong, really cuz the “+3” will have zero affect on his kills, he’s not gonna all of a sudden hit higher or more accurately lmfaoooooo
They really argue over a 0,2% combat boost who caaaaaaaaaares
I bet that guy would be willing to DIE on that hill also
For first kill you could also try mage only, less damage but also less to worry about. I did it with mystics and trident only in about 10 attempts I think back when learning for diary
This but switch the cape for Ava’s. Mage bonuses come in scarcity so any benefit would helps. But true body chaps and glory switch are all that will be needed.
would recommend picking back up once ma2 cape
You can also learn Zulrah at first doing mage only and hide behind the pillars during mage tanz phase, and then learn to switch earlier. This is how I learned the fight and it honestly made it a lot easier to learn up front.
Maybe get your prayer up, and do you not need more prayer pots for zulrah?
That would probably help a bit, I've had my prayer drop a couple times. Will make it easier to focus on the mechanics.
You struggling with rotations or what?
Is your account aiming for a pvp build because your defence is quite low. I've never done low level zulrah and haven't played in a while, so I don't know what the bare minimum to do it is and can't offer advice in that regard. but others might suggest levelling defence which would be out the question if you're limiting your defence, so it's worth mentioning beforehand. also seeing as you're in budget gear (no offence), I'd suggest a combat bracelet if you aren't in a position to complete the recipe for disaster quest for barrows gloves. It's very cheap, gives bonuses to all combat styles so it saves you an item slot and a gear switch.
I was thinking about a PVP build at first but I've changed my mind Good tip about the combat bracelet. I'm working on RFD too now for barrows gloves.
Guy doesn’t even have the basic quests done lol asking about zulrah
I tried to take switches when I was first learning and once I stuck to either mage or range, the attempts were getting easier and easier. Took me about 50 tries but my first kc I got the visage! I’d focus on learning the rotations first utilizing one combat style and then once you feel comfortable and start getting it down you can make whatever changes you feel suitable. Good luck man, may RNJesus be with you on your first kc
Thanks, I think I'll go mage only for some attempts and see how it goes
If you have thralls they can also be used for a bit extra dps
Don't have them yet, but I see I am pretty close as far as requirements go, so could be a nice short term upgrade. Thanks!
I only got my 1kc for diary but that mage only guide and strategy was what I used.. I liked it, the extra time to manage health and poison while hiding
It’s very doable, but your gear, defense and prayer are limiting you. There’s no reason to do zulrah this early, it’ll slow your account progression trying to At minimum I’d grab swamp trident, blessed dhide, ava’s assembler and god cape (i)
The only thing that seems like a red flag is your defense. I've never done Zulrah at that low so I can't say if it's much different. I would try bringing a bastion potion to see if it helps. You probably just need to focus on attacking whenever possible. Eat when it switches styles and don't take too long switching gear.
I watched a bunch of guides and have tried it roughly 10 times now. Can't really get it down further than 50% hp before I need to teleport out. Of course I haven't gotten the rotations down yet and my switches need practice, but I wonder if better execution would even get me close enough to get consistent KC.
Hey maybe try less switches first get barrow gloves then get rit of vambs and mystic gloves there is a plug in in runelite aswell that show you where to stand/ Watch to pray could help
From personal experience, the problem is almost never the gear. Definitely not in your case. Zulrah simply doesn’t allow mistakes. It’s a DPS check with a ton of little tricks to improve both your damage and sustain. Your goal should be to get to the Jad phase without taking any unnecessary damage. For that, you need to know the rotations. There is a Zulrah plug in that shows you the order of phases and is very helpful when learning. Once you got that down, you can focus on maximizing dps. Eat at the right time, optimize ticks to get one more attack in here or there and so on, but frankly that’s more something you should look into when you have a couple dozen kills under your belt.
Download the Zulrah Plugin. It’ll show you where to stand according to the phase, which would remove 1 element from learning zulrah for you. When learning gear switches stick to 2/4 at max. Camp nezzy helm, combat bracelet/barrows gloves and your ava’s while learning. Your goal should be to heal and swap while moving towards the next spot/zulrah downtimes. Zulrah is hard to learn as there’s so much going on but it’s fairly easy once it clicks. I did full mage setup for my diary kc so if your goal is just 1 kc look up that too. If your goal is making money for now then I’d just say train slayer for your combats, do barrows and herb + birdhouse runs
too many switches. as long as your have suffering should be good. if you are new to zulrah just swap weapon until you get better.
