Death Phoenix

The Death Phoenix is a powerful, deadly creature that threatened to bring all of RuneScape to an end just by being born. It saps all life from those around it if left unchecked, though like a normal Phoenix, cannot truly die itself unless its rebirthing powers are blocked.

The Death Phoenix cannot be accessed until the final stages of the quest Across The Sky, and will initially reduce the lifepoints of the person fighting it to 1. However, Phoenix will give the person fighting its corrupted offspring some assistance in the form of completely recovering their lifepoints before taking her leave.

It uses a dark gray version of the Fire Surge as its main offense, though will sometimes use its weaker Ranged attack. If the player is within one square of the Death Phoenix, it will also occasionally use a weak Melee attack that can drain lifepoints and prayer.

Once it has had its lifepoints reduced by half, it will activate Protect from Missiles. When it is reduced to 1 lifepoints, it will activate all three Protection Prayers simultaneously and cease attacking completely. At this point, the player must set fire to the pyre it rests on. As it is consumed by flames, the Orbs of life located around the arena block its rebirth ability, and it perishes.

After the quest, players may discover a Death Phoenix egg hiding within the Phoenix's other eggs (a 1/250 chance), which can then be taken back into the cave, placed on the pyre, and hatched in order to be defeated once a week.