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Actually the Godsword is only preferred if you don't have a spear. The spear DOMINATES the godsword on everything, except maybe the KBD. The Godsword does have a nice special and prayer bonus though.
Sorry I haven't updated the guide in a while, but I've been kind of busy. If anyone has transparent pictures of the kbd/brutal green, I would be happy to use them. Also, give me suggestions of stuff to add because i dont really know what else i should add.
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The bonuses from the fury are too great to sacrifice for the necklace spot for 5%, especially since most undead tasks require a slayer helm anyway, such as spectres or banshees. so 5% bonus to atk/str or 10+ to attack 8+ to str and 15 defence bonuses.
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In Runescape, there are many types of dragons, from greens to blacks, from bronze to mithril, all unique, and all can be potentially great money makers. Some dragons, like greens and blues, are killed more often than others, like the Brutal Green Dragons. This guide will hopefully help you learn how to combat some of the more difficult dragons. There are high requirements, but there also could be high rewards.
[hide=Gear]Since the equipment for killing most dragons are very similar,I will post them here to avoid cluttering up the guide with the same picture over and over again. Some of the gear can be expensive, but when they are, I will try to note some cheaper alternatives.
Ranging Outfit:
Void Range>Armadyl>Karils>Black Dragonhide
Fury>Glory>God Stole
Rune Crossbow>nothing
Acculmulator>nothing
Antidragon Shield>Dragonfire Shield (Dragonfire gives negative range attack bonus)
Ranger Boots>Snakeskin Boots
Archers Ring/Ring of Wealth/Ring of Life
Bolts: Will be discussed in the appropriate section. Usually either broad, adamant, diamond (e), ruby (e) or rune bolts will be used. Rune can be used in place of adamant/broad if you can afford them, and sometimes over diamond (e) considering they are cheaper.
Void ranged gives a really high boost (about 10% better than Black Dragonhide Armour), and I really recommend getting it for all serious rangers, and not just for range training. The rune crossbow is the weapon of choice for ranging dragons. Not only is it 1 handed allowing for the all important anti-dragon shield, but it gives a high range bonus and bolts hit hard.
Prayer:
Helm of Neitznot>God Mitre
Fury>Glory>Stole
Dragonfire Shield>Anti-Dragon Shield
Whip/Leaf Bladed Sword (depends on the dragon)
Proselyte>Monk Robes
Dragon Boots>Rune Boots
RFD Gloves>Combat Bracelet
Fire Cape>Trimmed Skillcape>Obsidian Cape
This setup should be used for dragons where you have to use prayer, but you wouldn't get damaged anyway, such as iron or steel dragons. This method also works to an extent on the King Black Dragon (KBD). This setup is meant to maximize attack bonuses and prayer bonuses, while sacrificing defense bonuses which are not needed.
Magic Defence:
Helm of Neitznot>Berserker Helm
Fury>Glory>Stole
Fire Cape>Trimmed Skillcape>Mage Arena Cape
RFD Gloves>Combat Bracelet
Dragon Boots>Rune Boots
Whip/Leaf Bladed Sword (depending on dragon)
Dragonfire Shield>Anti-Dragon Shield
Karils>Black Dragonhide>Armadyl
Berserker/Warrior/Ring of Wealth/Ring of Life
This setup aims to provide a balance between magic defense, prayer and attack bonuses. It is useful for many dragons, especially those which prayer will not completely protect you, such as Mithril Dragons and the King Black Dragon. You need the prayer for Protect from Melee and possible Piety.
Zamorakian Spear/Godsword
Helm of Neitiznot/Verac's Helm
Fury>Glory>Stole
Bandos Chestplate>Guthan/Torag's/Dharok's Plate>Verac's Brassard
Bandos Tassets>Verac's Plateskirt
Zamorakian Spear/Godsword
Dragon Boots>Rune Boots
Fire Cape>Trimmed Skillcape>Obsidian Cape
RFD Gloves>Combat Bracelet
Berserker/Ring of Wealth/Ring of Life
This setup emphasizes melee defence, prayer, and attack bonuses. This setup is VERY dangerous to use, as you need to pray mage ALL the time (except against irons/steels), and keep antifire potted ALL the time or there is a large chance of dieing. This method can be pretty much used against any dragon, and the kills will be extremely fast, but again, it IS dangerous.