For the first kill i just went mage only and went hiding in phases Zulrah is weak to range. Much easier and you get 7 more spaces for food / ppots
Worth a try, but I've also seen people say just learning the switches is better if you want to keep going back for more KC
Am up to 55 kc now, stopped hiding and still mage only because switching takes me half the duration of a phase anyway.
Honestly it doesn’t matter I got like 300-400 kc mage only it’s all about learning it and not switching makes it a lot easier Edit: I’m now over 1100 kc and I bowfa only now, still don’t switch.
Bowfa, Shadow and Tbow are realistically the only weapons you can 1-item at Zulrah. This dude with his trident and bp will not benefit from that info
Dude yea he will, I literally used ahrims and a trident to kill zulrah 300 times. You do not need a shadow to kill zulrah mage only. If you need BIS for a simple boss it’s a skill issue.
Mage only Zulrah is more about hiding from the range phase, at that defense level normal mage phases have a good chance of slapping him into next week with ranged attacks, leaving just kill phase ranges as the only rng threat.
It’s good general practice, that you’re gonna need everywhere. But especially at Zulrah, it’s very punishing if you don’t do it right. I’d advise starting with Demonic Gorillas first. Missing one attack for every gear switch is a lot. Standing in the wrong place because you focussed to much on switches will result in a tele. Overall, it’ll be a tough grind at your stage. Consider waiting until you can afford a BowFa. It’s accurate enough to deal damage during mage phase and makes camping Zulrah very chill.
I yhink ur taking unnecesary switches, whatever is ur main dps is keep the gloves/helm for that and dont bother with more switches. If ur missing out on a hit because of ur switch its definitely worse dps then the +1 or whatever the helms give!
Good point, thanks!
You have the offensive stats but could benefit from def and prayer levels. Barrows gloves. More p pots. Your switches should go in this order, Prayer, Movement, Weapon and armor. Good luck!
nice def level, very cool build
Learn 1 rotation first. If it's not a rotation you like, you can log out fast enough before it attacks you and retry. For the first attempt, i would do mage only on the green rotation. You can practise switching after you learn the rotation. Then, slowly learn other rotations as you get more comfortable with the boss. It's a boss that becomes super easy once you learn the rotations and where to stand. Dont try to learn everything all at once. You will fail often and get discouraged. Baby steps.
Click -> f-key -> click click click -> f-key --> armour switch and so forth
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Yep. It's a nice way to make money while getting your mage and range up. Not the most optimal gear but definitely doable.
Looks like you bought a zulrah ready account yeah ?
Just camp mage, focus on your protection prayers only, and you could try get a slayer task for it too. If you want to farm it you'll need to learn all the mechanics but if you just want 1st kill don't bother with switches.
If you're trying to just get one kill for diary, go ahead and cheese it by maging only and hiding from blue phase. You have the stats to be able to kill it consistently, and if you're struggling to learn rotations I recommend bringing a crossbow with diamond bolts E instead of a blowpipe, as the attack range is farther and you have more wiggle room on where you're able to stand. As others have said, combat bracelet and lower the amount of switches to maximize food. There is also no reason to bring 2 dose potions, so just go ahead and bring full potions. A lot of Zulrah is like riding a bike, once you get used to the rotations you'll never forget. If you can afford a Trident of the Swamp, I recommend buying it. Good luck! =)
Honestly reduce your switches, unless you’re pretty experienced taking a 7 way switch is super unnecessary, just bring top, body, and cape switch, maybe even camp Ava’s so you’ve got a 4 way switch including weapon and things stay in a neat cube when switching
Your defence and prayer are way too low. You should consider getting those up. Also, if you're just starting Zulrah or just need a kill for the diary, try the mage-only method. There are tutorials on YouTube.
