Dragon hastae are obtained as loot from the brimstone chest, which requires a brimstone key to open. The dragon hasta is obtained in broken form and it can be repaired for free by showing it to Otto Godblessed (the repair does not require Barbarian Smithing).
Like most hastae, it provides negative defensive bonuses, but when equipped with a shield, the combined defence bonuses will be higher than those provided by the dragon spear.
As with most dragon equipment, the dragon hasta cannot be made from raw materials using the Smithing skill.
A player performs the dragon hasta's special attack, Unleash.
The dragon hasta has a special attack called Unleash, which drains the player's special attack bar and attacks with a 5% boost in accuracy and a 2.5% boost in damage for every 5% of special attack energy used. Notably, it ignores the 40% damage reduction from Protect from Melee if the opponent has the prayer active.[1] This special rolls off of the opponents stab defence regardless of which mode it is in.
For example, a player with 100% special attack energy who performs the special attack will have 100% increased accuracy (meaning the accuracy is doubled) and a damage boost of 50%.
[[{{#explode:7 August 2024| |0}} {{#explode:7 August 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 August 2024| |2}}]] (update)
The red glow from the special attack animation has been updated to use a unique one rather than reuse that of the dragon sword.
[[{{#explode:7 July 2021| |0}} {{#explode:7 July 2021| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 July 2021| |2}}]] (update)
The position of the weapon and its variants on female players has been adjusted so that they appear to be equipped properly.
[[{{#explode:14 February 2019| |0}} {{#explode:14 February 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 February 2019| |2}}]] (update)
The examine text was changed. Previously, the text was "A poison-tipped, one-handed dragon hasta."
[[{{#explode:24 January 2019| |0}} {{#explode:24 January 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:24 January 2019| |2}}]] (update)
The Karambwan poison variant is no longer tradeable. Noted variants of the dragon hasta(kp) that remain in the player's possession were converted into the item Fake dragon hasta(kp).
[[{{#explode:17 January 2019| |0}} {{#explode:17 January 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:17 January 2019| |2}}]] (update)
Item value decreased from 100,000 to 62,400 coins.
[[{{#explode:14 January 2019| |0}} {{#explode:14 January 2019| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 January 2019| |2}}]] (update)
As of 2019 January, since Dragon hasta(kp) cannot be noted due to being untradeable, any previously noted Dragon hasta(kp) were converted into the item Fake dragon hasta(kp).
References
^Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 17 October 2022. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Mod Ash: "It [Unleash] ignores the damage reduction effect [of Protect from Melee], unlike most attacks."
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