God Wars Dungeon

The God Wars Dungeon (a.k.a GWD) is a dungeon where armies of various gods fight - left over from the Gielinorian God Wars.

The God wars and OSRS
The God wars passed the Old School feature poll on the 9'th of September 2013 with over 24,860 votes for the return, at a percent of 89%. GWD was implemented the 17th October for Old School RuneScape servers.

The God Wars has been under speculation by many players in the Old School community due to the fear of damaging the Wilderness population, the Armadyl Godsword special-attack being the biggest fear to the Pk community. There have been many suggestions that could level out the impact on the Combat triangle which have also been polled.

The Changes to GWD
The first original version of GWD was released on the 28 August 2007, less than a month after the source code of Old School RuneScape (10 August 2007). This version of GWD will- in most aspects be a copy of the original GWD. On the first official release-Jagex encountered many issues with bugs that arose in the following weeks (28 August 2007) after launch. These issues will be fixed before the God Wars is implemented into Old School RuneScape, amongst other updates to the dungeon.

These fixes include the following:

Server load- Inefficient combat code running on certain monsters causing the servers to struggle.

Safe Spotting in boss rooms - Angled walls and doorways will be edited to a rectangular form without angled corners which could be used to safe-spot bosses in relative safety.

Monster settings - Monsters will now be able to walk through one another and players without causing them to be stuck. Certain monsters AI flaws will be corrected (some monsters used weaponry and combat styles without code to specify how they would do this).

Excessive Adamant bar drops -  Originally Avansie's had a chance of over 19.5 drop rate of Adamant bars in bank-note form. The developers did not want bots re-appearing in 07 runescape, so to avoid aviansie bots they only promised to release the GWD if the adamant bars the aviansies dropped were not noted. This has been fixed with the ones released in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon, which drop noted bars instead but players can attack aviansie hunters there.

Minor general bugs -

- Slayer experience will still be awarded if another monster deals the killing blow (assuming the player deals damage).

- A section of the Wilderness near the GWD entrance had incorrect map blocking causing players to be stuck.

- The Familiar check at the GWD entrance will be removed due to it not working correctly.

- Killcount will be made more reliable (resetting to 0 after re-entering).

- The snow overlay didn't always vanish correctly on leaving the area.

Changes that passed the feature poll include: The four bosses and their bodyguards will broadcast messages to all players in their rooms to state what items have been dropped, and to whom. ' The boss room doors will be entrances only, and the altars will have a 'Teleport' option to let you - exit. ' When the four bosses drop stacks of herbs, they should do so in banknote form. ' A magic weapon similar in behaviour to the Staff of Light would be dropped by the Zamorak boss.

God Equipment
Wielding respective equipment in the dungeon will make monsters following a respective god unaggressive. Without them, players will be subject to attack by that group of followers.

Dungeon Inhabitants
Followers:

Armadyl's general

 * Name: Kree'arra
 * Race: Aviansie
 * Level: 580
 * Attack style: Ranged, Magic, Melee (when not under attack)
 * Bodyguards: Wingman Skree, Flockleader Geerin, Flight Kilisa

Kree'arra cannot be attacked with any Melee attacks. He attacks with melee only when he is not under attack. His Ranged and Magic attacks hit all players in his chamber with a whirlwind attack that knocks players back and freezes them. His maximum hit is 71 with Ranged, 26 with Melee and 21 with Magic.

Bandos' general

 * Name: General Graardor
 * Race: Ourg
 * Level: 624
 * Attack style: Melee, Ranged
 * Bodyguards: Sergeant Strongstack, Sergeant Steelwill, Sergeant Grimspike

General Graardor is very large, brutal, and heavily armoured. Although he does not have a weapon, he still hits very hard and should not be underestimated. He uses Melee and Ranged attacks. His Melee attack can hit up to 65, whilst his Ranged attack has a max hit of 35 (and can hit everyone in the room). Therefore, Protect from Melee is recommended for tanks, whilst the rest Protect from Ranged.

Saradomin's commander

 * Name: Commander Zilyana
 * Race: Icyene
 * Level: 596
 * Attack style: Melee and Magic
 * Bodyguards: Starlight, Growler, Bree

Commander Zilyana is a female Icyene. She is described in the Game Guide as "delivering divine justice with a sharpened tip". Her max hit with melee is 31 and magic is 31; lower than the other bosses, albeit being very accurate, and are of the same speed as Throwing knives.

