Theatre of Blood

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Location on World Map
Slepe
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Meiyerditch	←	Theatre of Blood	→	Eastern Sea
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Eastern Sea

The Theatre of Blood is a large arena located beneath the castle of Ver Sinhaza. It is used by the ruling vampyres to host blood sports. Here, the citizens of Meiyerditch are encouraged to go to the theatre and fight against the various experiments and abominations contained within, with the promise of freedom from the blood tithes and the right to leave Morytania should they succeed. The reward is revealed to be a ruse as the vampyres are unwilling to let go of their primary food source.

While the theatre is only open to citizens of Meiyerditch, this rule is rarely enforced. The vampyres are more entertained by outsiders than the citizens themselves, seeing as these are better prepared compared to the civilians who are inexperienced and poorly equipped.

Bosses[]

Fighting Sotetseg — A group of players fighting Sotetseg.

Wave complete (link)

The jingle that plays once a boss has been defeated.

The Theatre of Blood is a linear raid. Thus, there is no randomization involved, and the bosses will always be encountered in this order.

The Maiden of Sugadinti (level-940)
Pestilent Bloat (level-870)
Nylocas Vasilias (level-800)
Sotetseg (level-995)
Xarpus (level-960)
Verzik Vitur (level-1040, final boss)

Despite some of the bosses being spiders, vampyres and dark beasts, they will not count towards a Slayer assignment when killed inside the Theatre; thus, the slayer helmet and black mask bonuses have no effect.

Death within the Theatre[]

If players die within the theatre, they are placed outside the fighting area, and can only proceed if other team members succeed in completing the current challenge. If the entire team is killed, players will lose all unprotected items; these can later be reclaimed from a storage chest (similar to Torfinn's item storage) for a cost of 100,000 coins. Untradeable items that are normally kept on death will be placed in the item reclamation chest upon complete team death in the theatre.

If players die a second time without reclaiming the items in the chest, they will be permanently lost, unless the death occurs within a minigame deemed safe, such as Pest Control.

Dying in the Theatre of Blood is a dangerous death - Hardcore Ironmen who die within the theatre will lose their Hardcore status, regardless of whether the team successfully completes the challenges or not. Any disconnection or logout during a fight is treated as a death, and will likewise result in loss of Hardcore status. Should a player logout when not in an encounter, such as in the hallways of the theatre, the player's death will be treated as a safe death. Upon logging back in to an unsafe death, the game will attempt to reunite the player with their party and, if successful, will place the player in purgatory. If unsuccessful, the player will be treated with a full death and will have to pay the item reclamation fee to retrieve any items lost.

All normal forms of teleportation within the Theatre are blocked; however, the Mysterious Stranger outside sells Verzik's crystal shards for 75,000 coins each, and is the only item players can use to teleport away from the Theatre safely.

Spectating[]

Players can spectate other teams in the Theatre of Blood by attempting to enter the theatre, or by speaking to Abigaila, a Morytanian refugee who can be found upstairs in the Lumbridge General Store or near the spirit tree north-east of the Grand Exchange.

Players can either choose to spectate a specific player's team by typing in a team member's or a spectator's name, or choose to spectate the most recently formed party. Spectators must be on the same world as the party member or spectator they wish to spectate. Spectators must also be on the Friends List of the party member or spectator, should the party member or spectator have Private Chat set to "Friends Only."

In order to spectate, players cannot bring any items with them, excluding the oculus orb, and they must not be poisoned or diseased.

As of an update on 21 June 2018, players can right-click the ledges to view the fight in a better perspective. Players can rotate the camera clock-wise or anti-clockwise via the chatbox.

Rewards[]

Verzik's treasure vault — Verzik Vitur's treasure vault.

Upon defeating Verzik Vitur, a trapdoor will open under her throne, leading to her treasure vault.

There are five large chests, with each player being able to loot one chest. An arrow will point to which chest is for that player to search.

Theatre of Blood monumental chest — A monumental chest, with the arrow denoting the player's chest.

If a unique reward is obtained, a purple aura will emit from the chest, much like how the ray of light turns purple for the player who obtains a unique reward in the Chambers of Xeric. If no unique reward is found, players obtain up to three different common rewards instead depending on their performance.

Players can also search the Grand bookshelves in the treasure vault to find six books:

Loot table[]

All non-stackable items obtained are in the form of bank notes, unless it is a unique reward. If the player obtains a unique reward, it will replace all common rewards. If not, the common reward table is rolled three times, possibly granting the same reward multiple times.

