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Inferno gear

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Inferno gear

Inferno gear
Type Item
Videos 8 (first 2021-05-21, latest 2026-07-13)
Main source EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS)

This page collects Gnomonkey's gear, inventory and supply recommendations for completing the Inferno for a first cape, as they changed between 2021 and 2026. Across the period he moves from a prayer-bonus-first, Kodai-and-Ring-of-the-Gods setup to a damage-first setup with a crystal shield, a Lightbearer, a Blood scepter and prayer regeneration potions instead of stamina potions and heavy tanking gear.

Contents

Priorities

  • In 2021 his priorities were first prayer bonus (restores must last through Zuk, aiming for at least four restores left on reaching Zuk), then ranged and melee defence, then ranged accuracy and damage bonus; mage defence does not help as the player prays mage against mages1.
  • By 2025 he says to maximise ranged defence with DPS first and then ranged defence2, and in 2025-12 that damage matters more than tanking, so healing damage away is more valuable than avoiding it3. In 2026 he says 200 ranged defence is totally fine and the player already has plenty4.
  • Common mistake (2021): worrying about magic accuracy to kill nibblers faster; they have zero defence, the freeze almost always lands and accuracy only affects whether the hit lands, not damage5. In 2024 he gives nibblers as 15 magic and negative 20 magic defence, about 96% accuracy regardless, so damage bonus and the chance to one-shot matter67.

Weapons

Ranged

  • 2021: dragon arrows with the Twisted bow; a blowpipe with rune darts until Zuk and then dragon darts, nothing below rune darts8.
  • 2022: a Toxic blowpipe is necessary because it is useful on many monsters and mandatory for healers; he uses it on everything except melees, mages, Jads and Zuk, where he uses the Bow of Faerdhinen9.
  • 2025-12: bring the best darts possible, with dragon darts amazing and amethyst darts runnable, while worse hurts against melee NPCs10. He says never to bring a Scorching bow and that the Bofa is the bare minimum for a first cape11.
  • 2026-07: the best weapon is the Twisted bow and the Bofa is second best; do not bring a Scorching bow, crossbow, Zaryte crossbow or Armadyl crossbow, and without a Bofa or Twisted bow the player is not ready12. About 200 to 300 darts are used per Inferno and dying wastes more supplies13.

Magic

Date Recommendation
2021-05 Three- or four-way mage switch; the Kodai wand is basically mandatory (a nightmare staff needs a brew slot for water runes); occult necklace helps insta-kill nibblers14
2022-11 Staff of the dead cannot be auto-cast but gives the 15% bonus and auto-cast is not really needed; toxic staff of the dead is a cheap option with the same bonus as the Nightmare staff; Eldritch nightmare staff is best in slot for its spec, though none is required; Master wand gives no bonus and is kind of bad151617
2024-01 Any 15% weapon is S tier; Staff of the dead is S minus; Master wand is a really terrible option he does not understand people always bringing; ancient sceptres are a far worse fallback; Eldritch nightmare staff is triply better than the Kodai wand181920
2024-10 Since autocast delay was removed, Staff of the dead is less attractive and Blood scepter is pretty good; Nightmare staff or Kodai wand are better because they autocast ancients with 15% damage. A 15% staff gives three max hits for the Inferno; downgrading to Arens loses two21
2025-02 Uses a Blood Scepter (overheal and 5% mage damage); 15% staffs (Staff of the Dead, Nightmare, Kodai) are also great; Purging staff and Dragon hunter wand (about 10%) or the two-handed Blue Moon Spear/Scepter (5%) are usable downgrades22
2025-12 Dragon hunter wand 10% is a very good mid-level baseline; better are Blood Ancient Sceptre, Kodai or Nightmare staff for 15% or overheal23
2026-07 Any 15% staff is fine (Kodai a bit better than a base Nightmare staff); Blood scepter is excellent with 5% and overheal plus 10, and he believes it becomes 10% damage on "the 22nd"24

His 2022 view on the Master wand was that he would use a staff of the dead over it17. See Purging staff.

