Theatre of Blood

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Theatre of Blood
Also called		Raids 2, ToB
Released		7 June 2018 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Ver Sinhaza
Participants		1-5
Skills		Combat
Reward currency		N/A
Tutorial		No
Music		See below
Location

The Theatre of Blood is a large arena located beneath the castle of Ver Sinhaza. It is used by the ruling vampyres to host blood sports. Here, the citizens of Meiyerditch are encouraged to go to the theatre and fight against the various experiments and abominations contained within, with the promise of freedom from the blood tithes and the right to leave Morytania should they succeed. The reward is revealed to be a ruse as the vampyres are unwilling to let go of their primary food source.

While the theatre is only open to citizens of Meiyerditch, this rule is rarely enforced. The vampyres are more entertained by outsiders than the citizens themselves, seeing as these are better prepared compared to the civilians who are inexperienced and poorly equipped.

Bosses

A group of players battle against Sotetseg, a dark beast corrupted through Haemalchemy and experiments in the Shadow Realm.

Wave complete

The jingle that plays once a boss has been defeated.

The Theatre of Blood is a linear raid. Thus, there is no randomization involved, and the bosses will always be encountered in this order.

1. The Maiden of Sugadinti (level-940)
2. Pestilent Bloat (level-870)
3. Nylocas Vasilias (level-800)
4. Sotetseg (level-995)
5. Xarpus (level-960)
6. Verzik Vitur (level-1040, final boss)

Despite some of the bosses being spiders, vampyres and dark beasts, they will not count towards a Slayer task when killed inside the Theatre; thus, the slayer helmet and black mask bonuses have no effect.

The bosses will also have their hitpoints scaled depending on the team size. With a team of three or fewer players the bosses will have 75% of their original hitpoints, with four players the bosses will have 87.5% of their original hitpoints and a team of five players will leave the bosses' hitpoints unchanged.

Death within the Theatre

If players die within the theatre, they are placed outside the fighting area, and can only proceed if other team members succeed in completing the current challenge. If the entire team is killed, players will lose all unprotected items; these can later be reclaimed from a storage chest (similar to Torfinn's item storage) for a cost of 100,000 coins. Untradeable items that are normally kept on death will be placed in the item reclamation chest upon complete team death in the theatre.

If players die a second time without reclaiming the items in the chest, they will be permanently lost, unless the death occurs within a minigame deemed safe, such as Pest Control.

Dying in the Theatre of Blood is a dangerous death - Hardcore Ironmen who die within the theatre will lose their Hardcore status, regardless of whether the team successfully completes the challenges or not. Any disconnection or logout during a fight is treated as a death, and will likewise result in loss of Hardcore status. Should a player logout when not in an encounter, such as in the hallways of the theatre, the player's death will be treated as a safe death. Upon logging back in to an unsafe death, the game will attempt to reunite the player with their party and, if successful, will place the player in purgatory. If unsuccessful, the player will be treated with a full death and will have to pay the item reclamation fee to retrieve any items lost.

All normal forms of teleportation within the Theatre are blocked; however, the Mysterious Stranger outside sells Verzik's crystal shards for 75,000 coins each, and is the only item players can use to teleport away from the Theatre safely.

Spectating

Players can spectate other teams in the Theatre of Blood by attempting to enter the theatre, or by speaking to Abigaila, a Morytanian refugee who can be found upstairs in the Lumbridge General Store or near the spirit tree north-east of the Grand Exchange.

Players can either choose to spectate a specific player's team by typing in a team member's or a spectator's name, or choose to spectate the most recently formed party. Spectators must be on the same world as the party member or spectator they wish to spectate. Spectators must also be on the Friends List of the party member or spectator, should the party member or spectator have Private Chat set to "Friends Only."

In order to spectate, players cannot bring any items with them, excluding the oculus orb, and they must not be poisoned or diseased.

As of an update on 21 June 2018, players can right-click the ledges to view the fight in a better perspective. Players can rotate the camera clock-wise or counter-clockwise via the chatbox.

Rewards

Verzik Vitur's treasure vault.

Upon defeating Verzik Vitur, a trapdoor will open under her throne, leading to her treasure vault.

There are five large chests, with each player being able to loot one chest. An arrow will point to which chest is for that player to search.

