Phosani's Nightmare

This fight takes place in an instance with a deathbank.

On death, you can pay Sister Senga 60,000 to retrieve lost items.
Any unsafe death will delete all items left inside the deathbank. Any items left on the ground will be lost.

This article has a strategy guide.

All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

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Phosani's Nightmare
Released								30 June 2021 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								1,024
Size								5x5
Examine								Sweet dreams are most definitely not made of this.
League region								Morytania✓
Combat info
XP bonus								+0%
Max hit								73 (melee) 80 (magic/ranged) ~85 (dash)
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Slash, Ranged, Magic
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Combat stats
3,200				150				150				150				150				150
Aggressive stats
+220				+274				+220				+162				+220				+162
Melee defence
+120								+180								+40
Magic defence
+600												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+600								+600								+600
Immunities
Poison								Immune
Venom								Immune
Cannons								Immune
Thralls								Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID								9416,9417,9418,9419,9420,9421,9422,9424,11153,11154,11155

Phosani's Nightmare
Released								30 June 2021 (Update)
Combat level								1,024
Members								Yes
Race								Unknown
Location								Sisterhood Sanctuary
League region								Morytania✓
Examine								Sweet dreams are most definitely not made of this.
Advanced data
NPC ID								377,9423

Phosani's Nightmare is a more difficult version of The Nightmare, encountered by selecting Drink-from on the Pool of Nightmares in the Sisterhood Sanctuary.

Phosani's Nightmare can only be fought alone, and the game encourages the player to have at least one normal Nightmare kill before attempting Phosani's Nightmare; trying to attempt the boss without any Nightmare kill count will result in an initial warning advising the player to do so, though they may ignore it and proceed to the boss fight.

Compared to fighting the Nightmare solo, Phosani's Nightmare is significantly faster, with little damage being taken if players master the fight's mechanics, though far more punishing when mistakes are made. Although the boss itself has a lower drop rate for uniques compared to the original, it makes up for it with its faster kill times and increased quantities of normal drops. It also possesses two unique drops the original lacks; the Slepey tablet, which allows players to access the Nightmare even quicker, and the parasitic egg, an item that unlocks a cosmetic skin for the little nightmare.

Difference in mechanics

See also: Phosani's Nightmare/Strategies

There are notable differences in mechanics compared to the regular Nightmare encounter:

• Standard attacks hit significantly higher, but successfully praying against them will fully block the attack.
• Special attacks and minions are stronger and some are used in combination with one another: for example, spores are always summoned before six consecutive claw attacks.
  • Phosani's Nightmare will use multiple consecutive claw attacks in conjunction with Flower Power or Spores.
  • The spores slow the player's attack speed by 2 ticks instead of 1, and they also drain 6 prayer points every time the player yawns.
• Crush weapons will always deal their maximum hit against husks and parasites.
• There are five phases instead of three; 4 phases of 400 shield durability and 150 actual health, along with 4 sets of totems (16 in total) with 200 charge. In total, the player has to deal 1,750 physical damage and 1,600 charge damage (using magic) for a total of 3,350 damage in Phosani's encounter, compared to 6,600 (3 phases of 2,000 shield durability and 600 charge damage (using magic) damage in the original; making kills ~55% faster on average.
• After the end of each phase, the number of sleepwalkers spawned increases by one, capping at 4 at the end of the fourth phase, compared to a single sleepwalker at the end of all phases.
• Phases 1-4 use a set rotation of specials taken from the original encounter.
• In phase 4, Phosani's Nightmare will deactivate the player's protection prayer if they had already had the prayer active before the attack. She also has an increased chance of attacking with melee.
• In phase 5, the "desperation phase", she indefinitely performs Grasping Claws and summons sleepwalkers until killed. One sleepwalker is summoned at a time; should they reach her, she will unleash a blast causing 15 damage.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 651,229 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Big bones	1	Always	336	0

Uniques

With each kill, Phosani's Nightmare has a chance to roll two unique drop tables, one containing the armour, mace, and staff, and one containing the orbs; both table rolls can be successful with each kill. The armour, mace, and staff drop table has a ~1/143 chance to roll, and the orb drop table has a ~1/533 chance to roll (with an effective chance of ~1/113 to receive any item).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nightmare staff	1	1/533	59,934,260	1
	Inquisitor's great helm	1	1/700	46,778,772	300,000
	Inquisitor's hauberk	1	1/700	79,340,860	600,000
	Inquisitor's plateskirt	1	1/700	148,294,678	450,000
	Inquisitor's mace	1	1/1,250	360,513,130	3,000,000
	Eldritch orb	1	1/1,600	264,952,633	1
	Harmonised orb	1	1/1,600	341,380,594	1
	Volatile orb	1	1/1,600	111,765,782	1

