Rune dragon

Rune dragon
Released	4 January 2018 (Update)
Members	Yes
Combat level	380
Size	5x5
Examine	Its scales seem to be made of runite.
League region	&
Combat info
Attribute	Draconic, Fiery
XP bonus	+10%
Max hit	31; 40 (range special); 50 (Dragonfire)
Aggressive	Yes
Poisonous	No
Attack style	Slash, Ranged, Magic, Dragonfire
Attack speed	4 ticks (2.4 seconds)
Respawn time	30 ticks (18 seconds)
Slayer info
Slayer level	None
Slayer XP	363 xp
Category	Rune Dragons
Assigned by	File:Konar chathead.png
Combat stats
Aggressive stats
Melee defence
Magic defence
+30	50% weakness
Ranged defence
Immunities
Poison	Immune
Venom	Immune
Cannons	Not immune
Thralls	Not immune
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Advanced data
Monster ID	8031,8091

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

Rune dragons are metal dragons first encountered during Dragon Slayer II, in which the player must fight one during Zorgoth's assault. After completion of the quest, they can be found in the eastern chamber of the Lithkren Vault.

To get back to the laboratory underneath Lithkren, players can travel using the rowboat from the quest on the west side of Fossil Island or, after completion, taking a digsite pendant and using it on the strange machine north of the rune dragon room, adding a teleport straight to Lithkren on it.

Rune dragons are the result of a side project of Zorgoth's after being inspired by another dragonkin, Forcae, which involves infusing dragon eggs with various metals. While Forcae's metal dragons were created to find a solution to the dragonkin's infertility, Zorgoth had bred his metal dragons for his war against humanity.

At 99 Construction, players can add them to their player-owned house treasure rooms for 25,000,000 coins.

Locations

Location

Levels

Members

Spawns

Map

League region

Lithkren Vault^{[l 1]}

380

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^ Requires completion of Dragon Slayer II

Attacks

Rune dragons have multiple attacks, similar to mithril and adamant dragons. Along with standard dragonfire attacks, they have a standard melee, ranged, and magic attack (which resembles Water Wave), as well as two special attacks.

The first attack is two small electric bolts, which are launched around the player's position and hones in on them. This deals 4–7 damage per tick for a few seconds. If a player is wearing insulated boots, this damage is reduced to 1–2 per tick. Players can avoid the attack entirely by running four to five squares away from their original position when the attack was launched.

The second attack is a ranged attack that hits through Protect from Missiles, and uses the Life Leech effect from enchanted onyx bolts, where the dragon will heal itself for 100% of the damage dealt to the player.

Money making

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Drops

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

The average rune dragon kill, including its unique drops, is worth 37,009.00. Without the unique drops, the average kill is worth 34,943.00.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Dragon bones	1	Always	3,164	96
	Runite bar	1	Always	12,467	3,000

Weapons and armour

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune platebody	1	9/127	38,507	39,000
Rune longsword	1	8/127	18,666	19,200
Rune mace	1	7/127	8,078	8,640
Rune scimitar	1	7/127	14,940	15,360
Rune warhammer	1	7/127	24,767	24,900
Rune platelegs	1	6/127	37,847	38,400
Dragon platelegs	1	1/127	161,230	162,000
Dragon plateskirt	1	1/127	161,405	162,000
Dragon med helm	1	1/127	59,006	60,000

Runes and ammunition

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Rune arrow.png: Rune dragon drops Rune arrow with rarity 8/127 in quantity 30-40	Rune arrow	30–40	8/127	1,680–2,240	7,200–9,600
	Wrath rune	30–50	8/127	8,880–14,800	9,000–15,000
	Chaos rune	75–150	7/127	7,650–15,300	4,050–8,100
	Death rune	50–100	7/127	8,000–16,000	5,400–10,800

Herbs

There is a 8/127 chance of rolling the useful herb drop table.

Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Grimy avantoe	1 (noted)	1/50.8	3,263	10
Grimy ranarr weed	1 (noted)	1/63.5	6,709	18
Grimy snapdragon	1 (noted)	1/63.5	8,281	12
Grimy torstol	1 (noted)	1/84.67	2,792	15

Other

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Runite bolts (unf).png: Rune dragon drops Runite bolts (unf) with rarity 11/127 in quantity 20-30	Runite bolts (unf)	20–30	11/127	2,080–3,120	0
Rune javelin heads.png: Rune dragon drops Rune javelin heads with rarity 15/127 in quantity 20-30	Rune javelin heads	20–30	15/127; 10/127^{[d 1]}	11,840–17,760	16,200–24,300
	Dragonstone	1 (noted)	7/127	11,580	6,000
	Runite ore	2–5 (noted)	6/127	22,050–55,125	3,840–9,600
Dragon javelin heads.png: Rune dragon drops Dragon javelin heads with rarity 5/127 in quantity 30-40	Dragon javelin heads	30–40	5/127^{[d 2]}	28,830–38,440	35,100–46,800
Dragon bolts (unf).png: Rune dragon drops Dragon bolts (unf) with rarity 1/127 in quantity 20-40	Dragon bolts (unf)	20–40	1/127	20,160–40,320	1,680–3,360
	Wrath talisman	1	1/127	499	2

^ Rune javelin heads drop rate decreases to 10/127 after completion of Monkey Madness II.
^ Dragon javelin heads are only dropped after completion of Monkey Madness II.

