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Tempoross

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Tempoross

Tempoross
Type Skilling minigame
Location Boat in south-western Al Kharid1
Requirements 35 Fishing2
Gp/hr About 400k with the firefighter method2
Xp/hr About 50k Fishing xp with the firefighter method2
Reward permits 11-14 per game, usually about 133
Rating Between C and B tier4
Videos 4 (first 2021-11-19, latest 2026-06-04)
Main source SOLO Tempoross Firefighter Guide (OSRS)

Tempoross is a Fishing minigame that Gnomonkey describes as the fishing equivalent of Wintertodt: a medium-intensity training method with fairly decent xp and some profit.5 Jagex considers it a boss, and he finds it interesting only when it is done with the firefighter method; played any other way he finds it boring, rates it between C and B tier and places it below Zalcano.64

The fight is solved most efficiently with the community-named "firefighter method", a solo strategy that yields the most reward permits per hour, up to 80 if done efficiently.5 It gives roughly 50k Fishing xp/hr and 400k gp/hr and is the fastest way to obtain any Tempoross unique, including the fish barrel and the pet.2

Contents

Requirements

Tempoross requires only 35 Fishing. The firefighter method is much easier with 61 Fishing and a dragon harpoon, and easier still with 75 Fishing and 85 Cooking for the infernal harpoon, but it can be done without them.2 The method has a hard requirement of 68 Magic and completion of Lunar Diplomacy for the Lunar spell Humidify, although one can boost from 65 Magic with magic potions.7

To reach the minigame, use an Amulet of glory to Al Kharid or a Ring of dueling to the Duel Arena, then take the boat in south-western Al Kharid, which goes straight to the Tempoross area.1

Gear and inventory

  • Outfit: The best outfit is Spirit Anglers, which counts as a rope for the encounter and gives the Anglers xp boost. It needs 4,800 Spirit flakes; until then use the full Anglers outfit, or full Graceful if Anglers is not unlocked.8
  • Cape and gloves: An Agility cape or Graceful cape is the next best cape option, with Graceful gloves for minor run restoration and weight reduction. The Tome of Fire saves runes when casting Humidify and a Tome of Water saves even more, though neither is necessary.9
  • Harpoon: The infernal harpoon is the best, and the dragon harpoon also works fine. Without either, a barbed tail harpoon is equipable and saves inventory space, or one can fish barehanded if that is unlocked, at the cost of some Fishing xp in exchange for Strength xp.10 A crystal harpoon does not work, because the method needs very specific amounts of cooked fish and damage and the crystallised fish it gives cannot be cooked.11
  • Prayer gear: Below 99 Fishing, Gnomonkey recommends wearing prayer gear in empty slots so Preserve can be prayed for longer, keeping the dragon harpoon's Fishing boost up. This is pointless at 99, since boosts above that level do nothing.9
  • Inventory: A one-dose stamina, eight buckets of water, a hammer, and a rune pouch with fire, water and astral runes. The buckets, hammer and other tools can all be obtained on the Tempoross boat.10 Without Spirit Anglers, the bottom bucket is swapped for a rope in addition to the hammer.12
  • Plugin: He highly recommends the Tempoross plugin from the RuneLite plugin hub, which shows meters for the resources.11

Mechanics

As in Wintertodt, the player fishes paddlefish, optionally cooks them for extra points and damage, and dumps them in crates on a boat. The fish are launched at Tempoross to damage his shield; once the shield reaches zero he is vulnerable and can be damaged by fishing at the main whirlpool.12 The number of reward permits depends on the points earned in the fight.13

Tempoross has two special attacks.13

  • Lightning strikes create spreading fires that remove resources from the inventory each tick the player stands in them. They must be doused with buckets of water.
  • Tidal wave is dodged by tying yourself to the ship's mast or a totem; otherwise some inventory resources are lost.

The storm intensity meter constantly fills and instantly fails the fight if it reaches 100%; it resets when Tempoross' shield is broken.14 If the shield is broken a fourth time and he recovers without being defeated, he becomes enraged and rapidly fills the meter, so the fight will fail.15

The firefighter method

The method abuses Tempoross' mechanics to keep fires propagating on the far side of the island; each flame doused with a bucket of water gives 40 points.16 When the shield is damaged below 10% he never uses a special attack again. Since his tidal wave would douse all flames on the island, preventing special attacks lets the fires spread until almost the whole island is on fire.16 The method ends by defeating Tempoross right before he recovers the fourth time, which gives the absolute maximum amount of points.16

First cycle

  1. When the game starts, run north-east and fish paddlefish immediately, using the dragon harpoon special while running if available and praying Preserve. Catch around 8 to 10 fish, then start cooking while waiting for the double fish spot, and fish at the double spot as soon as it appears.17
  2. The inventory holds exactly 17 raw paddlefish at this stage. Cook them, and when the plugin's totem meter is about half, click the totem to tie yourself down against the incoming tidal wave, then keep clicking to cook.18
  3. By the time cooking finishes the cloud should be creating fires with lightning. Run to the ship and deposit all cooked fish in a crate; depositing 17 fish damages the shield to 4%, which prevents any more special attacks.19
  4. If a second tidal wave arrives because the player was too slow, leave the encounter immediately, because it puts out the fires on the far side of the island and ruins the method.19

