Nex

Nex
Released										5 January 2022 (Update)
Donator										Yes
Combat level										1,001
Size										3x3
Examine										Even the gods fear her.
Combat info
XP bonus										+100%
Max hit										33 (Magic) 60 (Ranged) 30 (Melee) 50 (Smoke Dash) 50 (Shadow Smash) 80 (Blood Sacrifice) 60 (Containment) 75 (Ice Prison)
Aggressive										Yes
Poisonous										Yes (8)
Attack style										Magic, Ranged, Melee
Attack speed										4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Combat stats
3,400					315					200					260					230					350
Aggressive stats
+200					+20					+100					+22					+150					+5
Defensive stats
+40						+140						+60						+300						+190
Cannons										Immune
Thralls										Not immune
Advanced data
Monster ID										11278,11279,11280,11281,11282

Nex is one of Zaros' most powerful followers. She is imprisoned in the Ancient Prison, sealed away beneath the God Wars Dungeon. An immensely powerful entity and one of Zaros's most powerful weapons of war, Nex is a nihil from Freneskae and possesses physical traits of the icyene, demons, aviantese and vampyres.

Nex's Ancient Prison is locked behind the frozen door in the southern part of the God Wars Dungeon, and can only be opened by assembling the frozen key, whose pieces are dropped during The Frozen Door miniquest, by the generals and bodyguards of each of the warring factions in the dungeon: General Graardor, K'ril Tsutsaroth, Commander Zilyana, and Kree'arra. This in turn requires a base level of 70 Hitpoints, Ranged, Strength, and Agility in order to reach Nex, none of which can be boosted. Up to 60 players can fight Nex per encounter.

She is known for her assortment of Zarosian-affiliated drops, such as torva armour, zaryte vambraces, the ancient hilt and the nihil horn, which is used to create a zaryte crossbow.

History

Imprisonment

Following the Betrayal of Zaros in the Second Age, a group of Zarosians were working to secure the area around the Mahjarrat ritual site (found south-east of Weiss today) to gain the upper hand. The leader of these Zarosians was Nex. Gaining power whenever she battled, Nex was considered unstoppable.

Around the beginning of the Third Age, the forces of Saradomin, realising the threat Nex posed, eventually planned and successfully lured Nex, alongside her army, into a large icy cavern. Here, they enchanted them into a frozen sleep, albeit with massive casualties. Afterwards, the Saradominist forces built the Temple of Lost Ancients around it, known today as the God Wars Dungeon.

Many years after that event, a flock of aviantese were ambushed by an army of demons while transporting a newly created Godsword through the Trollheim mountains. Because of their small numbers, they were forced to retreat into the Temple of Lost Ancients. Eventually, reinforcements arrived from each side and the battle grew. Thus the battle of the godsword began.

Escape and re-imprisonment

Much later, Saradominist priests, one of them being Ashuelot Reis, were approached by one of their own. The priest, knowing that his fellow priests grew weary from the endless wars, revealed to them that he had secretly converted to Guthixian teachings. Encouraging his fellow priests to join him, they abandoned the cause of Saradomin and became followers of Guthix.

File:Ancient Prison.png

The Zarosian army, sealed in the Ancient Prison.

Their new leader, the former Saradomin priest, taught them the druidic ways, including an ancient ritual that had the power to awaken Guthix himself, who they believed can end the God Wars. However, after the priests and their leader performed the ritual, it was discovered that the ritual actually woke Nex rather than Guthix, and that it also destroyed the enchantments that sealed the Ancient Prison, releasing Nex and her army in the process. Their leader, who had tricked the priests into freeing Nex, was revealed to be Sliske, a Zarosian Mahjarrat.

Due to the length of her enchanted sleep, Nex was not at full strength. Despite this, she quickly laid waste to vast numbers from all sides. Rapidly gaining power, the four factions fighting for the Godsword temporarily formed an alliance and managed to drive Nex and her forces back into their prison, but the magical protections that contained them could not be fully restored.

Fight overview

Main article: Nex/Strategies

File:Fighting Nex.png

An army of players fighting Nex.

Nex spawns in her chamber shortly after a player or team of players pass through the ancient barrier within the Ancient Prison. She has very high hitpoints and deals relatively high damage even through protection prayers, so fighting her in a team is effectively a requirement.

The fight consists of five distinct phases based on the Ancient Magicks, with Nex using smoke, shadow, blood, and ice magic, before entering an empowered final state. She can also use melee and a number of special attacks. In order for the fight to progress, Nex's hitpoints need to be reduced to a threshold, after which the mage who empowers her magic must be killed, which will then lead to the next phase.

Like other God Wars Dungeon bosses, there is an altar to restore prayer in the back wall of the room with a cooldown of 10 minutes, though uniquely if a Zarosian item is equipped, it will also replenish health, run energy and special attack energy.

Bodyguards

• Fumus (Magic, Smoke) – Attackable at 2720 hitpoints
• Umbra (Magic, Shadow) – Attackable at 2040 hitpoints
• Cruor (Magic, Blood) – Attackable at 1360 hitpoints
• Glacies (Magic, Ice) – Attackable at 680 hitpoints

Drops

In order to obtain drops from Nex, the player must deal a set amount of minimum damage. Getting a drop from Nex is considered a kill in the log. Nex drops a large lump of items upon death, which is determined by team size, and the share players receive from it is based on the player's total damage to Nex, her minions, and any reavers during the encounter. Two common drops are guaranteed after each kill.

The MVP receives a 10% bonus to common loot quantities and a 10% boost to the chance of obtaining a unique item drop.

Drop rates estimated based on 158,203 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

100%

Big bones are only dropped for the MVP, the player who dealt the most damage to Nex.

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Uniques

There is an effective 1 in 43 chance of rolling the unique drop table per kill. It is possible to receive multiple unique drops per kill with multiple players, which is calculated based on the number of players and their individual contributions towards the kill. Below lists the effective drop rates, which are for each kill, rather than for each player.

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Runes & ammunition

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Resources

Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Consumables

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Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price

Other

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Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price
	Coins	8,539–26,748	Uncommon	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8,539–26,748

Tertiary

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Item		Quantity	Drop rate	Donator 15% boosted drop rate	Super Donator 25% boosted drop rate	Extreme Donator 30% boosted drop rate	Legendary Donator 35% boosted drop rate	Royal Donator 40% boosted drop rate	Price