Nightmare Zone

This is a safe minigame. If you die here, you will not lose any of your items.

This article has a strategy guide here. All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

Nightmare Zone
Also called?	NMZ
Release date	5 September 2013 (Update)
Members	Yes
Location	Yanille
Participants	1
Skills involved	Combat
Reward currency	Nightmare Zone Points
Tutorial	No
Music unlocked	Unknown

The Nightmare Zone is a combat-based minigame that is located north of Yanille, northwest of the bank. The minigame involves players having "dreams" to fight bosses they have fought before in quests. It is run by Dominic Onion, who is a mage from Lunar Isle. This minigame is safe, meaning you will not lose items on death; however, any items you drop manually on the ground will be lost if you die, as you will be taken away from the arena.

History

Dominic did not plan on calling his business the Nightmare Zone; it was what the local folk have been calling it. The plan came to him in a vivid dream when he was younger where he saw himself running a successful business from a great structure. He told his father about it, who laughed and said he should be a banker like his ancestors. He refused and wanted to find out what that dream meant, so he studied to find out more about Magic, particularly oneiromancy and dream interpretation. Once he had learned enough, he left Lunar Isle attempting to find the location where he built the huge tower. Since he had not found it or gathered enough money for its construction, he decided to set up a small business north of Yanille selling dreams to people.

Getting there

Nightmare Zone map location.

• Using the teleport option located in the mini-game tab, which is the fastest way of getting there.
• Casting Watchtower Teleport and walking east.
• Casting Teleport to House when your house is in Yanille, or re-directing a teleport to house tablet to Yanille using the Scroll of redirection.
• Using fairy ring code CLS and walking north-west, or CIQ and walking through Yanille.
• Using a Ring of dueling to teleport to Castle Wars, then walking to Yanille.
• Using the spirit tree to teleport to Tree Gnome Village and walking from there.
• Using the Ardougne cloak 1 to teleport to the Monastery and walking south.

Requirements

To begin the game, the player must complete at least five quests required to access the minigame:

• Contact!	• Haunted Mine	• Recipe for Disaster
• Desert Treasure	• Holy Grail	• Roving Elves
• Dragon Slayer	• Horror from the Deep	• Shadow of the Storm
• Dream Mentor	• In Search of the Myreque	• Shilo Village
• Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains	• Legends' Quest	• Tree Gnome Village
• Family Crest	• Lost City	• Troll Romance
• Fight Arena	• Lunar Diplomacy	• Troll Stronghold
• The Fremennik Isles	• Monkey Madness I	• What Lies Below
• The Grand Tree	• Mountain Daughter	• Witch's House
• The Great Brain Robbery	• My Arm's Big Adventure	• Vampire Slayer
• Grim Tales	• One Small Favour	• The Depths of Despair
• The Corsair Curse	• Tale of the Righteous

Playing

The Nightmare Zone lobby.

The minigame requires coins to be put into the coffer. Coins can be deposited into and withdrawn from the coffer in multiples of 1000, to a maximum of 2,147,483,000 coins. The amount of coins needed for each mode varies according to the type of mode respectively:

• Practice mode is free, requiring no coins.
• Endurance mode requires 1,000 coins for normal mode, and 5,000 coins for hard mode.
• Rumble mode requires 2,000 coins for normal mode, and 6,000 coins for hard mode.
• Customisable rumbles requires 22,000 coins for normal mode, and 26,000 coins for hard mode. Players who have the maximum amount of quest points will have the cost reduced by 10,000 coins.

Game modes

Two players participating in a rumble.

There are 3 modes of play in Nightmare Zone as follows: practice, endurance, and rumble.

All modes have a 'Normal' or 'Hard' difficulty which can be applied.

• Normal - In normal mode, quest monsters are fought at the original levels they were at in their respective quests.
• Hard - Hard mode doubles the hitpoints, attack, strength, magic, and ranged levels of the bosses where applicable. Their defensive stats remain unchanged.

Once the player chooses a mode to participate in, money is deducted from the coffer, and Dominic prepares the Dream potion on a plinth, which when drank will bring you into the Nightmare Zone arena. Those who wish to spectate can drink the spectator potion and enter the name of the player whom they wish to spectate.

