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Inferno speedrunning

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Inferno speedrunning

Inferno speedrunning
Type Mechanic
Videos 2 (first 2022-06-03, latest 2025-07-13)
Main source EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS)

Inferno speedrunning is a mechanic topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos between 2022-06-03 and 2025-07-13. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Contents

Stats and numbers

  • Inferno is negative money, which he cites as an example of pushing skill to the extreme without reward.1

Tips

  • For the sub 65 setup, Gnomonkey uses a Crystal shield and says an Elysian spirit shield (Ely) is better and keeps you a little healthier if owned, but is expensive and its only use is learning Inferno or maybe solo Theatre of Blood.2
  • Gnomonkey wears Virtus top since the run is barrage only, to boost damage slightly, with max range gear for the rest; Pegasian boots or Echo boots are good, and Zaryte vambraces or Barrows gloves are fine downgrades.3
  • A quiver is not required for Inferno speeds (an assembler alone is fine), but Gnomonkey says it is ideal because it lets him wear another cape and put arrows in the quiver slot, which saves prayer equal to about two doses of restore over the run.4
  • Gnomonkey runs a Kodai wand and says a Nightmare staff is the exact same for the run, since any 15% damage staff works with basically no difference.4
  • Gnomonkey's setup is a basic three-way of blowpipe, anguish and Masori with a Twisted bow, and the big difference from a first cape setup is bringing the arsenal: many, many blowpipe bullets.5
  • Gnomonkey brings three Divine bastion potions (about 60 minutes of divine) and pre-pots before entering, for a total of about 65 minutes of divine uptime.6
  • Gnomonkey brings two regular ranging potions so he can use brews and re-pot back up; a regular ranging potion keeps the boost if the divine boost is lost, and one is used on Zuk while spamming brew at Zuk healers.6
  • Gnomonkey pre-pots range potion, prayer regen and stamina; he says he would normally pre-pot divine super combat but that only matters when scything, which he is not doing.7
  • A stamina potion is not needed for the Inferno since the run energy changes: bats do not drain you if you pray properly against them, and you do not need stamina for Zuk.8
  • Before starting, Gnomonkey sets autocast to blood barrage and sets quick prayers to ranged and Rigour, swapping to mage and Rigour once on the mage waves; one tick flicking helps but is not necessary because prayer regeneration potions are very strong and he brings two.9
  • At the start of every Inferno run Gnomonkey first drops a pot around the starting area and then casts at a nibbler before killing things; he later picks the restore back up off the ground at the end of a wave.10

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey calls a fast Inferno speedrun 'a game of chess': the order monsters are killed in, where they are pulled to, and the reaction to each wave all change with your hits, how you get hit and the waves you get.11
  • Gnomonkey says solo Theatre of Blood (which he has not done yet and few have) requires near-perfect play: losing ticks in the Nylocas room, wasting tiles at Xarpus or missing a single tick eat over hundreds results in death; it is technically profitable if consistent but worse than duo Theatre of Blood for gp.12
  • Gnomonkey considers Lightbearer the best ring choice by far for Inferno speeds because pipe specs save time and give health, so he needs to heal less and goes faster.5
  • Gnomonkey says Bastion potions are important because extra defence levels reduce damage taken, which means less healing and a faster run.13

Records

  • His Inferno time had been pushed down to 51:23 at the time of the video and that he planned to get sub-50 on his stream.14

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-07-13 EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS) Added: 13 statements (opinion, tip)
2022-06-03 Why Raids 3 Needs to be REWARDING (OSRS) Page created: 4 statements (opinion, record, stat)
## References

  1. Why Raids 3 Needs to be REWARDING (OSRS), 2022-06-03. ▶ 3:28 ↩

  2. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 0:59 ↩

  3. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 1:25 ↩

  4. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 1:53 ↩↩

  5. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 2:21 ↩↩

  6. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 2:50 ↩↩

  7. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 26:00 ↩

  8. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 26:30 ↩

  9. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 30:23 ↩

  10. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 30:51 ↩

  11. Why Raids 3 Needs to be REWARDING (OSRS), 2022-06-03. ▶ 3:04 ↩

  12. Why Raids 3 Needs to be REWARDING (OSRS), 2022-06-03. ▶ 3:17 ↩

  13. EASY INFERNO: SUB 65 MINUTE GUIDE (OSRS), 2025-07-13. ▶ 3:17 ↩

  14. Why Raids 3 Needs to be REWARDING (OSRS), 2022-06-03. ▶ 13:17 ↩

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