Getting Started

1. Download the client from the Download page
2. Run Zythera.jar (requires Java 17+)
3. Register an account on the website
4. Login and choose your game mode
5. Complete the tutorial at home
6. Type ::commands to see all available commands

Home Area

Home (::home) has everything you need:
• Grand Exchange for trading
• All shops (melee, range, magic, skilling)
• Bank and altar
• Teleport portal (::tele)
• Occult altar for spellbook swaps
• Slayer masters nearby

Game Modes

Regular — Trade freely, full GE access
Ironman — Self-sufficient, no trading
Hardcore Ironman — One life, no trading
Ultimate Ironman — No banking
Group Ironman — Team ironman mode

Combat Training

Early (1-40): Rock/Sand/Ammonite Crabs
Mid (40-70): Experiments, Yaks, Slayer
High (70-99): Nightmare Zone, Slayer tasks

Use ::tele > Training for all spots. Special attacks use the spec bar below the minimap.

Slayer Guide

Start with Turael at home, progress through masters:
• Turael — No requirement
• Nieve — 85 Combat
• Duradel — 100 Combat, 50 Slayer
• Konar — 75 Combat

Streak bonuses at 10/50/100/250 tasks. Points for helm imbues, blocks, and extensions.

Combat Achievements

Tiered challenges for all bosses:
• Easy — Basic kills
• Medium — Specific mechanics
• Hard — Speed runs, no-death
• Elite/Master/GM — Expert challenges

Completionist cape requires all tiers done.

Skilling Overview

All 23 OSRS skills fully functional. Farming timers halved from OSRS.

Earn Skilling Points from all non-combat skills! Spend them at the Skilling Points Shop.

AFK Zone: Vote to earn 12h of AFK skilling time. Type ::afk to enter.

Gathering Skills

Mining: Ore at Mining Guild, MLM
Woodcutting: Trees at WC Guild
Fishing: Barbarian, Fishing Guild, Tempoross
Farming: Herb runs every 40 min (halved timers)
Hunter: Chinchompas, Herbiboar

Use ::tele > Skilling for all locations.

Production Skills

Smithing: Blast Furnace for bars
Crafting: Gems, dhide, glass
Herblore: Zahur at home adds herbs to vials
Fletching: Bows and arrows
Cooking: Rogues' Den (no burning)
Runecraft: Double runes, all altars

Early-Game Bosses

Barrows — 6 brothers, great starter gear
Giant Mole — Easy, falador diary helps
KBD — Anti-dragon shield required
Sarachnis — Good for learning

Start here to learn boss mechanics and earn GP.

Mid-Game Bosses

Zulrah — Hybrid, learn rotations (1/128 unique)
Vorkath — Ranged, BGS spec start (1/50 unique)
GWD — Bandos, Armadyl, Sara, Zamorak (1/127)
DKS — Tribrid, 3 bosses (1/128)
Cerberus — 91 Slayer, crystals (1/128)

End-Game Bosses

Chambers of Xeric — Raids 1, team/solo
Theatre of Blood — Raids 2, team
Tombs of Amascut — Raids 3, scalable
Nex — 40-man mass boss
Nightmare — Group boss
Corp Beast — Spears only for full damage

Wilderness Bosses

Callisto — Bear, multi-combat
Vet'ion — Undead, 2 phases
Venenatis — Spider, safe-spot
Scorpia — Deep wilderness
Chaos Elemental — Unequips gear

All drop dragon pickaxe and wilderness rings. Beware of PKers!

Xamphur (World Boss)

Community vote boss! Spawns after 30 total votes. Type ::event to teleport when active.

• Multi-combat, everyone can participate
• Drops world boosts for all players
• Scales HP with online players
• Special mechanics: marks of darkness, hand attacks

PvP & Wilderness

• Skull prevention toggle in settings
• Loot keys enabled by default — condense PK loot
• Bounty Hunter with target system
• Singles+ combat zones (PJ timer)
• Emblem upgrades from wilderness slayer
• Blood money shop with exclusive gear

Blood Money Shop

Earn blood money from PvP kills. Buy exclusive items:
• Vesta's Longsword — 15,000 BM
• Statius's Warhammer — 10,000 BM
• PvP Mystery Box — 6,000 BM
• Dragon claws (cr) — 3,000 BM
• Supplies, bolts, runes, and more

Making Money

Early: Thieving stalls, low-level slayer
Mid: Barrows, GWD, Vorkath
Late: Raids, Hydra, Corp

Grand Exchange for all trading. Vote daily for free GP. Complete slayer tasks for points and drops.

