Frost dragon

For the pet version, see Frosty.

For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Frost dragon (Dungeoneering).

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Frost dragon
Release			19 July 2010 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			• Attack • Examine
Race			Dragon
Examine
A dragon covered in frost and ice.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
112			8,500			1,085.4			358.1
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
65 / 43 / 21
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			398.8			Dragons, Creatures of Daemonheim
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
500			500			500			Varies
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
77				77				77
Accuracy
1,783				1,783				1,783
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,694		75
Affinities
90			65			55			45
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				51
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Frost dragons reside in the Asgarnian Ice Dungeon resource dungeon. The dungeon requires a minimum level of 85 Dungeoneering to access, and inside are a total of 12 dragons. Frost dragons attack with all three combat styles, as well as with dragonfire. The dungeon can be accessed easily by using the fairy ring network with the combination aiq.

Killing frost dragons is highly profitable as their bones are currently worth 13,789 coins each. Players may gain upwards of 386,092 coins per full inventory of bones, or more if using Magic notepaper or a Beast of Burden familiar.

Frost dragons can be killed on the cluster assignment dragons and Creatures of Daemonheim given by Laniakea.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Asgarnian Ice Dungeon resource dungeon	112		15	Maplink

Combat

Each frost dragon will attack with either their Ranged or Magic attack for the entire fight; which style it will use depends on whichever attack is randomly used first, so the player should keep an eye on the first attack and pray accordingly for that kill, unless using Soul Split or a healing familiar such as a Bunyip or Unicorn stallion.

When fighting frost dragons, a blue recoil orb will appear and start circling the dragon. Do NOT attack while the orb is out, as it will rebound 80% of any damage that would have been dealt. Have auto-retaliate switched OFF when fighting these dragons; when the orb appears, click away from the dragon to stop attacking and wait. The orb will circle three times before it disappears, after which the dragon can be attacked again. This makes frost dragons a slightly tougher monster to fight but should not heavily hinder any higher level player.

Strategies

Main article: Frost dragon/Strategies

Drops

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
15%	18–19%	44–45%	18%	4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 57,790 kills. 1 item is dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Frost dragon bones (m)		1	Always	13,789	0

Main drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Huge plated adamant salvage		1	Uncommon	11,635	10,000
	Rune arrow		12	Common	1,788	3,672
	Medium plated adamant salvage		1	Uncommon	4,894	6,000
	Medium bladed rune salvage		1	Uncommon	22,836	24,000
	Water talisman		2 (noted)	Common	10,078	4
	Death rune		10; 15	Uncommon	3,050-4,575	620-930
	Air talisman		2 (noted)	Uncommon	1,470	4
	Pure essence		50 (noted)	Uncommon	2,900	100
	Law rune		10	Uncommon	3,800	750
	Blood rune (m)		10	Uncommon	5,910	1,100
	Grimy guam		1 (noted)	Common	646	18
	Grimy marrentill (m)		1 (noted)	Common	9,325	0
	Grimy tarromin		1 (noted)	Common	212	0
	Grimy harralander (m)		1 (noted)	Common	2,268	0
	Grimy ranarr (m)		1 (noted)	Common	4,839	0
	Grimy irit (m)		1 (noted)	Common	2,996	0
	Grimy avantoe (m)		1 (noted)	Common	1,022	0
	Grimy kwuarm (m)		1 (noted)	Common	17,277	0
	Grimy cadantine (m)		1 (noted)	Common	5,904	0
	Grimy lantadyme (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,152	0
	Grimy dwarf weed (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	16,970	0
	Grimy snapdragon (m)		1	Very rare	1,747	0
	Coins		200–1,337	Common	200-1,337	200-1,337
	Shark (m)		1; 2	Common	2,650-5,300	180-360
	Water orb (m)		2 (noted)	Common	12,474	360
	Adamantite stone spirit		3	Uncommon	123	Not alchemisable
	Limpwurt root		1 (noted)	Uncommon	4,899	4
	Mahogany logs		3 (noted)	Uncommon	3,498	90

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons (m)		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit sapphire (m)		1	5/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit emerald (m)		1	3/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Spirit ruby (m)		1	2/2000	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage		1	1/10000	1,180,980	450,000

Rare drop table drops

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 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 871 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 3,039 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 1,619 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 2,920 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 131,400-160,600 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,539 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,680 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 9,384 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 422,280-516,120 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,925 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,803 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 36,174 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 557,460-681,340 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 835 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,760 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,680-852,720 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 67,782 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,798 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 14,238-17,262 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,045,710-1,278,090 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 342,652-413,198 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 11,356-13,694 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 51,975-63,525 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 456,300-557,700 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,484-17,466 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 249,120-304,480 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 7,775-10,885 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 6,502 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 7,175-8,610 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 574 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 81,275-97,530 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,527 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 6,450-9,030 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 719,100-878,900 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 157,230-192,170 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 284,580-347,820 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 446,760-546,040 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 5,026-5,744 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 144,256-164,864 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 77,260 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 169,890 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 78,300-95,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 27,000-33,000 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 319,050-389,950 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 19,176-23,124 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 190,350-232,650 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 25,065-30,635 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 524,340-640,860 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 518,047 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 484 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 12,210 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,482,785 300,000 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
	Key token		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mimic kill token (m)		1	Very rare	25,975	Not alchemisable

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!

• patch 27 January 2020 (Update):
  • Frost dragons will now consistently work towards both Dragons cluster tasks and Creatures of Daemonheim cluster tasks assigned from Laniakea.

• patch 15 July 2019 (Update):
  • Frost dragons will now correctly count towards the Dragons cluster task.

• ninja 25 April 2016 (Update):
  • Improved respawn rates for Frost Dragons.

• patch 22 November 2011 (Update):
  • Dragonbane arrows and bolts now function correctly on all kinds of Frost dragon.

• patch 7 June 2011 (Update):
  • Frost dragons can now be left-click attacked.

• patch 21 September 2010 (Update):
  • Adjusted the combat checks when using cannons to fight frost dragons.

• update 19 July 2010 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• When a bucket of milk is used on a Frost dragon, a message in the chat box will appear: They're great! This is a reference to the Frosties/Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal.
• For a while after release, Frost dragons only used melee and magic attack, and did not have their orb reflector ability. However, due to heavy botting at the time, Jagex added a ranged attack and the orb reflector ability to combat botting.
• Frost dragons were created with experimentation by Kerapac, as detailed in Forcae's journal.
• In the area containing the dragons are randomly appearing Frost dragon bones spawns. The bones from these spawns are unobtainable, even by Telekinetic Grab — this formerly caused bots to 'try' to pick up the bones, effectively incapacitating them. However, it seems that bots have been able to differentiate the random spawns from the legitimate spawns, and bots have seemingly disappeared from the area after the release of Botwatch.