OSRS Ultimate Hueycoatl Boss Guide

Hueycoatl is the newest boss in Old School Runescape, introduced with the Varlamore: Rise of Darkness update. While its appearance and mechanics may seem intimidating at first, don't be discouraged. The Hueycoatl fight is actually designed for low to mid level players, so don't be fooled by its appearance! You can also kill this boss in groups or as a solo player.

This boss, which is hard to pronounce, is a dragon. She was a legend rumoured to be sleeping on top of piles of gold. She has been awakened now and is terrorising the dwarves of Cam Torum. Let's see how we can help the dwarves and defeat Hueycoatl for its treasures!

Location

Hueycoatl resides in a mountain called The Darkfrost. To access this location with ease you must complete either the quest "Twilight's Promise". This quest expands your Quetzal Transport System locations or The Heart of Darkness to acquire a pendant of ates.

1. The easiest way to reach this location is by getting a pendant of ates and charging it with frozen tears. These charges provide teleports to certain locations in Varlamore, but first you will need to head to that location and activate the Statue of Ates. If you have done all of these you can simply teleport to the Darkfrost using this pendant.
2. Second-easiest way to reach this place is by teleporting to Civtas illa Fortis and taking the Quetzal to Quetzacalli Gorge. Once there you can simply run north through the gate, to the base camp.
3. You can also take the Quetzal to Salvager Overlook, but you first need to build the transportation location here. This method is slower than travelling to Gorge.

Requirements

Hueycoatl is a mid level boss, meaning its requirements are easy to get. You only need to complete the quest Children of the Sun to access this boss fight. If you haven't done that quest already,you can check out our guide on it by clicking here!

Skill Requirements

The below are the minimum and recommended skill levels to start farming this boss. Obviously like with any PVM activity, the higher the stats, the faster the kills.

Item Requirements

The most effective way to kill this boss is by using melee with crush weapons. Here are the best in slot gear pieces, if you don't have access to these items use the best equipment you have which provide strength bonus.

From most to least effective.

• Helmet: Inquisitor's great helm/Torva Full helm/Neitzinot faceguard
• Neck:Amulet of rancour/Amulet of torture
• Ammo: Ghommal's lucky penny/Rada's blessing 4/Any holy blessing
• Cape: Infernal/Fire Cape/mythical cape
• Body: Inquisitor's hauberk/Torva platebody/Bandos chestplate
• Legs: Inquisitor's plateskirt /Torva platelegs/Bandos tassets
• Weapon: Scythe of vitur (on crush)/Dragon hunter lance/ Inquisitor's mace
• Shield: Avernic/Dragon defender (If using one handed weapon)
• Boots: Primordial boots/Dragon boots
• Gloves: Ferocious Gloves/Barrows gloves
• Ring: Ultor ring/Berserker ring(i)
• Special attack: Dragon claws/Burning claws

If you can't afford any of these items you can use items such as: blood moon set, obsidian set, mixed hide set or you can easily and safely buy osrs gold from our website to be as efficient as possible!

Inventory

Here is an inventory setup that will make your kills more effective:

You don't need to worry about supplies as much since there is a bank at the base camp, which allows you to resupply after each kill.

• 1 Divine super combat potion
• 1 Prayer regeneration potion (optional)
• 2-3 Prayer potions
• Blood moon armour switch. It is advised to have a fast weapon that hits multiple times for the tails. Bringing along a full set of blood moon armour makes killing the tails more efficient due to the set effect.
• Food such as sharks and karambwans. You can use karambwans to combo heal if you ever find yourself in a sticky situation.
• Book of dead and thrall runes to summon thralls.
• In rune pouch: Blood, fire, cosmic and death runes.
• Soul runes are for using death charge to restore your special attack.

Hueycoatl Strategies and Mechanics

Hueycoatl has pretty straightforward and easy mechanics.

Runic Symbols

During the fight, Hueycoatl will occasionally spawn blue symbols on the ground. After a few seconds these symbols deal damage to whoever is standing on them and disappear. To avoid this simply walk to a tile which does not have a symbol.

Rain Fire

This is Hueycoatl's primary attack. Every once in a while you will notice a projectile falling onto your character. There are 3 different projectiles that can spawn and hit your character. Depending on the color of the projectile, change your protection prayers to avoid taking any damage from this attack.

