Lava dragon

Lava dragon
Released	13 March 2014 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	252
Size	4x4
Examine	It's dripping with molten lava.
Combat info
Attribute	Draconic, Fiery
XP bonus	+5%
Max hit	23 (Melee); 50 (Dragonfire)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Slash, Dragonfire
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time	14 ticks (8.4 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	248 xp
Category	Lava Dragons
Assigned by
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+80	50% weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Not immune
Venom	Not immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	6593

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All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

Lava dragons are former red dragons that have been transformed after being surrounded by lava for too long.^[1] They reside in the Lava Dragon Isle in the Wilderness (between level 36 and 42 Wilderness), and attack with melee as well as with dragonfire. Due to their low Magic level they are particularly weak to Magic, which combined with their weakness to water spells makes water bolt a slow but profitable method of killing them.

Lava dragons can be safespotted both inside and outside their isle. The many piles of skeletons and edges at the isle allow for players to safespot them inside. Alternatively, players can camp some of the southern spawns outside the isle. Having 74 Agility is recommended when killing them to use the stepping stones to escape the isle, as the area is frequented by player killers.

Bringing a pestle and mortar is optional to grind the scales into shards, in addition to High Level Alchemy runes to alch their common adamant and rune equipment drops. If killing them from outside the isle, Telekinetic Grab will be needed to grab their drops. Although it is possible to stay at the isle indefinitely using this method, it is advisable to bank every 10–20 minutes as the isle is commonly targeted by player killers.

Lava dragons are the only monsters to drop the lava dragon bones, which give 85 Prayer experience when buried. However, burying them on Lava Dragon Isle grants 340 Prayer experience instead.

Although they drop black dragonhide, they do not count as black dragons for a Slayer task.

Locations

Location

Levels

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Lava Dragon Isle

252

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Wilderness✓

One of the possible safespot location near the entrance.

Money making

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Drops

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

100%

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Lava dragon bones	1	Always^{[d 1]}	5,503	90
Black dragonhide	1	Always	5,360	90
Lava scale	1	Always	232	30

^ Lava dragon bones are dropped in bank note form for players who have completed the elite Wilderness Diary and enabled the option by speaking to the Lesser Fanatic.

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune dart	12	6/128	2,088	2,520
Rune knife	8	4/128	728	800
Lava battlestaff	1	3/128	9,387	10,200
Adamant 2h sword	1	2/128	3,459	3,840
Adamant platebody	1	2/128	9,557	9,984
Rune axe	1	2/128	7,232	7,680
Rune kiteshield	1	2/128	32,131	32,640
Rune longsword	1	2/128	18,666	19,200
Rune med helm	1	1/128	10,994	11,520
Rune full helm	1	1/128	20,533	21,120

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Rune javelin	20	10/128	3,800	4,800
	Fire rune	75	7/128	375	150
	Blood rune	20	7/128	4,280	4,800
Runite bolts.png: Lava dragon drops Runite bolts with rarity 6/128 in quantity 30	Runite bolts	30	6/128	1,260	5,400
	Death rune	20	5/128	3,200	2,160
	Law rune	20	5/128	2,540	2,880
	Lava rune	15	4/128	285	180
	Lava rune	30	4/128	570	360

Herbs

There is a 5/128 chance of rolling the herb drop table, and is rolled twice. The displayed drop chance represents a single roll.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy guam leaf	1–2	1/102.4	326–652	7–14
Grimy marrentill	1–2	1/136.5	398–796	8–16
Grimy tarromin	1–2	1/182	379–758	9–18
Grimy harralander	1–2	1/234.1	676–1,352	9–18
Grimy ranarr weed	1–2	1/297.9	6,709–13,418	18–36
Grimy irit leaf	1–2	1/409.6	1,472–2,944	10–20
Grimy avantoe	1–2	1/546.1	3,263–6,526	10–20
Grimy kwuarm	1–2	1/655.4	3,574–7,148	12–24
Grimy cadantine	1–2	1/819.2	2,987–5,974	13–26
Grimy lantadyme	1–2	1/1,092.3	1,861–3,722	13–26
Grimy dwarf weed	1–2	1/1,092.3	2,036–4,072	14–28

Coins

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Coins	66	15/128	66	66
Coins	2,960	7/128^{[d 1]}	2,960	2,960
Coins	690	1/128	690	690

^ 2,960 coins are only dropped if Monkey Madness II isn't completed.