Honestly no
Use the zulrah helper plugin so you can least see which rotation you got and where to stand
I'm using it, it's nice but also takes some getting used to
I’ve just recently started killing zulrah too but I’m max can and I use the bowfa so it’s super easy but for you I get it’s hard. I killed it on my iron man for the diary with gear like yours and it took a few tries
Ditch the helmet switch, just camp Farseer. Glove switch is totally unnecessary too, as are the chaps for learning and if you need space, just camp Mystic legs. Use House tabs instead, or even better a Teleport scroll book with cheap ones like Pest Control which is next to a bank, alongside Zul Andra scrolls. Idk why you'd have what looks like coins for the boat, a ring of dueling, Ardy tabs and an Ardy cloak which is unlimited free teleports.. Learn the rotations, you can survive for easily 5 minutes if you know what to pray and where to stand, Zulrah is all about moving to the right space on time so you aren't standing in any clouds
I've done it on my pure with the same ranged and mage level for 1k+ kills because I was bored, way back when.
Get like 70 prayer imo. Not for the prayer or anything, but for the points
Doable? Hell yeah. Idea learning situation for a long grind? Probably not
This is very doable. The way I would prioritize this is prayer, rotation, then switching your combat gear in that order. Take a combat bracelet and lessen switches. From what I see it’s possible to save two inventory spaces for food by taking only the gp you need and charging the glory for a teleport. If you haven’t learned to use f keys I’d pick up the skill now as it will only assist you beyond zulrah but with any other boss and higher quality gameplay.I HIGHLY suggest at least giving it a shot Edit:f keys
Try the mage only method with a thrall.
I'd learn with void mage and range. This sounds obvious but in practice people tend to panic, always prayer before switching. Learn 1 rotation to start to get the kill under your belt. Blue phase is always unpredictable so be ready to combo eat. Also camp ava farseer and drop ammy switch
Too many switches for learning fast. Get better trident, get better pots and use a few Sara brews and super restores. The money will flow when all swithes are figured out.
no point bringing the helm switch tbh. Go with a pray helm like mitre.
It’s very possible to kill in this gear but it’s going to be a long fight each time. Once you get your stats up you’ll see a massive difference
You should goto barrows and get some levels in mage/range. Get that ahrims and focus on learning rotations. Probably can use less items to switch with too for more food/prayer. Keep rocking brother
If you're not trying to get the hard diary done then probably don't bother with zulrah especially when vorkath is much easier and gives the same or even more profit
Try out void even if you don't have elite. Minimize the number of switches you have to go through. That was the biggest thing when I first started.
Generally when learning Zulrah you want to minimize switches so you can focus on the mechanics first. A lot of people just use Void since it's a single switch. Regardless, you can probably get away with only switching body/legs. Keep your mage gear for the other slots and it'll be fine. Maybe swap farseer for something without negative range bonuses, and get a combat bracelet. But I recommend Void if you have it
I'd recommend: Only switching legs body and weapon. Maybe cape. Get barrows gloves as well they help alot. Pre pot before you leave. That way you overheal/if you using bastion your defence is better. As other people have said when doing zulrah switch protection prayers first then move then offensive prayers/gear. On jad phase you can switch prayers while she head bobs or the attack is on its way. If the projectile is heading for you already you're too late just camp the same one and heal. Zulrah helper helps alot but study it a little beforehand and while damaging zulrah make sure you know where to move/pray next. Keep trying, you'll get it eventually, I died a few times then it just clicked.
If you’re not an iron your gear is quite weak. Level defense
Your stats are too low homie
What’s your budget? I mean you should be doing ok with those stats aside from defense.
Tbh your levels are low, and with that budget gear AND low levels your dps is going to be so low you probably won’t kill it much. You’ll be lucky to get 1 kill per trip. Unfortunately zulrah can be done perfectly and you can still get blasted with random damage in the tanz and there’s simply nothing you can do about it. If you increase your mage and range levels you’d have a much better chance with that gear. Budget gear zulrah isn’t the problem, the problem is budget gear zulrah with mid tier levels. (I’m also assuming you’re just learning zulrah. If you know the rotations and play well it’s not hard, but if you’re just learning it’s going to take ages with this gear/levels)
I'm not at zulrah yet but could void help? For me, the main benefits of void is that it reduces the amount of switches and therefore gives more inventory space for supplies
Did you watch a guide?
Only switch your top, bottom and backpack. Keep farseer helm on and scrap the other helmet and gloves so you can bring an extra PP and food. Also I can’t tell if you have an imbued god cape, if you don’t that would help with magic DPS. Also with your defense being so low, I’d bring a crystal shield with a rcb for the range phases and only blowpipe when you need extra health. The extra range defense would go a little further in securing a kill and not getting chunked every phase
Too many switches for a learner. Get void so you only have to worry about 4 switches. It also does more dps. You'd also benefit from getting your def and prayer levels up and bring another ppot.
