Water elemental best in slot gear setup
Best-in-slot gear
10
5
1
| weapon | 607.90m | |
| head | untradeable | |
| body | untradeable | |
| legs | untradeable | |
| hands | untradeable | |
| feet | 148.14m | |
| cape | untradeable | |
| neck | 158.78m | |
| ring | 35.65m | |
| ammo | 8,999 |
Water elemental combat stats
30 hp · lowest def: every style alike · earth spells +50%
- Lowest defence
- Every style alike (+0)
- Elemental
- Standard earth spells: +50% accuracy and damage
- Hitpoints
- 30
- Attack
- 30
- Strength
- 30
- Defence
- 30
- Ranged
- 30
- Magic
- 30
- Stab
- +0
- Slash
- +0
- Crush
- +0
- Magic
- +0
- Ranged
- +0
- Max hit
- 4
- Attack speed
- 4 ticks (2.4s)
- Attacks with
- Stab
- Aggressive
- No
- Attributes
- None
- Size
- 1 by 1 tile
- Poison
- Not immune
- Venom
- Not immune
- Cannon
- Not immune
- Thralls
- Not immune
Not listed: burn and freeze.
Special attacks Spec: Rosewood blowpipe +0.18 DPS · Opener: Bandos godsword (+3.6%)
Spec weapon to bring
Switched in with this gear. Energy comes back 10% every 30 seconds, plus a surge potion dose every five minutes.
Rosewood blowpipe · 25% energy avg 27.5 a spec (max 58), 99.71% to hit · 110 per full bar +0.18 DPS
Dragon knife · 25% energy avg 26.6 a spec (max 56), 99.73% to hit · 106.5 per full bar +0.16 DPS
Toxic blowpipe · 50% energy avg 24.9 a spec (max 51), 97.45% to hit · 49.7 per full bar +0.07 DPS
Zaryte crossbow · 75% energy avg 49.2 a spec (max 76), 98.38% to hit · 65.6 per full bar +0.04 DPS
With the top one: 14.89 DPS over a trip (from 14.716).
Defence opener
Landed at the start of a kill from a full bar; this gear then hits a weaker target.
Bandos godsword × 2 98.39% to land the first, 99.63% the last · 15.248 DPS if all land 15.247 (+3.6%)
Bone dagger × 1 100% to land · 15.035 DPS if all land 15.035 (+2.2%)
Dorgeshuun crossbow × 1 100% to land · 15.017 DPS if all land 15.017 (+2%)
Setups players use for Water elemental none shared yet
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How this is worked out
- Built in: what can reach the target (halberds only for melee on Kree'arra, Zulrah and other flying bosses; no melee where it can't land, like the Kraken), each boss's damage caps, reductions and immunities (Corp, Zulrah, Verzik, Olm, Tekton, the Duke and more), and the bonuses the target's type turns on (salve, slayer helmet on task, dragon, demon and other banes).
- Real gear only: items you can't take to the fight (PvP Arena, Nightmare Zone and minigame copies, League rewards) are never picked. When two pieces are within 0.2% DPS of each other, the sturdier one is shown.
- Your levels: only gear the levels above can wear is searched (Bandos needs 65 Defence, Torva 80), and each style prays the best prayer they allow: Piety needs 70 Prayer and 70 Defence, so a 1 Defence pure prays Ultimate Strength with Incredible Reflexes.
- One phase at a time: bosses with phases or forms (Zulrah, Vorkath, Hydra, Yama) are scored for the one picked above.
- Not in the DPS above: special attacks (listed separately under Special attacks), prayer switching and hitting several targets at once. This is the gear for your steady damage, not a full kill plan.