A monumental chest, with the arrow denoting the player's chest.

If a unique reward is obtained, a purple aura will emit from the chest, much like how the ray of light turns purple for the player who obtains a unique reward in the Chambers of Xeric. If no unique reward is found, players obtain up to three different common rewards instead depending on their performance.

Players can also search the Grand bookshelves in the treasure vault to find six books:

1. Serafina's Diary
2. The Butcher
3. Arachnids of Vampyrium
4. The Shadow Realm
5. The Wild Hunt
6. Verzik Vitur - Patient Record

Loot table

Drop rates estimated based on 65,505 Theatre of Blood completions from the Old School RuneScape Wiki drop log project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Theatre of Blood deathless 4-player completion is worth 1,955,281.79.

All non-stackable items obtained are in the form of bank notes, unless it is a unique reward. If the player obtains a unique reward, it will replace all common rewards. If not, the common reward table is rolled three times, possibly granting the same reward multiple times.

To calculate the expected loot based on a player's specific scenario, please refer to the rewards calculator.

Pre-roll

Without any deaths, there is a 1/9.1 chance of a unique reward across the team; dying will decrease this chance. The displayed drop chances below assume no deaths, in a four person team. The drop rate is the same regardless of the number of players completing the raid. The item is allocated to one player, depending on deaths and damage dealt to each boss. The MVP is the most likely to receive the item.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Cabbage	1	Always	44	0
	Message (Theatre of Blood)	1	Always	Not sold	0
	Avernic defender hilt	1	0.25 × 1/21.6125	69,652,509	1,500,000
	Ghrazi rapier	1	0.25 × 1/86.45	176,239,234	3,000,000
	Sanguinesti staff (uncharged)	1	0.25 × 1/86.45	125,207,020	3,000,000
	Justiciar faceguard	1	0.25 × 1/86.45	34,638,971	1,200,000
	Justiciar chestguard	1	0.25 × 1/86.45	16,047,193	3,600,000
	Justiciar legguards	1	0.25 × 1/86.45	17,174,994	2,700,000
	Scythe of vitur (uncharged)	1	0.25 × 1/172.9	790,492,879	2,400,000

Common rewards

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Vial of blood	50–60 (noted)	3 × 2/30	220,600-264,720	3,000-3,600
	Death rune	500–600	3 × 1/30	106,000-127,200	54,000-64,800
	Blood rune	500–600	3 × 1/30	185,500-222,600	120,000-144,000
	Swamp tar	500–600	3 × 1/30	7,000-8,400	0
	Coal	500–600 (noted)	3 × 1/30	81,000-97,200	13,500-16,200
	Gold ore	300–360 (noted)	3 × 1/30	63,600-76,320	27,000-32,400
	Molten glass	200–240 (noted)	3 × 1/30	27,600-33,120	200-240
	Adamantite ore	130–156 (noted)	3 × 1/30	141,700-170,040	31,200-37,440
	Runite ore	60–72 (noted)	3 × 1/30	677,520-813,024	115,200-138,240
	Wine of zamorak	50–60 (noted)	3 × 1/30	91,400-109,680	0
	Potato cactus	50–60 (noted)	3 × 1/30	38,800-46,560	0
	Grimy cadantine	50–60 (noted)	3 × 1/30	78,050-93,660	650-780
	Grimy avantoe	40–48 (noted)	3 × 1/30	73,680-88,416	400-480
	Grimy toadflax	37–44 (noted)	3 × 1/30	63,492-75,504	407-484
	Grimy kwuarm	36–43 (noted)	3 × 1/30	46,152-55,126	432-516
	Grimy irit leaf	34–40 (noted)	3 × 1/30	29,614-34,840	340-400
	Grimy ranarr weed	30–36 (noted)	3 × 1/30	254,730-305,676	540-648
	Grimy snapdragon	27–32 (noted)	3 × 1/30	262,413-311,008	324-384
	Grimy lantadyme	26–31 (noted)	3 × 1/30	38,532-45,942	338-403
	Grimy dwarf weed	24–28 (noted)	3 × 1/30	11,136-12,992	336-392
	Grimy torstol	20–24 (noted)	3 × 1/30	164,520-197,424	300-360
	Battlestaff	15–18 (noted)	3 × 1/30	123,330-147,996	63,000-75,600
	Mahogany seed	8–12	3 × 1/30	26,376-39,564	224-336
	Rune battleaxe	4 (noted)	3 × 1/30	98,056	99,840
	Rune platebody	4 (noted)	3 × 1/30	154,040	156,000
	Rune chainbody	4 (noted)	3 × 1/30	118,056	120,000
	Palm tree seed	3	3 × 1/30	132,591	456
	Yew seed	3	3 × 1/30	225,330	255
	Magic seed	3	3 × 1/30	370,791	759

