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For black dragons found in Daemonheim, see Black dragon (Daemonheim).

Black dragons are powerful monsters, and, like all other adult dragons, an anti-dragon shield, a dragonfire shield, or an antifire potion or even both of them is highly recommended when fighting them as it can reduce the maximum hit of their breath from about 5000+ to around 500. They are level 144. They are not as popular as the weaker blue dragons and green dragons, but their chance of dropping the much coveted Draconic visage and the cost of black dragonhide makes them worthwhile to kill. Players must kill a Black dragon during the Freeing Sir Amik Varze part of Recipe for Disaster. A black dragon slayer task can also be completed by killing baby black dragons, the King Black Dragon or the Queen Black Dragon.

Killing Black Dragons may be profitable, as they drop various runes and rune equipment. Each kill is also profitable as their Black dragonhide is worth much more than their bones, as a result of very few players killing Black dragons outside of Slayer. Every kill has a guaranteed drop value of at least 7,663 coins.

Contents 1 Locations 1.1 Taverley Dungeon 1.2 Lava Maze 1.3 Evil Chicken's Lair 2 Strategy 3 Drops 3.1 100% drops 3.2 Charms 3.3 Weapons and armour 3.4 Ammunition 3.5 Runes/Talismans 3.6 Gems/Ores/Bars 3.7 Other Items 3.8 Rare drop table drops 4 Trivia

LocationsEdit

Black dragons can only be found in four locations across RuneScape:

• Taverley Dungeon - Requires dusty key or level 70/80 agility for use of shortcuts (Only 2 are there).
• Lava Maze Dungeon in level 42-43 Wilderness.
• Evil Chicken's Lair after starting the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster. (A raw chicken is required to enter the Evil Chicken's lair, but there are two chickens right outside the entrance, and a rope to access the baby black dragon.)
• Daemonheim - Warped floors.

Taverley DungeonEdit

This location is usually not crowded, because there are only two dragon spawns, and it is also a considerable distance from a bank. However, if a player has yet to complete the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster, which is needed for the Evil Chicken's lair, this is the best location. It is highly recommended that players have at least 70 agility (65 if you eat a summer pie) for the shortcut to the blue dragons to save yourself a lot of walking. The other shortcut is the "Taverley Dungeon Spiked Blade Shortcut" which requires an Agility level of 80 (75 with a summer pie) to overcome the obstacle. Players under 181 combat may want to bring an antipoison in case they get poisoned by a spider. Use the Taverley Lodestone for a quick banking method. If players want to hunt these dragons, its highly advisable that you gain access to the Evil Chicken's Lair. If a player has been assigned black dragons as a task and have yet to unlock the chicken's lair, its advisable that you kill baby black dragons to finish the task.

It is possible to safespot black dragons, despite their use of a magical attack in addition to their dragonfire; while standing next to the fire obelisk, their magical attacks cannot reach you. 

Lava MazeEdit

The main problem with this location is not pkers (they are rare in such deep wilderness, especially if in an unpopulated world) but the remote location. Antipoison is recommended in case you are poisoned by spiders. You must get past the Lava Maze above, which makes it undesirable for PKers to kill players. The nearest banking spot would be the Mage Arena, but is still dangerous. You can use the Wilderness obelisks to teleport into the level 18 or 13 one to teleport out with a Home teleport spell.

Evil Chicken's LairEdit

This location is arguably the best and most recommended area to kill these monsters. The lair is accessible during and after the Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster and requires a raw chicken to access. There are two chickens near the altar in case you forget to bring a raw chicken. This is the best location to hunt them, as the Zanaris bank is close by.After the evolution, there is no longer a safespot since dragons can use magical attacks.There are several spawns to satisfy several players. For players who use super-antifire potions are recommended to use it before entering the lair, as one of the dragons spawns close to the portal.