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Cosmic rune	247–420	4/100	26,182–44,520	7,410–12,600
	Nature rune	165–305	4/100	17,655–32,635	17,820–32,940
	Death rune	165–305	4/100	26,400–48,800	17,820–32,940
	Blood rune	343–765	4/100	73,402–163,710	82,320–183,600
	Soul rune	110–228	4/100	19,030–39,444	19,800–41,040
	Cannonball	137–382	4/100	29,181–81,366	411–1,146
Rune arrow.png: Phosani's Nightmare drops Rune arrow with rarity 3/100 in quantity 412-957	Rune arrow	412–957	3/100	23,072–53,592	98,880–229,680

Resources

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Mithril ore	165–305 (noted)	5/100	22,110–40,870	16,005–29,585
	Coal	220–458 (noted)	4/100	33,440–69,616	5,940–12,366
	Gold ore	165–305 (noted)	4/100	25,905–47,885	14,850–27,450
	Adamantite ore	40–95 (noted)	4/100	42,760–101,555	9,600–22,800
	Magic logs	40–95 (noted)	4/100	41,840–99,370	7,680–18,240
	Grimy cadantine	13–26 (noted)	4/100	38,831–77,662	169–338
	Grimy torstol	13–26 (noted)	4/100	36,296–72,592	195–390
Snapdragon seed.png: Phosani's Nightmare drops Snapdragon seed with rarity 3/100 in quantity 5-10	Snapdragon seed	5–10	3/100	208,295–416,590	180–360
	Uncut emerald	33–75 (noted)	3/100	15,279–34,725	990–2,250
	Uncut ruby	27–60 (noted)	3/100	26,676–59,280	1,620–3,600
	Runite ore	11–26 (noted)	2/100	121,275–286,650	21,120–49,920

Consumables

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Bass	16–29	6/100	2,304–4,176	384–696
	Shark	13–26	6/100	11,375–22,750	1,326–2,652
	Prayer potion(3)	8–15	5/100	58,584–109,845	728–1,365
	Sanfew serum(3)	6–12	5/100	77,214–154,428	864–1,728
	Saradomin brew(3)	8–15	5/100	72,256–135,480	840–1,575
	Zamorak brew(3)	8–15	5/100	8,992–16,860	840–1,575

Coins

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Coins	41,417–73,590	2/100	41,417–73,590	41,417–73,590

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/35	Not sold	12
	Slepey tablet	1	1/100	Not sold	N/A
	Parasitic egg	1	1/200	Not sold	N/A
	Little nightmare	1	1/1,400	Not sold	N/A
	Jar of dreams	1	1/4,000	1,490,795	1

Combat Achievements

There are 0 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 0 points) available for Phosani's Nightmare.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%

Historical

Phosani's Nightmare was initially released as a competition lasting one week from 5 March 2020, allowing players to win free membership and signed artwork. Like the currently existing Phosani's Nightmare, it had more punishing mechanics and could only be fought solo, although it did not have reduced health, reduced damage when fought correctly, or phase randomisation. Its loot table was unchanged from the regular encounter.

• Its standard magic and ranged attacks could hit up to 90, while its slashing attack could hit up to 115.
• The Grasping Claws and Surge attack would instantly kill the player if hit.
• The spores would slow attack speed by 2 ticks, and last longer.
• Two sleepwalkers spawned instead of one.
• The husks were much more accurate and dealt more damage.
• Parasites could heal Phosani's Nightmare over 100 health, even when weakened. In addition, the damage taken when it burst out was 10 instead of 5, even when weakened.
• The Curse attack shuffled the protection prayers by one to the left rather than the right: clicking on Protect from Magic activated Protect from Melee, Protect from Missiles activated Protect from Magic and Protect from Melee activated Protect from Missiles.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:7 August 2024| |0}} {{#explode:7 August 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 August 2024| |2}}]] (update)	The despawn time for items dropped to the ground in Phosani's Nightmare has been increased.
[[{{#explode:29 May 2024| |0}} {{#explode:29 May 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 May 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Improved Phosani's Nightmare’s drop rates
[[{{#explode:12 April 2023| |0}} {{#explode:12 April 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:12 April 2023| |2}}]] (update | poll)	The Slepey tablet drop is now guaranteed on the 100th kill. Players that already have more than 100 kill count, or have managed to lose their slepey tablet without using it, will receive it on their next kill.
[[{{#explode:13 August 2022| |0}} {{#explode:13 August 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:13 August 2022| |2}}]] (update)	Sister Senga will now allow players to fight Phosani's Nightmare without having to defeat The Nightmare first.

Trivia

• Phosani's Nightmare's examine text is a reference to the song Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by British pop duo Eurythmics.
• Phosani's Nightmare had a festive override wearing a red partyhat during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Christmas events.