K'ril Tsutsaroth

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K'ril Tsutsaroth
Release date	17 October 2013 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Combat level	650
Always drops	Ashes
Examine	A servant of the god Zamorak.
Examine	A servant of the god Zamorak.
Combat info
Hitpoints	255
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	Yes (16)
Max hit	30 (magic) 49 (special attack - through protect melee) 47 (melee)
Weakness	Silverlight, Darklight, Arclight, Ranged
Attack Styles	Melee (slash), Magic (short-ranged)
Attack Styles	Melee (slash), Magic (short-ranged)
Slayer info
Slayer level	1
Slayer XP	350.5
Category	Boss, Greater demon
Assigned by
Assigned by
Combat stats
	340
	340
	300
	300
	270
	270
	200
	200
	1
	1
Aggressive stats
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
	+0
Defensive stats
	+80
	+80
	+80
	+80
	+80
	+80
	+130
	+130
	+80
	+80
Other Bonuses
	+160
	+160
	+31
	+31
	+0
	+0
	+0%
	+0%
Immunities
	Immune
	Immune
	Immune
	Immune
Attack speed
Attack speed

K'ril Tsutsaroth (pronounced "KRILL TUTT-zuh-roth") is the boss of the Zamorak Fortress in the God Wars Dungeon. To gain access to his chamber, players must kill 40 Zamorakians. He uses Melee and Magic attacks. He is most often killed for the Staff of the dead or the Zamorakian spear, but some players kill him (and his melee bodyguard) for Slayer.

K'ril Tsutsaroth is classified as a greater demon; thus, killing him counts towards any greater demon Slayer task and also allows a player to take advantage of the abilities of a Black mask or Slayer helmet, if they have a greater demon Slayer task. Players will gain 350.5 Slayer experience if they slay K'ril Tsutsaroth on their Slayer task.

K'ril is the least popular of all of the God Wars bosses, as his unique drops do not have as much value compared to the other generals. A trip is also more tedious; his prayer smashes can quickly drain a tanking player's supplies and players cannot use bones to peaches tabs to extend their trip as he and his bodyguards all drop ashes.

Bodyguards

• Balfrug Kreeyath (Magic)
• Tstanon Karlak (Melee)
• Zakl'n Gritch (Ranged)

The fight

K'ril can hit up to 47 with Melee attacks and 30 with Magic. He has a special attack that hits through protection prayers, drains your remaining prayer points by half and may hit up to 49, however he will only use this if his target is praying against melee. Players should still use Protect from Melee, however, as he won't hit as often as he would without it. Another viable option is to use Protect from Magic with extremely high defensive armours such as Barrows equipment. The benefits of this are that K'ril's relatively common magical attacks will be blocked, his attacks will be easier to resist, and the special attack will be avoided, meaning fewer massive hits and prayer drains. K'ril has a surprisingly low Defence level for his Combat level meaning that hitting him is fairly easy, although this is somewhat counterbalanced by his ability to hit through a player's protection prayer.

K'ril can poison players, starting at 16 damage per hit, thus making him the second most poisonous monster in the game.

When K'ril uses his special attack, he will yell "YARRRRRRR!", and players will receive the following message: K'ril Tsutsaroth slams through your protection prayer, leaving you feeling drained.

General strategy

Tanks are of incredible importance in this boss fight. However, to lengthen each trip, it is helpful if members of the team take turns being the target of the demon's attacks.

• Using the Arclight/Darklight's special attack is very helpful, as it only uses 50% of the energy bar and weakens the demon's Defence more effectively than the Bandos godsword does. However, this has extremely low accuracy.

A pair of players fighting K'ril Tsutsaroth and his bodyguards.

• When soloing, a Bandos godsword (or Darklight/Arclight/DWH using an Abyssal whip) is almost the best way to get the most kills per trip due to the Defence-reducing capabilities. If you are wearing Karil's armour with a Helm of neitiznot, a Zamorak cape and an Amulet of fury, most of the minions will not be able to damage you as you will have some decent Defence against all forms of Combat, and you will only take damage from the boss' attack when he hits through your prayers, and occasionally from his magical attack, and if you forgot an Antipoison. It is always very effective to attack K'ril twice, stand under him, then attack him twice again in a regular fashion to reduce the amount of attacks taken from him.
• Tanks can attack once with a 2.4 second speed weapon e.g. Abyssal whip or Zamorakian hasta, and then once with a Godsword to inflict maximum damage before resetting the bosses next attack. This allows you to block all of his attacks with a shield, while still maximising damage output.