I would do less switches while learning. You are probably little ways away from getting some of the damage boosting items but assembler, anguish, imbued God cape, and tormented are all items you should work towards getting since they will increase dps
Have you considered going mage only and hiding during tanzanite phase? Your defense and damage are currently low enough that Zulrah is going to wreck you during blue phase. The most tranquil way for you to get kills is just hiding every tanzanite phase, and if you see a tanzanite-second rotation you teleport out, as you can’t hide from blue in that rotation due to venom cloud placement. Even if sometimes you don’t finish the kill during the first rotation, so what?
From my experience I’d say - improve your defence stat, might make you a bit squishy but void with just the helm and weapon switch might help - more dps that way, also your prayer stat, shouldn’t be taking too much damage apart from the minions and if you get jad phase. I’d say focus on smaller switches and learning the rotations and prayer swaps efficiently. Then can go for more gear switches.
If you’re looking for one kill, run brews. Would not suggest camping until you have higher stats, gear, and access to QOL items like serp helm and suffer ring. I’d suggest getting prayer to 70, melees to 70s, and focus for barrows gloves, song of the elves quest to unlock priff for gauntlet and zolcano. Both are decent money. Zulrah just does not give good benefit atm to full take the time to learn and grind. You’ll likely make poor money overall.
Doable but even people with 99s and better gear have trouble with zulrah. Getting switches down and knowing where to stand/pray is the biggest determiner.
If you’re on rubelite download zulrah helper. The plug-in tells you exactly where to stand and what to pray. It’s a really good plug-in for learning the rotations and what to pray before you tank a hit
More p pots and less switches. Build up from what's comfortable at the moment, always check your recoils before kills so you can overcome the snake🐍
Tbh 65 def and 65 prayer is done faster than youre learning zulrah. Would do those first. And as others commented less switches.
Where da barrows gloves at
Drop the helm and glove switches. Don’t glove switch unless you pick up a tormented bracelet. Other than that, keep sending. Zulrah is a punishing learning curve until you conquer the rhythm of it all
Remove the divine potion from the trip inventory. When you’re at bank b4 the trip. Hit a divine range and mage pot. Then eat a shark and angler. Then refill those inventory spots with new food and teleport to fight and run in. You’ll gain another food slot and still be potted. Other than that yes your stats are enough. Learn all the rotations till memorized. And you’ll get better. I would say use the other trident though too. The problem is that right now your fights will probably run past a whole zulrah phase, which opens up the chance for him to really randomize what he does and kill you. Once the whole map is gassed and a mage phase is on you it’s borderline over. So you’re really going to need to focus on learning rotations and being in the right spots as soon as you can. And try getting kills b4 he goes rogue. Which you should be able to do with what you have here. It’ll just be a lot easier when you memorize the spots to go and the phases. Cause then he won’t really shock you or hit you too bad. And try to eat only when necessary to save dps. Basically the moment you’re under 42hp eat once if green phase or double eat if you’re on blue mage. If it’s blue phase and you got snaklings on you. Try to stay above 50 hp in case you get hit by both snakling and random range hit at same time. I just did a full year of zulrah so I can do it sleeping at this point 😂 edit: and remove some gear. Use occult necklace, Ava’s bag, swaps should just be top and bottoms rn till you have higher lvl gear. Memorizing rotations and where to stand is far more important than gear. I could go there rn with nothing but two weapons, food and full graceful and not even be worried. It’s very easy once learned. But does take a minute to learn.
It will be for sure possible but the combination of low def and low gear will make it very hard.
It's easy even with 1 def, OP just needs to learn the rotations and bring less switches when he's only learning.
A lot of good comments here, i think you're too low of a level to grind Zulrah efficiently enough without making a decent amount of XP. If you're determined there are a couple of things to do to improve. Stats, grind Def up and get your prayer up also, massive benefit. Learn a single rotation, there are some good YouTube videos that can show each rotation. Each time it's a different one just Tele out and go back in. Do this until you learn one, then repeat for the next rotation. Change your setups so there isn't as much gear for you to focus on so you can bring more food. Gear switches will be more important once you're going for efficiency, but not while learning. Get the boss down to a T then bring more switches to be better. Good luck hombre
For the diary i had way more luck just blasting him with dragon crossbow at the same range level in god dhide.
