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Hydra is an Enemy in Dragon's Dogma.

Even the bravest man would surely gasp at the sight of the great, demonic serpent that is the hydra. The black scales that cover its body seem to beckon ill luck and the body that stretches well over a hundred feet splits at last into four horrible heads.

OverviewEdit

The trouble lies in the fact that those four heads each possesses a mind of its own and will act against you independently if you approach it as an enemy. Even one head alone will be a formidable enemy, so it is probably easy to imagine the threat that four can pose when attacking simultaneously.

The hydra has great size and dreadful strength, but its intelligence is on par with its reptilian appearance. In the end, its destructive tendencies and various attacks are nothing more than the results of base instinct.
The hydra possesses such horrifying life force that it can even regenerate it's heads if they are cut off. The best way to defeat them is by using a powder barrel. One of the Hydra's head will swallow it, then by hitting the correct throat to trigger an explosion. If done correctly, the head that swallowed the barrel will take massive damage from the explosion.

If you manage to cut off all 4 heads of the Hydra before each can regenerate, the Hydra will collapse immobile and vulnerable. During this time, the Hydra will take full damage from any attack it receives, leaving it to be an easy kill. However, it will regenerate at a high speed in this state, so one should deal as much damage as possible.

The Hydra can be fought a second time during Post-Game in the Frontier Caverns during the quest "A Challenge". After the quest is completed the Hydra will respawn after 3 days in the Frontier Caverns like all boss monsters.

TacticsEdit

The Hydra's biggest weakness is slashing Attacks, so Swords, Greatswords and daggers work well against it.
Using any one of the Weapons mentioned before, have them fire enchanted and climb on one of the Hydra's Heads and slash until it is severed. Now repeat this step for the rest of the heads and it will cause the Hydra to fall over. Now unleash everything you have on it and take as much health down as you can. Repeat these steps as many time as necessary until the Hydra is dead.
After cutting off a head, if the stump is attacked with fire it will delay the regeneration of the head for the duration of the burn, making it far easier to behead all four.
If you are a Sorcerer and don't have sharp weapons use Gicel/High Gicel, High Bolide is also a great option, both spells can cut off multiple heads.
As a sword or dagger user, the easiest way to kill it is to lure its heads to perform a head strike to the ground. Then block or dodge its attack, climb into its head and attack repeatedly with Gouge or Hundred Kisses until its head is cut for massive damage and repeat. It's more beneficial with a fire enchanted weapon.

Information and StatsEdit

General InfoEdit

Type	Monster, Boss
Experience gained	16,000
Location	The Encampment, The Frontier Caverns*, The Rotunda of Dread (Dark Arisen only)

*Post-Dragon Notice Board Quest (A quest on the Cassardis post board (Post-Dragon) called "A Challenge".)

StatsEdit

Health	Attack	Defence	Magick Attack	Magick Defence	Weight
100,000	2,700	240	1,000	240	50,000 kg

Damage TakenEdit

Slash	Bash	Fire	Ice	Thunder	Holy	Dark
110%	50%	60%	30%	30%	60%	10%

AttacksEdit

Attack	Type	Description
Run Over	Phys	A charge that knocks you over.
Neck Smash	Phys	If climbing a neck, it will smash itself to the ground.
Head Strike	Phys	A head smash that stabs the ground.
Eat	Spec	Attempts to swallow you or a pawn; if you fail to free yourself (wiggle the L-stick fast enough) and are swallowed, you will die instantly if you aren't freed before reaching the main body. Pawns swallowed and not freed in time cannot be revived and must be re-hired. If you are by yourself and have no Pawns with you and fail to free yourself, you die instantly and don't get to see yourself sliding down it's throat. If poisoned by the spit attack and it attempts to eat you afterwards, you won't get the prompt to free yourself and be instantly swallowed, death if no Pawns are around to save you.
Tail Whip	Phys	Spins around and whips you with its tail. Has long reach.
Poison Spit	Mag/Status	Sprays up to four beams of poison that have long range and linger on the ground for a time after being sprayed. Causes poison.

Item DropsEdit

Normal Hydra	Rate	Neck/Head Destroyed	Rate	With Drake, Wyrm, or Wyvern Tear	Rate
Poison Hydra Fang	25%	Poison Hydra Fang	25%	Wakestone	60%
Black Hydra Scale	49%	Black Hydra Scale	7%	Wakestone Shard	40%
Hydra Gallstone	10%	Hydra Gallstone	3%
Rift Cluster	4%	Hydra's Lifeblood	50%
Wakestone*	100%

*Post-Game Only

TriviaEdit

Once the head is severed, holding true to typical Greek mythos, the Hydra's head can in fact respawn. To delay the rate at which it regrows its heads fire magic can be used on the stump, this is also reminiscent of Greek mythology that fire was said to stunt the regrowth of its heads. Luckily, the Hydra in Dragon's Dogma does not grow multiple heads once one is severed as said in some tales.