Questaholic - March 2023

Hoods

Hoods to all noobs reading this article, RS3 and OSRS players alike. It’s me, Francine, here again with Diapolo for another OSRS article. I have mentioned this article in previous articles. In my October 2022 article, I wrote about Construction. I mentioned that you can get passive construction experience from a minigame boss similar to the one I wrote about in June 2022, Wintertodt. Tempoross is another minigame-style boss where you mainly train Fishing in order to defeat the boss, a water elemental that is wreaking havoc upon sailors. That is what this article will be about.

Tempoross was released on March 24, 2021, just two years ago. With it came the tome of water, similar to the tome of fire from Wintertodt. Other desirable drops are the specific uniques: the fish barrel, tackle box, big harpoonfish, tiny tempor pet, and the upgrade to the Spirit Anglers Outfit. This also becomes a relatively fast way to gain fishing experience in the game, requiring fewer actions than tic fishing. When using a regular harpoon, you can gain 30k xp/hour at level 35 fishing if using the no cooking strategy. When using a dragon harpoon, you can gain 66k xp/hour at level 70 fishing also using the no cooking strategy. If cooking, this rate will significantly decrease.

In other news, pets are allowed to be brought in the Tempoross fight, and the fished harpoonfish can be fed to kittens when hungry. You can still raise kittens for death runes, no pausing that grind.

Lore

From the Tempoross Wiki Page “Tempoross, also known as the Spirit of the Sea, is an ancient entity believed to be as old as Gielinor itself. It is able to create intense storms that make sailing difficult and has recently awoken after having laid dormant for centuries, wreaking havoc upon sailors who were unfortunate to cross its path in the seas.

The Spirit Anglers, a group of fishermen from Al Kharid, have established a port at the Ruins of Unkah in the southern desert to investigate the reason behind its sudden resurgence and to create a safe passage through the seas by keeping it subdued.

Tempoross is considered a boss and not a minigame. Therefore, while players take no damage directly from Tempoross or the surrounding environment, the normal rules relating to the loss of items still apply, and Hardcore Ironmen will lose their Hardcore status if they die while fighting Tempoross (e.g. from poison, given before entering the fight).”

Requirements

The only requirement to enter the Tempoross minigame is level 35 Fishing. However, I would recommend you gather yourself the Anglers outfit from the Fishing Trawler after level 15 fishing to gain 2.5% more fishing experience. I would also recommend you own a POH and find yourself the Imcando hammer after finishing the Below Ice Mountain Quest. This way, you can gain free Construction experience and you can not lose your Imcando hammer if you are caught in fires or colossal waves during the fight. Similarly, if you wield the Barb-Tailed Harpoon, you have one less item you can lose from fires or colossal waves.

Locations

Ferryman Nathwood - An NPC located directly south of the Al-Kharid bank by the shores, who ferry players to the Ruins of Unkah and back, free of charge.

Ruins of Unkah - This area in the southeastern part of the Kharidian Desert acts as the hub of the Spirit Anglers and is where you sortie into the Tempoross Cove. Its main features are the large boat that takes you to the fight, a bank, a whirlpool where you can spend reward credits for loot rolls, a shop selling fish and fishing equipment, and an NPC that lets you upgrade your angler outfit. Other than the ferry from Al-Kharid, the ruins can be reached via the desert, camulet teleport being fairly close to the eastern shanty pass.

Tempoross Cove - This is the main boss arena. Players are evenly split across the two boats, and both sides of the cove have the same features; two normal harpoonfish fishing spots, one periodically spawning jumping harpoonfish fishing spot with a chance of providing double catches, a shrine for cooking the harpoonfish, two masts for tying yourself during huge wave attacks, two cannons, a pier where Tempoross’ pools spawn, and crates with supplies (harpoons, buckets, ropes) in case you lose them to fires or huge waves. The boat and pier have pumps for filling empty buckets. There’s no point in traveling to the opposite side of the cove unless you need to complete the Combat Achievement “Fire in the Hole”.

