Rune dragon

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ArmouredUnarmoured
Rune dragon
Release			15 June 2015 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Dragon
Examine
Its scales seem to be fused with rune metal.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
127			68,250			4,200			1,386
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
252 / 168 / 84
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
76			2,051			Dragons, rune dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
1,820			1,820			1,820			10,000
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
92				92				92
Accuracy
2,577				2,577				2,577
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
2,458		90
Affinities
-			50			50			50
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				21136
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Rune dragons are metal dragons that can be found on Mount Firewake, in Kethsi. In order to fight rune dragons (and be assigned them for a slayer task), the player must first complete the quests Ritual of the Mahjarrat and Fate of the Gods.

They won the first RuneLabs poll, alongside adamant dragons, and were first announced in the June 2015 Behind the Scenes.

Rune dragons are found in the remains of Mount Firewake, where the Kethsians kept the Stone of Jas, until it was overused and awakened the Dragonkin. Also located in this area is the laboratory of the Dactyl Forcae, a disciple of Kerapac, who created the adamant and rune dragons.

Getting there:

• Players can teleport to Kethsi using the World Gate.
• The sixth-age circuit and the master quest cape provide the fastest teleport to the World Gate.
• A Kethsi ring will teleport players directly to Mount Firewake, the location of Rune dragons.

If the player dies on Mount Firewake, their gravestone spawns near the World Gate.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Mount Firewake	127		20	Maplink

Strategy

Rune dragons have a total of 3 phases that must be completed with each kill, with the first phase requiring the use of dragon bane weaponry in order to break through their metallic armour and with the second phase being unreachable with melee weapons. It is recommended that the player use ranged equipment with dragonbane bolts, dragonbane arrows or Jas dragonbane arrows as ammo for the entire fight. Even outside of phase 1, dragon bane equipment does increased damage to dragons, and the bolts/arrows additionally have a hit-chance bonus while the swords do not. (There are no magic dragon bane weapons.)

As with mithril and adamant dragons, rune dragons use all three styles of combat, in addition to the standard dragonfire. Their magic and melee attacks are simply standard attacks, while their ranged attack will freeze the player for one second, which can be avoided with Freedom and Anticipation.

During their second phase, their standard dragonfire is replaced with an "enhanced" dragonfire. The "enhanced" dragonfire is not as strong as it sounds; rather, it functions similarly to the Queen Black Dragon's dragonfire (even super antifires with a dragonfire shield/anti-dragon shield cannot fully block - this attack is reduced to the low 400s with full antifire protection, and 800's with standard protection) though it is avoidable.

Armoured phase

• Starts with 68,250 life points
• Dragonbane arrows/bolts or other dragon bane equipment is essential on this phase, as all other attacks, including those of familiars, deal dramatically reduced damage.
• Jas dragonbane arrows, a T95 arrow, also works during this phase.

Flying phase

• Starts with 45,045 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage. The attack which hits the phase threshold is reduced significantly.
• The dragon begins flying and becomes immune to melee attacks. Dragonbane is no longer required to deal full damage. In addition, the dragon stops using melee attacks and replaces its standard dragonfire attack with the enhanced version.
• Throughout this phase, the rune dragon may breathe a bright blue plume of enhanced dragonfire, dealing magic damage. This attack cannot be fully blocked by a super antifire or wyrmfire potion, and will deal a minimum of 450 magic damage. However, if the player is far enough from the dragon, a small cloud appears under the player indicating the enhanced dragonfire is being used and can be avoided by moving away from it.

Enrage phase

• Starts with 22,522 life points. Any attacks during the transition will be reduced to 10% damage.
• The rune dragon gains a faint blue aura about its head crest after landing, indicative of this phase beginning.
• It is now possible to attack the dragon with melee again.
• The dragon gets stronger with every attack. It stops using enhanced dragonfire and returns to standard dragonfire. It also starts using its melee attacks again.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 112,796 kills from the Drop Log Project, unless otherwise cited.

The average Rune dragon kill is worth 90,039 coins.

100% drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Reinforced dragon bones	1	Always	32,522	1
	Small plated rune salvage	1	Always	14,748	16,000

Charms

Nothing	4	4	4	4
29–33%	12–14%	20–23%	28–31%	5–6%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 1,862 kills. 4 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Large plated rune salvage	1	27/128	30,527	32,000
	Inert adrenaline crystal	1 (noted)	Common	1,282	2,400
	Dragon platelegs	1	1/256	163,805	162,000
	Dragon plateskirt	1	1/256	171,528	162,000
	Dragon longsword	1	4/128	57,925	60,000
	Off-hand dragon longsword	1	4/128	57,531	60,000
	Rune bolts (unf)	40	10/128	10,880	480
	Uncut dragonstone	2 (noted)	9/128	11,874	1,200
	Black dragonhide	9 (noted)	10/128	16,389	432
	Onyx bolt tips	8	6/128	53,760	43,200
	Necrite stone spirit	2	24/128	528	Not alchemisable
	Phasmatite stone spirit	2	24/128	762	Not alchemisable
	Magic logs	30 (noted)	12/128	14,460	5,760
	Coins	11,000–14,000	10/128	11,000-14,000	11,000-14,000
	Prayer potion (3)	3	2/128	22,128	273
	Rocktail	2	7/128	4,844	720
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Steadfast scale	1	1/768	14,395,430	30,000
	Glaiven wing-tip	1	1/768	1,061,718	30,000
	Ragefire gland	1	1/768	176,705	30,000
	Draconic visage	1	1/512	1,219,402	450,000

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Forcae's journal page	1	1/20	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (hard)	1	14/896	1	1
	Sealed clue scroll (elite)	1	2/896	1	1
	Kethsi ring	1	1/1024	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons	1	Very rare	1	1

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 581 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 357 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 367 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 859 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 38,655-47,245 5,400-6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,937 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 267,165-326,535 27,000-33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,771 1 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 10,845 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 57,925 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,531 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,351 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 734,040-897,160 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 940 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,907 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 700,326-855,954 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 66,596 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,432 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 20,227-24,523 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 952,290-1,163,910 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 52,156-62,894 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 10,880-13,120 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 47,385-57,915 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 250,875-306,625 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 18,088-21,812 68-82 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 418,860-511,940 180-220 Drakolith stone spirit 25–35 Uncommon 7,250-10,150 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 2 Common 528 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 25–30 Uncommon 9,525-11,430 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit 2 Common 762 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit 25–30 Rare 6,600-7,920 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 5,136 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit 25–35 Rare 4,325-6,055 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 5,726-6,544 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 28,406-32,464 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 175,336 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 30,610 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 1,177,560-1,439,240 90-110 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 133,290-162,910 90-110 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 139,680-170,720 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 460,395-562,705 5,130-6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 51,300-62,700 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 30,600-37,400 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 482,400-589,600 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 19,856-23,944 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 197,100-240,900 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 32,265-39,435 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 474,660-580,140 243,000-297,000 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 316,700 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 537 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 18,707 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 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	33,312	Not alchemisable

Achievements

• Forcae's Mettle ( 15) – Complete Forcae's journal. (X/10)
• Jungle Predator ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Karamja.
  • Dragon platelegs and plateskirt drops
• Master of the Universe ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located on realms beyond Gielinor.
  • Steadfast scale, Glaiven wing-tip, Ragefire gland, and the Kethsi ring drops

Gallery

• 

  Concept art of an armoured rune dragon and rune dragon

• 

  A teaser of the former location of the Stone of Jas on Kethsi

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 4 May 2020 (Update):
  • Runite stone spirits have been replaced by necrite and phasmatite stone spirits.

• patch 19 August 2019 (Update):
  • Metallic Dragon trinkets now correctly note reinforced dragon bones after killing elite rune dragons.

• patch 28 May 2019 (Update):.
  • Players fighting rune dragons will no longer be warned about using dragon bane weaponry when non weapon damage is dealt.

• patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
  • The phase transitions for Rune Dragons has been vastly improved and made smoother.
  • The book of death effect should now correctly work when fighting Rune Dragons.

• patch 7 January 2019 (Update):
  • Rune dragons no longer drop Rune bars, and instead drop Small plated rune salvage
    • Prior to the Mining and Smithing rework update, rune dragons dropped one rune bar upon death. This was changed to a small plated rune salvage (which requires two bars) to maintain the value of their 100% drop.

