Old School RuneScape thrillseeker risks a 370-hour old no-hit account against 63 waves of monsters to try and claim a cape forged in flames

Full disclosure, here—I am not an Old School RuneScape player. I am, however, an avid enjoyer of the absolutely harebrained nonsense its player base is capable of—something that is both terrifying and awe-inspiring in equal measure. Often, digesting these feats involves hunting through wikis to understand mind-bending system tricks. Not this time.

This nail-biting challenge, embarked on by YouTuber Settled, is so tense I'll be throwing up a spoiler warning for the video below (Settled uploads his challenge run videos regardless of whether he lives or dies). It also hinges on a simple game of rock-paper-scissors via the game's prayer combat skill.

Here's the run-down of the stakes: On «Nightmare Mode», Settled dies in one hit. If he dies, he has to delete his account—a challenge mode character he's spent over 370 hours (around 15 and a half days) getting ready to fight this gauntlet.

To avoid damage, Settled needs to make use of three Prayers: Protect from Range, Protect from Melee, and Protect from Magic. Each of these provides 100% protection from incoming damage of their respective types, draining his prayer points at a rate of one per three seconds.

The Fire Cape he's after is awarded in the TzHaar Fight Cave. To get it, players have to endure 63 separate waves of enemies. Because of the way the prayer system works, all of the damage is technically avoidable. However, NPCs in the cave all use different attack techniques—dealing ranged, magic, and melee damage respectively.

What you can bear witness to above, dear reader, is essentially the highest-stake match of rock, paper, scissors perhaps ever completed in gaming history, where «a level 22 bat could be a big risk for my account.»

Damage is the name of the game here: In order to manage his assailants he needs to kill them as quickly as possible. Settled comes prepared with over 154 ranged attack and piddly defences—after all, if he uses his Prayers right, he'll never take any damage. To keep his buffs up, he