OSRS Obor Guide: Strategies & Gear Setups for F2P & P2P

 This boss is one of the most profitable ones that is available for free to play because it drops runes, some rune weapons, and armor, and is the only method for ironmen to get a rune kiteshield unless they choose to smith one for themselves.

Whether you’re an Ironman hunting the Rune kiteshield or a casual player chasing the rare Hill Giant Club, this guide will walk you through requirements, strategies, gear setups, and tips to maximize your success.

Why Fight Obor?

Obor is the Hill Giant Boss found deep within the Edgeville Dungeon, accessible only by using a Giant Key. He’s designed for lower-to-mid-level players who want to try a solo boss encounter without the danger of losing gear to other players.

Requirements

A Giant key is required to access Obor's lair, and you must always collect a fresh one any time you want to fight Obor. Obor can be found residing in his lair, which is accessible through the closed gates on the edgeville dungeon's western wall of the hill giant area. 

How to obtain Giant Keys

• Dropped by Hill Giants.
  • Drop rate: 1/128 in Edgeville Dungeon.
  • Drop rate: 1/64 in the Wilderness Hill Giant area (greater risk, better rate).
    
• Obor himself has a small chance to drop an additional key.
  
  
  

Recommended Requirements

These aren’t mandatory, but strongly advised for efficient and safe kills:

•   40+ Prayer – to use Protect from Missiles (critical for surviving his ranged stomp).
•   Brass Key – for quick Edgeville Dungeon access.
  

  Melee Requriments

• 50 Attack / 50 Strength / 50 Defence baseline.
• Higher stats (60-70+) make kills significantly faster.

  Magic Requriments

• 50 Magic (for Snare and Blast spells).
• 50 Defence recommended for survivability.

  Ranged Requriments

• 50 Ranged / 50 Defence baseline.
• Higher stats (60-70+) make kills significantly faster.
  
  

Location

Obor’s Lair
Located inside the Edgeville Dungeon, behind the Hill Giant area’s gated section.

How to Get There

Quick route

1. Teleport to Edgeville using an Amulet of Glory or travel from Varrock.
2. Enter the trapdoor just south of the Edgeville bank.
3. Run west past the zombies and hill giants.
4. Unlock the giant gate using your Giant Key to enter Obor’s instance.

  Tip: Always keep a Brass Key for quick dungeon access from the Edgeville side.

How to fight Obor 

Obor can attack with both melee and ranged weapons, with a maximum hit count of 28 for ranged attacks and 22 for melee attacks. He also has the ability to knock you back while stunning you with his attacks. Obor has a combat level of 106 and a hitpoint of 120.

Since Obor is less resistant to magic attacks, using magic attacks is your best option, particularly if you are a beginner. Moreover, you should pray protect from missiles as they work really well, reducing Obor's damage by up to 50%.

Gear Setup

F2P Magic Gear

• Head slot: Wizard hat
• Neck slot:  Amulet of Power / Amulet of Magic
• Cape slot: Team cape / none
• Ammo slot: none
• Weapon slot: Staff of Water (or any staff that autocasts Water Blast)
• Body slot: Wizard Robe or Zamorak Monk Top
• Leg slot: Wizard Robe Skirt or Zamorak Monk Bottom
• Shield slot: Anti-Dragon Shield or none
• Glove slot: Barrow Gloves
• Boot slot: Leather boots (or none F2P)
• Ring slot: none

P2P Magic Gear

• Head slot: Ahrim’s hood
• Neck slot: Occult Necklace
• Cape slot: Imbued Saradomin Cape
• Ammo slot: Any Blessing
• Weapon slot: Trident of the Seas
• Body slot: Ahrim’s robetop
• Leg slot: Ahrim’s robeskirt
• Shield slot: Book of Darkness
• Glove slot: Barrow Gloves
• Boot slot: Infinity boots
• Ring slot: Seer’s ring

Method

1. Activate Protect from Missiles before dropping into the pit.
2. Immediately cast Snare to freeze Obor for ~9.6 seconds.
3. Run to the opposite side and cast Water Blast until he moves again.
4. Repeat: Snare → Hit → Move pattern until dead.
5. If needed, sip energy potions to maintain distance.

