Murkwoods has 36 Darkness. A Will o Wisp Lantern (+34 Light) with cooked Glowfin selected as food (+2 Light) reaches 36 without a light-granting helmet. Keep the Offhand slot free for the lantern. Ruby Bolts are not the only ammunition compatible with a one-handed crossbow.
The +34 lantern and +2 Glowfin combination has two independent sources: the demo item definitions and FXLL DXWN’s corrected firsthand account. The numerical equipment and area requirements below use Demo 0.11.4 data; Early Access launches November 17.
Unlock the area and obtain the lantern
- Buy the Copper Slayer Permit required by Murkwoods. Unlocking an area does not equip its light source.
- Reach Woodcutting 35 to enter Misty Thicket. Its enemy list includes Will O Wisp, which can drop the Will o Wisp Lantern. It is a random drop, so a kill is not a guaranteed lantern.
- Equip the lantern in the Offhand slot of the combat loadout you will actually use.
- Select cooked Glowfin in the food slot and check the combined Light / Darkness display before committing to the fight. Raw Glowfin is not the cooked food bonus.
Light combinations for 36 Darkness
| Equipped combination | Light and condition |
|---|---|
| Will o Wisp Lantern + cooked Glowfin | 34 + 2 = 36. The food must be selected. Glowfin has 142 base healing in the demo data. |
| Will o Wisp Lantern + Pumpkin Head | 34 + 4 = 38. Pumpkin Head occupies Helmet and requires Defence 22. |
| Will o Wisp Lantern + Glowstone Ring | 34 + 10 = 44. The ring occupies Ring. |
Jack O Lantern can drop Pumpkin Head. Replacing a helmet or ring also replaces that item’s combat bonuses; check the resulting hit chance and damage taken. Reaching the light requirement alone does not establish that you can survive unattended. Prepare food and Auto Eat and observe the chosen enemy first.
Leave a slot for the lantern
A bow that occupies Offhand cannot share the loadout with an Offhand lantern. The same restriction applies to the Adamant 2H Crossbow. A one-handed crossbow or Maple Boomerang leaves Offhand available.
| Weapon or ammo | Demo requirement |
|---|---|
| Iron / Steel / Mithril one-handed crossbow | Ranged 20 / 30 / 40 respectively |
| Adamant Crossbow, one-handed | Ranged 50 |
| Topaz Bolts | Ranged 20, Ranged Strength 20 |
| Sapphire Bolts | Ranged 30, Ranged Strength 28 |
| Ruby Bolts | Ranged 40, Ranged Strength 37 |
| Maple Boomerang | Ranged 30; occupies the weapon and ammo positions, leaving Offhand free |
All three listed bolts use the Bolts ammunition type. An Adamant Crossbow does not make Ruby Bolts mandatory. Lower-tier bolts reduce the listed Ranged Strength, so compare the resulting hit damage and your ability to replace consumed ammunition. Akrimus names Topaz and Sapphire alternatives; FXLL DXWN separately reports sustaining a Maple Boomerang setup. Those reports do not rank the alternatives by kills per hour.
Use the Ranged diagnosis if you have light but attacks still miss. Check the active loadout, equipped ammo quantity and armour penalties before increasing your ammunition batch.
Weaver Gloves are Crafting equipment
The Murkwood Weaver in Murkwoods can drop Weaver Gloves. They go in the Crafting toolbelt’s Gloves slot, not the combat glove slot. Their demo bonuses are +3% Crafting XP and +3 percentage points of doubling chance for Leather Armour and Elk Leather Armour recipes.
A drop chance is a chance on each eligible reward roll. A long dry streak does not establish that the gloves require Ruby Bolts or a different combat style. Once they drop, equip them through the Crafting toolbelt before starting the relevant production batch.
Sources
- Demo item definitionsPublic Demo 0.11.4 data: Light bonuses, occupied slots, equipment levels, ammo types and Crafting toolbelt effects. Facts selected and explained independently.
- Demo combat areasMurkwoods has 36 Darkness and requires Copper Slayer Permit; Misty Thicket requires Woodcutting 35.
- Demo enemy definitionsWill O Wisp, Jack O Lantern and Murkwood Weaver drop records.
- Darkness gear: firsthand attempts and correctionsFXLL DXWN corrects Glowfin to +2 Light and reports using Maple Boomerangs; Akrimus names Sapphire and Topaz Bolts as alternatives to Ruby.
- November 17 launch changesEarly Access is forthcoming; additional content and launch patch notes may alter these demo choices.