Reward Pool & Points

Unique Rewards

Spirit flakes - Provides a 50% chance of catching an extra fish for no additional XP. Stacks with Rada's blessing.

Spirit angler's outfit - Requires angler pieces and 1,200 spirit flakes per piece (4,800 for the full set). Talk to Gita Prymes, east of the dock. The Spirit Anglers acts as a rope while fighting Tempoross, so you can not lose your rope, and so frees up an inventory spot.

Great blue heron - A recolored version of the heron, obtained by feeding the heron 3,000 spirit flakes.

Fish barrel - Stores up to 28 raw fish, which can only be removed at a bank. Can be combined with a fish sack to make it equipable.

Tackle box - Stores fishing equipment, saving bank slots

Big harpoonfish - Can be mounted in a skill hall.

Tome of water & Soaked Pages - Requires level 50 in Magic to wield. The tome acts as an infinite stock of water runes, increases damage from water spells by 20%, and increases the accuracy of water, curse, and binding spells by 20%.

Tiny tempor - Tempoross pet. Obtained from fishing in the reward pool, not from killing the boss itself.

Dragon harpoon -

Other Rewards

Casket - May include: Rune Armour, Uncharged Jewelry, Gems up to dragonstone, Gold or Silver Bars, Loop or Tooth half key, Easy, Medium, or Hard Clue scrolls, and Coins.

Fish - Based on your fishing level, noted food.

• Level 35-39: Raw Herring, Mackerel, Pike, Salmon, and Tuna
• Level 40-45: Raw Mackerel, Pike, Salmon, Tuna, and Lobster
• Level 46-49: Raw Pike, Salmon, Tuna, Lobster, and Bass
• Level 50-75: Raw Salmon, Tuna, Lobster, Bass, and Swordfish
• Level 76-78: Raw Tuna, Lobster, Bass, Swordfish, and Sharks
• Level 79-80: Raw Lobster, Bass, Swordfish, Sharks, and Sea Turtles
• Level 81+: Raw Bass, Swordfish, Sharks, Sea Turtles, and Manta Rays

Regular Planks, Oak Planks, Steel Nails, Seaweed, Feathers, Fishing Bait

Points

Fishing harpoonfish (5 points/fish) - Collect raw harpoonfish

Cooking harpoonfish (10 points/fish) - Cook harpoonfish to increase their damage output when used as ammo.

Depositing harpoonfish (raw/cooked/crystallised) (20/65/20 points/fish) - Deposit harpoonfish into the crates next to the cannons on the ships. Depositing cooked harpoonfish yields significantly more points.

Repairing totems/masts (40 points/repair) - Over time, the totem poles and masts players tether themselves to will get damaged and need to be repaired with an Imcando or normal hammer. Doing so provides experience equal to 4 times the player's construction level.

Dousing fires (40 points/fire) - Douse the fires created by Tempoross' lightning attack.

Surviving the wave (10 points/wave) - Tether to either a totem pole or mast to survive the colossal wave.

Harpooning spirit pool (55 points/scatter) - Fish in the whirlpools to drain Tempoross' essence.

Keep In Mind

Tempoross has three different attacks. All of these can be avoided and will not occur if Tempoross’s energy is at 10% or below:

1. Wave attack occurs around Storm Intensity 15%, 45%, and 75%, Tether yourself to Totem Pole or Mast. Make sure each is repaired beforehand. If caught in the wave and not tethered down, the supplies in your inventory can be destroyed.
2. Lightning attack occurs around Storm Intensity 30%, 60%, and 90%. Four clouds will come into shore, lightning will strike, and fires will be left. Locations usually are as follows: one cloud will be on the boat, one in front of the anchor, one next to the totem pole, and one near a fishing spot. Douse the flames with buckets of water. If you run through or stand in these fires, the supplies in your inventory can be destroyed.
3. Torrent attack is a swirling pillar of water launched towards a cannon, which temporarily disables it and stuns any player currently loading the cannon. This can be avoided by quickly stepping away or switching to another cannon onboard.

