Low Effort Zuk Guide with Necromancy | Runescape 3

Low(ish) effort for a Zuk run at least. As long as you can beat a Jad, this method should be relatively easy. Tried to keep the vid as short as possible but its hard :):
Boss gp/hr calc:
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[@ColtFotiFive]

actually got my zuk cape thanks to this guide. huge help. thank you

[@jonnnniie]

Got my first three zuk kills and first igneous stone thanks to your guide, thank you so much!

[@Sc0nv0y]

Great guide I ended up getting my zuk cape :D A few things from a pvm newbs perspective (I've only really done kril and arch glacor prior to) I was suprised at the lack of guides on kiln for necro before even getting to zuk. Maybe make a quick kiln necro guide on one someday? :) That pickaxe phase burnt through my supplies lol. I didn't realize this had to be completed first and thought id lose my fire cape if I died and have to redo it to get another. Anyways I beat it with a friend walking me through it, and got the necro kiln cape. It took me about 10 deaths to get the zuk cape. It's super nice that he let's you start back from where you died last and that you don't have to ace the challenge waves to get the igneous stone, just survive. The mechanics eventually weren't an issue I'd just run out of food too fast. Also death costs were only 55k, but made about 4mil per run so profited while learning :D My setup for my newb completion last night was more like your second setup. The obsidian mage helm (took like 10 minutes to get enough shards from the cauldron to smith one and offer it) cryptbloom gloves and boots, then the T90 necro tank armour, and the T90 necro weapons. I used a yak and filled it with lots of blue blubbers, Sara brews, and super restores. This allowed me to just focus on the mechanics and not have to worry about the supplies. My damage was definitely low, and had to do some phases twice but I was incredibly tanky. Also side note every "pizza" phase I had the red particle effects were completely invisible so that was fun.

[@Jeremy-Co]

With Thok's event going on, I thought it was the perfect time to try Zuk after years of dreaming to one day have the stats to get it. Your guide was so clear and made sense to a somewhat casual PVMer, thank you Froggie! Igneous Stone obtained! :)

[@Materiaalman]

@FroggieGames. Do you need the t90 tank armour or can you also do it with first necromancer set?

[@Tomixrs]

Helpful guide, got Zuk kill thanks to you. I just wanna ask, after casting skulls on Zuk just before last challenge, how do you manage to reach 100% adrenaline for barricade? even using adren pot like you did not help and I am using revolution as well. I just made it through with vitality pot, and spamming reso/reflect. KEEP IT UP good work.

[@FroggieGames]

you can manually cast defensive basics, like anticipate/preparation/freedom to build extra adren

[@waldinho1986]

I totally suck at Zuk. This guide has helped me (mostly) understand what i'm doing but when i get to the round with mage, melee and ranged i get smacked so hard. I can't keep me health up and just end up spamming food. What am i missing?? would a Vamp aura or the aegis aura help most with keep HP up? i'm using a blood reaver with cinderbanes and kwuarm incense too

[@TheDiver3]

You made this sound and look piss easy. I might have to attempt this on my shitting ironman soon. I have most the stuff you used but missing some stuff. nevertheless. this video made it clear that i can do this. Thanks man!

[@JerryHu]

Great guide! How are you bladed diving with necro weapons equipped?

[@FroggieGames]

Some quest gives you the Dive ability which lets you dive with any wep equipped

[@sainathvaikuntham9651]

Thank you for the guide made. Amazing :)

[@Shahark123]

Hey, first of all thanks for this great video! Thing is, when I'm done with the mage (After the fire phase) I don't see the special button anywhere and he instant kills me. Any suggestions? thanks !

[@RiStKe]

edit your interface, might be hidden under something

[@TheJasperson]

You are a gentleman and a scholar

[@DiabeticGameGuy]

Yay, thanks for making this.