Verac:
Full Veracs>none
Fury>Glory>Stole
Fire Cape>Trimmed Skillcape>Obsidian Cape
Dragon Boots>Rune Boots
RFD Gloves>Combat Bracelet
Berserker Ring/Ring of Wealth/Ring of Life
Again, as with the Zamorakian Spear/Godsword method, this is very dangerous but results in fast kills.
The new high level herblore potions that Jagex implemented can also be extremely helpful to your dragon slaying adventures, especially the super antifire potion. This potion prevents all dragonfire damage, rendering the anti dragon shield or dragonfire shield useless. This means that the Veracing Method and Zamorakian Spear method has become much more useful. Please note however, that not that many people can use them because they are not tradable, and are not necessary. Replace all the respective potions with the extreme varieties if you can make them as they help very much. [/hide]
[hide=King Black Dragon]
The KBD is the only 'Boss' Dragon around, meaning there is only 1 spawn on it per world. This means that it will be very hard to find a world, if it is possible at all. If you're soloing, avoid Lootshare worlds, as they will all be basically full of teams. Excluding that fact, the KBD can yield in very high profits, I can solo 20-30 an hour, yielding 150k in drops guaranteed. Along with the number of rune longs, adamant plates, iron arrows, blood runes, and yew logs, in an average hour I can earn 300k. Lower levels can probably earn around 150k-200k just soloing, and of course there is a chance that a 20m visage might be lying on the ground after it drops dead.
Getting There:
The Black Route is the way most people would go to the KBD. First, teleport to the Wilderness Crater and go southeast to the wilderness obelisk. Keep on activating it until you reach the obelisk pictured, and go east to the lesser demon cage. Go down the stairs and pull the lever.
The Red Route is for those who can cast the teleport to Ice Plateau. Teleport there, then run southeast to the lesser demon cage, go down, and pull the lever.
The Green Route is for those who can summon a Lava Titan. Teleport to the Lava Maze by interacting with it, and run to the cage, go down, and pull the lever.
Gear:
All of the gears described above will work at the KBD, and I have personally seen all of them work great. Just pick whatever one you are most comfortable with. The prayer method results in less cost in prayer potions, but more cost in food over the magic defence method. The 2 handed weapon methods result in high costs and short trips, but also fast kills. The ranging method is really cheap, but can sometimes be very slow too.
Always bring a beast of burden full of food if you aren't using a lava titan, and if you are teaming, consider bringing a healing familiar too.
Ranging Inventory and Strategy:
Soloing:
The KBD has 4 dragonfire attacks, a regular one, one that poisons, one that lowers stats, and one that freezes you. Praying mage DOES NOT help defend against the attacks. I recommend using Ruby Bolts (e) for the first half of its life and switching to Diamond Bolts (e) for the second half. The ruby's special ability deals 20% of a monsters hp, but also damages you for 10% of your hp. Against the KBD, this often means high 40s to 30s until you switch to the diamond bolts. The bolts cost a lot, but makes the kill very fast and is worth it. When arrive at the lesser demon cage, drink your potions and pray eagle eye. Go down and pull the lever, and start attacking, repotting every 2 kills and eating as necessary.
Teaming:
Bring double of each of the potions, which will allow you to stay longer. (You really don't need the extra food for teams). I would recommend praying Hawk Eye instead of Eagle, which will save double the prayer at only a 5% decrease in ranging power. Drink antifire, antipoison, and a ranging potion dose when it says your antifire is running out. If you get crashed, either try to fight them off or hop if it's hopeless.
Meleeing Inventory and Strategy:
Soloing:
Pot up before entering the lair, and pray melee if you are using a whip (which is better than a leaf bladed sword in this situation), or mage if using Verac's, a Godsword, or a Zamorakian Spear. Also pray piety/chivarly if you can. Keep antifire potted at all times, or you can be hit constant 30s without an anti-dragon shield. The best special weapon IMO are the Dragon Claws, hitting high and accurately. The next best would be the Saradomin Godsword, then the Dragon Mace. If you need to eat, step under the KBD and eat so it doesn't hit you when you are eating. If you are frozen, take that opportunity to eat without wasting.
