The Gauntlet

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This is a dangerous activity. On death, Hardcore Ironmen will lose their status, and any items stored in any Item Retrieval Service will be deleted.

The Gauntlet
Released		25 July 2019 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Prifddinas
Participants		1
Skills		Combat, skilling
Reward currency		No
Tutorial		No
Music		The Gauntlet
Location

The Gauntlet is a solo minigame in Prifddinas in which the player is given a limited amount of time to explore a randomly generated dungeon layout, gather various resources and supplies by skilling and defeating crystalline monsters, all in preparation to defeat the Crystalline Hunllef, which is based upon a deadly wolf-like predator from the elven homeworld of Tarddiad. The Gauntlet was created as a training ground by the Amlodd Clan to ensure their warriors were capable of defending Prifddinas during the God Wars.

The Gauntlet can be found by entering the Gauntlet Portal, found in the northwestern part of Prifddinas.

Players cannot bring any items into The Gauntlet; when entering the minigame, all items currently on the player will be automatically stored for its duration. It is a dangerous minigame, so hardcore ironmen will lose their hardcore status, and ultimate ironmen will lose items in instanced banks should they die in The Gauntlet.

The area contains crystals, roots, herbs and fish obtainable through Mining, Woodcutting, Fishing and other gathering methods, in order to make weapons, armour, potions and food. These various resources will not require a specific skill level to gather, though higher skill levels will grant more resources at a faster rate. The dungeon will also contain various crystalline monsters, such as bats, unicorns and dark beasts, which can be killed for further supplies. Higher level monsters will offer better drops at the cost of taking more time to defeat.

Completion of The Gauntlet will reward players with various loot, including crystal armour seeds for crystal armour, the Blade of Saeldor, and crystal shards to charge the previous items. Failing to finish, either by death or leaving early, will give a small token reward based upon how well the player performed, but won't grant any chance of unique items.

Basic overview[edit | edit source]

The player will spawn in the starting room of a 7x7 grid of rooms adjacent to the centre room that contains The Gauntlet's boss: the Crystalline Hunllef. The player has 10 minutes to prepare to fight this boss, which is indicated by a timer. If the timer runs out, the player will automatically get teleported into the boss room. The player can also choose to manually enter the boss room before the counter ends.

During this 10 minute preparation time, the player may use the resources of The Gauntlet's environment to create a set up to challenge the Crystalline Hunllef. This set up may consist of three tiers of halberds, staves, bows, helmets, body armours and leg armours, as well as food and a potion that restores run energy and prayer points.

Starting items[edit | edit source]

The player starts with a few items in their inventory and they will be wielding a crystal sceptre. These items will be needed for exploring the rooms and collecting resources.

Item		Effect
	Crystal sceptre	This item is required to light nodes (i.e. to visit new rooms). It can also be used as a weak melee weapon.
	Crystal axe	Used to chop Phren bark
	Crystal pickaxe	Used to mine Crystal ore
	Crystal harpoon	Used to fish Raw paddlefish
	Pestle and mortar	Used to grind Crystal shardsx10 into Crystal dustx10
	Teleport crystal	Single-use item for teleporting the player back to the starting room.

Starting room[edit | edit source]

The player will start adjacent to the central room. This room contains a few features that are used for processing the collected resources.

• Crystal Singing Recipes: A bookstand players can click to get an overview of all recipes for armour and weaponry found within The Gauntlet.
• Egniol Potions: A bookstand players can click to read a text describing the use and recipe of egniol potions.
• Range: Used to cook Raw paddlefish into Paddlefish.
• Singing Bowl: Used to craft vials, teleport crystals, armour and weapons.
• Teleport Platform: Used to abandon the current challenge.
• Tool Storage: Used to re-obtain crystal sceptre, crystal axe, crystal pickaxe, crystal harpoon and pestle and mortar
• Water Pump: Used to turn vials into water-filled vials, which are needed to make Egniol potions.

Resource rooms[edit | edit source]

Each room in The Gauntlet, except for the starting room and the boss room, contains resource nodes and/or monsters. These resource nodes and monsters are farmed to collect resources that can be processed at the Singing Bowl in the starting room.

Resource nodes[edit | edit source]

There are five types of resource nodes. Each resource room will contain zero to five resource nodes. A resource room may contain a combination of different resource nodes.

