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Cerberus
Examine
A three-headed gigantic hound. Guardian of the River of Souls.
Combat level 318
Hitpoints 600
Aggressive Yes
Poisonous No
Max hit 23 (All styles)
Weakness Crush
Attack styles
Melee (stab), Ranged, Magic
Slayer info
Slayer level 91
Slayer XP ???
Assigned by
Chaeldar Duradel
Combat stats
Attack Strength Defence Magic Ranged|
220 220 100 220 220
Aggressive stats
Stab Slash Crush Magic Ranged
+0 +50 +0 +50 +50
Defensive stats
Stab Slash Crush Magic Ranged
+50 +100 +25 +100 +100
Other bonuses Immunities
Monster's strength bonus Monster's ranged strength bonus Monster's attack bonus Poison Venom
+0 +0 +50 Immune Immune
Attack speed

Cerberus (Under construction)

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.

Fight overview

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.

If a player has recently fought the boss, a line of fire will spawn between the entrance and the boss; stepping over this will deal 5 damage each way. The line of fire may be bugged, as it will not despawn unless the challenger dies to Cerberus or goes back through the line of fire after it respawns. Cerberus will restore all of its health if there are no players in its lair (it only has an examine option when this happens).

Once defeated, Cerberus will respawn in five seconds.

Fight Technique

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.

Gear Setup

Inventory setup

Max Gear

Minimum Recommended Gear

  • Custom Whip > Zamorak Hasta > Abyssal Whip
  • Spectral Spirit Shield (for flick) > Divine Spirit Shield (for tank)
  • Slayer Helm Only
  • Torva Platebody > Bandos Chestplate > Fighter's Torso > Barrows Armour
  • Torva Platelegs > Bandos Tassets > Barrows Armour
  • Steadfast Boots > Dragon Boots > CLimbing Boots
  • Brawling Gloves (Slayer) > Barrows gloves
  • Amulet of Torture > Amulet of Fury > Amulet of Strength
  • 'Perfect Ring' > Berserker Ring (i) > Berserker Ring > Ring of Recoil

Note: You can kill Cerb with far weaker equipment, as many did during the release event, but this is the recommendation.

Location

Cerberus is located in Taverly Dungeon. The entrance can be accessed by teleporting to Falador or the Taverly Tree patch with the Magic Secateurs.

Once you have entered the dungeon, use the agility shortcut to the north (Level 80 required) and follow the path north to the entrance.

Drop table

Item Amount Rarity
Clue scroll
Elite clue scroll 1 Ultra rare
Hard clue scroll 1 Ultra rare
Ultra rare drops
Primordial Crystal 1 Ultra rare
Pegasian Crystal 1 Ultra rare
Eternal Crystal 1 Ultra rare
Smoldering Stone 1 Ultra rare
Hellpuppy 1 Ultra rare
Other drops
Ashes 1 Always
Ashes 1 Always
Ashes 1 Always
Ashes 1 Always
Ashes 1 Always
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