The RuneScape development team published an entry in the their ongoing Right Click Examine blog series focused on the Sanctum of Rebirth Skilling Boss. In the blog, the team described this boss as the game’s first soloable skilling boss, offering players the opportunity to participate in a non-combat encounter to skill up skills such as Divination and Crafting.
The fight will be broken up into two separate phases. The first phase, called the Preparation phase, will require players to harvest resources and build up their defenses. The second, Endgame phase, will task players with balancing offense and defense in order to overcome the boss and achieve victory.
In a departure from typical RuneScape combat encounters, this boss will use the player’s Life points as their health. Rewards for successfully overcoming the challenge include skill experience, a boss pet, a collection log, titles, and myriad tools and upgrades to fill a player’s slots.
The RuneScape team is looking for feedback on what sorts of rewards should be granted from these types of encounters and the direction the team should take in designing future skilling bosses. Players can join the official RuneScape Discord to voice their thoughts and offer feedback on the future of skilling bosses.