With an infernal harpoon, Gnomonkey repairs the mast and/or totem if damaged and lets the island fires propagate one cycle for more points. With a regular or dragon harpoon there is no time, so he puts all fires out immediately.20

Second cycle

With the shield at 4%, 19 cooked paddlefish must be deposited before the storm intensity reaches 100%. At 93% storm intensity the player must immediately run to the boat and deposit fish, as that is the last possible second to avoid failing.20

After the first deposit, drop the bucket and hammer (or rope and hammer without Spirit Anglers) so the inventory can hold 19 cooked paddlefish. Keep fishing, using double fish spots when available and cooking otherwise, and deposit all 19 into a crate.21

As soon as a fish is deposited Tempoross falls. The whole inventory should be deposited before attacking him, which deals around 30 to 40% of his health before he gets back up. If the player deposited early because of storm intensity, they should track how many fish they were short of 19.22 If the deposit was correct, when Tempoross gets back up the cannon rapidly fires fish until he is again at 4%. After that timing no longer matters and the player can AFK, working back up to 19 cooked fish and depositing when convenient, and repairing the mast or pole at this point if it was not done earlier.23

Third cycle and firefighting

On the third cycle, deposit all 19 fish and damage Tempoross as before. When he recovers, sip a one-dose stamina, grab a full inventory of buckets, run to the far side of the island casting Humidify on the way, and douse as many fires as possible before the storm intensity reaches about 80%.24 Standing next to multiple fires puts each out at one tick per fire, much faster than dousing individually; touching a fire costs only a bucket or two, and Humidify refills buckets when empty.25

Gnomonkey's path cuts a line through the fires near the water and leaves a clump of fires in the middle of the island to keep propagating. He douses every fire up to the boat, works around the back of the island, then returns to the middle clump, and heads to the boat if storm intensity hits 80%.26

To finish, at least one cooked paddlefish or two uncooked ones are needed. With spare time and no fires left, extra fish can be caught for points, then put in the crate on the boat so Tempoross falls and can be finished.3

Rewards

Gnomonkey gets 9,000 to 11,000 points per 10-minute game with the firefighter method, giving 11 to 14 reward permits per game, usually around 13.3 After a game, a small net from the bank or from the NPC next to the reward pool can be used to fish up the rewards.3

Reward Rate per reward permit Approximate time
Big harpoon fish 1 in 1,600 20 hours
Tome of Water 1 in 1,600 20 hours
Dragon harpoon 1 in 8,000 100 hours
Tempoross pet 1 in 8,000 100 hours

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Rewards scale with Fishing level up to level 81, averaging 5.5k gp per permit above that level; at 80 permits an hour that is a maximum of about 400k gp/hr.28 The reward pool also gives small amounts of raw fish, planks, and caskets containing jewellery and gems, which Gnomonkey says are handy on an Iron Man, plus items like rune armour.29

As of 2026, the fish barrel and tackle box can be bought for 6,000 spirit flakes. Gnomonkey says he always struggles to get the fish barrel on every new hardcore account, so purchasing it may help with dry streaks.3030

Spirit flakes

1,200 Spirit flakes turn an Angler's piece into a Spirit Angler's piece, and 4,800 do the full set. 3,000 can be used on a heron pet to colour it blue, which Gnomonkey finds more stylish than the white heron.27 Flakes can also be used while fishing for a 50% chance at double fish per catch, consuming one flake per fish caught whether or not it was doubled.29

Gnomonkey's opinion

He describes the pet as a skilling pet that is really big, with a cool water animation underneath, but not the best pet ever; he rates it plum average, at the top of C tier.31 The Heron's blue transmog from Tempoross makes it a lot better, though he still rates the Heron D tier; in its white form it would sit just above Kraken.32

On the activity itself, he finds Tempoross boring for the first half and, done any other way than the firefighter method, boring overall. The firefighter method interests him because it plays into Sepulchre-style movement tech, positioning efficiently near many fires.64

Revision history

Date Video Change
2026-06-04 The New Summer Sweep Update is CRAZY (OSRS) Added fish barrel and tackle box purchase for 6,000 spirit flakes.
2022-03-19 PVM Boss Tier List (ALL BOSSES) OSRS Added overall rating between C and B, placed below Zalcano.
2022-03-12 Pet Hunter Tier List (Bosses, Skilling, Etc) OSRS Added pet and Heron tier ratings (C tier and D tier).
2021-11-19 SOLO Tempoross Firefighter Guide (OSRS) Page created: firefighter method, requirements, gear, inventory, mechanics, step-by-step walkthrough, rewards and drop rates.
## See also

References

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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

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