Penance Queen

Penance Queen
Released										4 January 2007 (Update)
Members										Yes
Combat level										209
Size										5x5
Examine										Run away! Run away!
Combat info
Max hit										13 (Ranged) 13 (Melee)
Aggressive										Yes
Poisonous										No
Attack style										Melee, Single and multi-target Ranged
Attack speed
Combat stats
250					260					92					132					1					116
Aggressive stats
+0					+0					+0					+0					+0					+0
Defensive stats
+0						+0						+0						+0						+0
Immunities
Poison										Immune
Venom										Immune
Advanced data
Monster ID										5775

The Penance Queen is the boss monster of the Barbarian Assault minigame. She spawns in Wave 10 after all monsters are killed, or alternatively after a 4 minute delay if not all monsters are killed. She uses ranged attacks in rapid succession that can easily hit up to 13, and simultaneously strikes all players fighting her. Her melee attack can also hit up to 13. Players may not use protection prayers whilst fighting her. She can easily wipe out a whole party of players, especially if there is no cooperation between team members.

She can only be harmed by omega eggs, which are made through a 4-step process and shot from the egg launcher. It takes at least 8 omega eggs to take her down.

Upon defeating her, players will receive 80 honour points in their chosen class, as well as 5 points in all other classes. Killing the Penance Queen is also a requirement to purchase some of rewards. Players have a 1 in 1,000 chance to receive a pet penance queen when choosing to spend 500 honour points and a queen kill on a high level gamble.

Since the Queen is located within a "safe" activity, you will not lose any items if you die when fighting her, though you will have to restart the wave.

Fighting strategy

Main article: Barbarian Assault/Gameplay § Penance Queen

Trivia

• The examine text "Run Away! Run Away!" may be a reference to the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• The Penance Queen originally had a more humanoid appearance, but was redesigned before Barbarian Assault launched, leaving her original models and animations unused in the game files. The names of the original Penance Queen animations all use the "barbassault_penance_queen_" prefix, while the current version uses "barbassault_penance_queen_new_", "barbassault_penacne_queen_new_", and "barbassault_queen_new_".

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  The original Penace Queen design.

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_ready] - Idle animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_walk] - Walk animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_attack] - Attack animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_rangeattack] - Ranged attack animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_defend] - Hurt animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_death] - Death animation

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  [barbassault_penance_queen_trapdoor] - Emerging from the trapdoor