Dragon bones

Dragon bones

Release																				23 October 2002 (Update)
Members																				No
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				Yes
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Noteable																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Actions ^[?]
Backpack																				Bury
Values
Value																				1 coin Cash out: 200 coins
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Reclaimable Reclaim: 100
Weight																				1.5 kg
Examine
These would feed a dog for months.
Grand Exchange
Exchange																				3,617 coins (info)
Buy limit																				10,000
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Advanced data
Item ID																				536
Links																				MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

Dragon bones are associated with the Prayer skill, and are dropped by most adult dragons. Dragon bones give 72 Prayer experience when buried (144 when wearing the Dragon Rider amulet), 180 Prayer experience when cremated, 252 experience when offered at the Chaos Altar (Prayer), 288 Prayer experience when offered at the Ectofuntus, or 252 Prayer experience when offered at a gilded altar with 2 burners lit. The relative ease of collecting dragon bones, combined with the amount of experience earned from them, makes them widely viewed as a fast, cost-effective way to train Prayer.

Members can also get dragon bones as a reward from the Soul Wars minigame by selecting the 'Gamble' option when choosing rewards. If a player gets dragon bones, they will likely be noted in quantities of 11 or 22.

Prayer info[edit | edit source]

BuryingGilded/Chaos altar
EctofuntusCremation
Dragon bones

Level required					1
Prayer XP					72 xp
Auto-sanctifier					252 xp
Facility					N/A
Type					Bones

Cost and XP analysis[edit | edit source]

	Bury	with the Dragon Rider amulet	Gilded altar^{[a 1]}, Chaos Temple, or burying with powder of burials	Ectofuntus	Cremation
XP	72	144	252	288	324 (Total)	180 (Prayer) + 144 (FM)
GP/XP	−50.2	−25.1	−14.4	−12.6	−11.2 (Total)	−20.1 (Prayer) or −25.1 (FM)

^ This table assumes that two burners are lit while using the gilded altar, and excludes the cost of clean marrentill.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Green and Blue dragons are the weakest types of dragons, resulting in dragon bones mostly being accumulated by killing them.
Green dragons are the lowest level dragons in the game. They can be found in various places in the Wilderness, as well as in two locations in the Chaos Tunnels. Green dragons in the Chaos Tunnels are grouped together with Baby black dragons, while players may be attacked by Player Killers while fighting green dragons in the Wilderness locations.
The high value of dragons' drops (bones plus hides every kill for chromatic dragons) makes dragon-hunting a highly profitable combat activity. Players can make 120K to over 1M coins per hour fighting green dragons, depending on how fast they can kill the dragons and bank the loot. About 35K to 100K can be made per run on dragons (depending on inventory space /B.O.Bs), and more if more valuable items are brought back as well.
Baby dragons do not drop dragon bones. Instead, they drop Baby dragon bones.
Burying dragon bones is not recommended; for members, dragon bones are best used on a Gilded altar or the altar in the Chaos Temple (Wilderness), which gives the same experience and doesn't require 75 Construction. For free-to-play, cremation gives the most XP.
Airut bones, Dagannoth bones, Ourg bones, Hardened dragon bones, Dinosaur bones , Reinforced dragon bones, and Frost dragon bones are faster ways to train Prayer than Dragon bones, but cost much more per Prayer experience point.
While gilded altars give the fastest experience, some prefer to use the Ectofuntus due to the fact that gilded altars give 36 less XP per bone. Although it's slower, the Ectofuntus gives more experience per bone, decreasing costs, and eliminates the need to obtain marrentill and/or find a house party offering an altar.

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Bag of lost items	N/A	1	Uncommon
Barbarian Assault/Rewards	N/A	27 (noted)	Common
Barbarian Assault/Rewards	N/A	8 (noted)	Common
Black dragon (Dragonkin Laboratory)	108	1	Always
Black dragon	100	1	Always
Blue dragon	74	1	Always
Bronze dragon	86	1	Always
Brutal green dragon	105	1	Always
Celestial dragon (Dragonkin Laboratory)	114	1	Always
Celestial dragon	127	1	Always
Chaos Elemental P2P	305	1	Uncommon
Dragon impling jar	N/A	50–100 (noted)	Uncommon
Dragon impling	83	50–100 (noted)	Uncommon
Ghost treat	N/A	15 (noted)	Uncommon^{[f 1]}
Green dragon	63	1	Always
Hefin worker		1	Uncommon
Holy scarab	N/A	1	219/6914
Iron dragon	98	1	Always
King Black Dragon	276	1	Always
Mithril dragon	112	1	Always
Poison black dragon	98	1	Always
Queen Black Dragon	900	8	Always
Rare drop table		180–220 (noted)	Rare
Red dragon (Dragonkin Laboratory)	105	1	Always
Red dragon	84	1	Always
Shocking black dragon	98	1	Always
Soul Wars/Rewards	N/A	11	Uncommon
Steel dragon	100	1	Always
Vindicta Normal Mode	1000	1	Always
Vindicta Challenge Mode	1000	1	Always
Vindicta Normal Mode	1000	150–250 (noted)	Uncommon
Vindicta Challenge Mode	1000	150–300 (noted)	Uncommon
Zombie (random event)	14; 29; 49; 79; 120; 159; 170	1–3	Rare
Zombie impling jar	N/A	3	Uncommon
Zombie impling	87	3	Uncommon

^ There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

Dragon bones

Disassembly category

Bones and remains

Disassembly XP

0.8

Item quantity required

1

Material count

2

Base junk chance

69.2%

Common materials

Organic parts

98/100

Rare materials

Pious components

2/100

Item spawns[edit | edit source]

Achievement[edit | edit source]

Bury All ( 20) – Manually bury or scatter each of the listed bones and ashes.

Update history[edit | edit source]

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 9 October 2017 (Update):
- Free players can now bury dragon bones for Prayer XP.

hidden 29 March 2004 (Update):
- The examine text of various bones were changed.

update 23 October 2002 (Update):
- Added to game.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Dragon bones became available to free-to-play players on 29 February 2016 but could not be buried until 9 October 2017.
A player choosing to use dragon bones all the way from 1-99 Prayer, using a gilded altar with lit burners and no other experience boosts, would spend 187,085,464 coins if all bones were bought at the current price on the Grand Exchange.
- Using the ectofuntus would cost 163,699,781 coins, but would take far longer to do. Simply burying the bones would cost 654,799,124 coins.

[1] This table assumes that two burners are lit while using the gilded altar, and excludes the cost of clean marrentill.

[_dropref_-2] There is further information on this drop; see the associated page for details.

[a 1]

[f 1]

Dragon bones

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Dragon bones

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Tips[edit | edit source]

Drop sources[edit | edit source]

Disassembly[edit | edit source]

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