HYDRASKOS, THE UNBROKEN

Boss ·
Astraeos Gamma · Lv 90Beta · Lv 90Alpha · Lv 90

The Fight

what you are walking into

A five-headed serpentine Guardian added with the Pyranthos update — Astraeos's endgame boss, requiring player level 90 at every difficulty.

Each head breathes a different element — fire, ice, dark, lightning and poison — and all five can fire at once, which is why the fight is decided by where you stand.

Move Set

what it can do, and what to expect

Dangers

Always try to stay behind the Hydra to avoid its main bite and elemental attacks.

Weaknesses

Bring high-level Therizinosaurus or Bison, very strong tame if you combine good saddles with the pack buff, or Deinotherium, as they are quite big, so harder to manage. Carnivores like Rex, Deinosuchus, or Fasolasuchus are also high tier; using carnivores will take more damage. To compensate, you can have a tribemate with a Daeodon to sustain, and use extinguisher grenades to reduce fire damage taken. ensure they have strong saddles for protection against elemental damage, and utilize a Yutyrannus for courage buffs. Focus fire on the Hydra, utilizing Medical Brews for self-healing.

How the fight works

  • Attack from behind or the tail: the five breath attacks all point forward, and standing in front eats every element at once.
  • The bleed-and-tank method is the community answer — a high-HP Stegosaurus holds the front while Deinonychus stack bleed from the rear, whose bleed damage scales independently of their melee stat.
  • Deinonychus do not spawn on Astraeos — they have to be raised on Valguero and uploaded.
  • Sweet Vegetable Cakes keep the herbivores standing; a Daeodon or two covers everything else.

At a glance

Astraeos
TypeBoss
Arena
Artifacts4

The Arena

Hydraskos, the Unbroken
Hydraskos, the Unbroken

Rewards

The Hydraskos Trophy of the difficulty cleared — no Element figure is on record for it yet.

Artifacts it needs

4

Referenced by

pages that mention this one4

Caves that supply it

What to Bring

community loadout — not a game value
Stay behind it — the five heads breathe fire, ice, dark, lightning and poison simultaneously, all forward. Sweet Vegetable Cakes for the herbivores; Deinonychus must be imported from Valguero, they do not spawn here.

Fought on the same maps

everything else Astraeos asks of you all bosses →
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Player Tips

tricks from other survivors, for this page