You do not need to bring the required quest items needed to finish off bosses; for example, the Black Knight Titan will die without the use of Excalibur, and items such as Magic secateurs will be provided for Tanglefoot and an Anti-dragon shield for Elvarg, and runes will be provided for Chronozon and the Dagannoth mother. All items provided this way have "(nz)" at the end of their names, indicating that they cannot be taken out of the Nightmare Zone. Magic experience from casting spells by using "(nz)" runes is heavily reduced.

NOTE If you log out inside the arena you will log in outside of the Dream World.

Practice

Players can select a single boss which you have previously defeated in a quest to fight 1-on-1 until either boss or player dies. No experience is given and no Nightmare Zone points will be awarded for defeating the boss. Drops, such as Dragon Bones from Elvarg, WILL be awarded on defeat of the boss.

Endurance

Fighting every boss the player has unlocked 1-on-1 in waves until the player either dies or defeats all bosses available, gaining Points for each boss defeated (see Points Awarded in the 'Bosses' section below).

Rumble

This mode allows you (or a group of friends) to fight multiple randomly generated bosses at once and when you kill any single boss another one will spawn in its place endlessly until the player dies. This mode requires all players in the group to have the coins required for participating. Bosses encountered in a rumble are those that all players in the group can access. Reward points are rewarded for boss kills (points split between teams, see 'Bosses' section Note).

The interface for customisable rumble dreams.

To start a rumble, one player must speak to Dominic and he/she must invite participating players within the enclosure. Those that leave the enclosure will automatically leave the group. Once the hosting player drinks the Dream potion, players in the group will be prompted to either join the shared dream or leave the group.

It can last six hours in rumble mode if you don't die within it.

As of 10 March 2016, players can select their own set of bosses within the dream by selecting the customisable options after selecting Rumble mode. Customisable dreams require 22,000 coins for normal mode, and 26,000 coins for hard mode. Players who have the maximum amount of quest points will have the cost reduced by 10,000 coins. However, points obtained within customisable rumbles are reduced compared to that of regular rumbles, depending on how many bosses you remove. Having another player who has fewer quests completed host the rumble does not increase points gained.

Power-ups

A player using the Zapper power-up in Rumble mode.

In Rumble mode, there are power-ups that spawn somewhere in the arena randomly and gives a player a temporary advantage against the bosses within the arena. There are four power-ups, each with an individual colour denoting its use:

• Recurrent damage - Red in colour, using this power-up deals extra damage whenever you hit. The extra damage does NOT give exp. The extra damage is dependent on your initial damage, damaging the monster 3/4 of the initial damage. For example, hitting a 35 will deal an extra 26 damage upon the monster. This power-up lasts 45 seconds.
• Zapper - Purple in colour, using this power-up damages nearby monsters. The zapper won't damage bosses that are immune to normal attacks (such as the Dagannoth Mother and Tanglefoot). This seems to have a max hit of 8. This power-up lasts 1 minute.
• Power surge - Yellow in colour, using this power-up fills the user's special attack bar and regenerates it by 20% per tick. This power-up lasts 45 seconds.
• Ultimate force - White in colour, using this power-up instantly kills all the bosses that are present in the arena. Points will NOT be gained for killing bosses in this manner
  • These kills will, however, count towards your Slayer task (if applicable) and grant Slayer experience as long as you dealt some damage to your assigned monster within the Nightmare Zone.

Power-ups disappear if they are not activated within 1 minute.

Bosses

The following table details the list of monsters that can be encountered within the Nightmare Zone; the more quests a player has completed, the more a player has access to. In Rumble mode, the only bosses that appear are those that all participating players have access to.

Note: Point values increase based on the number of bosses included. These points are the maximum points that can be given (assumes ALL quests have been completed and ALL bosses included, not just those required for bosses below). If you are in a team, points are split between those who attacked the monster. The person who did the most damage will take a larger percentage of the maximum points from that monster.

Also of note is that many bosses provide an increased Experience amount per damage dealt, such as Dad, Moss Giant, Arrg, Slagilith, and the Ice Troll King.

