Commander Zilyana (Saradomin Boss)
In this guide you will be shown everything you need to know about Commander Zilyana (Bandos boss) in Xeros, including location, the fight itself and possible drops.
Location:
The Commander Zilyana teleport can be found by opening the Spell book and heading to Boss Teleports > Godwars > Bandos Entrance and paying a fee of 150K. This will take you directly to the entrance, once you are here you will need to kill a certain number of minions outside the boss room in order to gain access to Commander Zilyana. If you do not wish to pay the 150K you can see a map of the Godwars Dungeon here.
Depending on your donator rank the number of kills varies as follows:
- Non Donor - 20 Kills
- Donator ($50) - 15 Kills
- Extreme ($100) - 10 Kills
- Legendary ($250) - 8 Kills
- Diamond ($500) - 6 Kills
- Onyx ($1000) - 5 Kills
Once you have acquired your kill count you may enter the boss room.
You can view your account in the top right of your client, below your XP counter:
Ecumenical Key
You can however use an Ecumenical key to gain access to the boss room without needing the kill count, this will cost you 3m gp, you can purchase the key from the General Store or if you are an Ironman from The Ironman Store at ::home.
The Instance Manager
You can also use Xeros' Instance Manger to make your own private boss instance, this can prove very handy as it means you do not need to acquire the Kill count to enter the boss room or use an Ecumenical Key, you can just pay a fee for the Instance. You can find any information about The Instance Manager here.
Inventory/Gear Setup:
You can use either Melee or Range as an effective method to kill Commander Zilyana:
Melee Setup:
The example above shows a high tier melee setup, there are many variations of this that will be more than sufficient for the fight:
Weapon:
Scythe of virtur > Blade of Saeldor/Ghrazi Rapier > Tentacle Whip > Abyssal Whip
Armour:
Full Bandos with Slayer Helm (i) if on task/Neitiznot faceguard if off task > Neitiznot faceguard/slayer helm with a Fighter Torso and Bandos Tassets/Dragon Platelegs/Fremenik Kilt > Full Elite void
Full Corrupted is also a good option here, as it has high magic defence, and therefore you may get more kills per inventory as you should be taking less damage.
Necklace/amulet:
Amulet of Torture > Amulet of Fury
Boots:
Primordial Boots > Bandos boots > Dragon Boots
Cape:
Completionist Cape > Infernal Max Cape > Infernal cape > Fire Max Cape > Fire Cape
Ring:
Here you can use a Beserker Ring (i) as best in slot and then switch to a Ring of wealth or Ring of wealth (i) before the kill is finished so you can benefit from the bonus Droprate, or for ease you can just wear a ring of wealth the whole time as it wont make too much difference in kill times!
Range Setup:
The example above shows a high tier range setup, there are many variations of this that will be more than sufficient for the fight:
Weapon:
Twisted Bow > Armadyl Crossbow/Blowpipe/Magic Shortbow (i) > Rune Crossbow/Magic Shortbow
Armour:
Full Corrupted Perfected with Slayer Helm (i) if on task > Full Armadyl/Full Karils/Full Elite void
Necklace/amulet:
Necklace of Anguish > Amulet of glory
Boots:
Pegasian Boots > Ranger boots
Cape:
Completionist Cape > Range Max Cape > Range Skillcape > Ava's Assembler > Ava's Accumulator
Ring:
Similar to the Melee setup here you can use an Archer's Ring (i) as best in slot and then switch to a Ring of wealth or Ring of wealth (i) before the kill is finished so you can benefit from the bonus Droprate, or for ease you can just wear a ring of wealth the whole time as it wont make too much difference in kill times!
The Fight:
In the video shown below you will see an example fight against Commander Zilyana. A popular method used to kill this boss is a method called "kiting" as you will see in this video you can run from corner to corner attacking Commander Zilyana but not letting her get close enough to attack you, if you choose this method you can protect from range for the duration of the fight. If you however use a Melee setup to fight Commander Zilyana I would suggest protecting from Magic attacks and then just simple attacking the boss. You can always flick prayers when fighting the minions if you wish to minimize damage taken:
You can also take a mage switch so you can use Blood barrage to heal from the minions, a Guthans switch also works equally well.
Also note, you do not need to kill all the minions in order for the boss to respawn, it will respawn regardless after a certain amount of time.
Possible Drops:
100% Drops
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
 Bones
|
1 | Always |
Common Loot
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
 Rune_dart
|
300-500 | 1/1 |
 Law_rune
|
96-305 | 1/1 |
 Rune_plateskirt
|
1 | 1/1 |
 Coins
|
250,525-515,000 | 1/1 |
 Adamant_platebody
|
1 | 1/3 |
 Rune_kiteshield
|
1 | 1/3 |
.png) Magic_potion(3)
|
3 | 1/3 |
.png) Prayer_potion(4)
|
3 | 1/3 |
.png) Super_defence(4)
|
3 | 1/3 |
.png) Super_restore(4)
|
3 | 1/3 |
Rare Loot
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
 Godsword_shard_1
|
1 | 1/65 |
 Godsword_shard_2
|
1 | 1/65 |
 Godsword_shard_3
|
1 | 1/65 |
 Casket
|
1 | 1/65 |
Uniques
| Item | Quantity | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
 Saradomin_sword
|
1 | 1/65 |
 Armadyl_crossbow
|
1 | 1/100 |
 Saradomin_hilt
|
1 | 1/100 |
The 7 items needed to complete the Commander Zilyana Collection Log are shown above and they are as follows, in order left to right:
Godsword shard 1 - Godsword shard 2 - Godsword shard 3 - Saradomin Sword - Casket - Armadyl Crossbow - Saradomin Hilt
Please note all of the minions drop these items as well, but you will need to get the drop from Commander Zilyana himself for it to count towards the Collection Log.
You can also receive Commander Zilyana as a pet drop.
You can check the Droprate of each item by heading to the Quest tab > Coin Tab > Droptable, from here you can search for your desired item/boss and it will display the Droprate. You can also access the Droptable by typing ::droptable or right clicking on the boss itself and examining it, from here you will see an option in the chatbox to open the Droptable.
After reading all this you should be able to successfully defeat Commander Zilyana and should have all the information you need surrounding the boss! Good luck on the drops!