Scurrius/Strategies Guide – OSRS

Within the Varrock Sewers, players can fight Scurrius, the Rat King. Players can make their way east from the sewer entrance just east of the Varrock Palace courtyard, then climbing through the broken bars. Players can right-click the bars to choose whether to enter the public area or create an instance, which is free.

The public area contains a much stronger Scurrius (having 1,000 more health and slightly higher combat stats), though it has a more generous experience multiplier. The private version of Scurrius is faster to kill, but is weaker and gives a lower multiplier.

The use of a Dwarf multicannon is prohibited in the arena. Attempting to place a cannon gives the message: “It’s far too damp for you to set up a cannon here.”

If the player dies while fighting Scurrius, their grave will appear next to Historian Aldo just outside Scurrius’ lair.

Recommendations

• Moderate combat stats in any style
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  50 or higher
  • Level  43 for protection prayers

Fight overview

Scurrius uses several different attack styles during the fight:

• Tail Swipe – A melee attack where Scurrius strikes the player with his tail, dealing up to 13 damage; Protect from Melee negates all damage. Only being used during the first two phases, this is his fastest and most accurate attack, and no warning is given for it.
• Bolts of Electricity – A magic attack where Scurrius discharges lightning at the player, dealing up to 14 damage (8 in solo mode); Protect from Magic negates all damage. The attack will only deal damage on impact.
• Flying Fur – A ranged attack where Scurrius throws a stinky fur ball at the player, dealing up to 13 damage (7 in solo mode); Protect from Missiles negates all damage. The attack will only deal damage on impact.

Special attacks

• Healing – Upon reaching 80% of his health, Scurrius will occasionally move to a Food Pile, eating and restoring 5 or 10 health every few seconds. During this time, he will only use magic and ranged attacks, along with the Falling Bricks attack. This will stop upon reaching 30% of his health.
• Minions – Scurrius will screech, causing six level 46 giant rats to appear around the arena. The rats are very accurate and hit 0-1 through Protect from Melee, but players will always instantly kill them upon attacking them, Protect from Melee is recommended as the rats can hit up to 4 without it. Hitting the rats with any of the rat bone weapons will incur no attack delay. The rats will persist even after Scurrius is slain, and can prevent players from healing with the Food Piles.
• Falling Bricks – Scurrius will jump on the spot, causing rubble to fall down on the arena. One piece will always target the player’s current tile when it was used, while others will fall randomly around the arena. This is indicated with a looming shadow on the targeted tile. Getting hit by the attack will deal 15-24 damage (15-22 in solo mode).

Phase one

At the start of the fight, Scurrius will be in the east side of the chamber and attack with melee by sweeping his tail, and occasionally use his Falling Bricks attack.

Upon reaching 80% of his health, Scurrius will move towards one of the Food Piles. He will break free of any binds in the process. The food pile selected is random, though usually one close to him. He may either walk or run towards the pile.

Phase two

At the food piles, Scurrius will eat every few seconds, healing 5 or 10 hitpoints per player in the arena. While the animation will show him eating ten times, he will only heal five times. After the tenth eating animation, he will stop and resume attacking players with melee. Scurrius can continue to use his Falling Bricks attack, attack with magic or range, and summon giant rats.

The healing that occurs during this phase is affected by the smoke ancient sceptre if Scurrius is poisoned (in that case he will heal for only 4 or 8 hitpoints per player).

Phase three

After reaching 30% of his health Scurrius will move to the centre of the arena, attacking the player exclusively with ranged and magic attacks at a faster rate than the first two phases. He can also use the Falling Bricks attack and summon minions during this phase. Notably, he can use the Falling Bricks attack multiple times in a row during this phase, so players should pay attention to the shadows on the ground and move as necessary to avoid heavy damage. If Scurrius heals above 30% of his health, he will reset back to phase 2 and will attempt to heal again. This will continue until Scurrius is dead.

