Expert Dragon Hunting EXTRAVAGANZAMATAZ!!

[Kashi]

Hey hey, it's Kashi, that one girl from the forums that some of you know, and I'm here to tell you about hunting dragons. The average dragon hunter makes good to great money (up to 1m a day for the dedicated), but few know how to do this efficiently. There is, of course, a certain risk involved, but no pain no gain .. wait, that's not right.

 

Umm .. you have to spend money to make money.

 

No no, wait! I have the right metaphor ... "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

 

 

 

Start with the basics.

 

 

 

-Equipment-

 

For melee

 

 

 

Helm: Balance mage-melee defense

 

Amulet: For wilderness dragons use a Strength ammy. Otherwise glory/fury.

 

Body: Melee defense is important, of course. Rune body will do it.

 

Legs: Most people go with D'Hide legs for the combined mage-melee defense.

 

Boots: Not really important, although climbing boots increase your strength slightly.

 

Gloves: RFD gloves reccomended, but for wilderness use rune or below. No need to risk 130k.

 

Ring: Ring of wealth, if you want, but I prefer life. Less to lose, plus some pker insurance.

 

Weapon: In order, the best options are; Whip, D'Scimmy, D'Long, D'Dagger.

 

Shield: Take your handy-dandy Dragonfire shield or you may as well stay home.

 

 

 

For range

 

 

 

Helm: Archer's helm > Robin hood hat > Blue Party Hat (j/k)

 

Amulet: Amulet of Fury > Amulet of Glory > Unholy symbol

 

Body: Karil's top > D'Hide body

 

Legs: Karil's skirt > D'Hide legs

 

Boots: Ranger boots > Snakeskin boots

 

Gloves: Dark Gloves > Dragon Gloves > D'Hide vambraces

 

Ring: Ring of wealth > Ring of Charos =P

 

Weapon: Crystal Bow > Magic Shortbow > Throwing weapon

 

Shield: DF shield > None, if you're using an actual bow.

 

 

 

-Inventory-

 

 

 

A teleport method, of course. I personally use tele-tablets, but an ectophial or just plain runes are fine too.

 

I myself bring a strength potion, but it's certainly not necessary.

 

I also bring a secondary weapon for the special attack (I bring a DDS with my whip for the special attack) but this isn't necessary either. If you're going into the wilderness, don't bring anything you can't afford to lose.

 

 

 

FOOD! Food, of course, is important, but you also face a dilemma here. How much food is enough? I myself can kill my alotted 25 G.dragons per run with just 10 monkfish, but I recall that as a newb I used at least 1 lobster per G.Dragon. You want to have enough food to take down your dragons, but you don't want to bring so much that you are wasting food just to make space for bones/hides. The best advice I can give is KNOW YOUR LIMITS! Know just how much damage you'll take from each dragon, and you wont run short -or- waste food.

 

 

 

Now for the actual dragon killing!

 

 

 

-=-Green Dragons-=-

 

Level: 79

 

 

 

Locations: None outside the wilderness. You've got the burnt wasteland in 10-15 wild, just southwest of the Dark Warrior's fort. You've got the dragons just north of the Graveyard of Shadows in 20-25 wild, almost directly north of Edgeville. You've got the various other locations scattered around the wild, although none of them are very used. You even have the dragons on the far eastern edge of the wild, in about 20 wild.

 

 

 

Strategy: Nothing that difficult. Keep your DF shield on at all times, of course. Your primary concern will be pkers. Because the most popular dragon area (The burnt pit thingy) is in a depression in the ground, you wont be able to see pkers scattered around the rim until it's too late! My advice; When you see white dots around the rim, keep your hand on your tele. Learn to recognize the sound of the teleblock spell. If you start getting your but kicked, try to run just southeast of the pit into the mining area full of skeletons. Engage combat with a skeleton, then turn off auto-retaliate. With the skeleton attacking you, pkers can't touch you. Then the monastery is just a short run south, where you can restore your hitpoints and prayer. If worst comes to worst, turn on item protect and resign yourself to the inevitable.

