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**<fs 200%>Cerberus</fs>**

Cerberus is a level 318 hellhound boss that is located in her lair deep beneath the Taverley Dungeon in the cave entrance in the north-east part of the hellhound area which is found beyond the poisonous spiders. Cerberus requires a Slayer level of 91, along with a task of hellhounds or herself in order to be fought.

Cerberus drops three different crystals; the eternal, pegasian and primordial crystals which are used to upgrade infinity, ranger and dragon boots to the eternal, pegasian and primordial boots respectively, the best-in-slot boots for their respective combat styles. She can also drop the smouldering stone at a much better rate compared to her lesser brethren, along with the hellpuppy pet.

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**<fs large>Fight overview</fs>**

When approaching her, Cerberus will become aggressive. She may attack with magic, ranged and melee attacks, each with a max hit of 23. The magic attack appears as a grey ball, the ranged attack appears as a ball of spikes, and the melee attack is her biting. Interestingly, she may use the melee attack at range. 

Cerberus has three special attacks that she may use under certain circumstances:

  * She attacks in quick succession with magic followed by ranged and melee. She will do this at the start of every fight and approximately every 30 seconds afterwards.

  * She spits three balls of fire — indicated by her growling — on the ground, one at the player and two in random spots around the room. Standing on will deal 15 damage continuously, within one space will deal 10. She will do this at random when below 200 health.

  * She summons three souls — indicated by her howling — that come from the river behind her and attack the player with each combat style. They will be color coded (Blue = Mage, Red = Melee, Green = Range) to prevent them from damaging you time the prayer in order, west to east, with their styles. Each attack will drain 30 prayer (15 with spectral spirit shield equipped) if blocked or 30 hitpoints if not blocked. She may do this approximately every 30 seconds after she is below 400 health.


**<fs large>Fight Technique</fs>**

The main technique will be to pray mage for the entire fight. When you see the ghosts come in (signified by Cerb saying "arrrooo") you should switch to the pray for the first enemy. You should then switch when you see their attack animation start.

The second technique, for those with significantly more powerful gear, is to simply tank the hits and only pray mage.

**<fs large>Location</fs>**

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Cerberus is located in Taverly Dungeon. The entrance can be accessed by teleporting to Taverley in the City teleports and then running South. Climb down the ladder into the dungeon. Run North and jump accross the spikes to the West. Run North and enter the Cave entrance on the East wall. Run North and pull the winch to open the gate and enter Cerberus' Lair. 

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**<fs large>Drops</fs>**

Cerberus has several notable drops. The full Drop tables can be found on the official [[stats:drops|Wiki Drops Page]]. This page will automatically update if any changes are made.

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^ Item ^^ Notes ^
| {{items:icons:13231.png?nolink|Primordial Crystal}} | Primordial Crystal | Can be combined with Dragon Boots to create [[items:Cerberus_boots|Primordial Boots]]. |
| {{items:icons:13229.png?nolink|Pegasian Crystal}} | Pegasian Crystal | Can be combined with Ranger Boots to create [[items:Cerberus_boots|Pegasian Boots]]. |
| {{items:icons:13227.png?nolink|Eternal Crystal}} | Eternal Crystal | Can be combined with Infinity boots to create [[items:Cerberus_boots|Eternal Boots]]. |
| {{items:icons:13233.png?nolink|Smouldering Stone}} | Smouldering Stone | Can be combined with Dragon axe and Dragon pickaxe to create Infernal Axe and Infernal Pickaxe. |
| {{items:icons:13247.png?nolink|Hellpuppy}} | Hellpuppy | The [[guides:misc:pets|Pet]] variant of Cerberus. |
| {{items:icons:13249.png?nolink|Key master teleport}} | Key master teleport | Teleports you directly to Cerberus' Lair. |

**<fs large>Gear setups</fs>**

Substitute [[items:brawling_gloves|Brawling gloves (slayer)]] and a Slayer Helmet (i) if on a Cerberus or Hellhound Slayer task. Elite Void can also be used effectively here.

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