Rare drop table

There is a 1/127 chance of rolling the rare drop table.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Nothing	N/A	1/699.97; Never^{[d 1]}	N/A	N/A
	Coins	3,000	1/774.1	3,000	3,000
	Loop half of key	1	1/806.5; 1/800.48^{[d 2]}	11,919	60
	Tooth half of key	1	1/806.5; 1/800.48^{[d 2]}	11,925	60
	Uncut sapphire	1	1/3,251.2; 1/1,651^{[d 2]}	238	15
	Runite bar	1	1/3,251.2	12,467	3,000
	Nature rune	67	1/5,418.67	7,169	7,236
	Rune 2h sword	1	1/5,418.67	37,885	38,400
	Rune battleaxe	1	1/5,418.67	24,300	24,960
	Uncut emerald	1	1/6,502.4; 1/3,302^{[d 2]}	463	30
	Law rune	45	1/8,128	5,715	6,480
	Death rune	45	1/8,128	7,200	4,860
Steel arrow.png: Rune dragon drops Steel arrow with rarity 1/8,128 in quantity 150	Steel arrow	150	1/8,128	2,700	1,050
Rune arrow.png: Rune dragon drops Rune arrow with rarity 1/8,128 in quantity 42	Rune arrow	42	1/8,128	2,352	10,080
	Adamant javelin	20	1/8,128	1,140	1,920
	Rune sq shield	1	1/8,128	22,551	23,040
	Dragonstone	1	1/8,128	11,580	6,000
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	1/8,128	6,500	4,500
	Uncut ruby	1	1/13,004.8; 1/6,604^{[d 2]}	988	60
	Rune kiteshield	1	1/16,256	32,131	32,640
	Dragon med helm	1	1/16,256	59,006	60,000
	Rune spear	1	1/17,160.97; 1/1,991.16^{[d 2]}	11,871	12,480
	Shield left half	1	1/34,321.95; 1/3,982.31^{[d 2]}	65,394	66,000
	Nature talisman	1	1/34,679.47; 1/17,610.67^{[d 2]}	328	2
	Dragon spear	1	1/45,762.6; 1/5,309.75^{[d 2]}	38,854	37,440
	Uncut diamond	1	1/52,019.2; 1/26,416^{[d 2]}	2,142	120
	Rune javelin	5	1/104,038.4; 1/52,832^{[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.

Tertiary

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
Brimstone key.png: Rune dragon drops Brimstone key with rarity 1/50 in quantity 1	Brimstone key	1	1/50^{[d 1]}	Not sold	N/A
	Clue scroll (elite)	1	1/300^{[d 2]}	Not sold	12
	Dragon limbs	1	1/800	1,188,662	21,000
	Dragon metal lump	1	1/5,000	442,431	90,000
	Draconic visage	1	1/8,000	3,924,148	450,000

^ Brimstone keys are only dropped if killed on a Slayer task given by Konar quo Maten.
^ The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/285 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:29 May 2024\| \|0}} {{#explode:29 May 2024\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:29 May 2024\| \|2}}]] (update)	Rune dragons now have 50% elemental weakness to earth spells. Rune dragon's heavy Ranged defence has been lowered from 95 to 65. Rune dragon's stab defence has been lowered from 30 to 20.
[[{{#explode:25 January 2018\| \|0}} {{#explode:25 January 2018\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:25 January 2018\| \|2}}]] (update)	Rune dragons no longer have a 1/3 chance of their dragon bones being replaced by superior dragon bones.
[[{{#explode:8 January 2018\| \|0}} {{#explode:8 January 2018\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 January 2018\| \|2}}]] (update)	It is now more difficult for aggro to be stolen by another player whilst dealing with the special attack.
[[{{#explode:5 January 2018\| \|0}} {{#explode:5 January 2018\| \|1}}]] [[{{#explode:5 January 2018\| \|2}}]] (update)	The frequency of special attacks was reduced.

Trivia

Their model is the original model of the mithril dragons, which were also graphically updated when the rune dragons were released to better resemble their respective metals.

[1] Requires completion of Dragon Slayer II

[2] Rune javelin heads drop rate decreases to 10/127 after completion of Monkey Madness II.

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

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

[row-5] 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.

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

[7] The elite clue scroll drop rate increases to 1/285 after unlocking the elite Combat Achievements rewards tier.

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Rune dragon

Contents

Locations

Attacks

Money making

Drops