Dagannoth Prime

Dagannoth Prime
Released	7 November 2005 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	303
Size	3x3
Examine	A legendary dagannoth king, rumoured to fly on the North winds.
Combat info
XP bonus	+30%
Max hit	50
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Magic
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time	150 ticks (90 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	331.4 xp
Category	Bosses, Dagannoth
Assigned by	File:Konar chathead.png
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+255	No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Converts to poison
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
	Open in DPS calculator
Advanced data
Monster ID	2266

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Information comparing locations for Slayer tasks will be on this page

Dagannoth Prime is the Magic-based Dagannoth King found in the depths of the Waterbirth Island Dungeon, along with fellow Dagannoth Kings, Dagannoth Rex and Dagannoth Supreme. Prime is the only monster to drop the Seers ring and Mud battlestaff. His projectile resembles Water Wave. He, along with the other Dagannoth Kings, can also drop the dragon axe.

Location

Levels

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Waterbirth Island Dungeon

303

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Fremennik✓

Waterbirth Island Dungeon (Slayer lair)

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Fremennik✓

Dagannoth Prime spawns and roams on the north-eastern side of the Dagannoth Kings' lair. The lair is accessible via the Kings' ladder deep within the Waterbirth Island Dungeon. A separate lair where players that have a Dagannoth Slayer task can attack the Kings is accessible by using the "Slayer" option on the ladder. The lair can be peeked at to see if other players are inside it via the ladder and a crack inside a safe room nearby the ladder.

Strategy

Dagannoth Prime, like the combat triangle suggests, is weak to Ranged attacks. The Zaryte, Armadyl, Dragon hunter, dragon and rune crossbows are effective weapons against him. The toxic blowpipe is also effective, especially on a Slayer task. Wealthier players may opt to use the bow of Faerdhinen or twisted bow due to their high accuracy and damage, especially the twisted bow with its effectiveness against monsters with a high Magic level. The crystal bow is also fairly effective.

His attack is very powerful and more potent than the other two kings; it can deal up to 50 damage in one hit, so Protect from Magic prayer is a must whenever Prime is attacking. The attack is also AoE-based; any other players stood in a 3x3 tile radius around the main target will also be hit. Meleers are advised to stay away from Dagannoth Prime at all costs and fend off Dagannoth Supreme meanwhile, as Prime can kill any player not using the Protect from Magic prayer within a couple of attacks and is resistant to non-Ranged attacks.

The most effective way to kill Prime is to stand in the north-east corner of the lair while not being under attack by the other two kings, staying out of their attack radius.

If players get too close to Dagannoth Rex when they are fighting Dagannoth Prime, they may inadvertently gain Rex's attention, potentially resulting in unnecessary damage. This can be avoided by staying on the western part of the arena, as Rex will rarely (if ever) go there. Dagannoth Supreme may respawn while fighting Prime. Supreme can be avoided by staying in the north-eastern part of the arena by the seaweed. Players will want to use the "Long-range" style with their Ranged combat unless the player is sure that they will not get the attention of Supreme. Prime, along with his fellow king Supreme, have a very long-ranged attack, and if both of them focus on one player, the high damage can lead to a quick death. Players should either kill Supreme or leave the area if they find themselves under attack from both Prime and Supreme.

Drops

Drop rates estimated based on 63,560 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dagannoth bones	1^{[d 1]}	Always	14,448	90
	Dagannoth hide	1	Always	307	36

^ Dropped in noted form if the player has completed the elite tier of the Fremennik diary

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Earth battlestaff	1	10/128	8,995	9,300
Water battlestaff	1	5/128	9,047	9,300
Air battlestaff	1	4/128	8,969	9,300
Battlestaff	1–10 (noted)	1/128	8,309–83,090	4,200–42,000
Fremennik blade	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Fremennik shield	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Fremennik helm	1	1/128	Not sold	3,000
Mud battlestaff	1	1/128^[1]	23,647	10,200
Dragon axe	1	1/128^[1]^[2]	53,330	33,000
Farseer helm	1	1/128	38,955	36,000
Skeletal top	1	1/128^[3]	26,410	27,000
Skeletal bottoms	1	1/128^[3]	23,405	24,000
Seers ring	1	1/128^[1]^[2]^[3]	411,711	6,000

