Legio Quintus

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Legio Quintus



Release				4 June 2013 (Update)
Members				Yes
Options				Attack, Examine
Race				Ascension members
Examine				A powerful Order of Ascension unit.

Combat info

Combat level				304
Life points				30,000
Aggressive
Poisonous

Combat experience

XP				1,500
XP				1,829.2
XP				495
XP				135 (two-handed) 67 (one-handed and armour)

Slayer info

Level				95
Assignment				Ascension members
Master				Duradel: 100–125 Kuradal: 100–125 Morvran: 120–150 Laniakea: 120–150

Offensive
Max hit

0		0			1,102			0		? (edit)
Style						Rate
						10 ticks (6.0s)
Combat levels

1			1			90			1
Accuracy

0			0			2,458			0
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
2,178	85
Base hit chance

70			7			70			15
Immunities

Immune			Immune			Immune			? (edit)
Advanced data

NPC ID			17153
Links			bestiary • MRND

Legio Quintus is the fifth of the bosses in the Monastery of Ascension. Accessing him requires an Ascension Keystone and level 95 Slayer.

As with all the bosses in the Monastery of Ascension, Legio Quintus attacks primarily with a combination of a basic magic attack and a lightning attack - the latter of which is focused in a 2x2 square (expanding to a 3x3 square and then to a 4x4 square over two game ticks) which deals high, magic-style damage to the player if they stand where the lightning falls. (The lightning attack is always affixed to the player's location, and thus continuously moving throughout the fight is imperative.)

Like all of the Legiones within the Monastery of Ascension, Legio Quintus has a special ability which activates as his life points are gradually depleted in 25% intervals (every 7,500 life points drained) until death - occurring a total of three times throughout the fight. His special ability is creating "Lines of Ascension". The first line travels east to west, bisecting the room through the tiles which the player was standing on (at 75% health remaining), followed by a line from north to south spawned in the same manner (at 50% health remaining), and a third line, heading from east to west in the same manner as the first (at 25% health remaining). Standing on the Lines of Ascension deals magic damage even heavier than his lightning attack, although with proper timing it is possible to run across a line without taking any damage. As with all other Legiones, his special ability's activation is signalled by an overhead chat message.

Location

Drops

The average Legio Quintus kill is worth 87,929 coins.

100%

Weapons

Seeds

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Avantoe seed	2	900/11,041	1,234	76
Snapdragon seed	2	900/11,041	2,942	76
Lantadyme seed	1–2	800/11,041	913–1,826	38–76
Dwarf weed seed	1–2	800/11,041	2,697–5,394	38–76
Torstol seed	1	200/11,041	4,055	38

Materials

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Magic shieldbow (unstrung)	45–55 (noted)	800/11,041	32,715–39,985	34,560–42,240
Rune arrowheads	90–110	800/11,041	11,160–13,640	540–660
Dragon arrowheads	45–55	400/11,041	11,025–13,475	13,500–16,500
Onyx bolt tips	9–11	400/11,041	68,841–84,139	48,600–59,400

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Coins	38,000–40,000	1,200/11,041	38,000–40,000	38,000–40,000
Coins	57,000–60,000	800/11,041	57,000–60,000	57,000–60,000
Huge plated rune salvage	2 (noted)	800/11,041	76,148	80,000
Sirenic scale	1	441/11,041	44,489	6,000
Banite stone spirit	5	800/11,041	1,940	N/A
Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	200/11,041	1,868	2,400
Crystal triskelion fragment 1 _(m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Crystal triskelion fragment 2 _(m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
Crystal triskelion fragment 3 _(m)	1	1/2,000; 1/1,940^{[d 3]}	Not sold	N/A

^ 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.
^ 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.
^ 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.

