Seiryu the Azure Serpent

For the achievement, see Seiryu the Azure Serpent (achievement).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on the subpage.

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Seiryu the Azure Serpent
Release																				25 June 2018 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Options																				? (edit)
Race																				? (edit)
Examine																				• During fight: The great spirit of water, chained and tortured for centuries. • After fight: The great spirit of water. The large shackles won't last long once Seiryu has recovered fully. • Shadow Reef: The great spirit of water, after having been rescued from a large manacle inside the Temple of Aminishi.
Combat info
Combat level																				10,000
Life points																				7,500,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				10,000
XP																				3,300
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				900 / 450 / 450
Offensive
Max hit
0												0												2,500												? (edit)												8,000
Style																														Rate
																														6 ticks (3.6s)
Combat levels
95															95															95															? (edit)
Accuracy
2,765															2,765															2,765															? (edit)
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,924										80
Base hit chance
-															55															55															55
Immunities
Immune															Not immune															Immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															25593
Links															bestiary • MRND

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• After fight: The great spirit of water. The large shackles won't last long once Seiryu has recovered fully.

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• After fight: The great spirit of water. The large shackles won't last long once Seiryu has recovered fully.

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Seiryu (pronounced Sayr-you) also referred to as the Azure Serpent, Guardian Beast of the Eastern Lands, Anima Guardian and the Spirit of Purest Water is a legendary serpent colossus worshipped by the Acolytes of Seiryu in the Wushanko Isles. It is one of the four Wushanko Guardians, and is considered the purest one by the monks, being a spirit of water. Seiryu is often referred to as a "dragon", but he does not actually belong to the dragon species; it is just a label.

Hundreds of years ago, Seiryu was chained and slowly corrupted by black crystals infused with the power of Xau-Tak. Seiryu would later be freed by several adventurers exploring the temple. It telepathically communicated with them and expressed its gratitude for being freed from the crystals, stating that it sensed another being in the same torment that it had suffered underneath Forinthry, which is now known today as the Wilderness.

Seiryu is featured in the Temple of Aminishi elite dungeon as the final encounter. In Story mode, its health is reduced by 50%, the threshold for knocking Seiryu down is reduced by 50%, and its damage output is reduced by 90%.

Seiryu makes an appearance in The Shadow Reef elite dungeon during the final encounter with The Ambassador, where it aids the adventurers by replenishing their life points and killing all the Crassian ritual keepers before being subdued by a powerful attack from Kranon. Once Kranon is defeated, Seiryu will reawaken and can be spoken to for additional dialogue. If you speak to Seiryu here with the Inert black stone crystal in your inventory, it will convert the item into a Humming black stone crystal, which can be inspected to unlock the Bisdi pet.

Note: Seiryu does not appear after the final encounter with The Ambassador if Kranon is killed with a deathtouched dart.

Shards of Seiryu's power, in the form of spirit dragon charms, are dropped by Slayer monsters on Aminishi and can be used to access the Spirit Realm through The Well of Spirits.

Strategy

Main article: Temple of Aminishi/Strategies

Mechanic 1: Basic attacks & survival

Players should focus primarily on their ability to survive rather than trying to damage Seiryu quickly, as getting hit by the shadow hands often results in an extremely quick death with very little time to react. Seiryu's standard attacks are not as strong compared to its abilities, and the deep breath attack often heals up most of the damage dealt from his auto-attacks. Note that Resonance does not have enough time to go off cooldown from every deep breath attack as Seiryu's attack pattern will change drastically as the fight progresses, but there is enough time to alternate between it and Devotion, Reflect or Debilitate.

Mechanic 2: Splitting fire stream

Seiryu attacks with magic by aiming a stream of purple fire towards the centre of the arena that splits into more streams that hit all players in the chamber. Occasionally, it will take a deep breath (indicated by a popup message box) before sweeping a massive wave of fire onto the arena dealing up to 8,000 magic damage. This is a standard magic attack, so it has the potential to miss; sometimes, it is possible to obtain a second hit which deals less damage, much like Vorago's "missed" magical attacks. This attack can be avoided by running under the sides of Seiryu's head, but that is not recommended as it may leave the player vulnerable to the arrow hand attack as the fight progresses. Vulnerability and Enfeeble will increase the damage taken by the boss and reduce the damage it inflicts by 10% respectively and should be taken to make the fight easier.

