Grotesque Guardians (Echo)

DuskDawnDefinitely Not Dusk

Dusk (Echo)
Released								27 November 2024 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								656
Size								6x6
Examine								The Guardian of Dusk, he's alive!
League region								Morytania✓
Combat info
Attribute								Golem
Max hit								32 (flame cone) 21 x 2 (ranged orbs) 20 x 4 (flame wall) 32 (trample)
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Slash
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Combat stats
1,080				345				287				187				262				387
Aggressive stats
+0				+0				+0				+0				+0				+0
Melee defence
+0								+0								+0
Magic defence
+0												40% weakness
Ranged defence
+0								+0								+0
Immunities
Poison								100% resistance
Venom								100% resistance
Cannons								Not immune
Thralls								Not immune
Burn								Not immune
Freeze								0% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID								override7888
Link								MOID

The Echo Grotesque Guardians are an Elite difficulty variant of the Grotesque Guardians that is accessible during the Demonic Pacts League. To fight them the player must have a Morytania echo orb in their inventory when entering the Slayer Tower roof entrance in Morytania, dropped by the normal Grotesque Guardians at a rate of 1/30. A brittle key is required to permanently unlock the Slayer Tower roof entrance and access the normal Grotesque Guardians, dropped by gargoyles that require 75 Slayer to kill. Unlike the regular Grotesque Guardians, a gargoyle task is not required to attack them, although a task is required to obtain both the brittle key and the Morytania echo orb.

The unique drop of the Echo Grotesque Guardians is the Lithic sceptre, a one-handed powered staff.

Upon starting the fight, the player will immediately face an Echo variant of Dusk. Dusk (Echo) remains in the central tile of the rooftop for the entirety of the fight. At specific points in the fight, an Echo variant of Dawn as well as Definitely Not Dusk will join the fight. Each of the gargoyles has their own health pool and may be killed to reduce the complexity of the fight, however killing Dusk will finish the fight regardless of the other two gargoyles' health, and as such can be focused for a quicker but more difficult encounter.

Unlike normal Dusk, the Echo variant can be damaged by ranged or magic attacks, allowing players to use whichever combat style they please. A rock hammer is not needed to kill any of the Echo variant Grotesque Guardians.

Dusk (Echo) uses two different attacks based on his distance to the player:

• In melee distance, he fires an avoidable cone of flames that deals 25-32 damage and cannot be mitigated with prayers.
• When two or more tiles (halberd range) or diagonally across from Dusk, he will fire two ranged projectiles that can deal up to 21 damage each, or 12 with Protect from Missiles active.

The cone of flames is abrupt, meaning it is impossible to react to the attack. Instead, it is better to learn the timing of the attack and preemptively step aside before it happens. Circling Dusk can help with this, especially after the other enemies appear, as their projectiles can pile up if the player keeps to one side of the boss. Take care not to run under him, as you may be trampled for up to 32 damage.

The ranged orbs behave the same way Dusk's ranged orbs in phase 2 of the Grotesque Guardians fight do, with the first orb always hitting its max hit if passing the accuracy check.

When Dusk's remaining health reaches 90%, an Echo variant of Dawn will awaken. Dawn (Echo) launches 3 stone blasts, two around the player and one on their spot when she attacks every 12 ticks, which will freeze the player for 4 ticks and deal up to 12 damage unless using Protect from Missiles, which reduces the damage to 1. Dawn may also attack the player with melee if they are next to her, kicking them for up to 14 damage.

Contrary to the normal Grotesque Guardians, the stone blasts only target one tile each; to dodge them, move to any adjacent tile that does not have a shadow.

Dawn (Echo) has 450 hitpoints and can be killed or ignored. She can be attacked with melee if your attack range is 2 or greater.

When Dusk reaches 60% health remaining, Definitely Not Dusk will awaken, closer in behaviour to his unempowered version. Definitely Not Dusk drops debris from the ceiling every 12 ticks, which will stun the player for 12 ticks and deal 10-17 damage. His and Dawn's attacks may or may not be fired on the same tick, depending on when Dusk's health was reduced to 300.

