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Gridlock Gambit

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Gridlock Gambit

Gridlock Gambit
Type Mechanic
Videos 1 (first 2025-06-05, latest 2025-06-05)
Main source Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS)

Gridlock Gambit is a mechanic topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2025-06-05. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Contents

Methods

  • The ragging meteors cannot rag the glyphs and instead rag a random tile outside the glyph, so if you can do the entire fight inside a glyph, ragging is not a problem.1
  • Meteors come in a vertical and horizontal variation rotating clockwise, and there are three wave patterns, one of which forms an axe outside of the glyph; waves can also scuff and hit a tick early at random, giving technically 24 variations of patterns to dodge.2
  • If you always drop a meteor on the centre tile of the glyph, it is always possible to dodge the meteors within the glyph; the rare exception is a vertical meteor spawn with the giga waves, where you step out of the grid for one tick and come back in, which works because Yama does not drop meteors at that time.3
  • Ways to die on an Oathplate contract per Gnomonkey: dropping a meteor on a non-centre tile; red X dragging to Yama; tanking a wave (it drops your prayer and you get hit the same tick); yellow-clicking past a void flare; not clicking a void flare; or forgetting which glyph to go to early.4

Stats and numbers

  • Tanking an off-prayer hit on an Oathplate contract costs about half your food, according to Gnomonkey.4

Tips

  • When Yama drops meteors right after the non-wave void flares, you must dodge in the opposite direction to avoid scuffed waves, making muscle memory harder.3

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says the solves for all variations have different timings that must be memorised and perfected, and calls this some of the hardest and by far the riskiest content he has ever done in the game.5

Trivia

  • The Gridlock Gambit was devised by Saxer Pillar and Gnomonkey: Sax found the base dodging pattern and Gnomonkey labbed out most of the cells within the grid.2

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-06-05 Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS) Page created: 8 statements (method, opinion, stat, tip, trivia)
## References

  1. Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS), 2025-06-05. ▶ 1:50 ↩

  2. Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS), 2025-06-05. ▶ 2:00 ↩↩

  3. Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS), 2025-06-05. ▶ 2:24 ↩↩

  4. Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS), 2025-06-05. ▶ 3:05 ↩↩

  5. Oathplate Contracts Solved - Gridlock Gambit Method (OSRS), 2025-06-05. ▶ 2:56 ↩

Mechanics

Colosseum invocations • Yama contracts • Invocations (Tombs of Amascut) • Jal-ImKot • Inferno pillars • Jal-Ak • Alt account • Thralls • Nex gear setup • Tempoross • Turael • Inferno waves • Jal-Nib • Doom of Mokhaiotl: rock block method • Monkey Room • Fortis Colosseum pillars • Phantom barrage • Awakened bosses • Melee gear progression • Demonic Brutus • Jal-MejRah • Prayer flicking • Butterfly Tech • Fortis Colosseum setup • Doom of Mokhaiotl: melee punish • Sulliuscep • Botting • Off-ticking • Corner trapping • Doom of Mokhaiotl: car attack • Combat Achievements • Doom of Mokhaiotl: shield phase • Pest Control • Blood Barrage • Nylocas • Great Olm 4-1 method • Nex reset • Triple Jad • RuneScape 3 combat • Tightrope skip

Category: Mechanics