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

Combat level	712
Always drops	Zogre Bones
Combat info
Hitpoints	1500
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	Yes
Max hits
Melee	37
Magic	72

Mutant Tarn

The Mutant Tarn is a powerful and deadly boss that drops Chaotic items and Zogre bones, which can be used to train prayer. It can use a wide variety of damaging attacks. Mutant Tarn has 1500 hitpoints and very high defense. It is recommended to use the Deflect Magic prayer. The boss still does very high damage even through prayer, which is why it is also recommended to keep your health above 70 at all times. Mutant Tarn has the following attacks:

A multi-target magic attack that does up to 72 damage.

A single-target melee attack that does up to 37 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.

How to get there

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

Step 2: Kill Hobgoblins or Hellhounds until you reach the required kill count to enter the red portal.

• Non-Donor: 20 kill count required
• Normal Donor: 15 kill count required
• Super Donor: 5 kill count required
• Extreme Donor: 3 kill count required

Tarn is aggressive, so it is recommended to turn on the Deflect Magic prayer before entering the portal.

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.

Gear	Inventory	Summoning familiar
Helm: Torva full helm Body: Torva platebody Legs: Torva platelegs Boots: Steadfast boots Weapon: Abyssal vine whip Shield: Divine spirit shield Cape: Completionist cape Amulet: Amulet of torture (or) Gloves: Barrows gloves Ring: Ring of suffering	1x Dragon dagger (p++) 1x Overload flask (6) 2x Super restore (4) 16x Saradomin brew flask (6) Steel of legends scroll	It is recommended to use a Steel Titan familiar (requires 99 summoning). This summoning familiar will help you attack Mutant Tarn with its special move. Steel of legends scrolls are required to use the Steel Titan special move.

Tips and tricks

Kill strategy

Attack Tarn as soon as he spawns. It is better to do this manually rather than waiting for auto-retaliate to work.

Use your Steel Titan special move the instant you start attacking and then as often as possible throughout the kill.

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.

Drops

The most important drop from the Mutant Tarn are the Zogre Bones that it drops every kill as these offer 120k prayer experience when offered on an altar, because of this they are very valuable to players. Luckily, the bones are not the only great reward from the Mutant Tarn, as there are plenty of unique drops that will boost the amount of money you make killing this boss even more. There is also a very rare chance of receiving a Mutant Tarn pet if you kill this boss.

Drop	Name	Quantity	Noted?	Droprate
	Mutant Tarn (pet)	1	No	Very rare 1/3000
	Crystal halberd full	1	No	Rare 2/100
	Chaotic rapier	1	No	Rare 1/166
	Chaotic crossbow	1	No	Rare 1/166
	Farseer Kiteshield	1	No	Rare 1/166
	Clue Scroll (Elite)	1	No	Rare 2/100
	Warrior Ring (i)	1	No	Rare 3/100
	Clue Scroll (Hard)	1	No	Rare 5/100
	Coins	20M	No	Rare 6/100
	Dragon Spear	1	No	Uncommon 10/100
	Gnome Goggles	1	No	Uncommon 12/100
	Super Restore (4)	50-100	Yes	Uncommon 50/100
	Rocktail	28	No	Common 65/100
	Saradomin brew (4)	50-100	Yes	Frequent 70/100
	Blue Charm	20-50	No	Frequent 70/100
	Crimson Charm	20-50	No	Frequent 80/100
	Rune Arrow	3000	No	Frequent 90/100
	Coins	500K - 1M	No	Frequent 95/100
	Crimson Charm	1	No	Always 1/1
	Zogre Bones	1	No	Always 1/1