Black stone dragon

For the achievement, see Black Stone Dragon (achievement).

For the Desperate Measures boss, see Black stone dragon (Desperate Measures).

This article has a strategy guide. All information on mechanics, setups, and tactics is on the subpage.

Black stone dragon
Release			13 August 2018 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Dragon
Examine
An atrocity of black stone callosity. A monstrosity of tenebrosity, its animosity and ferocity should not pique your curiosity.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
2,500			650,000			9,000			2,970
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
540 / 360 / 180
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			37,600			Gemstone dragons, Dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
3,500			2,000			3,000			4,000
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
90				90				90
Accuracy
2,458				2,458				2,458
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
2,178		85
Affinities
-			55			55			55
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				25662
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

The black stone dragon is the final boss of the second elite dungeon, the Dragonkin Laboratory. She is a dragonkin experiment based on gemstone dragons using a type of corruptive black stone.

She was created by Kerapac, who implanted black stones onto a dragon from Vicendithas' old batch. The dragon also had a sister dragon, which Kerapac placed on Anachronia to guard his laboratory. The dialogue during the fight and the dragonkin research diary suggest that the black stone implants allowed Xau-Tak to influence her. After an accident that saw the destruction of another specimen, Kerapac sealed her away in the laboratory, for fear of her extremely uncontrollable nature.

Strategy

Main article: Dragonkin Laboratory/Strategies

The black stone dragon can attack with all three combat styles, but primarily uses magic attacks. After she has taken some damage, she will summon four black hands which uses slow but hard-hitting magic attacks while becoming invulnerable herself. Once all four hands are destroyed, she will continue the fight while adding in a few extra special attacks. After taking a certain amount of damage, she will again become invulnerable and fly around the battlefield, leaving slow-moving lines of white fire that can damage the player. Once this is done, she will continue using her default attacks and selective special abilities until she is defeated.

Quests

Curse of the Black Stone

Curse of the Black Stone quest requires completion of all 3 elite dungeons before or during the quest. As such, the black stone dragon must be faced and defeated at least once; this can be done solo or in a group, as well as on either normal mode or story mode.

Drops

One main drop, one secondary drop and one tertiary drop is rolled after the black stone dragon is defeated. The size of the group that went through the elite dungeon determines which drop table is used. There is a chance of additionally receiving a drop from the rare drop table.

Main drops (Solo)

Average amount of Draconic energy per kill is 10.87 (13.044 including double chance) with a value of 7,013,171.82 (8,415,806.18).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	36,992	1
	Dungeoneering token	500; 5,000	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic energy	4–8	495/1000	2,580,744-5,161,488	24,000-48,000
	Draconic energy	7–11	250/1000	4,516,302-7,097,046	42,000-66,000
	Draconic energy	11–19	150/1000	7,097,046-12,258,534	66,000-114,000
	Draconic energy	20–40	80/1000	12,903,720-25,807,440	120,000-240,000
	Draconic energy	40–60	10/1000	25,807,440-38,711,160	240,000-360,000
	Draconic energy	90–110	5/1000	58,066,740-70,970,460	540,000-660,000
	Greater Barge ability codex	1	12/1000	197,642,447	750,000
	Inert black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Main drops (Duo)

Average amount of Draconic energy per kill is 3.885 (4.662 including double chance) with a value of 2,506,547.61 (3,007,857.13).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	36,992	1
	Dungeoneering token	500; 5,000	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic energy	1–3	850/1000	645,186-1,935,558	6,000-18,000
	Draconic energy	7–11	75/1000	4,516,302-7,097,046	42,000-66,000
	Draconic energy	11–19	50/1000	7,097,046-12,258,534	66,000-114,000
	Draconic energy	30–55	19/1000	19,355,580-35,485,230	180,000-330,000
	Greater Barge ability codex	1	6/1000	197,642,447	750,000
	Inert black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Main drops (Trio)

Average amount of Draconic energy per kill is 0.784 (0.9408 including double chance) with a value of 505,825.82 (606,990.99).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	36,992	1
	Dungeoneering token	500; 5,000	Always	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Onyx dust	10–31	698/1000	99,270-307,737	108,000-334,800
	Draconic energy	1	150/1000	645,186	6,000
	Draconic energy	2–4	80/1000	1,290,372-2,580,744	12,000-24,000
	Draconic energy	3–6	60/1000	1,935,558-3,871,116	18,000-36,000
	Draconic energy	10–21	8/1000	6,451,860-13,548,906	60,000-126,000
	Greater Barge ability codex	1	4/1000	197,642,447	750,000
	Inert black stone crystal	1	Varies	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Secondary drops

Exactly one of these drops per kill.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Uncut onyx	1	1/50	1,068,668	1,080,000
	Uncut diamond	10–20 (noted)	11/25	7,980-15,960	1,200-2,400
	Uncut dragonstone	1–10 (noted)	3/10	5,980-59,800	600-6,000
	Onyx bolt tips	50–75	1/25	344,850-517,275	270,000-405,000
	Hydrix bolt tips	50–75	1/10	407,450-611,175	300,000-450,000
	Perfect gemstone scales	1	1/10	25,000	25,000

Tertiary drop

The following table has a 1/25 chance to get rolled on for boss monsters and mini-bosses, and a 1/50 chance for other monsters when holding a Lucky charm (Dragonkin Laboratory).

