Hydra

This article is about the familiar. For other uses, see Hydra (disambiguation).

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Hydra
Release		15 January 2008 (Update)
Summoning level		80
Duration (mins)		49
Points cost		90
Familiar size		Unknown edit
Race		Fish/Reptile
Abilities		Fighter
Special moves		Regrowth
Combat level		94
Examine		A very split personality.
Combat stats
Life points		Max hit
9000		1036
Attack	Defence	Ranged	Magic
72	64	72	72
Immune to poison		Yes
Attack style		Ranged, melee
Infobox • Talk page

Hydras are level 94 combat Summoning familiars which have two heads. Hydras can be used for Ranged training, as their skill focus is Ranged. These familiars are also helpful during Farming, as they have the ability to instantly regrow trees from tree stumps using their special move, Regrowth.

Hydras attack with both Ranged and melee, depending on how far away the enemy is. The melee attack involves biting at the enemy with a snap of the head while the Ranged attack looks like a red dart.

Hydra pouch

Hydra pouch

	Shards	Cost/XP	Charm	Tertiary
	128 ( 3,200)	62.4 coins		Water orb
	Create XP	Use XP	Low alch	Hi alch	GE price
	140.8	1.6	1,449	2,174	2,391 (info)
	GE Database	Cost to make	Bogrog shard return		Shard return level
	Look up price	8,790	90 (2,250)		84
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	Examine text
	I can summon a hydra familiar with this.

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Hydra pouch is made by using a Summoning pouch on a Summoning obelisk with 128 spirit shards, a Green charm and a water orb in the inventory, and 80 Summoning. Making the pouch earns 140.8 experience points. Using the pouch to summon a Hydra gains 1.6 experience points, and costs 90 Summoning points.

Regrowth scroll

A player activates the scroll.

Regrowth scroll

	Create XP	Use XP	Special move points
	1.6	1.6	6
	Low Alch	High Alch	GE Price
	144	217	175 (info)
	GE Database	Bogrog shard return	Shard return level
	Look up price	7 (175)	84
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	Examine text
	A scroll for a hydra familiar.

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Regrowth scroll enables the use of the Regrowth special move for a Hydra. Using the Hydra pouch on a Summoning obelisk creates 10 scrolls.

Regrowth

Regrowth is a special move for Hydras. When used on a farming tree stump, it automatically regrows the associated tree without delay. Note that it can only be used on trees grown using the Farming skill. Regrowth is very useful when cutting Magic or Yew trees that a player has farmed, due to their significant respawn times.

Regrowth does not work on the Elder tree farming patch in Prifddinas, nor the Bloodwood tree patch in the Player-owned farm.

Dialogue

This article on a Summoning familiar has an associated dialogue page. Click here for a transcript of possible conversations with this familiar.

Trivia

• Hydra is based on the Lernaean Hydra, a serpent in Greek mythology that had nine heads. When one head was lopped off, two would grow in its place. The Greek hero Heracles (also known as Hercules), had to kill the Hydra as part of his Twelve Labours; he succeeded by cutting off its heads and quickly cauterizing the necks with a torch. The last head was invincible, so he finished it off by burying it under a boulder.
• Using a regrowth scroll to regrow a tree is required to complete the elite task in Falador "I've Changed My Mind!"

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