Name	Combat Level (Hard Mode)	Hitpoints (Hard Mode)	Defence Level	Attack style	Points gained (Normal)	Points gained (Hard)	Notes and precautions	Quest
Count Draynor	34 (177)	40 (210)	30	Melee	43	1588	A Hammer and Stake are not required to kill him. Regenerates 1 hitpoint each time you hit, unless you are carrying garlic. Kills count towards vampyre slayer tasks.	Vampire Slayer
Corsair Traitor	35 (103)	55 (160)	20	Magic		845	Can cast weaken which lowers your def by 10 per cast	The Corsair Curse
Sand Snake	36 (154)	60 (180)	20	Melee	49	1178		The Depths of Despair
Corrupt Lizardman	46 (152)	50 (150)	38	Melee, ranged		4827	Can poison the player damaging the player through absorption potions	Tale of the Righteous
King Roald	47 (188)	60 (150)	30	Melee	86	1792	Shouts various humorous phrases.	What Lies Below
Witch's experiment	19, 30, 42, 53 (47, 77, 90, 103)	21, 31, 41, 51 (63, 93, 102, 113)	19, 29, 39, 49	Melee	111	513	Will use a glare that will drain players' stats, and four forms must be defeated before the player can progress further.	Witch's House
The Kendal	70 (210)	50 (150)	60	Melee	192	2253		Mountain Daughter
Me	79 (201)	45 (135)	74	Melee	1,085	8,264	Initiates a humorous dialogue between them and the player as the fight progresses.	Lunar Diplomacy
Elvarg	83 (214)	80 (240)	70	Melee, Dragonfire	1,190	3,601	An anti-dragon shield is provided in the arena, and is a must to fight Elvarg. Without it, she will severely damage you and drain your stats. Kills count towards green dragon slayer tasks.	Dragon Slayer
Moss giant	84 (182)	120 (240)	60	Magic, Melee	1,225	6,818	Unlike its regular counterparts, this one uses Magic attacks only and is more powerful (hits through prayer).	Roving Elves
Slagilith	92 (202)	60 (150)	75	Melee	1,471	8,264	Extremely weak to crush attacks; a pickaxe is provided in the arena.	One Small Favour
Nazastarool	91, 68, 93 (176, 153, 181)	100, 75, 110 (154, 180, 176)	80, 58, 80	Melee	1,506	6,611	Has three forms which the player must defeat in order to progress through the minigame.	Shilo Village
Treus Dayth	101 (194)	85 (240)	100	Melee	1,576	7,644	Does not possess cranes, pickaxes or mine carts, but will disappear and return briefly after a fair amount of damage is dealt.	Haunted Mine
Skeleton Hellhound	97 (198)	55 (132)	100	Melee	369	8,057		In Search of the Myreque
Dagannoth mother	100 (201)	100 (240)	81	Melee, Ranged	1,751	8,264	Weaknesses vary by colour: white is weak to Air spells, blue is weak to Water spells, orange is weak to melee, brown is weak to Earth spells, red is weak to Fire spells, and green is weak to Ranged.	Horror from the Deep
Agrith-Naar	100 (196)	100 (209)	82	Melee, Magic	1,753	7,851	Uses Magic and teleports player around only when out of Melee range. Silverlight is not required to finish him.	Shadow of the Storm
Tree spirit	101 (199)	85 (187)	80	Melee	400	2,176	Undead but no benefits .	Lost City
Dad	101 (201)	120 (240)	50	Melee	1,786	8,264	Can knock player back several spaces. Kills count towards troll slayer tasks.	Troll Stronghold
Tanglefoot	111 (199)	102 (204)	91	Melee	2,154	8,057	Can only be damaged by using Magic secateurs, which is provided in the arena.	Fairytale I - Growing Pains
Khazard warlord	112 (192)	169 (256)	80	Melee	373	2,003		Tree Gnome Village
Arrg	171 (210)	150 (255)	40	Melee, Ranged	2,224	9,090	Will attack the player from a distance with ranged attacks. Kills count towards troll slayer tasks.	Troll Romance
Black Knight Titan	120 (210)	141 (255)	91	Melee	2,521	9,090	Excalibur is not required to kill him. Highly resistant to ranged	Holy Grail
Ice Troll King	122 (216)	150 (255)	80	Melee, Ranged, Magic	2,591	9,297	Using Protect from Melee will result in the king knocking you several squares back. It is recommended to use Protect from Missiles and drinking a dose of Absorption to negate the magical damage he deals.	The Fremennik Isles
Bouncer	137 (244)	116 (232)	120	Melee	3,274	12,190	Doesn't count towards hellhound slayer tasks.	Fight Arena
Glod	138 (276)	160 (255)	110	Melee	3,327	15,702	Has the chance to make players either run away in fear of the huge giant or charge at him in anger. He can disable any active Prayers on the player, and lowering their prayer points by a noticeable amount.	Grim Tales