• If a red projectile spawns, use protect from melee.
• If a green projectile spawns, use protect from ranged.
• If a blue projectile spawns, use protect from magic.

Shockwave

Once you bring the boss's main body down to 50% health, it will begin performing a shockwave attack with its tail. Initially, these shockwaves occur each time the tail changes position, but even after you destroy the tails, the shockwave attacks will continue.

You can do the tile skip method to dodge this attack, but this requires perfect timing. To simplify it, you can run diagonally at the shockwave, and depending on your luck you will dodge the attack completely. If you want to do it 100% of the time here is how:

If you are killing the western tail and the eastern one spawns, immediately click this tile shown below and when the tail emerges from the cave click on it to dodge the shockwave.

If you are killing the eastern tail, and it retracts to spawn from the west, click the highlighted tiles in order, as shown below:

If you are at the last phase and a shockwave appears click one of the tiles shown below. Click the eastern tile if the shockwave is coming from the east and the western tile if the shockwave is coming from the west.

It takes some time to get used to using these highlighted tiles. So experiment with the timings and with practice you will be able to achieve perfection and never take damage from this attack ever again.

Pillars

This mechanic is designed specifically for groups with at least three players. When you engage the final boss, the seer will begin chanting. There are three pillars, each representing a different attack style. These pillars charge based on the protection prayers used by the players. If all three pillars are fully charged, the entire team receives a 30% damage buff. So if you are in a team of 6 people, 2 players should keep praying range, another 2 magic and the last 2 melee. This will quickly charge up the pillar! After it is charged up, every player should still continue praying in a balanced manner to keep the pillars up and running.

If you are doing a solo kill this mechanic is impossible to do, so you should focus on switching prayers to dodge Hueycoatls rain attacks instead.

An Example Hueycoatl Kill

First Phase

Once you start the climb switch to your dual hitting weapons if you have them, and start hitting the tails. You must clear all 4 caves before you are able to move up the mountain. During this time, spawn your thrall and keep a look-out for any runic or rain attacks to dodge them accordingly.

Second Phase

After clearing up the way, you can start attacking the main body. This part is pretty straight forward. Use your best damage dealing crush weapon and keep hitting the boss until it reaches 50% health. During this time you will continue to dodge its runic and rain attack. If you have a team of 3 or more, use protection prayers in a balanced manner to charge up the pillars for that extra damage boost.

Third Phase

This phase is the tail phase. In this phase you should avoid falling below 40 health to avoid any unintended death. You will notice that there are two cave openings to the east and the west side of the boss arena. After Hueycoatl reaches 50% health he will cast a barrier around its main body and its tail will pop out from these caves. As the tail pops out, it will send a shockwave across the entire area. Either tank this hit or do a tile skip to completely dodge it. After that, equip your dual hitting weapon and start killing the tails. After around 20 seconds the tail will switch locations and with each location change there will be another shockwave attack. Continue hitting the tails until they are dead to move on to the final phase.

Fourth Phase

This is the final and the hardest phase. In this phase Hueycoatl will use every attack it has and in faster intervals. You should stay on your toes and be ready to dodge the attacks as they come your way. The shockwaves will continue to spawn from each of the caves, around every 15 seconds. Keep dodging, praying and hitting until the boss is dead and don't forget to use your death charge before it dies to restore your special attack!

The most important part of this boss battle is to not panic. Hueycoatl has pretty slow and repetitive attacks so even if you take damage just relax and focus on the next attack!

If you are struggling to kill this boss, you might want to check out this video:

Rewards

Congratulations! Let's dive into why farming this boss is a great idea. Not only does it offer three unique rewards with relatively high drop rates compared to other bosses, but it also provides valuable regular loot. These uniques will always have a stable price due to their usefulness. Plus, for all the fashionscape enthusiasts, there's a chance to snag an exclusive pet drop!

Here is the entire drop table for this boss:

Unique

Weapons and Armour

Magic Runes

Other

Tertiary

Thanks for reading this guide, hope it helped you master this boss and make bank! If you are looking for any other boss guide, you can check out our blog page by clicking here!