# Dragonkin lamp

For the lamp awarded by Mr Mordaut, see Dragonkin lamp (Mr. Mordaut).
"Dkl" redirects here. For the Dragonkin Laboratory, see Dragonkin Laboratory.
Investigating a gorged effigy and receiving the lamp.

A dragonkin lamp is the final reward from the ancient effigies Distraction and Diversion. It can also be purchased for 250,000 coins from the Travelling Merchant's Shop, and there is a chance that an effigy lamp from volatile and erratic effigies will be upgraded to a dragonkin lamp. Its name references the dragonkin, though their connection to this artefact is currently unknown. It is an easy way for players who only use combat to level non-combat skills. It is received after investigating a gorged ancient effigy and receiving experience from it. This requires at least level 97 in one of the two skills that the effigy craves knowledge in, or using an assist from a player who already has the required levels if you do not. The fastest way to get assistance is by posting in the dedicated thread on the official RuneScape forums or join one of many Friends Chats dedicated to providing assistance. Like most experience lamps, the dragonkin lamp may not be banked.

There is also a chance of 1/100[1] to receive the Effy pet from a dragonkin lamp after completing Rebuilding Edgeville. This also applies to lamps purchased from the travelling merchant.

It is recommended to spend the experience from the lamp on expensive or slow skills, such as Prayer, Construction or Herblore. Spending the lamp on these skills can potentially save millions of coins, as Prayer and Herblore can cost up to millions of coins and hours of training. Some examples:

1. If a player uses the lamp on Prayer at level 75, it will save them roughly 139,000 coins, assuming the player buys 73 dragon bones for 1,908 each and uses them in the Ectofuntus.
2. If the player had 81 Herblore, the lamp would save 675,000 coins assuming the player was making 147 Saradomin brews and losing 4,591 coins per potion by buying toadflax potions (unf) and crushed nests.
3. If the player had 90 Construction, the lamp would save 599,000 coins assuming the player used only 258 mahogany planks bought for the GE price of 2,320 coins each.

The dragonkin lamp can be used to gain experience in any skill. The amount of experience gained depends on the player's level in that skill (see calculator and chart below). After using a dragonkin Lamp the player receives the message: "As you focus on your chosen memories, you feel a burning malevolence in the back of your mind. You have gained new insight into [skill]... but at what cost?". The significance of this message is unknown and could hint at a sinister aspect of the lamp's powers.

## XP

An approximation for the experience gained is calculated by taking the level cubed and dividing that by 20.2:

${\displaystyle {\text{experience}}={\frac {{\text{level}}^{3}}{20.2}}}$

The exact experience gained is shown in the table below based on the following equation, where the floor function, ${\displaystyle \lfloor x\rfloor }$, means to round the value ${\displaystyle x}$ down to the nearest integer:

${\displaystyle {\text{experience}}=\left\lfloor {\frac {{\text{level}}^{3}-2\times {\text{level}}^{2}+100\times {\text{level}}}{20}}\right\rfloor }$
Table of experience
Level Experience Level Experience Level Experience Level Experience
120 85,560 90 36,090 60 10,740 30 1,410
119 83,436 89 34,901 59 10,215 29 1,280
118 81,349 88 33,739 58 9,709 28 1,159
117 79,296 87 32,603 57 9,219 27 1,046
116 77,279 86 31,493 56 8,747 26 941
115 75,296 85 30,408 55 8,291 25 843
114 73,347 84 29,349 54 7,851 24 753
113 71,432 83 28,315 53 7,427 23 670
112 69,552 82 27,306 52 7,020 22 594
111 67,704 81 26,320 51 6,627 21 523
110 65,890 80 25,360 50 6,250 20 460
109 64,108 79 24,422 49 5,887 19 401
108 62,359 78 23,509 48 5,539 18 349
107 60,642 77 22,618 47 5,205 17 301
106 58,957 76 21,751 46 4,885 16 259
105 57,303 75 20,906 45 4,578 15 221
104 55,681 74 20,083 44 4,285 14 187
103 54,090 73 19,282 43 4,005 13 157
102 52,530 72 18,504 42 3,738 12 132
101 50,999 71 17,746 41 3,482 11 109
100 49,500 70 17,010 40 3,240 10 90
99 48,029 69 16,294 39 3,008 9 73
98 46,589 68 15,599 38 2,789 8 59
97 45,177 67 14,924 37 2,580 7 47
96 43,795 66 14,269 36 2,383 6 37
95 42,441 65 13,633 35 2,196 5 28
94 41,115 64 13,017 34 2,019 4 21
93 39,817 63 12,420 33 1,852 3 15
92 38,548 62 11,842 32 1,696 2 10
91 37,305 61 11,281 31 1,548 1 4

The following calculator can be used to quickly determine the experience points earned at a specific level:

 template = Template:Dragonkin XP calc
form = dlf
result = dlr
param = 1|Level||int|1-120

Templates used Dragonkin XP calc
Dragonkin lamp calculator
Experience

For the number of dragonkin lamps needed to get from one level to another level, see the dragonkin XP calculator.

## Store locations

### Travelling Merchant's Shop

This table shows the next 5 dates(wrong?) on which dragonkin lamp is available in the Travelling Merchant's Shop, where it can be purchased for 250,000 coins.

## Trivia

• It takes 21 dragonkin lamps to level from 1 to 2, while it only takes 27 to level from 98 to 99. However, 118 lamps are required to level Dungeoneering, Slayer, Farming, or Herblore from 119 to 120.

## References

1. ^ Jagex. Mod Pi's Twitter account. 21 May 2018. (Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.) Mod Pi: "The chance of getting Effy from a dragonkin lamp is 1/100. At a rate of 1-2 per hour from GWD you're looking at 50-100 hours which puts it on par with other rare pets."