The Shadow Reef

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The Shadow Reef
Release date	25 February 2019 (Update)
Kingdom	None
Members	Yes
Main music	Various, see article
Levels	3
Strongest monster	The Ambassador (level 5500)
Cannon allowed	Not allowed inside the dungeon
Connected quests	No
Inhabitants	Various, see article
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The Shadow Reef, also known as Ulthven Kreath, is the third Elite Dungeon, a 1-3 player combat/narrative experience that rewards unique loot and Dungeoneering experience and tokens. The Shadow Reef is accessed from the eastern shore of Daemonheim. The Grouping System is required in order to form a team of 2-3 players. There are no hard requirements to access the dungeon.

The dungeon contains achievements, 16 minibosses, and 3 bosses: The Crassian Leviathan, Taraket the Necromancer, and The Ambassador.

Getting there

• Use the Ring of kinship to teleport to Daemonheim, and then run east to the Fremennik boat.
• Use the boss portal in War's Retreat
• Use the boss portal in the Max Guild (requires 99 in every skill)
• Talk to Fremennik shipmaster on the bridge, west of Al Kharid Bank
• Use Taverley lodestone teleport then run south to set sail.
• Use a Shadow Reef teleport, which can be purchased from Bryll Thoksdottir at Daemonheim
• Use the teleport on the chest outside the Dragonkin Laboratory or the Temple of Aminishi (requires completion of Impressing the Locals)

Monsters

Mobs

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  Zombie, level 11

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  Armoured zombie, level 86

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  Summoned armoured zombie, level 107

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  Skeleton Archer, level 100

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  Summoned skeleton, level 68

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  Summoned skeleton archer, level 98

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  Summoned zombie, level 12

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  Huge skeleton, level 113

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  Warped skeleton, level 113

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  Bossy McBossFace's First mate, level 122

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  Cloaked zealot, level 105

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  Crassian scuttler, level 84

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  Crassian scout, level 111

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  Crassian warrior, level 117

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  Death Lotus rogue, level 105

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  Enlightened Sotapanna, level 105

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  Kal'gerion demon, level 114

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  Sea horror, level 119

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  Ulthven necromancer, level 105

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  Undead Witch, level 170

Minibosses

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  Bossy McBossFace, level 123

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  Cooper, level 111

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  Hanto, level 140

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  Ulthven Keith, level 117

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  Lady Himiko, level 117

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  Tombi, Khan of Thalassia, level 111

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  Masuta the Descended, level 1000

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  Quetzathog, level 119

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  Yor'Ger the Deceiver, level 200

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  Black Stone Scuttler

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  Oreb, the Magister, level 899

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  Shrine Maiden Elei, level 111

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  Eye of Cythan, level 118

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  Hand of Dagnath, level 118

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  Maw of Kolthregar, level 118

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  Boggoth, level 300

Bosses

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  The Crassian Leviathan, level 1500

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  Taraket the Necromancer, level 1000

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  The Ambassador, level 5500

Rewards

Main article: Elite Dungeon Reward Shop

• Players have a higher chance to receive rare drops if they are holding a Lucky charm (Shadow Reef). A lucky charm is consumed every time it grants a rare drop.
• If the Elite dungeon chest is enabled, all drops will automatically be stored in the chest. If it is disabled, players have a chance of doubling drops.
• If players unlock the Elite dungeon chest upgrade, the chest will store all drops and allow all drops to have a chance of being doubled, including rare boss drops.

Rare drops

The monsters inside the dungeon drop a variety of items, with the unique items being:

Item		Description	G.E. price	Monster
	Kranon's Ancient Journal	Lore book required for the The Shadow Thief feat.	N/A	Taraket the Necromancer
	The Last Offering	Lore book required for the The Shadow Thief feat.	N/A	Crassian Leviathan
	Black stone arrow tips	Can be used on Elder headless arrow to make tier 92 Black stone arrows.	775	Crassian Leviathan Taraket the Necromancer The Ambassador
	Onyx dust	Can be transmuted into an uncut onyx	31,378	All monsters
	Black stone heart	Can be used to create three Ability codices (Demon, Dragon, and Undead ability codices) and the elite armour repair patches (Elite sirenic repair patch , Elite tectonic repair patch)	94,382	All monsters
	Ragefire gland	Used to upgrade ragefire boots into hailfire boots.	202,651	All monsters
	Darting shadow	Can be disassembled for 10 swift components.	N/A	All monsters
	Shadowy egg	Unlocks the Squoggoth pet	350,024,992	Extremely rare drop from Lucky Charm (Shadow Reef)
	Swordy McSwordFace	Tier 80 2-handed weapon	11,130,259	Bossy McBossFace
	Demonic title scroll (the deceiver)	Unlocks the [Name] the Deceiver title	96,716,667	Yor'Ger the Deceiver
	Eldritch crossbow limb	A component used to create the Eldritch crossbow.	581,874,447	The Ambassador
	Eldritch crossbow stock	A component used to create the Eldritch crossbow.	825,536,023	The Ambassador
	Eldritch crossbow mechanism	A component used to create the Eldritch crossbow.	584,402,525	The Ambassador
	Umbral urn	Unlocks the Ambassador boss pet, Ambi.	N/A	The Ambassador
	Elite chest	Contains Ancient scales, Draconic energy, and Black stone arrow tips. Obtained when all three Elite Dungeons are completed in consecutive order.	N/A	The Ambassador

