Onyx dragon

For the Dragonkin Laboratory monster, see Onyx dragon (Dragonkin Laboratory).

Onyx dragon
Release																				3 April 2017 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Actions																				Attack, Examine
Race																				Dragon
Examine																				A dragon decorated in onyx gems.
Combat info
Combat level																				126
Life points																				50,000
Aggressive
Poisonous
Combat experience
XP																				3,574.8
XP																				1,858.8
XP																				1,179.6
XP (2H/MH/OH)																				214 / 142 / 71
Slayer info
Level																				98
Assignment																				Dragons, gemstone dragons
Master
Offensive
Max hit
1,653.8															0															1,653.8															1,653.8
Style																														Rate
																														5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
90																				90																				90
Accuracy
2,458																				0																				2,458
Defensive
Armour																				Weakness															Susceptible
2,458										90
Base hit chance
90															25															65															55
Immunities
Not immune															Not immune															Not immune															Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID															24171, 29347
Links															bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

Onyx dragons are high-level Slayer monsters requiring level 98 Slayer to kill. They are part of the gemstone dragon group, and are the second strongest dragon of this type.

A total of six onyx dragons are located in the gemstone cavern under the Shilo Village mine. They require the completion of the hard Karamja achievements in order to access them in the gem rock cavern underneath. In order to pass the barrier to confront them, players are also required to sacrifice a number of uncut dragonstone, uncut onyx, or uncut hydrix gems - with each gem type allowing the player to kill a certain number of dragons within their respective chamber; up to a limit of storing 60,000 kills at a time.

If the player is on a Slayer task for gemstone dragons, however, they may enter the gemstone cavern without the need for charges, and, if the player has already donated gems for charges, the charges will not be consumed while on-task.

Entrance fee to killing onyx dragons

Uncut gem	Kills per gem	Cost per kill
Uncut dragonstone	2	3,260
Uncut onyx	400	2,665
Incomplete hydrix	4000	19,519

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Gemstone cavern	126		6	Maplink
Wilderness	126		? edit	? edit
Deep Wilderness Dungeon	126		2	Maplink

They may also spawn as part of a flash mob if the player has a combat level of 80 or higher.

Strategies

Onyx dragons attack primarily with magic, although they will use both magic and melee if within melee range in addition to the regular dragonfire attack.

Onyx dragons will periodically use their special attack which steals some of the player's life points and heals the dragon for 5,000 life points. This can be avoided by moving away from the black spikes that come towards the player as a ripple effect, when they reach the player's location they will emerge as a 3 by 3 area of effect attack (AoE) and can be avoided completely by moving out of that area. They will not use their special attack if the player is within melee range.

Resonance may be used to heal from their special attack, but the attack will still heal the dragon. Of all the gemstone dragons' special attacks, this attack's effect is the least punishing, so it may be safer to do so with these dragons. Beware that overuse of Resonance to block the special attack over the course of the task results in having to deal a lot more damage to complete it. Similarly, Devotion may be used with Protect / Deflect Magic to block the attack's damage, but this does not prevent the attack from healing the dragon.

If the dragon dies before the special attack hits, the attack deals no damage.

It is possible to kill onyx dragons with an aggression potion active and while not paying attention to the possible special attacks rather safely by placing an onyx dragon soul in their own Slayer dungeon and standing on top of the dragon's spawn point. This makes it likely that the dragon targets the player before it gets out of melee distance, and thus prevents it from using its special attacks.

Drops

100% drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Hardened dragon bones	1	Always	13,311	1

Charms

Nothing	3	3	3	3
62–67%	6–9%	19–23%	5–8%	0.7–1.9%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 917 kills. 3 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

Players will receive two drops from the main drop table each kill.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Ring of life	1	Uncommon	3,380	2,115
	Ruby	2 (noted)	Uncommon	654	1,200
	Gold stone spirit	19–30	Uncommon	11,932–18,840	Not alchemisable
	Onyx	1	Very rare	963,909	180,000
	Diamond	1 (noted)	Uncommon	605	1,200
	Sapphire	5–7 (noted)	Common	1,535–2,149	750–1,050
	Onyx bolt tips	1	Common	5,060	5,400
	Rune bolts	4–6	Common	1,552–2,328	720–1,080
	Ring of duelling (8)	2	Common	8,650	1,530
	Coins	1,000; 1,500; 2,000; 3,000; 9,000	Common	1,000–9,000	1,000–9,000
	Ruby bolt tips	36–60	Common	2,340–3,900	1,440–2,400
	Dragonstone ring	1	Rare	8,375	10,575
	Gemstone helm	1	1/5000	1,338,329	30,000
	Gemstone greaves	1	1/5000	6,071,119	51,000

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	1/128	1	1
	Draconic visage	1	1/10000	1,315,627	450,000
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Wilderness shared loot table	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable

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 417 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 316 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 433 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 1,053 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 47,385–57,915 5,400–6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 6,520 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 293,400–358,600 27,000–33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 8,802 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 8,876 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 56,681 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 55,766 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,276 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 656,460–802,340 756,000–924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 930 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 37,525 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 675,450–825,550 720,000–880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 66,403 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 57,557 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 27,572–33,428 678–822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 784,215–958,485 1,104,165–1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 50,116–60,434 136–164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 14,484–17,466 136–164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 71,550–87,450 22,950–28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 241,650–295,350 40,500–49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 23,664–28,536 68–82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 653,040–798,160 180–220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 4,750–6,650 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 508 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 6,250–7,500 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 500 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,350–7,620 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 3,600 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 4,325–6,055 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 12,908–14,752 532–608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 87,696–100,224 532–608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 121,080 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 27,320 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 347,130–424,270 90–110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 115,470–141,130 90–110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 170,685–208,615 8,100–9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 422,460–516,340 5,130–6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 44,100–53,900 1,350–1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 40,500–49,500 45–55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 845,100–1,032,900 450–550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 23,392–28,208 6,528–7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 232,200–283,800 64,800–79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 32,985–40,315 13,500–16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 575,370–703,230 243,000–297,000 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 511,425 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 608 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 17,219 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,647 300,000

Wilderness drop table

This monster has access to the Wilderness shared loot table, which is a tertiary drop. To access the table, it has to be killed inside the Wilderness.
Luck-enhancing items are not required to access the table, but do increase the chance of doing so, as does doing higher-level content.

Wilderness shared loot table:

Rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE price High alch value Wilderness hilt 1 Rare 47,971 48,000 Adrenaline crystal 5–15 (noted) Uncommon 35,845–107,535 12,000–36,000 Preserved meat 1 Common Not sold Not alchemisable Fremennik equipment patch 1 Uncommon 2,882 Not alchemisable Ancient warriors' equipment patch 1 Very rare 821,241 Not alchemisable Revenant drop enhancer 1 Rare Not sold Not alchemisable Bloodweed seed 1–3 Uncommon 63,042–189,126 38–114 Brawling gloves (Agility) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Cooking) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Fishing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (FM) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Hunter) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Magic) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Melee) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Mining) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Prayer) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Ranged) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Smithing) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (Thieving) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000 Brawling gloves (WC) 1 Very rare 30,000 30,000

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	62,390	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• Jungle Predator ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Karamja.
  • Gemstone helm and greaves drops

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 8 August 2022 (Update):
  • Replaced two of the onyx dragons in the Deep Wilderness Dungeon with dragonstone dragons.

• update 3 April 2017 (Update):
  • Added to game.