Strategies

Until Scurrius reaches 30% of his health, the player should use Protect from Melee, as it is Scurrius’ fastest and most accurate attack, due to his Attack level of 300 and +150 melee attack bonus. The ranged and magic attacks are generally less accurate (as he is level 50/100 in those stats), and can be blocked with late reactions. Avoid falling rubble as necessary. If the player is using mage or range attack styles and does not wish to pray flick, they may pray against whatever their equipment is weaker to when Scurrius is at the food piles as he will not perform melee attacks during this period.

When the giant rats appear:

• If the player possesses a rat bone weapon, it is recommended to attack the giant rats using the no attack delay if you are trying to get the best experience per hour.
• If the player does not possess a rat bone weapon, viable alternatives include a charged Venator bow or the special attack of the Rune thrownaxe or Dinh’s bulwark.
• Otherwise, try to trap them using Scurrius and themselves to minimize the amount of rats appearing, as they are rather accurate and bypass prayer.

Once Scurrius reaches 30% of his health (150 for solo/450 for group), he will head to the centre of the arena and continually drop rubble. He will no longer use melee attacks, instead throwing ranged and magic attacks until slain. Scurrius will also continue to summon waves of rat minions. He will do this up to 12 times, after which there will be no more additional rat waves.

After Scurrius dies, kill off the other rats. If the player is using a rat bone weapon, they will be able to attack the giant rats with no delay. Attacking Scurrius and then swapping to a minion will still incur normal attack delay.

You can eat from the Food Pile once every 10 minutes to heal to full outside of combat. This cannot be done for a couple of seconds after being attacked, but you can eat while Scurrius or the rats are still alive.

Equipment – Low/Mid Level

Slot	Recommended equipment for Melee (mid level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Void melee helm[1]	Helm of neitiznot/Blood moon helm	Berserker helm	Rune full helm	Adamant full helm
	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of strength	Amulet of power	Amulet of accuracy
	Fire cape	Obsidian cape	Cape of legends	God vestment cloaks	Any team cape
	Void knight top[1]	Fighter torso	Proselyte hauberk	Granite body	Rune platebody
	Void knight robe[1]	Dragon platelegs	Proselyte cuisse	Granite legs	Rune plateskirt
	Bone mace	Sarachnis cudgel	Dragon scimitar	Granite hammer	Rune scimitar
	Dragon defender	Rune defender	Toktz-ket-xil	Granite shield	Rune kiteshield
	Rada’s blessing 2/3 / God blessing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Void knight gloves[1]	Barrows gloves	Rune gloves	Regen bracelet	Combat bracelet
	Dragon boots	Granite boots	Rune boots	Spiked manacles	Mixed hide boots
	Berserker ring (i)	Lightbearer	Ring of recoil	Ring of life	N/A
	Dragon dagger(p++)	Crystal halberd	N/A	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• A special attack weapon if available.
• A fast attacking weapon such as Bronze knives or Darts to quickly kill the summoned rats, if not using a Bone mace or other Rat bone weapons.
• Decent food and Prayer potions.
  • Bring more Prayer potions in place of food as you become better at avoiding damage in the fight.
• Potions to boost stats, such as Super strength, Super attack, and Super defence, Super combat, or their normal versions if unavailable.
• Runes for casting High Level Alchemy and Varrock Teleport.
  • A Rune pouch can be used to save inventory space once available, allowing more food and potions to be used.