• This “freeze and kite” method avoids nearly all melee hits, making it the safest option for low Defence accounts or Ironmen.
  
  

F2P Melee Gear

• Head slot: Rune full helm
• Neck slot:  Amulet of Power / Amulet of Accuracy
• Cape slot: Team cape / none
• Ammo slot: Adamant Arrows
• Weapon slot: Maple Shortbow
• Body slot: Green D’hide Body
• Leg slot: Green D’hide Chaps
• Shield slot: none 
• Glove slot: Leather Gloves / none
• Boot slot: Leather boots / none
• Ring slot: none

P2P Melee Gear

Method

1. Activate Protect from Missiles before entering.
2. Lure Obor close to a wall and let him pin you against it. (This prevents knock-back from his ground slam).
3. Attack using your strongest stab or slash style.
4. Eat food to sustain and prayer flick to conserve points.
5. If prayer runs too low or you’re out of food, teleport out — you can always re-enter with another key.

F2P Ranged Gear

• Head slot: Coif
• Neck slot:  Amulet of Power / Amulet of Accuracy
• Cape slot: Team cape / none
• Ammo slot: Adamant Arrows
• Weapon slot: Maple Shortbow
• Body slot: Green D’hide Body
• Leg slot: Green D’hide Chaps
• Shield slot: none 
• Glove slot: Leather Gloves / none
• Boot slot: Leather boots / none
• Ring slot: none

P2P Ranged Gear

• Head slot: Ancient Coif
• Neck slot:  Amulet of Fury
• Cape slot: Ava’s accumulator
• Ammo slot: Any blessing
• Weapon slot: Toxic Blowpipe
• Body slot: Ancient D’hide Body
• Leg slot: Ancient D’hide Chaps
• Shield slot: none 
• Glove slot: Barrow Gloves
• Boot slot: Ancient D’hide Boots
• Ring slot: Archer’s Ring

Combat achievements

There are 6 combat achievements available when killing Obor, they include:

Obor Novice: you only need to kill Obor once

Sleeping giant: kill Obor while he is immobilized

Fighting as intended: Kill Obor on a free to play world

Back to the wall: Kill Obor without being pushed back more than one square by his knockback attack

Obor Champion: Kill Obor 5 times

Squashing the Giant: Kill Obor without taking any damage off prayer.

Tips

• Recharge Prayer at the Edgeville Monastery before each attempt (+2 bonus Prayer points).
• In your settings → Controls, enable Left-Click Attack NPCs to attack Obor faster.
• Set up Quick Prayers (Protect from Missiles) to toggle on/off easily.
• Practice Prayer Flicking using a metronome set to 100 BPM (matches game ticks).
• Use Hotkeys (F1 for Inventory, F2 for Spells) to quickly heal or re-snare.
  
  

Drops 

  Always

Giant bones (Always), Giant key (1/16)

  Giant Key

Giant Key (1/16)

  Weapons and armour

Iron full helm (1/27), Iron dagger (1/33.75), Iron kiteshield (1/45), Steel longsword (1/67.5)

  Runes and ammunition

Iron arrow ×3 (1/22.5), Fire rune ×15 (1/45), Water rune ×7 (1/45), Law rune ×2 (1/45), Steel arrow ×10 (1/67.5), Mind rune ×3 (1/67.5), Cosmic rune ×2 (1/67.5), Nature rune ×6 (1/67.5), Chaos rune ×2 (1/135), Death rune ×2 (1/135)

  Herbs

Grimy guam leaf (1/77.1), Grimy marrentill (1/102.9), Grimy tarromin (1/137.1), Grimy harralander (1/176.3), Grimy ranarr weed (1/224.4), Grimy irit leaf (1/308.6), Grimy avantoe (1/411.4), Grimy kwuarm (1/493.7), Grimy cadantine (1/617.1), Grimy lantadyme (1/822.9), Grimy dwarf weed (1/822.9)