Tertiary rewards

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	3/25	Not sold	12
	Lil' zik	1	1/650	Not sold	N/A

Rewards calculator

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MVP Bonus Points
Most Damage on	Points
Maiden	2
Bloat	2
Nycolas Boss	1
Sotetseg	1
Xarpus	2
Verzik (phase 1)	2
Verzik (phase 2)	2
Verzik (phase 3)	2

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Performance & records

Performance Details

Performance Details for a performance within the Theatre of Blood.

Upon entering the treasure vault, players may read the strategy table by the grand bookshelves to view the overall performance of the team, while spectators can read the war table to view it.

Here, players may view the death counts of each team member, the total deaths in the performance, as well as the time spent in each wave.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) is listed on the top of the interface, and is determined based on the performance of the individual player, such as damage dealt and the number of deaths.

The challenge time (the time spent fighting the bosses) and the overall time, which includes the time spent between waves, can be seen on the bottom of the interface.

Scoreboard

The Theatre of Blood scoreboard found next to the entrance of the theatre.

Next to the entrance to the Theatre of Blood is a scoreboard, which displays personal and global statistics for the Theatre of Blood, such as number of attempts, number of completions, number of deaths, and completion times.

Theatre of Blood records

An official records page existed, which showed all-time global records, such as most completions by an individual and total Hardcore Ironman deaths within the theatre, as well as fastest completion times for each boss and the raid as a whole. The page has since been decommissioned.

Music unlocked

Players are not required to participate in the raid to unlock all of the music, and may spectate one to do so.

Name	Unlock details	Music track
Welcome to the Theatre	Unlocked at Ver Sinhaza
The Maiden's Sorrow	Unlocked in The Maiden of Sugadinti's arena
The Maiden's Anger	Unlocked during the fight with The Maiden of Sugadinti
Welcome to my Nightmare	Unlocked in the Pestilent Bloat's arena
The Nightmare Continues	Unlocked during the fight with the Pestilent Bloat
Dance of the Nylocas	Unlocked in the Nylocas' nest
Arachnids of Vampyrium	Unlocked during the fight in the Nylocas' nest
The Dark Beast Sotetseg	Unlocked in Sotetseg's arena
Power of the Shadow Realm	Unlocked during the fight with Sotetseg
Predator Xarpus	Unlocked in Xarpus' arena
Last King of the Yarasa	Unlocked during the fight with Xarpus
It's not over 'til...	Unlocked upon entering Verzik Vitur's throne room
The Fat Lady Sings	Unlocked during the battle with Verzik Vitur
The Curtain Closes	Unlocked upon the entering Verzik Vitur's treasure vault

Pre-release gallery

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  Artwork of the Theatre of Blood

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  Concept art of Lady Verzik Vitur

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  Several concepts of Lady Verzik Vitur

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  Some early paint-overs of the Theatre of Blood

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  Artwork of Lady Verzik's throne room

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  Artwork of Lady Verzik Vitur

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  Artwork of The Maiden of Sugadinti

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  Artwork of Sotetseg

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  Artwork of Xarpus

Work-in-progress

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  Placeholder graphics while testing the generation of Theatre of Blood dungeons

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  Placeholder graphics while testing the entering of Theatre of Blood dungeons

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  A screenshot of the Ver Sinhaza bank, shown during a livestream on 22/02/2018

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  A screenshot of the Theatre of Blood recruiting board, shown during a livestream on 22/02/2018

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  A screenshot of the Theatre of Blood entrance, shown during a livestream on 22/02/2018

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  A screenshot of a room within the Theatre of Blood, shown during a livestream on 22/02/2018

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  A screenshot of the nylocas, shown during a Q&A stream on 12/04/2018

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  A teaser showing the entrance to the arena of The Maiden of Sugadinti

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  A teaser from Mod Ry showing the nylocas nest

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  A teaser showing a room within the Theatre of Blood

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  A screenshot of an early wire frame of Sotetseg's arena.

