The Whisperer

This fight takes place in an instance. On death, all unprotected items will be moved to a grave outside the instance. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

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Post-questAwakenedQuest

The Whisperer
Released								26 July 2023 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								791
Size								3x3
Examine								Dare you face the shadows?
Combat info
Max hit								42 (x2) (Melee) 40 (Ranged) 36 (Magic) 45 (Screech) 50 (Soul Siphon)
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								All
Attack speed								10 ticks (6.0 seconds)
Respawn time								30 ticks (18 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level								None
Slayer XP								900 xp
Category								Bosses
Assigned by
Combat stats
900				280				280				250				180				180
Aggressive stats
+140				+30				+190				+58				+160				+70
Melee defence
+180								+300								+220
Magic defence
+10												60% weakness
Ranged defence
+300								+300								+300
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
Cannons								Immune
Thralls								Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID								12204,12205
Link								MOID

The Whisperer is a siren found in the sunken cathedral of the Lassar Undercity, who is encountered during Desert Treasure II - The Fallen Empire. A high-ranking assassin^[1] in the Zarosian Empire whose real name was classified, the Whisperer succumbed to the darkness of the blackstone and was transformed into her current state. A stronger variant of her can be fought again after the completion of the quest.

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Lassar Undercity - Sunken Cathedral	587, 791, 1146		1	Show map

The Whisperer is initially seen as an Odd Figure just beneath the surface in the middle of the Lassar Undercity's sunken cathedral. The undercity is accessible from the sinkhole north-west of Ruins of Camdozaal, located under Ice Mountain.

A scoreboard by the stairs leading down to the cathedral shows statistics related to the Whisperer.

"The Whisperer", whose true name is unknown (as it was classified), was a siren deployed to Lassar at some point during the Third Age, after the Betrayal of Zaros. She was one of four individuals entrusted with a medallion - the means to open the Ancient Vault where the Elder Horn was sealed - alongside Perseriya, Duke Sucellus, and Vardorvis, who were all high-ranking personnel in the Zarosian Empire.

She was stationed at Lassar and tasked by Sliske with providing her expertise with the Shadow Realm to the researchers experimenting with a mysterious totem made of blackstone in the Undercity. The totem was noted by researchers as being extremely dangerous, requiring Sliske to enact protective measures on the totem.^[2] Findings on the totem showed that it strengthened the connection with the Shadow Realm in the area.^[3]

Eventually, The Whisperer was ordered by Sliske to remove protections on the totem and seal the Undercity off to more "thoroughly" experiment with it, allowing her to deal with the researchers in any way she desired.^[4] Following his orders, she had the Undercity sealed under the pretence of being the High Magister's orders before killing him,^[5] and then removed the totem's protective barriers with Sliske's assistance. The removal of the totem's protective measures caused many of the city's inhabitants to become corrupted by its influence,^[6] including the Whisperer herself. She would submerge herself beneath the waters of the Undercity's now-sunken cathedral, and remain there undisturbed for a very long time.

Eventually, an adventurer seeking her medallion would descend into the Lassar Undercity, navigate through the city via the dangerous Shadow Realm, and discover and kill her, before retrieving her medallion from her entrails.

The player must bring the blackstone fragment to initiate the fight, as parts of the fight will require the player to enter the Shadow Realm; without it, the player will refuse to fight her. She spawns as an Odd Figure, which while aggressive is not able to attack; disturbing her will cause her to fully emerge and attack.

During the fight, the player must maintain their sanity levels, which starts at 100%. This will decrease whenever the player is in the Shadow Realm or gets hit by her special attacks in varying amounts. This will restore slowly over time while the player is in the actual realm, at a rate of 3% every few seconds. If this value fully depletes, the player will go insane and die in a few seconds if they do not leave.

The Whisperer's regular attack involves shooting three projectiles per attack in either Ranged or Magic. The ranged shots are purple barbs, while the magic shots are blue orbs. Protection prayers will fully block the attacks, and they will deal damage upon impact. The pattern of these projectiles will change depending on how far into the fight the player is. After each regular attack, four shadow tentacles will surface four tiles from the player in an "X" formation, converging on the tile they were on when they first appeared. Getting hit by this will deal 20 damage and drain sanity by 20%, regardless of how many shadow tentacles actually hit them. If the player is standing next to or under her, she will utilise a melee attack that hits twice, with the second hit dealing the same as the first and is only partially reduced by prayer.

