OSRS Elite Combat Achievements: Entering the High Tier

The Elite Tier of Old School RuneScape's Combat Achievements represents a significant leap in difficulty, pushing players to master complex mechanics, optimize gear, and perform near-perfectly in some of Gielinor's most challenging encounters. Completing these tasks grants a hefty 4 points each, contributing towards the 1014 total points needed for Ghommal's Hilt 4 and its exceptional rewards.

Ensure you're familiar with the system via our main OSRS Combat Achievements Guide and the preceding tiers: Easy, Medium, and Hard.

Elite Tier Requirements

Expect high demands for this tier:

  • Skills: Very high combat stats strongly recommended (90+). Specific needs include 94 Magic (Ice Barrage/Vengeance), 85 Mining (ToA Het Puzzle), 95 Slayer (Hydra/Thermy).
  • Items: High-end gear is often necessary. Specific items include Crystal halberd, Rune thrownaxe, Salve amulet (ei), Verac's flail (or thralls). Access items like Hespori seed.
  • Quests: Completion of major questlines is essential: Song of the Elves (Gauntlet, Seren), Dragon Slayer II (Vorkath, Galvek), Monkey Madness II (Glough, Demonic Gorillas), Secrets of the North (Muspah), Beneath Cursed Sands (ToA), Desert Treasure II (DT2 Bosses), A Kingdom Divided (Thralls/Demonbane), Haunted Mine (Salve amulet(ei)), The Fremennik Exiles (Vorkath access).

Elite Tier Tasks (155 Tasks, 4 Points Each)

This is the largest tier, featuring 155 demanding tasks:

  • Abyssal Sire: Demonic Rebound (Vengeance kill), Respiratory Runner (Kill after 1 stun), Perfect Sire (Kill perfectly), Abyssal Veteran (Kill 50)
  • Alchemical Hydra: Alchemical Veteran (Kill 75)
  • Amoxliatl: Amoxliatl Speed-Chaser (Kill < 30s), Without Ralos' Light (Kill without prayer loss)
  • Araxxor: Araxxor Speed-Trialist (Kill 4 in 10:00), Relaxxor (Kill after destroying 6 eggs), Araxxor Veteran (Kill 25)
  • Basilisk Knight: Reflecting on This Encounter (Kill 1)
  • Callisto: Callisto Veteran (Kill 20)
  • Cerberus: Ghost Buster (Negate 6+ soul attacks), Unrequired Antifire (Kill without lava pool damage), Cerberus Veteran (Kill 75), Anti-Bite Mechanics (Kill without taking melee damage)
  • Chambers of Xeric (CoX): Dancing with Statues (Kill Stone Guardian without rock damage), Redemption Enthusiast (Kill Vespula portal without landing her), Cryo No More (Kill Ice Demon without taking damage), Mutta-diet (Kill Muttadile without Meat Tree healing), Perfectly Balanced (Kill Vanguards without health reset), Kill It with Fire (Finish Ice Demon with fire spell), CoX Veteran (Complete 25), Blizzard Dodger (Kill Ice Demon without Protect from Range), Together We'll Fall (Kill Vanguards within 10s of each other), Undying Raid Team (Complete without anyone dying), Shayzien Specialist (Kill Shaman without taking damage)
  • Chambers of Xeric: Challenge Mode (CM): Dust Seeker (Complete CM in target time)
  • Chaos Elemental: Chaos Elemental Veteran (Kill 25)
  • Commander Zilyana: Reminisce (Kill Zilyana private instance melee only), Commander Zilyana Veteran (Kill 100)
  • Corporeal Beast: Finding the Weak Spot (Finish with Crystal Halberd spec), Hot on Your Feet (Kill without dark core damage/killing core), Chicken Killer (Kill solo), Corporeal Beast Veteran (Kill 25)
  • Corrupted Gauntlet: 3, 2, 1 - Mage (Kill without taking damage off-prayer), Corrupted Gauntlet Veteran (Complete 5)
  • Crystalline Gauntlet: Egniol Diet (Kill without making Egniol potion), Wolf Puncher (Kill making <= 1 attuned weapon), 3, 2, 1 - Range (Kill without taking damage off-prayer), Gauntlet Veteran (Complete 5), Crystalline Warrior (Kill with full perfected armour)
  • Dagannoth Prime: From One King to Another (Kill Prime via Rex Rune Thrownaxe spec bounce), Death to the Seer King (Kill Prime while attacked by other Kings)
  • Dagannoth Rex: Toppling the Diarchy (Kill Rex and another King simultaneously), Death to the Warrior King (Kill Rex while attacked by other Kings)
  • Dagannoth Supreme: Rapid Succession (Kill all 3 Kings within 9s), Death to the Archer King (Kill Supreme while attacked by other Kings)
  • Demonic Gorilla: Hitting Them Where It Hurts (Finish with demonbane weapon), If Gorillas Could Fly (Kill 1)
  • Duke Sucellus: Duke Sucellus Speed-Trialist (Kill < 1:45 no task), Duke Sucellus Adept (Kill 1)
  • Fortis Colosseum: Denied (Wave 7 without Minotaur healing), Furball (Wave 4 without Manticore damage), I was here first! (Kill Jaguar Warrior with claw spec)
  • Fragment of Seren: Fragment of Seren Speed-Trialist (Kill < 4 mins)
  • Galvek: Galvek Speed-Trialist (Kill < 3 mins)
  • General Graardor: General Graardor Veteran (Kill 100), Ourg Freezer II (Kill without him attacking players)
  • Giant Mole: Hard Hitter (Kill with <= 4 hits)
  • Glough: Glough Speed-Trialist (Kill < 2:30 mins)
  • Grotesque Guardians: Grotesque Guardians Veteran (Kill 50), From Dusk... (Kill 10 without leaving), Perfect Grotesque Guardians (Kill completing multiple sub-tasks perfectly), Grotesque Guardians Speed-Trialist (Kill < 2 mins), Done before Dusk (Kill before 2nd prison attack)
  • Hespori: Plant-Based Diet (Kill without losing prayer), Hespori Speed-Trialist (Kill < 48s)
  • K'ril Tsutsaroth: The Bane of Demons (Kill private instance demonbane spells only), K'ril Tsutsaroth Veteran (Kill 100), Demonic Defence (Kill private instance without taking melee hits)
  • Kalphite Queen: Kalphite Queen Veteran (Kill 50), Insect Deflection (Kill with Vengeance as final blow), Prayer Smasher (Kill with Verac's Flail only)
  • Kraken: Ten-tacles (Kill 50 in private instance without leaving)
  • Kree'arra: Kree'arra Veteran (Kill 100)
  • Leviathan: Leviathan Adept (Kill 1), Leviathan Speed-Trialist (Kill < 1:50 no task)
  • Moons of Peril: High Hitter (Defeat Moon before 2nd special)
  • Nex: Nex Survivors (Kill without anyone dying), Nex Veteran (Kill 1)
  • Phantom Muspah: Phantom Muspah Speed-Trialist (Kill < 3 mins no task), Phantom Muspah Veteran (Kill 25), Can't Escape (Kill without running), Versatile Drainer (Drain prayer with 3 sources)
  • Phosani's Nightmare: Phosani's Veteran (Kill 1)
  • Royal Titans: No time to pray (Kill without losing prayer)
  • Scorpia: Scorpia Veteran (Kill 25)
  • Skotizo: Demon Evasion (Kill without taking damage), Up for the Challenge (Kill without demonbane weapon equipped)
  • The Hueycoatl: Hueycoatl Veteran (Kill 25), Hueycoatl Speed-Trialist (Kill < 2:30), Perfect Hueycoatl (Kill perfectly 5 times without leaving)
  • The Mimic: Mimic Veteran (Kill 1)
  • The Nightmare: Sleep Tight (Kill solo), Nightmare (Solo) Speed-Trialist (Kill solo < 23 mins), Nightmare (5-Scale) Speed-Trialist (Kill 5-scale < 5 mins), Explosion! (Kill 2 Husks simultaneously), Nightmare Veteran (Kill 25)
  • Theatre of Blood (ToB): ToB Veteran (Complete 25)
  • Theatre of Blood: Entry Mode: Pass It On (Pass green ball), Anticoagulants (Kill Maiden without bloodspawn living >10s), Chally Time (Finish Bloat with Crystal Halberd spec), Appropriate Tools (Kill Bloat with everyone wearing Salve), Attack, Step, Wait (Survive Verzik P2 without bounces), Nylocas, On the Rocks (Freeze 4 Nylocas with 1 Ice Barrage), No-Pillar (Survive Verzik pillar phase without losing pillar), Just To Be Safe (Kill Sotetseg after splitting big ball, group >=2), They Won't Expect This (Enter Bloat room from opposite side), Don't Look at Me! (Kill Xarpus without him reflecting damage)
  • Thermonuclear Smoke Devil: Hazard Prevention (Kill without it hitting anyone), Thermonuclear Veteran (Kill 20), Spec'd Out (Kill using only special attacks)
  • Tombs of Amascut (ToA): Tomb Explorer (Complete Normal 1 time), Dropped the ball (Kill Akkha without dropping orbs), Perfect Apmeken (Complete Apmeken room perfectly < 3 mins, group >=2), No skipping allowed (Kill Ba-Ba attacking only non-weakened boulders, Boulderdash invo), Hardcore Raiders (Complete ToA group >=2 without deaths), I'm in a rush (Kill Ba-Ba destroying <= 4 boulders), Down Do Specs (Kill Wardens staggering <= twice P2), Perfect Crondis (Complete Crondis room perfectly < 1 min), Helpful spirit who? (Complete ToA without Spirit supplies/deaths), Perfect Het (Complete Het room perfectly after 1 core exposure), Hardcore Tombs (Complete ToA solo without dying)
  • Tombs of Amascut: Entry Mode: Novice Tomb Raider (Complete Entry 50 times)
  • Tombs of Amascut: Expert Mode: Expert Tomb Explorer (Complete Expert 1 time)
  • Tormented Demon: Unending Torment (Kill 1), Rapid Reload (Hit 3 TDs within 3s with ballista/cbow), Two Times the Torment (Kill 2 TDs within 2s), Through Fire and Flames (Kill TD whilst shield inactive)
  • TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Challenges: The II Jad Challenge (Complete Challenge 2), TzHaar-Ket-Rak's Speed-Trialist (Complete Challenge 1 < 45s), Facing Jad Head-on III (Complete Challenge 2 melee only)
  • TzKal-Zuk (Inferno): Half-Way There (Kill a Jal-Zek)
  • TzTok-Jad (Fight Caves): Facing Jad Head-on (Complete melee only), A Near Miss! (Complete after surviving Jad hit off-prayer), Fight Caves Veteran (Complete 1 time)
  • Vardorvis: Vardorvis Speed-Trialist (Kill < 1:15 no task), Vardorvis Adept (Kill 1)
  • Venenatis: Venenatis Veteran (Kill 20)
  • Vet'ion: Vet'eran (Kill 20)
  • Vorkath: Zombie Destroyer (Kill spawn without Crumble Undead), Vorkath Veteran (Kill 50), Stick 'em With the Pointy End (Kill melee only)
  • Whisperer: Whisperer Adept (Kill 1), Tentacular (Kill Arceuus spellbook only), Whisperer Speed-Trialist (Kill < 3:00 no task)
  • Zalcano: Zalcano Veteran (Kill 25), Perfect Zalcano (Kill perfectly 5 times without leaving), The Spurned Hero (Kill as top damager), Team Player (Receive imbued tephra)
  • Zulrah: Snake Rebound (Kill with Vengeance as final blow), Snake. Snake!? Snaaaaaake! (Kill 3 Snakelings simultaneously), Zulrah Speed-Trialist (Kill < 1:20 no task), Zulrah Veteran (Kill 75)