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  A screenshot of Verzik Vitur's throne in comparison to the size of a player

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  A screenshot of a glitched Sotetseg model, with a work-in-progress environment as a background

Models

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  A work-in-progress model of The Maiden of Sugadinti

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  A completed set of animations for The Maiden of Sugadinti

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  A teaser showing the idle, attacking and death animation of a Nylocas Hagios

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  A teaser showing the idle, attacking and death animation of a Nylocas Toxobolos

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  A teaser showing the idle, attacking and death animation of a Nylocas Ischyros

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  A completed model of Xarpus

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  A preview of Sotetseg's walking animation, shown during a design stream on 26/04/2018

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  A preview of Verzik Vitur's vampyre form's idle animation

Changes

Date	Changes
12 March 2020 (update)	If players are attempting to start a Theatre of Blood wave, but some of their party members are still in the previous wave's arena, the warning screen that appears will now make this more explicit.
2 May 2019 (update)	The Pestilent bloat within the Theatre of Blood should now fall down in the correct position. One of the Nylocas walking toward the centre of the arena will no longer incorrectly change into a smaller Nylocas. Verzik should now correctly move at the correct times during attack animations, to prevent her from appearing in the wrong location. Xarpus' exhumed phase has been made shorter and scaled better for smaller team sizes. To keep it balanced, each absorption is now more powerful. Odd pathing in Verzik's third phase caused by occasionally appearing to target a dead player has been fixed.
6 September 2018 (update)	Elite clue drop rate was changed, as it was previously 1/750.
21 June 2018 (update)	Bosses' Hitpoints now scale to four and three player teams. Resource chests now use a point system instead of giving random supplies. The Nylocas encounter was shortened by removing some earlier waves as they made the encounter needlessly long. The boss of the encounter was also buffed by making damage dealt with the incorrect style reflect and heal 100% instead of 50%, as well as increasing its Hitpoints and damage dealt. Other minor tweaks were made regarding balance and QoL.
23 February 2017 (update)	Elite clue scrolls were added to the loot table.

Trivia

• The Theatre of Blood was first mentioned in game in the book The Tale of Serafina, found in the Myths' Guild Library.
• The names for many of the monsters in the raid mostly come from Eastern and Southeastern European words:

Name	Original word	Meaning
Ver Sinhaza	Vér Színháza	Hungarian for "Blood Theater"
The Maiden of Sugadinti	Sugadinti	Lithuanian for "ruin" (verb)
Nylocas	Nyolcas	Hungarian for "eight"
Nylocas Athanatos	ἀθάνατος (transliterated as "athánatos")	Greek for "undying" or "immortal"
Nylocas Hagios	ἅγιος (transliterated as "ágios")	Greek for "holy" or "saintlike"
Nylocas Ischyros	ἰσχυρός (transliterated as "ischyrós")	Greek for "strong" or "mighty"
Nylocas Matomenos	ματωμένος (transliterated as "matoménos")	Greek for "bloody" or "bleeding"
Nylocas Toxobolos	τοξοβόλος (transliterated as "toxovólos")	Greek for "archery"
Nylocas Vasilias	βασιλιάς (transliterated as "vasiliás")	Greek for "king"
Sotetseg	Sötétség	Hungarian for "darkness"
Yarasa (the name of Xarpus's race)	Yarasa	Turkish for "bat"
Verzik Vitur	Vérzik	Hungarian for "bleeding"

• The release date for the Theatre of Blood was silently announced in an update on 3 May 2018 via a leaflet just north of the Ectofuntus, which displayed the following message when read:

The leaflet found north of the Ectofuntus.

“

Lady Verzik cordially invites you to the Theatre of Blood! The greatest collection of powerful beasts are here for your entertainment. Tickets available from June 7th!

”

• The date was then changed to "Pentember 15th" after a player complaint of the leaflet not using the canonical in-game calendar.
• Upon the release of the Theatre of Blood, there was a bug which would cause players to drop the item in the top right corner of their inventory on the floor upon death, if they were in possession of Dawnbringer. This bug was hotfixed within one hour of discovery.