 

 

 

 

 

-=-Blue Dragons-=-

 

Level: 111

 

 

 

Locations: Not as many as the Green Dragons, but still enough to make them decent money. You have a lone dragon underneath the Hero's guild, but it is almost always occupied, and unless you have a super-fact computer and lightning reflexes, prepare yourself for a long stretch of waiting. There is also a large group of dragons in the massive Taverly Dungeon, but you need a dusty key to access them. (for information on the dusty key, check Tip.it's 'Heroes Quest' guide. That's .. all I can think of at the moment. There are also 5-6 scattered around the Ogre Enclave south of Yanille (Watchtower Quest required [or at least needs to be started])

 

 

 

Strategy: Because Blue Dragons are considerably stronger than Green Dragons, they are usually ranged. Magic is not recommended, since all dragons have ungodly mage defense. In the Hero's guild the dragon is in a cage, which makes for easy ranging (just shut the door). Since there are usually other peopple here, bring a few casts-worth of your favorite low level spell (wind strike is a good one) to attract the attention of the dragon. Once you've cast a spell on it, nobody else can steal that specific dragon, leaving you a good 5-6 second window to right click and start ranging.

 

 

 

The same strategy is recommended for the dragons underneath Taverley, although safespots are a -tiny-bit- less obvious (no sarcasm, they're still easy to use). Hide behind dragon eggs, stalagmites, or anything the dragons can't walk past. This place is usually crowded too, but there are plenty of spawns to go around.

 

 

 

Underneath the ogre city of Gu'Tanoth you can find several Blue Dragons just waiting to be ranged. The same rules apply to these as the other dragons; bring a Dragonfire shield just in case, maybe 2-3 pieces of food (although the experienced probably wont even be hit, not even a 0) and your best ranged equipment. To get into this area, you need to have done the Watchtower quest. Go into the ogre city and talk to an Enclave Guard. Tell him you want to enter the area. Once inside, there are plenty of dragons to range or hally, as well as some Greater Demons in a cage. This place usually has only 1-2 people at the most, and Yanille is nearby for easy banking*.

 

WARNING: Do not attack an Ogre Shaman (found in the enclave area) for any reason! They will kick your [wagon].

 

 

 

*Recommended that you finish Watchtower quest so you can teleport to the Watchtower, or move your house to Yanille so you can teleport to that.

 

 

 

50+ range is strongly recommended, to the point of being a requirement.

 

 

 

-=-Red Dragons-=-

 

Level: 152

 

 

 

Locations: Only found in two places across RuneScape. First, in the lava maze deeeeep out in the wild. This is not a good idea, since pkers, although not exactly rampant in this area, are scattered around. Not to mention there is only one spawn out here, so it's slow going. There are also several Red Dragons in the MASSIVE dungeon underneath Brimhaven. To get here you will need some amount of GP to pay for entrance to the dungeon (less than 1k) and a woodcutting axe for chopping the vines just inside. Even though there are several easily useable safe spots for the Brimhavem dragons, the Wild Dogs (lv63) will attack you no matter where you go, making ranging difficult.

 

 

 

Strategy: If you choose to melee, you'll want to maximize your melee defense and use a DF shield and anti-fire potions. If you find them too difficult even after that, Protect from Melee (43 prayer) is an option, although prayer pots are just one more thing you have to spend money on. If you range, then bring some food and a DF shield anyway, just in case. The Wild Dogs in Brimhaven are an annoyance, but not really dangerous except to the exceptionally low level players. If you go with the Wilderness dragons, bring some food and a DF shield anyway (again, just in case).

 

 

 

All in all, Red Dragons are not recommended for the serious dragon slayer. The locations are hard to access, the dragons are almost too strong to melee, and without a high ranged level (70+) you'll find yourself missing at least half of your shots.

 

 

 

-=-Black Dragons-=-

 

Level: 227

 

 

 

Locations: As with the Red Dragons, there are only two locations in all of RuneScape. There are two dragons deep within the Taverley dungeon (past the black demons, near the hellhounds) and 5-6 in the Evil Chicken's lair (for more information check Tip.it's 'Recipe for Disaster' quest guide).