Runes

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air rune	100–200	6/128	500–1,000	200–400
Earth rune	50–100	5/128	250–500	100–200
Blood rune	25–75	2/128^[4]	5,350–16,050	6,000–18,000
Law rune	10–75	2/128	1,270–9,525	1,440–10,800
Nature rune	25–75	2/128	2,675–8,025	2,700–8,100
Mud rune	25–75	2/128	2,925–8,775	300–900
Death rune	25–85	2/128	4,000–13,600	2,700–9,180

Seeds

There is a 7/128 chance of rolling the rare seed drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Toadflax seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Toadflax seed with rarity 1/91.8 in quantity 1	Toadflax seed	1	1/91.8	1,406	6
Irit seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Irit seed with rarity 1/134.9 in quantity 1	Irit seed	1	1/134.9	63	3
Belladonna seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Belladonna seed with rarity 1/139.2 in quantity 1	Belladonna seed	1	1/139.2	175	106
Poison ivy seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Poison ivy seed with rarity 1/196.2 in quantity 1	Poison ivy seed	1	1/196.2	16	99
Avantoe seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Avantoe seed with rarity 1/196.2 in quantity 1	Avantoe seed	1	1/196.2	2,486	4
Cactus seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Cactus seed with rarity 1/205.5 in quantity 1	Cactus seed	1	1/205.5	67	59
Potato cactus seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Potato cactus seed with rarity 1/287.7 in quantity 1	Potato cactus seed	1	1/287.7	12	84
Kwuarm seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Kwuarm seed with rarity 1/287.7 in quantity 1	Kwuarm seed	1	1/287.7	3,820	6
Snapdragon seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Snapdragon seed with rarity 1/431.5 in quantity 1	Snapdragon seed	1	1/431.5	41,659	36
Cadantine seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Cadantine seed with rarity 1/616.5 in quantity 1	Cadantine seed	1	1/616.5	3,987	4
Lantadyme seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Lantadyme seed with rarity 1/863.1 in quantity 1	Lantadyme seed	1	1/863.1	451	5
Snape grass seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Snape grass seed with rarity 1/1,078.9 in quantity 3	Snape grass seed	3	1/1,078.9	22,698	168
Dwarf weed seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Dwarf weed seed with rarity 1/1,438.5 in quantity 1	Dwarf weed seed	1	1/1,438.5	883	3
Torstol seed.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Torstol seed with rarity 1/2,157.7 in quantity 1	Torstol seed	1	1/2,157.7	6,381	42

Talismans

There is a 1/128 chance of rolling the talisman drop table.^[5]

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Air talisman	1	1/896	110	2
Body talisman	1	1/896	1,717	2
Earth talisman	1	1/896	240	2
Fire talisman	1	1/896	3,810	2
Mind talisman	1	1/896	1,273	2
Water talisman	1	1/896	139	2
Cosmic talisman	1	1/2,240	259	2
Chaos talisman	1	1/2,986.7	309	2
Nature talisman	1	1/2,986.7	328	2

Talismans (noted)

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Earth talisman	25–75 (noted)	10/128	6,000–18,000	50–150
Air talisman	25–75 (noted)	7/128	2,750–8,250	50–150
Water talisman	1–76 (noted)	7/128	139–10,564	2–152

Other

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Shark	5	10/128	4,375	510
Coins	500–1,109	3/128	500–1,109	500–1,109
Oyster pearls	1	5/128	813	840
Pure essence	150 (noted)	5/128	150	300
Grimy ranarr weed	1	5/128	6,709	18