Slot	Recommended equipment for Range (mid level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Void ranger helm[1]	Blessed coif	Archer helm	Snakeskin bandana	Coif
	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of power	Amulet of accuracy	N/A
	Ava’s accumulator	Ava’s attractor	Fire cape	Obsidian cape	Cape of legends
	Void knight top[1]	Blessed body	Black d’hide body	Red d’hide body	Blue d’hide body
	Void knight robe[1]	Blessed chaps	Black d’hide chaps	Red d’hide chaps	Blue d’hide chaps
	Bone shortbow	Hunters’ sunlight crossbow	Magic shortbow (i)	Magic shortbow	Yew shortbow
	Book of law (with Hunters’ sunlight crossbow)	Unholy book (with Hunters’ sunlight crossbow)	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Amethyst arrow (with bone/magic shortbow)	Moonlight antler bolts (with Hunters’ sunlight crossbow)	Rune arrow	Adamant arrow	N/A
	Void knight gloves[1]	Blessed bracers	Black d’hide vambraces	Red d’hide vambraces	Dragon gloves
	Blessed boots	Mixed hide boots	Shayzien boots (5)	Snakeskin boots	N/A
	Archers ring (i)	Ring of recoil	Ring of life	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• Decent food and Prayer potions.
  • Bring more Prayer potions in place of food as you become better at avoiding damage in the fight.
• Potions to boost stats, such as Ranging potions and Super defence.
• Runes for casting High Level Alchemy and Varrock Teleport.
  • A Rune pouch can be used to save inventory space once available, allowing more food and potions to be used.

Slot	Recommended equipment for Magic (mid level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Bloodbark helm	Elder chaos hood	Farseer helm	Mystic hat	Xerician hat
	Occult necklace	Amulet of glory	Amulet of magic	Amulet of power	Amulet of accuracy
	God capes	Fire cape	Obsidian cape	Cape of legends	God vestment cloaks
	Bloodbark body	Elder chaos top[1]	Mystic robe top	Xerician top	N/A
	Bloodbark legs	Elder chaos robe[1]	Mystic robe bottom	Xerician robe	N/A
	Bone staff	Trident of the seas	Warped sceptre	Iban’s staff	Air battlestaff
	Malediction ward	Book of darkness	Broodoo shield	N/A	N/A
	Rada’s blessing 2/3 / God blessing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Rune gloves	Bloodbark gauntlets	Combat bracelet	N/A	N/A
	Bloodbark boots	Mystic boots	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Seers ring (i)	Ring of recoil	Ring of life	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• A fast attacking weapon such as Bronze knives or Darts to attack the summoned rats, if not using a Bone staff or other Rat bone weapons.
• Decent food and Prayer potions.
  • Bring more Prayer potions in place of food as you become better at avoiding damage in the fight.
• Potions to boost stats, such as Magic potions and Super defence.
  • Magic potions are only a minor boost to accuracy if casting spells, but can result in an increased max hit when using a powered staff, which is much more potent.
• Runes for casting High Level Alchemy, Varrock Teleport, and the spell you are attacking with, if not using a powered staff.
  • A Rune pouch can be used to save inventory space once available, allowing more food and potions to be used.

Equipment – High Level

Slot	Recommended equipment for Melee (high level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Torva full helm	Neitiznot faceguard	Serpentine helm	Void melee helm[1]
	Amulet of rancour	Amulet of torture	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Mythical cape	God vestment cloaks
	Torva platebody	Bandos chestplate / Blood moon chestplate	Fighter torso	Elite void top[1]
	Torva platelegs	Bandos tassets / Blood moon tassets	Obsidian platelegs	Elite void robe [1]
	Scythe of vitur	Soulreaper axe > Inquisitor’s mace[2]	Bone mace[3] / Blade of saeldor / Ghrazi rapier	Abyssal tentacle > Abyssal whip
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender	Rune defender	Toktz-ket-xil
	Rada’s blessing 4	Rada’s blessing 3 / God blessing	N/A	N/A
	Ferocious gloves	Barrows gloves	Dragon gloves	Void knight gloves[1]
	Primordial boots	Dragon boots / Aranea boots	Guardian boots	Rune boots
	Ultor ring	Bellator ring	Berserker ring (i)	Lightbearer / Ring of shadows
	Burning claws / Dragon claws	Dragon dagger	Voidwaker	Crystal halberd

Inventory

• A Rat bone weapon to quickly kill the summoned rats.
• The special attack weapon of choice.
• Prayer potions, Super restores, and a few Saradomin brews or food.
• Divine super combat potions or normal Super combat potions.
• Rune pouch and runes for casting Thrall spells and Death charge, along with the Book of the dead.
• Holy wrench or Prayer cape for extra Prayer restoration.
• Teleport item, such as Teleport to house (tablet) or a Max cape.