  Seeds

Potato seed ×4 (1/44), Onion seed ×4 (1/59), Cabbage seed ×4 (1/89), Barley seed ×4 (1/142), Hammerstone seed ×3 (1/143), Marigold seed (1/173), Tomato seed ×3 (1/179), Asgarnian seed ×3 (1/190), Jute seed ×2 (1/191), Redberry seed (1/204), Nasturtium seed (1/261), Mushroom spore (1/269), Yanillian seed ×2 (1/286), Cadavaberry seed (1/292), Sweetcorn seed ×3 (1/359), Rosemary seed (1/404), Dwellberry seed (1/409), Belladonna seed (1/448), Guam seed (1/517), Woad seed (1/547), Krandorian seed ×2 (1/573), Cactus seed (1/672), Limpwurt seed (1/685), Strawberry seed ×2 (1/718), Marrentill seed (1/759), Jangerberry seed (1/1,024), Tarromin seed (1/1,111), Wildblood seed (1/1,128), Potato cactus seed (1/1,345), Watermelon seed ×2 (1/1,502), Harralander seed (1/1,639), Snape grass seed ×2 (1/2,065), Ranarr seed (1/2,400), Whiteberry seed (1/2,826), Toadflax seed (1/3,523), Irit seed (1/5,175), Poison ivy seed (1/7,450), Avantoe seed (1/7,528), Kwuarm seed (1/11,041), Snapdragon seed (1/16,562), Cadantine seed (1/23,660), Lantadyme seed (1/33,125), Dwarf weed seed (1/55,208), Torstol seed (1/82,812)

  Coins

Coins ×38 (1/9.64), Coins ×52 (1/13.5), Coins ×15 (1/16.88), Coins ×8 (1/22.5), Coins ×88 (1/67.5)

  Other

Limpwurt root (1/12.27), Beer (1/22.5), Body talisman (1/67.5), Nothing (1/135)

  Gem drop table

Nothing (1/90.17), Uncut sapphire (1/180), Uncut emerald (1/360), Uncut ruby (1/720), Nature talisman (1/1,920), Uncut diamond (1/2,880), Rune javelin ×5 (1/5,760), Loop half of key (1/5,760), Tooth half of key (1/5,760), Rune spear (1/92,160), Shield left half (1/184,320), Dragon spear (1/245,760)

  Tertiary

Ensouled giant head (1/25), Long bone (1/400), Giant champion scroll (1/5,000), Curved bone (1/5,013), Clue scroll (beginner) (Unknown)

Reward Chest

Each time we defeat this boss, it drops a Giant Key, which we can use to open a chest located near it in the same cave. Some of the drops may include

  Always

Clue scroll (beginner) (Always), Ensouled giant head (Always)

Weapons and armour: Rune med helm (1/19.67), Rune full helm (1/23.6), Rune longsword (1/23.6), Rune battleaxe (1/29.5), Rune kiteshield (1/39.33), Rune chainbody (1/39.33), Rune platelegs (1/39.33), Rune plateskirt (1/39.33), Rune 2h sword (1/39.33), Hill giant club (1/118)

  Runes 

Law rune ×50–99 (1/9.83), Cosmic rune ×60–119 (1/9.83), Chaos rune ×100–199 (1/11.8), Death rune ×40–79 (1/11.8), Nature rune ×40–79 (1/16.86)

  Other

Limpwurt root ×20 (noted) (1/14.75), Big bones ×50 (noted) (1/14.75), Coins ×10,000–15,000 (1/19.67), Uncut ruby ×5 (noted) (1/23.6), Uncut diamond ×5 (noted) (1/23.6), Coins ×12,000–20,000 (1/29.5)

  Tertiary

Giant key (1/16)

Main reasons to fight Obor

• Chance to earn the Hill Giant Club (a rare, powerful crush weapon, 1/118 drop rate).
• Exclusive access to Rune Kiteshields, especially valuable for Ironmen.
• Decent GP/hour for F2P combat training.
• Fills Combat Achievement tasks for extra account progression.
• Enjoyable, fast fights with minimal setup.