Mechanic 3: Shadow tail

Throughout the fight, Seiryu also lowers its tail into the shadow, causing up to three shadows to appear under the players, one at a time. Move out of the way, as they will deal damage starting from 1,800 damage and will gradually increase. These are integrated into Seiryu's attack pattern. Their AoE is somewhat erratic as while the pool is formed, it has a 3x3 AoE while the subsequent tendrils have either a 1x1 or 3x3 AoE.

Mechanic 4: Shadow root

After the first deep breath attack, Seiryu will perform a "shadow root" attack much like Solak; a flashing arrow will appear over the targeted tile, while a temporary compass indicating its direction will appear under players. Black energy will also flow to that tile. When the energy reaches the tile, shadow hands will rush towards all players' positions at the same time (the compass will also disappear, indicating the direction of the hands). Standing under the targeted tile will ensure no hands will spawn for that player, but it is not necessary when fighting alone. After the attack has been successfully intercepted by standing on the tile, be sure to move off of it as shortly afterwards, shadow hands will appear only on that tile and cause large amounts of damage. Make sure you don't come off the tile too early, or the row of hands will still spawn. Seiryu does not perform auto-attacks while the energy is channeling to the tile.

Sometime after this attack, Seiryu will perform a second deep breath attack. Several auto-attacks after this, he will slightly raise his head and cause an "arrow" of shadow hands to emerge from one of four potential spots near its head. Like the root attack, it can be easily avoided with a discerning eye.

Both types of attacks have a 3x3 AoE and will deal up to 4,500 damage per tick to any player caught in them, so it is imperative to avoid them or players will suffer a quick death.

Seiryu will continue following its attack pattern, and at times it will use both the root and arrow hand attacks, so players must quickly adapt to avoid being killed by either of these attacks. Oftentimes when Seiryu uses both of these attacks at once there is enough time to use Resonance even if it had been used on the deep breath attack prior to this attack pattern.

Mechanic 5 & 6: Black crystals, shadow enigmas

Continue damaging Seiryu until it reaches 7,200,000 health, after which it collapses and becomes unattackable. Players must destroy the black crystals on its manacle; each one has 250,000 health (200,000 in duo and 150,000 solo). Jump onto Seiryu's manacle and attack the crystals; for groups, one/two players should jump on each side while the other stays behind. A portal will appear, soon followed by a black hand which slithers back down and begins to summon several shadow enigmas, which move towards Seiryu. Should an enigma touch Seiryu, it will turn into energy and heal every crystal for 50,000 health.

Do not attempt to jump onto Seiryu's shackles until his head is on the ground, as you can take damage while jumping, and any damage taken will be incurred in one tick.

A common method to deal with the crystals is to first use a vulnerability bomb followed by Berserk. Dominion mines work on the crystals and will deal 10,000 damage to them, which significantly speeds up their destruction. As only two mines can be placed per minute, this gives 20,000 additional damage without much effort. It's possible to place four mines, and this is highly recommended.

Players have just over a minute before Seiryu tosses the players back onto the platform; this is roughly a few seconds after the final two enigmas appear from the portal. This will stun and bind players for six seconds. Use Freedom then finish off the shadow enigmas before focusing on Seiryu.

In a group of three, the crystals can be destroyed in 1–2 cycles, while solo should expect 2–3 cycles; however, it is possible to clear them under two rotations with sufficient DPS. Each destroyed crystal will increase the speed at which the shadow hands move, so players should be cautious as the fight progresses.

Once all three crystals are destroyed, Seiryu is freed and the fight ends.

Drops

Due to (an) update(s), this article may be out of date. Reason: Group draconic energy drop rates were updated in Update:This Week In RuneScape: Combat Cleanup Strike You can help improve this page by editing it.

Two drops are rolled; the main drop and a common mob drop. The size of the group that went through the elite dungeon determines which drop table is used. For clarity, the main drop table is separated from the common drop table. There is a chance of additionally receiving a drop from the rare drop table.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Dungeoneering token	500; 5,000	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Bones	1	Always	101	1

Main drops (Solo)

Average amount of ancient scales per kill is 12 (14.4 including double chance).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ancient scale	4–8	50/100	3,431,732–6,863,464	240,000–480,000
	Ancient scale	7–11	25/100	6,005,531–9,437,263	420,000–660,000
	Ancient scale	11–19	15/100	9,437,263–16,300,727	660,000–1,140,000
	Ancient scale	20–40	5/100	17,158,660–34,317,320	1,200,000–2,400,000
	Ancient scale	40–60	4/100	34,317,320–51,475,980	2,400,000–3,600,000
	Ancient scale	90–110	1/100	77,213,970–94,372,630	5,400,000–6,600,000
	Chipped black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Main drops (Duo)