Common rewards[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Message (Theatre of Blood)	1	Always ^[1]	Not sold
Cabbage	1	Always ^[1]	40
Wine of zamorak	27–57	Uncommon	47,925–101,175
Rune battleaxe	2–4	Uncommon	48,974–97,948
Rune platebody	2–4	Uncommon	76,946–153,892
Rune chainbody	2–4	Uncommon	58,950–117,900
Palm tree seed	1–3	Uncommon	39,781–119,343
Yew seed	1–3	Uncommon	68,162–204,486
Magic seed	1–3	Uncommon	118,931–356,793
Mahogany seed	5–11	Uncommon	15,145–33,319
Molten glass	167–234	Uncommon	21,209–29,718
Vial of blood	31–60	Uncommon	150,040–290,400
Death rune	306–595	Uncommon	62,118–120,785
Blood rune	414–600	Uncommon	151,938–220,200
Swamp tar	367–585	Uncommon	4,404–7,020
Potato cactus	42–57	Uncommon	33,936–46,056
Battlestaff	11–17	Uncommon	89,771–138,737
Adamantite ore	94–150	Uncommon	98,700–157,500
Runite ore	53–103	Uncommon	591,957–1,150,407
Coal	374–595	Uncommon	60,588–96,390
Gold ore	250–348	Uncommon	51,500–71,688
Grimy ranarr weed	23–27	Uncommon	175,720–206,280
Grimy toadflax	28–39	Uncommon	44,464–61,932
Grimy irit leaf	26–55	Uncommon	20,150–42,625
Grimy avantoe	19–35	Uncommon	34,466–63,490
Grimy kwuarm	28–48	Uncommon	32,620–55,920
Grimy dwarf weed	19–48	Uncommon	8,512–21,504
Grimy snapdragon	20–34	Uncommon	168,100–285,770
Grimy cadantine	31–49	Uncommon	40,672–64,288
Grimy lantadyme	11–24	Uncommon	15,301–33,384
Grimy torstol	15–22	Uncommon	125,115–183,502

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Only obtained if players have died in every challenge within the theatre.

Unique rewards[]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
Avernic defender hilt	1	Rare	73,199,945
Ghrazi rapier	1	Rare	178,876,264
Sanguinesti staff (uncharged)	1	Rare	130,003,540
Scythe of vitur (uncharged)	1	Rare	799,783,667
Justiciar faceguard	1	Rare	33,456,611
Justiciar chestguard	1	Rare	15,619,176
Justiciar legguards	1	Rare	16,750,568

Tertiary rewards[]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE market price
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	Rare	Not sold
	Lil' zik	1	Rare ^[1]	Not sold

↑ Drop rate is dependent on the player's performance during the raid, with a drop rate of 1/650 if the player has performed optimally in the Theatre.

Performance & records[]

Performance Details[]

Upon entering the treasure vault, players may read the strategy table by the grand bookshelves to view the overall performance of the team, while spectators can read the war table to view it.

Here, players may view the death counts of each team member, the total deaths in the performance, as well as the time spent in each wave.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) is listed on the top of the interface, and is determined based on the performance of the individual player, such as damage dealt and the number of deaths.

The challenge time (the time spent fighting the bosses) and the overall time, which includes the time spent between waves, can be seen on the bottom of the interface.

Scoreboard[]

Next to the entrance to the Theatre of Blood is a scoreboard, which displays personal and global statistics for the Theatre of Blood, such as number of attempts, number of completions, number of deaths, and completion times.

Theatre of Blood records[]

An official records page exists, which shows all-time global records, such as most completions by an individual and total Hardcore Ironman deaths within the theatre, as well as fastest completion times for each boss and the raid as a whole.

Music unlocked[]

Name	Music track
Welcome to the Theatre	Welcome to the Theatre (link)
The Maiden's Sorrow	The Maiden's Sorrow (link)
The Maiden's Anger	The Maiden's Anger (link)
Welcome to my Nightmare	Welcome to my Nightmare (link)
The Nightmare Continues	The Nightmare Continues (link)
Dance of the Nylocas	Dance of the Nylocas (link)
Arachnids of Vampyrium	Arachnids of Vampyrium (link)
The Dark Beast Sotetseg	The Dark Beast Sotetseg (link)
Power of the Shadow Realm	Power of the Shadow Realm (link)
Predator Xarpus	Predator Xarpus (link)
Last King of the Yarasa	Last King of the Yarasa (link)
It's not over 'til...	It's not over 'til... (link)
The Fat Lady Sings	The Fat Lady Sings (link)
The Curtain Closes	The Curtain Closes (link)

Pre-release gallery[]

Work-in-progress[]

Models[]

Trivia[]

The Theatre of Blood was first mentioned in game in the book The Tale of Serafina, found in the Myths' Guild Library.
The release date for the Theatre of Blood was silently announced in an update on 3 May 2018 via a leaflet just north of the Ectofuntus, which displayed the following message when read:

Theatre of Blood leaflet teaser — The leaflet found north of the Ectofuntus.

“

Lady Verzik cordially invites you to the Theatre of Blood!
The greatest collection of powerful beasts are here for your entertainment.

Tickets available from June 7th!

”

The date was then changed to "Pentember 15th" after a player complaint of the leaflet not using the canonical in-game calendar.
Upon the release of the Theatre of Blood, there was a bug which would cause players to drop the item in the top right corner of their inventory on the floor upon death, if they were in possession of Dawnbringer. This bug was hotfixed within one hour of discovery.

[Dead_weight-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Only obtained if players have died in every challenge within the theatre.

[2] Drop rate is dependent on the player's performance during the raid, with a drop rate of 1/650 if the player has performed optimally in the Theatre.

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