 

 

 

Strategy: The dragons in the Taverley dungeon both have safespots for ranging, which is the most effective method of killing the mighty Black Dragon. These safespots can also be used for halberds as well, but the Black Dragons' melee defense is ... formidable, to say the least. As with the Red Dragons, unless you have a very high range level (80+) you'll find yourself missing all too often. Black Dragons have a reasonably high rate of Dragon Medium drops, although certainly not as high as the KBD.

 

 

 

The dragons in the Evil Chicken's lair (requires a raw chicken to enter) can be ranged or hallied also, but the safespots are harder to utilize. There is a narrow path off the main chamber near the entrance, which you can stand in and range the closest dragon. You can also stand in the wide passage opposite the portal entrance. Once you're in a safe spot, right-click and start ranging, then grab a good book or browse the Tip.it forums, because you're in for a long wait.

 

 

 

WARNING: If you use the Evil Chicken's lair, make sure you wear your DF shield and Protect from Melee upon entrance, since the dragons sometimes stand near the entrance.

 

 

 

And that's about all you need to know. Here's an added bonus guide: Dragon Drop prices.

 

 

 

Dragon Bones: 2.2-2.5k

 

Green Hides: 1.6-1.8k

 

Blue Hides: 1.9-2.2k

 

Red Hides: ???

 

Black Hides: 3.2-4k

 

 

 

-=*=-!~KASHI~!-=*=-

 

 

 

Much thanks to Arkwelded for the following section on metal dragon

 

 

 

Metal dragons and equipment list

 

BRONZE

 

-guthan helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/beserker ring

 

-guthan plate

 

-guthan skirt

 

-rune boots

 

-whip

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-guthan spear (to heal on dogs)

 

-3x SAP

 

-2x prayer pot

 

-12x anti fire pots

 

-7 sharks

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

 

 

i do not pray on these. i use the guthan to heal between dragons on the dogs and demons. becareful you dont get hit without a shield :shame: by a dragon.

 

 

 

IRON

 

-farseer helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/wealth ring

 

-ahrims top

 

-ahrims skirt

 

-infinty boots

 

-slayer staff

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-prayer pot

 

-18x anti fire pots

 

-sara brew

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

-2500 death runes

 

-10000 minds

 

-100 fire runes

 

-20 natures

 

 

 

slayer dart and you dont have to use prayer. these are very decent mage xp and the trips pay for themselves. decent drops and always a ton of blood runes (my record is 4 blood drops in a row, WOOT 60 free bloods please)

 

 

 

STEEL

 

burthorpe these if you can :lol: but if you really want to use the iron setup. the drops for steel over iron are not worth the extra runes to kill them IMO

 

-farseer helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/wealth ring

 

-ahrims top

 

-ahrims skirt

 

-infinty boots

 

-slayer staff

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-prayer pot

 

-18x anti fire pots

 

-sara brew

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

-2500 death runes

 

-10000 minds

 

-100 fire runes

 

-20 natures

 

 

 

slayer dart and you dont have to use prayer

 

 

 

Thank you, that's it. If you want more stuff added to this guide, well forget you, write your own.

[wakka102]

nice guide but not extremely useful. Most people know how to kill a dragon.

[evilboy1034]

Blue dragons -- Ogre Enclave

 

 

 

Its an ok guide I guess. Some info, maybe want to add skill requirements and stuff like that.

[Godslayer]

Blue dragons are also found in the dungeon in Gu Tanoth. A haven for rangers, tons of safe spots.

[Infinite_Destiny]

Blue dragons are also found in the dungeon in Gu Tanoth. A haven for rangers, tons of safe spots.

 

 

 

Where's that?

[jayc3399]

You also forget 3 other kinds or dragons, bronze iron and steel.

[l0rd]

nice, and helpful, ty

[racerboy]

there are also black dragons in a wilderness dugon i think the 1 at the end of the lava maze

[Sp4de]

there are also black dragons in a wilderness dugon i think the 1 at the end of the lava maze

 

 

 

Yes, at the end of the lava maze there is a ladder which leads you underground.

