Recommended Stats
Role
90+ WC / Hunter / Mining / Fishing
Construction
High — for restoring statues
Archaeology
81 — Endurance relic (100% run)
Agility
5 — Surge / Double Surge Codex
Quest — Dive
Succession Quest
⚠ Note: Following a balancing update on Oct. 25/2021, the mining role is discouraged for skillers due to its slowness — low strength, no summoning familiar, no augmented pickaxe, no ring of whispers.
What to Bring
| # | Item | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perfect plus / perfect juju fishing / woodcutting potion | Teleport to Arch guild for banking & returning to boss (until War's teleport unlocked) |
| 2 | Super restores | Restore stats drained by Croesus' attacks |
| 3 | Logs / protean logs / Sana's Fyrtorch / Orthen furnace core | To remove sticky fungus |
| 4 | Fury Shark / Magic Golem / Volcanic trapper / Nature's sentinel outfit | Increased success rate gathering resources (role-dependent) |
| 5 | Magic butterfly net (hunter) / Augmented Dragon Hatchet (wc) / Augmented Rod-o-Matic (fishing) | Increased success rate gathering resources |
| 6 | Excalibur (Merlin's Crystal quest) | Temporarily boost Defence to gain Anticipation — dodge Croesus' bomb stun attack |
| 7 | Lumberjack / Tracker / Call of the Sea aura (highest tier owned) | Increased success rate gathering resources |
| 8 | At least 16 free inventory spaces | To hold resources |
| 9 | Fishing skillcape | Perk gives chance at double resources when fishing. Other skillcapes give no benefit at Croesus. |
| 10 | Charos' clue carrier (Desperate Times quest) | Holds clue scrolls — improved inventory management |
Croesus' Attacks
Spore Bombs
Green fog that drains your stats.
Sticky Fungus
Fungus beneath your character that stops you from moving and drains your stats.
Stun
Red bomb thrown at you — stuns then drains stats. Always comes directly after yellow or blue fog. Time Anticipation to dodge.
Slime Mould
Homing NPC that explodes on contact, draining your stats.
Fairy Ring
Appears beneath your character and teleports you to a random location within the encounter.
Energy Fungus
Bomb at the base of Croesus — must be destroyed or it adds 40% to the orange health bar. If it reaches 100% the encounter ends.
Full Attack Rotation
Red bomb
›
Fairy ring
›
Slimes
›
Yellow bomb
›
Stun
›
Sticky fungi
›
Green bomb
›
Fairy ring
›
Slimes
›
Blue bomb
›
Stun
›
Sticky fungi
›
Fungi energy
↺
The rotation is cyclical — attacks occur at the same time each kill. Learn the rotation and you can dodge all attacks (slime will sometimes hit regardless).
4-Man Croesus — 2-1 Method
Gather 16 resources from your starting area and deposit them in the deposit box. Always try to gather from the part that is glowing.
Gather another 16 resources and ensure your node is depleted.
Take your resources forward 2 quadrants anti-clockwise and add them to the statue there. (If starting at Hunter, you will take to the Mining statue.)
Take the 16 resources another player has deposited and carry those to the next statue anti-clockwise, adding them to that statue.
Once everyone has finished running their materials, restore the statue.
Turn excess resources or gather additional from the dead guards surrounding the main nodes, and use 10 rotten fungus to poison the boss nodes to stop them respawning.
Pray at the statue after clearing the 2nd fungi energy spawn for maximum points.
Destroy the core — click white or green particles for more damage. Do NOT click red particles as they heal the boss.
Point contribution
Drops are earned based on a contribution/score system. The main ways of earning points are:
Dealing damage to the core
Destroying the Fungi Energy attack
Contributing resources to a statue
Restoring a statue
Full contribution data: Reddit — Croesus Contribution Data (Tested)
Other Important Notes
Around 2:25 and 5:04 Croesus' Fungi Energy attack will occur. Run to the middle area and destroy the fungi — this is the strongest contributor to your score.
With at least 1,000 total level, access War's Retreat and use the boss portals to reach Croesus quickly (requires at least 10 KC).
Get Croesus as your Reaper assignment from Death before starting — earns free Reaper points and Slayer experience.
With a Croesus Reaper assignment, use the Reaper portal at War's Retreat to access Croesus even without 10 KC.
The Honed perk increases resource gathering success rate. The Fortune perk gives more resources per gather.
Summoning pures can use the relevant familiar for their role — Beaver (WC), Arctic Bear (Hunter), or Granite Lobster (Fishing).
Praying at the statues does NOT give Prayer experience.
Croesus is a safe boss — there is no death mechanic.