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Fire talisman	1	1/128	3,810	2
	Fire orb	15 (noted)	5/128	15,180	2,700
	Chocolate cake	3	3/128	687	126
	Adamantite bar	2	5/128	3,842	768
Onyx bolt tips.png: Lava dragon drops Onyx bolt tips with rarity 5/128 in quantity 12	Onyx bolt tips	12	5/128	104,724	7,200
Dragon javelin heads.png: Lava dragon drops Dragon javelin heads with rarity 7/128 in quantity 15	Dragon javelin heads	15	7/128^{[d 1]}	14,415	17,550

^ Dragon javelin heads are only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

Rare and Gem drop table

There is a 3/128 chance of rolling the rare drop table. There is also a 5/128 chance of rolling the gem drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	1/42.11; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
	Coins	3,000	1/260.06	3,000	3,000
	Loop half of key	1	1/250.26; 1/231.51^{[d 2]}	11,919	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/250.26; 1/231.51^{[d 2]}	11,925	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/93.62; 1/47.54^{[d 2]}	238	15
	Runite bar	1	1/1,092.27	12,467	3,000
	Nature rune	67	1/1,820.44	7,169	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/1,820.44	37,885	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/1,820.44	24,300	24,960
	Uncut emerald	1	1/187.25; 1/95.09^{[d 2]}	463	30
	Law rune	45	1/2,730.67	5,715	6,480
	Death rune	45	1/2,730.67	7,200	4,860
Steel arrow.png: Lava dragon drops Steel arrow with rarity 1/2,730.67 in quantity 150	Steel arrow	150	1/2,730.67	2,700	1,050
Rune arrow.png: Lava dragon drops Rune arrow with rarity 1/2,730.67 in quantity 42	Rune arrow	42	1/2,730.67	2,352	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	1/2,730.67	1,140	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/2,730.67	22,551	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/2,730.67	11,580	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/2,730.67	6,500	4,500
	Uncut ruby	1	1/374.49; 1/190.17^{[d 2]}	988	60
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/5,461.33	32,131	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/5,461.33	59,006	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/5,194.18; 1/550.84^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	11,871	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/10,388.37; 1/1,101.68^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	65,394	66,000
	Nature talisman	1	1/998.64; 1/507.12^{[d 2]}	328	2
	Dragon spear	1	1/13,851.16; 1/1,468.91^{[d 2]}^{[d 3]}	38,854	37,440
	Uncut diamond	1	1/1,497.97; 1/760.69^{[d 2]}	2,142	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/2,995.93; 1/1,521.37^{[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
Looting bag	1	1/3	Not sold	N/A
Ensouled dragon head	1	1/18	7,713	390
Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/250; 1/125^{[d 2]}^{[d 1]}	Not sold	12
Draconic visage	1	1/10,000	3,924,148	450,000

^ The elite clue scroll rarity changes to 1/125 if a Ring of wealth (i) is worn.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/237; 1/118 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Wilderness Slayer tertiary

The following drops are only accessible while on a Slayer task given by Krystilia.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Larran's key.png: Lava dragon drops Larran's key with rarity 1/67 in quantity 1	Larran's key	1	1/67	142,895	1
	Slayer's enchantment	1	1/136	1,686	720

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:10 April 2024\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	The lava dragons' respawn time was decreased from 25 ticks (15 seconds) to 14 ticks (8.4 seconds).
[[{{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 February 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	Lava dragons were graphically updated.
[[{{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|0}} {{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 August 2023\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Lava dragons now drop ensouled dragon heads.
[[{{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|0}} {{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:5 March 2015\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Lava dragons now drop noted bones if players have completed the Elite Wilderness Diary.
[[{{#explode:27 March 2014\| \|0}} {{#explode:27 March 2014\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:27 March 2014\| \|2}}]] (update \| poll)	Lava dragons will now drop lava scales.
[[{{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|0}} {{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:20 March 2014\| \|2}}]] (update)	Lava dragons' drop table was updated to be more lucrative.

Gallery (historical)


13 March 2014 – 7 February 2024	7 February 2024 – present

Trivia

Despite being former red dragons, they drop black dragonhide.
An unused variant of a lava dragon was added with their graphical update, which appears as the original proposed graphical update as seen in a 2023 poll blog.

References

^ "Rejuvenating the Wilderness: More risk, more reward". RuneScape News. Jagex. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original. "The Red dragons have spent too long surrounded by lava on Red Dragon Isle and have transformed into Lava Dragons."

[2] Lava dragon bones are dropped in bank note form for players who have completed the elite Wilderness Diary and enabled the option by speaking to the Lesser Fanatic.

[3] 2,960 coins are only dropped if Monkey Madness II isn't completed.

[4] Dragon javelin heads are only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

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

[row-6] 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-7] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Slightly reduced chance of dropping if Legends' Quest has not been completed.

[8] The elite clue scroll rarity changes to 1/125 if a Ring of wealth (i) is worn.

[9] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/237; 1/118 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

[1] "Rejuvenating the Wilderness: More risk, more reward". RuneScape News. Jagex. 13 March 2014. Archived from the original. "The Red dragons have spent too long surrounded by lava on Red Dragon Isle and have transformed into Lava Dragons."

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Contents

Locations

Money making

Drops