Slot	Recommended equipment for Range (high level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Masori mask (f)	Void ranger helm[1]	Armadyl helmet	Karil’s coif
	Necklace of anguish	Amulet of fury	Bonecrusher necklace	Amulet of glory
	Dizana’s quiver	Ava’s assembler	Max cape	Ava’s accumulator
	Masori body (f)	Elite void top[1]	Armadyl chestplate	Karil’s leathertop
	Masori chaps (f)	Elite void robe[1]	Armadyl chainskirt	Karil’s leatherskirt
	Toxic blowpipe (with Amethyst or better darts)[2]	Bone shortbow	Twisted bow	Zaryte crossbow
	Twisted buckler	Dragonfire ward	Odium ward	Blessed d’hide shields
	Amethyst arrow (with Bone shortbow)	Dragon arrow (with Twisted bow)	Ruby dragon bolts (e) (with Dragon or higher crossbows)	Ruby bolts (e)
	Zaryte vambraces	Void knight gloves[1]	Barrows gloves	Blessed d’hide vambraces
	Pegasian boots	Ranger boots	Blessed d’hide boots	Aranea boots
	Venator ring	Archers ring (i)	Lightbearer (if using special attacks) / Ring of shadows	Brimstone ring
	Zaryte crossbow	Toxic blowpipe	Dragon thrownaxe	Dragon knife

Inventory

• A Rat bone weapon to quickly kill the summoned rats.
• The special attack weapon of choice.
• Prayer potions, Super restores, and a few Saradomin brews or food.
• Divine ranging potions or normal ranging potions. Divine bastion potions may be used if the Defence boost is needed.
• Rune pouch and runes for casting Thrall spells and Death charge, along with the Book of the dead.
• Holy wrench or Prayer cape for extra Prayer restoration.
• Teleport item, such as Teleport to house (tablet) or a Max cape.

Slot	Recommended equipment for Magic (high level) – Item (most effective → least effective)
	Ancestral hat	Virtus mask	Ahrim’s hood	Bloodbark helm
	Occult necklace	Amulet of fury	Bonecrusher necklace	Amulet of glory
	Imbued god capes	God capes	Ardougne cloak	N/A
	Ancestral robe top	Virtus robe top	Ahrim’s robetop	Bloodbark body
	Ancestral robe bottom	Virtus robe bottom	Ahrim’s robeskirt	Bloodbark legs
	Bone staff	Tumeken’s shadow	Kodai wand	Trident of the seas
	Elidinis’ ward (f)	Arcane spirit shield	Elidinis’ ward	Ancient wyvern shield
	Rada’s blessing 4	Rada’s blessing 3 / God blessing	N/A	N/A
	Tormented bracelet	Barrows gloves	Dragon gloves	Infinity gloves
	Eternal boots	Infinity boots / Aranea boots	Bloodbark boots	Mystic boots
	Magus ring	Seers ring (i) / Ring of the gods (i)	Brimstone ring	Ring of shadows
	Zaryte crossbow[1]	Accursed sceptre[2]	N/A	N/A

Inventory

• A Rat bone weapon to quickly kill the summoned rats, if not already using the Bone staff.
• The special attack weapon of choice.
• Prayer potions, Super restores, and a few Saradomin brews or food.
• Saturated heart or Forgotten brews. Extra super restores may be needed if using the brews to boost Magic, as they will drain Defence.
• Rune pouch and runes for casting Thrall spells and Death charge, along with the Book of the dead.
  • If instead casting spells with the Kodai wand or other wands, bring runes to cast the spell of choice instead, such as for Blood Barrage.
• Holy wrench or Prayer cape for extra Prayer restoration.
• Teleport item, such as Teleport to house (tablet) or a Max cape.