Vorkath

Warning! Beware of Vorkath's acid pool quickfire barrage, insta-kill vertical dragonfire, and suicide spawn as each of these attacks can kill players almost immediately. Vorkath is considered a blue dragon and zombie for the purpose of a Slayer task. As Vorkath is also undead, the Salve amulet and its variants will work on him. However, it does not stack with the Slayer helmet. Rings of recoil do not inflict damage on Vorkath.

Attacks

Vorkath uses several different attack styles during the fight:

• Melee attack: If players are in range, he swipes at the player with his wings/claws (slash-based).
• Magic attack: Launches a bright-blue projectile at the player that hits up to 30 damage. Protect from Magic completely negates damage.
• Ranged attack: Launches a spiked ball at the player that hits up to 32 damage. Protect from Missiles blocks this attack. This style has been confirmed to occur more frequently than the magic attack when not in melee range. If in melee range, magic attack is slightly more frequent.
• Dragonfire: Vorkath's dragonfire has multiple variants, similar to the King Black Dragon's. The damage dealt by the dragonfire is dependent on the number of layers of dragonfire protection used by the player. Full damage mitigation requires a super antifire potion along with a dragonfire protection shield. Players also typically use a regular antifire potion with a dragonfire protection shield, or a super antifire potion along with the protect from magic prayer; both combinations reduce the max hits of the attacks to 10.
  • Normal Dragonfire: Only deals damage.
  • Venom Dragonfire: Has a chance to inflict the venom status if not venom immune.
  • Pink Dragonfire: Disables all prayers upon impact. This special effect can not be mitigated.
• High-damage Dragonfire: Vertically launched dragonfire at the player's position when cast. This will greatly damage the player if they are directly struck by it, often lethally; half the damage is taken if adjacent.

Vorkath's Attacks

Images - Name - Description
Magic attack - Deals magic damage	Ranged attack - Deals ranged damage	Dragonfire attack - Deals dragonfire damage	Venom dragonfire attack - Can inflict venom
Ping dragonfire attack - Disables prayers	Deadly dragonfire attack - Dodge, move 2 tiles	Vorkath acid pool attack - Keep moving to dodge	Zombified ice attack - Freezes player, spawns zombified spawn

Suggested Skills

• 85+ (Ranged Method: Blowpipe/Crossbow)
• 80+ (Melee method)
• 85+ (Melee method)
• 75+ (Melee method)
• 43+ (92/95 Highly recommended for Soul Split & Turmoil)

Auras & Relics

	Inflammable (Silver) Acts as a permanent antifire potion.
	Divinity (Silver) Your prayer points drain 10% slower.
	Overclocked (Silver) Aura cooldown is reduced by 20% and auras last 10% longer.
	String of Luck (Gold) Offers a 10% luck boost (excludes raids).
	Stroke of Luck (Gold) Offers a 10% chance to double monster drop loot.
	Catch em All (Gold) Offers 50% higher drop rate on all pets. (if pet hunting)
	Master Reverence - Slows down prayer drain and increases prayer restoration from potions by 7%.
	Vampyrism - Gain life points equal to 5% of any damage you deal (If not 92/95 Prayer).
	Penance - Gain prayer points equal to 5% of any damage you receive.

• High Alch runes can be helpful to alch rune/dragon item drops and increase gp per run.

Equipment

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Void ranger helm1	Slayer helm (i)2	Armadyl helmet	Serpentine helm	Robin hood hat or Blessed coif
	Salve amulet (e) or (ei)	Necklace of anguish	Saradomin's murmur	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory
	Ava's assembler	Ava's accumulator	Ranging cape	Ava's attractor	N/A
	Elite void top1	Armadyl chestplate	Karil's leathertop	Blessed body	Black d'hide body
	Elite void robe1	Armadyl chainskirt	Karil's leatherskirt	Blessed chaps	Black d'hide chaps
	Dragon hunter crossbow	Toxic blowpipe	Zaryte crossbow	Chaotic crossbow	Dragon crossbow or Rune Crossbow
	Eagle-eye kiteshield	Dragonfire ward	Twisted buckler	Crystal shield	Anti-dragon shield
	Ruby dragon bolts (e) + Diamond dragon bolts (e)	Ruby bolts (e) + Diamond bolts (e)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Void gloves1	Swift gloves	Zaryte vambraces	Barrows gloves	Black d'hide vambraces
	Pegasian boots	Glavien boots	Ranger boots	Blessed boots	Boots of brimstone
	Archers ring (i)	Ring of Suffering (i)	Archers ring	Ring of wealth (i)	Ring of wealth

1. Only if you are wearing the full set
2. If you have a Blue dragon slayer task

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Torva full helm	Neitiznot faceguard	Slayer helm (i)2	Statius's full helm	Serpentine helm or File:Helm of neitiznot Helm of Neitiznot
	Salve amulet (e) or (ei)	Amulet of torture	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of power
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Cape of accomplishment
	Torva platebody	Statius's platebody	Bandos chestplate	Dharok's platebody (or Barrows platebodies)
		Statius's platelegs	Bandos tassets	Dharok's platelegs (or Barrows platelegs)	Dragon platelegs
	Dragon hunter lance	Ghrazi rapier	Chaotic rapier	Zamorakian hasta
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender	Dragonfire shield
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		Goliath gloves	Barrows gloves
	Primordial boots	Steadfast boots	Dragon boots	Guardian boots	Bandos boots
	Berserker ring (i)	Ring of Suffering (i)	Berserker ring	Ring of wealth (i)	Ring of wealth
	Crystal halberd	Dragon claws	Dragon dagger	Vesta's longsword	Any Godsword

1. Only if you are wearing the full set
2. If you have a Blue dragon slayer task

Inventory recommendations

Ranged setup for killing Vorkath

Setup #1 (Ranged)

• An ammo switch (if using crossbow)
• Toxic blowpipe (for special, if using crossbow)
• 1 Anti-venom+ / Antidote+
• 4-5 Super restores or prayer potions - Double if using Soulsplit and/or Vampyrism
• 1 Overload / Extreme Ranging potion
• Food: Sharks or better, e.g. Angler, Rocktails, Dark Crab, Manta Rays, etc.

Melee setup for killing Vorkath

Setup #2 (Melee)

• Special attack weapon (Crystal halberd, dragon claws or dragon dagger)
• 1 Anti-venom+ / Antidote+
• 4-5 Super restores or prayer potions - Double if using Soulsplit and/or Vampyrism
• 1 Overload / Extreme Ranging potion
• Food: Sharks or better, e.g. Angler, Rocktails, Dark Crab, Manta Rays, etc.