The Whisperer will follow one of two special attack rotations each kill. She will queue up a special attack upon reaching 80%, 55% and 30% of her health on the next attack she makes, should her health fall below this threshold. These special attacks generally require the player to enter the Shadow Realm in order to stop them. Failing to deal with the special attack in time generally incurs heavy damage and drains significant sanity.

Her attack patterns will also change after every special attack; after the first special attack, she will start attacking with two projectiles of one style and one of the other. After the second special attack, she will begin utilising a "+" tentacle pattern alongside the "X" pattern. Finally, after the third special attack, she will alternate between both combat styles.

Upon reaching 0 health, the Whisperer will heal 140 hitpoints and pull the player into the Shadow Realm. She will always start the phase off with a ranged attack, sending out two attacks and then switching to magic. She will continue to flip combat styles every two attacks, and a single tentacle will appear for every attack she makes.

The following money making guide is available for The Whisperer:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Killing The Whisperer	6,476,776	90+ 77+ recommended for Augury

Drop rates are estimated based on 318,722 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

Uniques		"Perfect" kill	GE value (per kill)
Bellator vestige	Siren's staff
			397,020
			371,820
			189,992
			164,792
			357,749
			332,548
			150,721
			125,521

When the Whisperer is defeated, a drop will be rolled for until the roll results in a success, as described below:^[7]

• Roll 1/64 for the tradeable unique drop table (3/64 for awakened variant).
  • If unsuccessful, roll 1/34 for the awakener's orb.
  • If unsuccessful, roll 1/25 for sirenic tablet.
  • If unsuccessful, roll 1/200 for shadow quartz.
  • If unsuccessful, roll 1/5 for the supply drop table.
• If all rolls above were unsuccessful, the standard drop table is rolled.
• Once the player rolls the entire drop table, roll 1/2,000 for Wisp and 1/40 for a clue scroll.

In addition, defeating the boss perfectly will earn 50% more loot from the standard drop table.^[8] This requires the player to kill the Whisperer without taking any avoidable damage, which includes:

• Any damage from her ranged or magic attacks.
• Unprotected damage from her melee attacks.
• Getting hit by her tentacles.
• Getting hit by her Screech attack.
• Getting hit by her Soul Siphon attack.
• Stepping on a dark green corrupted seed.
• Any corrupted seeds being hatched.

	Unique drop sound effect
The sound that plays when receiving a unique drop.

There is a 1/64 chance of rolling the unique drop table per kill. After hitting the table, there is a 1/8 chance to get a piece of the Virtus robes (then a separate 1/3 roll to determine which piece), a 3/8 chance to get a single vestige roll (each roll will drop a gold ring until the final roll which guarantees the vestige), a 3/8 chance for a chromium ingot, and 1/8 chance for the siren's staff. Below lists the effective drop rates.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bellator vestige	1	1/512[d 1]	Not sold	30,000
	Chromium ingot	1	3/512	42,708	30,000
	Siren's staff	1	1/512	Not sold	30,000
	Virtus mask	1	1/1,536	4,509,743	120,000
	Virtus robe top	1	1/1,536	28,604,882	360,000
	Virtus robe bottom	1	1/1,536	23,264,253	240,000

The items are rolled in the following sequence: awakener's orb, sirenic tablet, shadow quartz. These items will replace the normal loot rolls.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Sirenic tablet	1	1/26.2[d 1]	Not sold	N/A
	Awakener's orb	1	1/34.5	278,719	45,000
	Shadow quartz	1	1/209.3[d 2]	Not sold	N/A

These supplies are all dropped together.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Ancient brew(2)	1	1/5.5	1,424	90
	Prayer potion(3)	1	1/5.5	7,145	91
	Manta ray	3–4	1/5.5	3,984–5,312	360–480

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bronze longsword	16; 24 (noted)	1/100	1,120–1,680	384–576
	Mithril longsword	7; 10 (noted)	1/100	3,192–4,560	5,460–7,800
	Adamant longsword	9; 14 (noted)	1/100	14,112–21,952	17,280–26,880
	Battlestaff	70; 105 (noted)	2/100	557,270–835,905	294,000–441,000
	Dragon plateskirt	7; 10	1/100	1,128,134–1,611,620	1,134,000–1,620,000