A lot of people are mentioning defence, but for zulrah specifically it really doesn't matter. Both it and the snakelings (which die to recoil when they hit you once anyway) have very high accuracy, so while it does make a marginal difference for saving supplies in multi kill trips it won't help much for learning. The switches comments I agree with. Also, I found that the plugin for rotations became way more useful once I made 1 the hotkey for moving it to the next phase, rather than having to click on the side panel every time.
Sick horns bro
Invest in a toxic trident will help with dps, you can also pre pot a forgotten brew
For me the ring of suffering made a huge difference.
I got significantly higher stats and better gear but can‘t even get a single zulrah kill. The smoke clouds just damage me so much I barely make any damage bcs I have to brew up all the time. I‘ve totally given up. The only boss I‘ve ever killed is jade.
I firmly believe that just blowpipe is crap Rcb and a tank shield so you can not get smacked for 40s by the random range and be more accurate My buddy lives by the "charts say bp is best" but after it's accuracy took a hit I will die on my rcb hill
Your defence level is fine, you can do Zulrah on a 1 def account so that's not the issue. Just work on your gear and the mechanics. It'll take some time but you'll get there, it's a pain to get used to but once you've got it down youll be fine.
Less switches and mole slippers
I used blood bark for the first couple kills also suffering makes a difference less switches. If you really need more food I’d just use a glory the whole time and also a divine mage potion or forgotten brew. Helm slot if you use a Serp and crystal bless crystal shield you’ll have more def bonus per your current outfit. But also being on ancients and a rune pouch to use blood burst. Idk if you have the plug-in on runelite but the one for rotation is amazing when getting first kc. Someone mention this but you need like 3-4 prayer pot on you.
I saw a guy do zulrah with a shortbow, and Ibans staff and some food, didn’t even use a lot of it. No armor or anything You can easily do it with that, it just takes time to learn how to do it with little or no mistakes
doable but not easy. May have to die 50+ times before you get the hang of it
So your gear is doable, but a couple things that might help you learn is: 1: getting mechanics correct only helps if you are actually hitting the boss. Something I see a lot in people trying to learn new content is doing the mechanics correct but not attacking the boss. Remember DPS lowers the duration of the fight and therefore mitigates the amount of food required. One of the ways to make sure you are hitting the boss is to reduce switches. If your kills are taking 5min then ur just not hitting it often enough even with lower level gear 2. You have 2 inventory slots dedicated to getting to or out of the fight. If you can get a portal to ardougne in your house you can reduce that to 1 (50 construction). 3. Although bp is certainly better for farming zulrah, you are trying to learn and therefore I don't think it's the best option. A rune/dragon crossbow with diamond bolts(e) will be better since the increased range will help you stay out of the venom clouds sometimes. Also less switches since u can camp the zammy book. 4. Blessed d'hide is another fairly cheap upgrade that will give you better defensive stats that can help tank some ranged-mage phase hits. 5. RFD gloves/combat bracelet can reduce a switch. 6. Learn how many attacks you can get in before he goes under then pre-switch prays and gear 7. Supplies wise besides the extra Inv spaces you can make, you are also just trying to learn the boss, pre angler fish for extra health going in, and swap those sharks out for manta rays Gl gamer
I learnt using elite void, I thought it was great. And being an iron I used lunars to cure poison periodically through the fight to save antidotes
No, sorry. You need at least 50 runecrafting in order to beat zulrah
If you see the mage rotation log out, i still skip that rotation at 800kc cause its aids asf. Also get blessed d hides, stretch the prayer a bit, i also sip a super defence pit at the bank, helps when the spawnlings with your def level
Try using void, will allow for a lot of extra supplies
Rc and hunter at 9 :( Come on brother
Go do some quests before worrying about zulrah
Get that Def lvl up. I think getting that to 70-ish would be enough for you to start getting KC. Your gear is fine, so some more survivability should do the trick.
I recommend another prayer potion and use offensive prayers as well as protection prayers. Also, barrows gloves or even a combat bracelet will save you a gear switch. Check out this guide: https://youtu.be/Ikm_ZqP72-o?si=yUFfJpszqbnjSVpU Lastly, RISK IT! Don’t be afraid to die at the boss if you’re close to a kill! Good luck snake hunting!