Tortured soul (Queen Black Dragon)

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Tortured soul



Release				29 May 2012 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				? (edit)
Race				? (edit)
Examine				A dream thrall of the Queen Black Dragon.

Combat info

Combat level				93
Life points				2,000
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				100
XP				33
XP				9 (two-handed) 4 (one-handed and armour)

Offensive
Max hit

600		0			0			0		1,500
Style						Rate
						5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels

67			1			1			1
Accuracy

2,458			0			0			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,372	67
Base hit chance

90			60			50			70
Immunities

Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data

NPC ID			15510
Links			bestiary • MRND

Tortured souls are monsters that appear during the Queen Black Dragon fight. They may spawn from phase two onward. Shortly after appearing, they will say a line of dialogue and release a chaotic cloud attack, which will deal anywhere from 1000-1500 damage if the player is hit by it. The attack can be avoided by running around the area, but should be lured into tortured souls or giant worms which will harm them instead. A common way to mitigate the clouds is to run through a tortured soul to the left of the player once they state their line of dialogue, causing the clouds to hit them instead. If they are not killed after a fixed duration, they will reappear next to the player, spawning another chaotic cloud attack. The chaotic clouds will also dissipate after a while should they not come in contact with the player or a monster. During phase two, only one soul will spawn at a time, during phase three the Queen will spawn two souls at once and during the final phase four Tortured Souls will spawn at once.

The Queen Black Dragon may "siphon" the Tortured souls if they have not been defeated quickly enough, which will heal her for 200 life points per tick while simultaneously harming the souls for 100 life points worth of damage per heal.

During the final phase, a single Tortured soul may teleport into the corner of the arena and charge the Queen Black Dragon's special "time stop" move, which will be used if it is not killed quickly enough. If the attack is fully charged, the player will be frozen in place and unable to use any sort of action such as teleporting, using items or food, or combat abilities. The soul will go back to using a standard melee attack once this move is finished.

Drops

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Ghost hunter goggles	1	1/2,000^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter body	1	1/2,000^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter legs	1	1/2,000^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ghost hunter backpack	1	1/2,000^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ectoplasmator	1	1/1,000^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Deployable herb burner	1	1/1,024^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A
Cremation	1	1/1,000^{[d 4]}^[1]	Not sold	N/A

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d During October, the chance is 1/1500. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/512. Only dropped if not already owned.
^ During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.

Achievements

Did you feel that? ( 10, 2) – Defeat the Queen Black Dragon after surviving a full time stop special attack.
Stop stepping on those! ( 10, 2) – Defeat the Queen Black Dragon after having killed a Tortured Soul by only damaging them with chaos clouds.
Stop Time Stop ( 15, 3) – Defeat the Queen Black Dragon after cancelling the time stop attack.

Dialogue

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Update history

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update 2 March 2026 (Update):
- Default base hit chances increased:
  - Magic ('weak'): 65 → 70
  - Melee ('same'): 55 → 60
  - Ranged ('strong'): 45 → 50

update 29 May 2012 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

Souls can spawn on invalid tiles during the fight. This is a glitch that is yet to be addressed.
If the player is on a magical platform rather then on solid ground when souls are summoned, they will be placed randomly around the arena rather than next to the player.
Tortured souls count as ghost-like creatures for unlocking bone cremation on bonfires.
Tortured souls had 1675 life points before the release of Legacy Mode.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

[ghosts-october-1] During October, the chance is 1/1500. Only dropped if not already owned.

[2] During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.

[3] During October, the chance is 1/512. Only dropped if not already owned.

[5] During October, the chance is 1/500. Only dropped if not already owned.

[cremation-drop-rate-4] Jagex. Mod Stu's Twitter account. 17 November 2017. (Archived from the original on 22 January 2019.) Mod Stu: "Had a look at the code: * It only drops on member worlds * Looks like a 1/1,000 drop chance, no modifiers * It just flags a variable and messages "You have unlocked the ability to burn bones on bonfires!", so it's easy to miss you've unlocked it"

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