Common drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins		1,000–15,000	Common	1,000-15,000	1,000-15,000
	Coins		30,000–65,000	Rare	30,000-65,000	30,000-65,000
	Huge spiky rune salvage		1	Common	38,625	40,000
	Huge spiky rune salvage		11–53	Rare	424,875-2,047,125	440,000-2,120,000
	Dark animica stone spirit (m)		1–2	Common	977-1,954	Not alchemisable
	Reef relic (common) (m)		1	Common	4,999	4,999
	Reef relic (uncommon) (m)		1	Uncommon	25,000	25,000
	Logs		1	Common	382	2
	Raw swordfish		1	Common	488	204
	Weapon poison++ (1) (m)		1	Uncommon	7,797	86
	Prayer potion (1)		1	Uncommon	1,681	45
	Reef relic (rare) (m)		1	Rare	1,000,000	1,000,000
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Background

Ulthven Kreath is an ancient underwater sunken temple, once built and inhabited by Dragonkin, first encountered in the Pieces of Hate quest, where the player fights Rabid Jack. After the quest, the temple may be revisited using a rowboat at the south-west beach of Mos Le'Harmless.

During the fight with Rabid Jack, a large black hand (speculated to be Xau-Tak) will appear in the large hole in the middle of the temple. This hole is a portal to another world or dimension but it is closed with a giant stopper at the end of the quest after Rabid Jack lowers himself into the hole.

Murals

Four murals can be found on western wall of the final room in the first floor, in the room right before the entrance to the second floor. After completing Pieces of Hate, the player may decipher the murals but must do so from left to right. They explain the lore behind the temple and contain some short phrases in the Dragonkin language.

The murals can be deciphered and inspected in either the quest-only instance or in an Elite Dungeon run.

Each mural requires level 85 (not boostable) in one particular skill to decipher, which is Thieving, Agility, Firemaking, and Construction in order, and each grants 50,000 experience in its respective skill. Doing so unlocks the Roake Kal achievement and is a requirement for the master quest cape. If player does not have the level (level 85 in the relevant skill) for a mural, they will not be able to decipher the succeeding murals.

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  Kranon Cras Roake Pthen.

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  Kreath lac Roakin... Drakkerkin Skek...

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  Skekkin Kath Rath! Kranon Roakin Rak

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  Vek... Skek... Chen... Ulthven... Fia...

Transcript

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Music unlocked

• Abyssopelagic
• Bathypelagic
• Beast of the Undercurrents
• Blackstone Summons
• Dracopelagic
• Epipelagic
• Hadopelagic
• Hydrothanatic
• Mesopelagic

Achievements

Some achievements can be done in both story mode and normal mode, some only in normal mode.

There are 63 achievements in this elite dungeon (showing 63).

