What is the best melee setup for Cerberus?

The best melee setup for Cerberus uses a Scythe of vitur for 11.88 DPS, with Piety and a super combat.

What is the best ranged setup for Cerberus?

The best ranged setup for Cerberus uses a Twisted bow for 11.15 DPS, with Rigour and a ranging potion.

What is the best magic setup for Cerberus?

The best magic setup for Cerberus uses a Tumeken's shadow for 9.75 DPS, with Augury and a saturated heart.

How long does it take to kill Cerberus?

With the best setup (Scythe of vitur), Cerberus takes about 52.6 seconds per kill against its base stats. RuneBuddy's Boss Fight Simulator runs the real phased fight tick by tick for a true kill-time spread.

Best setup for Cerberus in OSRS

The best setup for Cerberus in OSRS is melee with a Scythe of vitur, which does 11.88 DPS with a max hit of 50 and 82.0% accuracy at level-99 stats. The full best-in-slot gear, prayer and potion for every combat style are listed below.

The highest-DPS melee, ranged and magic loadouts against Cerberus, computed with wiki-accurate combat math at maxed (99) stats. Open any setup in the calculator to swap in the gear you own.

⚔️ Melee Best DPS

Scythe of vitur

11.88DPS

50Max hit

82.0%Accuracy

52.6sAvg TTK

Inquisitor's great helm
Infernal cape
Amulet of rancour
Rada's blessing 4
Scythe of vitur
Inquisitor's hauberk
Inquisitor's plateskirt
Ferocious gloves
Avernic treads (max)
Ultor ring

Prayer: Piety Potion: Super combat

Open in fight simulator →

🏹 Ranged

Twisted bow

11.15DPS

78Max hit

85.7%Accuracy

56.1sAvg TTK

Masori mask (f)
Dizana's quiver
Necklace of rupture
Seeking dragon arrow
Twisted bow
Masori body (f)
Masori chaps (f)
Zaryte vambraces
Avernic treads (max)
Venator ring

Prayer: Rigour Potion: Ranging potion

Open in fight simulator →

🔮 Magic

Tumeken's shadow

9.75DPS

70Max hit

83.6%Accuracy

63.9sAvg TTK

Ancestral hat
Imbued guthix cape
Occult necklace
Rada's blessing 4
Tumeken's shadow
Ancestral robe top
Ancestral robe bottom
Confliction gauntlets
Avernic treads (et)
Magus ring

Prayer: Augury Potion: Saturated heart

Open in fight simulator →

This boss has a scripted fight. The "Open in fight simulator" button loads the build into the tick-by-tick Boss Fight Simulator for the real phased kill.

Assumes level-99 combat stats and the best relevant prayer and potion, off Slayer task (no Slayer-helmet bonus). DPS is single-target on the boss's base stats; magic setups consider powered staves. Numbers come from RuneBuddy's WASM combat engine, the same one behind the DPS calculator.

Cerberus setup FAQ

What is the best setup for Cerberus in OSRS?: The best setup for Cerberus in OSRS is melee with a Scythe of vitur, which does 11.88 DPS with a max hit of 50 and 82.0% accuracy at level-99 stats. The full best-in-slot gear, prayer and potion for every combat style are listed below.
What is the best melee setup for Cerberus?: The best melee setup for Cerberus uses a Scythe of vitur for 11.88 DPS, with Piety and a super combat.
What is the best ranged setup for Cerberus?: The best ranged setup for Cerberus uses a Twisted bow for 11.15 DPS, with Rigour and a ranging potion.
What is the best magic setup for Cerberus?: The best magic setup for Cerberus uses a Tumeken's shadow for 9.75 DPS, with Augury and a saturated heart.
How long does it take to kill Cerberus?: With the best setup (Scythe of vitur), Cerberus takes about 52.6 seconds per kill against its base stats. RuneBuddy's Boss Fight Simulator runs the real phased fight tick by tick for a true kill-time spread.

Best setup for Cerberus in OSRS

Cerberus setup FAQ

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