Armour and accessories

Body, legs, helmet and cape

  • First cape setup (2021): Justiciar faceguard for 67 ranged defence and melee defences in the 60s with only -2 ranged accuracy and +2 prayer25. Armadyl has slightly better ranged and melee defence than god d'hide and slightly better ranged accuracy; blessed d'hide is acceptable26. In 2025-12 he reverses this: do not bring Justiciar armour and do not wear a Justiciar helm over a Masori or crystal helmet, because damage matters for triples and Zuk and Masori's bonus is bigger327.
  • Capes: the ranged cape is better on task for +4 prayer and defence, a Max cape is better still (same stats as the ranged cape, collects ammunition, counts as a holy wrench, negative weight and doubled health regeneration)2628.
  • Crystal armour (2025-02): each piece gives two prayer bonus and good ranged defence but poor melee defence; the setup weighs about 27 kilos, which is why stamina is not needed29.
  • Mage top: in 2021 the ancestral top is optional and used for waves 1 to 4714. In 2022 he removes it for the crystal body from around wave 50 because of a potential range hit at any wave start, and considers the twisted cult ornament ancestral set necessary for his setup (an Ahrim's top would replace it)3031. In 2024-10 he added mage legs to his mage top for a two max hit total and a higher chance of one-shotting nibblers32. In 2025-02 he brings Ahrim's robes only for accuracy when healing; Blue Moon armour is arguably better than Ahrim's, Virtus is best-in-slot and Ancestral is better3334.
  • 2026-07 mage gear: he takes only a Nightmare staff and gauntlets rather than a mage top, because the gauntlet setup has one higher max hit and slightly better accuracy than vambraces with a Virtus top, with defence almost the same as Zaryte vambraces (range defence three lower)35. A mage top after wave 50 gives monsters a 9% higher chance of hitting off spawn (41.5% shown)36; without gauntlets a mage top is needed because accuracy is down about 15% and healing off monsters requires it37.
  • Virtus (2024): best in slot for the Inferno, and best for casting ancients1821.

Gloves and quiver

Zaryte vambraces are better than typical gloves, and Barrows gloves are fine; an assembler is fine though a quiver would be better182. His 2026 max setup also uses the quiver, Confliction gauntlets and vambraces38.

Boots

Date Recommendation
2021-05 Devout boots for +5 prayer; Pegasian speed up triple Jad and Zuk; Guardian boots give defence in the 30s and +2 prayer but -1 ranged accuracy28
2023-03 Pegasian boots or holy sandals either work, the pace is not that tight39
2024-01 Devout, Pegasian and snakeskin boots all work18
2024-10 Runs blessed dragonhide boots; Echo boots are best in slot with minus two ranged accuracy, and Pegasian are better too40
2025-02 Basically irrelevant; pegasian, echo, devout, eternal, brimstone and guardian are all fine; he wears Brimstone41
2025-12 Best are Pegasian, devout, echo or best of all Treads, but boots matter little; he wears a Ranger boots variant; Rada's Blessing 2 for prayer bonus is a big deal42

Shield

  • The Crystal shield is his go-to for its insane ranged defence in 2021; an Elysian spirit shield is the obvious choice if owned, and an arcane spirit shield is decent with 52 ranged defence and +3 prayer43.
  • In 2022 he said a crystal shield or ward would be ideal, with the ward about 150 million; his mage attack bonus was 34 with the shield versus 44 without, but nibblers have negative 10 mage defence, so keep it on always, taking it off only when blood barraging for health444546.
  • 2024-10: Crystal shield over the Elidinis' ward for the extra range defence (80), since the ward's one max hit does not matter47. 2025-12: the ward has about 28 less ranged defence than the crystal shield, so he always runs the crystal shield, and it should be worn when mage-ing and at the start of each wave4849. 2026-07: it is the best shield bar the Elidinis' ward and better than a ward or spectral or arcane spirit shield38.
  • He says to start waves with the shield on and leave it on, since it costs less than 0.5% mage accuracy against nibblers, and a habit of not wearing it carries into the 50s waves where defence matters5049.

