The first February update for Old School RuneScape sees a much needed new boss added to the game. Old School RuneScape‘s last major PvM update was back in July 2019. Unlike the prior update, the new Nightmare of Ashihama boss does not directly feature as part of a quest. The Nightmare was originally polled back in November but has since had several changes made to it for balance purposes.

As announced by developer Jagex, The Nightmare is a monster who has made their home below the in-game town of Slepe, in Morytania – and it’s causing a few problems. It’s been “feeding on the dreams of the innocent townsfolk and growing stronger every moment”, so now you’ve got to defeat it once and for all. It’s the first ever group boss unique to the classic-style MMORPG that “has a co-op focus”, according to the devs in a press release.

You’ll be able to tackle The Nightmare in groups of up to 80 players at a time. While you can technically take it down solo, and the difficulty scales with the size of the current group, the studio says “only the very best” will be able to kill The Nightmare alone – so it might be a good idea to team up and take it down together. If you need Buy OSRS Gold, you can visit our site z2u.com.

The big appeal in killing The Nightmare is the new Inquisitor’s armor and weapon set that can only be gotten from it. Whilst this new tier 75 armor isn’t anything overly flashy, the Inquisitor Mace offers plenty to get excited about. This new mace acts as the crush version of the Ghrazi rapier, better known as the best all-around weapon in Old School RuneScape. Given its similarities, the Inquisitors Mace could end up being just as competitive.

That’s not all the Nightmare of Ashihama drops either. You also have a shot at getting the tier 65  Nightmare Staff and one of three different orbs. These orbs can be combined with the Nightmare Staff to make a tier 75 magic weapon.