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Great Olm 4-1 method

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Great Olm 4-1 method

Great Olm 4-1 method
Type Mechanic
Videos 2 (first 2024-10-27, latest 2025-05-01)
Main source Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS)

Great Olm 4-1 method is a mechanic topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos between 2024-10-27 and 2025-05-01. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Contents

Methods

  • To get into 4-1 you go to the thumb, wait until Olm attacks and then click the hand, wait for two attacks and then run.1
  • After the mage hand dies, the melee hand is killed with a four-to-one cycle: go to the thumb, wait for Olm to attack and open his mouth, click the hand on that tick, and do your hits so you run on the right tick.2
  • In a four-to-one you hit as you drag, hit on the pinky when he attacks, hit again, then a fourth hit as he stares at you (the null), and then run.3
  • To set up: wait on the thumb for Olm to attack, then see what he does next. If he stares at you, you are in four-to-one. If he attacks twice in a row, do a three-to-one (hit only on the thumb) and then you are in four-to-one.3
  • If Olm throws a special while you wait on the thumb, wait for it to resolve (for portals, deal with them first, then reset), since he attacks once more and then stares at you, putting you in four-to-one.4

Stats and numbers

  • Olm is on a four-tick attack cycle: attack, null, attack, special; Gnomonkey gives a crude mnemonic for remembering that order, and says you want to avoid the special.5
  • When Olm turns, the turn replaces whichever of attack, null or special was due, so by running and turning him you skip two of the cycle's steps.6
  • Olm's special attacks are crystals popping up under your feet, lightning across the screen and portals, and on the third phase a hand heal.7

Tips

  • If you get acid or another bad effect while learning, you should just walk it off and get back into cycle.8
  • Anytime you get pulled out of cycle you should go to the thumb, wait for an attack and click, and that when things go wrong you should not stop following the rules.9
  • If Olm attacks you and then does nothing you are in 4-1 by default; you just run to the left and drag him.10
  • If Olm attacks twice and no flame wall is in your way, you do three hits instead of four (a 3-1) to fix the cycle, and if he does a special you wait on the thumb for two attacks and then you are in cycle.11
  • Anytime you see a special you take two more hits and then run to be in 4-1, and to change your protection prayer when an attack differs from what you were praying since Olm often repeats the same attack.12
  • When Olm attacks and just stares at you you are in 4-1 by default, which is the easiest way into the cycle.13
  • On phase three you can get into 4-1 instantly using a thrall and a hammer, and the melee hand cannot cripple on phase three.14
  • When you lose cycle you go to the thumb, attack after Olm attacks, and if he did two attacks do a three-to-one; he says Olm becomes hell if you cannot get back into cycle quickly, but once you can, everything is fixable.15
  • Once you know you are in cycle and are using a thrall, you can pull the protection prayer off because you will not take hits.16
  • If a special like crystals or lightning appears while you wait, Gnomonkey says to hang out until he stares at you and then run, which he calls foolproof for getting into four-to-one.17

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says 4-1 on the melee hand is much harder than 3-0, calls it the bane of people's existence, and the hardest thing for people to do.1

Trivia

  • Olm can attack twice in a row during a null if he has just turned, which is why you sometimes see two attacks in a row; he says he learned this around 500 KC.18

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-05-01 NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS) Added: 9 statements (method, stat, tip, trivia)
2024-10-27 Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS) Page created: 11 statements (method, opinion, tip)
## See also

References

  1. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 28:41 ↩↩

  2. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 38:56 ↩

  3. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 44:44 ↩↩

  4. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 45:45 ↩

  5. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 41:19 ↩

  6. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 42:47 ↩

  7. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 43:16 ↩

  8. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 29:15 ↩

  9. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 30:17 ↩

  10. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 32:44 ↩

  11. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 33:15 ↩

  12. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 52:32 ↩

  13. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 55:38 ↩

  14. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 57:08 ↩

  15. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 58:32 ↩

  16. Your First Budget Solo CoX Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-27. ▶ 59:32 ↩

  17. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 50:17 ↩

  18. NEW Entry Mode CM CoX Guide (OSRS), 2025-05-01. ▶ 46:44 ↩

Mechanics

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