Black dragon

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Black dragon

Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
A fierce dragon with black scales!
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
100	7,000	714	235.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
42 / 28 / 14
Aggressive		Poisonous
Slayer
Level	XP	Category
1	245	Black dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
475	0	475	2000
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
1 1 72 Accuracy 1566 0 1566
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1566	72
Affinities
90	45	65	55
Immunities
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Black dragons are the strongest Chromatic dragons. An anti-dragon shield, a dragonfire shield, an antifire potion, or a combination is highly recommended when fighting them, as it can reduce the maximum hit of their breath from about 5000+ to around 500. Players can also use super antifire, as it blocks the dragon fire breath attack completely. They are not as popular as the weaker blue dragons and green dragons, but their chance of dropping the much coveted draconic visage and their guaranteed drop of black dragonhide makes them worthwhile to kill. Players must kill a black dragon during the Freeing Sir Amik Varze part of Recipe for Disaster quest. A black dragon slayer task can also be completed by killing baby black dragons, the King Black Dragon, or the Queen Black Dragon.

The hide and bones give each black dragon kill a guaranteed drop value of 5,988 coins, in addition to their possible drops of runes and rune equipment.

Locations

Black dragons can be found in the following locations:

• Taverley Dungeon - two dragons, requires dusty key or level 70/80 agility for use of shortcuts.
• Lava Maze Dungeon in level 45 Wilderness - two dragons, Members only.
• Evil Chicken's Lair after starting the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster - four dragons, a raw chicken is required to enter the Evil Chicken's lair, but there are two chickens right outside the entrance, and a rope to access the baby black dragon.
• Daemonheim - Warped floors.
• Dragonkin Laboratory - several black dragons are located along the path between Astellarn and Verak Lith.

Taverley Dungeon

This location is usually not crowded, because there are only two dragon spawns, and it is also a considerable distance from the dungeon entrance, unless the player has 80 Agility to navigate a spike floor shortcut (can be boosted). But the fastest way to reach the 2 black dragons is using a dungeoneering capes teleport to hellhounds. However, if a player has yet to complete the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster, which is needed for the Evil Chicken's lair, they will have to either choose between Taverley or the Lava Maze (the latter being extremely dangerous).

Lava Maze

This location is almost always empty, as like in Taverley Dungeon, there are only two spawns. Players must also navigate through medium-high level Wilderness through the Lava Maze. While PKers are rarely, if ever seen in the dungeon because of its lack of noticeable features, there can be some outside due to the presence of lava strykewyrms right outside the Lava Maze, which is a hotspot for PKers.

The nearest bank is Darren, though players have to leave the dungeon and make their way out of the Lava Maze in order to reach him.

Evil Chicken's Lair

This location is the best and most recommended area to kill black dragons, as unlike the other two locations, there are four black dragons to kill here. The lair is accessible during and after the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster quest and requires a raw chicken to access. There are two chickens near the altar for players who forget to bring a raw chicken. This is the best location to hunt them because Zanaris bank is close by.

Even for players who haven't finished the subquest, they can still kill the black dragons as many times as they wish, though they will continually obtain the dragon token until it is picked up and used.

Strategy

Main article: Black dragon/Strategies

Drops

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Dragon bones		1	Always	1,860	0
	Black dragonhide		1	Always	4,128	48

Charms

No charm
56–57%	8–9%	26–27%	7%	1%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 29,000 kills. 3 charms are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Tiny bladed mithril salvage		1	3/128	1,525	600
	Medium bladed mithril salvage		1	4/128	4,148	1,800
	Huge plated adamant salvage		1	1/128	10,445	10,000
	Medium bladed rune salvage		1	1/256	23,146	24,000
	Adamant dart		16	4/128	720	624
	Off-hand adamant dart		16	4/128	816	624
	Adamant javelin		30	26/128	1,920	4,410
	Tiny spiky rune salvage		2	3/256	14,268	16,000
	Fire rune		50	8/128	3,650	150
	Law rune		10–12; 20; 45	2/256	4,030-18,135	750-3,375
	Air rune		75	1/128	2,325	225
	Blood rune (m)		5; 8; 9; 15	1/128	3,525-10,575	550-1,650
	Coins		196; 330; 690	30/128	196-690	196-690
	Chocolate cake		1	3/128	412	42
	Adamantite stone spirit		1–2	2/128	109-218	Not alchemisable
	Black dragon egg (unchecked) (m)		1	1/2000	3,123,809	Not alchemisable
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Black dragon tail-bone (m)		1	Uncommon	0	0
	Perfect black dragon scale (m)		1	Common	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Black dragon egg (m)		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage		1	1/10000	1,208,884	450,000

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of wealth or luck of the dwarves are not required to access the table.

