Hi and welcome to my in depth guide to kill Alchemical Hydra.
In this written guide I will go over the basics of how I do my Hydra kills, please not that this is a guide that works best for my personal preferences and that it is not THE best guide out there.
SETTING UP FOR HYDRA
1. Inventory
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- Ranging potions to speed up your kills
- Antidote++ for if you misstep you can mitigate the damage of the poison (regular antipoison should work)
- Prayer potions (about 2-3 doses per kill)
- Some food, Monks or better
2. Gear
Spoiler
not recommended welfare gear with high range attack bonus but slower
- Slayer helmet i (hydra is always a slayer task)
- Amulet of fury
- Black D'hide set
- Snakeskin boots
- Ava's accumulator or better
- Rune crossbow
- Barrows gloves
- Diamond bolts (e)
- Crystal shield
- Archers ring i or ring of wealth
- Slayer helmet i (hydra is always a slayer task)
- Amulet of Anguish of Amulet of fury
- Karils top/skirt or Black d'hide chest and chaps
- Pegasion boots or ranger boots
- Max Range Cape of Ava's Assembler
- Toxic blowpipe + Addy or better darts
- Barrows gloves
- Rada's blessing 4 (Mount karuulm teleport)
- Archers ring i or Brimstone ring i
3. How to get to Alchemical Hydra
Fairy rings code CIR:
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This brings you to this spot right infront of the Mountain.
Run North east until you come to the agility shortcut.
Climb up the rocks untill you get to the top (2 shortcuts).
Once upstairs you can already click the Elevator to go down the dungeon.
These are the two routes you can take to get to the elevator. It is highly recommended to have the agility shortcut to save time.
Rada's Blessing 4:
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The Rada's blessing 4 is obtained through the elite kebos diaries and is highly recommended for Hydra
Rada's blessing 4 brings you right in front of the elevator.
Inside of the dungeon:
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Activate the elevator to get to the dungeon
Walk North until you come to the Mysterious pipe shortcut.
The pipe entrance brings you slightly south of the Hydra encounter entrance
There are 2 recommended routes to get to the Alchemical hydra if you take the long route make sure to pray range on the way
Killing Alchemical Hydra
The Inside route
Spoiler
I know it looks a bit like a mess bit this is the route I take in the next section I go in depth on when I move from tile to tile
Before entering the room you want to have following things done:
Spoiler
Take a sip or ranging potion
Take a sip of Antidote++
Preactivate your protect from Range and Eagle eye or Rigour (depending on what you have unlocked)
Spoiler
Hydra has 2 main attack styles wich are range and mage you want to swap protection overheads after every 3 attacks
3 Range
3 Mage
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Hydra has 4 phases and therefor 4 forms with each their own special attack wich activates after every first 3 attacks and reoccur after every 3rd time it switches back to its first attack style
Regular acidic form - Acid attack
Electric form - Electric attack
Fire form - Fire attack
Jad phase:
Spoiler
In the Jad phase hydra will switch attack styles every other hit, the initial hit will be the opposite of the last attack it has fired
WARNING: If he switches forms after a 3rd of either range or mage attack he does his first attack in the same attack style so keep counting the attacks
Upon entering the Room run East to the red chemical jar on the first tile.
Regular acidic form:
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TILE 1
You stand on this tile because this tile guarantees he will stand ontop of the red roster below him wich lowest his defence, this goes for all forms moving towards next roster
Hydra will do his first 3 attacks in the Range style so Protect from missiles, after 3 basic attacks he does his acid attack and you run to the next time
TILE 2
I stand on this tile because when he switches forms it gives me enough time to move to the next tile without getting hit and set up for the next form
TILE 3
You walk to this tile to make sure hydra does stand on top of the green roster underneath him.
Regular Electric form:
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TILE 4
You stand on this tile to make sure when he is on the roster you won't take multiple hits from his electric attack once he does so. you can also run up the room in order to not get hit but this prevents you from doing dps.
TILE 5
Once you're hit following message will appear in your chatbox
Wait until all the electricity is gone to move to the next tile
Again I stand on this tile to make sure I have enough time to move to the next tile without getting hit by the next form. Once he transforms move to the next marked tile.
Regular Fire form:
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TILE 6
This tile provides a slight movement switch from hydra so you can set him up onto the blue roster.
TILE 7
TILE 8
This tile gives you some time to dps him while he does his 3 attacks before he does his final special attack
Hydra will move to the middle of the room and stun you temporarily at this point you want to have switched your run energy off and click the next tile to walk to it.
You need to walk 14 tiles wich is equal to 3 attacks for the fire to stop following you.
TILE 9
Make sure to click the next tile 2 tiles before you hit this tile or you will get hit by the fire and moved slightly.
TILE 10
Same for this tile click 2 tiles prior to hit this one to move to the next so you won't get hit
TILE 11
This is the last tile you will stand on and you will remain here untill he does his first special attack on the Jad phase.
Jad form:
Spoiler
Jad will switch attacks each attack and do a special attack after the first 3 he does, after this special you should be able to kill hydra shortly after
When he does his special attack you move to the final tile wich is the 3x3 square marked on the map I drew.
TILE 12
After this attack you should be easily able to kill the Alchemical Hydra.
