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Main page/Guides/Bestiary/Boss list/Mutant tarn

Combat level	712
XP per kill	800,000
Always drops	Zogre Bones
Combat info
Hitpoints	1000
Max hit	37 (melee) 72 (magic)
Attack Speed	2.4
Aggressive?	Yes
Poisonous?	Yes
Attack style	Melee Magic
Special attacks	Burn Poison

The Mutant Tarn is a powerful and deadly boss that drops Chaotics and Zogre Bones. It can use a wide variety of damaging attacks, and it has a large store of hitpoints and excellent defense. For players using Protection from Magic, it's not as dangerous as many other bosses; however, it can still kill unwary players. The Mutant Tarn has the following attacks:

• A single-target melee attack that does up to 37 damage
• A multi-target magic attack that does up to 72 damage
• An area-of-effect burn attack that covers the floor with pockets of fire. Anyone standing in a square where fire spawns will take damage
• A poison attack that starts at 8 damage

Players who are soloing Tarn will most likely need a significant amount of food in order to get the kill. However, due to his exceptionally valuable drops, Tarn is extremely crowded and there will almost always be 2-5 players in the boss room. As long as there are multiple players in the room, the damage from these attacks is negligible. For most kills, you will not need to eat at all. In any case, conserving supplies at Tarn is not an issue, as it is possible to bank after every kill.

Because of the competition at Tarn, the only worthwhile attack style is melee, and having maxed or near-maxed melee gear is highly recommended. Only that setup will do sufficient damage to give you a good chance of getting the kill.

Gear and inventory setup

As noted above, the Mutant Tarn is always extremely crowded, often with multiple players in maxed gear. To have a reasonable chance of getting kills, then, you must also be in maxed or near-maxed gear. Currently, melee has far better damage-per-second (dps) than any other combat style, so the best setup is melee. Defense is essentially irrelevant here, so you should use the gear that provides the best offensive bonuses possible. In addition, you will need to bring a Steel Titan with Steel of Legends scrolls. Having that familiar will significantly increase your damage output and give you a better chance of getting the kill.

Many players cast Vengeance while at Tarn to further increase the damage they do. However, this is optional because damage reflected via Vengeance does not count towards determining which player gets the kill. The only advantage of Vengeance, then, is slightly faster kills.

Here is the best gear to use in each gear slot:

Gear Setup

Head	> > >
Torso	> >
Legs	> >
Gloves
Boots	> >
Amulet	>
Ring	>
Cape	> > >
Offhand	>
Weapon	>
Spec Weapon	>

Head: Completionist Hood > Torva Full Helm > Max Hood > Statius’s Full Helm

Torso: Torva Platebody > Vesta’s Chainbody > Statius’s Platebody

Legs: Torva Platelegs > Vesta’s Plateskirt > Statius’s Platelegs

Gloves: Barrows Gloves

Boots: Primal Boots > Steadfast Boots > Dragon Boots

Amulet: Blood Necklace > Amulet of Fury

Ring: Onyx Ring (i) > Berserker Ring (i)

Cape: TokHaar-Kal (Kiln Cape) > Completionist Cape > Max Cape > Fire Cape

Offhand: Dragon Defender > Flameburst Defender

Weapon: Abyssal Vine Whip > Chaotic Rapier

Spec Weapon: Dragon Claws > Dragon Dagger

Inventory Setup

Inventory setup isn't particularly important at Tarn, because it is easily possible to bank after every kill. Any inventory setup that includes the following 5 items will be sufficient:

• Overloads
• Super Restores
• Rocktails or similar food
• Steel of Legends Scrolls
• Special Attack weapon

Here is a sample inventory setup:

Getting There

Step 1: Teleport to "Tarn & Ice Queen" under the "Bosses" teleport option

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Step 2: Kill 20 Hellhounds or Hobgoblins in order to enter Tarn's portal

Step 3: Enter the east (white) portal to access Tarn. The west (red) portal leads to Ice Queens

You should turn on your protection prayers before entering this portal, in case Tarn has already spawned.

Step 4: If Tarn has not spawned, stand in the indicated spot to attack him the instant that he does spawn

Banking between kills

Step 1: When Tarn dies, pick up the drop (if you got it) and teleport to Neitiznot

Step 2: Bank at the bank chest next to the teleport spot, and then run west to pray at the Small Obelisk. This will fully restore your summoning points, which will have been drained as you used Steel Titan specs

Step 3: Teleport back to Tarn, re-enter the portal, and get ready to kill him again

Optimal Kill Strategy

In order to maximize your damage output and have a good chance of getting the drop, there are a lot of different things you need to be doing while killing the Mutant Tarn. All of the tasks are listed here, and they are demonstrated in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uv1Lh9z-nI&feature=youtu.be

• Attack Tarn as soon as he spawns. It is better to right-click and manually attack rather than waiting for auto-retaliate to work
• Use your Steel Titan spec the instant you start attacking, and then as often as possible throughout the kill
• If you have special attack energy, switch to your spec weapon and use it right after a Steel Titan spec, so you don't miss any specs
• As you run out of summoning points, drink Super Restore potions to regain summoning energy and continue speccing
• If you need to eat, eat a Rocktail at the same time as drinking a dose of Super Restore, to minimize the time lost

Tips and tricks

Getting your titan out of the way

Steel Titans can spec equally well from anywhere, so you might as well keep them from walking around on the boss and making it difficult to right-click. If you run next to the northeast wall and call your familiar, it will get stuck in the wall and stay there for the remainder of the kill.

Dealing with competition

There is often a lot of competition at Tarn, but sometimes you can use that to your advantage. Players with significantly inferior gear to you will almost never get the kill, so they actually help you get more kills per hour. Therefore, you might as well be friendly and helpful towards them - they might stick around a bit longer.

Minimizing Overload damage

Drinking a dose of Overload normally does 50 damage, in 5 hits of 10. However, if you are in a teleport animation during some of those hits, you won't take any damage. Therefore, the best time to drink an overload is right before you teleport back to Tarn & Ice Queen. If you're quick, 3 of the overload hits will be countermanded by the teleport animation, and you will only take 20 damage. You can then eat your extra Rocktail to restore back up to full hitpoints.

Drops

There are eight different valuable drops from the Mutant Tarn: Chaotic Equipment, Zuriel's Robe Bottom, and Zogre Bones. The following table displays all of the unique drops, along with their estimated values and drop rates:

Notable Drops

Item	Name	Value	Est. Drop Rate
	Zogre Bones	60M	Always
	Chaotic Rapier	70-100M	1/50
	Chaotic Maul	240-270M	1/80
	Chaotic Crossbow	600M	1/100
	Chaotic Kiteshield	20-30M	1/150
	Chaotic Staff	50-100m	1/150
	Farseer Kiteshield	50	1/25
	Zuriel's Robe Bottom	30-50M	1/25