Lord_Firer

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Ahh, kk. Well I don't really mind, as long as I help even the tinniest bit, I am happy. I am 100% sure that there are better guides than this, this just how I did it.

Np man, enjoy the cape lol

Well a brute force attack worked for me =P, any how, this guide was written 1-2 days after the quest came out, I am sure there are many other methods that are much better than mine. My guide was more so to prove that it can be done with average/below average stats. mckinzy5, I take it your talking to Doc_Roe3?

I'd recommend the 125- if you have trouble with the 125+ method. Goodluck

Well done. Enjoy the exp/cape!

Nicely done.

Nicely done, congratulations!

I'd say so, it has a massive stab bonus, so try that. Read around for how to use the z spear.

Some prices are out of date and no longer profit. Also, 1k feathers can be bought from Ava in Draynor.

Maybe, all depends on if you can finish him quick enough that you don't need a tort full of food.

Didn't know they were for sale. I read someone post that he was able to get both colors by doing the drop trick. Strange that you can't get another cape if you the first one. You might have a cape in your house cape rack, I found that I had a blue cape in there even tho I had bought it from him using the drop trick. So now I have 2 blue and 1 red one. If it is in your house, you will be unable to buy another one off him until you have no capes at all, including the one in your house.

Updated.

Are you running out of food or is he just hitting you faster than you can heal? Have you ever considered bringing sara brews and restore pots instead of rocktails? I think that's where you're coming up short on. When I killed the nomad I still had 7 sara brews (4) and 2 super restore pots left over. Also try using z spear as the main wep instead of SGS. i only used sgs for the specials. 1. Try just extremes, and a 1:3 ratio for healing set. 2. Do not wear Armadyl here, it gives -18 to all attack bonus when wearing the full set. This is defiantly not what you want here. 3. You won't be needing prayers here if you use the healing sets, because the super restores will restore your prayer level as well. I recommend BGS over all other godswords here, as the bgs spec can lower his defence, meaning you will hit more often and harder. You can try zammy spear, but I myself have no idea how good it is. Also, I would recommend using Method 125- as it has a little trick to avoid his 75-hit-attack. I think that using piety during the fight is better than the curses mainly because the quest requires use of it. Not 100% sure, but give it a try some time. Read the 125- guide, made for lower levels, but it will mean that high levels should slaughter Nomad.

I wrote a small guide on how to defeat him, the 125- part uses a lot less food once you get it down pat. You can see it HERE. Good luck,

Very nice, good job! I'll be stealing that image :twisted: . I bought both, good old drop n' trade trick. 99 in all cmbs stats would make this a walk in the park, I found it not too hard at only average stats.

I've yet to try that out, and I am not sure about that. Is that a personal finding, or what? Also, this is a guide to how I did it, not really how others did. Lord

Thanks, but this is really just a guide to how I did it. As good as a guide is, it is better to see how others did it, and then mold it to your requirements. As I am only of average stats, this is closer to those that are having difficulties with the quest.

I'll be adding more pictures to better explain, maybe also a 'perfect - high' and ' perfect - low' guide. If extremes are available, use them. If you have turmoil/soul split, I would use them over piety and protect prayers. The protect prayers don't negate the damage, but I find that it reduces the damage somewhat. The problem with guthans is that it does not hit and heal that often to be all that effective, and because he is using a mage based attack, he will be hitting you rather hard. Barrows is ok if you are willing to expend the money on the fixing of it. In that case, I would suggest Karils top and bottom. I have yet to try zammy spear, so I am not sure how effective it is. I know that I would hit 40's-30's every now and then with the bgs, as well as the tort hitting fairly surprising 8's every so often as well. Even when my stats were not restored (after having brews) I would still hit 20's+. Hope this helps,

