Steel dragon

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Steel dragon
Release			17 January 2005 (Update)
Members			Yes
Actions			Attack, Examine
Race			Dragon
Examine
Its scales seem to be made of steel.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
100			10,000			729			240.5
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
43 / 29 / 14
Aggressive						Poisonous
Slayer
Level			XP			Category
1			350			Steel dragons
Assigned by
Offensive
Max hit
508			0			508			2,100
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
72				1				1
Accuracy
1,566				0				0
Abilities used
? (edit)
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1,566		72
Affinities
90			55			45			65
Immunities
Not immune			Not immune			Not immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				1592
Links				bestiary • MRND
FAQ • doc

A Steel Dragon in a treasure room

Steel dragons are metal dragons that can be found in the Brimhaven Dungeon, Kuradal's Dungeon, and the Fortress of Ghorrock.

They can also be bought as a guard for player-owned dungeons (only for the treasure room) for 10,000,000 coins if the player's Construction level is 95. Please note that as with all player-owned dungeon monsters, the monsters in the dungeon will not drop any items and will not give any experience in combat.

Steel dragons drop the draconic visage. They also drop the dragon platelegs/plateskirt more often than iron and bronze dragons.

Weaknesses

Like most metal dragons, steel dragons have a high defence. Since they are made out of metal, they are fairly weak to magic. Their main weakness is water spells, so spells like Ice Barrage or Water Surge are useful against them. The use of a wand is recommended if the player does not have access to super antifires.  Anti-fire potions and an anti-dragon shield or a dragonfire shield are a must. The spell of a polypore staff is also very effective when used in conjunction with Mystic Might (or, if possible, Augury and, in the best case, Torment or Affliction if a player is on the curses prayerbook) and/or a magic potion, but at the cost of accuracy due to being an air spell rather than a water spell. If using none of these, then a high Magic level of at least 85 is suggested. An anti-dragon shield or dragonfire shield will reduce most damage from dragonfire; an antifire potion or antifire mix reduces some dragonfire damage, and an appropriate shield and potion/mix used together negate all damage from dragonfire. A shield and protection from magic prayer is also enough for immunity, but the prayer alone will not negate any damage.

Melee tactics

Steel dragons are no longer weak to stab, or any melee attacks, for that matter. Despite this, melee can be almost as effective as Magic at higher levels if chaotic or drygore weapons are used. Nevertheless, it is generally slightly less effective than using water spells, particularly with higher-levelled Magic weapons.

Cautions

Steel dragons also have the ability to use their fire breath from a distance, an ability shared with other metal dragons, Elvarg during the Dragon Slayer quest, brutal green dragons, Celestial Dragons, the King Black Dragon, the Queen Black Dragon and frost dragons. This is their only danger; however, super antifires can negate their effect and make them easier to kill.

It is recommended to put the game setting (under the chat box) on "filter". Otherwise, the message stating that the player's dragonfire resistance is running out may get lost.

Locations

Location	Levels	Members	Spawns	Map
Kuradal's Dungeon	100		4	Maplink
Brimhaven Dungeon	100		4	Maplink
Brimhaven Dungeon resource dungeon	100		6	Maplink
Ghorrock	100		7	Maplink

Drops

The average Steel dragon kill is worth 8,704.1 coins.

100% drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Dragon bones		1	Always	1,972	0
	Huge plated steel salvage		1	Always	2,150	1,200

Charms

Nothing	3	3	3	3
33–34%	14%	35–36%	14–15%	3%
Represents a 90% confidence range based on a sample of 39,858 kills. 3 items are dropped at a time. Add data to the log (requires JavaScript).

Main drop

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Medium plated adamant salvage		1	3/128	4,789	6,000
	Medium plated rune salvage		1	1/128	22,272	24,000
	Dragon plateskirt (m)		1	1/512	160,941	162,000
	Dragon platelegs (m)		1	1/512	161,717	162,000
	Tiny blunt rune salvage		1	2/128	6,740	8,000
	Fire battlestaff (m)		1	8/128	7,626	9,300
	Tiny bladed rune salvage		1	2/128	7,136	8,000
	Rune javelin		7	20/128	1,309	2,618
	Uncut emerald		1	6/128	573	30
	Rune dart		9–12	4/128	702-936	1,890-2,520
	Off-hand rune dart		9–12	4/128	765-1,020	1,890-2,520
	Rune bolts		2–14	5/128	558-3,906	360-2,520
	Rune knife		5–7	2/128	2,820-3,948	120-168
	Off-hand rune knife		5–7	2/128	2,680-3,752	120-168
	Super attack (3) (m)		1	13/128	3,658	108
	Super defence (2) (m)		1	3/128	6,991	118
	Soul rune (m)		5	5/128	20,070	410
	Coins		470; 650	21/128	470-650	470-650
	Tiny spiky rune salvage		1	18/128	6,404	8,000
	Runite stone spirit		1	3/128	2,118	Not alchemisable
	Curry (m)		1–2	2/128	379-758	12-24