Now, are you ready to learn how to actually fight Tempoross? Well, board the boat, fill your buckets of water, and be on alert to click north or south.

Playthrough on Mass World by Francine

Equipment & Inventory

Beginner equipment starting out is really up to you. However, I do have Recommendations as I mentioned above briefly.

• Green Anglers Outfit to gain 2.5% more Fishing Experience
  • Eventually, after you gain 4,800 Spirit Flakes, you can trade the flakes in to make your Green Anglers into Spirit Anglers Outfit which acts as a rope during the fight.
• Barb-Tailed Harpoon wielded, so you can’t lose the harpoon
• Imcando Hammer, so you can’t lose your hammer

As for Inventory, it is your choice on how many buckets and ropes to bring. Be aware, if you fail to move around fires or fail to tie yourself down during a wave, you may lose your only rope or bucket and must go get more during the fight. Once you have the Spirit anglers, Imcando hammer, and wielded harpoon, the only thing, in addition, is buckets. You can then only lose buckets and fish during the fight.

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Strategy

The Strategy you choose to use is based on your goal. If you want to gain the most Fishing experience per game, or if you want to gain the most Reward Points per game. I will explain more later on. The most important Wave is the first one, setting yourself up for success. If you mess up at all on Wave 1, it won't be a smooth run, but since you are playing with other players, you will still kill Tempoross.

Wave 1

Depending on which boat you spawned on, run north or south to the shore and begin fishing. At this point, Tempoross Energy is growing rapidly from 50% to 100% to give you a head start before they appear. Once their Energy reaches 100%, the Storm Intensity will begin to rise at a steady pace.

Once the Storm Intensity reaches 3%, be ready to click on the third fishing spot, indicated by a green square on Runelite and a harpoonfish jumping high above the fishing spot. You should be able to get a full inventory soon, but still, keep an eye on the Storm Intensity. Once it reaches 15% head to the totem pole and tether yourself down as the colossal wave is quickly approaching. After every wave, the totem pole or mast may need to be repaired. Get your free construction experience here.

After getting a full inventory, now your choice of strategy comes into play, if you want to max your points, cooking the fish before loading the cannon will be the way to go. However, if you want to maximize the Fishing experience, and you have a full inventory before the Storm Intensity reaches 15%, run up the anchor and tether yourself to the mast instead. After the wave passes, begin loading the cannon with your harpoonfish.

Around 30% Storm Intenisty, clouds will move in to perform the lightning attack and leave fires. If maximizing points, dousing these fires before other players do is the goal, and if you can, waiting until they spread is also smart to gain double the amount of points. After loading the cannons with your cooked first inventory, fish and cook a second inventory to have a head start in Wave 3.

If going for a fishing experience, you can leave these fires for others to douse, but if they don’t, don’t be afraid to douse it yourself so you don’t lose any fish or gear. You should be able to fish two inventories and load the cannons in this wave if you are not cooking. If the timing is right and you are watching the storm intensity, your first load at the cannon should be from 20% to 30% Storm intensity, quickly run back to shore so you can avoid the fires before they block the path by the anchor. Fish another inventory before the energy gets to 30% and run back to the ship and load the cannons. If you are still loading the cannons when the wave ends, still finish the inventory. You gain experience with every fish loaded into the cannon, while during wave two, the experience is not guaranteed every tic, but is scattered amongst all players.

Note: Another Colossal wave will come around 45% & 75% Storm Intensity, and Clouds at 60%

Wave 2

Tempoross is now in a weak state. It is now time to decrease his Essence percentage before his Energy becomes 100% again. Run to the dock and harpoon the whirlpool. If going for points, going to the whirlpool right away is best, as you gain 55 points every time you receive experience, which is scattered amongst all players, so it is not guaranteed every tic.