Note: If you haven't finished the subquest, you could still kill the black dragons as many times as you wish. However, the drops will be black dragonhide, dragon bones, and the dragon token. If the player pick up a dragon token and keep it, they would receive normal drops.

StrategyEdit

Main article: Black dragon/Strategies

DropsEdit

100% dropsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Dragon bones	1	1 Always	2,968
	Black dragonhide	1	1 Always	4,695

CharmsEdit

Charm drop percentages

No charms
56–58%	8–9%	25–27%	7%	1–2%

Represents 90% confidence range, based on a sample of 9,756 kills.
3 charms are dropped at a time.

Please add to the log (only if 50 or more creatures killed).

Weapons and armourEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Mithril hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	175
	Black hatchet	1	3 Uncommon	197
	Mithril battleaxe	1	3 Uncommon	765
	Mithril 2h sword	1	3 Uncommon	1,237
	Adamant platebody	1	3 Uncommon	9,662
	Rune longsword	1	4 Rare	18,902
	Rune sq shield	1	4 Rare	22,727
	Rune battleaxe	1	5 Very rare	24,537
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,933

AmmunitionEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant dart	16	2 Common	192
	Adamant javelin	30	2 Common	1,980
	Rune knife	2	3 Uncommon	290
	Rune dart	10	3 Uncommon	990

Runes/TalismansEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Air rune	75	3 Uncommon	975
	Blood rune	15	3 Uncommon	4,170
	Death rune	5–50	3 Uncommon	835–8,350
	Fire rune	50	3 Uncommon	600
	Law rune	10–12, 45	3 Uncommon	1,900–8,550
	Nature rune	67–79	3 Uncommon	7,772–9,164
	Chaos rune	90	3 Uncommon	3,690

Gems/Ores/BarsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Adamant bar	1–2	3 Uncommon	2,824–5,648
	Steel bar	1	5 Very rare	787

Other ItemsEdit

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	129–3,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Perfect black dragon scale	1	2 Common [1]	Not sold
	Runite limbs	1	3 Uncommon	9,290
	Clue scroll (hard)	1	3 Uncommon	Not sold
	Chocolate cake	1	3 Uncommon	214
	Black dragon tail-bone	1	3 Uncommon [2]	Not sold
	Anagogic ort	20, 40	3 Uncommon [3]	Not sold
	Black dragon egg	1	3 Uncommon [4]	Not sold
	Spin ticket	1	4 Rare	Not sold
	Court summons	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Starved ancient effigy	1	5 Very rare	Not sold
	Draconic visage	1	5 Very rare [5]	1,268,652

1. ^ Only while on a Slayer challenge from Vannaka.
2. ^ Only during the Fur 'n' Seek wish list.
3. ^ Only with RDT drops.
4. ^ Must be 99 Summoning.
5. ^ Estimated at 1/13,099 using gathered Adventurer's Log data as of 18 September 2012

Rare drop table dropsEdit

This monster drops items from the rare drop table.
The ring of wealth improves the chances if equipped but is not required to access the table.