• Crystal Deposit: Used to mine crystal ore from. Three crystal ores can be collected from each Crystal Deposit. Used for creating armour within The Gauntlet.
• Linum Tirinum: Used to pick linum tirinum from. Three linum tirinum can be collected from each Linum Tirinum plant. Used for creating armour within The Gauntlet.
• Phren Roots: Used to chop phren bark from. Three phren barks can be collected from each Phren Roots plant. Used for creating armour within The Gauntlet.
• Grym Root: Used to pick a grym leaf from. One grym leaf can be collected from each Grym Root plant. Used for creating Egniol potions within The Gauntlet.
• Fishing Spot: Used to fish raw paddlefish from. Four raw paddlefish can be collected from each Fishing Spot. Used for food within The Gauntlet, healing 20 hitpoints when cooked.

Collecting resources from the aforementioned nodes will also randomly reward the player with crystal shards.

Monsters[edit | edit source]

There are nine types of monsters that can be found within the resource rooms, that can be categorized into three categories:

• Weak monsters: Crystalline Spiders (level 22), Crystalline Rats (level 24) and Crystalline Bats (level 33).
• Strong monsters: Crystalline Unicorns (level 48), Crystalline Scorpions (level 64) and Crystalline Wolves (level 74).
• Demi-bosses: Crystalline Bears (level 172), Crystalline Dragons (level 172) and Crystalline Dark Beasts (level 172).

The above monsters may be killed for the following items:

• Crystal shards: Used for processing items at the Singing Bowl.
• Weapon frame: Used for creating the lowest tier bow, halberd or staff at the Singing Bowl.
• Raw paddlefish: Used for food within The Gauntlet, healing 20 Hitpoints when cooked.
• Grym leaf: Used for creating Egniol potions within The Gauntlet.
• Teleport crystal: Used for teleporting to the starting room.
• Crystal spike: Used to create the highest tier halberd. Guaranteed drop from the Crystalline Bear.
• Crystal orb: Used to create the highest tier staff. Guaranteed drop from the Crystalline Dragon.
• Crystalline bowstring: Used to create the highest tier bow. Guaranteed drop from the Crystalline Dark Beast.

Armour and weaponry[edit | edit source]

After exploring the resource rooms and collecting resources for a bit, return to the Singing Bowl to create armour and weapons. Since the Crystalline Hunllef uses protection prayers, two different types of weapons are required for the final boss. To mitigate the damage from the Crystalline Hunllef, it is advised to also create some armour pieces.

Weapons[edit | edit source]

There are three types of weapons: bows (Ranged), halberds (Melee) and staves (Magic). These weapons are available in three tiers: basic, attuned and perfected. Higher tiers are created by upgrading from their previous tiers.

The creation of each of the three weapon types requires the same resources:

• Basic (tier 1): A weapon frame and 20 crystal shards.
• Attuned (tier 2): Basic weapon and 60 crystal shards.
• Perfected (tier 3): Attuned weapon and a crystal spike (for the halberd), crystal orb (for the staff) or crystalline bowstring (for the bow).

Weapons from higher tiers give player higher accuracy and/or damage. See the table below for an overview of each weapon's accuracy:

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	Crystal sceptre	8	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0%	0	0	0.0
	Crystal halberd (basic)	68	68	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	0%	0	1	1.8
	Crystal halberd (attuned)	114	114	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	0%	0	2	1.8
	Crystal halberd (perfected)	166	166	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	138	0%	0	3	1.8
	Crystal bow (basic)	0	0	0	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42	1	1.8
	Crystal bow (attuned)	0	0	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	88	1	1.8
	Crystal bow (perfected)	0	0	0	0	172	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	138	3	1.8
	Crystal staff (basic)	0	0	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	1	1.4
	Crystal staff (attuned)	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	2	1.4
	Crystal staff (perfected)	0	0	0	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	3	1.4

See the table below for an overview of the capabilities of each weapon's maximum hits:

Halberd max hits[A 1]		No prayer	Ultimate Strength	Piety
	Crystal halberd (basic)	18	21	22
	Crystal halberd (attuned)	26	29	31
	Crystal halberd (perfected)	35	39	42
Bow max hits[A 2]		No prayer	Eagle Eye	Rigour
	Crystal bow (basic)	18	20	21
	Crystal bow (attuned)	25	29	31
	Crystal bow (perfected)	34	38	41
Staff max hits[A 3]		No prayer	Mystic Might	Augury
	Crystal staff (basic)	23	23	23
	Crystal staff (attuned)	31	31	31
	Crystal staff (perfected)	39	39	39

Armour[edit | edit source]

There are three types of armour pieces: helmets, bodies and legs. These armour pieces are available in three tiers: basic, attuned and perfected. Higher tiers are created by upgrading from their previous tiers.

