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 15 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 24,732 coins each. Players may gain upwards of 692,496 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	1	Always	24,732	1

Main drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Huge plated adamant salvage	1	Uncommon	10,153	10,000
	Rune arrow	12	Common	1,812	3,672
	Medium plated adamant salvage	1	Uncommon	3,876	6,000
	Medium bladed rune salvage	1	Uncommon	21,357	24,000
	Water talisman	2 (noted)	Common	1,212	4
	Death rune	10; 15	Uncommon	3,040-4,560	620-930
	Air talisman	2 (noted)	Uncommon	1,838	4
	Pure essence	50 (noted)	Uncommon	5,800	100
	Law rune	10	Uncommon	1,810	750
	Blood rune	10	Uncommon	10,630	1,100
	Grimy guam	1 (noted)	Common	452	18
	Grimy marrentill	1 (noted)	Common	1,976	1
	Grimy tarromin	1 (noted)	Common	189	1
	Grimy harralander	1 (noted)	Common	1,104	1
	Grimy ranarr	1 (noted)	Common	5,929	1
	Grimy irit	1 (noted)	Common	355	1
	Grimy avantoe	1 (noted)	Common	937	1
	Grimy kwuarm	1 (noted)	Common	833	1
	Grimy cadantine	1 (noted)	Common	865	1
	Grimy lantadyme	1 (noted)	Uncommon	7,689	1
	Grimy dwarf weed	1 (noted)	Uncommon	8,079	1
	Grimy snapdragon	1	Very rare	942	1
	Coins	200–1,337	Common	200-1,337	200-1,337
	Shark	1; 2	Common	654-1,308	180-360
	Water orb	2 (noted)	Common	9,362	360
	Adamantite stone spirit	3	Uncommon	87	Not alchemisable
	Limpwurt root	1 (noted)	Uncommon	338	4
	Mahogany logs	3 (noted)	Uncommon	2,250	90

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128	1	1
	Court summons	1	Rare	1	1
	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	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage	1	1/10000	1,236,230	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 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 464 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 245 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 332 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 824 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 37,080-45,320 5,400-6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,816 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 261,720-319,880 27,000-33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,177 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,179 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 56,211 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,979 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 34,355 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 641,520-784,080 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 950 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,530 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 675,540-825,660 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 66,876 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 57,600 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 24,521-29,729 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 736,290-899,910 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 41,208-49,692 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 10,880-13,120 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 46,845-57,255 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 156,375-191,125 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 16,184-19,516 68-82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 458,640-560,560 180-220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 3,275-4,585 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 496 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,400-7,680 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 512 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,200-7,440 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,911 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 4,075-5,705 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 3,612-4,128 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 3,682-4,208 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 164,920 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 28,750 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 768,420-939,180 90-110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 84,780-103,620 90-110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 141,165-172,535 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 466,515-570,185 5,130-6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 41,400-50,600 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 49,725-60,775 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 348,300-425,700 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 18,768-22,632 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 186,300-227,700 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 25,515-31,185 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 480,600-587,400 243,000-297,000 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 322,146 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 558 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 19,038 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,644 300,000

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	1/10000	30,427	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.
• Initially on release, frost dragons were only capable of using melee and magic. Due to heavy botting, they were eventually given a ranged attack and a reflect ability.
• Frost dragons were created with experimentation by Kerapac, as detailed in Forcae's journal.
• Unlike other dragons who simply spawn in as normal, frost dragons have a summoning circle underneath them, similarly to how players summon standard familiars.