Dieing at Hydra
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If for some reason you die at hydra you can go back to the pipe exit and talk to the npc, right click to collect your items
Chukwuemeka's kill to the Alchemical Hydra
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Hi and welcome to my in depth guide to kill Alchemical Hydra.
In this written guide I will go over the basics of how I do my Hydra kills, please not that this is a guide that works best for my personal preferences and that it is not THE best guide out there.
SETTING UP FOR HYDRA
1. Inventory
- Ranging potions to speed up your kills
- Antidote++ for if you misstep you can mitigate the damage of the poison (regular antipoison should work)
- Prayer potions (about 2-3 doses per kill)
- Some food, Monks or better
2. Gear
not recommended welfare gear with high range attack bonus but slower
- Slayer helmet i (hydra is always a slayer task)
- Amulet of fury
- Black D'hide set
- Snakeskin boots
- Ava's accumulator or better
- Rune crossbow
- Barrows gloves
- Diamond bolts (e)
- Crystal shield
- Archers ring i or ring of wealth
- Slayer helmet i (hydra is always a slayer task)
- Amulet of Anguish of Amulet of fury
- Karils top/skirt or Black d'hide chest and chaps
- Pegasion boots or ranger boots
- Max Range Cape of Ava's Assembler
- Toxic blowpipe + Addy or better darts
- Barrows gloves
- Rada's blessing 4 (Mount karuulm teleport)
- Archers ring i or Brimstone ring i
3. How to get to Alchemical Hydra
Fairy rings code CIR:
This brings you to this spot right infront of the Mountain.
Run North east until you come to the agility shortcut.
Climb up the rocks untill you get to the top (2 shortcuts).
Once upstairs you can already click the Elevator to go down the dungeon.
These are the two routes you can take to get to the elevator. It is highly recommended to have the agility shortcut to save time.
Rada's Blessing 4:
The Rada's blessing 4 is obtained through the elite kebos diaries and is highly recommended for Hydra
Rada's blessing 4 brings you right in front of the elevator.
Inside of the dungeon:
Activate the elevator to get to the dungeon
Walk North until you come to the Mysterious pipe shortcut.
The pipe entrance brings you slightly south of the Hydra encounter entrance
There are 2 recommended routes to get to the Alchemical hydra if you take the long route make sure to pray range on the way
Killing Alchemical Hydra
The Inside route
I know it looks a bit like a mess bit this is the route I take in the next section I go in depth on when I move from tile to tile
Before entering the room you want to have following things done:
Take a sip or ranging potion
Take a sip of Antidote++
Preactivate your protect from Range and Eagle eye or Rigour (depending on what you have unlocked)
Hydra has 2 main attack styles wich are range and mage you want to swap protection overheads after every 3 attacks
3 Range
3 Mage
Hydra has 4 phases and therefor 4 forms with each their own special attack wich activates after every first 3 attacks and reoccur after every 3rd time it switches back to its first attack style
Regular acidic form - Acid attack
Electric form - Electric attack
Fire form - Fire attack
Jad phase:
In the Jad phase hydra will switch attack styles every other hit, the initial hit will be the opposite of the last attack it has fired
WARNING: If he switches forms after a 3rd of either range or mage attack he does his first attack in the same attack style so keep counting the attacks
Upon entering the Room run East to the red chemical jar on the first tile.
Regular acidic form:
TILE 1
You stand on this tile because this tile guarantees he will stand ontop of the red roster below him wich lowest his defence, this goes for all forms moving towards next roster
Hydra will do his first 3 attacks in the Range style so Protect from missiles, after 3 basic attacks he does his acid attack and you run to the next time
TILE 2
I stand on this tile because when he switches forms it gives me enough time to move to the next tile without getting hit and set up for the next form
TILE 3
You walk to this tile to make sure hydra does stand on top of the green roster underneath him.
Regular Electric form:
TILE 4
You stand on this tile to make sure when he is on the roster you won't take multiple hits from his electric attack once he does so. you can also run up the room in order to not get hit but this prevents you from doing dps.
TILE 5
Once you're hit following message will appear in your chatbox
Wait until all the electricity is gone to move to the next tile
Again I stand on this tile to make sure I have enough time to move to the next tile without getting hit by the next form. Once he transforms move to the next marked tile.
Regular Fire form:
TILE 6
This tile provides a slight movement switch from hydra so you can set him up onto the blue roster.
TILE 7
TILE 8
This tile gives you some time to dps him while he does his 3 attacks before he does his final special attack
Hydra will move to the middle of the room and stun you temporarily at this point you want to have switched your run energy off and click the next tile to walk to it.
You need to walk 14 tiles wich is equal to 3 attacks for the fire to stop following you.
TILE 9
Make sure to click the next tile 2 tiles before you hit this tile or you will get hit by the fire and moved slightly.
TILE 10
Same for this tile click 2 tiles prior to hit this one to move to the next so you won't get hit
TILE 11
This is the last tile you will stand on and you will remain here untill he does his first special attack on the Jad phase.
Jad form:
Jad will switch attacks each attack and do a special attack after the first 3 he does, after this special you should be able to kill hydra shortly after
When he does his special attack you move to the final tile wich is the 3x3 square marked on the map I drew.
TILE 12
After this attack you should be easily able to kill the Alchemical Hydra.
Dieing at Hydra
If for some reason you die at hydra you can go back to the pipe exit and talk to the npc, right click to collect your items
the talk option gives following message.
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