Xarpus Quick Guide (Theatre of Blood)
- Cover the exhumed healing spots, one person per spot
- DWH/BGS Spec once the fight is started
- Xarpus attacks in blood order (top left of your screen)
- Use a blowpipe or twisted bow
- No overhead prayers needed
- Move two tiles for every poison attack that’s coming your way
- Below 25% Xarpus will screech, never attack him on the side he is staring at
- 2 whip hits or 3/4 blowpipe hits every time he looks in a new direction
General Info
- Attack Style: Typeless
- Maximum Total health: 5080
- Overhead prayer: none
- Weapon: Blowpipe/Tbow (start) + Scythe/whip (health below 25%)
- Spec weapon: DWH/BGS
1-minute Guide
Xarpus Special Attacks
- Exhumed Healing spots (beginning of the match)
- Poison Splash Attack
- Intent Stare Attack
Exhumed Healing Spots
Once you enter the room Xarpus will be in the center and green exhumed healing spots will randomly spawn on the floor. These will heal Xarpus similarly to how pools heal Olm. You can avoid the healing by standing on it (only one player per exhumed). Players should be spread around the room (at least 1 in each corner) so that they can hop on these spots as quickly as possible to avoid Xarpus from getting too high health (5080 max). After this, players can start speccing out the boss and move to their corners (if blowpiping).
Poison Splash Attack
After the healing spots, spec out the boss to reduce its magic, quickly switch to your ranged gear and spread out around the room. Xarpus will attack you by spitting yellow poison balls at the square you are standing on. You’ll want to move 2 tiles away once you see the ball coming in your direction. This will leave a yellow poison blob on the floor, standing on that tile will deal rapid poison damage to your character. These splats do not disappear. Once the splats hit the floor, they will bounce off to the player next to you. This means that you often have to deal with two attacks coming your way at the same time, you want to time this so that you don’t have to waste two tiles.
Intent Stare Attack
Xarpus’ intent stare attack happens below 25% of his health. This is where player want to come to the middle to attack the boss. During this phase, if you attack the boss while he is looking at you you will take massive damage, with a max hit of 90. Good attention, quick reactions and run are required during this phase. You can use either melee gear or a blowpipe during this phase.
Don’t forget to pick up the dawn bringer staff the skeleton is holding once you leave the room.