• At higher Defence levels, a good method of tanking consists of bringing high level melee armour along with a high powered shield such as an Elysian spirit shield or a Dragonfire shield whilst activating Protect from Magic. Using this method the tank will take substantial melee damage but remain unaffected by his magic attacks and dangerous special. Tanks using this method will gain the most benefit using a Staff of the dead as a special attack weapon; equipping the staff to invoke the special attack and keeping it equipped while the effect is active, and switching back to their regular weapon after it wears off.
• For fighting K'ril Tsutsaroth, the Slayer helmet is best in slot when on task. If not on task, bring a Serpentine helmet.
• The Staff of the dead while tanking does well, although some may find the Saradomin godsword to be better.
• For the attacker(s): on task the Crystal halberd is the best damage per second, when off-task the Armadyl godsword is better because of the lack of accuracy the Slayer helmet provides. The Dragon halberd is also fairly decent.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Ashes	1	Always	72

Weapons and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Adamant arrow(p++)	295–300	Common	16,815–17,100
	Rune scimitar	1	Uncommon	14,969
	Dragon dagger(p++)	1	Uncommon	17,505
	Steam battlestaff	1	Rare (1/128)	138,549
	Zamorakian spear	1	Rare (1/128)	15,837,429
	Rune sword	1	Rare (1/406)	12,166
	Staff of the dead	1	Rare (1/508)	4,629,954

Armour

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Rune platelegs	1	Common	37,828
	Adamant platebody	1	Common	9,407

Potions, food, and herbs

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Super attack(3)	3	Common	327
	Super strength(3)	3	Common	3,006
	Super restore(3)	3	Common	22,389
	Zamorak brew(3)	3	Common	3,078

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	19,362–20,073	Common	Not sold
	Rare drop table	1	Common (8/127)	Not sold
	Death rune	120–125	Common	24,360–25,375
	Blood rune	80–90	Uncommon	29,360–33,030
	Grimy lantadyme	10 (noted)	Uncommon	13,910
	Lantadyme seed	3	Uncommon	7,074
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare (1/250)	Not sold
	Zamorak hilt	1	Rare (1/508)	3,785,354
	Godsword shard 1	1	Rare (1/768)	150,596
	Godsword shard 2	1	Rare (1/768)	150,470
	Godsword shard 3	1	Rare (1/768)	161,272
	Pet k'ril tsutsaroth	1	Very rare (1/5,000)	Not sold

Rare drop table

In addition to the drops above, this monster has a 8/127 chance to access the standard rare drop table.

Show/hide rare drop table
	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Coins	3,000	Uncommon (1/92.36)	Not sold
	Loop half of key	1	Rare (1/100.81; 1/100.55)	10,307
	Tooth half of key	1	Rare (1/106.08; 1/105.79)	10,840
	Uncut sapphire	1	Rare (1/406.4; 1/304.8)	455
	Runite bar	1	Rare (1/406.4)	12,368
	Unknown talisman (please specify)	1	Rare (1/585.8; 1/560.55)	Error
	Nature rune	67	Rare (1/677.33)	14,539
	Rune 2h sword	1	Rare (1/677.33)	37,758
	Rune battleaxe	1	Rare (1/677.33)	24,487
	Uncut emerald	1	Rare (1/812.8; 1/609.6)	679
	Law rune	45	Very rare (1/1,016)	7,470
	Death rune	45	Very rare (1/1,016)	9,135
	Steel arrow	150	Very rare (1/1,016)	4,800
	Rune arrow	42	Very rare (1/1,016)	2,940
	Adamant javelin	20	Very rare (1/1,016)	1,220
	Rune sq shield	1	Very rare (1/1,016)	22,459
	Dragonstone	1	Very rare (1/1,016)	11,932
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	Very rare (1/1,016)	7,000
	Uncut ruby	1	Very rare (1/1,625.6; 1/1,219.2)	1,249
	Rune kiteshield	1	Very rare (1/2,032)	32,015
	Dragon med helm	1	Very rare (1/2,032)	58,488
	Rune spear	1	Very rare (1/2,145.12)	11,933
	Shield left half	1	Very rare (1/4,290.24)	65,697
	Dragon spear	1	Very rare (1/5,720.32)	37,226
	Uncut diamond	1	Very rare (1/6,502.4; 1/4,876.8)	2,627
	Rune javelin	5	Very rare (1/13,004.8; 1/9,753.6)	875

Trivia

• K'ril was classified as a lesser demon during development. He was reclassified as a greater demon when the God Wars Dungeon was released on 17 October 2013.
• At Old School RuneScape's first birthday event, players could speak to K'ril Tsutsaroth, resulting in the following dialogue:
  • K'ril: Human, I disconnected and lost my plastic plate of whatever food you call this. I want my items returned, now!
  • Player: Woah hold on big fella' I can't do that.
  • K'ril: Well then, I'll just unsubscribe from the dungeon and stop playing all together. Hrmph....
  • Player: Oh please, you were never really a popular boss anyway. You had to be given extra drops just to incentivise people to find you. Even then, I doubt anyone would notice if you disappeared.
  • K'ril: *growls* Enjoy the party... mortal.