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Killing the Alchemical Hydra

Combat High Members Ironman-friendly

527KGP/hr
30MCapital to start (~1 hour of inputs)
18/hrActions per hour (assumed)

Lure the Hydra onto the correct chemical vents through its four phases in the Karuulm Slayer Dungeon. Brimstone keys, the jar and the pet are excluded. Only on task. Untradeable uniques are excluded from the estimate.

Requirements

  • Skills: 95 Slayer, 85 Ranged, 70 Defence, 70 Prayer, 85 Hitpoints
  • Items: Boots of stone
  • Other: Must be on a hydra Slayer task
  • Note: Ranged with a dragon crossbow or better; boots of stone (or brimstone boots) are required on the dungeon floor.

How to do it

Method rates and requirements here are independently authored. For the step-by-step guide, see the OSRS Wiki page (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

The math (per hour)

ItemQty/hrUnitTotal1h volume
Hydra bones187,302+131,4366,511
limit 7,500/4h
Hydra's claw0.01841,682,993+750,2944
limit 15/4h
Hydra leather0.0358,688,794+304,97732
limit 15/4h
Hydra tail0.03584,331+2,96011
limit 15/4h
Coins540,0001+540,000—
Prayer potion(4)99,840−88,56065,863
limit 2,000/4h
Ranging potion(4)1.82,023−3,64121,787
limit 2,000/4h
Ruby dragon bolts (e)2702,899−782,730109,116
limit 11,000/4h
Diamond dragon bolts (e)1082,875−310,50039,690
limit 11,000/4h
Shark18941−16,938104,531
limit 10,000/4h
Revenue1,729,667
Costs−1,202,369
Profit / hour527K

Sell prices are after 2% GE tax (capped at 5M, items under 50 gp exempt). Inputs use the instant-buy price, outputs the instant-sell price — the conservative assumption. Buy-limit cap: none.

Prices updated 1 min ago. Figures are estimates: buy at instant-buy price, sell at instant-sell price after 2% GE tax.

Something wrong?

Rates, requirements or items off? Email us and we'll fix the data. Current figure: 18 actions/hr.