Rare drop table

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Coins		250–500	Common	250-500	250-500
	Uncut sapphire		1	Common	480	15
	Uncut emerald		1	Common	1,897	30
	Uncut ruby		1	Common	1,510	60
	Uncut diamond		1	Common	2,918	120
	Uncut diamond		45–55 (noted)	Rare	131,310-160,490	5,400-6,600
	Loop half of a key (m)		1	Common	14,944	0
	Tooth half of a key (m)		1	Common	15,048	0
	Uncut dragonstone (m)		1	Uncommon	12,162	600
	Uncut dragonstone (m)		45–55 (noted)	Rare	547,290-668,910	27,000-33,000
	Dragon longsword (m)		1	Common	58,049	60,000
	Dragon spear (m)		1	Rare	36,494	37,440
	Battlestaff (m)		180–220 (noted)	Rare	1,069,560-1,307,240	756,000-924,000
	Rune javelin		5	Rare	900	1,870
	Huge plated rune salvage		1	Uncommon	39,270	40,000
	Huge plated rune salvage		15–25 (noted)	Rare	589,050-981,750	600,000-1,000,000
	Shield left half (m)		1	Rare	64,849	66,000
	Dragon helm (m)		1	Uncommon	59,018	60,000
	Rune arrowheads		113–137	Common	17,176-20,824	678-822
	Onyx bolts (m)		135–165	Very rare	1,076,355-1,315,545	1,104,165-1,349,535
	Chaos talisman (m)		1	Rare	1,315	2
	Nature talisman (m)		1	Rare	1,095	2
	Water talisman		65–82 (noted)	Rare	521,365-657,722	130-164
	Earth talisman		65–82 (noted)	Rare	117,845-148,666	130-164
	Fire talisman		25–35 (noted)	Rare	44,350-62,090	50-70
	Raw lobster		135–165 (noted)	Common	21,465-26,235	22,950-28,050
	Raw shark (m)		225–275 (noted)	Uncommon	222,075-271,425	40,500-49,500
	Big bones		68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	13,464-16,236	0
	Dragon bones		180–220 (noted)	Rare	334,800-409,200	0
	Coal stone spirit		200–1,100	Uncommon	4,400-24,200	Not alchemisable
	Gold stone spirit		90–110	Common	6,120-7,480	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit		180–220	Uncommon	19,620-23,980	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit		14–16	Common	1,526-1,744	Not alchemisable
	Adamantite stone spirit		135–165	Rare	14,715-17,985	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		90–110	Rare	55,890-68,310	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		3	Common	1,863	Not alchemisable
	Runite stone spirit		45–55	Rare	27,945-34,155	Not alchemisable
	Grimy torstol (m)		90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	340,020-415,580	0
	Grimy snapdragon (m)		90–110 (noted)	Uncommon	106,110-129,690	0
	Super restore (4) (m)		45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	160,065-195,635	8,100-9,900
	Prayer potion (4)		45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	129,015-157,685	5,130-6,270
	Lantadyme seed (m)		14–16	Uncommon	3,598-4,112	532-608
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		14–16	Uncommon	4,312-4,928	532-608
	Magic seed (m)		4	Uncommon	161,588	1,012
	Palm tree seed (m)		10	Rare	553,250	1,520
	Flax		450–550 (noted)	Common	25,650-31,350	1,350-1,650
	Molten glass (m)		45–55 (noted)	Common	10,710-13,090	45-55
	Soft clay		450–550 (noted)	Uncommon	343,800-420,200	450-550
	Yew logs		68–82 (noted)	Uncommon	9,588-11,562	6,528-7,872
	Yew logs		675–825 (noted)	Rare	95,175-116,325	64,800-79,200
	Teak plank (m)		45–55 (noted)	Uncommon	24,075-29,425	13,500-16,500
	Mahogany plank (m)		270–330 (noted)	Rare	261,900-320,100	243,000-297,000
	Vecna skull (m)		1	Rare	201,549	6,000
	Blurberry Special (m)		1	Very rare	8,112	18
	Cheese+tom batta (m)		1	Very rare	381	1
	Hazelmere's signet ring (m)		1	Very rare	2,044,325,338	300,000
	Brawling gloves (Melee) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Magic) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Agility) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (FM) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Mining) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Brawling gloves (WC) (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 1 (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 2 (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Crystal triskelion fragment 3 (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster outside of Daemonheim.

These items are dropped alongside main drops.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High alch value
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	7,005	Not alchemisable

Trivia

• In RuneScape Classic, black dragons were the strongest monsters in RuneScape until the release of the King Black Dragon.
• They are the only chromatic dragon to drop the draconic visage.
• Like all other dragons in RuneScape, besides the King Black Dragon, the black dragons received a graphical update on July 5, 2010.
• Prior to 17 June 2013, these monsters were weak to arrows. The update changed their weakness, along with those of other chromatic dragons, to bolts, enabling players to exploit their weakness without need for super antifire potions or the Protect from Magic prayer.

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