Teaming:
When teaming, you should consider bringing double the potions than soloing to stay longer. Also, consider not pietying if you aren't being crashed or competing against another team, as that can drain your prayer really fast. If you get crashed and are hopeless in getting kills, definitely hop instead of staying longer. Good luck getting a visage![/hide]
[hide=Brutal Green Dragons]
The Brutal Green Dragons, which reside in the Ancient Cavern along with Waterfiends and Mithril Dragons, unlike the KBD, are rarely hunted, which means no crowds while you stab or range your way to riches. They have 3 attacks, a melee attack which they will only use if you are in melee distance, a dragonfire attack and a magic attack. All of the methods that will be described can earn from 300k an hour at low stats to up to 450k an hour profits, just from the dragon bones and hides. (Note that they drop 2 hides per kill, unlike the 1 hide per kill regular green dragons drop)
Getting There:
Teleport to the Barbarian Outpost using a Games Necklace. From then on, you can either bank your games necklace by using the deposit box to the east, or drop it. Then follow the black line to the whirlpool. Climb down the stairs and you are there!
Gear:
The best way to kill these dragons is using 2 handed weapons or ranging. The whip FAILS here, and praying mage with an antifire potion will COMPLETELY protect you from their dragonfire and mage attack. If ranging, take an unholy book instead of an anti-dragon shield if you have 1, the extra range bonus and prayer bonus really helps, and the anti-dragon shield is not needed. If meleeing, either use a Zamorakian Spear on stab or Verac's on stab. You can also try a Godsword but I don't personally like it.
Ranging Inventory and Strategy:
I would recommend bringing broad bolts to kill Brutals, because they are cheap and the Brutals don't really have that high range defense. After you jump into the whirlpool, pot up and pray mage and hawk eye, which really helps with kill speed. Stand from a distance and you shouldn't get damaged at all. Bring a beast of burden to bank more bones and hides, no matter how low your summoning level is, but remember you can't summon it before you enter the whirlpool. At 91 range I can kill 57 dragons an hour, including banking, meaning 40k range exp and around 400k-450k in profits. (gf aviansies) You might be able to get 45k at 99, and maybe 35k and 320k-380k in profits at 80 range.
Meleeing Inventory and Strategy:
Meleeing is another alternative to ranging the dragons. For meleeing, I strongly recommend you either use Verac's on stab mode or a Zamorakian spear on stab mode. They both give around the same kills per hour, so it really depends on what you have. For a special weapon, the Saradomin Godsword is the best one, followed closely by the Dragon Halberd (remember to put it on stab when speccing). Pot up after you enter the whirlpool, and pray mage, and go down and start attacking. The only attack you will be taking damage from is their melee attack, and you won't be taking much. 20 pizzas/monks should be enough for 10-15 kills. This method can get 60-62 kills an hour, 45k melee exp, and 400k-450k in profits at 99 attack/strength. With 85 stats, you can probably get around 35k exp, and 300k-350k in profits.[/hide]
[hide=Mithril Dragons]
Mithril Dragons are the best dragons for people looking for 'luck' drops. Not only do they drop the Draconic Visage, they drop the Dragon Full Helm, worth around 15m. You will also get tons of bones and 3 mithril bars per kill (if you have space), lots of charms, blood runes, and rune battleaxes. They are level 304 with 254 hitpoints, and have 4 attacks, a range attack, mage attack, melee attack, and a dragonfire attack. If you are in melee range, they will not use the range attack. These are one of the tougher dragons, about as hard as the KBD to kill.
Getting there:
They reside in the same dungeon as Brutal Green Dragons, simply use a games necklace to get to the Barbarian Outpost, run south, jump into the whirlpool, and go down the stairs. Then go a bit southwest until you find a set of stairs. Go up it and you are there. I don't recommend the dragon next to the stairs however, as other dragons can attack you while eating. Instead, use the dragon north of the stairs.
Gear:
The best gears for these are either the magic defence gear or the ranging gear, depending on whether you want to melee or range. Verac's and a Zamorakian Spear works fine, but trips will be much shorter, so take 2 prayer potions instead of 5. Mage prayer DOES NOT defend against their dragonfire attacks, so when using a spear, I recommend Karil's with melee prayer instead of melee armour with mage prayer. Still pray mage while veracing. These result in faster kills but more banking, and I don't find the kills that much faster.