[@thatoneguy2136]

Now that Jagex fixed Zuk’s fire, I was able to defeat Zuk and obtain all of my Zuk capes!!! Thank you for this awesome, detailed, step by step guide that was able to help a boss noob like me haha 😂 Before Zuk, the “hardest” boss I could reliably do solo were like Vindicta and Helwyr. Nex I can duo but being able to defeat a tier 90 boss made me very happy

[@robertarrowood3651]

What did they change about the fire?

[@thatoneguy2136]

@@robertarrowood3651 there was a glitch that plagued the Zuk fight during the “Pizza” phase where the fire literally was invisible but was still there so you could quickly die without knowing where to properly position yourself. It’s fixed now so it doesn’t matter

[@nin383]

how are you maintaining ur prayer points? mine drains so quicky and i end up using all my restores

[@FroggieGames]

powder of penance/penance aura

[@samrieman1283]

This might be a stupid question but would robes of the first necromancer and all that change much of this guide in a significant way? Or should i stick to tank gear?

[@FroggieGames]

You might take more damage, esp if you don't do a lot of luring but its still definitely possible

[@samrieman1283]

I appreciate the reply, friend. Love your videos.

[@sebasdessu97]

Can someone list what are the item in the inventory and equiped please? Just showing them without the name doesn't really help.. :(

[@akinoridonde]

Yooooo you the GOAT!

[@sjellie2094]

Does this work for hm zuk aswell? Im guessing it does right

[@FroggieGames]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3jcqpabm5t4pcU We zukkin this weekend

[@francisbeausoleil8853]

how can you keep your adrenaline that high with this revo bar... my adrenaline get soo low cant trigger death skull or whatever ability

[@jmoran1994]

Thanks gang

[@DiabeticGameGuy]

What's the item in your quiver spot?

[@FroggieGames]

The necromancy 'rune pouch' item. Deathwarden nexus

[@Scantrax2022]

Great video on how to finish zuk. Didn't get my cape yet but at least i managed to get my first kill so i can attune my portal instead of walking all the way back for each attempt. Next goal is to get a run without checkpoints to get the cape

[@jermainemcqueen8997]

idk how you're doing it this way,, tried multiple times and get melted by damage. and i have full t95 first necromancy armor that's fully perked out.

[@VengefulMaverick]

You need smh reduction unfortunately, unless you are insane dpser. I tried with rasials too

[@cr1801]

What perks did u use please help

[@criticalthinkers3787]

I will try to do zuk now need that necro cape😂

[@bad_medicine_man]

mans minimap used for the quantum realm

[@ANon-Eemus]

Noice! Now low effort vorago pls :>

[@FroggieGames]

idk how possible that is. Rago is mostly down to you knowing reflect times, dealing with bleeds, and the 6 weekly mechs. It'd take me 6 weeks min to make that vid and I prob wouldn't start something that til I move into my new place.

[@wenchesandmead2459]

For those who are watching this guide, please be aware there is a massive bug with pizza phase now where the fire no longer shows up!

[@burnins0ul261]

i honestly cant do the last challenge im doing everything and still getting walloped

[@leproxyl]

how does your guy just not leave the safespot on his own over and over again like is there something im missing out on?

[@FroggieGames]

Turn auto retaliate off and manually click the monsters if you keep getting pulled when you dont want to

[@matz0rz4o8]

Do one for the cancer that is hard mode

[@FroggieGames]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3jcqpabm5t4pcU

[@g.waits4gainz205]

cheeeeeeeeers

[@brendanpickett3930]

No matter what I do I die on waves, I have good gear and everything, guess I just don't have that youtube luck ;c

[@nimasasani]

Hey, Whats the stone in your Inventory?

[@mariuss9712]

Ancient elven ritual shard

[@maniak768]

How are you bladed diving with necro weapons ?

[@FroggieGames]

the 'dive' ability from the succession quest. Its like bladed dive but does no damage and requires no melee weps to use.