Store & Credits

Purchase donator pins via PayPal. Redeem pins for:
• Store credits to buy items in-game
• Total donation toward donator ranks

Ranks: Premium, Expansion, Extreme, Respected, Legendary, Mythical, Uber, Amascut.
Each tier unlocks perks and cosmetics.

Voting Rewards

Vote every 12 hours on RuneLocus and RSPS-List:
• 1 Vote Point per vote
• 75K-150K coins (2FA bonus)
• 2x Tome of Experience
• 12 hours AFK zone time
• Every 30 votes spawns Xamphur boss

Type ::vote in-game to get started.

Achievement Diaries

12 regional diaries with Easy/Medium/Hard/Elite tiers. Unlock powerful rewards like:
• Unlimited teleports
• Bonus XP in areas
• Shop discounts
• Required for Completionist Cape

Completionist Cape

3 tiers of the ultimate achievement:
• Tier 1: Max all skills + all diaries
• Tier 2: + Boss KC requirements or combat achievements
• Tier 3: + All boss tasks + all combat achievements

Check progress in the Character Summary tab.

Referral System

Share your referral code with friends!
• Type ::referral to get your code
• Friends type ::redeem YOUR_CODE
• New player gets: 500K coins, 5 tomes, 24h AFK
• You get: 1M coins, 3 tomes, 5 vote points
• Works even if you're offline

Skilling Points

Earn points from all non-combat skills! Random chance per XP drop, ~20-30 pts/hr.

Spend at the Skilling Points Shop (right-click Tools NPC):
• Dragon & Crystal tools
• Skilling outfits (XP boost)
• Seeds, resources, clues

Loyalty System

Earn loyalty points every 30 minutes of playtime:
• 10 points per interval
• 1.5x bonus every 2.5 hours
• 3x bonus every 5 hours
• 5x bonus every 10 hours

Spend on cosmetics in the Loyalty Shop.

Useful Commands

::tele — Teleport menu
::cmds — All commands
::vote — Vote for rewards
::store — Credit store
::referral — Your ref code
::sp — Skilling points
::staff — Online staff
::discord — Join Discord
::kdr — Kill/death ratio
::empty — Empty inventory

Troubleshooting

Client won't open? Install Java 17+
Can't connect? Check server status on Discord
Black screen? Delete your Zythera cache folder
Lag/FPS issues? Lower draw distance in settings
Still stuck? Open a ticket on Discord

Chambers of Xeric (CoX)

Requirements: High combat, 78+ Herblore recommended
Team Size: 1-100 (scales)
Rooms: Tekton, Vasa, Vanguards, Mystics, Muttadiles, Ice Demon, Shamans, Thieving, Olm
Key Drops: Twisted Bow, Dragon Claws, Ancestral, DHCB, Kodai, Elder Maul
Drop Rate: Based on points (~30K points = ~1/30 unique)
Tip: DWH/BGS specs on Olm. Learn head phase.

Theatre of Blood (ToB)

Requirements: High combat, team of 3-5
Rooms: Maiden, Bloat, Nylocas, Sotetseg, Xarpus, Verzik
Key Drops: Scythe of Vitur, Ghrazi Rapier, Justiciar, Avernic
Drop Rate: ~1/9 per completion
Tip: Learn Nylocas waves and Verzik phases. Bring BGS for Maiden.

Tombs of Amascut (ToA)

Requirements: High combat, scalable difficulty
Rooms: Kephri, Baba, Akkha, Zebak, Warden
Key Drops: Fang, Lightbearer, Shadow, Masori
Invocations: Set difficulty level, higher = better loot
Tip: Start at 150 invocation, learn mechanics before pushing higher.

