How to Beat Drogyga: Burenia Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide to the underwater boss Drogyga, an octopus boss found in Burenia in Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn more about Drogyga, how to beat it, and its attack patterns!

Drogyga Location and Rewards

Drogyga Basic Information
Location	Burenia
Rewards	No Rewards

Drogyga Map Location

Boss Location Map
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Equipped with the Grapple Beam, head to the marked spot on the map. Swing across the Grapple Points before defeating and going through the Worm Door. Make your way through the narrow passageways to face Drogyga.

Burenia Walkthrough

How to Beat Drogyga

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Key Strategies

Stop Drogyga from Absorbing Energy

Continuously shoot the Drogyga's top tentacle which is sucking out energy from the room. This will allow the turbines to return to an operational state.

Drain the Water

With Drogyga's tentacles retracted, power should return to the two buttons on either side of the room. Shoot each button with a fully charged beam to drain the water from the room.

After shooting the first button, latch on to the magnetic strip overhead to make your way across to the other side of Drogyga.

If you make it in time fast enough, you can shoot the button on this side with a fully charged beam as well to drain the room of water.

Otherwise, Drogyga will refill the room with water and you'll have to stop Drogyga from draining the energy again.

Attack Drogyga's Core

With the water out of the room, Drogyga will be dehydrated. Shoot missiles at it's core to deal heavy damage before it recovers.

If Drogyga recovers, the room will refill with water. Simply repeat the steps as necessary until this underwater menace shrivels up in defeat.

Drogyga Attack Patterns

Melee Attacks

Single Tentacle Lash

Drogyga will do a low sweep of its tentacles in an attempt to knock you off your feet. Time your jump to avoid this attack.

Triple Tentacle Thrust

Drogyga will gather three of its tentacles together before thrusting it in a spiral towards Samus. Jump to avoid the hit.

Last Resort Lash

With the last of its energy, Drogyga will attempt to swipe at you with a tentacle. You can jump to avoid this move.

You can land a Melee Counter to recover Energy and Missiles while briefly stunning Drogyga for an opening.

Projectile Attacks

Energy Balls

Drogyga periodically releases three Energy Balls that slowly fall through the water. You can blast away the blue energy balls to recover some energy but the red energy balls have to be avoided.

Metroid Dread Related Guides

List of All Bosses

All Bosses in Metroid Dread
Corpious	Kraid
Robot Chozo Soldier	Drogyga
Chozo Soldier	Escue
Twin Robot Chozo Soldier	Experiment No. Z-57
Golzuna	Raven Beak
Central Units and EMMIs
How to Beat EMMI
Damaged	Central Units
White	Green
Yellow	Blue
Purple	Red