Evil Chicken	159 (286)	120 (240)	126	Magic	4,413	16,735	Magic attack hits very low but frequently.	Recipe for Disaster - Sir Amik Varze
Agrith-Na-Na	146 (235)	200 (255)	82	Melee, Magic	3,730	11,363		Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Flambeed	149 (238)	210 (255)	75	Melee, Magic	3,887	11,570	Like Fareed, ice gloves must be worn, or use Water spells to attack.	Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Karamel	136 (186)	240 (255)	100	Melee, Magic	3,222	7,024	Like Kamil, it drains stats very frequently so an Overload is recommended.	Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Dessourt	121 (217)	140 (255)	99	Melee, Magic, Ranged	2,556	9,710	Has an attack which is one part Magic, one part Ranged, each of which do double 5s for a total of 10 Hitpoints. Protect from Magic or Missiles is recommended to halve the damage received.	Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Gelatinnoth Mother	130 (201)	240 (240)	81	Ranged, Magic	2,959	8,264	Uses Ranged and Magic attacks simultaneously. Like the Dagannoth Mother, weaknesses vary by colour: white is weak to Air spells, blue is weak to Water spells, orange is weak to Melee, brown is weak to Earth spells, red is weak to Fire spells, and green is weak to Ranged.	Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Culinaromancer	75 (209)	140 (255)	10	Melee, Magic	980	8,884	Magic attacks hit very high; Protect from Magic is recommended.	Recipe for Disaster - Final battle
Chronozon	170 (297)	60 (120)	173	Melee	5,061	18,181	All four Blast spells are required to kill him. Runes are provided in the arena.	Family Crest
Black demon	172 (292)	165 (255)	152	Melee	5,166	17,561	Kills count towards black demon slayer tasks.	The Grand Tree
Giant Roc	172 (257)	200 (255)	100	Melee, Ranged	5,166	13,636	Has a special attack that will knock players several squares back and stun them. Beware of its Ranged attack where it will fling a rock towards the player; move away or receive large damage.	My Arm's Big Adventure
Dessous	139 (217)	200 (255)	99	Melee, Magic, Ranged	3,380	9,710	Like Dessourt, he uses a special attack that is both Magic and Ranged. Wind spells are very effective.	Desert Treasure
Damis	103, 174 (200, 272)	90, 200 (198, 255)	90, 160	Melee	5,288	15,082	Earth spells are very effective against Damis. After his first form is defeated, he will become far stronger and will drain Prayer at a high rate. Absorption potions are recommended.	Desert Treasure
Fareed	227 (299)	130 (255)	135	Melee, Magic	4,868	18,388	You must wear ice gloves in order to melee him, and since ice gloves are not provided in the arena, Water spells are an effective alternative. He can hit very high without Protect from Melee. Note: Not wearing Ice Gloves while fighting Fareed with a FULL inventory will result in your weapon being dropped to the floor, and you will lose the weapon if you don't pick it up before dying.	Desert Treasure
Kamil	154 (273)	130 (255)	135	Melee, Magic	4,150	15,289		Desert Treasure
Nezikchened	187 (295)	150 (150)	167	Melee, Magic	6,112	17,975		Legends' Quest
Barrelchest	210 (380)	134 (255)	140	Melee, Ranged	6,322	29,752	Drains Prayer and turns them off when using protection prayers.	The Great Brain Robbery
Giant scarab	191 (316)	130 (255)	169	Melee, Ranged	6,374	20,454	It is weak to stabbing attacks and Magic, and uses what appears to be Earth Blast but is really a Ranged attack, so use Protect from Missiles. It will not summon reinforcements as it did during Contact!	Contact!
Jungle Demon	195 (327)	170 (255)	170	Melee, Magic	6,654	21,900	It is recommended to use Ranged attacks as it is weak to it, and can deal both high Magic and Melee damage when in Melee range. In rumble hard mode, customisable, the jungle demon will only use melee attacks. The 10th squad will not be here to aid you like they did during Monkey Madness I.	Monkey Madness I
The Untouchable	274 (440)	90 (180)	434	Melee	13,134	39,876	Reflects a portion of Melee damage.	Dream Mentor
The Everlasting	223 (365)	230 (255)	120	Melee	8,704	27,479	Has a very high Magic Defence; stab or Ranged attacks will deal better damage.	Dream Mentor
The Inadequacy	343 (600)	180 (255)	240	Melee, Ranged	20,595	74,380	Uses Melee attacks only when within Melee range; otherwise, it will only use Ranged attacks. It will not summon doubts like it did during Dream Mentor.	Dream Mentor

