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| Cerberus | ||||
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| 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 |
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| Slayer level | 91 | |||
| Slayer XP | ??? | |||
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 Combat stats |
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| 220 | 220 | 100 | 220 | 220 |
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| +0 | +50 | +0 | +50 | +50 |
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| +50 | +100 | +25 | +100 | +100 |
| Other bonuses | Immunities | |||
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| +0 | +0 | +50 | Immune | Immune |
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Cerberus
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.
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.
Inventory setup
Gear 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 |
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| Clue scroll | ||
| Elite clue scroll | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Hard clue scroll | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Unique drops | ||
| Primordial Crystal | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Pegasian Crystal | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Eternal Crystal | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Smoldering Stone | 1 | Very rare |
| Hellpuppy | 1 | Ultra rare |
| Key master teleport | 3 | Rare |
| Other drops | ||
| Ashes | 1 | Always |
| Adamantite bar | 50 | Rare |
| Blood rune | 500 | Rare |
| Cannonball | 30 | Common |
| Cannonball | 100 | Common |
| Cannonball | 200 | Common |
| Chaos rune | 500 | Rare |
| Coal | 100 | Rare |
| Coal | 150 | Rare |
| Coal | 300 | Very rare |
| Coins | 500,000 | Uncommon |
| Coins | 2,000,000 | Rare |
| Coins | 5,000,000 | Rare |
| Coins | 10,000,000 | Very rare |
| Coins | 50,000,000 | Ultra rare |
| Death rune | 500 | Rare |
| Dragon bones | 60 | Rare |
| Dragon bones | 100 | Rare |
| Dragon bones | 150 | Very rare |
| Dwarf weed | 60 | Rare |
| Lava battlestaff | 1 | Rare |
| Loop half of key | 1 | Very rare |
| Prayer potion(4) | 1 | Uncommon |
| Pure essence | 500 | Uncommon |
| Pure essence | 2,500 | Rare |
| Pure essence | 5,000 | Rare |
| Pure essence | 10,000 | Very rare |
| Runite bar | 50 | Rare |
| Runite bolts (unf) | 100 | Rare |
| Runite bolts (unf) | 300 | Very rare |
| Runite ore | 20 | Ultra rare |
| Runite ore | 200 | Ultra rare |
| Soul rune | 500 | Rare |
| Super prayer(4) | 1 | Rare |
| Super restore(4) | 1 | Common |
| Super restore(4) | 20 | Uncommon |
| Super restore(4) | 50 | Ultra rare |
| Tooth half of key | 1 | Very rare |
| Torstol | 50 | Very rare |
| Uncut diamond | 1 | Rare |
| Uncut dragonstone | 1 | Very rare |
| Uncut dragonstone | 5 | Ultra rare |
| Uncut onyx | 1 | Ultra rare |
A video guide can be found here.