Zamorak's general

 * Name: K'ril Tsutsaroth
 * Race: Demon
 * Level: 650
 * Attack style: Melee and Magic
 * Bodyguards: Balfrug Kreeyath, Tstanon Karlak, Zakl'n Gritch

His magic attacks are relatively weak compared to his melee attacks. His magic attacks hit a maximum of 30, but are commonly used. His melee attacks, however, can hit up to 49 (41 if you are praying melee). He can drain prayer hitting through protection prayers. Note that using prayer can still help you out, since he doesn't always hit through it. If fighting K'ril Tsutsaroth, it is advisable to bring protection against poison which will damage you for 16 at first.

God Chambers

 * At the edges of the main dungeon are special chambers belonging to each god, serving as a sort of "base" for each god's followers. Each chamber contains many minions of the chamber's god. Some Zamorak minions also appear in each of the other three chambers, where they usually fight the inhabitants of those chambers. This means a Zamorak item should be equipped in every god chamber, but Armadyl, Bandos, and Saradomin items only need to be equipped in their respective chambers. This allows the player to swap out items like the Armadyl pendant for more powerful items.
 * Gaining entry to these chambers requires the players to have certain levels and sometimes use of some equipment.
 * At the end of each chamber are the most powerful generals of each god, with Combat levels from 580 to 650. There are also three bodyguards and an altar for the player to use. Remember that you can only use the altar once every 10 minutes and while you aren't in combat.
 * The Ecumenical key allows players to skip killcount.
 * DO NOT take any items you aren't prepared to lose. If you die your items will be in the boss room, which requires another 40 kills or the use of the Ecumenical key, obtained in the Wilderness God Wars Dungeon.

Armadyl's Eyrie

 * Location: South-west
 * Requires: 70 Ranged (You cannot use boosts), a Crossbow with a Mithril grapple
 * General: Kree'arra
 * Music: Armadyl Alliance

None of the Aviansie within the chamber can be attacked with Melee. There are a few Zamorak followers roaming the eyrie (goraks, bloodvelds, werewolves, spiritual rangers), so it is a good idea to keep a Zamorak item equipped (the unholy book or zamorak vambraces is a good choice for rangers). The Armadyl and Zamorak minions rarely fight one another. No Saradomin or Bandos minions appear in the Eyrie.

Bandos' Stronghold

 * Location: North-west
 * Requires: 70 Strength (You cannot use boosts),a Hammer
 * General: General Graardor
 * Music: Bandos Battalion

The gong on the big door must be hit with a hammer to enter the chamber. The player will automatically enter the Stronghold when the gong is hit. Strength potions have no effect for the 70 strength requirement for entry to the Stronghold.

To leave, simply walk up next to the door and it will open, or click on the door ('Bang on big door'). The door does not always open. If this happens, walk about 3-4 squares into the Stronghold and try again. (Simply staying next to the door and repeatedly clicking it does not cause it to open.)

A few minions of Zamorak (a Bloodveld, Hellhound, Imp, Werewolf and a few Vampyres) are found lingering in the Stronghold. Only the Werewolf, Vampyre and Hellhound fight the followers of Bandos. The imp is rarely, if ever, attacked.

Saradomin's Encampment

 * Location: South-east
 * Requires: 70 Agility (You cannot use boosts), 2 Ropes if it is your first time
 * General: Commander Zilyana
 * Music: Strength of Saradomin

Agility boosters cannot be used to enter the encampment. A few minions of Zamorak (werewolves, vampyres, an icefiend, and one gorak) are in the encampment, fighting the minions of Saradomin. Bandos and Armadyl minions do not appear in the encampment.

In the encampment's boss chamber, players can see an inaccessible watery area. This was originally thought to be a future expansion to the God Wars Dungeon, however it was later revealed that it is an abandoned area that was originally intended for an underwater passage to Zamorak's Fortress which was replaced by the current jump across the river due to time constraints.

Zamorak's Fortress

 * Location: North-east
 * Requires: at least 70 Hitpoints to cross the river (You will not take any damage - you cannot use boosts)
 * Note: The only way to leave the Fortress without teleports or dying is to cross the river again. You also must have at least 70 hitpoints to do this to survive the icy water.
 * General: K'ril Tsutsaroth
 * Music: Zamorak Zoo

The player's Prayer points are immediately drained to 0 upon entering. In addition to that, the lighting is dimmed and cannot be magnified by any Light source. Despite the dim light, it is still fairly easy to see. The light brightens in a few bright spots in the dungeon, but most areas are dim.

If the player's destination is the Fortress, players who are going there for Spiritual warrior or Spiritual mage task, they should save their Super restore potion (only if they have an equal Slayer level to the monster) before entering. This is usually not needed though as you will recover the lost level fast. As with Super restore potions, Prayer potions should be saved until the player goes inside.

The fortress is the only one of the four gods' chambers that contains only the minions of its god. No minions of Saradomin, Armadyl, or Bandos spawn here.