Ranging Inventory and Strategy:
For ranging Mithril Dragons, Ruby/Diamond bolts are the way to go. Although they are rather expensive, rubys can hit 50s at the beginning of the battle, and diamonds can penetrate their high defense fairly often. Take the best healing familiar you can, make sure it's not summoned before you jump into the whirlpool or else you can't. Pot up every 2 kills, go into melee distance, pray melee and eagle/hawk eye, and attack away. Step under the dragon when you are at low hp and eat to the highest possible with waste. This method gives me 5-6 kills a trip and 10-12 an hour.
Meleeing Inventory and Strategy:
For meleeing Mithril Dragons, take basically the same inventory as ranging, but bring the respective melee potions instead. In the picture, I have a dragon dagger for me special weapon, but I don't recommend using it until you are 95+ attack. Other special weapons include a dragon mace, AGS/BGS/SGS, or dragon claws. Pray melee and piety, and step under the dragon when you need to eat. With Verac's, I can get 2-4 kills a trip and 6-12 an hour. With a whip and a dragonfire shield, I can get 5-7 kills a trip and 10-14 an hour. With a Zamorakian Spear, I can get 4-6 kills a trip and 10-15 an hour. I recommend using the spear if you have a task, because you can usually finish it in 1 trip and the black mask really boosts its accuracy. Good luck getting a visage/dragon full helm/chewed bones![/hide]
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Decide yourself.
180k range exp an hour, 120 effective crims per hour.
Bursting is around 200 effecitve crims an hour with 80k mage exp.
Waterfiends are around 115 effective crims per hour, 65k melee exp.
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First off great guide, I am tried for half an hour to find a method that wasn't in your guide and I couldn't, so very comprehensive.
One thing I would recommend is to put the entire method in hide tags, etc the mage method, as they are quite long and its a pain to scroll through all of that looking for a specific method.
Another thing I would reccomend is to put approximate speeds of a chest run and how long a trip last for each method, because that is another factor on deciding what method is best to use (if you can there are so many lol).
BTW I prefer dclaws over dds, especially since I 2 hit verac/dharok almost every time.
Oh and vengence on dharok=win.
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This is NO spec, I swear.
Iron dragon tasks are fun.
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http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Plank_Make
130-140k an hour, lose like 3 gp per exp, so around 30m.
String amulet has become more expensive, and will cost around 50m if you do it.
Bursting is a good 100k an hour, but you lose money. (charms and hp exp are nice though).
Never alch its really dumb.
Fire waving aviansies or iron dragons will break even.
You can do enchant lvl 6 jewerly in mta, I don't know how fast that is but its 100 exp per cast.
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A cannonball in single combat is a cannonball in multi combat, if you are going to cannon you might aswell cannon whenever possible. Scarabites, spectres, fire giants, daggs, and kalphites come to mind.
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I just wear w/e I'm wearing, bring a super attack/str, pray pot, and 10 monks and kill away.
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Bandos ags sgs zgs bgs dfs are up. Probably unbuyable for max.
Arma I'm not so sure about, and claws are down. Not buyable for min for either.
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Nice 2 year bump
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2 hour trip or so
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Theres a shop?
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You don't lose money, you break even. If you piety in the ancient cavern, you break even too. This is just the same cost but extra charms.
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well not really
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[/hide][hide=]2nd ammy was on the kill after my task was done lol[/hide]
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WHY DO YOU STALK ME AT BARROWS BTW GUTH HELM THAT CHEST
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I never got the lootshare part, but taking a partner is a good idea if you can find one. Why lootshare instead of just killing yourself.
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I did my first trip with steel titans today :o
Brought a tbird and after 8 minutes dismissed and summoned titan.
40 minute trip, 49492 str exp and 16768 range exp, 99 crimsons, 11 gold, 6 green 2 blues.
Note that this is on task, but I didn't piety, I superhuman strengthed, so this would be around the rate of non task pietying.
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If you take a BOB full of food and use it to heal until they become unaggressive you can finish the task in 1 trip.
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I easily get 135+ an hour at cts including banking time with iron titan.
Before I got 95 summ, I was getting 105+ an hour at ancient cavern.
All with 10% str.
I find that void isn't worth the 8 hours getting it, because it only increases the exp/hour by around 1.5k or 3 crims an hour.
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If you are even in fairbanks Alaska, you have to watch the aurora borealis. I've visited there just to see it and its worth it.
Guide to KBD Mithril Dragons and Brutal Greens
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Sorry for double post but added mithril dragons, and some banners.
I don't know if i shoudl add metal dragons or not :s