Name	Story mode	Members	Description
Clenched		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador without destroying any sinister fragments.	50
Crawfish Boil		Yes	Disintegrate 12 crassian ritual keepers simultaneously during the Ambassador encounter.	30
Happy Trails		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador without anyone taking any damage from his purple corruption.	20
Instability Never Phased Me		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador after surviving explosions from 4 unstable black holes.	30
The Ambassador		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/1)	0
Ambassador No Maw I		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/5)	5
Ambassador No Maw II		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/10)	5
Ambassador No Maw III		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/25)	5
Ambassador No Maw IV		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/50)	5
Ambassador No Maw V		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/75)	5
Ambassador No Maw VI		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador. (X/100)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills I		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/5)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills II		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/10)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills III		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/25)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills IV		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/50)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills V		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/75)	5
Ambassador No Maw Solo Kills VI		Yes	Defeat the Ambassador while not in a group. (X/100)	5
Get Shredded		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan after taking at least 30,000 damage from its sweep attack.	10
Hail Hydra		Yes	Hit the Crassian Leviathan using Ice Barrage.	10
Harassing the Crassian		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan after allowing it to fully regenerate from below half health.	20
Hydra Halitosis		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan without ever being stunned.	5
Crassian Leviathan		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/1)	0
Denied the Hydra I		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/5)	5
Denied the Hydra II		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/10)	5
Denied the Hydra III		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/25)	5
Denied the Hydra IV		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/50)	5
Denied the Hydra V		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/75)	5
Denied the Hydra VI		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan. (X/100)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills I		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/5)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills II		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/10)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills III		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/25)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills IV		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/50)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills V		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/75)	5
Denied the Hydra Solo Kills VI		Yes	Defeat the Crassian Leviathan while not in a group. (X/100)	5
The Black Stone Trilogy		Yes	Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent, the Black Stone Dragon and the Ambassador consecutively.	20
Demon Duty		Yes	Defeat Yor'Ger the Deceiver while on a Kal'gerion demon slayer task.	5
Griefing the Reef		Yes	Defeat every miniboss inside the Shadow Reef.	20
I'm the Masuta Now		Yes	Defeat Masuta the Descended while wielding Masuta's warspear.	5
I've Got Your Face		Yes	Defeat Quetzathog while wearing a black mask.	5
Island Getaway		Yes	Defeat Hanto while it is at least 4 tiles away from where it started.	5
Kraken the Whip		Yes	Hit Boggoth using a lava whip's special attack.	5
Monkey Sadness		Yes	Defeat Bossy McBossface's first mate.	5
Shadow Reef		Yes	Complete all of the listed achievements.	50
She Smells Sea Smells by the Sea Floor		Yes	Show Shrine Maiden Elei some sushi.	5
A Mini Shipment		Yes	Loot the trunk in the Temple of Aminishi.	5
The Elite		Yes	Complete all of the listed achievements.	0
Dextrous Crystal		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while the bloated monstrosity is still alive.	20
Sinister Crystal		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while the corpse carrier is still alive.	20
Tank and Spank		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while both the bloated monstrosity and corpse carrier are still alive.	40
Unworthy Dead		Yes	Kill 15 summoned skeletons within 6 seconds during the encounter with Taraket the Necromancer.	20
Taraket the Necromancer		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/1)	0
Reset To Phylactery Settings I		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/5)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings II		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/10)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings III		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/25)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings IV		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/50)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings V		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/75)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings VI		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer. (X/100)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills I		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/5)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills II		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/10)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills III		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/25)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills IV		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/50)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills V		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/75)	5
Reset To Phylactery Settings Solo Kills VI		Yes	Defeat Taraket the Necromancer while not in a group. (X/100)	5

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Gallery

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  Concept art of the Eldritch crossbow taken from stream.

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  Concept art of the Eldritch crossbow released on twitter.

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  Normal and dyed Eldritch crossbows.

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  Concept art of The Shadow Reef.

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  Concept art of The Shadow Reef.

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  Teaser of an exterior section of the dungeon.

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  Teaser of an interior section of the dungeon.

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  Additional concept art.

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  Decorations concept art.

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  Concept art of a Sea Horror and Bossy McBossFace.

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  The Shadow Reef.

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  The final bosses for the 3 Elite Dungeons.

Update history

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• patch 12 April 2021 (Update):
  • A number of exploits within the Elite Dungeons have now been fixed.
    • Over the coming weeks we will be looking at actions we can take against the small minority of players who exploited these issues.

• patch 3 August 2020 (Update):
  • Adding Elite Dungeon lore pages to a partially complete lore book no longer creates a new lore book in your backpack if you already have one in the Bank.
  • Players can no longer attack the boss from outside of the boss arena. Instead, players will now teleport inside the boss arena after the boss is activated.
  • Starting a boss fight will also teleport all players within the boss area to its centre.

• patch 20 July 2020 (Update):
  • Players are no longer able to obtain multiple Zombie Champion scrolls from the Shadow Reef Elite Dungeon when they've completed the appropriate Champion Challenge.

• patch 17 February 2020 (Update):
  • Players can no longer receive the first two bosses from Elite Dungeons as Reaper assignments.

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue that stopped some items from being equipped when using presets inside the Shadow Reef elite dungeon.

• patch 15 April 2019 (Update):
  • Increased overall value of rewards from bosses, most notably that of The Ambassador's.
  • New drop table inserted for common mobs in the dungeon, including that from the lucky charms.

• patch 1 April 2019 (Update):
  • Rare drops such as effigies can now be looted more easily after the Crassian Leviathan encounter.
  • The Crassian Leviathan will now consistently drop loot if it dies while swapping sides.

• patch 18 March 2019 (Update):
  • The barrier into the Crassian Leviathan fight will no longer re-open during the fight.

• patch 4 March 2019 (Update):
  • After killing The Ambassador, the dungeon progress is reset as expected.

• update 25 February 2019 (Update):
  • The Shadow Reef is released.

Trivia

• The addition of the Shadow Reef as an Elite Dungeon was first confirmed at RuneFest 2018, and draws on lore from Nomad's Elegy, Til Death Do Us Part, and the Pirate quest series.
• Kreath means shadow, darkness, or black in dragonkin language.
• The dragonkin research book refers to Ulthven Kreath as the sunken black, suggesting it to be a literal translation of the name.
• Several of the music tracks unlocked in the Shadow Reef are named after the different pelagic zones of the ocean.
• When attempting to create a fire within the reef the following message is displayed: "Surprisingly, you are able to light a fire under the ocean here..." and the player manages to successfully create a fire.