Average amount of Ancient scales per kill is 3.69 (4.428 including double chance).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ancient scale	1–3	90/100	857,933–2,573,799	60,000–180,000
	Ancient scale	8–18	5/100	6,863,464–15,442,794	480,000–1,080,000
	Ancient scale	14–28	4/100	12,011,062–24,022,124	840,000–1,680,000
	Ancient scale	30–55	1/100	25,737,990–47,186,315	1,800,000–3,300,000
	Chipped black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Main drops (Trio)

Average amount of Ancient scales per kill is 1.34 (1.608 including double chance).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Onyx dust	10–31	45/100	91,750–284,425	108,000–334,800
	Ancient scale	1	30/100	857,933	60,000
	Ancient scale	2–4	13/100	1,715,866–3,431,732	120,000–240,000
	Ancient scale	3–6	11/100	2,573,799–5,147,598	180,000–360,000
	Ancient scale	10–21	1/100	8,579,330–18,016,593	600,000–1,260,000
	Chipped black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Dungeon drop table

The following table has a 1/25 chance to get rolled on for boss monsters and mini-bosses, a 1/50 chance for most other monsters and a 1/200 chance for sea crocodiles and waterfiends when holding a Lucky charm (Temple of Aminishi):

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Onyx dust	1–5	430/1000	9,175–45,875	10,800–54,000
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	250/1000	1	1
	Sirenic scale	1	215/1000	35,655	6,000
	Death lotus extract	1	25/1000	174,775	6,000
	Tetsu sword upgrade kit	1	25/1000	404,912	Not alchemisable
	Seasinger weapon upgrade kit	1	25/1000	11,816,406	Not alchemisable
	Onyx dust	10–14	20/1000	91,750–128,450	108,000–151,200
	Ancient scale	1	5/1000	857,933	60,000
	Steadfast scale	1	5/1000	10,397,380	30,000

If the above table is not rolled, a reward from the following table is given:

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Coins	200–3,500	Common	200–3,500	200–3,500
	Relic of aminishi (common)	1	Common	5,000	5,000
	Logs	1	Common	1,199	2
	Raw swordfish	1	Common	282	204
	Relic of aminishi (uncommon)	1	Uncommon	25,000	25,000
	Weapon poison++ (1)	1	Uncommon	8,668	86
	Prayer potion (1)	1	Uncommon	2,168	45
	Chimes	150–350	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Menaphite gift offering (small)	1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Suspicious gunpowder	1	Uncommon	25,000	25,000
	Taijitu	1	Uncommon	29,208.44	29,208.44
	Huge spiky rune salvage	1	Uncommon	38,457	40,000
	Dark animica stone spirit	1	Uncommon	530	Not alchemisable
	Relic of aminishi (rare)	1	Rare	1,000,000	1,000,000
	Stoneberry seed	1	Rare	4	4
	Stormberry seed	1	Rare	4	4
	Seiryu's claw	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

Rare drop table

Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250–500 250–500 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 415 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 403 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 397 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 810 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 36,450–44,550 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,239 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 235,755–288,145 27,000–33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 7,036 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 7,049 1 Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m) 1 Very rare Not sold Not alchemisable Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 56,774 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,637 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,420 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 719,460–879,340 756,000–924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 915 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,660 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 677,880–828,520 720,000–880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 71,139 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 57,944 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 29,154–35,346 678–822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 768,420–939,180 1,104,165–1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 57,188–68,962 136–164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,736–16,564 136–164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 41,985–51,315 22,950–28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 110,925–135,575 40,500–49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 10,064–12,136 68–82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 371,160–453,640 180–220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 5,300–7,420 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 504 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,450–7,740 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 516 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,300–7,560 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,238 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 3,050–4,270 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 11,270–12,880 532–608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 33,054–37,776 532–608 Torstol seed (m) 9–11 Uncommon 7,947–9,713 342–418 Snapdragon seed (m) 9–11 Uncommon 9,333–11,407 342–418 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 111,656 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 27,840 1,520 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 139,680–170,720 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 403,650–493,350 5,130–6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 32,400–39,600 1,350–1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 41,175–50,325 45–55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 718,650–878,350 450–550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 25,772–31,078 6,528–7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 255,825–312,675 64,800–79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 17,865–21,835 13,500–16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 360,180–440,220 243,000–297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 513,628 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 651 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 19,959 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 3,267,153,006 300,000