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Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE Market Price
	Coins	250; 381; 450; 3,000; 9,000; 12,000	2 Common	Not sold
	Uncut sapphire	1	2 Common	1,107
	Uncut emerald	1	2 Common	1,903
	Uncut ruby	1	2 Common	3,112
	Uncut diamond	1	3 Uncommon	7,034
	Loop half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	11,742
	Tooth half of a key	1	3 Uncommon	19,052
	Uncut dragonstone	1	4 Rare	12,885
	Dragonstone	1	4 Rare	10,585
	Dragon dagger	1	3 Uncommon	16,976
	Rune javelin	5	4 Rare	1,215
	Adamant javelin	20	5 Very rare	1,320
	Rune 2h sword	1	5 Very rare	37,933
	Rune spear	1	5 Very rare	11,988
	Dragon spear	1	5 Very rare	36,917
	Dragon dagger	50 (noted)	5 Very rare	848,800
	Rune sq shield	1	5 Very rare	22,727
	Rune kiteshield	1	5 Very rare	32,404
	Shield left half	1	5 Very rare	65,284
	Dragon helm	1	5 Very rare	59,501
	Adamant bolts	200	3 Uncommon	19,800
	Onyx bolts	150	4 Rare	1,297,050
	Rune arrow	150–200; 500	4 Rare	29,850–199
	Battlestaff	200 (noted)	4 Rare	1,680,000
	Air orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,587,000
	Fire orb	1,000 (noted)	4 Rare	1,723,000
	Vecna skull	1	5 Very rare	91,765
	Water talisman	1	3 Uncommon	5,311
	Earth talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	19,025–26,635
	Fire talisman	25–35 (noted)	3 Uncommon	47,950–67,130
	Chaos talisman	1	3 Uncommon	177
	Nature talisman	1	3 Uncommon	193
	Pure essence	500–15,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	34,000–1,020,000
	Nature rune	47–77	4 Rare	5,452–8,932
	Soul rune	20	4 Rare	2,480
	Law rune	45	4 Rare	8,550
	Death rune	50; 121	4 Rare	167
	Blood rune	50	4 Rare	13,900
	Raw swordfish	125 – 250; 1,000 (noted)	3 Uncommon	36,250–290
	Raw shark	250–500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	256,500–513,000
	Big bones	150 – 500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	67,350–224,500
	Coal	150–7,500 (noted)	3 Uncommon	38,250–1,912,500
	Adamantite ore	150–800 (noted)	3 Uncommon	214,650–1,144,800
	Silver ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	11,100
	Runite ore	100 (noted)	4 Rare	1,056,600
	Adamant bar	1,000–7,000 (noted)	4 Rare	2,824,000–19,768,000
	Rune bar	1,50,150 (noted)	4 Rare	13,069–1,960,350
	Clean ranarr	33 (noted)	3 Uncommon	75,900
	Clean toadflax	25–250 (noted)	3 Uncommon	88,175–881,750
	Clean snapdragon	30–120 (noted)	3 Uncommon	106,230–424,920
	Clean torstol	10–100 (noted)	3 Uncommon	94,140–941,400
	Saradomin brew (4)	250 (noted)	5 Very rare	64,750
	Watermelon seed	3	3 Uncommon	5,859
	Yew seed	1–50	4 Rare	60,155–3,007,750
	Magic seed	1–6	4 Rare	164,810–988,860
	Palm tree seed	10	4 Rare	1,043,290
	Snapdragon seed	1	4 Rare	2,127
	Torstol seed	1–31	4 Rare	50,268–1,558,308
	Fellstalk seed	2	4 Rare	1,000
	Yew logs	100–20,000 (noted)	4 Rare	53,600–10,720,000

TriviaEdit

• In RuneScape Classic black dragons were the strongest monsters in RuneScape until the release of the King Black Dragon.
• They are the only chromatic dragon to drop the draconic visage.
• Like all other dragons in RuneScape, besides the King Black Dragon, the black dragons received a graphical update on July 5, 2010.
• Black dragons are the rarest of the chromatic dragons: there are 4 in the Evil Chicken's lair, 2 in the Wilderness, and 2 in Taverley dungeon.
• They were, for a long time, regarded as the weakest monsters in the game that drop the draconic visage, due to the difficulty in killing Iron dragons and Skeletal Wyverns. Although Frost dragons are easier to kill, they require 85 Dungeoneering and a reasonably higher combat level to fight than Black dragons. Frost dragons use all three types of combat and dragonfire, as opposed to the black dragon's regular attack and dragonfire, therefore making them quite an easy target for Draconic visages.
• Black dragons have a higher combat level than the King Black Dragon despite the latter being considered harder to kill.
• Prior to 17 June 2013, these monsters were weak to arrows. The update changed their weakness (along with those of other Chromatic dragons) to bolts.

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