Best-in-Slot Melee

Helm: Torva Full Helm / Neitiznot Faceguard
Body: Torva Platebody / Bandos Chestplate
Legs: Torva Platelegs / Bandos Tassets
Weapon: Scythe of Vitur / Ghrazi Rapier
Boots: Primordial Boots
Cape: Infernal Cape / Fire Cape
Ring: Ultor Ring / Berserker Ring (i)
Amulet: Amulet of Torture

Best-in-Slot Ranged

Helm: Masori Mask / Armadyl Helmet
Body: Masori Body / Armadyl Chestplate
Legs: Masori Chaps / Armadyl Chainskirt
Weapon: Twisted Bow / DHCB / Blowpipe
Boots: Pegasian Boots
Cape: Ava's Assembler
Ring: Venator Ring / Archers Ring (i)
Amulet: Necklace of Anguish

Best-in-Slot Mage

Helm: Ancestral Hat
Body: Ancestral Robe Top
Legs: Ancestral Robe Bottom
Weapon: Tumeken's Shadow / Kodai Wand
Boots: Eternal Boots
Cape: Imbued God Cape
Ring: Magus Ring / Seers Ring (i)
Amulet: Occult Necklace

Custom Items

Zythera has exclusive custom items available from the Credit Store:
• Korasi's Sword — 800 credits
• Holy Great Warhammer/Lance — 1500 credits
• Death Cape — 500 credits (1% chance 150 damage proc)
• Painted Twisted Bows — 500 credits
• Max Cape Variants — 1000 credits
• Custom Pets — 500-1500 credits

Donator Ranks

Purchase donator pins via the Store to unlock ranks:
• Premium — $10 total
• Expansion — $25 total
• Extreme — $50 total
• Respected — $100 total
• Legendary+ — Higher tiers

Ranks provide cosmetic perks, titles, and exclusive commands.

AFK Skilling Zone

Earn AFK time by voting (12h per vote) or purchasing it with vote points.

• Type ::afk to enter
• AFK zone lets you train skills passively
• Earn AFK points while in the zone
• 10-hour daily limit
• Spend AFK points at the AFK Shop

Collection Log

Track every unique drop you've ever received!

• Organized by boss/activity
• Shows total KC per boss
• Completionist requirement
• Broadcasts rare drops to the server
• Access from the Game Noticeboard tab

Pets

Collect pets from bosses and skilling!

• Each boss has a unique pet (1/3000-5000 rate)
• Skilling pets from every skill
• Custom pets in the Credit Store
• Pet insurance from Probita
• Need 5 unique pets for Completionist Cape
• Pets are purely cosmetic

Zythera mystery box

Price: 15 credits
Type: General loot box

Possible Rewards:
• Holiday items (Bunny ears, Scythe, etc.)
• Barrows armor sets
• Dragon weapons
• God armor pieces
• Rare cosmetics

Great starter box with a wide range of items.

PvP Mystery Box

Price: 6,000 Blood Money
Type: PvP-focused rewards

Possible Rewards:
• Dragon Crossbow, Dragon weapons
• Barrows sets
• Abyssal Whip, Trident
• Occult Necklace, Amulet of Fury
• PvP supplies (potions, food, bolts)

Best box for PvP players. Supplies included!

Regal Mystery Box

Price: 75 credits
Type: Mid-tier loot box

Possible Rewards:
• Abyssal Tentacle, Trident
• Staff of the Dead
• Armadyl Godsword
• Spirit Shields
• Dragon Hunter Crossbow

Better odds at high-value items than the Zythera mystery box.

Cosmetic Mystery Box

Price: 20 credits
Type: Cosmetic items only

Possible Rewards:
• 3rd Age armor pieces
• Gilded armor
• Musketeer set
• Rangers' tunic
• Unique cosmetic overrides

No combat advantage — purely fashionscape!

Easter Mystery Box

Price: 20 credits
Type: Seasonal event box

Possible Rewards:
• Easter Eggs, Bunny Ears
• Easter Ring, Holiday items
• Rare seasonal cosmetics
• Broken Egg Shells (currency)

Limited time seasonal box with unique holiday items.

