Dawn

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Dawn
Released								26 October 2017 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								228
Size								4x4
Examine								•The Guardian of Dawn, she's alive! •The crack of Dawn. (upon death)
Combat info
Attribute								Flying, Golem
XP bonus								+0%
Max hit								15
Aggressive								No
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Slash, Ranged, Magic (special)
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level								75
Slayer XP								0 xp
Category								Bosses, Gargoyles
Assigned by
Combat stats
450				140				140				100				100				140
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+0								+0								+0
Magic defence
+80												70% weakness
Ranged defence
+0								+0								+0
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID								7852,7853,7884,7885
Link								MOID

Dawn, along with Dusk, are the Grotesque Guardians that require level 75 Slayer to kill. She is the boss version of the gargoyle, found on the Slayer Tower's rooftop. In order to access the roof, players must obtain a brittle key from gargoyles while assigned them for a Slayer task. Similar to other slayer bosses, such as Cerberus and the Abyssal Sire, the Grotesque Guardians can only be killed while the player is assigned gargoyles as a Slayer task.

To initiate the fight, players must ring the Cloister Bell in the north side of the roof. This will trigger a cutscene in which the Guardians will awaken, and the fight will begin. Dawn uses ranged and melee attacks. She has a special attack in which a grey ball is flung somewhere near her, and if the player is hit by this ball (which covers a 3x3 AoE), they will be stunned and bound, similar to the marble gargoyle's special attack.

Like gargoyles, players must bring a rock hammer or granite hammer to defeat Dawn.

In the beginning of the fight, players may attack Dawn with either Ranged, Magic, or a halberd (as she cannot be harmed with any other form of melee); Dusk cannot be harmed during this phase of the fight. Once Dawn's health has reached half, she will fly up out of sight, and players may begin to attack Dusk. Once his health has reached half, Dawn will rejoin the fight and together with Dusk, will perform the lightning special attack that spawns purple and orange circles indicating where lightning will strike. Each lightning has an AoE of 3x3, rapidly dealing up to 5-10 damage per tick, and can stack together to rapidly kill players should they find themselves too close to the lightning. Note that not all the lightning spawns at the same time and some of it will start spawning after other spots are already getting struck.

After returning, she will occasionally send out three energy spheres (sometimes two) that will grow larger over time. The player may choose to absorb these spheres to prevent Dawn from healing from them. If the player ignores them entirely, each sphere will heal Dawn for 90 hitpoints if they return to her; however, it is not necessary to absorb the spheres if the player is able to deal sufficient damage to Dawn and finish her with the hammer before the spheres would have returned to her and actually heal her; as long as the player does not receive a game chat message stating Dawn is not weak enough to be harmed by the hammer when the player goes to smash her, she will crumble and die, even if she appears to start healing. After defeating Dawn, Dusk will absorb her essence, and initiate the final phase of the fight.

The following money making guide is available for Dawn:

Dawn does not give anything upon defeat; instead, Dusk does this.

• Originally during the opening cutscene of the fight, Dawn had the same combat level as Dusk, with a combat level of 285. After the cutscene was over however, her combat level decreased to 266.

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