Hey there! Shadow Stalker here! Pre-post: This guide is not 100% guide to beat Nomad, this is just how I did it. I am 100% sure that there are better guides. I heavily suggest reading a few guides and mix and match until you find the one that works for you. I have been reading the RSOF recently, and have seen that quite a few people are having difficuties with beating the last boss. Personally I did not find this quest that hard, in fact, I found that it was too short to really be a 'Grandmaster' in my opinion. It only took me 1 serious attempt to beat him on the higher level account, about 5 on the lower one. First I learnt his attacks with a inventory of sharks and a tort full of them too, just to see how far I could go with them, got him to 1/4-2/4 health. I heavily recommend that you do this to (monks will do fine) to see and learn his attacks, and maybe use some of the tactics I will show you. Here is how I did it (I've beaten him twice now, 2 different accounts) NOTE: These are the exact ways I did it with the 2 accounts, and can be changed to suit your needs in terms of cash/levels. If you have better equipment than what I mentioned, use it NOTE2: You magic level kind of counts here, as that is what is being tested with his mage attack. Mage level = Mage defence level. NOTE3: I've seen a lot of people talk about ruby(e), I personally would NEVER use them if your using my guide. 1. Max is only 75, not that grand. 2. The times you use range is when you need max hp, hurting yourself during these times is not help your achieve your goal. Food is a resource in this battle that needs to be conserved. NEVER USE BARROWS HERE - unless you are willing to spend the cash on fixing it every time you die. [hide=!METHOD ONE! ~ higher levels (125+) Brute force attack!] Stats: Att/ 92 Str/ 96 Def/ 90 Mage/ 82 Range/ 88 Prayer/ 78 Hp/ 94 Sum/ 71 Equipment Head: Nez helm Neck: Fury Ammy Body: Black D'hide body Legs: Black D'hide legs Feet: Dragon boots Hands: Barrows Gloves Weapon: Bandos Godsword. Back: Fire Cape Arrow Slot: 100-200 Diamond (e) Ring: none (use one that gives a bonus, I did not have one) Inventory: Super Restore (4) x 6 Sara Brew (4) x 18 Super Att (4) x 1 Super Str (4) x 1 Rune C bow x 1 Shark x 1 [hide=For the perfect setup, look here.] Stats: Att/ 99 Str/ 99 Def/ 99 Mage/ 99 Range/ 99 Prayer/ 99 Hp/ 99 Sum/ 99 Equipment Head: Nez helm Neck: Fury Ammy Body: Karil's body Legs: Karil's legs Feet: Dragon boots Hands: Barrows Gloves Weapon: Bandos Godsword/Zamorak Spear (Have not tried zammy spear, but apparently it is very good against him) Back: Fire Cape Arrow Slot: Hand Cannon Shot Ring: Warrior ring [with or without (i)] Quick walk through. Use pak yak of items, when it is empty, summon steel titan, spam steel titan scroll. Very easy. [/hide] Tort Inventory: Super Restore (4) x 4 Sara Brew (4) x 12 Shark x 2 Put food into tort like shown, this will help when you use 'take BoB'. Instructions how to consume food: Not sure what his max is, but I think somewhere in the 30's, so do not let it drop below 40. Drink 3 sara brew sips, then one Super restore sip. I also like to set out my pots like so. 1 Super restore (4) then 3 Sara Brews (4). This makes it easier to make sure you don't lose count of how much of each you have had. THE FIGHT (for people of similar stats to me, if struggling, look bellow.): STEP 0, PREPARATION. Make sure you are using 'accurate' as your attack, you will hit more often. Set left-click option to 'Take BoB', this is a must for the fight. Sip 1 of each super att and str while talking to him, turn on piety, protect mage and Rapid Restore. Use bgs spec (mine never hit -.-), because if you land a blow, it will lower his defence, making it easier. Don't move from your position and keep attacking while he lays down the mines, I just took the 75 hit attack anyway, you are just wasting time running to the pillars imo. Maybe that only worked for me. Heal up again. When he creates the illusions, look for the one that attacks last, that is the real one. Range him when he freezes you, as you are not within melee distance. Pot up for his strongest attack and then heal after attack. Repeat 2) and use step 1) when possible. When he starts meleeing you nice and fast, pray melee. NOTE: You will need to drop the empty vials, so do so when possible, such as when frozen and unable to attack. [/hide] [hide=!METHOD TWO! ~ lower levels (125-) If your struggling with low amounts of food, this will help!] Stats: Att/ 86 Str/ 86 Def/ 96 Mage/ 76 Range/ 