Rare and Gem drop table

There is a 8/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 10/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	1/19.87; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
	Coins	3,000	1/97.52	3,000	3,000
	Loop half of key	1	1/95.67; 1/89.95^{[d 2]}	11,919	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/95.67; 1/89.95^{[d 2]}	11,925	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/45.51; 1/23.11^{[d 2]}	238	15
	Runite bar	1	1/409.6	12,467	3,000
	Nature rune	67	1/682.67	7,169	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/682.67	37,885	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/682.67	24,300	24,960
	Uncut emerald	1	1/91.02; 1/46.22^{[d 2]}	463	30
	Law rune	45	1/1,024	5,715	6,480
	Death rune	45	1/1,024	7,200	4,860
Steel arrow.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Steel arrow with rarity 1/1,024 in quantity 150	Steel arrow	150	1/1,024	2,700	1,050
Rune arrow.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Rune arrow with rarity 1/1,024 in quantity 42	Rune arrow	42	1/1,024	2,352	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	1/1,024	1,140	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/1,024	22,551	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/1,024	11,580	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/1,024	6,500	4,500
	Uncut ruby	1	1/182.04; 1/92.44^{[d 2]}	988	60
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/2,048	32,131	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/2,048	59,006	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/1,997.29; 1/216.1^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,871	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/3,994.58; 1/432.21^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,394	66,000
	Nature talisman	1	1/485.45; 1/246.52^{[d 2]}	328	2
	Dragon spear	1	1/5,326.1; 1/576.28^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,854	37,440
	Uncut diamond	1	1/728.18; 1/369.78^{[d 2]}	2,142	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/1,456.36; 1/739.56^{[d 2]}	950	1,200

^ The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.
^ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Ensouled dagannoth head	1	1/20	2,295	273
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	1/42^{[d 1]}^[2]	Not sold	12
Brimstone key.png: Dagannoth Prime drops Brimstone key with rarity 1/60 in quantity 1	Brimstone key	1	1/60^{[d 2]}	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/750^{[d 3]}^[1]^[2]	Not sold	12
	Pet dagannoth prime	1	1/5,000^[6]	Not sold	N/A

^ The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/39 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.
^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/712 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Combat Achievements

There are 0 Combat Achievement tasks (totalling 0 points) available for Dagannoth Prime.

Name	Description	Type	Tier	Comp%

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|0}} {{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Dagannoth bones are now noted drops if you have completed the Fremennik Elite Diary.
[[{{#explode:17 July 2014\| \|0}} {{#explode:17 July 2014\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:17 July 2014\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Players can now receive a pet version of this boss after defeating it.

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "1/42 for a hard clue, 1/750 for elite, 1/128 for a d axe and 1/128 for a ring."
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "Each of those items is 1/128."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "Prime has a 1/64 chance of blood runes."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "He has a 1/128 chance of calling the talisman table; it has a 1/7 chance of giving an air talisman."
^ Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Mod JohnC: "Almost forgot the final week of boss pet drop rates! DKS Pets are all 1 in 5000"

[1] Dropped in noted form if the player has completed the elite tier of the Fremennik diary

[7] The "nothing" drop is removed while wearing a ring of wealth.

[row-8] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 The drop rate is increased while wearing a ring of wealth due to the "nothing" drop being removed.

[rowm-9] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

[10] The hard clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/39 after unlocking the hard Combat Achievements rewards tier.

[11] Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.

[12] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/712 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

[Drop_Rates_V2-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Envision. "Drop Rates V2." Old School RuneScape Forums.

[Ash_tweet_unique_rates-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 28 September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "1/42 for a hard clue, 1/750 for elite, 1/128 for a d axe and 1/128 for a ring."

[Armour+Rings-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "Each of those items is 1/128."

[5] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 2 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "Prime has a 1/64 chance of blood runes."

[6] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Mod Ash: "He has a 1/128 chance of calling the talisman table; it has a 1/7 chance of giving an air talisman."

[Confirmed_droprates-13] Jagex. Mod JohnC's Twitter account. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Mod JohnC: "Almost forgot the final week of boss pet drop rates! DKS Pets are all 1 in 5000"

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v • t • e Dagannoth
Dagannoth	Dagannoth spawn Dagannoth fledgeling Dagannoth_{(Waterbirth) (POH)}
Bosses	Dagannoth Kings_{(Prime) (Rex) (Supreme)} Dagannoth mother
Pets	Dagannoth Prime Dagannoth Rex Dagannoth Supreme

Dagannoth Prime

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