[rct101]

Blue dragons are also found in the dungeon in Gu Tanoth. A haven for rangers, tons of safe spots.

 

 

 

And no pures :thumbsup: (well, almost -.- )

 

Plus, the dragons underneath Taverley are ALWAYS packed(even in "quiet" times :? ) and Gu Tanoths always empty :

[Matok]

Nice 1

 

1 small thing you skipped:

 

 

 

-=-Blue Dragons-=-

 

Level: 111

 

There is also a large group of dragons in the massive Taverly Dungeon, but you need a dusty key to access them.

 

 

 

Level 70 agility and no dusty required...

[tiggehdroih]

your missing the best green dragon spot, the one south of the lava maze is deserted. i spent two days in a row their without seeing a soul.

 

 

 

your also missing gu'tanoth, which is by far the best spot for blues.

 

 

 

finally, your missing metal dragons which are easy to kill anyway.

[Slayer_Jesse]

good guide, but u overlooked that with a good lvl,(60 and up) mage is th fastest way to kill blues

[Kiriyama]

Some info for Blues.

 

 

 

 

 

I myself had to kill these pains in the @$$ for slayer.

 

 

 

Under heros guild reccomended because find sum1 who is willing to share and u can melee them wiv melee protect prayer (54 prayer and u can kill 3 b4 u run low) Altar nearby is a bonus to y i suggest prayer as the dragon breath barely hits.

[Kiriyama]

Also if sum1 who can take pics will mssg me ingame I'll let them take a pic of a little thing I found that makes it easier. (cannon required, Magic shortbow on rapid used aswell). I will not kill a dragon for the reason of no Cannon Balls.

[ukegbluebird]

Some info for Blues.

 

 

 

 

 

I myself had to kill these pains in the @$$ for slayer.

 

 

 

Under heros guild reccomended because find sum1 who is willing to share and u can melee them wiv melee protect prayer (54 prayer and u can kill 3 b4 u run low) Altar nearby is a bonus to y i suggest prayer as the dragon breath barely hits.

 

 

 

Kinda off topic here but do you know you can kill the baby blue drags in taverly dungeon to finish the slayer task, you probably know this but just incase you dont.

[Kiriyama]

I do kno I just have a way I can kill a blue dragon in 30 seconds or less

[m4tty]

not sure how much but ive made alot off killing drags, i always use black dhide body and verac skirt, whip power ammy and anti drag shield and obby cape for greens, (if i die i keep verac skirt, whip and obby cape), for blues i range them in the dungeon used in watchtower (gunatoth dungeon i think the name is) and bank with duel rings (full black dhide, archer helm, range boots, archer ring, magic shortbow, fury ammy (glory is just asgood, though)

[arkwelded]

having gotten to 81 crafting and almost 50 ranging (45-97) levels off dragon my own dragon hides, i consider myself to be a very acomplished dragon slayer, and i would like to add to your guide.

 

 

 

RED DRAGONS

 

red drags are very good cash and easy to bank now that houses are out. you can also have a friend bank for you. i have a team of 2 rangers and 1 banker. the banker takes care of the dogs(use a dragon wood axe to save space) the first run so they dont bother the archers. at 5500-7500 per drag (hides are 3k crafted/alchemed or 4k-5k on market) + misc drops, rune longs, addy plates, rune arrows, blood/death/law runes, clues and coins it is very profitable and out standing range xp

 

 

 

the only cost we have is iron arrows and the water runes and clay :lol: for tele tabs to ardy for the banker. the fee to get to brimmy and enter to dungeon is always covered by the coin drops. we average a rune long and addy plate about every 20-30 dragons. our banker is a mage and will alchem anything over 600gp. :wink: we make close to 80k a bank run on average, and the runner ussally has a hard time keeping up.

 

 

 

As for your gear list...

