Mithril dragon

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Mithril dragon
Release																				3 July 2007 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Actions																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Dragon
Examine																				Experimenting with mithril gone bad!
Combat info
Combat level																				112
Life points																				17,800
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				1,809
XP																				564.4
XP																				596.9
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				108 / 72 / 36
Slayer info
Level																				1
Assignment																				Dragons, mithril dragons
Master
Offensive
Max hit
1,068															1,068															1,068															2,700
Style																														Rate
																														4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
80																				80																				80
Accuracy
1,924																				1,924																				1,924
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
1,924										80
Base hit chance
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.

Killing a Mithril dragon for the first time completes the How to Maim Your Dragon achievement.

Locations

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

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 64,914 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Mithril dragon kill is worth 11,732 coins.

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Dragon bones	1	Always	3,476	1
	Large plated mithril salvage	1	Always	4,510	2,400

Charms

Nothing	4	4	4	4
8–9%	19–20%	48–50%	19–20%	3–4%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 12,629 kills. 4 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Dragon full helm	1	1/32768	2,151,693	90,000
	Rune javelin	8	14/128	1,488	2,992
	Rune bolts	10–27	5/128	3,410–9,207	1,800–4,860
	Rune knife	8–18	1/128	5,328–11,988	192–432
	Off-hand rune knife	8–18	1/128	4,432–9,972	192–432
	Rune arrow	8–42	1/128	1,216–6,384	2,448–12,852
	Super attack mix (2)	1	2/128	631	81
	Super strength mix (2)	1	2/128	1,040	99
	Super defence mix (2)	1	2/128	637	118
	Prayer mix (2)	1	2/128	2,325	68
	Large bladed rune salvage	1	6/128	29,837	32,000
	Medium plated rune salvage	1	1/128	21,883	24,000
	Medium spiky rune salvage	1	2/128	21,900	24,000
	Small spiky rune salvage	1	6/128	14,026	16,000
	Tiny blunt rune salvage	1	3/256	6,092	8,000
	Coins	600	40/128	600	600
	Coins	868	Unknown	868	868
	Coins	876	Unknown	876	876
	Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	Uncommon	1,096	2,400
	Runite stone spirit	1–2	1/512	973–1,946	Not alchemisable
	Mithril stone spirit	5	5/128	920	Not alchemisable
	Ancient page	1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Shark	1	Uncommon	410	180
	Shark	6	Uncommon	2,460	1,080
	Chewed bones	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	1	Uncommon	410	180
	Mithril dragon tail-bone	1	Uncommon	1	1
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	10/640	1	1
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	2/640	1	1
	Starved ancient effigy	1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage	1	1/10000	1,212,762	450,000

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 Coins 50 Common 50 50 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 515 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 336 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 383 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 895 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 40,275–49,225 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,888 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 264,960–323,840 27,000–33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,093 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 9,122 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 56,882 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,036 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,793 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 695,880–850,520 756,000–924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 930 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,911 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 682,398–834,042 720,000–880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 76,344 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,133 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 24,182–29,318 678–822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 833,490–1,018,710 1,104,165–1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 50,184–60,516 136–164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,056–15,744 136–164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 52,785–64,515 22,950–28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 183,150–223,850 40,500–49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 30,668–36,982 68–82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 625,680–764,720 180–220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 5,825–8,155 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 604 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,725–8,070 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 538 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 7,550–9,060 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 2,919 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 5,300–7,420 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 12,852–14,688 532–608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 51,856–59,264 532–608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 163,264 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 33,900 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 255,600–312,400 90–110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 115,920–141,680 90–110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 151,200–184,800 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 398,340–486,860 5,130–6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 43,650–53,350 1,350–1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 44,820–54,780 45–55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 855,000–1,045,000 450–550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 27,132–32,718 6,528–7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 269,325–329,175 64,800–79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 34,245–41,855 13,500–16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 521,100–636,900 243,000–297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 792,553 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 608 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 16,701 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,647 300,000

Universal drops

Universal drops are dropped by nearly every monster and skilling action 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	77,254	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

Graphical updates

• 

  Mithril dragon after 3 July 2007 (update)

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  Mithril dragon after Unknown date (edit)

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 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.