Every style vs Water elemental Ranged 14.716 · Melee 13.529 · Magic 12.134
| Style | DPS | Max hit | Accuracy | Time to kill | Weapon | Buy cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangedbest | 14.716 | 42 | 95.32% | 2.0s | Ascension crossbows | 950.48m |
| Melee | 13.529 | 80 | 96.75% | 2.2s | Soulreaper axe | 1.08b |
| Magic | 12.134 | 70 | 98.61% | 2.5s | Tumeken's shadow | 1.08b |
Water elemental ranged gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascension crossbows Rapid | 14.716 | - | 42 | 95.32% | | 950.48m+ | |
| 2 | Toxic blowpipe Rapid | 14.092 | -4.2% | 34 | 94.9% |  | 342.57m+ | |
| 3 | Rosewood blowpipe Rapid | 12.085 | -17.9% | 29 | 94.63% |  | 342.57m+ | |
| 4 | Ironwood blowpipe Rapid | 10.881 | -26.1% | 26 | 94.4% |   | 342.57m+ | |
| 5 | Hunters' sunlight crossbow Rapid | 10.833 | -26.4% | 38 | 96.58% |    | 355.96m+ |
Water elemental melee gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soulreaper axe Slash · Aggressive | 13.529 | - | 80 | 96.75% |          | 1.08b+ | |
| 2 | Inquisitor's mace Crush · Aggressive | 12.769 | -5.6% | 60 | 97.1% |     | 1.06b+ | |
| 3 | Blade of Saeldor Slash · Aggressive | 12.541 | -7.3% | 59 | 96.89% |   | 651.40m+ | |
| 4 | Ghrazi rapier Stab · Aggressive | 12.518 | -7.5% | 59 | 96.7% |  | 754.84m+ | |
| 5 | Obligator Crush · Smash | 12.506 | -7.6% | 44 | 97.11% |   | 4.54b+ |
Water elemental magic gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tumeken's shadow Accurate | 12.134 | - | 70 | 98.61% |          | 1.08b+ | |
| 2 | Eye of Ayak Accurate | 11.945 | -1.6% | 42 | 96.92% |   | 442.62m+ | |
| 3 | Harmonised Nightmare staff Casts Earth Surge | 11.801 | -2.7% | 58 | 97.61% |    | 402.64m+ | |
| 4 | Sanguinesti staff Accurate | 11.367 | -6.3% | 58 | 96.87% |  | 419.02m+ | |
| 5 | Trident of the Swamp Accurate | 10.118 | -16.6% | 47 | 96.87% |  | 408.36m+ |
Water elemental gear setup: best in slot for every style
The highest-DPS setup against Water elemental in Old School RuneScape is ranged, built around the Ascension crossbows, at 14.716 damage per second - about 2 seconds a kill. That beats the best melee setup by 9%. The tradeable pieces come to roughly 950.5m gp, plus untradeables. Every slot is searched against the same combat engine the DPS calculator uses, at 99 stats with the buffs listed above. Drop your own levels in to see what actually changes.
Water elemental has 30 hitpoints, and its lowest defence bonus is every style alike (+0). Earth spells from the standard spellbook get 50% more accuracy and damage against it.
Water elemental gear - frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to the Ascension crossbows against Water elemental?
In ranged, the next best setups are built around the Toxic blowpipe (14.092 DPS), the Rosewood blowpipe (12.085 DPS) and the Ironwood blowpipe (10.881 DPS), with the rest of the gear searched again around that weapon. Each style's top setups are listed above, one per weapon.
What is the best gear for Water elemental in OSRS?
Ranged is the highest-DPS style against Water elemental, with the Ascension crossbows as the weapon. The full loadout is above, slot by slot, with live Grand Exchange prices totalling about 950.5m gp.
What combat style should I use against Water elemental?
Ranged 14.716 DPS, Melee 13.529 DPS, Magic 12.134 DPS - so ranged wins by 9%. Reach and mechanics still matter: a style listed here may not be usable on every phase.
How long does it take to kill Water elemental?
About 2 seconds per kill with the best-in-slot loadout at 99 stats, from Water elemental's 30 hitpoints and the sustained damage of that setup. No spec cycles or prayer switching are modelled.
What is Water elemental weak to?
Water elemental is weak to earth (50%), which the loadout search already accounts for.
What is the best ranged setup for Water elemental?
Ascension crossbows, with Void ranger helm, Elite void top and Elite void robe: 14.716 DPS (max hit 42). The rest of the slots, the next best ranged setups and the special attack to bring are above.
What is the best melee setup for Water elemental?
Soulreaper axe, with Torva full helm, Torva platebody and Torva platelegs: 13.529 DPS (max hit 80). The rest of the slots, the next best melee setups and the special attack to bring are above.
What is the best magic setup for Water elemental?
Tumeken's shadow, with Ancestral hat, Ancestral robe top and Ancestral robe bottom: 12.134 DPS (max hit 70). The rest of the slots, the next best magic setups and the special attack to bring are above.
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Game data on this page comes from the OSRS Wiki: Water elemental, used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Damage formulas follow the wiki's DPS calculator, osrs-dps-calc by Weird Gloop (GPL-3.0).