Wave 3

Mostly the same as Wave 1. If you are doing the cooking strategy, finish the inventory you already started to do and load the cannons. If you have time, fish more and load the cannons with as much as you can before the final wave. Watch the Storm Intensity for when the big wave and fires come. If going for fishing experience, you can even fish another inventory and load the cannons until wave four is completed. Load as much as time can offer you since there is no need to go to the whirlpool this time.

Wave 4

Kill Tempoross and leave the island by selecting the leave option from either the NPC on the boat or the other Spirit Angler on the island.

Solo Kill by Diapolo

The basic strategy for a solo kill depends on whether you want to prioritize reward points or experience. This guide will focus on the former, providing some guidance for the latter as footnotes. A Fishing level of 80+ is recommended before attempting solo kills using this strategy, with 85+ being ideal. This assumes barehanded fishing, so if you have a harpoon upgrade you will likely succeed at lower levels more easily.

Equipment & Inventory

Since a successful solo kill strategy will have Tempoross use only two special attacks per kill, one large wave and one fire attack, many parts of the standard equipment become optional.

In an ideal run you'll be doing a lot of running, so having weight-reducing equipment is very useful. Your base outfit should be the graceful set, with the head, top, legs, and boots swapped for the spirit angler outfit if you have the full set. Alternatively, you can keep using graceful only, and have a disposable(?) rope in your inventory - it's only needed once per kill.

As stated before, the Spirit Anglers outfit is an upgraded version of the Anglers outfit by trading in 1,200 Spirit Flakes per piece. The Spirit Anglers’ outfit acts as a rope while fighting Tempoross, so you cannot lose your rope, and it frees up an inventory slot.

On the weapon slot, you can equip your harpoon or the Imcando hammer. Neither are required, you can get successful solo kills with barehanded fishing (from barbarian training) and the hammer is just a nice-to-have as you don't need to repair anything to survive, but if you need to do some inventory management (such as bringing a stamina potion) it can be useful to have flexibility.

The best harpoons to bring for points are:

The infernal harpoon > Dragon harpoon > Barb-tail harpoon/Just Barehanded

Crystal harpoons are good, but they're more useful for maximizing experience

For the inventory, you'll want one bucket of water and three other items. The three items can technically be anything at all, but the most useful ones would be harpoons, a hammer, and/or runes for Humidify (Lunar spellbook, 68 Magic). Using a rune pouch will let you bring other items for the other two slots, such as a stamina potion or energy potion. Regardless, you'll want exactly 24 free inventory slots to make counting harpoonfish easier.

The items should also be laid out in a specific pattern. The bucket of water goes to the top-left slot, and two of the other three items go to the bottom right corner. The last one goes two slots above them, so that 17 empty slots remain between it and the bucket. A picture is provided for reference.

Strategy

The general strategy for solo kills is split into waves. The first wave is the most difficult, because it takes the most effort. Wave 2, in contrast, is the easiest as there's very little to worry about, with 3 not being much different overall. In solo encounters you'll always spawn on the western boat, meaning you'll be using the northern part of the Tempoross cove.