PvM Arena Mystery Box

Price: 30 credits
Type: PvM rewards

Possible Rewards:
• Berserker, Archers, Seers Rings
• Tyrannical, Treasonous Rings
• Dragon Pickaxe
• Abyssal Dagger, Bludgeon
• Mid-tier PvM gear

Earned from PvM Arena or purchased. Great for ring upgrades.

How to Get Boxes

All mystery boxes are available in the Credit Store (type ::store in-game).

• Open — Click box for reward animation
• Quick-Open — Instantly receive reward
• Rare drops broadcast to all players
• PvP box also available for Blood Money

Purchase credits at zytheras.com/store

Xamphur — World Boss

Community vote boss that spawns every 30 total votes!

• Type ::event to teleport when active
• Multi-combat — everyone can participate
• HP scales with online players
• Drops: Activates 2 random world boosts for all players
• Mechanics: Marks of darkness on ground (dodge them), hand attacks, magic/ranged phases
• Vote to make him spawn faster! Type ::vote

Ganodermic Beast

Custom world boss with unique mechanics!

• Spawns periodically in the wilderness
• Multi-combat encounter
• Drops: Ganodermic armor pieces, rare items
• Tip: Bring magic protection, high healing food
• Check ::event for active events

Shooting Stars

Random events that spawn across the map!

• Mine the star for stardust currency
• First player to find it gets bonus rewards
• Stars appear at random locations
• Stardust can be exchanged for items
• Great source of Mining XP

World Boosts

Server-wide boosts that benefit all players:

• Double XP — 2x experience for all skills
• Bonus CoX Points — 25% more raid points
• Blood Money Boost — Extra BM from PvP
• Vote/Loyalty 2x — Double points
• Activated by Xamphur kills or staff events
• Type ::boosters to check active boosts

Grand Exchange

Buy and sell items with other players:

• Located at home, center area
• 1% sell-side tax (gold sink)
• Up to 8 offers at once
• Offers Viewer shows all active listings
• History tab for past trades
• Price guide available in-game

Bounty Hunter

PvP target system in the Wilderness:

• Get assigned a target to hunt
• Earn BH points and emblems for kills
• Upgrade emblems for more value
• Skip targets with cooldown
• Special rewards from the BH shop
• Wilderness Slayer for extra points

Minigames

Various minigames available:

• Pest Control — Void Knight equipment
• Fight Caves — Fire Cape (TzTok-Jad)
• Inferno — Infernal Cape (TzKal-Zuk)
• Gauntlet — Crystal armor/weapons
• Nightmare Zone — Imbues, herb boxes
• Flower Poker — Gambling with mithril seeds

Middleman System

Safe trading system for high-value items:

• Request a staff middleman for trades
• Both players' items are held securely
• Staff verifies the trade is fair
• Prevents scamming on big deals
• Use donator pin "Trade" option to initiate

Hollow Throne — Hollow King NEW

New 3-phase endgame boss. Portal at (3079, 3489) at home.

• Phases: P2 at 60% HP, P3 at 20% (attack speed up to 4 ticks)
• Max hits: 32 melee / 28 magic / 26 ranged / 60 melee-spec
• Throne blast (25-40 off cover), shadow tile bursts, summoned Wraith Knights, P3 prayer-break

Chest: always 1-2M gp + 25-50 Blood Money. Rare (1/40): Abyssal Dagger / 20-50 Vote Shards / Primordial Boots. Super-rare (1/200): Armadyl Crossbow / Amulet of Torture.

Amethyst Reaver: shared shard lottery at 1/750 per (player, shard) drops one of 4 components. Use any component on any other (Smithing 85 + Crafting 90) to forge the Reaver. "Hollow King" title at 100 KC.

New Skilling Area NEW

Dedicated zone at ::skilling.

• Skilling Master NPC assigns random tasks across every skill
• EASY 2,500 XP → 25 SP  |  MEDIUM 10k → 75 SP
• HARD 35k → 150 SP  |  MASTER 100k → 300 SP
• Skip a task for 50 SP
• Mining rocks respawn in 1.2-1.8 sec
• Trees respawn 30% faster
• Two custom Agility log lanes — 120 XP per round-trip

PvM Mastery NEW

Repeated kills on each boss grant permanent stacking bonuses on that boss specifically.