• ninja 13 November 2017 (Update):
  • Tier 90 boot component drops from Rune Dragons and Elite Rune Dragons are now more common.

• patch 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • The Book of Death now works against Runite dragons.

• patch 24 April 2017 (Update):
  • Adamant dragons and Rune dragons now have the new luck system applied to them.

• ninja 22 August 2016 (Update):
  • Made changes to rune dragons' phase transitions to allow players to continue attacking throughout. Damage that overshoots the lifepoint thresholds will no longer be healed back, but that hit, and hits during transition, are reduced to 10% power.
    • Originally, as a rune dragon had to reach a specific threshold of life points to move to the next phase, overhitting the mark would result in the dragon regenerating all lost health back to the specific health mark (e.g if the rune dragon had 46,000 life points and was hit by a Tuska's Wrath on a Slayer assignment, it would have 34,000 life points; the next hit would result in its health returning to the transition threshold of 45,050 life points). In addition, rune dragons could not be attacked during phase transition. This was changed with this update due to player complaints.

• patch 11 January 2016 (Update):
  • The Kethsi ring has been added to the drop table of rune dragons.

• patch 6 July 2015 (Update):
  • The early bird bonus for rune and adamant dragons has now ended.
  • The slayer masters' tip for celestial dragons has been tweaked, as rune dragons have usurped them as the strongest dragons.
  • A rune dragon that spawned in an inaccessible corner of Mount Firewake has been moved further north.

• patch 22 June 2015 (Update):
  • Adamant & rune dragons have been added to the "I have killed ..." quickchat.
  • More rune dragons have been added to Mount Firewake.
  • Elite rune dragons will no longer spawn in safe zones.
  • The Adventurer's Log will now show rune dragon drops.
  • Rune dragons are no longer aggressive.
  • Whoever inflicts the most damage on a rune dragon will now get the drop, rather than the first person to attack. Note that - although this is a mechanic typical of boss monsters - rune dragons are still affected by Tuska's Wrath.
  • Rune dragons no longer regenerate when out of combat.
  • Slayer and combat XP from rune dragons has been increased.
  • The enhanced blue dragonbreath used in the flying phase of rune dragons now inflicts fixed damage rather than randomised damage.
  • Barry lives! There is now a rare chance that an elite dragon will spawn with the name 'Barry', in honour of the draconic slayer of dragon slayers.
    • This is a reference to an elite rune dragon nicknamed "Barry" that killed 32 players while stuck in the enrage phase on the day of release.
  • The quantity of summoning charms dropped by adamant dragons & rune dragons has been increased from 3 to 4, to be in line with the desired maximum from mithril dragons.

• patch 22 June 2015 (Update):
  • The Early Bird Bonus for adamant and rune dragons has been extended until the 29th of July - that's increased spawn rates on both types of dragon, increased change for elites to spawn, and twice the chance to get an adamant or rune dragon slayer assignment.

• hotfix 16 June 2015:
  • Rune dragons will no longer build up rage outside of combat.
    • Upon release, there was a bug that caused rune dragons to build up their rage outside of combat, due to players leaving combat during the third phase. This caused them to easily kill players in a single hit. This bug was patched the following day. Without growing their rage, rune dragons will still keep their rage for a long time after leaving combat. If one leaves for a bank trip, it is common to find their already damaged dragon in the same state as it was before leaving.

• update 15 June 2015 (Update):
  • Rune dragons and Adamant dragons added to game.

Trivia

• There is currently a glitch where damage from a dwarf multicannon deals full damage for phase one of the fight, even though dragonbane ammo is required in order to harm them.
• Using Tuska's Wrath in phase 1 or 2 on a Slayer assignment forces the rune dragon to immediately phase but retain its life points. In phase 3 however, Tuska's Wrath deals full damage.
• If a rune dragon is forced into its next phase via indirect damage, it will turn aggressive towards the player that caused the phase transition.
• Rune dragons (and their elite variant) are the only metallic dragons to have no weaknesses.
• As of 1 February 2018, the highest kill count for these monsters was 69,056 kills.
  • This had not increased by 6 May 2018.