Tertiary drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Price	High Alch
	Steel dragon tail-bone (m)		1	Common	0	0
	Ferocious ring (m)		1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Court summons (m)		1	Uncommon	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (hard) (m)		1	14/896	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Starved ancient effigy (m)		1	Very rare	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Sealed clue scroll (elite) (m)		1	2/896	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Draconic visage		1	1/10000	1,241,982	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 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 674 15 Uncut emerald 1 Common 573 30 Uncut ruby 1 Common 522 60 Uncut diamond 1 Common 1,117 120 Uncut diamond 45–55 (noted) Rare 50,265-61,435 5,400-6,600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 1 Uncommon 5,829 600 Uncut dragonstone (m) 45–55 (noted) Rare 262,305-320,595 27,000-33,000 Loop half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,065 0 Tooth half of a key (m) 1 Common 11,316 0 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 57,594 60,000 Off-hand dragon longsword (m) 1 Common 57,249 60,000 Dragon spear (m) 1 Rare 35,266 37,440 Battlestaff (m) 180–220 (noted) Rare 696,960-851,840 756,000-924,000 Rune javelin 5 Rare 935 1,870 Huge plated rune salvage 1 Uncommon 38,530 40,000 Huge plated rune salvage 18–22 (noted) Rare 693,540-847,660 720,000-880,000 Shield left half (m) 1 Rare 65,803 66,000 Dragon helm (m) 1 Uncommon 58,497 60,000 Rune arrowheads 113–137 Common 19,549-23,701 678-822 Onyx bolts (m) 135–165 Very rare 967,005-1,181,895 1,104,165-1,349,535 Water talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 78,472-94,628 136-164 Earth talisman 68–82 (noted) Rare 13,124-15,826 136-164 Raw lobster 135–165 (noted) Common 52,515-64,185 22,950-28,050 Raw shark (m) 225–275 (noted) Uncommon 310,500-379,500 40,500-49,500 Big bones 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 17,884-21,566 0 Dragon bones 180–220 (noted) Rare 354,960-433,840 0 Drakolith stone spirit (m) 25–35 Uncommon 5,050-7,070 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 1,426 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Uncommon 7,975-9,570 Not alchemisable Phasmatite stone spirit (m) 2 Common 638 Not alchemisable Necrite stone spirit (m) 25–30 Rare 17,825-21,390 Not alchemisable Runite stone spirit 3 Common 6,354 Not alchemisable Orichalcite stone spirit (m) 25–35 Rare 4,600-6,440 Not alchemisable Lantadyme seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 4,536-5,184 532-608 Dwarf weed seed (m) 14–16 Uncommon 41,622-47,568 532-608 Magic seed (m) 4 Uncommon 165,784 1,012 Palm tree seed (m) 10 Rare 51,550 1,520 Grimy torstol (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 856,080-1,046,320 0 Grimy snapdragon (m) 90–110 (noted) Uncommon 153,630-187,770 0 Super restore (4) (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 174,735-213,565 8,100-9,900 Prayer potion (4) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 451,980-552,420 5,130-6,270 Flax 450–550 (noted) Common 50,850-62,150 1,350-1,650 Molten glass (m) 45–55 (noted) Common 29,205-35,695 45-55 Soft clay 450–550 (noted) Uncommon 456,750-558,250 450-550 Yew logs 68–82 (noted) Uncommon 23,188-27,962 6,528-7,872 Yew logs 675–825 (noted) Rare 230,175-281,325 64,800-79,200 Teak plank (m) 45–55 (noted) Uncommon 23,310-28,490 13,500-16,500 Mahogany plank (m) 270–330 (noted) Rare 488,700-597,300 243,000-297,000 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 Vecna skull (m) 1 Very rare 383,146 6,000 Cheese+tom batta (m) 1 Very rare 519 1 Blurberry Special (m) 1 Very rare 18,291 18 Hazelmere's signet ring (m) 1 Very rare 2,147,483,612 300,000

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	25,310	Not alchemisable

Achievement

• Jungle Predator ( 0) – Obtained a collection of unique drops from Slayer monsters located within Karamja.
  • Dragon platelegs and plateskirt drops

Graphical updates

• 

  Initial in-game appearance of Steel dragon from 7 January 2005 (update)

• 

  Appearance of Steel dragon after Unknown date (edit) Unknown year (edit) (Unknown update (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 Steel Dragons.

• patch 15 September 2010 (Update):
  • Iron and steel dragons now take advantage of the hill skew feature.

• 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 31 January 2005 (Update):
  • People may have noticed last week we also decreased the totals of bronze dragons and steel dragons being assigned to decrease crowding on those creatures.

• update 7 January 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• As with all player-owned house dungeon monsters, steel dragons that are purchased and placed in dungeons do not drop items when they die. However, the dragon's dragonfire can still be used to charge the dragonfire shield.
• As with most dragons, steel dragons have a graphical glitch where, if they use their dragonfire two times in a row in melee range, the second dragonfire will not be seen.
• Steel dragons, like all other metallic dragons, received a voice update. Instead of hearing large noise when you hit one, it makes a smaller, softer noise.