• T1 (25 KC): +2% rare bias
• T2 (100): +2% rare, −5% pity
• T3 (250): +5% rare, −5% pity
• T4 (1,000): +5% rare, −10% pity, Bosshunter title
• T5 (2,500): +10% rare, −10% pity, Bosslayer title

Tracked on ~40 bosses including Hollow King. Open ::mastery.

Item Upgrade Tiers NEW

Upgrade your wielded weapon per combat style (Melee / Ranged / Magic) independently up to T5 = +5% damage.

• T1 — 100 LP — +1%
• T2 — 300 LP — +2%
• T3 — 700 LP — +3%
• T4 — 1,500 LP — +4%
• T5 — 3,000 LP — +5%

Bonus only applies while you wield the upgraded weapon in the matching style. Open ::upgrade.

Battle Pass — Season 1: Hollow Tides NEW

100-level seasonal pass running 20 May — 18 Aug 2026.

• Earn BP XP from login (100), votes (200), raids (500), objectives (250-2,500), boss kills (50-100), speedruns (750)
• Free track: trophies, Mystery Boxes, EP boosts
• Premium (200 credits or 15,000 EP, retroactive): Ultimate Mystery Boxes every 10 levels, Gold Speedrun Trophies every 25, 1 Bond at L50, 2 Bonds at L100

Open ::bp.

Custom Titles — full list NEW

50+ coloured [Tag] titles shown before your name in chat. Equip with ::title. Three unlock paths below.

🔒 Free starter
• Newcomer — auto-unlocked on first login.

💰 Buy with Loyalty Points — 28 titles. Open ::title → Buyable list.

5,000 LP — Hunter, Tracker, Forager, Angler, Woodsman, Smith, Scout, Wanderer, Apprentice

7,500 LP — Alchemist, Hermit, Seeker, Nomad

10,000 LP — Merchant, Artisan, Explorer, Ranger

15,000 LP — Mystic, Guardian

25,000 LP — Champion, Warlord, Sentinel

30,000 LP — Hollowblade

50,000 LP — Monarch, Archon, Lich, Immortal

🏆 Achievement-based — auto-granted the moment you qualify. Already earned one before it existed? Log out and back in — the server auto-grants every eligible title on login.

Skilling milestones
• Greenhorn — reach level 99 in any skill.
• The Maxed — reach total level 2277 (every skill at 99).
• The Completionist — earn the Completionist Cape.

PvM milestones
• Pillar of PvM — 1,000 combined boss kills (sum across all tracked bosses).
• Boss Eater — 5,000 combined boss kills.
• Bosshunter — reach PvM Mastery T4 (1,000 KC) on any single boss.
• Bosslayer — reach PvM Mastery T5 (2,500 KC) on any single boss.
• Hollow King — 100 Hollow King kills.
• First Through — be among the first to clear the Hollow Throne.
• Hollow Slayer — clear every Hollow Throne mechanic milestone.
• The Unkillable — reach 500 boss KC without dying once.

PvP & Bounty Hunter
• Marked — 100 PvP kills.
• Skull-King — 1,000 PvP kills.
• Bounty Rookie · Bounty Hunter · Assassin · Warlord · Nightmare — bought from ::bhtitles with BH Points.

Game-mode — auto-granted on login based on your account type
• Ironman · Hardcore · Ultimate · Group

Speedrun & events
• Sub-tier — earn a Gold Speedrun Trophy.
• Platinum Soul — earn a Platinum Speedrun Trophy.
• Season Champion — win a Battle Pass season.
• Bingo Champion — clear a full Bingo board.

Misc
• Devoted — reach a 30-day vote streak.
• Billionaire — reach 1B+ total wealth.

