Nightmare Zone
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A combat minigame north-west of Yanille bank where players relive fights against bosses from quests they've already completed, in solo practice duels, endurance runs through every unlocked boss, or multi-player rumbles. Points earned inside buy reward-shop supplies and imbues for gear you already own.
Nightmare Zone is a members Old School RuneScape minigame needing Combat, found at Yanille. The short version: coins for the coffer. This page maps Nightmare Zone to the OSRS TCG — the card game played through the RuneLite plugin — listing what you take in, grouped by what each item is for, with every item linked to its card. The OSRS Wiki remains the guide to playing it.
Full guide on the OSRS Wiki →Before you can take part
- RequiresCombatNo level or single-quest gate. The real requirement is having completed any five of roughly three dozen quests that count toward Nightmare Zone; completing more of them unlocks more bosses. Combat matters only in that those bosses vary hugely in difficulty.
What it takes to walk in
Nightmare Zone gates on quests, not level or items: you must have completed at least five of roughly three dozen quests that have a boss fight, and each further one you finish adds another boss you can face inside. There is no combat-level requirement to enter — only the five-quest count — though the bosses themselves range from trivial to genuinely dangerous. The OSRS Wiki lists exactly which quests count.
- RequiresCoins for the coffer
Deposited into Dominic Onion's coffer to pay the fee for whichever game mode you choose — practice, endurance or rumble, each pricier on Hard difficulty.
The bosses you can fight
Nightmare Zone lets you re-fight dozens of quest bosses, unlocked one by one as you complete the quests that introduced them — but only a handful of those bosses exist as their own card in the catalogue. None of these is a required kill; you pick who to fight from whatever you've unlocked.
- OptionalCorsair Traitor
Unlocked by The Corsair Curse.
- OptionalGreen dragon
One of the lower-difficulty bosses available, popular for low-effort Slayer experience on task.
- OptionalHellhound
Another of the more approachable bosses inside, also usable for Slayer experience on task.
Resources from the reward shop
Points buy raw supplies that are either exclusive to Nightmare Zone or just a convenient bulk purchase — bought separately, not as a set.
- Any ofNightmare Zone-exclusive supplies(optional)
Herb boxes (capped at 15 a day) give ten rolls on the herb drop table; scrolls of redirection point a teleport-to-house tablet at your player-owned house portal instead, and are Ironmen's only source of them.
- Any ofRunes and common supplies(optional)
- Air rune
- orWater rune
- orEarth rune
- orFire rune
- orRune essence
- orPure essence
- orFlax
- orBucket of sand
- orSeaweed
- orVial of water
Ordinary supplies bought as a cheap way to spend leftover points.
Items worth imbuing
You bring these in yourself — points buy an imbue that upgrades the item in place (marked with an (i) on the name), not a new item. These are the common imbue targets sold in the reward shop's Upgrades tab.
- Any ofSlayer headgear(optional)
Imbuing either gives a 15% Magic and Ranged accuracy and damage bonus on Slayer tasks, on top of removing their usual negative attack bonuses.
- Any ofRings worth imbuing(optional)
- Ring of suffering
- orRing of the gods
- orBerserker ring
- orWarrior ring
- orArchers ring
- orSeers ring
- orTyrannical ring
- orTreasonous ring
- orGranite ring
Each imbued separately at its own points cost — pick the ring matching your combat style rather than buying all of them.
Potions for the fight
One consumable is sold for use only inside a dream, stored by the dose in barrels near the entrance.
- OptionalAbsorption potions
Drunk in quick succession like combo food to soak damage during a fight — bought with points and usable only within Nightmare Zone.
Every card on this page (28)
Resource • Clue • Barrows
Lovely money!
Monster • No
A Corsair gone bad.
Monster
Must be related to Elvarg.
Monster • Wilderness • Kourend • Kandarin • Asgarnia
Hello, nice doggy...
Resource
Contains seven random herbs.
Resource
Use this on a 'Teleport to House' tablet to redirect the tablet.
Resource
One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Resource
One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Resource
One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Resource
One of the 4 basic elemental Runes.
Resource
An unimbued rune.
Resource
An unimbued rune of extra capability.
Resource
I should use this with a spinning wheel.
Resource • Consumable
One of the ingredients for making glass.
Resource
Slightly damp seaweed.
Resource • Consumable
A glass vial containing water.
Resource • Armour • Morytania
An inert-seeming cave horror mask.
Resource • Armour • Morytania
You don't want to wear it inside-out.
Resource • Armour
A deep sense of suffering burns within this powerful ring.
Resource • Armour • Wilderness
An ancient ring said to bring you closer to the Gods.
Resource • Armour • Fremennik
A ring reputed to bring out a berserk fury in its wearer.
Resource • Armour • Fremennik
A legendary ring once worn by Fremennik warriors.
Resource • Armour • Fremennik
A fabled ring that improves the wearer's skill with a bow...
Resource • Armour • Fremennik
A mysterious ring that can fill the wearer with magical power...
Resource • Armour • Wilderness
An incredibly heavy ring.
Resource • Armour • Wilderness
A razor sharp ring.
Resource • Armour • Morytania
A solid ring.
Resource • Consumable
absorption potion.
Nightmare Zone — frequently asked
- What is the minimum you need for Nightmare Zone?
- Coins for the coffer, plus Combat. Nightmare Zone gates on quests, not level or items: you must have completed at least five of roughly three dozen quests that have a boss fight, and each further one you finish adds another boss you can face inside. There is no combat-level requirement to enter — only the five-quest count — though the bosses themselves range from trivial to genuinely dangerous. The OSRS Wiki lists exactly which quests count.
- Which OSRS TCG cards are tied to Nightmare Zone?
- Every item on this page that exists in the catalogue is linked to its card, grouped by what it is for. Cards are pulled from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, and you can trade for the ones you are missing on OSRS Card Exchange.
- Is there an OSRS TCG card for Nightmare Zone itself?
- No. The OSRS TCG has cards for Old School RuneScape's items and monsters, not for its minigames — so there is no "Nightmare Zone" card. What this page maps is the other way round: the items Nightmare Zone asks you to bring, each one linked to the card that depicts it.