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Onyx dust	10–15	11/50	99,270-148,905	108,000-162,000
	Onyx dust	1–5	43/100	9,927-49,635	10,800-54,000
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	Varies	1	1
	Sealed clue scroll (master)	1	Very rare	1	1
	Draconic visage	1	11/200	1,193,844	450,000
	Dragonfire ash	1	4/25	25,000	25,000
	Glaiven wing-tip	1	1/33	1,051,625	30,000
	Draconic energy	1	1/200	645,186	6,000
	Mysterious egg (item)	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Lucky dragonkin coin	1	1/50000	9,841,564	Not alchemisable

If the above table is not rolled, a reward from the following table is given:

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Coins	250–3,700	Common	250-3,700	250-3,700
	Laboratory relic (common)	1	Common	5,000	5,000
	Laboratory relic (uncommon)	1	Uncommon	25,000	25,000
	Laboratory relic (rare)	1	Very rare	1,000,000	1,000,000
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Logs	1	Common	1,249	2
	Prayer potion (1)	1	Uncommon	2,179	45
	Weapon poison++ (1)	1	Uncommon	10,375	86
	Raw swordfish	1	Common	341	204

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but they will increase the chance of accessing the rare drop table and may also improve the loot received from it.

Rare drop table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Coins 250–500 Common 250-500 250-500 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 557 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 283 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 324 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 798 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 35,910-43,890 5,400-6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,980 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 269,100-328,900 27,000-33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,649 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,097 1 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 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 58,046 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,867 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,598 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 702,360-858,440 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 935 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,434 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 691,812-845,548 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 65,711 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,384 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 19,436-23,564 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 980,235-1,198,065 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 52,632-63,468 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 11,220-13,530 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 46,845-57,255 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 226,350-276,650 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 17,544-21,156 68-82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 420,660-514,140 180-220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 7,150-10,010 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 504 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 8,500-10,200 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 680 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,300-7,560 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 5,484 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 4,550-6,370 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 5,614-6,416 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 27,986-31,984 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 214,056 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 30,850 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 1,444,230-1,765,170 90-110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 131,040-160,160 90-110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 120,150-146,850 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 495,090-605,110 5,130-6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 51,300-62,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 30,105-36,795 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 408,150-498,850 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 19,720-23,780 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 195,750-239,250 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 23,805-29,095 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 473,310-578,490 243,000-297,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Agility) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) (m) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 317,128 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 537 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 18,841 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,647 300,000

Dialogue

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Gallery

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  Black stone dragon wearing a Santa hat during Christmas.

Achievements

• Get Back, Hand! ( 5) – Use Forceful Backhand against a black hand during the Black Stone Dragon fight.
• Shadow Wave ( 5) – Wave goodbye to a black hand.
• Not a Moth ( 20) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon without taking damage from any shadow flames.
• Four in Hand ( 10) – Defeat all 4 black hands, within 10 seconds after defeating the first, during the Black Stone Dragon fight.
• Whack Stone Dragon:
  • Whack Stone Dragon I ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/5)
  • Whack Stone Dragon II ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/10)
  • Whack Stone Dragon III ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/25)
  • Whack Stone Dragon IV ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/50)
  • Whack Stone Dragon V ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/75)
  • Whack Stone Dragon VI ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon. (X/100)
• Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills:
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills I ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/5)
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills II ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/10)
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills III ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/25)
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills IV ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/50)
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills V ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/75)
  • Whack Stone Dragon Solo Kills VI ( 5) – Defeat the Black Stone Dragon while not in a group. (X/100)

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• ninja 14 March 2022 (Update):.
  • The drop rate of unique items across Elite Dungeon modes has been increased to give a unified drop rate per clear:
    • Draconic energy will now drop from the black stone dragon at 50% and 33% of the solo rates in duo and trio mode respectively. These rates are per player.
    • Greater ability codices from Astellarn, Verak Lith and the black stone dragon (per player).
      • Solo - 100/10,000 becomes 120/10,000.
      • Duo - 60/10,000 (unchanged).
      • Trio - 40/10,000 (unchanged).

• patch 3 August 2020 (Update):
  • The Black Hands of Xau-Tak's defence has been slightly reduced during the encounter with the Black Stone Dragon in the Dragon Laboratory Elite Dungeon.
  • The height of the overhead enemy NPC target panel has been adjusted for the black hands of Xau-Tak, as well as several minibosses, in the Dragonkin Laboratory.
  • The black stone dragon's flaming spiral attack will no longer damage players after she is defeated.
  • Mopped up some blood in Astellarn's arena that could cause issues with targeted abilities such as Bladed Dive, and changed the blood in the Black Stone Dragon's arena into inactive scenery.

• patch 20 May 2019 (Update):.
  • Both God Wars Dungeon 2 and Elite Dungeon bosses now award more Reaper points and Slayer XP when killed in challenge/hard mode.

• patch 1 April 2019 (Update):
  • Particles within the black stone dragon encounter appear above the ground symbol when playing on the Java Client.

• patch 20 August 2018 (Update):
  • It is no longer possible to pull the Black Stone Dragon outside of his arena.
  • Prevented a crash that occurred when the Black Stone Dragon was defeated in group mode, but the group wasn't aligned to the Dragonkin Laboratory.

• update 13 August 2018 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Music unlocked

• The Shackled Aberration
• A Malice Unleashed

Trivia

• The existence of the black stone dragon was first hinted at on release of the first elite dungeon, Temple of Aminishi. After releasing Seiryu from Xau-Tak's control, his dialogue refers to "another sharing his torment...under the obliterated crust of Forinthry."
• The dragonkin research refers to her as "Kreath Takla Draekun", and while "Kreath" and "Draekun" are confirmed to translate to "Black" and "Dragon" respectively, it is still unconfirmed if the entire name is a literal translation.
• The black stone dragon was referred to as male in one of the Patch Notes despite being female.