Note: a couple of the achievement titles (Hollow Slayer, Season Champion, Billionaire) are seeded for upcoming content milestones; their precise trigger is being finalized. The auto-grant login check picks up every condition that's currently implemented (max total, first 99, all game modes, kc_1000 / kc_5000, boss-mastery T4/T5, hollow_king KC, etc.).

Daily / Weekly / Monthly Challenges NEW

Rolling objectives the server auto-assigns — pay Exchange Points + Battle Pass XP.

• 5 daily — 250 EP each + 500 EP clear bonus
• 7 weekly — 1,000 EP each + 2,500 EP bonus
• 3 monthly — 5,000 EP each + 10,000 EP bonus
• Resets at midnight UTC (daily), Monday 00:00 UTC (weekly), 1st of the month (monthly)

Open ::objectives.

Speedrun System NEW

Race the clock on 25 eligible bosses.

• Opt in, pick a boss, race — all in the Speedrun interface
• Lifetime placement awards trophies (cap 3/UTC-day/tier):
  — Top 50% → Bronze
  — Top 25% → Silver
  — Top 10% → Gold
  — Top 1% → Platinum
• Weekly podium (Mon 00:00 UTC): 1st = 1 Bond + 50k EP + champion title, 2nd = 25k EP, 3rd = 10k EP
• Each completion = 750 BP XP

Open ::speedrun.

Vote Streaks NEW

Consecutive days voting unlocks milestone rewards. Resets if you miss >24h.

• 3 days: 500k gp + 5 tomes + 1 vote point
• 7 days: 1.5M gp + 10 tomes + 3 VP
• 14 days: 3M gp + 20 tomes + 5 VP
• 30 days: 10M gp + 50 tomes + 10 VP + 1 Bond + Devoted title (resets to stack)

Each vote also: +12h AFK time, 2 Tomes of XP, 75k gp per VP (150k with 2FA). Vote-multiplier scroll (500 VP) gives a world-wide 1h 2x multiplier.

Check ::votestreak.

Pet Fusion + Skins NEW

Recolour your boss pet. 5 base pets × 8 palette colours = 40 fused variants.

• Base pets: Olmlet, Lil' Zik, Tumeken's Guardian, Kalphite Princess, Vorki
• Palettes: Crimson, Sapphire, Emerald, Amethyst, Topaz, Obsidian, Pearl, Coral
• 8,000 LP per combination

Open ::petfusion. Re-summon the pet to see the recolour.

Particle Auras NEW

Cosmetic aura emitting graphics on your tile. One active at a time.

• AFK — 5,000 LP
• Frost Mist — 8,000 LP
• Iced / Tidal Spray — 10,000 LP
• Holy Glow / Shadow Veil — 12,000 LP
• Fire Cloak — 15,000 LP
• Fire Blast — 18,000 LP
• Necro Pulse — 20,000 LP
• Solar Burst — 25,000 LP

Open ::aura.

Perks — Remnant Exchange NEW

~60 perks across COMBAT / PVM / SKILLING / QOL / ECONOMY / PVP / SPECIAL categories. Bought with Exchange Points at the Remnant Exchange perk master.

The legacy perks (Master Miner, Lumberjack, Sleight of Hand, Pyromancer, Athletic Runner, Master Slayer, Auburys Apprentice, etc.) are still active alongside.

Open ::perks.

Currencies Dashboard NEW

Open ::currencies for a single dashboard of all 11 currencies + where to spend each:

GP · Blood Money · Skilling Points · Slayer Points · BH Points · Loyalty Points · Vote Points · AFK Points · Exchange Points · Credits · Bonds.

New Drop-Rate Formulas NEW

Three new systems quietly improve how drops feel:

• DropBoostStack — central cap so multiple boosts can't stack infinitely. Hard cap +25% general / +150% pets. Sources stacked: donor rank DR, drop-rate pin, Animal Tamer boon, comp cape, Boss Hunter set, Ascension Greed.
• Drop Pity — per-(player, boss) dry-streak counter. Past your boss's expected KC, drop rate scales linearly up to 2.0× at 2× expected KC. PvM Mastery T2+ engages the ramp earlier. Resets on any unique-table drop.
• Kill Milestones — one-time LP+EP at 10/50/100/500 KC per boss.