Wave 1

1. Run to the shore and begin fishing, until you have 8 harpoonfish (as you get experience, go for 8-9 "attempts" instead, regardless of whether you get a fish or not)
2. Cook the fish, and be on the lookout for the third fishing spot (green square for RuneLite Tempoross plugin users). It should spawn close to when you're done cooking your fish.
3. Fish from the fishing spot with a jumping harpoonfish until you have 17 harpoonfish (or in other words, when you've got enough to reach the second item in your inventory), then begin cooking the fish
4. A huge wave attack should begin shortly, run to the pole when it happens. If using the RuneLite plugin, click on the totem pole when the circle indicator is halfway for maximum efficiency.
5. Finish cooking the fish and run to the cannons - you should be running before the thunder attack begins, but if you're late, just make sure you're done cooking.
6. Load the fish into the cannon, and extinguish the fire on the boat right after that - if the fire is by the cannon, swap to the other cannon to avoid getting hit.
7. Take 5 empty buckets and fill them using either the water pump or Humidify, then run to the shore. Extinguish any fires on your critical path to the fishing spot, ideally leaving some to spread unless they've spawned in risky spots. The best ones to leave would be ones on the northern coast and by the western fishing spot, as you'll want the fires to spread to the western part of the cove if possible.
8. Fish harpoonfish and cook them until you have 19 (that is, a full inventory; 28 - 4 - 5 == 19). As long as at least two of them are cooked, you'll be safe for the next part, but you'll want to aim for all of them to be cooked. Prioritize having a full inventory over having them all cooked, because fishing during the pool encounter is more difficult than just cooking.
9. When the storm intensity reaches 94%, or when you're done cooking, run to the cannons and unload all of your cooked fish. Any later than 94% and you'll fail the encounter. If you have uncooked fish, cook them after unloading all cooked ones and ignore the pools if you have no time. Otherwise, once you've put 19 cooked fish into the cannons, run to the pools and start damaging Tempoross. You can technically do this with 18 fish instead of 19, but you'll get one fish worth less points and need to put only one fish in initially until Tempoross sinks beneath the waves (the extra fish is "wasted" as only one is needed to finish the remaining 4% energy).

Wave 2

1. If there are fires nearby, you can pick up some extra buckets and start extinguishing them for points, leaving some burning just in case unless they pose a threat. Risk versus reward.
2. Fish and cook 19 harpoonfish.
3. If the totem pole or mast need repairs, you can use any downtime to fix those, but for maximum points you should focus on the "renewable" fires and treat the repairs as quick points when there's no time for anything else.
4. Load all the cooked fish into the cannon.
5. Fish from the pools to damage Tempoross.

Wave 3

1. tart the wave by focusing on extinguishing fires. Fill your inventory with buckets, fill them (Humidify is faster if you have it), and extinguish fires until around 40-50% storm intensity - this takes some getting used to, don't go all in on your first attempt and focus on getting a feel for it.
2. Drop all but one bucket, and fill the rest of your inventory with cooked harpoonfish. You'll need at least 22, but 24 is recommended for extra points.
3. Unload your fish into both cannons, at least 6 in the other but ideally evenly split. Otherwise you won't survive if you fail to kill Tempoross in this wave.
4. Fish from the pools.

Wave 4

1. If you're here, you probably got screwed by RNG. Tempoross will quickly raise the storm intensity and you will fail the encounter if the cannons weren't filled properly on the previous wave.
2. Fish from the pools until Tempoross goes down and you win. There's technically time to do some fishing if you want to squeeze every single point, but prioritize the kill as there's no saving this one if you can't finish Tempoross during this wave.

Unhoods

Let's refresh:

1. Get 15 fishing and board the fishing trawler until you get all four pieces of the Anglers outfit
2. Finish the Below Ice Mountain quest and find the Imcando Hammer
3. Get 33 Hunter and catch a Barb-tailed Kebbit for a wieldable harpoon
4. Get 35 Fishing and go to Al Kharid South of the bank and ferry to the Ruins of Unkah
5. Kill Tempoross many times, getting fishing, cooking, and construction experience
6. Complete Combat Achievements and have good RNG to receive unique rewards.

For more information, refer to the OSRS wiki page.

I will be writing more Questaholic articles, so I would like to hear from you what Oldschool Runescape Content you are curious to learn more about. Please let me know, so then I can write another informative article that lets you know more about the other and oldschool side of Clan Quest.

For any other questions or inquiries, you may contact me on discord @Francine1225#2877

Until next time, unhoods

Article by Francine1225 and Diapolo10