PKing - mechanics, combos and gear

New to PvP here? Start with the Eremos - this guide is the deep end.

The core rule#

PvP on Olympus is OSRS maths on OSRS-sized stats. Between two players:

• Levels count one for one: a 99 is an OSRS 99, and combat skills go to 150. HP goes to 150.
• Every item is translated to an OSRS-equivalent stat line. OSRS items keep their real OSRS stats; custom items are scaled to 80%.
• Olympus's custom power is off: class, talents, prestige, bonus damage %, enchants, custom quirks and lifesteal don't apply between players. Custom potions (Overloads, Infinite Elixirs and the like) and custom heals are refused.
• No damage caps - big specs hit big, exactly as in OSRS.

Inside Thermopylae and the Wilderness, even monster fights use these rules.

Who can attack whom#

• No skulls. Instead, a level bracket: you can attack a player if your combat levels differ by no more than the lower of your two Wilderness levels.
• Single-way everywhere except 13 named multi-combat pockets and a 20-tile box around every boss and event.
• Combat tag: 17 ticks (about 10 seconds). While tagged you can't log out, teleport, bank or use most commands - and if you disconnect, your body stays in the world until the tag runs out.

Prayer, freezes and teleblock#

• Protection prayers block 40% of a matching hit. Exactly one protect prayer must be on - stacking the Hymnal's wards protects nothing. Prayer bonus slows drain up to 60.
• Freezes: Ice Barrage freezes for about 17 seconds. When a freeze from a player ends you're immune for 3 seconds. Both timers show over the player's head (Frozen in ice blue, Immune in grey).
• Ice Barrage against players needs 94 Magic and costs 6 water, 4 death and 2 blood runes a cast.
• Teleblock: Hecate's binding tablet - 300 ticks (3 minutes), halved by Protect from Magic, 10-tile range.
• Sandal charm breaks a freeze.

Special attacks#

• Your special bar is cut back to 100% when you're tagged.
• A special that costs under 25% energy isn't treated as a special.
• Bolt procs can lift a hit by at most ×1.33.

Eremos special effects against players#

Combos and eating#

• Melee lands one tick after the swing. The Hammer of Hephaestus, Javelin of Zeus, granite maul and the Gladiator's axe are instant - the classic finishers.
• Attack speeds: Hammer and Gaze 7 ticks; Harpe, Dory, Labrys, Javelin and Hydra claws 6; Xiphos and Bow of Odysseus 4.
• Eating: in PvP, food has a 3-tick delay and each bite adds 3 ticks to your attack timer. Combo food has its own 2-tick delay - karambwan heals 18 and the Eremos skewer 20.
• The tick eat: hard food, then a potion, then the combo food.
• Vengeance: the OSRS spell reflects 75% of one hit. Divinity's Wrath of Nemesis (level 94, about a 20 s recast) reflects 100% - and is refused in the Duel Arena.
• Divinity damage spells work at half their PvP maximum, with a 4-tick cooldown, and use up your weapon swing.
• Draught of Ares pushes Attack, Strength and Defence to 180 and holds them until you die - brews can't drain it.

Gear for PvP#

The Spartan set (helm, cuirass and greaves) pays +25% Honor per kill. Aresborn accounts get +10% on top.

Useful items#

• Pouch of Hermes - holds four Divinity rune types, 16,000 each, plus a tome. The runes live on your character, so they're never lost.
• Aegis charm - on a PvP death it saves your best carried loot stack, then breaks.
• Bounty contract - +30 Honor if you kill the named target within 15 minutes.
• Voidwaker - combine the hilt (Callisto), blade (Echion) and gem (the Eldest Weaver), each a 1-in-200 drop. Tradeable.
• Zenyte shards - 1 in 300 from deep monsters; chisel into a torture, anguish, tormented bracelet or Ring of suffering (i).

What counts as a kill#

• The killer is whoever did the most damage.
• Honor is paid only if the victim actually paid at least 50,000 Dracma, and the same pair pays at most once every 10 minutes.
• Accounts on the same computer never profit from each other. An Ironman's kill destroys the Dracma and leaves a public loot pile.
• Any Wilderness death resets your streak. Streaks of 5 or more are broadcast.
• Dropped loot belongs to the killer for 150 ticks (90 s), then anyone can take it for another 150.

Shops#

Honor Quartermaster (Honor)#

The Quartermaster also takes your votive statuettes for Honor.

Thermopylae Armourer (Honor)#

OSRS PK gear, in two shops - armour and arms. A sample:

Bolts and runes come in lots of 100; food and potions cost 1-2 Honor. Nothing sells back.

Thermopylae Sutler (Dracma)#

Last Man Standing#

::lms or the hub portal - enter empty-handed.

• A game starts 60 seconds after 4 players queue, up to 24 a game.
• Everyone gets Ancients and the same kit: mystic, ancient staff, whip, DDS, magic shortbow, black d'hide, sharks, mantas, brews and restores.
• The safe zone shrinks every minute; the fog takes 5% of your health every 2 ticks. Hard stop at 12 minutes.
• Kills give keys for the loot chest - AGS, claws, Zamorak godsword, Bandos and more.
• Rewards: win 50 Honor + 5 LMS points, 2nd 20, 3rd 10, 3 per kill. Everything is wiped on the way out.

The Duel Arena#

• Dracma stakes only - offered from your purse or with ::stake, held safely until the fight ends. You need 30 minutes played; Ironmen can't stake.
• Rules you can set: no ranged / melee / magic / specials / food / potions / prayer / movement / forfeit, weapon lock, obstacles, plus 11 equipment-slot bans.
• At 20 minutes the duel goes to whoever has the larger share of their health left - within 1% it's a draw and both stakes come back.