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Pure essence	280; 420 (noted)	1/100	560–840	560–840
	Iron ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	6,424–9,709	880–1,330
	Coal	303; 455 (noted)	8/100	42,420–63,700	8,181–12,285
	Gold ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	13,728–20,748	7,920–11,970
	Mithril ore	88; 133 (noted)	1/100	13,640–20,615	8,536–12,901
	Adamantite ore	105; 157 (noted)	8/100	58,485–87,449	25,200–37,680
	Runite ore	42; 63 (noted)	2/100	426,468–639,702	80,640–120,960
	Sapphire	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	6,864–10,384	5,850–8,850
	Emerald	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	12,090–18,290	11,700–17,700
	Ruby	39; 59 (noted)	1/100	28,002–42,362	23,400–35,400
	Uncut ruby	58; 87 (noted)	5/100	58,928–88,392	3,480–5,220
	Uncut diamond	58; 87 (noted)	5/100	141,404–212,106	6,960–10,440
	Dragon javelin tips	84; 126	8/100	62,916–94,374	98,280–147,420
	Runite bolts (unf)	84; 126	8/100	10,332–15,498	0
	Raw monkfish	700; 1,050 (noted)	1/100	82,600–123,900	96,600–144,900

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Water rune	280; 420	1/100	1,400–2,100	560–840
	Steam rune	466; 700	8/100	45,668–68,600	5,592–8,400
	Chaos rune	140; 210	1/100	14,700–22,050	7,560–11,340
	Death rune	466; 700	8/100	89,472–134,400	50,328–75,600
	Soul rune	933; 1,400	2/100	364,803–547,400	167,940–252,000

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Brimstone key	1	1/50[d 1]	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (easy)	1	1/160[d 2][d 3]	Not sold	12
	Clue scroll (medium)	1	1/160[d 4][d 3]	Not sold	12
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/160[d 5][d 3]	Not sold	12
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/160[d 6][d 3]	Not sold	12
	Ancient blood ornament kit	1	Always[d 7]	Not sold	N/A
	Wisp	1	1/2,000	Not sold	N/A

The Whisperer has 10 collection log items.

Item	Collections	Comp%
Virtus mask	Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, Vardorvis, The Whisperer	5.7%
Virtus robe top	Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, Vardorvis, The Whisperer	5.7%
Virtus robe bottom	Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, Vardorvis, The Whisperer	5.7%
Wisp	The Whisperer, All Pets	1.3%
Shadow quartz	The Whisperer	5%
Chromium ingot	Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, Vardorvis, The Whisperer	14.4%
Bellator vestige	The Whisperer	2.7%
Siren's staff	The Whisperer	3.8%
Sirenic tablet	The Whisperer	8.4%
Awakener's orb	Duke Sucellus, The Leviathan, Vardorvis, The Whisperer	19.8%

There are 9 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 45 points) available for the Whisperer.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%
Whisperer Adept	Kill the Whisperer once.	Kill Count	Elite (4 pts)	16.1%
Tentacular	Kill the Whisperer whilst only being on the Arceuus spellbook.	Restriction	Elite (4 pts)	10.9%
Whisperer Speed-Trialist	Kill the Whisperer in less than 3:00 without a slayer task.	Speed	Elite (4 pts)	9.5%
Whisperer Speed-Chaser	Kill the Whisperer in less than 2:25 without a slayer task.	Speed	Master (5 pts)	5.6%
Whisperer Master	Kill the Whisperer 50 times.	Kill Count	Master (5 pts)	9.6%
Perfect Whisperer	Kill the Whisperer without taking avoidable damage 5 times without leaving.	Perfection	Master (5 pts)	6.7%
Whisperer Speed-Runner	Kill the Whisperer in less than 2:05 without a slayer task.	Speed	Grandmaster (6 pts)	2.7%
Whispered	Kill the Awakened Whisperer.	Kill Count	Grandmaster (6 pts)	3.9%
Dark Memories	Kill the Whisperer whilst spending less than 6 seconds in the pre-enrage shadow realm.	Restriction	Grandmaster (6 pts)	7.2%

• 
  Concept of the Whisperer, by Mod Jerv.
• 
  Official artwork of the Whisperer, by Mod Jerv.
• 
  Concept art of the Sunken Cathedral, by Mod Grub.
• 
  Concept art of the Shadow Realm version of the Sunken Cathedral.

• Prior to the release of Desert Treasure II, the Whisperer could be heard if players stood next to the mysterious chasm in Camdozaal Mines in the form of a strange voice, whispering Come... Come... Come... Down into the depths... Come...
• The Whisperer took design inspiration from the Norwegian mythological creature the 'Nøkken', known for lurking beneath water, with only eyes exposed, and luring victims to their doom with its eerie presence.^[11]
• According to Mod Jerv, she has been corrupted by Xau-Tak,^[12] a powerful being yet to be explicitly named in Old School RuneScape.