An Obby mauler is the short form for the Obsidian mauler. It is a pure build with a high strength but a low combat level. Since they have high strength levels to wield weapons like all Warhammers and the Tzhaar-ket-om which have only strength requirements, Obby maulers can hit high amounts of damage for their level, making them ideal for PKing. These builds usually remain at 1 attack with low magic and ranged levels to reduce their combat level.
Players try to maintain a fine balance between attack, defence, and prayer based on how they want to perform in PvP settings. Generally, Obby maulers usually have the following stats:
1-20 attack
60+ strength
1-43 prayer
1-99 defence
10-99 hitpoints
Head slot: Zamorak Halo: this item can be bought from Lanthus for 75 Castle Wars tickets.
Neck slot: Berserker necklace: It has no requirements to wear. When worn, it increases the damage the wearer can deal when wielding an obsidian melee weapon like Tzhaar-ket-om by 20%.
Cape slot: Fire cape: this is the second-best melee cape in OSRS, and it has no combat requirements. However, players must have decent combat to complete the fight cave.
Body slot: Varrock armour 1: This is a reward for completing the easy Varrock Diary
Leg slot: Fremennik kilt: This is a rare reward from elite Treasure Trails. It has the same bonuses as iron platelegs, except an additional +1 strength bonus. It has no requirements to equip.
Weapon slot: Tzhaar-ket-om
Ammo slot: Unholy blessing
Glove slot: Regen bracelet:
Boot slot: Spiked manacles: This is a reward from medium treasure trails.
Ring slot: Berserker ring (i)
Since you can’t train attack, you should avoid quests that reward attack XP. Here is a list of beneficial quests for Obby Maulers
This allows Obby maulers to complete in Search of the Myreque, A Soul’s Bane and Nature Spirit for 31000 Defence. In search of Myreque and partial completion of In Aid of the Myreque allows for the completion of the Morytania Medium Diary. Nature allows for the completion of the Lumbridge guide subquest of Recipe for Disaster, unlocking adamant gloves.
This allows Obby maulers to complete the Fremennik Trials for the Berserker helm.This quest rewards players with 2,812.4 attack and defence XP. Obby Zerkers usually have a between 16/20 attack and 45 defence. This unlocks the ability to wear the Rune armour, fighter torso, fremennik helms and all barbarian assault rewards.
Complete the Nature Spirit and Dragon Slayer I quest. Obby maulers might have 60, 65 or 75 defence to unlock armour which have higher strength bonus such as the Obsidian armour, Bandos armour, Serpentine helm, Dragonfire shield and Primordial boots.
Due to low attack levels, Obsidian are inaccurate in combat most times, as a result, Obby mauler get significantly less melee combat XP.
Here are the best training methods for Obby Maulers:
Level 1–25: Killing MenMen are located in several locations in OSRS such as Lumbridge, Falador, and Varrock. They can’t hit often and have a maximum hit of 2, making them ideal for early combat training.
Level 25–40/99: Sand crabsStart the one sand crab spawn spots. As your strength level goes up, move to 2 then 3 spawn spots. Check out our OSRS sand crabs guide to start training at sand crabs.
Level 40 - 99: Ammonite CrabsPlayers must complete the Bone Voyage quest to access Fossil Island, where Ammonite crabs are located. These monsters are stronger, so bring a lot of food. Combat-boosting potions are also helpful, as they can help Obby maulers withstand the attacks and also increase experience rates. Check out our OSRS ammonite crabs guide.
The Slayer staff requires 50 slayer and 50 magic. It has the highest DPS output, is cheap, and has a good attack speed of 4 game ticks per hit. It is the most efficient weapon when training, especially with crabs. You need 166,636 Slayer XP to get 55 slayer. This can be obtained efficiently from the following activities:
Except from the Slayer staff, Obby maulers can use any of the following weapons:
Ham Joint: this has no strength or defence XP to wield.
Rune warhammer: this requires 40 strength to wield
Swift blade: this has no strength or defence XP to wield
Dragon Warhammer: this requires 60 strength to wield
Tzhaar-ket-om: this requires 60 strength to wield
All of which can be bought from the grand exchange.
Mithril gloves are the best for pures in OSRS, providing +6 in slash, stab, and crush for both attack and defence. Though they share the same strength and magic bonuses as the combat bracelet, mithril gloves are more affordable, sparking debate over which is better. Check our Mithril Gloves guide to learn how to get this gloves quickly
At 83 Construction, players can achieve significant upgrades with a +8 boost. These upgrades include the ornate pool (restores all stats, prayer, venom, and HP), fairy ring, spirit tree, occult altar (allows switching between all spellbooks), max jewel box (provides all teleports from the ring of dueling, games necklace, and all four dragonstone jewellery), and level 2 teleport nexus (offers up to 8 teleports from any spellbook). This +8 boost can be obtained by combining a +5 boost from spicy stew with a +3 boost from the crystal saw.
The Unholy book is a god book that occupies the shield slot. It’s obtained from the Horror from the Deep quest and can be completed by filling it with 4 pages, which provide attack bonuses. Once filled, it grants a +8 bonus to all combat styles and a +5 prayer bonus.
The Firecape can be obtained as a reward for completing the TzHaar Fight Cave. It is the second-best melee cape as it has the best attack and defence bonuses. We can obtain the firecape without overheads, check out our no prayer firecape service.
There are three types of Halo: Saradomin, Zamorak, and Guthix Halo. They can be bought from Lanthus for 75 Castle Wars tickets. It does not have a defence requirement and gives defence bonuses. In addition, it has a prayer bonus and magic defence
Here is a list of quests that don’t give attack or Defence XP
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