Mithril dragon

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Mithril dragon
Release			3 July 2007 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
Experimenting with mithril gone bad!
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
112			17,800			1,809			596.9
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
108 / 72 / 36
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			564.4			Mithril dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1068			1068			1068			1200
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
80				80				80
Accuracy
1924				1924				1924
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1924		80
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				5363
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Mithril dragons are metal dragons found in the Ancient Cavern and the extended area of the Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon. To access the Ancient Cavern, the player needs to have started the Pyre ship section of Firemaking in Barbarian Training. To access the extended area of the Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon, the player must wear the Daemonheim aura 4 from the elite set of the Daemonheim achievements. These dragons have extremely high defence but, since they are made of metal, are relatively weak to magic, with earth spells being their primary weakness. Mithril dragons are often killed for their possible drops, which include the dragon full helms, draconic visages, chewed bones, and elite clue scrolls.

Mithril dragons are an excellent source of charms, as they drop four of them at a time. They are also a good source of rune salvage.

When they originally were released, they broke the King Black Dragon's record as the strongest dragon, though this has since changed.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Ancient Cavern	112		7	Maplink
Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon	112		4	Maplink

Drops

The average Mithril dragon kill is worth 8,944.81 coins.

100% drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Dragon bones		1	Always	1,776	0
	Large plated mithril salvage		1	Always	3,690	2,400

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
9%	19–20%	48–50%	19–20%	3–4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 11,391 kills. 4 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Medium plated rune salvage		1	1/128	22,670	24,000
	Dragon full helm (m)		1	1/32768	1,444,631	90,000
	Rune dart		14	3/128	756	2,940
	Off-hand rune dart		14	3/128	868	2,940
	Rune javelin		8	14/128	1,440	2,992
	Runite bolts		10–27	5/128	1,680-4,536	1,800-4,860
	Rune knife		8–18	1/128	3,416-7,686	192-432
	Off-hand rune knife		8–18	1/128	3,080-6,930	192-432
	Rune arrow		8–42	1/128	1,208-6,342	2,448-12,852
	Medium spiky rune salvage		1	2/128	22,675	24,000
	Large bladed rune salvage		1	6/128	30,718	32,000
	Tiny blunt rune salvage		1	3/256	6,813	8,000
	Super attack mix (2) (m)		1	2/128	661	81
	Super strength mix (2) (m)		1	2/128	1,109	99
	Super defence mix (2) (m)		1	2/128	614	118
	Prayer mix (2) (m)		1	2/128	1,250	68
	Coins		600–868	40/128	600-868	600-868
	Runite stone spirit		1–2	1/512	1,593-3,186	Not alchemisable
	Mithril stone spirit		5	5/128	390	Not alchemisable
	Ancient page		1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Shark (m)		1–6	7/128	2,516-15,096	180-1,080
	Chewed bones (m)		1	3/128	2,100	2,100
	Rare drop table		1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Shark (m)		1–6	Uncommon	2,516-15,096	180-1,080
	Mithril dragon tail-bone (m)		1	Uncommon	0	0
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	10/640	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (elite) (m)		1	2/640	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage		1	1/10000	1,177,836	450,000
	Inert adrenaline crystal (m)		1 (noted)	Uncommon	48,191	2,400

Rare drop table

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 712 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 1,783 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 1,732 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 4,900 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 220,500-269,500 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 12,407 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 12,593 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 10,483 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 471,735-576,565 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 56,814 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 56,467 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,288 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 537,660-657,140 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 900 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,754 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 697,572-852,588 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 63,822 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,413 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 15,707-19,043 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,047,870-1,280,730 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 296,956-358,094 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 14,688-17,712 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 43,875-53,625 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 454,950-556,050 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 19,448-23,452 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 319,680-390,720 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 10,625-14,875 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 4,124 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 11,100-13,320 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 888 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 51,550-61,860 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,779 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 8,000-11,200 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 415,260-507,540 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 134,550-164,450 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 162,090-198,110 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 269,595-329,505 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,368-4,992 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 80,206-91,664 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 129,344 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 243,060 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 58,950-72,050 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 26,370-32,230 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 370,350-452,650 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 13,668-16,482 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 135,675-165,825 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 22,005-26,895 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 496,530-606,870 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 257,796 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 14,612 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 467 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,119,657,444 300,000 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	20,631	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• La Petite Mort ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Kandarin.
  • Dragon full helm and chewed bones drops

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 16 November 2020 (Update):
  • The colours of bronze, iron, steel and mithril dragons will now display correctly.

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

• patch 20 October 2009 (Update):
  • When fighting mithril dragons, other dragons shouldn't be able to barge in and steal focus.

• patch 9 September 2009 (Update):
  • Improved various dragons’ fire-breath code behaviour to match the KBD's existing behaviour. The actual animation has not changed.

• update 3 July 2007 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• During the fusing of the dragonkin key, the mithril dragon temporarily appears as level 150.
• In a Postbag from the hedge, Oziach pointed out that there are bronze dragons, iron dragons, steel dragons, and mithril dragons when he was chatting with Evil Dave. Oziach deduced that there will be adamant dragons, rune dragons, and even dragon dragons.
• When killed, it says on the Adventurer's Log: "I killed [number] of mithril dragons." If the player killed 1, it would be "I killed a mithril dragon."
• Their examine text indicates that metallic dragons, or at least mithril ones, may be the result of unnatural experimentation; of course, this may also refer to how they were created by the dragonkin. With the release of the quest One of a Kind, this has been confirmed.
• Mithril dragons are the only metallic dragons that do not drop the dragon platelegs and plateskirt.