Dragon Slayer (perk)

This article is about the perk. For other uses, see Dragon Slayer (disambiguation).

Dragon Slayer
Release date	25 January 2016 (Update)
Gizmo type	Weapon, Armour
Maximum rank
Standard	1
Ancient	1
In-game description
Deal +7% damage to dragons.
Infobox • Talk page

Dragon Slayer is an Invention perk that increases damage dealt to dragons by 7%. It can be created in weapon and armour gizmos.

Even though living wyverns can be considered dragons, they are not affected by the Dragon Slayer perk. However, skeletal wyverns are affected by it. The perk does not have any effect on Anagami, Arhat, or revenant dragons.

The Dragon Slayer perk is an excellent option when augmenting equipment for medium- to high-level Slayer training. It is most useful on ranged armour (for chromatic, celestial, rune, and gemstone dragons) and magic armour (for metal dragons and skeletal wyverns); frost dragons are the only dragons that are weak to melee.

The damage increase from the Dragon Slayer perk affects damage over time abilities that have a bleed effect i.e. Dismember, Combust, etc.

Effect on Dragon bosses

Boss	Mode (if applicable)	Has effect?
King Black Dragon	N/A
Queen Black Dragon	N/A
Vindicta & Gorvek	Normal Challenge
Seiryu the Azure Serpent	N/A
Astellarn, the First Celestial	N/A
Verak Lith	N/A
Black stone dragon	N/A

Sources

Material		Rarity	Perk ranks with X materials
			Standard gizmo					Ancient gizmo
			1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Enhancing components	Uncommon	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Base parts	Common	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Dragonfire components	Rare	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Suggested gizmos

Gizmo layout	Possible perks
	Dragon Slayer Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	51.00% chance for Biting 4 and Dragon Slayer at level 120, 56.75% with Biting 3–4 Dragon Slayer Open in calculator: Ancient weapon, Ancient armour
	This combination is for Precise 6, Dragon Slayer. Precise 6 Dragon Slayer Open in calculator: Ancient weapon
	46.02% chance for Equilibrium 4 and Dragon Slayer at level 120, 49.72% with Equilibrium 3–4 Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Ruthless Open in calculator: Ancient weapon
	Biting 2–3 (3 being very rare) Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Cautious Blunted Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	64.33% or 1/1.55 at level 120. Biting 2 Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Invigorating Blunted Cautious Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	Invigorating 4 Dragon Slayer Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	The highest chance for this perk combination is at 112 and 113 Invention. One's Invention level can be lowered either by Goraks or by the effects of the cold outside the God Wars Dungeon Impatient 4 Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Enhanced Devoted Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	100% chance at level 86 or higher. Dragon Slayer Genocidal Other possible perks: Undead Slayer Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	The position of the components is crucial for a 94.02% chance at this armour gizmo combo. Genocidal Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Invigorating Trophy-taker's Blunted Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Ancient armour
	The position of the components is crucial for a 94.02% chance at this weapon gizmo combo. Genocidal Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Invigorating Trophy-taker's Blunted Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Ancient weapon
	Dragon Slayer Genocidal Other possible perks: Trophy-taker's Blunted Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	Dragon Slayer Genocidal Other possible perks: Trophy-taker's Blunted Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	92.80% in the level range 71-137 for weapon gizmos Demon Slayer Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Mobile Inaccurate Dragon Bait Reflexes Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	93.59% in the level range 71-137 for armour gizmos Demon Slayer Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Mobile Dragon Bait Reflexes Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	Dragon Slayer Crackling 2–3 (3 is rare) Other possible perks: Ultimatums Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	Dragon Slayer Mobile Other possible perks: Demon Bait Crystal Shield Reflexes Dragon Bait Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	Dragon Slayer Mobile Other possible perks: Crystal Shield Demon Bait Inaccurate Energising Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon
	Impatient 2 Dragon Slayer Other possible perks: Enhanced Devoted Open in calculator: Armour, Weapon

Update history

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• patch 12 February 2018 (Update):
  • Icons were added to the combat target interface for NPCs indicating whether they are affected by the Demon, Dragon or Undead Slayer perks (if the attacker has the relevant perk equipped).

• patch 22 February 2016 (Update):
  • The Dragon, Demon and Undead Slayer perks now provide +7% damage, up from +2%.

• update 25 January 2016 (Update):
  • Added to game.