Hydra leather

“Hide from a ferocious Hydra. It looks pretty tough.”

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Hydra leather is a drop from the Alchemical Hydra. Its one use is to make Ferocious gloves, the best offensive melee gloves. The gloves cannot be traded, so the leather is the tradeable form, and the page you are on is for the leather, not the finished gloves.

What Hydra leather makes

Hydra leather becomes Ferocious gloves. You do this in the Lithkren Vault, on the machinery just south-west of the large pool.

What you need
Quest — Dragon Slayer II, to enter the vault.
Tools — a hammer and one piece of Hydra leather.
Undoing it — the same machinery turns the gloves back into leather if you hold a hammer.

Since the gloves cannot be traded, anyone who wants a pair has to get the leather, from a drop or the Grand Exchange, and make them. The gloves need 80 Attack and 80 Defence.

How to get Hydra leather

The leather is a monster drop with a fixed rate.

Ways to obtain it
Alchemical Hydra — 1/514 per kill.
Grand Exchange — it is tradeable, with a buy limit of 15 every 4 hours.

The leather was first planned as broken gloves repaired by an NPC for free. It became leather you feed into the machine instead.

Is Hydra leather worth it?

For a melee account at 80 Attack and Defence, yes, because the gloves are the best offensive melee gloves. The step down is Barrows gloves, which the Ferocious gloves surpass. The trade-off is that they have no defensive stats and negative ranged and magic attack, so they are weak for a mixed setup.

If you sell instead, note that the high alchemy value is only 60K, a figure cut from 1,500,000 on 17 January 2019. That alchemy value is not its Grand Exchange price.

Hydra leather FAQ

What is Hydra leather used for?
To make Ferocious gloves. You use the leather on the machinery in the Lithkren Vault, with a hammer.
Where does Hydra leather drop?
From the Alchemical Hydra, at a rate of 1/514.
What do you need to make Ferocious gloves?
Hydra leather, a hammer and the Dragon Slayer II quest to enter the Lithkren Vault. The gloves themselves need 80 Attack and 80 Defence to equip.
Can you turn Ferocious gloves back into Hydra leather?
Yes. Use the same machinery in the Lithkren Vault while holding a hammer and the gloves.
Are Ferocious gloves better than Barrows gloves?
For offence, yes. They are the best offensive melee gloves, ahead of Barrows gloves. They have no defensive stats, so Barrows gloves are better if you need defence.
Is Hydra leather tradeable?
Yes. The Grand Exchange buy limit is 15 every 4 hours. The finished Ferocious gloves are not tradeable.
Is Hydra leather members only?
Yes.

Update history

17 Jan 2019The high alchemy value fell from 1,500,000 to 60,000 coins.

Source: OSRS Wiki — Hydra leather (Changes).