Rewards

The rewards for the Nightmare Zone are contained in a chest near Dominic Onion, and the rewards are split into three categories: Resources, Upgrades, and Benefits. These rewards can be purchased using Reward points obtained inside the minigame. A maximum of 2,147,483,647 points may be stored in the chest at once.

Resources

The rewards for participating in the Nightmare Zone.

Resources include certain Herblore ingredients, elemental runes, and items that are only obtainable via the minigame, such as scrolls of redirection.

Note: The only item Ironman mode accounts may buy from the resources tab of the shop are scrolls of redirection.

*All players can only purchase 15 herb boxes per day.

Item		Points required	GE value	GP per point
	Snape grass	175	271	1.55
	Red spiders' eggs	300	668	2.23
	Flax	75	4	0.05
	Bucket of sand	200	47	0.24
	Potato cactus	1,250	808	0.65
	Seaweed	200	45	0.23
	Dragon scale dust	750	166	0.22
	Compost potion(4)	5,000	325	0.07
	Air rune	25	5	0.2
	Water rune	25	4	0.16
	Earth rune	25	4	0.16
	Fire rune	25	5	0.2
	Rune essence	60	11	0.18
	Pure essence	70	2	0.03
	Herb box	9,500	10,364.8	1.09
	Vial of water	145	4	0.03
	Scroll of redirection	775	N/A	N/A

Upgrades

Upgrades can imbue certain items for reward points, increasing stats. The imbued black mask and slayer helmet enhances Magic and Ranged accuracy and damage to assigned Slayer targets. The imbued Fremennik rings increase stats, and imbued crystal equipment will not have its stats lowered as it degrades. For crystal equipment, each charge costs an additional 2,000 points to imbue; 2,000 points for 1/10 and 20,000 points for an unused one.

Imbuing it will add an (i) to its name and will have an "Uncharge" option. The uncharge option removes the imbued bonus, and will refund 80% of the points back. Dying will cause your imbued item to lose its charges, and the player will have to obtain the points again to imbue it.

Item		Points required
	Black mask (imbued)	1,250,000
	Slayer helmet (imbued)	1,250,000
	Salve amulet (imbued)	800,000
	Salve amulet (e) (imbued)	800,000
	Ring of suffering (imbued)	725,000
	Berserker ring (imbued)	650,000
	Warrior ring (imbued)	650,000
	Archers ring (imbued)	650,000
	Seers ring (imbued)	650,000
	Tyrannical ring (imbued)	650,000
	Treasonous ring (imbued)	650,000
	Ring of the gods (imbued)	650,000
	Granite ring (imbued)	500,000
	Crystal bow	20,000
	Crystal shield	20,000
	Crystal halberd	20,000

Benefits

A player uses an overload potion.

Benefits include certain potions that can only be used within the minigame. Dominic's potions are sold by the dose. When you purchase a dose, it is automatically stored in the barrels until the player withdraws them. All Nightmare Zone potions, excluding overloads due to the damage dealt, can be drank extremely quickly, and like combo foods, you can actually drink 28 absorptions at the speed of cleaning an inventory of herbs, by clicking on them one by one, this can also be done with food/other potions with Nightmare Zone potions, without delaying any hits.

Item		Points required
	Super ranging	250
	Super magic	250
	Overload	1,500
	Absorption	1,000

Trivia

• For someone with a Quest point cape, the maximum number of points on the Endurance mode is 159,699, on the Hard Endurance mode it is 608,725 points.
• The maximum number of points on a Hard Mode Rumble is 1,048,575 ($2^{20} - 1$) points.
• Dominic Onion is a play on 'Dominion' as the minigame resembles the Dominion Tower in RuneScape 3.
• Trying to cast the lunar spell Dream while in a dream within the Nightmare Zone yields the message "You cannot perform Inception here. Dreaming within this dream will inevitably activate your Kick (i.e. death)."
• There is a very small chance for a cow to appear inside a dream. According to Mod Mat K (confirming player speculation), this is an easter egg referring to the cow in the area to start a dream, which couldn't be moved when the minigame was developed due to the lack of a map editor.