Gallery

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  Seiryu the Azure Serpent 3D model by Mod JT

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  Concept art of Seiryu the Azure Serpent

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  Concept art of the Corrupted Seiryu the Azure Serpent

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  Seiryu's 3d model

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  Corrupted Seiryu's 3d model

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  Seiryu's high poly sculpture

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  Seiryu's wireframe 3d model

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  Seiryu's tail wireframe 3d model

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  Seiryu's head and body textures

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  Seiryu's appearance during the Christmas season

Achievements

Main article: Seiryu achievements

• Bless You, Seiryu ( 5) – Make Seiryu sneeze.
• Arc Reactor ( 30) – Beat Seiryu without anyone taking damage from the shadow tendrils.
• Malignant Enigmas ( 30) – Kill 18 shadow enigmas in 6 seconds.
• Slay-ryu:
  • Slay-ryu I ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/5)
  • Slay-ryu II ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/10)
  • Slay-ryu III ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/25)
  • Slay-ryu IV ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/50)
  • Slay-ryu V ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/75)
  • Slay-ryu VI ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent. (X/100)
• Slay-ryu Solo Kills:
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills I ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/5)
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills II ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/10)
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills III ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/25)
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills IV ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/50)
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills V ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/75)
  • Slay-ryu Solo Kills VI ( 5) – Defeat Seiryu the Azure Serpent while not in a group. (X/100)

Dialogue

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Update history

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• ninja 14 March 2022 (Update):
  • The drop rate of unique items across Elite Dungeon modes has been increased to give a unified drop rate per clear:
    • Ancient scales will now drop from Seiryu at 50% and 33% of the solo rates in duo and trio mode respectively. These rates are per player.

• patch 7 March 2022 (Update):
  • Seiryu's healthbar no longer remains visible when you teleport out after defeating it.

• patch 11 November 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue which stopped a player from jumping on to Seiryu's shackles if rapid clicking them.

• patch 4 November 2019 (Update):
  • Player can no longer jump off the wrong side of the platform during Seiryu battle.

• patch 28 May 2019 (Update):
  • Seiryu's breath attack is now much more accurate.

• patch 20 May 2019 (Update):
  • Both God Wars Dungeon 2 and Elite Dungeon bosses now award more Reaper points and Slayer XP when killed in challenge/hard mode.

• hidden 25 February 2019 (Update):
  • Soul Split now works against black crystals in the Seiryu boss fight.

• patch 9 July 2018 (Update):
  • Toned down the flashy effects on Seiryu's transitions between conscious and knocked-out states.

• patch 2 July 2018 (Update):
  • Cleansed Seiryu no longer attempts to attack players directly under it.
  • Loot for non-grouped defeats of Seiryu has been increased.
  • Corrected some environment clipping on the hidden stairs to Seiryu's chamber.
  • Seiryu's black crystals now have scaled down lifepoints when two or one players are in the arena when the fight is started.
  • Corrected a situation in which players might not roll for loot and earn killcount when Seiryu is defeated mid-jump animation.

• update 25 June 2018 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Seiryu is the Japanese name of the Azure Dragon, one of four mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations. The quartet represents the four cardinal directions, with the Azure Dragon representing east. Although associated with the element of water in RuneScape, the Azure Dragon is traditionally aligned with the Chinese element of wood (Genbu the Black Tortoise is aligned with water instead).
• Seiryu the Azure Serpent's concept art was done by Mod DBarker, modelling by Mod JT and animations by Mod Wing.
• Seiryu was first mentioned in an A Joint Effort voyage of The Exile and The Whaler: "The Exile and the Whaler have heard rumours that a vein of azure on Bladewing Crag is actually the legendary dragon, Seiryu. Getting there will be tricky, but they wish to try."
• The day after release, the life points of the black crystals were each reduced to 150,000 and 200,000 for solo and duo modes, respectively, after complaints of the length of the fight for teams of under 3 people. The same update made it so that players who fought Seiryu alone would be guaranteed 4-8 ancient scales as a drop.
• Damage taken in story mode of elite dungeons was reduced from 33% of normal mode to 10% in an update on 15 October 2018.
• Cyansoul Kakapo, an exotic bird native to the Arc, has an examine referring to Seiryu as a 'great spirit dragon'.
• Seiryu and Yakamaru share a few similarities:
  • They both possess a combat level of 10,000.
  • They both fulfil a similar purpose on their respective homeworlds, being spiritual guardians of water.
  • They were both originally benevolent before being corrupted in some way to serve a more malevolent purpose.