The creation of each armour piece requires the same resources:

• Basic (tier 1): 40 crystal shards, 1 crystal ore, 1 linum tirinum and 1 phren bark.
• Attuned helm & legs (tier 2): Basic armour piece, 60 crystal shards, 1 crystal ore, 1 linum tirinum and 1 phren bark.
• Attuned body (tier 2): Basic armour piece, 60 crystal shards, 2 crystal ores, 2 linum tirinums and 2 phren barks.
• Perfected (tier 3): Attuned armour piece, 80 crystal shards, 2 crystal ores, 2 linum tirinums and 2 phren barks.

The following table provides an overview of the required resources per armour tier:

	Tier 1				Tier 2				Tier 3
	Ore	Linum	Bark	Total	Ore	Linum	Bark	Total	Ore	Linum	Bark	Total	Total (All)
Body	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	6	2	2	2	6	15
Legs	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	6	12
Helm	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	6	12
Total	3	3	3	9	4	4	4	12	6	6	6	18	39

Armour pieces from higher tiers give player higher defence bonuses and mitigate more damage of the Crystalline Hunllef's attacks. It appears that the damage reduction is roughly 13.33% per level. See the table below for an overview of each armour piece's bonuses:

Item		Attack Bonuses					Defence Bonuses					Other
	Crystal helm (basic)	2	2	1	2	2	28	28	28	28	28	0	0%	0	1	2.7
	Crystal helm (attuned)	6	6	2	6	6	48	48	48	48	48	0	0%	0	2	2.7
	Crystal helm (perfected)	10	10	3	10	10	68	68	68	68	68	0	0%	0	3	2.7

	Crystal body (basic)	8	8	3	8	8	86	86	86	86	86	0	0%	0	3	10.0
	Crystal body (attuned)	12	12	4	12	12	102	102	102	102	102	0	0%	0	4	10.0
	Crystal body (perfected)	15	16	5	16	16	124	124	124	124	124	0	0%	0	5	10.0

	Crystal legs (basic)	6	6	2	6	6	52	52	52	52	52	0	0%	0	2	9.1
	Crystal legs (attuned)	10	10	3	10	10	74	74	74	74	74	0	0%	0	3	9.1
	Crystal legs (perfected)	14	14	4	14	14	92	92	92	92	92	0	0%	0	4	9.1

Wearing pieces of the crystal armour will further reduce damage taken from the Crystalline Hunllef's attacks. The table below describes its max hit while wearing different combinations of armour.

Armour combination		Crystalline Hunllef's max hit [A 1]	Damage from tornadoes
N/A	No armour	12	10-20
	Full T1 armour	10	10-16
	Full T2 armour	8	7-13
	Full T3 armour	6	5-10

Boss room[edit | edit source]

After the 10 minute timer runs out, or when the player feels confident enough to face The Gauntlet's boss, the player may pass the barrier to enter the boss room. This room contains the level 674 Crystalline Hunllef. The Crystalline Hunllef must be defeated to complete The Gauntlet's challenge successfully.

The boss room always lies directly adjacent to the starting room.

If you die as the boss dies, kill count credit will not be awarded.

Corrupted Gauntlet[edit | edit source]

After completing the Gauntlet once, players may try the Corrupted Gauntlet, which has increased difficulty compared to the regular Gauntlet.

Differences include:

• All monsters are Corrupted instead of Crystalline, with increased stats.
• All items are Corrupted instead of Crystal, with the SAME stats.
• The player only has 7.5 minutes to prepare.

Boss Room[edit | edit source]

• The boss room instead contains the Corrupted Hunllef, which has 1000 health and increased stats. The table below describes its max hit while wearing different combinations of armour.
  • Note that all three pieces of armour must be upgraded to a certain tier in order to successfully reduce the Hunllef's max hit. A tier 1 body with tier 2 helm and legs will still result in the Hunllef having a max hit of 13.

Armour combination		Corrupted Hunllef's max hit [A 1]	Damage from tornadoes
N/A	No armour	16	Unknown
	Full T1 armour	13	Unknown
	Full T2 armour	10	10-20
	Full T3 armour	8	8-15

Rewards[edit | edit source]

Completing the Corrupted Gauntlet rewards three rolls on an upgraded loot table. The player will also receive a Gauntlet cape upon completion.