Rings

Date Recommendation
2021-05 Ring of the Gods (+8 prayer and the holy wrench effect), or Ring of suffering with a max cape; not granite or archer ring25
2022-11 Suffering fine; Ring of the Gods the default for prayer bonus and wrench effect51
2024-01 Prefers Lightbearer for extra Toxic blowpipe specs; with an Eldritch nightmare staff it gives more prayer than Ring of the gods, otherwise about equal. He used Ring of the gods for his first cape only because Lightbearer did not exist then; the spec damage also helps on Zuk, beating even the Venator ring, though Lightbearer is overrated everywhere in the game except the Inferno5253
2024-10 Recommends Lightbearer for more frequent blowpipe specs, the melee kill ring rather than a healing ring; Suffering not worth it; Ring of the Gods not bad but not needed with the new potion5455
2025-02 Devout Lightbearer user because double blowpipe specs kill melee mobs; no Suffering or Gods5657
2025-12 Lightbearer is the only ring to run23
2026-07 Venator ring gives two max hits because the player is off task, so Lightbearer is no longer the automatic choice; he still thinks Lightbearer is much better for getting through the waves and a Venator ring may be worth it once comfortable and after dying to Zuk a few times. Do not bring Ring of suffering5859

Lightbearer lets the player spec the blowpipe more, with specs healing and giving double accuracy and damage, so a melee can be speced before it kills the player59. He noted in 2024 that the Lightbearer sells for about one million at the Tombs of Amascut and is undervalued60.

Other items and warnings

  • Saradomin godsword: 2021: can replace a third restore as melee gear to restore prayer and drive-by nibblers, but never to cheese specs, and only once Zuk is reached; 2022: never bring it, since it is misused on first capes while Eldritch nightmare staff is worth a ton of prayer; 2025-12: do not bring an SGS, as it wastes more prayer than it saves, and Bandos chestplate is unnecessary because more brew is better than tanking gear61623. See Saradomin godsword.
  • Falador shield 4: restores prayer twice a day, best used early in attempts63. In the 2021 setup, pre-entry: drink a divine ranging/Bastion, heal to full, eat an anglerfish, drink a stamina and use an Imbued heart64.
  • Vengeance: be pre-venged before waves (2023)65. See Vengeance.
  • Blood Barrage: when barraging for HP there is no time limit, so negative magic bonus pieces can be removed5.
  • Mage tank (2026): he is not a fan: it makes the waves easy but gives a much longer and harder Zuk, makes healers slow and dangerous and leaves little defence outside the full tank setup; he recommends a normal cape66. See Pillarless mage tank Inferno.
  • Chat reminders: have a chat member remind about equipping wrong items, such as Anguish67.

Inventory and supplies

Date Recommendation
2021-05 Mage switch, blowpipe, about eight brews to start (at least four on reaching Zuk), restores for the rest, a rune pouch with maximum soul, death and blood runes, a stamina and a Bastion potion for Zuk; with Justiciar, swap two restores for pieces6861
2023-03 Flicking is not the focus; bring enough restore not to flick much; do not panic about prayer (he finished with over two spare); the pillar does exactly half of the HP of the monster remaining, so drag monsters into it696770
2024-01 Two restores on Zuk is infinite prayer, so Rigour and a protection prayer can be camped; a divine ranging potion for Zuk since it drains about four levels7172
2025-02 Three Prayer regeneration potions for a Bofa run (arguably four if over two hours), each effectively two restores and not scaling with Prayer level; stamina only as a backup, otherwise an extra restore; a divine ranging potion mostly restores stats drained by brews; about two restores and two brews for Zuk; be fully potted for Zuk7374297576
2025-12 Pre-pot with Anglerfish, divine ranging and a prayer regeneration; no stamina potion since the run energy changes77
2026-07 Seven regular brews plus three armor brews (about ten), ten restores plus three prayer regeneration potions (16 restores in total), one Divine bastion potion, which he calls overkill; no stamina potion since the run energy rework3778

In 2021 he also noted that overcharging prayer points in the player's house with max melee gear is possible before entering64.

Revision history

Date Video Change
2026-07-13 YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS) Changed ring advice: Venator ring now worth considering over Lightbearer later in learning; recommends gauntlets over a mage top; Twisted bow best weapon and Bofa second; ten brews, 16 restores equivalent; no stamina potion; against the mage tank setup.
2025-12-07 NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS) Changed to Lightbearer as the only ring; do not bring Justiciar, SGS or Bandos chestplate; Treads as best boots; no stamina potion; Bofa is the bare minimum.
2025-02-26 EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS) Added Blood scepter, three prayer regeneration potions and stamina only as backup; boots called irrelevant; crystal armour setup.
2024-10-03 INFERNO IS FREE NOW! Bofa Guide (OSRS) Changed mage weapon view: Staff of the dead less attractive after autocast delay was removed; Lightbearer recommended; crystal shield over the ward.
2024-01-17 IRONMAN Inferno Teaching Stream (OSRS) Changed ring preference from Ring of the gods to Lightbearer; added tier ranking of mage weapons and the nibbler stats.
2023-03-30 Inferno (Sub 65 CA) Teaching Stream OSRS Added pre-venge, boots and prayer comfort notes.
2022-11-04 Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS Changed Saradomin godsword advice (never bring it); added Staff of the dead as a viable mage weapon and mage top removal from wave 50.
2021-05-21 Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk) Page created: first cape priorities, Justiciar and Kodai setup, Ring of the Gods, crystal shield, inventory.
## See also