Similar to Dawn (Echo)'s stone blasts, Definitely Not Dusk's debris attacks only target one tile each; step to any unshadowed tile to avoid them.

Definitely Not Dusk has 450 hitpoints and can be killed or ignored. He has no special mechanics when attacked at melee distance.

Once Dusk (Echo) is down to 30% health remaining, he will slam the player against the bell on the north side of the roof and perform a charging animation, indicating the phase transition. During this phase, Dusk attacks using the same flame cone and ranged orbs as he did during Phase 1 at the same cadence. The flame cone now hits three times per attack (meaning that failing to move at all will result in 3 instances of 25-34 damage each) and temporarily leaves a line of echoing flames which extends behind the player, blocking movement.

If Dawn (Echo) and/or Definitely Not Dusk are still alive, they will now fire their attacks every 6 ticks.

Dusk's flame walls can be avoided by moving several tiles away depending on his distance to the player. If the player is in melee range they will also need to dodge the cone flame attack, so it may be simplest to move to the four corners around the boss every 4 ticks. If fighting beyond melee distance, the player should move 2 or 3 tiles away every 4 ticks, staying at the edge of the arena and moving along the walls and diagonally at the corners.

The player should always move in the same direction, whether clockwise or anti-clockwise. If movements are mistimed or the player changes their direction, they may become trapped within Dusk's flames for several seconds, which will easily result in getting multi-hit by a third flame wall (especially if the other enemies are alive, as dodging them becomes harder).

Killing Dawn and/or Definitely Not Dusk is not necessary and significantly prolongs the fight, however doing so will reduce the complexity of Phase 2. If the two are not killed during Phase 1, the same movement strategy applies, but the player will need to avoid pathing through shadowed tiles every 4 ticks.

Grotesque Guardians (Echo) rolls the same drops as regular Grotesque Guardians, in addition to a roll for its unique echo item.

This boss has appeared in a previous temporary event:

• Raging Echoes League
  • The unique drop was the gloves of the damned

v t e Demonic Pacts League
	The Sage Leagues Tutor Yama's Lair Info Board Leagues Reward Shop Overall guide New player guide Tasks Quests Relics Demonic Pacts
Areas	Varlamore Karamja Asgarnia Fremennik Province Kandarin Kharidian Desert Morytania Tirannwn Wilderness Kourend
Skill guides	Agility Construction Cooking Crafting Farming Firemaking Fishing Fletching Herblore Hunter Magic Melee Mining Prayer Ranged Runecraft Slayer Smithing Thieving Woodcutting
Relics	Tier 1 Endless Harvest Barbarian Gathering Abundance Tier 2 Hotfoot Friendly Forager Woodsman Tier 3 Bank Heist Evil Eye Map of Alacrity Tier 4 Transmute Conniving Clues Butler's Bell Tier 5 Nature's Accord Larcenist Soul Harvest Tier 6 Grimoire Eternal Sustenance Culling Spree Tier 7 Flow State Reloaded Tier 8 Executioner Minion Flask of Fervour
Gameplay items	Arcane grimoire Banker's briefcase Butler's bell Crystal dagger (perfected) Evil eye Fairy mushroom Flask of fervour Forager's pouch Knapsack Map of alacrity Minion whistle Sage's axe Searing boots Transmutation ledger
Echo bosses	Cerberus Kalphite Queen(legs) Dagannoth Kings(Prime • Rex • Supreme) Thermonuclear smoke devil Hespori Grotesque Guardians(Dawn • Dusk • Definitely Not Dusk) Corrupted Hunllef Amoxliatl(Icy pool) King Black Dragon(Black dragon) Echo orbs Asgarnia Desert Fremennik Kandarin Kourend Morytania Tirannwn Varlamore Wilderness Echo equipment Fang of the hound Drygore blowpipe V's helm Devil's element Shadowflame quadrant Nature's recurve Lithic sceptre Crystal blessing Infernal tecpatl King's barrage
Rewards	Trophies Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Demonic Pacts Hunter Outfits Tier 1 Hood Top Bottom Boots Set Tier 2 Hood Top Bottom Boots Set Tier 3 Hood Top Bottom Boots Set Ornament kits Demonic axe ornament kit Demonic quill Demonic staff ornament kit Demonic trident ornament kit Items Soulreaper axe (o) Oathplate slayer helmet Radiant slayer helmet Iban's staff (o) Trident of the seas (o) Trident of the seas (e) (o) Trident of the swamp (o) Trident of the swamp (e) (o) Overrides Demonic pacts throne scroll Demonic pacts demon butler scroll Demonic skin contract Impish ritual scroll Impish whistle Other Demonic pacts banner Demonic sceptre