Loot table[edit | edit source]

Upon completing The Gauntlet's challenge, players will receive two rolls on the regular loot table, several crystal shards and a roll for the unique rewards. For more information on the loot table, visit the Reward Chest's page.

Upon completion of the Corrupted challenge, players will receive three rolls on an upgraded loot table, several crystal shards and a roll for the unique rewards with a higher chance of success.

Upon failing the challenge, players might still get rewarded with some lower value loot.

Unique Rewards (Normal Mode)[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Crystal shard	3–7	Always	Not sold	N/A
	Crystal weapon seed	1	1/120[d 1]	298,340	0
	Crystal armour seed	1	1/120[d 1]	6,763,277	300,000
	Blade of saeldor (inactive)	1	1/2,000[d 1]	88,168,790	3,000,000
	Youngllef	1	1/2,000[d 1]	Not sold	N/A

Unique Rewards (Corrupted Mode)[edit | edit source]

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Gauntlet cape	1	Always	Not sold	N/A
	Crystal shard	5–9	Always	Not sold	N/A
	Crystal weapon seed	1	1/50[d 1]	298,340	0
	Crystal armour seed	1	1/50[d 1]	6,763,277	300,000
	Blade of saeldor (inactive)	1	1/400[d 1]	88,168,790	3,000,000
	Youngllef	1	1/800[d 1]	Not sold	N/A

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
2 July 2020 (update | poll)	Messages that appear when receiving crystals in The Gauntlet are now filterable; this does affect the untradeable drop notification for crystal shards from monster drops. The max hits of all variants of the crystal and corrupted staves have been increased by 5. Filling vials and cooking paddlefish now occur in one tick (0.6 seconds). The inner square of rooms are now less randomised, and will always contain the same basic resources required to move on to the rest of The Gauntlet. This does not apply to the Corrupted Gauntlet. Players who have toggled the ability to automatically smash vials can now do so as soon as they've drunk the last dose of an egniol potion. Demi-bosses will now spawn in 6 of the 12 specific rooms of the Gauntlet's outer areas. The rooms in the outer area which they can spawn are the rooms non-adjacent to the corner rooms. The number of total resources required to create tier 2 and 3 armour have been reduced; the number of crystal shards required remain the same. The Crystalline and Corrupted Hunllef now play an animation right before changing attack styles to notify players to quickly change their protection prayers.
2 April 2020 (update)	The Corrupted Gauntlet no longer gives extra Gauntlet capes to players who have one stored in a cape rack.
19 September 2019 (update)	The Game Filter now filters the message displayed in the chatbox when players sing items at the Gauntlet's singing bowl.
8 August 2019 (update)	When creating items within the Gauntlet, the interface will remain open provided you have the ingredients to create other items. Killing a duplicate tier 3 creature within the Gauntlet will now have a guaranteed chance to drop a different powerful weapon component, provided you don't already have one. This was previously a 50% chance. The scoreboard in the Gauntlet lobby has been extended to display your deaths and the global deaths for each version of the Gauntlet.
1 August 2019 (update)	The Crystalline and Corrupted Hunllef has been altered slightly: Ranged will always be the first attack style, damage has been increased when praying incorrectly (or not at all), and damage has been reduced when praying correctly. Players can no longer remove old school bonds from their bond pouch while in the Gauntlet.

References[edit | edit source]

v • d • e The Gauntlet
Crystalline enemies	Rat Spider Bat Unicorn Scorpion Wolf Bear Dragon Dark Beast Hunllef
Corrupted enemies	Rat Spider Bat Unicorn Scorpion Wolf Bear Dragon Dark Beast Hunllef
Crystal items	Tools Sceptre Axe Pickaxe Harpoon Teleport crystal Pestle and mortar Resources Phren bark Paddlefish (Raw) (Burnt) Linum tirinum Crystal ore Grym leaf Vial Water-filled vial Grym potion (unf) Crystal shards Weapon frame Crystal dust Egniol potion Add-ons Spike Bowstring Orb Weapons Basic Halberd Bow Staff Attuned Halberd Bow Staff Perfected Halberd Bow Staff Armour Basic Helm Body Legs Attuned Helm Body Legs Perfected Helm Body Legs
Corrupted items	Tools Sceptre Axe Pickaxe Harpoon Teleport crystal Resources Phren bark Linum tirinum Corrupted ore Grym leaf Vial Grym potion (unf) Corrupted shards Weapon frame Corrupted dust Add-ons Spike Bowstring Orb Weapons Basic Halberd Bow Staff Attuned Halberd Bow Staff Perfected Halberd Bow Staff Armour Basic Helm Body Legs Attuned Helm Body Legs Perfected Helm Body Legs
Rewards	Crystal armour seed Crystal weapon seed Blade of Saeldor (corrupted) Youngllef (Corrupted) Gauntlet cape
Scenery	Fishing Spot
Other	The Gauntlet (music track) Egniol Potions Crystal Singing Recipes Bryn

