Amoxliatl/Strategies

After completion of The Heart of Darkness, players can fight Amoxliatl as a regular boss encounter within the Ruins of Tapoyauik, albeit slightly stronger than when fought during the quest.

• Level 60 or higher
• Level 60 or higher
• Level 60 or higher
• Level 60 or higher
• Level 37 for Protect from Magic
• Level 85 or higher if wishing to barehand moonlight moths for Prayer restoration (75 with an equipped butterfly net)

The two easiest ways to reach the Ruins of Tapoyauik include:

• Pendant of Ates - Teleport to the Twilight Temple statue outside the Tower of Ascension after activating it.
• Quetzal Transport System - Travel to the Salvager Overlook and head south-east towards the Twilight Temple (after building landing site) or travel to Quetzacalli Gorge and pass the large gate.

By returning to the chamber with the statues and murals within Tapoyauik, players can use the lift platform in the centre (which appears after completion of the quest) to ascend to the Tower of Ascension. This unlocks a permanent shortcut which allows quick access to Amoxliatl.

Amoxliatl uses three different attacks. Her standard magic attack summons ice spikes on the player's current tile and around the arena. Protect from Magic will protect against the initial attack, but the ice spikes additionally deal typeless damage. Finally, an icy pool will be left on the tile where the player was originally standing on that will deal 6-10 damage per tick.

After every 2-4 standard attacks, Amoxliatl will use one of two special attacks; which one she chooses initially is random, but will alternate between the two afterward.

• Unstable Ice - 1-4 blocks of unstable ice are launched near the player, indicated by the game message Amoxliatl forms some unstable ice blocks around you.. If not destroyed within 15 ticks (9 seconds), all remaining ice blocks will shatter, causing icy pools to form within 3x3 of where they were, and healing the boss (16-25) for each block shattered. The unstable ice blocks can only be destroyed with melee, and melee attacks against them will result in a max hit with an attack speed of 1. After destroying an ice block, the player may eat a piece of food without incurring the normal attack delay, should they need to heal.
  • It is possible to hit Amoxliatl and unstable ice with the same swing of a scythe of Vitur, capitalising on the increased attack speed to do extra damage to the boss while also not incurring additional delay for the first regular attack after the final ice block is destroyed.
• Icicle Crash: Amoxliatl will first disable all the player's active prayers before launching an icicle attack directly toward the player, dealing up to 34 damage (which can be negated by reactivating Protect from Magic). This attack is indicated by the game message Amoxliatl disables your prayers and launches an icicle attack!

A good tip for the fight is to run to any two tiles from wherever they are standing after Amoxliatl begins her standard attack to drag her forward, then attack her again to stand on a new non-icy tile.

• The player steps two tiles back to drag Amoxliatl and resume attacking on a non-icy tile.
• Melee weapons will instantly destroy unstable ice blocks without an attack cooldown.

After the fight, players can leave the boss room and refill their prayer points by catching moonlight moths just outside, with the required hunter level. Doing so can reduce supplies used and frequency of banking by taking the place of prayer-restoring items such as prayer potions.

The boss has -2 flat armour and is weak to crush, so it is recommended to use a crush weapon that deals damage with multiple hitsplats such as the scythe of Vitur, dual macuahuitl, or glacial temotli. Torag's hammers are not recommended, as their slower attack speed means that they perform worse than a dragon mace and dragon defender, assuming all other gear is equivalent.

Given the relatively low defence of the boss, strength bonus should be prioritised.

Although the boss has a 30% elemental weakness to fire, it is better to take melee as the unstable ice can only take damage from melee sources. This means taking thralls is recommended.

Recommended equipment for Melee

Slot	Item (most effective → least effective)
	Slayer helmet (i)[a] / Inquisitor's great helm > Torva full helm	Blood moon helm[b]	Neitiznot faceguard	Zombie helmet / Helm of neitiznot	Berserker helm
	Amulet of rancour	Amulet of torture	Amulet of fury	Amulet of strength	Amulet of glory
	Infernal cape	Fire cape	Mythical cape	Ardougne cloak 4 / Mixed hide cape	Cape of accomplishment
	Inquisitor's hauberk > Oathplate chest[c] > Torva platebody	Blood moon chestplate[b]	Bandos chestplate / Fighter torso	Obsidian platebody / Proselyte hauberk	Monk's robe top
	Inquisitor's plateskirt > Oathplate legs[d] > Torva platelegs	Blood moon tassets[b]	Bandos tassets	Obsidian platelegs / Proselyte cuisse	Monk's robe
	Scythe of vitur[e]	Dual macuahuitl[f] / Inquisitor's mace[g]	Soulreaper axe[h] > Abyssal bludgeon > Dual macuahuitl[i] > Ursine chainmace (u) > Zamorakian hasta[h]	Sarachnis cudgel > Glacial temotli > Ghrazi rapier > Saradomin sword[h]	Zombie axe[h] / Dragon mace
	Avernic defender	Dragon defender	Rune defender	Dragonfire shield	Adamant defender / Toktz-ket-xil
	Ghommal's lucky penny[j] / Rada's blessing 4	Rada's blessing 3 / Rada's blessing 2 / God blessing	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Ferocious gloves	Barrows gloves	Dragon gloves	Rune gloves	Combat bracelet
	Avernic treads (max)	Primordial boots	Aranea boots / Dragon boots / Spiked manacles	Echo boots / Guardian boots / Granite boots	Mixed hide boots / Rune boots / Climbing boots
	Ultor ring	Berserker ring (i)	Lightbearer	Tyrannical ring (i)	Ring of shadows
	Dragon claws	Crimson kisten / Burning claws	Bandos godsword / Voidwaker	Dragon dagger / Arkan blade	Saradomin godsword[k]

• Special attack weapon (e.g. burning claws or dragon dagger)
• 1 divine super combat potion
• Many Prayer potions or Super restores
  • Prayer can also be restored by catching moonlight moths outside of Amoxliatl's chamber, albeit more slowly
• Manta ray or other food (monkfish, shark, etc.)
  • All of Amoxliatl's damage is theoretically avoidable, so experienced players may opt to only bring a few food in case of emergency. Players with lower damage may need more food as the fight will last longer and have less available damage-free floor space.
  • A cheap but decent-healing food such as potato with cheese or a high healing and gold-efficient hunter meat such as cooked sunlight antelope or cooked pyre fox are also good alternative foods.
• Ectoplasmator to receive Prayer experience each kill
• Pendant of Ates for teleporting to the Twilight Temple
• Book of the dead for casting resurrection spells on the Arceuus spellbook
• Rune pouch and runes for Thrall spells and Death charge
• House tablets (or construct. cape/max cape) or desert amulet 4