 

my equipment

 

-archer helm

 

-glory/archer ring (dragons aren't worth using a wealth)

 

-dark gloves - RFD

 

-d'hide top

 

-d'hide chaps

 

-God cape

 

-snake boots

 

-crystal bow or mage bow/iron arrows

 

 

 

Metal dragons and equipment list

 

BRONZE

 

-guthan helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/beserker ring

 

-guthan plate

 

-guthan skirt

 

-rune boots

 

-whip

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-guthan spear (to heal on dogs)

 

-3x SAP

 

-2x prayer pot

 

-12x anti fire pots

 

-7 sharks

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

 

 

i do not pray on these. i use the guthan to heal between dragons on the dogs and demons. becareful you dont get hit without a shield :shame: by a dragon.

 

 

 

IRON

 

-farseer helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/wealth ring

 

-ahrims top

 

-ahrims skirt

 

-infinty boots

 

-slayer staff

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-prayer pot

 

-18x anti fire pots

 

-sara brew

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

-2500 death runes

 

-10000 minds

 

-100 fire runes

 

-20 natures

 

 

 

slayer dart and you dont have to use prayer. these are very decent mage xp and the trips pay for themselves. decent drops and always a ton of blood runes (my record is 4 blood drops in a row, WOOT 60 free bloods please)

 

 

 

STEEL

 

burthorpe these if you can :lol: but if you really want to use the iron setup. the drops for steel over iron are not worth the extra runes to kill them IMO

 

-farseer helm

 

-dark gloves

 

-glory/wealth ring

 

-ahrims top

 

-ahrims skirt

 

-infinty boots

 

-slayer staff

 

-anti fire sheild

 

 

 

inventory

 

-prayer pot

 

-18x anti fire pots

 

-sara brew

 

-disposable axe

 

-905 gp

 

-2500 death runes

 

-10000 minds

 

-100 fire runes

 

-20 natures

 

 

 

slayer dart and you dont have to use prayer

[Kashi]

Yeah, except I intentionally left out metal dragons.

 

 

 

I'll add the Ogre Enclave as a location for blue dragons, but see I don't care if this doesn't help anyone.

 

 

 

The point was I was bored and wanted to type something. :mrgreen:

[langer]

i'm pretty sure this topic will help a lot of people. These boards are used to share informations and tips on runescape. This topic is a good example of what tip.it is all about. Keep up the good work.

 

 

 

Btw, at lvl 121 combat, I find myself meleing iron dragons easily with pray pots, anti fire pots, super att and str, black mask and initiate armor.

[nyyankees588]

1 tip- don't kill metal dragons on a laggy computer... just lost like 300k there cause i lagged out #-o

[kido14]

I know this is a little old but

 

 

 

Dragons don't have godly mage def. Atleast not blues.. I can kill a blue with an average of about 16 fire bolts.

[Kashi]

Yeah, it -is- kind of old. Should've just let it die.

 

 

 

In any case, how much HP do Blue Dragons have? Just over 100? Bestiary says 107 HP, divide by 16, average of like 6.5 damage per fire bolt. That's not as high as some other things, but still pretty considerable mage defense. Whatever. I'll ask that this be moved to the Archive of Wisdom forum.

[chris28]

Since i kill dragons alot i thought id add my personal strategies and opinions to this.

 

 

 

- For green dragons i always melee and go to the far east lvl 20 spot as there are fewer pkers to worry about and it is the closest location to varock (varock tele). For armour it is best to wear hides/armour.

 

- For blue dragons i kill them in the ogre enclave as the ones in taverly are always full with people and at peak times can be very frustrating.

 

- For red dragons i range them on red dragon isle, i use a empty world obviously and the ardy lever. The best spot is behind the dead tree as soon as u enter. I find them impossible to melee (i use whole inv of lobbs for 3 dragons and it is a waste to use p pots) and they are hard to trap in brimhaven dungeon. so if u prefer the mild frustraion of been pked to the constant frustraion of being attacked by a wild dog then go to red dragon isle for reds.

 

 

 

Ive never tried killing blacks as my range is too low, the most profitable dragons too kill are reds and greens i think. Red hides are on very high demand and sell at 4k each and greens can be killed fast. Ill take some pics of the safespots i use and my average combat gear soon.