77 Prayer/ 72 Hp/ 90 Sum/ 74 Equipment: Head: Nez helm Neck: Glory ammy Body: Black D'hide body Legs: Black D'hide legs Feet: Dragon boots Hands: Barrows Gloves Weapon: Bandos Godsword. (lent) Back: Obby cape Arrow Slot: 100-200 Hand Cannon shot Ring: none (use one that gives a bonus, I did not have one) Inventory: Super Restore (4) x 6 Sara Brew (4) x 18 Super Att (4) x 1 Super Str (4) x 1 Hand Cannon x 1 Rocktail x 1 [hide=For the perfect setup, look here.] Stats: Att/ 99 Str/ 99 Def/ 99 Mage/ 99 Range/ 99 Prayer/ 99 Hp/ 99 Sum/ 99 Equipment Head: Nez helm Neck: Fury Ammy Body: Karil's body Legs: Karil's legs Feet: Dragon boots Hands: Barrows Gloves Weapon: Bandos Godsword/Zamorak Spear (Have not tried zammy spear, but apparently it is very good against him) Back: Fire Cape Arrow Slot: Hand Cannon Shot Ring: Warrior ring [with or without (i)] Quick walk through. Use pak yak of items, when it is empty, summon steel titan, spam steel titan scroll. Very easy. [/hide] Tort Inventory: Super Restore (4) x 4 Sara Brew (4) x 12 Rocktail x 2 Put food into tort like shown, this will help when you use 'take BoB'. Instructions how to consume food: Not sure what his max is, but I think somewhere in the 30's, so do not let it drop below 40. Drink 3 sara brew sips, then one Super restore sip. I also like to set out my pots like so. 1 Super restore (4) then 3 Sara Brews (4). This makes it easier to make sure you don't lose count of how much of each you have had. THE FIGHT (for people who cannot complete the above): STEP 0, PREPARATION. Make sure you are using 'accurate' as your attack, you will hit more often. Set left-click option to 'Take BoB', this is a must for the fight. Sip 1 of each super att and str while talking to him, turn on piety, protect mage and Rapid Restore. Use bgs spec (mine never hit -.-), because if you land a blow, it will lower his defence, making it easier. As soon as you see him laying down mines or when he first attacks, run behind the pillar to the left hand side (facing the big machine) two back from where you get frozen/attacked initially, then move to the pillar in front. This should lure Nomad in between the pillars, where he can still attack you. This is good, because once he teleports to the center, hide behind the pillar and you will not get hit with the 75-hit-attack. This time hiding behind the pillar is good for potting up on food and checking your stats. Drop empty vials here as well. Move in once he has finished the 75-hit-attack. NOTE: do not hide for too long, if he says "Face me!" and you do not fight him in time, he heals to full hp. [hide=Here is the visual process:] The start, basically this is where you stand when you talk/get teleported to. Mines have started dropping, time to move. Your not safe here, but you will have gotten him stuck behind the pillar. Move across now, hopefully he will move in between the pillars. If not, move around behind the pillar to get him to move. As he is in between the pillars, you can now attack him. When he teleports, go the the square closest to the entrance. Pot up here and drop empty vials. Now go attack when his attack misses. [/hide] When he creates the illusions, look for the one that attacks last, that is the real one. Range him when he freezes you, as you are not within melee distance. Pot up for his strongest attack and then heal after it. Repeat from step 2) and use step 1) when possible. When he starts meleeing you nice and fast, pray melee. [/hide] [hide=CONGRATULATIONS!] Thanks DeEliteOne for the image, and look at the text box! [/hide] Personally I find that Bandos GWD is harder than this boss. When I finished the fight, I still had 3 healing sets left (1:3 ratio of Super restore to Sara brew). Post any questions you might have, I will answer them as soon as possible. Remember, don't panic and good luck to you all,

WOW. I have been waiting for someone to either come up with great ideas, or post them in a noticeable place for JaGex to see it, to solve this current problem. I really do hope that JaGex does get in contact with TS_Stormrage or some economic expert (so many these days :P ) to remove this stain from RS. Think, this all started from RWT. Why do people have to ruin a good game?

Yeah its on wrong... Lol, it is meant to be like that.

Backwards? Do you mean upside down? Because it is meant to sweep down.

Was trying to got for a more traditional image of a scimitar than the usual. When/if I make a longsword, it will be a noticeable difference. Thanks for the feedback.