v • d • e Minigames
Team games	Barbarian Assault Blast Furnace Burthorpe Games Room Castle Wars Fishing Trawler Nightmare Zone Pest Control Shades of Mort'ton Tackle organised crime Trouble Brewing Volcanic Mine
Solo games	Barrows Blast mine Brimhaven Agility Arena Champions' Challenge Dorgesh-Kaan market trading The Gauntlet Gnome Ball Gnome Restaurant Hallowed Sepulchre Impetuous Impulses Inferno Mage Arena Mage Training Arena Pyramid Plunder Ranging Guild Activities Rat Pits Rogue Trader Rogues' Den Sorceress's Garden Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup Tears of Guthix Temple Trekking Tithe Farm Treasure Trails TzHaar Fight Cave
PvP games	Bounty Hunter Castle Wars Clan Wars Duel Arena Last Man Standing Soul Wars TzHaar Fight Pit

v • d • e Prifddinas
Inhabitants	Alwyn Banker Bryn Crab Conwenna Crefydd Elena Eluned Elven city guard (removed) Guard Ilfeen Morvran Oswallt Pennant Raven Reese Rhiannon Tool Leprechaun Ystwyth Clan leaders Lord Ieuan Amlodd Lord Baxtorian Cadarn Lord Piquan Crwys Lady Carys Hefin Lord Iestin Iorwerth Lady Kelyn Ithell Lady Ffion Meilyr Lady Tangwen Trahaearn Shop owners Aneirin Anwen Branwen Caerwyn Celyn Derwen Efa Eira Elgan Glenda Guinevere Gwallter Gwyn Islwyn Iwan Lliann Llio Nia Osian Sawmill Operator Sian Pickpocketable Anaire Aranwe Aredhel Caranthir Celebrian Celegorm Cirdan Curufin Earwen Edrahil Elenwe Elladan Enel Erestor Enerdhil Enelye Feanor Findis Finduilas Fingolfin Fingon Galathil Gelmir Glorfindel Guilin Hendor Idril Imin Iminye Indis Ingwe Ingwion Lenwe Lindir Maeglin Mahtan Miriel Mithrellas Nellas Nerdanel Nimloth Oropher Orophin Saeros Salgant Tatie Thingol Turgon Vaire Grand Library Eldalote Finarfin Gwindor Lilifang Maedhros Nimrodel Gladiator ring Cleddyf Diol Enilly Ffoni Gladiator Gwyl Rhyfel Sadwrn Saeth Ymladd Ysbeid Surrounding areas Bear Cub Ed Ghost Gwerin Hapus Ian Lenny Lleidr Golau Marwolaeth Dawnsio Meddwl Ymlaen Llaw Preswylwyr Dall Rabbit Rhoddwr Tan Red Panda Surma Slippers Tide Trader Crewmember
Clans	Amlodd Cadarn Crwys Hefin Iorwerth Ithell Meilyr Trahaearn
Shops	Amlodd's Magical Supplies Aneirin's Armour Branwen's Farming Shop Construction supplies Elgan's Exceptional Staffs! Guinevere's Dyes Gwyn's Mining Emporium Hefin Inn Iorwerth's Arms Iwan's Maces Lliann's Wares Prifddinas Foodstuffs Prifddinas Gem Stall Prifddinas General Store Prifddinas Herbal Supplies Prifddinas Silver Stall Prifddinas Spice Stall Prifddinas' Seamstress Sian's Ranged Weaponry
Features	The Gauntlet Zalcano Iorwerth Dungeon Prifddinas Agility Course Crystal tree patch Elven Crystal Chest Trahaearn mine Teleport Platform
Music	Architects of Prifddinas Dance of the Meilyr Elven Guardians Faith of the Hefin The Gauntlet Iorwerth's Lament Mystics of Nature The Seed of Crwys Sharp End of the Crystal The Spurned Demon The Tower of Voices Trahaearn Toil
Related	Memoriam Device Gorlah Gwenith Mynydd Tirannwn