Lava Maze
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| Release | 13 August 2001 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wilderness | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Music | Wild Side | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Lava Maze is a maze located deep in the Wilderness, around level 40-45. In the entrance and partway through the maze, there are webs that must be cut with a slash weapon or a knife. It was previously possible for players to be trapped inside the maze if they did not have a slash weapon to cut webs, but having the tool belt with a knife will always allow you to cut through webs, even without a slash weapon or knife in your inventory.
The maze can only be entered from the south-west. The path forks twice when attempting to reach the centre of the maze; players must go down the left path, and then the right path, as demonstrated on the map. Some items and coins spawn throughout the maze. A gold necklace and steel platebody spawn at the centre near the muddy chest. A muddy key is required to open the chest, which contains moderate level treasure.
There is also a single Fishing spot where players can catch lava eels, the only other place being in Taverley Dungeon. The winding paths of the mine are infested with numerous hellhounds, with a few Ripper Demons at the centre of the maze and a ladder leading downstairs to the Lava Maze Dungeon. There is another entrance at the western edges of the maze; however, this part is not connected with the remaining area at all and has numerous glacors outside, along with the banker Darren. This section contains the lever for accessing the King Black Dragon's Lair.
To the north of the maze is a phasmatite mine, however, parts of the mine are near some hydrix dragons. To the southwest is the hobgoblin mine and lava strykewyrms.
A penguin spy from Penguin Hide and Seek occasionally appears in the maze. At these times, the maze can often be run in relative safety on World 60, one of the official Penguin Hide and Seek worlds. However, it is also possible at times to spy a penguin from the outside edge, assuming the penguin wanders close enough.
Getting there[edit | edit source]
Three Wilderness obelisks provide a fairly fast way to reach the maze:
- The obelisk in level 44 Wilderness is the closest, being a short distance to the northwest
- The obelisk in level 35 Wilderness is a bit further, towards the southeast from the maze entrance.
- The obelisk in level 27 Wilderness is the furthest towards the south, but is still practical.
Players can also teleport to the Lava Maze by way of a lava titan's special ability.
Players can also ride a canoe to the Wilderness canoe landing, arriving near the level 35 Wilderness Obelisk.
A Wilderness sword 1 or higher can teleport players to the Wilderness herb patch, then walk west to the Lava Maze.
From the Wilderness Lodestone, players should run west then north, around the edge of the Wilderness Crater and up to the Lava Maze.
Map[edit | edit source]
Item spawns[edit | edit source]
Monsters[edit | edit source]
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Hellhound, level 105
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Ripper demon, level 131
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The maze entrance.
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Demons guarding the trapdoor to King Black Dragon's Lair.
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Layout of the maze prior to the 1 August 2022 update
Graphical updates[edit | edit source]
Update history[edit | edit source]
- patch 3 April 2023 (Update):
- Adjusted the location of the Muddy Chest found in the Lava Maze to make the Ripper Demons more avoidable.
- patch 12 December 2022 (Update):
- Added blocking to a segment of the fence surrounding the KBD enclosure near the Wilderness Lava Maze. (In the Wildy, the best defence is a good of-fence).
- patch 5 December 2022 (Update):
- Winter is coming and Mod Blkwitch has been up to snow good in the frozen north of the deep wilderness.
- Graphically updated with snowy environment.
- Winter is coming and Mod Blkwitch has been up to snow good in the frozen north of the deep wilderness.
- update 1 August 2022 (Update):
- Graphically updated with the rest of the Wilderness.
- Replaced the inhabitants - Black Knights, King Scorpions, hill giants and lesser demons with hellhounds and Ripper Demons respectively.
- patch 7 July 2014 (Update):
- A small spelling error on the Wilderness Lava Maze ghost has been fixed.
- patch 21 January 2014 (Update):
- The trapdoor deep within the Lava Maze no longer appears to have been filled with rock.
- patch 10 September 2013 (Update):
- Players are no longer able to walk through a fence near the Lava Maze in the Wilderness.