(Task list based on provided data dump, includes tasks added up to Feb 18, 2025 update reference)

Elite Tier Rewards (1014 Points Total)

Achieving 1014 total Combat Achievement points unlocks the prestigious Elite Tier rewards:

  • Antique Lamp: 25,000 XP in any skill level 50+.
  • Increased Clue Chance: 5% boost for Elite Clue Scrolls (excluding implings).
  • Ghommal's Hilt 4:
    • 3 daily teleports to Mor Ul Rek (inner city).
    • Maintains unlimited GWD teleports and Barrows perk from lower tiers.
  • Slayer Perk: 'Like a boss' unlock increased to 55 kills per task (+20 total).
  • God Wars Dungeon Perks:
    • Kill count requirement reduced to 30.
    • Ecumenical Key drop rate increased (1/50).
    • Private instance cost reduced to 125k coins.
  • Crafting: Ability to create Dragon Hunter Crossbow (t) using Vorkath's head.
  • Slayer Helm: Ability to create TzTok Slayer Helmet (via Ghommal).
  • Bracelets: 10% chance for Bracelets of Slaughter/Expeditious to fully recharge instead of breaking.
  • Superior Slayer: Spawn rate increased to 1/150 (+25% boost over base).
  • Cannon: Capacity increased to maximum of 60 cannonballs.

Explore the full benefits hierarchy in our Complete Ghommal's Hilt Guide.

Conclusion

The Elite Combat Achievements tier is a true test of PvM skill, requiring mastery over numerous high-level bosses and raids. The rewards reflect this difficulty, offering substantial upgrades like Mor Ul Rek teleports, the best cannon capacity, and enhanced Slayer benefits. Only the Master and Grandmaster tiers remain! See what awaits in our Master Combat Achievements Guide.

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