Onyx dragon

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

Onyx dragon
Release			3 April 2017 (Update)
Members			Yes
Examine
A dragon decorated in onyx gems.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
126			50,000			3,574.8			1,179.6
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
214 / 142 / 71
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
98			1858.8			Gemstone dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1653			0			1653			1653
Style						Rate
						5 ticks (3.0s)
Combat levels
90				90				90
Accuracy
2458				0				2458
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
2458		90
Affinities
90			25			65			55
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				24171
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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5 ticks (3.0s)

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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	6,201
Uncut onyx	400	6,142
Incomplete hydrix	4000	14,423

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Gemstone cavern	126		6	Maplink

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 (m)		1	Always	8,056	0

Charms

Nothing	1	1	1	1
58–64%	7–10%	20–25%	6–9%	0.8–2.3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 683 kills. 3 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drops

Monster often drop two from this table.

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Ring of life (m)		1	Uncommon	5,917	2,115
	Ruby		2 (noted)	Uncommon	2,598	1,200
	Gold stone spirit		25–30	Uncommon	2,200-2,640	Not alchemisable
	Onyx (m)		1	Very rare	2,532,749	180,000
	Diamond		1 (noted)	Uncommon	6,325	1,200
	Sapphire		5–7 (noted)	Common	2,510-3,514	750-1,050
	Onyx bolt tips (m)		1–2	Common	7,250-14,500	5,400-10,800
	Runite bolts		4–6	Common	748-1,122	720-1,080
	Ring of duelling (8) (m)		2	Common	8,302	1,530
	Coins		1,000–3,000	Common	1,000-3,000	1,000-3,000
	Ruby bolt tips		48–60	Common	8,400-10,500	1,920-2,400
	Dragonstone ring (m)		1–2	Rare	9,314-18,628	10,575-21,150
	Gemstone helm (m)		1	1/2048	650,942	30,000
	Gemstone greaves (m)		1	1/2048	3,049,915	51,000

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	1/128	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage		1	1/10000	1,182,834	450,000

Rare drop table

This monster has access to the rare drop table.
Luck-enhancing items such as a ring of Wealth or luck of the Dwarves are not required to access the table.

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 894 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 2,463 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 2,459 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 7,322 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 329,490-402,710 5,400-6,600 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 15,189 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 15,335 0 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 12,401 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 558,045-682,055 27,000-33,000 Dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,996 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,634 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,099 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 556,920-680,680 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 925 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,658 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 695,844-850,476 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 66,076 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,473 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 16,385-19,865 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 1,024,515-1,252,185 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 293,080-353,420 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 7,752-9,348 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 49,815-60,885 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 486,900-595,100 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 15,844-19,106 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 337,860-412,940 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 13,350-18,690 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 5,172 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 24,625-29,550 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,970 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 64,650-77,580 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 4,971 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 10,325-14,455 Not alchemisable Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 427,140-522,060 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 132,750-162,250 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 97,830-119,570 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 217,575-265,925 5,130-6,270 Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 6,944-7,936 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 51,786-59,184 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 125,644 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 278,460 1,520 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 56,250-68,750 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 30,555-37,345 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 340,200-415,800 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 14,688-17,712 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 145,800-178,200 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 31,275-38,225 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 589,680-720,720 243,000-297,000 Vecna skull (m) 1 Rare 180,747 6,000 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 11,718 18 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 436 1 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 1,535,207,358 300,000 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	9,904	Not alchemisable

Achievement

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