v t e Raging Echoes League
	The Sage Leagues Tutor Info Board Leagues Reward Shop Guide Tasks Quests Relics Combat Masteries
Areas	Misthalin Karamja Asgarnia Fremennik Province Kandarin Kharidian Desert Morytania Tirannwn Wilderness Kourend Varlamore
Skill guides	Agility Construction Cooking Crafting Farming Firemaking Fishing Fletching Herblore Hunter Magic Melee Mining Prayer Ranged Runecraft Slayer Smithing Thieving Woodcutting
Relics	Tier 1 Power Miner Lumberjack Animal Wrangler Tier 2 Corner Cutter Friendly Forager Dodgy Deals Tier 3 Clue Compass Bank Heist Fairy's Flight Tier 4 Golden God Reloaded Equilibrium Tier 5 Treasure Arbiter Production Master Slayer Master Tier 6 Total Recall Banker's Note Tier 7 Pocket Kingdom Grimoire Overgrown Tier 8 Specialist Guardian Last Stand
Combat Masteries	Melee Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6 Ranged Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6 Magic Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5 Tier 6
Echo bosses	Cerberus Kalphite Queen(legs) Dagannoth Kings(Prime • Rex • Supreme) Thermonuclear smoke devil Hespori Grotesque Guardians(Dawn • Dusk • Definitely Not Dusk) Corrupted Hunllef Sol Heredit(Molten Sand) King Black Dragon(Black dragon) Echo orbs Asgarnia Desert Fremennik Kandarin Kourend Morytania Tirannwn Varlamore Wilderness Echo equipment The dogsword Drygore blowpipe Amulet of the monarchs Emperor ring Devil's element Nature's reprisal Gloves of the damned Crystal blessing Sunlight spear Sunlit bracers Thunder khopesh Thousand-dragon ward
Gameplay items	Arcane grimoire Banker's briefcase Banker's note Clue compass Crystal of echoes Crystal dagger (perfected) Fairy mushroom Forager's pouch Guardian horn Leprechaun's vault Raids megarare voucher Pocket kingdom Sage's greaves Tools Echo axe Echo harpoon Echo pickaxe Scroll boxes Beginner Easy Medium Hard Elite Master
Rewards	Trophies Bronze Iron Steel Mithril Adamant Rune Dragon Raging Echoes Hunter Outfits Tier 1 Hat Top Trousers Boots Set Tier 2 Hat Top Trousers Boots Set Tier 3 Hat Top Trousers Boots Set Ornament kits Ahrim's robes Venator bow Virtus robes Items Echo venator bow Ahrim's robes Hood Robetop Robeskirt Staff Virtus robes Mask Robe top Robe bottom Home decorations Curtains Rug Portal frame Portal nexus Scrying pool Spirit tree Furniture Raging echoes curtains Raging echoes rug Marble portal Crystalline portal nexus Scrying pool Spirit tree Spiritual fairy tree Animation overrides Death Home teleport Astral Contact Other Banner Cane