References

  1. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 3:16 ↩

  2. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 2:00 ↩↩

  3. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 3:38 ↩↩↩

  4. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 7:16 ↩

  5. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 3:31 ↩↩

  6. IRONMAN Inferno Teaching Stream (OSRS), 2024-01-17. ▶ 20:11 ↩

  7. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 3:54 ↩

  8. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 7:20 ↩

  9. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 1:12:38 ↩

  10. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 2:33 ↩

  11. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 5:11 ↩

  12. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 2:34 ↩

  13. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 4:07 ↩

  14. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 7:47 ↩↩

  15. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 0:00 ↩

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  20. IRONMAN Inferno Teaching Stream (OSRS), 2024-01-17. ▶ 29:13 ↩

  21. INFERNO IS FREE NOW! Bofa Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-03. ▶ 1:31 ↩↩

  22. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 3:33 ↩

  23. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 2:01 ↩↩

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  28. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 6:25 ↩↩

  29. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 7:55 ↩↩

  30. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 1:11:00 ↩

  31. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 42:39 ↩

  32. INFERNO IS FREE NOW! Bofa Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-03. ▶ 2:58 ↩

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  37. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 6:09 ↩↩

  38. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 2:01 ↩↩

  39. Inferno (Sub 65 CA) Teaching Stream OSRS, 2023-03-30. ▶ 21:06 ↩

  40. INFERNO IS FREE NOW! Bofa Guide (OSRS), 2024-10-03. ▶ 2:28 ↩

  41. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 2:31 ↩

  42. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 3:04 ↩

  43. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 6:53 ↩

  44. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 0:55 ↩

  45. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 1:28 ↩

  46. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 16:27 ↩

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  50. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 27:46 ↩

  51. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 43:24 ↩

  52. IRONMAN Inferno Teaching Stream (OSRS), 2024-01-17. ▶ 0:57 ↩

  53. IRONMAN Inferno Teaching Stream (OSRS), 2024-01-17. ▶ 1:24 ↩

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  56. EASY MID GAME INFERNO GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-02-26. ▶ 2:59 ↩

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  58. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 0:29 ↩

  59. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 0:59 ↩↩

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  61. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 9:19 ↩↩

  62. Inferno (BOFA) Guide OSRS, 2022-11-04. ▶ 44:04 ↩

  63. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 8:48 ↩

  64. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 9:51 ↩↩

  65. Inferno (Sub 65 CA) Teaching Stream OSRS, 2023-03-30. ▶ 0:59 ↩

  66. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 4:30 ↩

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  68. Inferno Guide OSRS (Waves + Triple Jads + Zuk), 2021-05-21. ▶ 8:15 ↩

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  77. NEW Golden Trio for First Inferno Cape (OSRS), 2025-12-07. ▶ 5:45 ↩

  78. YOU CAN GET YOUR FIRST INFERNO COMPLETED WITH THESE (OSRS), 2026-07-13. ▶ 7:07 ↩

Items

Inferno gear • Bow of Faerdhinen • Burning claws • Tumeken's shadow • Toxic blowpipe • Atlatl • Dagannoth Kings • Scythe of Vitur • Soulreaper axe • Confliction gauntlets • Mixed hide armour • Voidwaker • Perilous Moons • Twisted bow • TzHaar-Ket Breaker • Osmumten's fang • Eclipse atlatl • Oathplate armour • Eye of Ayak • Venator bow • Bone dagger • Emberlight • Heka of Tumeken • Rubium • Sanguinesti staff • Dark crab • Eldritch veil • Void Knight equipment • Avernic treads • Crossbow bolts • Blood fury • Daeyalt Essence Mine • Noxious halberd • Torva armour • Divine potion • Soulflame horn • Surge potion • Ascension crossbow • Dharok's armour • Amulet of rancour

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