Tertiary

Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Order journal page	1	1/19^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
Ascension signet V	1	1/50; 1/49^{[d 2]}^[1]	Not sold	N/A
Ascension Keystone	1	1/64^[1]	118,929	N/A
Ascension grips	1	1/2,056^{[d 3]}^[1]	3,003,197	30,000
Corrupted Ascension signet V	1	1/1,000–10/1,000^{[d 4]}	Not sold	N/A
Starved ancient effigy	1	1/1,947–1/9,738^{[d 5]}	Not sold	N/A
Mimic kill token	1	1/9,696	115,451	N/A

^ Only dropped until all journal pages are found. Does not drop in Rush of Blood.
^ Increased to 1/49 with tier 4 luck.
^ Dropped only while on a Slayer assignment.
^ Has a base drop rate of 1/1,000, with a threshold of 1,200.
^ Only dropped if fewer than five ancient effigies are owned. The drop rate is decreased for every effigy owned, up to four effigies.

Charms

The quantity of charms dropped can be affected by a number of boosts including Familiarisation triple charm drops, Fang of Mohegan, and seasonal events such as Winter Weekends.

Achievements

Legiones achievements

Legiones ( 0) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/1)
Descension:
- Descension I ( 5) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/5)
- Descension II ( 10, 2) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/10)
- Descension III ( 5) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/25)
- Descension IV ( 5) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/50)
- Descension V ( 5) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/75)
- Descension VI ( 5) – Defeat any of the Ascension Legiones. (X/100)
Legiones Speed Killer:
- Legiones Beginner Speed Killer ( 10, 2) – Defeat any of the six Ascension Legiones solo in less than 00:30.
- Legiones Competent Speed Killer ( 15, 3) – Defeat any of the six Ascension Legiones solo in less than 00:18.
I Got This ( 15, 3) – Defeat each of the six Legiones consecutively without leaving the Ascension dungeon.
Stand Your Ground ( 15, 3) – Defeat each of the six Legiones without moving.
Lightning Doesn't Strike Once ( 15, 3) – Defeat any of the six Legiones solo without being hit by their 'Lightning' attack.

Boss Pet

Legio Quintulus ( 0) – Unlock the Legio Quintulus pet from Legio Quintus in the Ascension Dungeon.

Boss Log

We Are Legion ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Legiones.
- Ascension signet V
- Legio Quintulus

Dialogue

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Gallery

Legio Quintus wearing a Santa hat during Christmas.
Legio Quintus spawns a Line of Ascension

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

patch 30 June 2025 (Update):
- Made a change to unify the six Ascension keystones into one keystone.

hidden 11 September 2023 (Update):
- The 50% combat experience reduction on bosses has been removed. Bosses now give 50 combat experience per 1,000 life points, like most other monsters in the game.

update 7 November 2022 (Update):
- Herb drops replaced with their seeds instead.

patch 11 January 2021 (Update):
- Various bosses around RuneScape have taken their Santa Hats off for another year.

patch 4 May 2020 (Update):
- Runite stone spirits have been replaced by banite stone spirits.

ninja 17 February 2014 (Update):
- The beams will now disappear immediately in the Ascension Dungeon room after Quintus has been killed.

update 4 June 2013 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia

Legio Quintus is roughly Latin for "Fifth Legion". However Legio is a feminine noun, while Quintus is a masculine adjective; the correct form would be Legio Quinta. Legions were the largest units of the Roman army and there were 6 in a whole army, hence there are six legiones in the Monastery.
Some time after the release the drop rate of the signet was increased from 1/64 to 1/50.
Damaging the Legio requires level 81 Slayer, which is the entry requirement of the Monastery of Ascension.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mod Timbo. Revealing Drop Rates. Existing Game Content Forums. 13 October 2017. (Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.)

[1] 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.

[2] 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.

[3] 1/1,940 with tier 3 luck or higher.

[4] Only dropped until all journal pages are found. Does not drop in Rush of Blood.

[6] Increased to 1/49 with tier 4 luck.

[7] Dropped only while on a Slayer assignment.

[8] Has a base drop rate of 1/1,000, with a threshold of 1,200.

[DLEffigy-9] Only dropped if fewer than five ancient effigies are owned. The drop rate is decreased for every effigy owned, up to four effigies.

[drop_rates-5] Mod Timbo. Revealing Drop Rates. Existing Game Content Forums. 13 October 2017. (Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.)

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Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
Gold charm	6	190/1,000	6	6
Green charm	6	190/1,000	6	6
Crimson charm	6	344/1,000	6	6
Blue charm	6	241/1,000	12	12