[@Kappanaama]

15:46 I do 2x finger of death + death grasp special attack and that dude still have like 1/4hp left. You use once death grasp and he is dead. Its alot easier with eof guthix staff. Every time 4k+ hit :D

[@FroggieGames]

You wanna make sure to grasp with like 8+ necro stacks to guarantee a massive hit. If you blow your stacks on FoD, then grasp, its a waste. So something like this: build 8 stacks on/before Zuk. Vuln + Grasp the big guy, touch, finger. Should kill it every time

[@ProfessionalGasLighting]

Death mark helps with the last bit of health

[@Gutigwolfe]

Only thing I would change on your guide, is remove the parts about wearing non Necro armour. You no longer want to wear any non Necro armour, as they have added negative stat bonuses when wearing anything else. So by wearing Cryptbloom or that mage helm, it is only crippling your run, by making you hit less. 100% ONLY wear gear for your class, anything else is bad.

[@FroggieGames]

Nah I tested it, you still get 95-100% damage on the mobs

[@Gutigwolfe]

@FroggieGames even with the change, unless it wasnt implemented yet?

[@FroggieGames]

@@Gutigwolfe As far as I can tell, they only increased the penalty for wearing off style gear. But you can still wear it and boost your stats high enough to be above 100%. They mostly made that change because there was a method to afk rasial where you would wear 5 pieces of cbloom and still have 100% on him. Personally, I would only use the obby helm for this as you can get 9% reduc with the ability to use darkness and only 1 piece of gear with a penalty (negligible). 3p of cbloom was where you maybe started to see noticeable penalties (although idk because with elder ovl and sorrow I was getting 95-100% on the creatures. but maybe zuk was way worse)

[@FroggieGames]

So I just did a run with 3p cbloom and its actually ridiculous how good it is LOL. You can just face tank just about every wave. 100% damage on everything but the melee blobs (96%) and Jad (90%). Har aken and Zuk are 100% still. @@Gutigwolfe

[@ProfessionalGasLighting]

The damage accuracy loss from the obsidian helm is made up by the 30% damage reduction, which helps over all the waves. I’m 50 kc in and it’s easy mode when you use the fight cauldron boost, I’ll occasionally use my first necromancy set, but it’s overkill

[@sarahhatesit]

Every other guide for getting to Zuk was just awful, truly, by the time I got to him consistently I was at like 3-4 food, even this one, but at least this guide shows you the proper safe spots I guess, but you don't even have to bring along a blood reaver, just safe spot an enemy at the end of every round and Zuk is always attackable and the ghost will heal you to full lol You should have used 0 food by the time you reach Zuk this way unless you get into a bad situation or really screw up a challenge. This is only if you're looking for a Zuk cape, this is not for farming Zuk, it is extremely slow and tedious.

[@sarahhatesit]

and I have no clue how half of the youtubers just leave on soul split and not get nuked, pray accordingly, don't soul split unless you know what you're doing.

[@cleggydadon]

on the pizza phase it didnt show the fire shit game man

[@thatoneguy2136]

Bro I just attempted Zuk for the first time (on mobile too haha) and died on the second pizza exactly cuz of that… the fire doesn’t pop up. I was able to get thru the first one cuz of guessing the approximate spot but burned thru a lot of Sara brews

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Pizza phase is now fixed. I got my first Igneous Stone when it was bugged. Definitely much easier now

[@feitaneko]

"low effort" but in fact it is not a guide for those who do not have all these relics and requirements, i.e. it is not low effort

[@PurpleLionRs]

Low effort doesn't mean low reqs. Neither of those relics are hard to get unlike conservation of energy.

[@conmar30]

I take 5 times the damage ive seen anyone taking watch all these guide videos, i hate this place

[@thatoneguy2136]

Use a hellhound familiar. It absorbs 20% of any (including typeless) damage you take. Just use prism of restoration to keep it alive. And don’t forget your darkness incantation for a 20% evasion chance Give it a try now, Jagex fixed Zuk’s fire (at least on mobile) and I was able to get all 4 of my Zuk capes. And bro, that’s coming from someone who’s not the best at bossing haha. All I do is slayer, I essentially brute force thru boss encounters 😂